Spring is a rainy season, and people are irritable under the continuous drizzle. Especially the generals in the army, once it rains, they can't practice, the whole school is muddy, except for chatting and farting for rest, there is really no good way to pass the time.

The same is true of the ministers of the court. Xianbei people do not have the habit of riding in a car, resulting in the entire Wei State adult men as long as there is a horse at home will never take the car, once it rains, even if he is dressed in a coat, he is drenched from head to toe, no matter how big an official you are.

In such a depressing and gloomy rainy season, Mulan's refusal to accept gifts in the court and the revelation of her identity became a major event that everyone could not but discuss, and all the courtiers present that day showed a silent attitude towards this matter, and the officials who were occasionally questioned and admitted that there was indeed a matter of this matter also surprisingly did not express any opinions, allowing others to speculate.

"Grandpa, everyone outside is saying that Mulan is a woman? Isn't there a mistake......

Cui Lin heard the news from the Lu family, and went into the study to ask Cui Hao with her favor.

"He looks like that, and he is so fierce, how can he be a woman!"

Cui Hao was reviewing the papers, and when he heard the words, he looked up at his grandson, and Cui Lin, who was taking the cold gaze, couldn't help but weaken his knees, and sat in the room respectfully, not daring to raise his head.

"Hua Mulan has merit with the state, even if her identity is doubtful, it's not something that you can comment on as an ignorant child! Cui Lin, if you are so reckless in the future, I will send you to your grandfather's house and let him discipline you well. ”

As soon as Cui Hao's words came out, Cui Lin immediately waved his hand in fright.

His maternal grandfather was a real bookworm, and every time he went to his house, he didn't carry a book as thick as a mountain and didn't give it back, which was the biggest nightmare for this playful child.

"I ...... I don't ask......"

It looks like it's really a woman.

Cui Lin wrinkled her nose in a blow.

He was so scared by a woman that he almost peed his pants......

"Grandpa has no eldest son, and Mulan has no eldest brother...... Is it? ”

Cui Hao dropped his pen and got up, and walked to the bottom of the porch. Outside the corridor, there was the sound of rain, ticking and splashing on the stones, and the washed rock became more and more shiny.

Staring at the rock, Cui Hao suddenly recalled the scene in the court that day, and the woman who was as strong as a rock......

Even if Kou Qianzhi was angry beforehand, when Mulan suddenly said that she was a woman, he was still so shocked that his whole body trembled. Not to mention other unprepared ministers.

That day......

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"The last general, you can't get the order!"

He Mulan's loud refusal made several ministers from the army almost furious, and they stepped forward a few steps on the spot and scolded.

"Mulan, don't be pampered! People in their twenties who can be crowned marquis by virtue of their military exploits are rare even in my Great Wei, do you still want to take Qiao? ”

It was Liu Mo who spoke as the Yushitai Yushitai, and the Yushitai held by the Han people has always become very embarrassed because of the existence of the Egret Official, except for the inconsequential correction of the "words and deeds" of the hundred officials, there is almost no real power.

He Mulan had long known that he would have to face this day sooner or later, and defended with a wry smile: "It's not that the last general dislikes the official, but the last general can't take credit...... Weekend...... The last general has been in the body, and he will not dare to deceive the world again. ”

Tuoba Tao sat on the throne, his face almost expressionless, making it impossible to understand what he was thinking. Tuobatao, who did not clearly show anger or disbelief, could not help but have some confidence and continued to question Hemulan.

"Ever there? Could it be that what Beiliang's frustrated Muqian said is true, you have ever been light and incompatible with Princess Xingping? ”

Most people know about Hermulan's character, and if he has any other crimes, even her most disagreeable political opponents can't catch anything wrong, but this can't be said explicitly, but it can happen.

After all, the hero is sad to pass the beauty pass, and Mulan is the age of blood and strength.

He Mulan, who was already depressed in his heart, was shocked when he heard this, and quickly shook his head: "No, no, no, in fact, I can't be light on any woman......"

She looked at a group of courtiers who suddenly showed curiosity or gloating, her face was slightly bitter, and she said something that made countless people almost stupefied.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am a woman."

