Chapter 780: Competing for a Face
With the news of King Yan's visit to Jin County, the entire county was boiling for a while, and the people had a very simple but sincere feeling in their hearts for this king who gave them food, clothing and a stable life! The destruction of the great turmoil at the end of the Han Dynasty really displaced too many families. Cao Cao's poem exhausted the cruelty of the time, Liu Yi brought them stability, and gave them two meals to eat and wear, which is already quite a remarkable achievement, the requirements of the people in the troubled times are very simple, but the one who can really do this is none other than Liu Yi, and he gave them equal dignity in this matter!
If from the point of view of future generations, Liu Yi's actions in Jin County are not surprising, but the same thing will have a completely different effect in the two eras, in the eyes of the people in the late Han Dynasty, there is a huge gap between them and the scholar clan is a huge and difficult to cross, the so-called "princes and generals, rather have a kind." "It's just a group of vents after being forced to a dead end, just like the Yellow Turban Uprising, the people made a last resort choice in order to survive! But when their basic livelihood is guaranteed, their ability to endure the state of affairs is also extremely tenacious. What Liu Yi did was just to reduce the gap a little, but he could already get the greatest support of the people, this phenomenon has been vividly highlighted in the battle of Sizhou, and now it is Jizhou again!
In later generations, there was a question, who was the fastest in history, the answer was Cao Cao, because Cao Cao Cao arrived, but there is the same thing The speed is also extremely fast, that is the rumor, the news that King Yan dealt with this matter in Jin County, it spread all over the country like wings, and hundreds of people learned the news between word of mouth, in the face of the king they respected in their hearts, the way for the people to express their admiration in their hearts was extremely simple, early the next morning, The wide street in front of Liu's Mansion in Jin County was crowded with people who came to see the demeanor of King Yan, and this matter was never arranged by Liu Yi, and it was in this way that he could feel a kind of satisfaction!
For ordinary people, King Yan is an untouchable existence, but the improvement of living standards and various rumors about Liu Yi have set up a very legendary image of King Yan in their minds.
If you ask who is the hardest working in Jin County at this time, it will definitely not be Liu Zhi, the head of the Liu family, although his reputation and reputation have been affected to a certain extent at this time, but just the fact that King Yan lived in his house for one night is enough to make up for it! At this time, the most busy is the county lieutenant Huang Jin, several roads are crowded with nearly 10,000 people who came to see Liu Yi's demeanor, and there are more people who converge towards Jin County, if there is a slight difference in it, Huang Jin does not dare to imagine the consequences, no matter how strong the guard force around Liu Yi is, Huang County Lieutenant must control this grand scene, which should also be a manifestation of his ability.
Hundreds of officials formed a line of defense in front of Liu's mansion, many of them were mobilized by Huang Jin from various townships last night, and the allocation of county officials on weekdays is only twenty or thirty people, and there is an extremely important principle in Liu Yi's policy outline, that is, to minimize the number of civil servants, and streamlining the administration of elite soldiers is a strategy to be implemented for a long time! In fact, if you look closely, you will find that there is also extreme excitement hidden under the solemn faces of these officials, King Yan is like a god to ordinary people, and it is not as good as it in their hearts, but they know what the responsibility on their shoulders is now, and it will be a great honor for everyone to be able to shoulder the responsibility of protecting King Yan, and it will even be a topic of conversation for a lifetime in the future!
The scene of the gathering of 10,000 people is undoubtedly extremely grand for the county seat of Jinxian County, but there is no noisy occurrence as Huang Jin imagined, a few zhang away in the Liu Mansion is where the King of Yan is located, the majesty of the king makes the people who come here have great self-control in the excitement, they are at most whispered to each other, and many people have mentioned that they have seen King Yan and his party on the road, and many such people have become the center of the people around them!
To say that the most excited among the people is Feng Qian's family, Feng Qian, who was quite restless at home yesterday evening, was stupid when he received the order from the county government, and he didn't say a word in the face of the inquiries of those officials, and even the village chief Feng Jiu personally came forward to have no effect! When a figure who admired him like a god in his heart suddenly appeared beside him, that kind of shock made Feng Qian a little in a trance for a while, that kind and majestic merchant with a bit of kindness turned out to be King Yan? Can he still heal his injuries for himself? It wasn't until an hour later that the old man from Feng Qian's neighboring village came to wake him up with a mouth, making him return to reality from the extreme shock, and endless joy followed.
Feng Qian brought his wife and children with him this time, and last night was even more excited about the night, this morning he came to Liu's house and did not have any thoughts of overstepping, just wanted to express his gratitude to King Yan at close range, but the scene of the crowd made him even more shocked, relying on his identity he was able to occupy a position in the forefront, constantly repeating the words that had been repeated hundreds of times in the questions of people who did not know each other around him, King Yan lived in his house for one night, he treated his injuries, He also took the lead for his daughter to rectify the unscrupulous sons in his clan, Feng Qian, who was not good at words, couldn't say any flowery rhetoric, just simple and simple language, but this made the people with the same identity empathize and resonate.
