Chapter 2: Sharpening the Edge (6 Below)

Although he can speak authentic Tang dialect, Thirteen's mind is not so bright. was asked by Wang Xun's brainless question for a long time, until he saw a fist from the boss coming to him, he jumped aside and hesitated: "This, the benefits of being a Tang man are too many." I can't finish it for a while. Where do you want thirteen where do I ......"

"Don't be verbose, pick up what you think is the most important!" Wang Xun frowned and glared at the other party, interrupting impatiently.

"This ......" Thirteen snapped his fingers and grinned, "First, Datang is much richer than our hometown, and you can almost pick up a hanging copper coin by bending down slightly!" Don't hide it from my lord, Thirteen is now a month's salary, and in our hometown, there can be a lieutenant general of the guards. Second, anyone on the Datang side can eat meat as long as they have money, but in the Thirteenth Family, ordinary people are only worthy of eating vegetable dumplings and salted dried fish......."

"I asked you to be a Tang person, what are you doing with these useless things?" Wang Xun was so angry that he had never eaten meat in his thirteen lives, raised his leg and gave the other party a kick, and interrupted loudly.

"Ahh Thirteen, who was thinking about the bittersweet recollection, was caught off guard, was kicked, covered his buttocks and whispered in protest, "My lord asked me to pick up the most important ones." It doesn't matter what you want to eat? On the side of the thirteenth family, even if the common people eat secretly, once they are exposed by the neighbors, they will ......"

"Believe it or not, I'm going to beat you to death with a fist?!" Wang Xun waved his big fist and interrupted again.

"Look, Thirteen Eleven is honest, you don't like to hear it. You didn't say why you asked Thirteen these things? How do you know what you need to know? "After being with Wang Xun for a long time, Thirteen has long figured out the temper of his general. Dodge a few steps back, muttering and grumbling.

The other party is a general given by Feng Changqing, and most of the time, Wang Xun really can't do anything about this person. glared at the other party fiercely for a while, and said helplessly: "Don't you have eyes yourself?" Just now, your master and I kindly promised to let those captives be Tang people, but they didn't want to. But I clearly remember that on the day Feng Shuai promised to help you enter the Tang Dynasty, you liked it so much that you couldn't turn a hundred heels! ”

"Of course!" Thirteen shrugged his shoulders, not at all interested in Wang Xun's ridicule, "General, you don't know anything. In the thirteenth hometown, anyone who can get along with Datang will be looked down upon. Not only the envoys who returned from the Tang Dynasty could be given the official position of the boss. Even their servants followed suit. If you have already entered the Tang nationality and have an official position, just like Thirteen is now, it is even more unbelievable. You don't think that the thirteenth is just a small brigade under your command, and when you return to your hometown, you will be the superior from the Celestial Empire, and you can be on an equal footing with the ministers on the left and right. Everywhere you go, everyone is vying for the stutter, whose daughter you like, as long as you hook your fingers, you will be sent over that night! ”

"Left and right ministers?" Wang Xun didn't know much about the Japanese official system, so he frowned and asked.

"It's the prime ministers left and right, the thirteen hometowns, the official system is copied from our Datang. It's just a name change, and the others are basically the same as our Datang! The Guard Brigade led Wang Thirteen without the slightest look of shame on his face, and admitted it very frankly.

"Oh!" Wang Xun finally understood. Why would the thirteen people be so excited that they could enter the Tang Dynasty, it turned out that there were real interests involved, unlike themselves, and the feeling of belonging to the Tang Dynasty was completely innate, and rarely involved any actual interests. But why did those captured horse thieves prefer to be the domestic slaves of the Wang family rather than naturalize the Tang Dynasty? Could it be that being a servant of the "Iron Hammer King" is more beneficial and more beneficial than becoming a Tang person?

Just as he was puzzled, he heard Thirteen say cautiously: "As for the thoughts of those horse thieves, I'm afraid Thirteen can guess somewhat." If the general is not too long-winded......."

"Just say it!" Wang Xun glanced at Thirteen in surprise and smiled encouragingly.

"If Thirteen is wrong, you can't hit Thirteen!" Thirteen first put forward a condition, and then quickly escaped a few steps, seeing that Wang Xun did not chase after him, he covered his ass and slowly explained: "Actually, the general just doesn't know much about the situation in the Western Regions, so he was let down by his kindness in vain. Thirteen heard Feng Jiedu say that in order to completely erase the traces of our Tang Dynasty from the Western Regions, the Great Cannibal can be said to have exhausted all kinds of means. Especially after the defeat of our Anxi Army back then, the big cannibals were even more unscrupulous. ”

He spoke one by one, and he spoke extremely smoothly, as if he had long forgotten his original identity, or wished that others would forget it too, "Thirteen listened to Feng Jiedu and said that in those places along the Yaosha River, all the officials and people who had anything to do with our Anxi Army, no matter how high or low, except for a few who saw the opportunity very quickly, the rest were all reduced to slaves. The two words of the Tang people, right now in the middle of the river, are fat sheep that can be plundered casually. Corrupt officials, ruffians and hooligans, whoever sees them will come forward and grab a handful. Far from this, the local government has tacitly supported and encouraged similar behavior. In this way, who still has the courage to be a Tang man again? On the contrary, it is safer to be your old house slaves, even if they become prisoners of others in the future, they will not be treated too harshly for the sake of their own clan! ”

"That's exactly what happened! They, they really, really enough....." Wang Xun was completely shocked this time, his palm pressed the handle of the knife, and his five fingers were bent and stretched. The Tang Dynasty and the Great Eclipse have been fighting for the Western Regions for nearly a hundred years, but the Tang Dynasty only pursues nominal conquest and military deterrence, and has never used many means to such a vivid extent as the Great Cannibal.