As soon as He Mulan said this, Dugu Nuo of the Dugu family suddenly weakened his legs and fell down in full view of everyone. Several children of the Yuwen family and the Lu family also looked ugly, because they had all fallen into the water in the Huajia Lake, and after He Mulan fished them out of the water, they all changed into dry clothes and wrapped themselves in front of her unscrupulously.

As for the older courtiers, they were almost already blowing their beards and glaring, shouting "nonsense", "nonsense" and the like.

The officials of the prime-aged faction squinted their eyes and couldn't help but keep looking at Tuoba Tao with their spare eyes, and some wondered if it was because of the "two green hats" outside that Tuoba Tao couldn't help but simply take a salary, and was willing to declare that Mulan was a woman rather than carry such a reputation.

Although it is a bit funny to let a promising celebrity say that he is a woman, Tuoba Tao has always made Wu speechless, and it is not strange to do this kind of thing.

However, Tuoba Tao, who had been sitting firmly on the throne, finally stood up and asked her in a bad tone, "You said you are a woman?" You've been in the army for seven years, and no one has found out you're a woman? You once served as a personal guard under the tent of the king of Yingchuan, and then sent an envoy to Beiliang, eating and sleeping with your comrades, and no one found out that you were a woman? Mulan, think about it again, if you have any concerns in your heart and talk nonsense, I will treat you as if you didn't say it today. ”

This is to find Hermulan to go down the stairs.

This situation made all the courtiers can't help but talk about each other, no matter how the ministers of the Imperial Historical Observatory cough and persuade softly, they can't suppress their discussions, and in the end, Gu Bi can't stand it, and stomps his feet heavily, and everyone sells the face of this servant and doesn't say more.

"The last general was tall and thin, and it was winter when he enlisted in the army, so his identity was never exposed, and then he was promoted step by step, and there were fewer and fewer people in the same account, so it was even more difficult to be exposed......"

He Mulan bent his knees and knelt down towards Tuobatao.

"Now that Beiliang and Beiyan have surrendered and the world is stable, the sinner Hua Mulan begs Your Majesty to forgive me for my deception and allow Mulan to return to the field."

This sentence was even more shocking, and several young generals suddenly showed a look of bewilderment.

Disarmament and reintegration?

Sinner?

Who would dare to condemn her?

"Your Majesty, if what Mulan said is true, she has indeed committed the crime of defrauding the king. Not only that, but as a woman, she has nothing to do with military discipline and disturbs the morale of the army, which is also a big crime, and it is not just as simple as disarming and returning to the field! ”

It was the insider governor of Xianbei who stood up to speak, and he was the Xianbei lord who managed the military status of the military government, he and Hua Mulan had no personal relationship, and he couldn't stand the behavior of a woman impersonating her to join the army at all.

"Buliu Gudong, don't get excited, you should ask why Hua Mulan risked the disapproval of the king to join the army, and ......" Gu Bi has always admired Mulan's personality, and this person is known as an old-fashioned servant, but he actually opened his mouth and spoke out for this disciple's friend.

"Then why the hell did you sneak into the barracks as a woman!"

He Mulan straightened his spine and replied firmly: "There is no other reason, when the military sticker was sent to Mulan's house, Grandpa's old disease on his leg was committed again, and he couldn't go into battle to kill the enemy at all, Grandpa has no eldest son, Mulan has no eldest brother, the younger brother in the family is young, and the mother is weak, only Mulan has practiced martial arts since she was a child, and she has a good strength, so she prepared her armor, secretly left home, and joined the army on behalf of her father." ”

She didn't want to involve the Hua family, so she said that she secretly left home so that she could take all the sins on herself.

As soon as these words came out, countless generals were moved, and a few of the ministers were greatly moved and nodded again and again.

The previous rewards, the letters, and the youthful spirits were all overshadowed by the special general with a bland-looking face, and it was almost impossible to remember what had just happened.

In their minds, what keeps ringing is the words "serving in the army on behalf of their father"!

"Don't talk about it! Since your father has an old disease in his leg, the military government should not record his name in the military register, obviously your father is afraid of war and asked you to die! ”

One of the courtiers couldn't help but sneer.

He is related to Mu Shou, and Mu Shou was unlucky because of her, and he was happy to fall into the well at this time.

