Legend has it that during the Tianshun period, there was a yellow flower road person, who lived in a small temple outside the city of Gaizhou. There is Taoism, practice for several years, once the crane comes, take it away, and its place is named with the fairy mountain.

With the fairy mountain, it is the crane and sheep mountain of later generations.

On the half slope of the fairy mountain, there is a crane sheep temple, which is really a Taoist temple. In the northwest of Banxian Mountain, there is another temple, called Chaoyang Temple, which is a monk temple.

A Taoist temple and a temple are the main targets of the fugitive military households in Gaizhou.

Kuai Laosan fled with his family to Heyang Temple (view), he was originally a Gaizhou guard, the eldest brother and the second brother died, and he automatically became a regular army. In the fifteenth year of Zhengde, the heavy snowstorm in Gaizhou, and the sixteenth year of Zhengde were the major earthquakes and droughts, and it was really impossible to survive, and hundreds of military families and their families fled here.

Kuai Laosan escaped relatively early, and he was able to rent the temple field of the Heyang Temple. Those who run slowly can only go further and go to Chaoyang Temple.

Others fled to the mountains and cultivated their own land. But the lack of farm tools and seeds made life even more difficult, and I don't know how many people will freeze to death and starve to death this winter.

Heavy snow falls, and the snow is three feet.

The tenants were housed in simple bamboo huts, and there was little farm work to do at this time. Although there is a lack of food and clothing, fortunately, he made his own earthen kang, and the family will not be frozen to death.

After the beginning of spring, it will be fine, and you can farm for the Taoist priests. I heard that Heyang Temple is going to be expanded, maybe you can still earn some money by working, and barely support your daily expenses.

"Third brother, Chai He is almost gone. Today, my mother asked you to go out and fetch some firewood and come back. Xiaomei said.

Kuai Laosan had to get up from the kang and put on the only padded jacket in the house. He also wore two layers of kudzu cloth on the outside, which could not only keep warmer, but also prevent the padded jacket from being worn out while working.

There were seven people in the family.

The eldest brother, the second brother, and the younger brother died in Gaizhouwei. On the way to escape, his father also starved to death, and now only the third child, his mother and sister are left.

Put the dead grass in the cloth boots, and after putting them on, Kuai Laosan wrapped the shoes a few times with rags. This is for warmer temperatures, and also to secure broken boots from being ripped off or torn by snow.

There is no shortage of firewood on the mountain, but the area around the Heyang Temple cannot be cut down at will, and you need to walk two or three miles further.

The mountain road in the snow is not easy to walk, and you have to find dead branches to chop wood, otherwise you don't know when you can use it when you cut it back. As soon as he chopped a small half bundle of firewood, Kuai Laosan was so tired that he rubbed his waist and straightened his body to rest for a while.

Suddenly, Kuai Laosan saw a group of people coming from afar, and there were mules and horses carrying some goods.

"On this cold day, there are still people in the mountains to do business? Eat and hold up. Kuai Laosan couldn't help but complain, and went to chop wood.

Finally finished chopping a load of firewood, Kuai Laosan was about to pick it home, but was startled by the situation in front of him.

The people who were complained about by him before have come to more than ten zhang away at this time. Who is a merchant who goes into the mountains to do business? It's clearly an officer in cotton armor!

As a fugitive soldier, Kuai Laosan's first reaction was to run away, and he didn't even want the firewood he had just beaten. But he had just run two steps, and suddenly stopped, thinking: I am now a tenant in the temple, as long as I don't admit it, can these officials still arrest me?

So, Kuai Laosan pretended to be calm and went home slowly with his burden.

"The man in front, wait a minute!" An officer shouted.

Kuai Lao Sanquan didn't hear it and continued to hurry.

The officer struggled to catch up in the snow, and was exhausted and panting when he ran closer: "Let you wait...... Whew...... Wait a minute! ”

Kuai Laosan could only put down his burden, turned around and asked, "The military master called me?" ”

The officer said, "Heyang Temple is ahead, right?" ”

"Right ahead." Kuai Laosan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

These officials and soldiers in front of them must be the servants of a big official, it is estimated that the old man in the family is sick or something, and he came to the temple to pray for blessings in the cold winter.

The officer was very generous and took out a few Zhengde Tongbao: "Take us to Heyang Temple." ”

"Okay!" Kuai Lao three happy.

He stood there waiting for the other sergeants, and looked at the copper coins in his hand. These copper coins are dark and shiny, larger and heavier than ordinary coins, and you can tell at a glance that they are good money.

After a while, all these sergeants had already come, and Kuai Laosan secretly counted them. There were thirty or forty sergeants, and dozens of mules and horses were brought in them, and each animal carried a heavy load of goods on its back.

Kuai Laosan couldn't help but ask: "Where did the military masters come from?" ”

"Gai Zhouwei." A sergeant replied.

