The east and west gardens of Guyin are now inhabited by the families of the campers.

The families of the battalions in Dongyuan City are mainly the families of the soldiers of the battalions in the Beijing Garrison Guard, such as the Taima Battalion and other battalions.

The family members of the camp households in Xiyuan City are mostly the families of the camp soldiers under the Xin Er tent.

Because Dongyuan City was "developed" earlier, the families of the camp households, the poor people of the Tang people of Guyin and Hu Muzhong, and the merchants from outside with little capital have basically filled this city, so after Zhang Shao led his troops to Guyin, the families of the soldiers of the camp households in his department also lived in Xiyuan City.

This time, the release of the camp households is a political measure to organize the households and the people, and for the time being, it is only aimed at the camp households of Zhang Shaobu, because it is the officials of the military department and the household department, they went directly to Xiyuan City that morning. This is the beginning of the policy of "releasing the camp households to organize the households and the people", and the significance is quite important, and the officials of the military department and the household department who came here to publicize the office, according to the meaning of Xin'er, are all headed by their chief officials. The chief officer of the military department is Tang Ai, and the chief officer of the household department is Yang Fu, both of whom are personally out of the horse.

Tang Ai wrapped in a curtain with open chest, long sleeves fluttering, holding a feather fan, sitting leisurely by the carriage, riding in a comfortable ox cart.

The sheep crown is dressed in strict order, the waist is tied with a leather belt, the body is equipped with a printed ribbon, and the front is stopped and stood, and the car is covered by black cover.

The history of the two parts of the official order and the history of the book order, according to the dignity and humility, or also by car, or on foot, followed by the Tang and Yang two carts. while

It is really as Xin Er said, "If there is something good at the top, it will be very bad at the bottom", but I saw the officials in his two departments, the passengers, the officials of the military department such as Tang Ai, all of them are ox carts, and the officials of the household department are like sheep fu, all of them are carts, and as for the costume, the military department also has many white silk and praise clothes that are exposed, and the officials of the household department are more serious and official uniforms.

The ranks of the military department are in the front, and the ranks of the household department are in the back.

Xiyuan City is in the southwest of Zhongcheng, and two teams of people enter from the east gate of Xiyuan City, one after the other.

As a gathering place for the poor and the "untouchables" like slaves and maids, the two garden cities usually rarely come to the officials, rich people, and nobles in the middle city and other urban areas, and suddenly more than a dozen "nobles" arrived, which immediately caused a commotion among the residents in the Xiyuan City.

The city wall of Xiyuan City was originally shabby, the roads in the city are also dirt roads, not only usually no one maintains, overgrown with weeds, wild shrubs everywhere on the roadside, rugged, full of potholes, and it is muddy and difficult to walk when it rains, after Xin Er took charge, he specially called Sun Yan to allocate a sum of money from the treasury to repair the infrastructure such as the city wall and roads of Xiyuan City, and now compared with the past, it has been greatly improved, although it still cannot be compared with the three cities such as Zhongcheng, but at least the city wall has increased and the city gate has changed to a new gate, The roads were filled in, and the main roads were paved with gravel or gravel, and weeds and shrubs were removed.

It also facilitated the trip of Tang Ai, Yang Fu and others to the city.

There were already civil officials in Xiyuan City, and they had summoned the families of Zhang Shaobu's camps.

The "li" where these family members live is narrow and there is not enough space to gather, so the place where Tang Ai, Yang Fu and others are waiting is not in the "li", but on the lakeside in the center of Xiyuan City.

This lake is the lake that Xin Er went to when he sneaked into Xiyuan City and contacted Zoroastrian Guo Yi.

The large and small official houses of Xiyuan City are all located by the lake, and the temples of Zoroastrianism and Buddhism in Xiyuan City are also located on the shores of the lake.

This lake is not small, to say, the fish and shrimp in the lake are flocks, the aquatic products are really abundant, only although it is located in Xiyuan City, but it belongs to the private property of the Dingxi royal family, so that the fox Feng and the previous generations of Dingxi kings, do not allow the residents in the city to fish in it, so it is the residents of the city, the fish and shrimp in the lake, the original can only look at the sigh. After Ling Hule ascended the throne, earlier last year, Xin Er asked for Zuo's order to lift the fishing ban on this lake, which can be regarded as a good governance that benefits the people.

Without further ado, Tang Ai, Yang Fu and others went to the lake under the watchful eyes of many Xiyuan City residents.

