Chapter Twenty-Seven: Old Brothers in Hebei
Cheng Idu, in the sand weir
Compared with the Zhumen Huafu with flying eaves and arches in Jinli, the houses here are much shabby and dilapidated, and the buildings in the sand weir are all white walls and green tiles, and few courtyard buildings have more than three floors, even two-story pavilions are rarely seen.
Most of the people who live here are artisans, farmers, pouts, townspeople and small traders............ As well as retired and crippled soldiers!
Although the streets in Shayan are not wide and even potholed in places, there are still some precious things here - such as half-sized children who are wearing patched clothes and are not fond of chickens and dogs...... And their innocent laughter............
Today, however, the old buzz in the sand weirs is gone, and in their place is a solemn slaughter, with a pair of powerful and stubborn samurai occupying the streets.
The emperor is called a police officer when he enters and exits, he stops and stops, and he is on guard and clearing!
The oxtail on the Son of Heaven was flying high, and Liu Yong's car slowly drove into the sand weir, and finally stopped in front of an ordinary door.
Although the residents in Shayan live in the capital of Chengdu and the Son of Heaven, they should be placed in the people of the imperial capital who are comparable to the magic capital in later generations, and they have a proper Beijing household registration...... But in fact, even they rarely saw the emperor's car, and at this moment the people cowered at home, covering their children's mouths while carefully inquiring about the situation by the cracks and windows of the doors, and their curious eyes never left the gorgeous gold and silver chariot for a second.
Well, please forgive the people of the Celestial Empire for their serious curiosity since ancient times!
Fei Yi, Dong Yun, Chen Zhen and Guo Youzhi sat in the two auxiliary cars in the back, and they were very puzzled by Liu Yong's intention to come here...... And what is the point of bringing them together......
The car stopped, and Chuntuo helped Liu Yong get out of the car.
"Go, go knock. Remember, tap lightly and be polite! Liu Yongchao Chuntuo opened his mouth and said.
Chuntuo understood, stepped forward, knocked on the door, and a lovely little child poked his head out from behind the threshold, about six or seven years old, with no hair tied on his head, and his hair was combed.
The little boy saw that Chuntuo was wearing a brocade robe, hesitated, and asked in a low voice: "I don't know who the distinguished guest is looking for, my mother is not at home, and my ancestor is sick in bed." β
Chuntuo was kind and kind-eyed, squatted down, looked at this rather bold and adult-like boy, and said with a smile: "Erzu has fought for the country for half his life, and Er's father unfortunately died in the king's affairs, Your Majesty heard about the situation of your family, and I came to visit you today." Xiao Langjun, let the door open, please let Your Majesty come in. β
The little boy listened to Chuntuo's words, and then looked at Liu Yong's car and dress, his bright eyes showed surprise, and he believed Chuntuo's words, and then slowly opened the door sideways and said, "Please father-in-law, please come in." β
Looking at this young and precocious boy, Liu Yong showed an appreciative expression, neither humble nor arrogant, polite and courteous, and a good seedling.
Liu Yong is already familiar with the family background of this little boy named Tang Xin. In fact, in the first month after the crossing, Liu Yong had nothing to do, so he and his servants often wandered the streets and alleys of the capital city. Then, once, Liu Yong stumbled upon this little boy who was different.
Six or seven years old, it is the age of naughty mischief, when other children climb up and down, touch birds and dig eggs, this Tang Xin is not noisy or noisy, and never plays with those children. Only one person crouched quietly in front of the threshold, fiddling with the two piles of stones, for an hour or two, and continued to do so all day long.
Out of curiosity, Liu Yong stepped forward and asked him, "Xiao Langjun, are you ...... What to do here? β
Tang Xin raised his head when he heard this, stared at a pair of big oily eyes, and said in a serious voice: "I am pretending to be a general and arranging troops." β
Just this sentence, one sentence, deeply touched Liu Yong, and made Liu Yong very interested in a boy wearing a patched brown coat...... Because Liu Yong saw the shadow of his previous life when he was a child from him......
Simple, ignorant, with dreams that are far beyond the touch......
Whose sunrise, whose childhood, whose childhood is more than ten years............