Kuai Laosan fled from Gaizhouwei, and exclaimed: "I heard that all the military households of Gaizhouwei have run away, and the military masters are new?" ”

"Isn't it?" The sergeant couldn't complain, "Damn, we were transferred to Gaizhouwei, and we have the land, but there are not a few people left." With such a thick snow in the mountains, you have to go into the mountains to pull people back. By the way, you are also a fugitive from Gaizhouwei, right? ”

"No, the small ones are the tenants of the Crane and Sheep Temple." Kuai Laosan hurriedly shook his head and denied it.

The sergeant smiled: "Whether you are or not, you have to go back with your master this time." If you have a family member, bring it with you, and you will be sure that you will not be treated badly. ”

Kuai Laosan's scalp tingled when he heard this, and he threw down his burden and knelt on the ground: "Ladies and gentlemen, the little one is really not a military household, and he has been a tenant farmer in the temple for generations." Please, everyone, let go of the small way to live. ”

The sergeant was amused: "Where are there any tenant farmers in this Liaodong?" Even if you're not a fugitive, your father and your father certainly are. Don't think about running, you can't run away. Let's go into the mountain this time, and we have to bring back the living people when we see them, even the Taoist priests of Heyang Temple can't run! ”

Kuai Laosan only felt that the sky had fallen, and he didn't care about the biting snow, so he just sat down on the ground.

"Don't scare him," Niu Zhen, who had been promoted to deputy Qianhu, walked up to Kuai Laosan and said, "You are lucky, there is Wang Shilang sitting in Gaizhou." However, if they go back and become a military household, each person can share ten acres of land, and they do not need to hand over the grains of the fields within ten years. Moreover, Wang Shilang paid for his own money and rewarded each person with three feet of cotton cloth. See these mules and horses? The pack is all cotton, and everyone has a share! ”

Kuai Laosan doesn't believe these officers, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang does have a rule that the newly cultivated farmland in Liaodong does not have to pay taxes for ten years. But how could the officers listen to the words of the imperial court, and it is estimated that they will be asked to pay the tuntian grains next year.

Kuai Laosan took the sergeant and walked forward slowly. Suddenly, he slipped and rolled straight down the hill.

"Get it back!" Niu Zhen shouted.

After a while, Kuai Laosan was brought back with a disgraced face, and took these sergeants to Heyang Temple.

"Where's the abbot?" Niu Zhen shouted.

The Taoist priest in the temple ran out quickly, and an old Taoist priest stepped forward to say: "The poor road is loose and windy, and there is a loss of welcome, please don't blame the military masters." ”

Niu Zhen smiled: "No blame, no blame. Take your disciples and grandchildren, as well as the tenants and servants of the temple, and follow me back to Gaizhouwei. ”

The old Taoist priest was stunned, and immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Master Jun, this view can offer 300 stones of grain, and ask the master to let me go of Heyang Temple!" ”

"I can't be the master," Niu Zhen shook his head and said, "Since you don't want to leave, then I'll set fire to the temple to see where you can live in the cold winter." Whoever dares to stop this thousand households from setting fire will be slashed with a knife! ”

When a Taoist priest encounters a soldier, he can't explain it clearly.

Not long after, there were fires in many places in Heyang Temple, and the Taoist priests in the temple could not hide at all. They did not dare to flee indiscriminately, and at this time they fled into the mountains, and they would not be starved to death or frozen, but they would also be mauled to death by wild beasts.

The same is true of the tenants around Heyang Temple, only a few choose to escape, and most of them obediently follow the sergeants back.

There were three people in Kuai's third family, and they received nine-foot cotton cloth on the spot.

I only heard Niu Zhen say: "There are too many people, not enough cotton, I will make up for it for you when I go back to Gaizhou." Lao Tzu doesn't lie, as long as you go back, you will have ten acres of land, and you won't have to pay grain within ten years! If Lao Tzu tells a lie, the whole family will not die well! ”

It was all a curse and an oath, but the people who were caught down the mountain still didn't want to believe what he said.

Heyang Temple, was burned.

The Chaoyang Temple in the northwest did not last long, and was burned down after half a month.

The monks and Taoists were forced to return to the vulgar one by one, and honestly went to Gaizhou to serve as military households. Not all of them are military households, such as Songfeng Daoren, the abbot of Heyang Temple, who was appointed by Wang Yuan as the medical officer of Gaizhou Wei because of his superb medical skills.

Throughout the winter, Gaizhou Wei was busy going into the mountains, and when he saw the living, he brought them back, and he actually brought back thousands of people scattered and scattered.

The re-enrichment of Gaizhouwei is a serious matter recognized by hundreds of officials.

The military department Shangshu was the first to support, and the household department Shangshu was Wang Yuan's father-in-law, and the Kuraba Shangshu was still Wang Yuan's teacher. Grain, seeds, cattle, farming implements...... These materials have not been deducted much, plus Wang Yuan paid out of his own pocket and transported a lot of cotton cloth to the military households to keep out the cold, and the entire Gaizhou Wei has had a good time this winter.

At least the military families feel very happy, and they just want to be able to live like this for the rest of their lives.