It's getting a little colder.

Chen Shuncai tightened his clothes. The cold wind blew, and he subconsciously shivered.

Autumn in Beijing is colder than in Guanzhong. This was his greatest feeling after returning to Beijing with the Han military banner.

It's good to have a good life without fighting, but it's easy for the whole person to be idle. And once people are idle, they are prone to cranky thoughts.

For example, Chen Shuncai is now wondering whether the Qing Dynasty is the destiny of heaven and whether it can determine the world.

If he had been a year ago, he would never have had such doubts.

At that time, the Eight Banners Army was invincible and invincible.

Even half a year ago, he wouldn't have had this idea. It's just that the process is a little hard, but the Qing army will definitely win.

But now Chen Shun has to doubt the things he once believed in.

His conversion came out of fear. And fear comes from one fiasco after another.

Many of them Chen Shuncai even experienced it himself.

He had several close encounters with death, and several times he walked through the Ghost Gate, and he found that the Qing army was not invincible.

The Shandong Ming army was able to defeat them, and the Sichuan Ming army could also defeat them.

The so-called Eight Banners is less than 10,000 and invincible is just a self-deceptive lie.

The Qing army is also composed of flesh and blood mortals, and as long as there are people, they will be injured and bleed, and if they bleed more, they will die.

The most terrible thing is that the Qing soldiers also have fear.

Once fear, once generated, it will be very difficult to dispel.

Just like Chen Shuncai himself, he has already buried fear of the Ming army, especially the Shence army, in his heart.

Now as soon as he hears Ming Jun, his calves will subconsciously become weak and tremble all over.

How could such an army and such a soldier fight well?

Chen Shuncai firmly believed that there were countless people in the Qing army who were like him, but some people were just strong and didn't show it.

"Hey, I don't know when such a day will come to an end."

Today's Chen Shuncai only hopes that such days will end soon. Win or lose, don't let people raise their hearts to their throats anymore.

It's a really painful feeling.

"Brother Chen, something is wrong."

Chen Shuncai was stunned for a moment, what's going on?

He got up and walked to the door and pushed the door open, and when he saw that it was Huzi, he said, "What happened?" ”

Huzi sighed and said, "Brother Chen, you still don't know? The imperial court is going to ask the people of the Han army banner to pay silver and salaries. ”

"Salary?"

Of course, Chen Shuncai understood the meaning of these two words, but he felt a little unbelievable.

"We are flag people, how can there be a reason for flag people to help the army."

In Chen Shuncai's existing cognition, the flag man is a high-ranking existence.

Not only do the banner people not need to be paid, but they can also receive silver on time every month, which is called eating hardcore crops.

Chen Shuncai has been like this since he was carried into the Han Army Banner. This was true before entering customs, and it was also true after entering customs.

This is the tradition of Eight Flags, how can it be changed so easily?

"That's the old calendar. Now the imperial court is implementing a new policy. Even the flag soldiers have to donate their salaries. ”

"The same is true of the Eight Banners?"

Chen Shuncai asked subconsciously.

Huzi rolled his eyes and said, "Brother Chen, what are you thinking?" The decree issued by the regent clearly stipulates the scope of the salary that needs to be subscribed, including the Green Battalion Soldiers, the Han Eight Banners, and the Meng Eight Banners. The Eight Banners are not listed. ”

Although Chen Shuncai knew that this was definitely the result, he was still very uncomfortable after really learning about it.

Why can those who are full of eight flags be exempt from the subsidy? Why do Han and Mongolian Eight Banners have to pledge? Could it be that the Manchurian bannermen are a head taller than other bannermen?

"If that's what we say, we're definitely going to donate."

After holding it for a long time, Chen Shuncai sighed.

He did have a lot of silver in deposits, but it was all buried in the yard of his home, and no outsiders should know about it.

But if he doesn't donate a little money, Ben Niu Lu will be difficult to explain the past.

If it is a typical punishment to Gushan Ezhen or the flag owner, wouldn't it be difficult for the gods to save it?

With Chen Shuncai's character of compromise, of course, he will not be this up-and-coming bird. But he was still a little unwilling to give away the silver like this.

"Donation is definitely going to donate, I'm here to tell Brother Chen the news, so that you can be mentally prepared in advance. The second is to discuss with you how much is appropriate. ”

Huzi looked at Chen Shuncai with a smile, waiting for the big brother to speak.

In terms of age, Chen Shuncai is a whole round older than Huzi, but he doesn't have much experience in dealing with this kind of thing.

He swallowed and spit, hesitated a few times and sighed: "Otherwise, let's pledge ten taels first?" ”

"Ten taels?"

Huzi rolled his eyes: "I'm afraid it's not enough." ”

"And how much do you say?"

"At least that's the number."

Huzi stretched out three fingers.

"Thirty taels?"

Chen Shuncai asked with some pain.

"Three hundred taels!"

Huzi said without hesitation.

"You can't pass the test without three hundred taels. Niu Lu Zhangjing alone won't nod, they will think that you are calling Hanako. ”

"Hey, three hundred taels, this is a robbery."

Chen Shuncai's face was incredulous.

"Do you really want that much?"

"That's more? I just said a minimum number. I said, Brother Chen, you won't even be able to take out three hundred taels, right? ”

Huzi spread his hands.

"Three hundred taels were naturally taken out, but these are all things I have saved with hard work. It's not willing to donate it like this. ”

He has followed the Qing army to plunder for so many years, and his family must have earned a few hundred taels of silver. But the question is, what does he eat and drink when he donates all this money?

Fighting a war now is no better than before, and if you can't grab something, let alone it, it's hard to even win.

"Unwilling?" Huzi pouted and said, "What's the use of being unwilling?" I'm not reconciled, don't I have to donate money obediently? Don't forget that you are a flag man, and the flag master wants to rectify you in 10,000 ways. ”

The corners of Chen Shuncai's mouth twitched a little: "Three hundred taels is too much, why don't you take out two hundred taels first?" ”

"Oh, I see that you Brother Chen understands it very well on weekdays, why do you get confused when it comes to a critical time. Can you try this kind of thing? If you annoy the above and let the flag master remember you, you will have to lose your skin even if you don't die. ”

Huzi pulled Chen Shuncai and said, "Do you want money or death?" ”

"I, I..."

Chen Shuncai couldn't talk anymore as he spoke, and sat down on the ground with a thud, hugged his head and cried.

"I'm not reconciled, I'm not reconciled. On what basis, on what basis they are. ”

"Brother Chen, the people are the flag owners, Gushan Ezhen, and Niu Lu Zhangjing. When people eat meat, let's drink soup with them. Now that people are telling us to spit out all the soup we have drunk, do we dare not vomit? ”

Huzi swallowed and spitted at the mouth: "Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood." It's useless for you to fight Qili right now. People should bow their heads. ”

Chen Shuncai only felt that these words were very familiar.

Hasn't he been like this for the rest of his life? Compromise and seek perfection, and live in the world.

In the past, when he was a clothed minion, he was a banner man and could bully him at will. Later, he raised the flag, and there were fewer people who bullied him, but those Manchurian flag people could still take advantage of him.

He's living a miserable life.

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