He finally began to understand why Feng Changqing had painstakingly tried to build a perfect line of defense to completely isolate the Great Cannibal to the west of the Green Ridge. It is not only about the honor and disgrace of the Anxi Army, nor is it just about the fame and wealth of several border generals. It is related to the entire Longyou Road, and nearly one million Tang people are at stake. If it is broken through by the Great Cannibal, it will rely on its all-encompassing means of assimilation. It didn't take too long for the people of the Han family to go west from Yumen Pass to have to wear their hair on the left.

"And that's not all!" After listening to the two of them for a while, the new guard Wan Qi Yuxuan also interjected in a low voice, "Even if the merchants of the Tang Dynasty sell their goods in the river, if there is no local merchant who believes in the Heavenly Fang Sect as a guarantor, they will have to pay three times more taxes." Although those places are noble, they can't do without our Datang things for a day! In the past two years, Wan Qian has been in charge of the house, and I have heard that several traders, in order to pay less business taxes, secretly sent their own sons and nephews to the river, and changed the name of Dashi to become a local merchant! ”

"Damn it!" Wang Xun scolded angrily in a low voice, not knowing whether to scold the big cannibals, or scold the traders who were willing to sell their ancestors for some profits.

Wan Qi Yuxue smiled and said in a low voice, "Don't look down on those vendors, my lord. After all, they're still here for some small profits. But right now, we have a lot of people in Datang, who would rather not want any benefits, and rush to sell their ancestors to outsiders. ”

"Who is it?" Wang Xun turned his head sensitively and looked into Wan Qiyu's eyes and asked.

"Do you need to ask me? When you were in Chang'an, didn't you see it? Wan Qian Yuxuan grinned and asked in a low voice.

knew that what his subordinates said was a complaint, but Wang Xun was speechless. The current emperor favors foreign races, believing them to be more simple than his own people. Former Prime Minister Li Linfu did what he liked and promoted a large number of foreign generals. Ge Shuhan, An Lushan, and Gao Xianzhi, the reason why these festival envoys with heavy troops are reused, which one is not stained with the light of blood? Thou art a heavenly kingdom that puts the interests of foreign races above the interests of your own people. And the people of our country have been repeatedly bullied abroad but have nowhere to redress their grievances, how can they not be disappointed in their homeland over time?

Thinking of this, it is understandable that the captives are not willing to be Tang people. Even if the hawkers changed the names of their sons and nephews and pretended to be big cannibals, it was not an unforgivable crime in Wang Xun's heart. He asked himself if he had the power to change the decrees of the imperial court, but in the one acre and three points of land under his control, he absolutely refused to allow a similar situation to happen. After pondering for a moment, he said in a low voice: "Today, you two won't say it to anyone else." There are also many brothers under Wang's command who are from different races, and the words are spread crookedly, which will inevitably cause misunderstanding and be unfavorable to the army. But Wang can guarantee that in our place, a bowl of water is flat for everyone. Fame and wealth each compete for their ability, and no one should take advantage of it by blood. In the White Horse Fort, General Zhao once said a sentence that Wang still remembers clearly......"

It was a very faint memory, if it wasn't for today's stimulation by external objects, Wang Xun might never take the initiative to remember. He remembered that it was an autumn morning, and he and a group of Chang'an nobles stood together a few days after becoming a soldier, close to each other, showing off the glory of their ancestors. And Zhao Huaixu, the head of the spear and stick sect, happened to pass by, pursed his lips, and said disdainfully: "I remember that when you pick an animal, you must choose a famous blood species, this cargo has a strong physique, and when you ride under the crotch, you can quickly understand the owner's intentions." As for people, they have to be a little different from animals! ”

At that time, Wang Xun was not without anger in his heart. Now, I am only grateful for Zhao Huaixu's teachings. Relying on his ancestors, he is counting on catching up with the Qin family brothers in this life. With his bloodline, he will never be as good as An Lushan and Geshuhan. But....... Looking at the thirteen and Wan Qian jade shallots who were waiting for the following again, he smiled, his young face was full of old age that was not commensurate with his age, "He said, people are not animals, and they don't need to be famous and bloody!"

Alcoholic's Note: Ready to enter V. After entering V, the update speed will be accelerated as much as possible. I've been in some trouble lately, so I've been dragging my feet a bit. I'm sorry.