"When my father returned to his hometown, his leg disease was not so serious! In the past, my father followed the first Khan to conquer Liu Song and fight for the battle of the Tiger Prison, and the soldiers took the flesh as a bridge, and their legs were soaked in water in the harsh winter, and a pair of legs were wasted. When he is old, his legs can no longer walk normally, and in winter, he can't even get out of bed, how can he go to the battlefield to kill the enemy? ”

He Mulan sneered and looked at the banker: "My father wants to seek peace for our sisters and brothers, but this kind of peace is exchanged for my father's life, who can accept it with peace of mind?" Anyway, I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, and I am no different from men, so naturally I joined the army and made a greater contribution to the country. ”

"You ......"

When He Mulan thought that Wei's conscription system had lasted for nearly a hundred years without being revised, not even reformed, and that the governor, who was the administrator of the military government, had not even written a letter to suggest revisions, he was even more resentful and continued to press him.

"Buliu Lonely Envoy, if it is a great khan to recruit soldiers, you need qualified soldiers, one is a woman with natural divine power and excellent martial arts, and the other is an old man with disabled legs and old and weak, which one will you choose? Which one will you choose for the Great Khan? ”

These words are simply heart-wrenching.

As soon as the country wants to use troops, Emperor Wei will start to dispatch troops, and the ministers will determine where the soldiers and horses can be mobilized and how many people and horses are missing.

The military government has its own organs in the localities and in Beijing, and it has been down and down at all levels, but the information is rarely updated, and the number of officials serving in the military government is not large, which leads to the management of the entire military government organs to be an extensive style, and in later years, even one person from one family can do it, and there is no need to even access the information.

This is also no way, there were still a lot of deaths of adults in ancient times, not to mention the old and young, the military government is not a household registration office, and it is not practical to visit every day to find out how many men there are in the family, anyway, the country wants people, you just give me people, who cares who you are?

However, what the army needs is people who can fight, and the military government only accepts military households, and cannot screen the ability, and the large battalions in various places are selected internally, and screened layer by layer, and sometimes the people sent are uneven, and they can't help but scold the military government a few words.

In the era when the average life expectancy is less than 40 years old, when a group of forty or fifty-year-old "old men" come to join the army, the generals simply want to scold their mothers at the gate of the military government.

Although He Mullan questioned in anger, he also showed his long-standing dissatisfaction with the military government. The existence of the military government was supposed to select outstanding talents for the country, but because of its own non-investigation, I don't know how many family tragedies have been caused.

Cui Hao had long wanted to reform the system of the military government, and now when he heard that the governor was speechless when he was forced to ask by He Mulan, he immediately took advantage of the victory and pursued:

"Your Majesty, according to the ministers, although General Hua has deceitful, it is not yet to the point of 'sin'. As General Hua said, her father is a cripple who can't even walk, and her younger brother is still underage, but the military government still forcibly recruits soldiers, regardless of the situation, in that case, she can only keep the family by serving in the army for her father. We Han people pay attention to 'filial piety', since the two Han Dynasty, the election of officials is also filial piety', although General Hua is a woman, but both filial piety and honesty, and does not insult the reputation of my Great Wei. ”

As soon as Cui Hao's words came out, the Hanchens nodded one after another.

For them, the authority in the army has nothing to do with them, and it doesn't touch their interests if there is no female general, but today's world etiquette is too bad, filial piety and humanity are almost broken, although Mulan is a woman, but her experience and future choices are still helpful for them to establish a moral code based on "filial piety".

"This is a mistake, the military household system is the foundation of my Great Wei's invincibility in the world, if a woman comes to the army as soon as the army is conscripted, how can the war be fought? Are you a tourist village when you are a military camp? ”

A Xianbei general snorted coldly and glared at Mulan with disdain.

Youzhai is a common brothel near the military camp.

"Bone Doutu, you clean my mouth!"

Mrs. He's father, He Laixiong, couldn't help but shout: "Even if Hua Mulan is a woman, she is still the honor of the Shangzhu State with twelve turns of military merits, and if you say this kind of thing, you are not afraid that the people of the Montenegrin Army will pick your head at night!" ”

Kumoti also sneered with a blue face: "I heard that the beloved son of the Bone Envoy also ordered troops to enlist, but was driven back by General Xi Jin, I think it was because the martial arts were too good, and General Xi was ashamed of himself when he was recruited, so he could only let him return home?!" ”

His son is a straw bag, and he once wanted to make a merit in the army, but he didn't pass the level of testing martial arts in the camp, and he was rumored to be a laughing stock in Beijing for a while.