So Liu Yong ordered the servants of the Lu Wangfu to inquire about his background and situation, and learned that Tang Xin was born in a family of soldiers, and his grandfather and father were all ordinary soldiers under his cheap father's account.
The so-called world soldiers, that is, the soldiers of the world for the soldiers, this is the military service system derived from the frequent wars and population shortage in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
You know, the Chinese nation is the smartest nation in the world, and they can open their minds and come up with all kinds of strange ideas to meet their needs. In the Celestial Empire, isn't it true that even ZBISM can flourish under the name of "what doctrine with Chinese characteristics......
This kind of world soldier system was more popular in the Cao Wei Dynasty in the north, where the families of the world soldiers concentrated on production and life in a certain place, and in wartime, the men in the family wore armor and joined the army, and all the women and children in the rear were left in the rear as hostages.
Somewhat similar to the construction corps of the Celestial Empire.
This is why after Deng Ai destroyed Shu, Zhong Hui wanted to stand on his own, but he had to rely on the strength of Jiang Wei's Han army, because the troops under his command were not willing to rebel with him at all! All their families and children remained in the north if they dared to rebel...... So...... The consequences are absolutely incalculable!
In a sense, the hereditary military leadership system of Soochow can also be seen as ............ World military system!
The other two countries of the Three Kingdoms have established a world military system, and the Shu Han naturally also has a world military system, but the world soldiers of Shu Han belong to a small proportion of the Han army, and these world soldiers are only limited to the Yuzhou soldiers and northern soldiers who followed Liu Bei into Shu that year. After they entered Shu, they had no land, so they were organized as world soldiers, and they ate food as soldiers, and their fathers died and their sons replaced them, and they served in the army for generations.
Tang Xin's family is originally from Jiyin County, Yuzhou, after following Liu Bei from his hometown, his grandfather Tang Fan was injured and retired, and his father Tang Xiong took over, and unfortunately died in battle five years ago......
The pillars of the Tang family collapsed, and without Tang Xiong's salary, the Tang family fell into the predicament of poverty and hardship......
So from then on, Liu Yong had the idea of visiting and helping Xiao Tangxin's family, but later he was busy with a series of big and small things such as the death of his cheap brother and his ascension to the throne, and he remembered it again because of Li Yan......
This is also a place where Shu Han did not do as well as Cao Wei, in terms of praising the descendants of heroes, fathers and martyrs, it can be said that Wei's approach shows the bearing of a great country (of course, there are also reasons for the weak national strength of Shu Han).
However, today, Liu Yonglai is here, this situation must be changed - how much you give, how much you get! We can't let the soldiers chill their hearts, shed blood and tears......
With Xiao Tangxin's permission, Liu Yong smiled and walked in front of him with Fei Yi and a group of people and entered his house. Tang Xin stared at Liu Yong with sparkling eyes, and looked at Liu Yong without blinking, obviously, he recognized Liu Yong.
After entering the house, Liu Yong observed that the standard three-bedroom living room, with a toilet at the back of the living room, each room was about the same size. There is only one bed and one box for storing things.
There is a small yard in front of the living room, but the yard is so small that I am afraid that I can't even grow some vegetables.
"Your Majesty, distinguished guests......" Liu Yong looked at the mansion, and without paying attention, Xiao Tang Xin dragged a basket and moved it to Liu Yong with great difficulty. He said: "Please Your Majesty and all the distinguished guests to eat pickled fruits, which are wild fruits picked by my mother on the outskirts of Chengdu Mountain." β
"Thank you, Xiaolang-kun." Liu Yong smiled at him, picked up a small piece, and tasted it, with a slight sweetness in the sourness.
After eating a small piece of pickled fruit, Liu Yong squatted down and smiled at him again: "Xiao Langjun, I heard that your family is sick, wait for me to visit!" β
"No!" The little boy bowed and led the way in front of him at a glance.
Entering the room, Liu Yong found that the family was really poor. A scrawny old man was lying on a wooden couch, and there were some bamboo baskets and clay pots in the corner, and there was not even a single decent piece of furniture in the whole room.
However, there was a short sword and a bow hanging upside down on the wall of the room.