Most of the soldiers of Zhang Shao's department are from the camp households, and there are more than 2,000 families in the camp households in his department who are now living in Xiyuan City, almost about 10,000 people.

I saw that on the south bank of the lake, in front of several jagged official houses, it was already full of ragged men, women, old and weak.

Summer is scorching, and the masters and slaves of the rich and noble families are not tolerant of heat, but for the poor, summer is better than winter. If they are unclothed in winter, they will even freeze to death, and in summer hot spots it doesn't matter, it's a big deal to be shirtless. These men and women, old and weak, men, are half shirtless, some do not even wear the crotch that looks like a vest in later generations, they are naked, and only wear a short pair of calf nose pants underneath, those who are a little rich, wear shoes, and those who have no money simply go barefoot. There were not only men without clothes, Tang Ai saw at a glance that the women in the crowd were also quite undressed, only wrapped in a straw mat or the like, as a cover for shame.

Tang Ai frowned, and asked the officials of Xiyuan City, who greeted them at the city gate first, and then led them to the front, and said, "Those women have no clothes to wear, why do you want them to come here?" ”

The official replied respectfully: "Zhongtai sent an order, ordering the officials and others to gather all the families of General Zhang's camp on the shore of the lake this morning, in order to wait for the second prince to come to announce the decree. ”

"How long have you been an official in Xiyuan City?"

"It's been three years."

"You don't have to come to Xiyuan City tomorrow."

The official asked, "If you don't come here, where will the officials go?" ”

"I listen to your accent, like a Jiuquan person?"

"Tang Gong is wise, and the lower official is the Jiuquan people."

"Let's go back to Jiuquan!"

The official was stunned and said, "The lower official is stupid, dare to ask Tang Gong what he means by this?" ”

Tang Ai didn't bother to say more to him, and instructed a book on the side of the car: "You teach him, what do I mean." "Get up and get out of the car.

Leaving the stunned officials alone, Tang Ai and Yang Fu, who got out of the car, joined forces and went to the lake together.

Yang Fu heard his conversation with the official, and while walking towards the lake, he said: "Qianli, you are the head of the military department, and you can't manage the affairs of the ministry. ”

Tang Ai didn't care, and said, "I'll send the Taoist book to the ministry." ”

Yang Fu didn't approve of his style of doing things, but he knew that Tang Ai was born like this, when he was downtrodden in his early years, he did his own thing, arrogant to his peers and superiors, so that he was excluded, and he is ambitious today? knew that he couldn't persuade him, so forget it and don't say more.

The two of them arrived at the front of the crowd, boarded the temporary wooden platform, and waited for the rest of the officials of Xiyuan City and the camp officials of the camp to stop the noisy noise of Zhang Shaobu's camp households, and Yang Fu humbly gave in, so he asked Tang Ai to read out the will and explain the political measures of the central station based on the will.

Tang Ai did not let go, he knew that the people could not understand the language, so he did not read the original text of the holy decree, and used the plain vernacular to "let Zhang Shaobu camp households for the people of the household", and three days later, they would be moved to Shuofang, and before that, that is, tomorrow, they would be given a number of sheep, horses and livestock to each family for them to graze after they arrived in Shuofang, and then ask them about the decision of the middle platform to collect "principal and interest", and loudly told the tens of thousands of men and women in the audience.

Before he finished speaking, the family members of the campers in the audience and the residents of the city who were surrounded by spectators made a loud noise.

The surrounding residents did not mention it, but only the family members of the camp.

The family members of these camp households, like the families of the officials, are all "attached" to the directly governed country, and there is no difference between them and the subordinates of the Haoqiang family, although they are the same slaves, in the end Shuofang they are the people of the household, moved to Shuofang This government is a top priority in Dingxi recently, and the five cities of Guyin have been spread in the uproar, so there are many of them who have known in advance, but it is one thing to know in advance, and the will and political measures have really come down, and the rumors have become a reality, which is another thing.

Most of the family members of the camp are overjoyed, and since then they are no longer "lowly" scholars, they have become the people of the household, and their children and grandchildren no longer have to be forced to be soldiers, no longer have to be forced to be cattle and horses for generals and nobles, and from now on, they can have their own family property, and their children and grandchildren can also become officials, and even officials, which is really undreamable.

There are also family members of the camp who are worried, and they have left the scholar's register, and it is good to be released as a household and a citizen, but where is Shuofang? Far away in the northeast of the desert, thousands of miles away from Longzhou, I heard that it borders on the barbaric Hu people such as Rouran and Xianbei, and the wars are continuous, so to settle there, in the long run, it doesn't feel like a good thing.