Kumoti used this to squeeze him, saying that his son was not as good as a woman.

Chao Shang suddenly laughed, and even Tuoba Tao, who was in a heavy mood, pulled the corners of his mouth a few times, and shook his head with a headache.

He Mulan has a good reputation in the army and in the court, she is humble and calm, neither humble nor arrogant, and has good personal relations with the children of many big clans, and no one wants to fall into the well at this time.

And judging from Tuoba Tao's unsurprised expression, maybe he already knew the identity of He Mulan, but he didn't take it to heart because of it, but now it seems that He Mulan himself doesn't want to do it, but His Majesty doesn't want her at all, and they are even more lazy to jump out to oppose it.

Anyway, there are fools who will die on their own.

"General Hua's matter is indeed appalling...... Gu Bi's face was also at a loss......

"What is she guilty of? I think she should be commended! Isn't it providence that there is one less sick old man in the army and one more general who can fight well? ”

He Laixiong was grateful to He Mulan for taking care of his daughter, and because the Hua family was the former general of the He Lai family, he supported her.

"General Hua, you don't have to disarm and return to the field, whoever wants to disobey you will have a fight with you! If I can beat you, I will tell you what is the difference between men and women! ”

This sentence is in line with the style of Xianbei people, and Dugunuo and other young people immediately applauded, and almost clicked their hands in agreement.

It's just that Kumoti and a few generals who had never taken advantage of Mulan couldn't help but show a crying and laughing expression, according to He Laixiong, the vast majority of people in this court are not men.

"Mulan, I am humble and establish a country with martial arts, I respect your virtue and ability, even if you are a woman, it is not difficult for you to be crowned a marquis......

"Your Majesty, by all means!"

"Your Majesty, think twice!"

The hall suddenly cried wolf, and only a quarter of the courtiers fell down to persuade them.

Most of the courtiers had blank expressions, and some waited for the ministers to express their opinions, but did not express any opinions of their own.

"I've thought twice!" Tuoba Tao said loudly: "How many men in this world can be worthy of Mulan's exploits?" Not to mention women! As Cui Qing said, filial piety is also the foundation of the country, and Mulan's filial piety is enough to become a model for the country, how can you not be an official? Yucui, a female official of the Xia Kingdom, can still be an official of Honglu Temple in my country, how can a female general not be? ”

"Since ancient times, there is a difference between men and women, men fight, women run the house, how can they mess up the rules!"

"Your Majesty, if this wind rises, when the army is recruited again, it is said that even women will come to serve in the army for my father and brother, will it not be possible to use the women's army to fight at that time?"

"Your Majesty, many families are trying to evade military service, if everyone takes advantage of the loophole and replaces the male in the family with a daughter or sister......"

"Don't you, Your Majesty, Great Wei will become the laughing stock of the south!"

A group of courtiers were talking about the ground, and they had the meaning of dying, and the court was noisy like a vegetable market, and the angry Tuoba Tao's forehead was bruised, and he couldn't wait to stand up and smoke all these people again!

"Cry what cry! If the women who come are all like Mulan, what if I just set up a women's army! If it's all stupid and stupid as a pig's wine bag and rice bag, even if it's useless to give me a bunch of men, it's not as good as a woman! ”

Tuoba Tao was out of breath after scolding, and many Xianbei generals suddenly became displeased.

Cui Hao almost wanted to hide his face and sigh.

Isn't this setting a target for Mulan, pulling hatred, making her a benchmark above men, and being attacked by everyone?

Cui Hao, who knew from Kou Qianzhi that Mulan was a "man of destiny", had already made up his mind to help Mulan, so when he saw that the situation was starting to be bad, he immediately got up with the mud.

"Everyone, everyone, don't get excited! Your Majesty, please be at ease! ”

Cui Hao glanced at He Mulan, who was kneeling on the ground with his head bowed, as if he had already regarded himself as a dead man, and amplified his voice a little more.

"In the opinion of the ministers, if you want to prevent the recurrence of Mulan's incident, some military households send their own women into the barracks, and they must start changing the rules from the military government! My country has been cultivating and recuperating for so many years, but as the territory is getting bigger and bigger, even if each military household is conscripted to the extinction, it is not enough, not to mention that after the men die on the battlefield, there are fewer and fewer men, and even reproduction has become a problem! ”

Cui Hao looked around at the ministers, and his voice was loud.

