Listening to the words of the representative of the Kong family, Xu Muhe shook his head disapprovingly.

The support of the world's readers? Now don't say if there is, even if there is, what is the use?

He, Xu Muhe himself, and Xu Mujiang, are all standard scholars - Jinshi who took the right path of the imperial examination.

But what's the use of that? In the end, isn't it curled up in the corner of Juzhou and being a rich man with an inconspicuous reputation?

The current situation in Qingzhou is completely caused by Xu Shiyang and his troops.

After more than ten years of war, no matter how stupid people are, they can understand that in troubled times, it is more important to be a soldier.

What's more, Xu Muhe is not stupid, he will definitely not go against his son, who firmly controls the power of the army.

Because he is Xu Shiyang's biological father, no matter what height Xu Shiyang can reach in the future, Xu Muhe will be firmly above him.

As long as he lives, even if Xu Shiyang sits in the world, he can only be a Taizong.

Taizu is naturally his Xu Muhe.

Even if he only sits on the throne for one day and immediately passes the throne to Xu Shiyang, he is also the emperor and enjoys all the treatment he deserves.

If you make trouble for your son, you will have to do something unspeakable, then you are really a fool.

Therefore, if Xu Shiyang agrees to his accession to the throne today, then naturally everything will be fine.

Since Xu Shiyang clearly said that he would consider the issue of the throne in ten years, then he planned to really wait ten years before talking.

"Do you really stop thinking about it?" The middle-aged man known as Mr. Kong frowned and said, "If you don't become the emperor, you won't be able to open the imperial examination, and you won't be able to accept the hearts of the world's scholars." ”

"That's where my husband comes in."

Xu Muhe didn't care about the person in front of him, but he attached great importance to the family he represented, so he was also very polite to this middle-aged man:

"Ben Shuai...... it's not that Ben Du is not the emperor, but he is not the emperor now."

"The Governor of Pontus can swear an oath with Mr. for about ten years, and after ten years, there will naturally be a chance for Mr. to show his strength!"

"But now, please also ask Mr. to start with me at the end of Qingping."

Mr. Nakong arched his hand and said, "Dare not obey your fate!" ”

But in his heart, he was actually very disappointed.

It's going to be another ten years of suffering.......

Mr. Kong felt that the previous ten years of the Holy Ancestor Mansion had been hard enough.

More than ten years ago, the Holy Ancestor Mansion gave Dajin's emperor a persuasion table, but Dajin failed to gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains, and soon withdrew from the pass to deal with the pressure of the Mughus and the birth of a girl.

Later, the Holy Ancestor Mansion gave the Mugwu people a persuasion table, but as a result, those Tartars never even came to Qi Province, and even if they entered the customs, they were just wandering around in the mountains.

Or go south and try to cross the river.

Whether it was the Jurchen or the Mengwu, they did not embarrass their family, but in the more than ten years that the Great Zhou moved south, the Holy Ancestor Mansion quickly transformed from a Confucian holy land to a large dock fort master family .......

The Pioneer Mansion currently controls more than a dozen dock forts, because the Tartars never attack their homes, so they have more than 10,000 strong men in their hands, tens of thousands of women, children, old and weak, which is considered a very strong local power.

But no matter how strong the place is, it is always just a local tyrant, and what the Ancestor Mansion wants most is the status of the holy land in the hearts of the world's scholars, and the feeling that the emperor has to respect his own family.

Therefore, after discovering that Xu Muhe in Qingzhou had an opportunity, Mr. Kong hurriedly set off and gave him a persuasion form.

As a result, Xu Muhe was indeed moved, but his son, Xu Shiyang, who held the military power, actually disagreed!

It's a real disappointment.

……

Qingzhou Army Martyrs Cemetery near the former Xujia 15th Tun in Juzhou.

Since the first defeat of the Tartars and the burial of the militia who died at that time here, this cemetery has successively buried more than 3,000 martyrs who died in the Qingzhou Expansion War.

And today, it is the largest number of people sleeping in this cemetery at one time - Xu Shiyang is here to hold a collective funeral for the 5,593 Qingzhou new army and militia who have just died resisting the Tartar invasion.

Today's weather can be regarded as cooperative, gloomy and drizzling, as if God is mourning for the brave sacrifices.

The comrades-in-arms of the sacrificed soldiers took matters into their own hands, digging out the tombs for the warriors one by one, rows of thick wooden coffins were placed in front of the tombs, Xu Shiyang wrapped a black cloth belt around his arms, and walked over one by one from beginning to end, he lowered his head and put his hands on the coffins, as if he was holding the shoulders of the soldiers and whispering to them.

For a whole day, Xu Shiyang kept repeating this action, no one bothered him, and the relatives of the sacrificed soldiers endured unspeakable grief as they watched the commander who led everyone to repel the Tartar invasion.

No one said anything to disturb his last conversation with the soldiers, and only after Xu Shiyang walked past did those relatives come forward to say their final goodbyes.

In the evening, Xu Shiyang finally finished talking with the last martyr.

He walked back to the front of the line, put his hands lightly on his lower abdomen, lowered his head, and said a collective farewell to the soldiers.

The comrades-in-arms stepped forward and put the coffins of the martyrs into the tomb together, and then covered the soil to form rows and rows of neat earthen bags.

In front of each branch, a bluestone tablet was erected, which engraved the soldiers' names, places of origin, honors received, and time and place of sacrifice.

The comrades-in-arms put a glass of wine and a bowl of rice in front of the tomb of each martyr.

The family members stepped forward to offer incense, and those who did not have family members were replaced by comrades-in-arms.

The three platoons of musketeers opened fire round by round as a final farewell to the martyrs.

……

After the funeral, Xu Shiyang delivered a speech in front of the families and comrades-in-arms of the martyrs, in addition to acknowledging the heroism of the martyrs, he announced in public that it was once again a matter of treatment.

First, the families of martyrs enjoy more financial and tax subsidies every year.

They pay five percent less tax than non-martyr families, and if they need a loan, the bank will give priority to approve and offer lower interest.

Second, all the land vouchers of the soldiers, as well as the allocated land promised by the embassy when they joined the army, were all paid in one lump sum.

Third, the establishment of military insurance, the monthly salary of the soldiers of the new army, according to the different ranks, is compulsorily stored 5 to 10 percent per month, and the military takes out the same amount of money, two cents together in the bank, after the soldier retires or dies, a lump sum payment to the soldier himself or his family.

Fourth, the families of school-age soldiers can be given priority in recruiting or joining the army.

Fifth, a soldier who has no relatives can take out another piece of military pay to buy the bank's public welfare fund, and the bank will use this public welfare fund to adopt an orphan for him, which will be counted as the soldier's adopted son, and if the soldier dies, the adopted son will inherit the soldier's surname and continue the incense for the soldier.

At this point, the mass funeral ended.

But Xu Shiyang did not leave, he stood in place, quietly looking at the rows of old and new graves, and suddenly whispered:

"This is the best destination, no matter how I die in the end, I will definitely come to accompany you in the future."