And there is a group of people who are ten zhang away from Feng Qian's side, they are all dressed in cloth, and while they are whispering around them, this piece seems to be extremely quiet, twenty or thirty people have a common characteristic, some have broken arms, some have broken legs, some have to be unable to see, but a group of disabled people who can support each other are holding their waists straight, and the kind of cold air that comes from them at this time makes ordinary people automatically keep a distance from them, And many of the officials mobilized from various townships also felt a unique temperament in these disabled people, and these twenty or thirty people in front of them seemed so powerful at this moment!
When he saw the majestic military appearance on the street, Huang Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, with the arrival of the heavy cavalry battalion, the guards of King Yan and the maintenance of the current scene can be better solved, these soldiers entered the crowd in an orderly manner, and used their majestic bodies and neat queues to separate a safe distance for the more chaotic five chapters of the ten thousand people, and in this process, there was no conflict between the military and the people, if the people of Jizhou still have some fear of the government and the scholars, Those military masters are worthy of their respect, if this is not Jizhou, I am afraid that such an army will cause chaos.
In addition to the horse tactics, many of the bases of the heavy cavalry battalion are consistent with the foot soldiers, when facing the people, they have more peaceful looks on their faces, the only difference appears around the group of disabled people, the soldiers use their bodies to separate a relatively spacious field for them, and look at them with a strong respect in their eyes, this team of disabled people are all veterans who were disabled and discharged from the army when they were disabled on the battlefield, and they can be treated well and maintain a stable life in the local area because of their military exploits. In the army, they can also get the respect of the junior soldiers!
However, they are accustomed to the kind of swords and guns on the battlefield, the kind of men's blood, the strong affection between comrades, and the peaceful life has not rubbed away the pride in their hearts that they once had been soldiers and subordinates of King Yan. When they heard the news of King Yan's southern tour, everyone was quite excited, Liu Yi's status in their hearts was even more than those ordinary people, they didn't expect the general to come to visit them, because the life in front of them was the best reward for their military exploits, it seems that even if the general is closer to them, it will make him feel the glory of the year!
Not every disabled soldier has the experience of being close to the general, but in the hearts of the generals, the general will always love the soldiers, and the generals in the barracks will be very kind to communicate with them, and even make all kinds of jokes, his cheerful words and hearty laughter, including scolding the mother, have become the most cherished memories in the hearts of the veterans!
Now that I heard that King Yan had arrived in Jin County, all the veterans who got the news nearby gathered together at a very fast speed, and these disabled soldiers became the core of everyone, many of them were working in the merchants of the Liu family at this time, and they had a very good income every month, for these veterans no one was jealous, these comrades had paid more than them on the battlefield, these were what they deserved, of course, they should be the general's soldiers, if it were not for the rule of King Yan, Where would you find such a comprehensive treatment? Having almost lost their labor, they have no status as people in the army, and they are almost destined to struggle at the bottom of society!
But this situation is rare in the states of Youzhou, in daily life, they can get due preferential treatment in the county and township according to their own merits, and their children can also get a good education, and when their interests are violated, the other party will also receive stricter sanctions, almost every time Liu Yi recruits soldiers, he can get a very enthusiastic response from the people, in addition to the wealth under the rule, the social status of these retired and disabled soldiers is also a stimulus!
These veterans are of different ages and sizes, but at this time they seem to be back in the barracks of the year, near the king of Yan they will maintain the most full spirit and almost perfect military posture, there will be a number of small swords on the chest of the cloth they wear, the quality of this cloth is excellent, only two pieces will be issued to the soldiers when they are discharged, and those small swords represent their military exploits, the more the number is the greater the military merits, and the queue of everyone at this time is also based on this, At the head of the queue was the blind man at the head of the queue with four rows of small swords, one of which was as many as seven, and all the veterans knew what this meant, and I am afraid that this man would have killed at least a hundred enemy soldiers with his own hands!
Two pieces of cloth are not too big a property for ordinary people, but for the veterans to cherish the degree is more than life, usually hidden deep at home reluctant to wear, and only for the township training the county will take out a wear, wearing this clothes between them will be different from usual, just with this can win the respect of the ** Lian Junguo, the blind soldier seems to have been close to forty years old, in the late Han Dynasty society can be called an elder, But the cloth he wore on his body was still as brand new as ever!
Wang Qiang, a native of Julu Jin County, Jizhou, was the former commander of the Longxiang Battalion, and killed 43 enemies in the first battle of the wolf, and killed 54 enemies in the battle of Bingzhou...... In the battle of Jizhou, twenty-three enemies were killed in the first battle of Anxian, and his eyes were injured by sharp blades! This is a record of this person preserved in the county government, and there are many other similar materials, all of which are properly kept within the yamen.
Suddenly, the crowd that was still whispering was completely quiet, because the door of Liu's Mansion opened at this moment, and a mountain-like figure in a purple robe stepped out from inside, and those veterans and Feng Qian immediately shouted out the name of King Yan and knelt on the ground, and then the action of kneeling spread among the crowd like a wave, and the name of King Yan was also loudly proclaimed!