There are even a very few who are sad and unwilling.

These unwilling people are all "superior people" in the camp, although they are also campers, but they are "belonging to Zhang Shao". According to the current practice of "sending the deceased", when the chief official leaves office, the local government will send money to the chief official, and at the same time, some local camp households will be sent to the chief officer, such worried camp households are all given to Zhang Shao when Zhang Shao left the Western Regions, which is equivalent to becoming Zhang Shao's "private slave", not only compared with other camp households, compared with the ordinary poor household Qi people, their daily life and treatment are much more comfortable, do not worry about eating and drinking, of course, they are not happy about this policy.

Whether they are happy, worried, unhappy, the will has been made, the policy has been decided, they have no choice but to obey.

But he said, if you don't want to go to Shuofang, can't you run away to resist this government? This is obviously impossible. First of all, they have no way to go anywhere; Secondly, even if they pass through the barren mountains and wilderness, bypass the checkpoints, and go to other counties and counties, they have no nationality, no land, and they can't live, and they can only become displaced people in the end, living a precarious life.

The reactions of the families of the campers were mixed.

Among the residents of Xiyuan City who were watching, there were also family members of the camp, and they were the same, but they also had different reactions. Some are envious; Some whispered that although they had been dismissed from their scholars, they might be more than lucky if they went to Shuofang, which was not necessarily a good thing; There are smart ones, guessing that when the court comes down, they may put other camps one after another as household Qi people, and they are even more happy or sad.

Among Zhang Shaobu's family members, one of them was overjoyed after listening to the decrees and political measures conveyed by Tang Ai.

This man is about twenty years old, not tall, probably because of malnutrition since childhood, thin and weak, and his appearance is very ordinary, his appearance is not good, only one mouth is the most conspicuous, very large, when he laughs, it can almost occupy a small half of the whole face,—— and now his mouth is like this. This person's name is Chen La, and because of his mouth, he has a nickname among the family members of the camp, called "Big Mouth".

Standing beside him, one old and one young, were two women.

The old woman was in her fifties, but because of the hard work of the years, her hair was thinning and gray, wrinkled like a ravine, and her body was thin, and her waist was hunched, as if she were sixty or seventy years old. This woman is Chen La's mother, surnamed Huang.

The young woman, fourteen or fifteen years old, had small eyebrows and small eyes, rough skin, gray complexion, and a mouth very similar to Chen La, and it was also very large. This woman is Chen La's younger sister, named Brother Chang, although she is not very old, she has been married the year before.

Chen La happily said to his mother: "Mother, it is true that we are allowed to make up the household and gather the people!" From now on, our family is a good family! Mother, you don't have to work so hard anymore, I can be filial to you well! The words turned sad and said, "It's a pity that Grandpa can't see today!" I remember that when I was a child, my grandfather often told me that if one day, our family could break away from the scholarly status, he must pay tribute to his ancestors. Mother, when I get home later, I will replace Grandpa and tell the ancestors this great joy! ”

His father followed Zhang Shao to Shuofang and participated in the Shuofang battle, and not long ago, news came that his father had died in battle. It was only a few days away, and his father was not able to wait for the time when he was dismissed from the scholar registration and became a member of the household.

Chen La's mother, Huang, firmly grasped his hand and said with tears: "Your grandfather has been a soldier all his life, he entered the army at the age of thirteen, and has followed several captains, fought with Hu in the Western Regions, and fought with Rouranyu, blood came and went, and it didn't take half a day to live in peace!" I knew for a long time that he would definitely die on the battlefield. ”

Huang touched his tears, and then said, "On the day when the military report of your grandfather's death in battle arrived, I was afraid day and night, afraid of calling you to join the army and sending the military order to replace your grandfather." I really didn't think about it, Xin Gong put us as the household Qi people, not to say, just now the noble man also said that anyone who is a son in the family, when he arrives in Shuofang, there is no need to enter, enter the ......, what did he say? ”

When Tang Ai talked about his will and political measures, Chen La pricked up his ears, listened very carefully, memorized Tang Ai's words, and replied to his mother, saying: "There is no need to enter the Lang General's Mansion as a soldier. ”

——This policy was proposed by Xin Er, and it is also a good government that is sympathetic to the people.

