Chapter 571

"I've seen Master Su, I've seen Master Zhang." After Wang Yang walked into the room, he took off the coat on his body and handed it to the handyman on the side.

"Come and sit here to warm up, come here, come on, and bring a pair of dishes and chopsticks to Lord Wang......" After Su Dongpo commanded his subordinates, he motioned for Wang Yang to sit beside him.

After Wang Yang sat down, he first toasted the two elders with a glass of wine, and then expressed his intention. "Actually, Wang is here because there is a big matter related to my Song million, precisely because this matter is very important, and Wang doesn't know who to talk to......

Zhang Qi was also immediately interested, and asked curiously after putting down the wine glass in his hand. "What the hell is going on, you can tell me, the old man has been in the army for a long time, maybe he can talk to Master Su for you."

"It's about whether my Great Song soldiers should tattoo their faces or not." As soon as Wang Yang's words came out, Zhang Ji was directly stunned, and Su Dongpo, who was beside him, raised his eyebrows and motioned for Wang Yang to continue.

Wang Yang talked about drinking and eating meat with his subordinates, and talked about being a soldier to be tattooed, which is like a humiliating punishment, even if it has become a common practice now. However, it is a kind of red fruit humiliation for the millions of tigers of the Great Song Dynasty.

"This, this is the old practice of my dynasty, if it is to be canceled, I am afraid it will be easy to cause chaos......" Zhang Qi said very solemnly.

"Master Zhang, I think you should also know the reason why all those who are soldiers must be tattooed, right?" Wang Yang looked at Zhang Qi and said.

"Well, the old man really knows something, since the Qin and Han dynasties, all the way to the Middle Tang Dynasty, there has been no tattoo on the soldiers. But after the Tang Dynasty, when the world was in chaos and warlords were strife......"

That is, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the feudal towns were divided and the war was endless. At that time, Zhu Wen, a great warlord who betrayed the peasant rebel army and defected to the imperial court to dominate the government, implemented a particularly cruel military discipline, "All the generals and colonels who have lost the war, all the soldiers in the department will be beheaded, and it is called pulling out the team and beheading."

In the face of the collapse of his troops, Zhu Wen became angry and ordered every soldier in the army to engrave words on his face and write down the title of the army he belonged to.

And set up checkpoints to inspect and check, and all absconding sergeants, once executed, will be sent to the original unit for execution with the mark on their faces. Even if he was able to flee back to his hometown, because of his face, the township did not dare to take him in for fear of even sitting.

Another warlord, Liu Rengong, had the same methods as Zhu Wen in dealing with soldiers. Liu was repeatedly defeated by Zhu, and the loss of his division was seriously reduced, so in July of the third year of Tang Tianyou, he stipulated that he should be in the territory of Lulong Town (Zhiyouzhou, now Beijing), which was under his control.

All men over the age of fifteen and under the age of seventy must be soldiers, and those who serve as soldiers must engrave the words "Dingbadu" on their faces (Du, a title of the army during the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties).

"Its main purpose is to prevent the people who are unwilling to flee."

"But now, my Great Song Dynasty has already ruled the world, all industries are thriving, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the young and strong people who are willing to serve the country and sacrifice their lives are extremely enthusiastic, under such circumstances, why should such a humiliating punishment be inflicted?"

"The important thing is that my Great Song Dynasty is generally a criminal person, so I will tattoo it with a black face, and my Great Song Tiger Ben, most of whom are innocent children, are willing to enlist in the army and serve the country, why should such people be humiliated by that black face?"

"Old man, I think Wushan, your proposal is feasible, in this battle, my Great Song Dynasty lost thousands of tigers, although most of them are soldiers, but if they don't fight with their lives, my Great Song Yan can win such a victory?" Su Dongpo stroked his long beard and nodded thoughtfully.

After thinking carefully for a long time, Zhang Kai's eyes rolled. "Why don't you send someone to ask the generals to come and inquire?"

"Master Zhang's proposal is yes, what do you think, Mr. Dongpo?" Wang Yang nodded approvingly.

Soon, a group of military generals who were half-full and were sent by Su Dongpo gathered in the lobby of the Zhizhou Mansion.

"Summoning you here, it is a new idea for our little Wang Jian army, but it is not the idea of attacking the city and going into battle to kill the enemy, but a major matter related to the robes around you, and please think about it."

"Then please let Master Xiao Wang speak bluntly, and we will listen to you......" Zhi Kexing, the eldest old general, smiled at Wang Yang and gestured to him.

Speaking of which, in this battle of Hongdezhai, the Great Song Dynasty was able to achieve an unprecedented victory, and this Xiao Wang was definitely the first merit, not to mention, his own subordinate Zhi Keshi also won a great credit because of Xiao Wang.

It was also because of him that the Great Song Dynasty border army was able to win this great victory, and finally after the defeat of Yongle City, he raised his eyebrows fiercely.

It can be said that if Wang Yang's prestige in the old party power range of Bianliang in Tokyo is hatred, his prestige in this border land of Shaanxi Province is at least reverence, even if it has not reached the level of worship.

"Then Wang is offended, this matter does have a lot to do with the soldiers of my Great Song Dynasty, and even with the robes around the generals, that is, about whether my Great Song soldiers should tattoo their faces or not......" Wang Yang cleared his throat, and his eyes swept over the generals of the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty and the Forbidden Army, who seemed to have a very close relationship with him.

And Wang Yang divided five by two, and repeated the words that had been repeated again. I saw that many generals were thoughtful, and the expressions of some generals were a little weird, and even a few of them had faintly red eyes.

"I'm ashamed, I didn't expect you, as a civilian official, to care so much about those soldiers in the army, which is really ashamed of the old man......" Zhi Kexing arched his hand gratefully towards Wang Yang.

"I'm waiting, naturally I don't want to be stabbed." At this time, a tearful military general stood together, then bowed deeply to Wang Yang, and then shouted in a deep voice.

"This is General Li Hu Li, who has risen from a small soldier all the way to the commander of the infantry army by virtue of his military exploits." The seed master next to him couldn't help but sigh softly, and then stood up and introduced Wang Yang.

"I, Li Hu, am willing to serve my family and country, but after I joined the army because of the tattoo word, I have suffered a lot of humiliation, and since the end of the reign, I have specially washed the ink marks on my face, but those marks have always been there."

Several other generals who also had very ugly expressions also stood up and expressed similar emotions. However, when these people heard that Master Su, Master Zhang, and Xiao Wang Jianjun were discussing to make a statement to the court and cancel the procedure of stabbing characters and noodles to enlist.

A cadre of generals, almost all of them pushed the mountain of gold and fell to the ground like a jade pillar. Su Dongpo had to hurry down and personally support the almost old Zhe Kexing.

Several of the murderous generals couldn't help but choke up. Seeing this scene, Su Dongpo naturally had a conclusion in his heart.