Although the Han lacquer has fallen off in some places, it still looks good, and their owners must be meticulously maintaining and wiping it every day.
This proves that the Tang family has never forgotten the foundation of their life, and there is no moment of slacking off, that is...... Wu Xun heirloom.
However, it is not impossible for a poor boy from a low-level military household, with no background background and no family heirloom to step by step, from a sergeant, a commander, and a military marquis to the rank of captain, general, or even liehou!
Far from it, the current Chen style is stepping up from the grassroots officers step by step, but then again, among the 120,000 Han troops today...... How many lucky and capable people like Chen Shi can you find?!
Liu Yong came back to his senses and looked at the old man lying on the couch, and it was obvious that his skeleton and figure were very large, but at this moment he looked weak and thin.
The old man was obviously very sick, lying on the couch and groaning, not even noticing that Liu Yong and a large group of people had entered the room.
Sigh, Tang Xinjia's situation is quite special, huh...... It's the one who is more miserable in the family of the soldiers, otherwise...... How do you act?
Liu Yong came to the side of the collapse lightly and asked softly: "Elder, I have brought a doctor to visit you, if you still have any difficulties, you can tell me, I will definitely do it." β
Although the old man was painfully ill, his consciousness was still sober, and when he saw and heard Liu Yong's gorgeous clothes and self-proclaimed "I", he immediately became excited, and the old man actually cried wow.
Seeing this, Xiao Tangxin immediately went to hug his grandfather.
After staying, the old man began to tell Liu Yong about the bitter water: "Three out of twenty old decay from Xiangzi to Zuo Gong (Liu Bei has been a general of Zuo for many years, and most people are called Zuo Gong) and became an archer. After a long time in the military, I went to Xinye...... He also moved to the four counties of Jingnan. Later, he followed Zuo Gong into Sichuan, attacked Mianzhu and Zhan Yuxian County, and went through more than 20 battles of all sizes, with more than 10 scars all over his body. I had no choice but to retire in Jian'an for 20 years, and Zixiong replaced. β
"Yiling was defeated, Lu Xun chased after the first emperor (Liu Bei), and Tang Xiong, the son of the old man, was ordered to break off, and unfortunately died in battle! But this ...... Old decay has never regretted it! β
"Your Majesty!"
As he spoke, the old man struggled to do it, grabbed Liu Yong with both hands like iron tongs, and said in a tone that was half sad and half helpless: "But...... The old man didn't expect the ending to be like this, could it be that when the old man was dying and couldn't stretch his bow, the court that the old man fought for and dedicated to it treated the old man like this? β
Hearing the old man's heartfelt words, Liu Yong was silent, with a trace of sourness in his nose, and immediately bowed down to confess: "This is my mistake, the court has neglected to supervise, and it has made the father dusty!" β
After the confession, Liu Yong whispered to the old man, "Elder relieved, I will give you an explanation today." β
Holding the old man's hand tightly, Liu Yong looked solemn and said solemnly: "Punish evil and promote good, praise merit and virtue, this ancestor is the king of the king, although I am not sensitive, I dare not waste lightly!" β
Then, Liu Yong looked at Chen Zhen and ordered: "His order is still in the book to order Chen Zhen to wait for the edict!" β
As soon as the words fell, someone immediately spread out a silk book in front of Chen Zhen, and someone else handed over a brush dipped in ink.
Chen Zhen is not an idiot, looking at this posture, he immediately saw a trace of taste, it seems that our emperor is going to issue an edict again.
Taking the brush handed over, Chen Zhen replied: "Wait for the edict!" β
The Emperor's Edict:
Emperor Liezu was ordered by heaven to overcome the chaos, and the soldiers of the world served the king, and the king drove forward, and those who died died may be restrained, and I am very sad; He sued the county to give the funeral to the county. It was sent to his home, and the official set up a sacrifice.
There is a division, give Tang Fan Hebei (north of the Yellow River) the name of the old brother, contribute to the internal money, and give money, grain and brocade. In the future, the Han army will have widows, remnants and poverty, and those who cannot survive on their own will be more restored than the old brothers in Hebei!
ββJianxing for four years, summer and July edict