"Don't think that what happened to Mulan is just an accident, if the military government doesn't change, every time you fight to the end, soon there will be no men available, and you can only use women to fight!"

"Cui Hao, you ......"

"You don't want to talk nonsense!"

"It takes fourteen years for a man to grow up to fight a war, how many children can a fourteen-year-old child have? Someone has been in the army for ten or twenty years, and how many children can a forty-year-old man have? How many children can their forty-year-old wife have? The widows of military families have to raise orphans, and how many people have remarried? Even if you remarry, two military households and one family, you can still recruit one person, isn't it that there are fewer and fewer men? ”

Cui Hao deliberately made things complicated, making a courtier who was not too sensitive to mathematics dizzy.

"Do you still think it's Mulan's sin?"

Cui Hao angrily reprimanded a group of courtiers.

"What caused such a thing was the rotten military system of my Great Wei!"

"Exactly!"

A general from a military family also stepped forward.

"In my opinion, the rules set by the military government have long been out of date. In the past, it was a tribe, ten people a household, twenty people a household, and even fifty people a household are common, each household naturally has no complaints, but from several generations of great khans frequently moved and demolished households, some military families are only five people a household, seven people a household, once the military sticker is sent, the father dies and the son dies, the war is extinct, and no one is Ding, but the military government never cares about these, only cares about recruiting people, once they don't follow, the whole family sits together! ”

He said hatefully: "In the past, the military stickers arrived at home, which was the glory of all Xianbei, but now everyone talks about military stickers, and they have changed color for it!" Men would rather be monks and keep incense for monks, and women would rather marry butcher rangers than military households! Ladies and gentlemen, I don't think it's Mulan's fault for her father to join the army, and I don't think the military government is at fault, but can't such an outdated rule be changed? Sometimes, I can't face the orphans of my subordinates, the widows and widows who have died for the country! ”

Hermulan closed his eyes, not understanding why things had come to such a point.

She just wanted to get rid of her armor and return to the field.

She just didn't want to cause trouble for His Majesty.

She's just unwilling to change the lives of everyone she cares about......

But why didn't the courtiers talk about "disarming and returning to the field", but instead discussed "whether the rules set by the military government before are reasonable"?

What about those who talk about "you can't let a woman break the rules"?

What about those who roared at His Majesty, "She will disgrace Great Wei"?

It's tens of thousands of miles off topic, okay?

Give her a good time! My knees are numb and I rub it!

Tuoba Tao was full of gratitude to Cui Hao in his heart, it was he who mixed up the troubled waters, made it impossible to continue his duty to Mulan, and also controlled his radical words and deeds just now.

His Royal Highness's Kumoti gave Tuoba Tao a "almost over" look, and Tuoba Tao, who got the prompt, was slightly relieved in his heart, and dropped the decision to the courtiers:

"Today's court is mainly for the purpose of awarding rewards, and the matter of Mulan will be suppressed for the time being, and the court will make another decision next month."

Tuoba Tao quickly cut through the mess.

"Although Mulan joined the army for her father as a woman, she has outstanding military achievements and national merits, so you should not be taken lightly. Mulan, I ordered you to think about it behind closed doors in the mansion for a month, not to go out, and to wait for the will of the imperial court! ”

"The last general, take the order."

He Mulan took a deep breath and leaned over helplessly to accept the order.

She was already recuperating at home, and she was not allowed to go out for the next month, because she was completely "isolated from the world".

After Hermulan's identity as a woman was revealed by herself, no one dared to come forward to talk to Hermulan until she left the palace, and more people just stood in the distance and pointed and whispered to the people around her.

But because of Tuobatao's comment that "he has outstanding military merits and merits with the country", no one dared to make any disdainful remarks in person or in public, or express any insulting words and deeds to her.

It's more about "curiosity", "can't believe it" and probing about her appearance.

Such a look, He Mulan was already used to it when he returned to his hometown to replace Mulan in his previous life.

And as the news of "Mulan is a woman" gradually spread, a change that took place within the Great Wei Dynasty, and the challenge to the backward slave tribal system from the already dissatisfied Hanchen was just beginning.

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