Chapter 15 The Army is a Melting Pot

When this poem was pasted, it immediately attracted countless admiration, and the emotions of the scholars were ignited. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Ten years of cold windows, full of pride, but where is the way out? Datang has not yet resumed the inspection and imperial examinations, and even if they are restored, a few people can cross the dragon gate, and even a small official with a knife and pen will break his head to rob it. Now that the world is not peaceful, the Turks in the north are ready to move, how much Han land has fallen into the hands of foreign races? Ban Chao is also a scholar, with the ambition of throwing pen from Rong, passing through the Western Regions, successfully establishing a name, enjoying the title, recommending the ancestral temple, and being honored in the future, can't I wait?

Even Ma Zhou, who was beside Li Er, was a little greedy when he looked at the recruitment sign that was flooded by the crowd. If he hadn't entered the account of King Qin now, maybe he would have signed up for the army.

Wang Mai watched his plan work, quite proud, these young people are all hot-blooded age, like a pile of dry firewood, igniting them, only a little spark.

Li Er didn't expect that a poem would have such a great effect, and tilted his head to look at Wang Mai: "It seems that the new army is not worried about the lack of soldiers." ”

The two of them were sticking their heads out to watch the excitement, and suddenly saw a person walking out behind them, and the back was Lao Zheng, the owner of the library. Lao Zheng is not young, but he is not slow at all when he walks, he rushes into the crowd in three or two steps, and when he comes out, he drags one ear in each of his left and right hands, and under the ears are two grinning human faces.

"Second uncle, be merciful, your ears are ......about to fall off," the man on the left hand bowed and tilted his head to beg for mercy.

"It's all bad to blame him, it's his idea......" The man on his right hand pointed to the other party and complained.

"What do you do as a brother, if something happens, push it on ......your brother," the man on the left looked disgusted.

"It's better to be punished by one person than by two beaten, right? I resisted last time, but this time it's your turn......"

Wang Mai looked at the two people left by Lao Zheng in astonishment, I don't know which one this is playing, Ma Zhou next to him said: "These two people are the nephews of the Zheng Pavilion Master, and the Eastern Capital after Luoyang broke the siege, they are a pair of sibling brothers......

It turned out to be Lao Zheng's nephew, Wang Mai understood why Lao Zheng was angry, it turned out that he didn't want the brothers to join the army.

Zheng Ting, the old man, looks very kind on weekdays, but now he has taught his nephew a lesson and restored his former prestige: "You two want to join the army? Have you asked your parents for their opinions? Thinking about lawlessness under the nose of the old man is simply unreasonable. In fact, the relationship between him and his two nephews is not very deep, but the nephew came to Luoyang from his hometown to study, and he took refuge under him.

"Second uncle, we were wrong...... the two hung their heads and apologized, like a pair of defeated roosters.

"Don't use these crooked thoughts, study here......" Lao Zheng had a cold face, these two people are not angry, they are a pair of gentlemen in their hometown, although they have not committed any major mistakes, but they are restless all day long, which is simply a shame for the family.

"But we have already signed and detained, and if we don't go to the barracks to report within the time limit, we will be dealt with by military law......

"You two little brutes...... old Zheng lungs were about to explode, and he glanced left and right, as if he was looking for something to take advantage of to beat the two of them. But the downstairs of this book is cleaned every day, and there is no willow stick or anything like that. When he was in a hurry, a beautiful long sword suddenly appeared in front of him, and Lao Zheng looked up to see that Wang Mai was blinking at him. Immediately pulled out his sword, and looked at the two trembling in a gloomy manner.

"This brother, we have no grievances with you, why do you want to harm us...... Ouch......" Before he finished speaking, he was hit hard.

Of course, Lao Zheng can't really use a sword to cut his own nephew, he uses a scabbard made of deerskin, but this thing must not be light on the body, Lao Zheng is angry again, this split head and face whipping, only the two of them cried dad and called mother, so that the sky should not be called the earth.

After a long time, Lao Zheng stopped gasping for breath, staring at the two unfilial sons in front of him with wide eyes. The two of them covered their injured bodies, looking at Wang Mai with a pair of complaining eyes, they didn't know when they had offended this person, and they actually helped to abuse him at this time.

Wang Mai took the scabbard from Lao Zheng's hand: "I beat and scolded, I scolded and scolded, no matter what, they are also my people, now it's too late, Lao Zheng, you still want to open a little." ”

"You, you, you, ......" The two looked at Wang Mai in surprise, where did this person come from, he was so contemptuous of his uncle, and said that we will be his people in the future. Although the two of them had seen Wang Mai yesterday, they were far away in the crowd, and both of them paid attention to King Qin, but they didn't recognize him.

"Jikai, please raise your noble hand, my two nephews are not sensible, how about begging you as an old man?" Zheng Ying knew about Wang Mai's plan to recruit troops downstairs early on, but he didn't expect that his two nephews would also sign up.

Now the two finally understood Wang Mai's identity, and looked at him dumbfounded: "You, you...... It's the king......"

Wang Mai glanced at the two of them, turned to Zheng Ying and said: "There is no joke in the army, since the two of them have signed the pledge, it is absolutely impossible to regret it." ”

"You are good friends with His Royal Highness the King of Qin, and beg His Highness for the old man to intercede, let go of these two uncompetitive brutes, they don't learn and have no skills, and they will definitely not obey the rules and disciplines when they go to the army, and sooner or later they will touch the military law, and they will inevitably die." Lao Zheng couldn't take care of so much at this time, he knew that Wang Mai was soft-hearted, so he said pitifully.

It's just that the two people listening next to him have a red and white face, and the two of them also know their own situation, but when they say it in public, they are disgraced, and they can't wait to find a crack in the ground and get in.

"Where is Zheng Gong, I think these two sons are a little frivolous, but they are not heinous people, as the saying goes, the army is a melting pot, revolution...... Forehead...... The soldiers of the Tang Army were refined into steel. Joining the army is a good thing for them, and within two years, these two people will become the pillars of the country......"

"Don't joke anymore, you know your own family affairs, it's good that my two nephews can spend their lives in peace, and the old man doesn't ask them to become any pillars." Lao Zheng's attitude was very resolute, he just didn't want his nephew to join the army.

"Alas......" Wang Mai sighed and said in a low voice, "Lao Zheng, to be honest with you, these two people will not be in any danger for the time being, at least they will not go to the battlefield for a year, I have made a military order on Your Highness's side, I must bring out a strong army, I need these literate soldiers to join." ”