Huang said: "Yes, Fu Bing! Son, you don't have to replace your grandfather! That's great! Xin Gong's great kindness, we have to repay, after returning home, you not only have to sacrifice to your ancestors, but also follow me to pray for Xin Gong in front of the Buddha! ”

The battalion was a soldier, the father and brother died, the son and the younger brother were replaced, the Chen family Ding was not prosperous, there were only two Chen La brothers and sisters, and his sister was a woman, which means that Chen La should have replaced his father and enlisted in the army. Chen La has not been married so far, and the Huang family has a beloved son, and the second is worried that the Chen family will never be able to survive, so after hearing that her husband was killed, she has not eaten well and slept well these days, and she is indeed always afraid of the military order to summon Chen La to join the army. Now, because of Xin'er's policy, she is finally relieved.

Chen La nodded heavily and replied, "Yes!" Since he didn't have to enlist in the army again, he remembered something, Gu smiled at his sister, "Brother Chang, don't you dislike that kid of the Li family for being ugly?" Let's start today, it's to make up the households! Your marriage will no longer be under the control of the camp officials, and when you get to Shuofang and settle down, my brother will find you a handsome husband! Satisfied! ”

When Zhang Shao besieged Guangmu, his husband and his father, together with some other camp heads, were used by Zhang Shao as the main force to attack the city, and suffered the heaviest casualties. As mentioned above, according to the law of the land, in order to ensure that the number of men in the camp is sufficient, the women of the rank of the scholar will be remarried by the camp official after the death of their husbands. Brother Chen Chang's family's top camp official had already chosen a person for Brother Chen Chang to remarry, but that person was ugly and abnormal, and Brother Chen Changge was reluctant. Now that her family is no longer a businessman, this marriage will no longer be talked about.

There were people on the side, Chen La's words were too direct, Chen Changge punched Chen La and said, "Brother! What are you talking about! ”

Chen Lahaha laughed.

Tang Ai said that the will and political measures, he and Yang Fu brought those official history, book order history, each placed under the table behind the seat, by the officials of Xiyuan City and the camp officials of the camp organized the families of these camp households to line up, first to the officials of the military department, eliminate the non-commissioned registration, and then to the front of the officials of the household department, report their names, family information, and register in the register, the officials of the household department will briefly record their age, appearance, height and other personal characteristics, and then, the household department will record them in the "yellow book" according to these records.

The yellow book, which is the yellow book, is used to record the books of the people in the country. Because of the yellow paper used, it got this name. ——The same status as the yellow nationality is the white nationality, and the records of the white nationality are all overseas Chinese. The yellow and white books are all good people, and as for the camp households, official households, and so on, they are not qualified to be registered in the yellow and white books, and there are other books that belong to them in the state's case file.

Tens of thousands of people, it takes a long time to register, Tang Ai and Yang Fu didn't wait long, and went back to Zhongcheng first.

The officials of the two ministries were sweating profusely and were busy until night, and they had not yet finished registering. The order given by Xin Er was that this matter must be completed today, so he had to pick up the light and continue. It wasn't until dawn that the rooster crowed, and the job was done.

Chen La's family did not stay until dawn, it was their turn before evening, and after registering, they went home. When he arrived at home, Chen Laguo first offered sacrifices to his ancestors, and then prayed for Xin Er in front of the small Buddha statue enshrined by Huang with his mother Huang and his sister Chen Changge. In the evening, Huang took out the only egg in the family, boiled it, and the family of three served it with coarse porridge and salty sauce, and ate it separately, which was considered a celebration.

The next day, the officials of the Ministry of Industry came to Xiyuan City with a large number of livestock.

Zhang Shaobu's family members gathered again on the shore of the lake, and each family, according to the number of its people, received a different number of sheep and horses. The number of sheep and horses distributed by each household is recorded in the documents of the Ministry of Works, so that the principal and interest can be recovered in the following year.

Chen La's family has a small population, and they were given 50 sheep and 1 horse.

Chen La grew so big, let alone a horse, there had never been a sheep that belonged to him, rubbing his hands, and turning around the sheep and horses that were given to him several times, he was very happy. The middle of the house is small, their family is even smaller, there is no place to put sheep and horses, Xin Er took this into account, allowed them to temporarily leave the sheep and horses assigned to the lake, and specially sent troops to guard all sides to avoid theft. Although Xin Er thought about and arranged it very thoughtfully, Chen La still lived by the lake that night, and he was not at ease if he did not personally guard these sheep and horses. He stayed with him all night by the lake, along with other members of the camp's family.

On the morning of the third day, all these family members who had become a family member set out on the road to move to Shuofang.