On this day, the sky is cloudless, the spring breeze is blowing, the crops in the fields have already shown a green, the willow trees on the edge of the fields have also sprouted, revealing vigorous vitality, and a winding field path directly connects a quiet mountain village with the green stone mountains in the distance. I can't help but make people sing about the edge of the green tree village and the green mountains and Guo oblique!

A pair of young men and women walked from the foot of the mountain, and the teenager among them seemed to be very eloquent, and the girl who kept provoking her laughed again and again! The boy looks very delicate, and it makes people think that he is the son of a wealthy family, but suddenly when the girl lowered her head and smiled, he leaned over, quickly pecked the girl's face, laughed and ran away, and the startled girl screamed! Fly and chase the boy! It turned out that the young man was also a prodigal who did not follow the rules.

This pair of men and women are naturally Yang Jia and Xiaoling, who have just finished exercising, and the two of them are playing around all the way, so unhappy! When I was about to arrive at the entrance of the village, I was not as unrestrained as I was just now, but I was afraid of being seen by the people in the village, and I didn't want the people in the village to say that Xiao Lingmu was disrespectful behind my back! The two looked at each other and smiled tacitly, and then walked towards Yang's house.

But he didn't want to see a person who shouldn't have appeared at the door of Yang's house, the man stood at the door and shouted: "Brother Yang, come out quickly, I have something to tell you!" ”

Father Yang heard the shouts outside the house, so he hurried out, and saw the person standing at the door a little flattering: "It turned out to be Zhang Lizheng!" Brother Zhang, please come in and talk in the house. ”

But I didn't want the person surnamed Zhang to be very impatient, and shouted: "If you don't go, just say it here!" I'm just here to inform you, the notice issued by the county, the notice says that your eldest brother officially became Ding a few days ago, so let me inform you that in a few days, let your eldest brother go to the county government to serve! ”

"What!? Service?! Father Yang suddenly raised his voice one hundred and eighty degrees, obviously startled by the words just now.

But I didn't want Zhang Lizheng to affirm very calmly: "Yes! It's service. ”

"That's not right! Brother Zhang! My Yang family has only one son, how could the county let my family Mingxin go to serve? The court does not mean that there are two people who serve, one person for three dings, two people for four dings, and three people for those with more than six dings! My Yang family only has one ding, how can the county let my family Mingxin go to serve!? Brother Zhang is not wrong somewhere! You ask again, if something went wrong? ”

"Nothing wrong with anything! The county said that the county government had not had enough manpower recently, so it had to levy a few more households. Come and serve your country! Brother Yang, this is serving the country, you won't even understand this righteousness, right!? Zhang Lizheng ignored the constitutional decree that Father Yang just said.

Father Yang was really angry and anxious, and he quarreled with Zhang Lizheng unconsciously!

After a while, after hearing the quarrel, the neighbors of the Yang family came out to help Yang's father speak.

"Lizheng, there must be a mistake! The Yang family only has one ding, how can it be conscripted into the army! ”

"That's right! If the eldest brother of the Yang family goes to serve! Who will serve the father and mother of the family? ”

"That's not right! Zhang Lizheng, your family has two dings, but you have never heard of being conscripted by the county to serve! Why was the Yang family called to serve? It was Ma Qiang, who said this, with Yang's father's best relationship on weekdays.

When he heard this, he was also annoyed, and threatened Ma Qiang: "The third child of the Ma family! You are idle, your family only goes to one, it's too little! Why don't I go and tell the county order, let your second child help the Yang family to serve! ”

This is about the safety of his son! Ma Qiang didn't speak anymore, just gave Father Yang an apologetic look, and then bowed his head and went back to his house! Zhang Li saw that he drank the thorny head Ma Qiang, and he was even more proud! He said loudly: "I don't care what you say, that's how the county notified you anyway!" If you have the ability, you can find the county lord Bo and say! My notice has been brought, whether to go or not is up to you to weigh it yourself! After saying that, he swaggered away.

When the neighbors saw that Zhang Li was leaving, they came up one after another to comfort Father Yang, and everyone knew that such comfort would not work, so they all shook their heads and went back to their homes.

Yang Jia happened not to see this scene, and when he came to the front of the house, he saw his father standing there like a sculpture! Mother Yang also cried in a low voice! Yang Jia hurriedly went up and asked what happened? Father Yang didn't say a word, turned around and took Yang Jia and Xiao Ling back to the house!

Finally, under Yang Jia's repeated questioning, Yang's father told what happened outside the door just now! After hearing this, Yang Jia immediately said: "It must be Zhang Lizheng who made some tricks to let his eldest brother escape from the service, and replaced me as his eldest brother!" ”

Father Yang was also angry when he heard this: "This 'Zhang Qizi' [Note 1] is too bullying! It's so lawless! No way! I'm going to go to the county lord Bo and make it clear to him! So that Zhang Qizi knows that we northerners are not easy to bully! After saying that, Father Yang didn't change his clothes, so he hurried to the county!

Seeing this scene, Yang Jia was faintly not optimistic about the result of his father's trip! If Zhang Li hadn't done a good job to the county lord Bo Xing and contributed, would he dare to change the prince for such a lawless tanuki! As for why Yang Jia didn't stop Father Yang, instead of sitting at home and complaining, it is better to go to the county to try his luck!

The backbone of the Yang family is gone, and the whole Yang family is sitting there without saying a word! This county official sounds like he is working in the yamen, and it looks like he is going in and out of the county yamen, which is very beautiful! In fact, it was not the case that the county officials had an extremely humble social status at that time! The imperial court will not issue a salary to the officials, and it is completely free to work! And the work done in the county government is also extremely undignified! For example, wax lighting in the toilet at night [Note 2]......

Sure enough, Yang Jia guessed in his heart! Near evening, Father Yang finally came back, and everyone saw Father Yang hanging his head and walking into the house full of wind and dust, and the only hope in his heart was instantly extinguished! Mother Yang was unwilling and stepped forward and asked, "What did the county lord Bo say?" I only heard Father Yang say: "That master Bo said that in the past two years, there has been an extreme shortage of manpower in the county!" It is really helpless to let a small household also come to serve in the county! There is also Zhang Lizheng, and no one in the Ding family goes to serve, but it is a misunderstanding! How could the same people of the Great Jin Dynasty not serve? It's the eldest brother of the Zhang family who went to serve in other counties! ”

Yang Jia sneered in his heart after hearing this! Since there are not enough people in this county, how can the county let people from this county go to serve in other counties!? These nonsense can only deceive the honest father Yang!

Father Yang saw that this trip was fruitless, Yang Jia was young and vigorous, and he couldn't bear the humility of the little official, I was afraid that Yang Jia would have an accident when he went to the county! Then he said: "Mingjia is still young and can't do manual work!" Let me go to the county to help Mingjia serve! ”

When Yang Jia heard this, he fell to his knees; "Father, this must not be done! Since Yang Jia is already a member of the Yang family, how can I let my father serve on my behalf! Besides, the child has grown up! has not repaid his parents for more than ten years of nurturing kindness, so he first let his father serve on behalf of his son, this kind of inhumane is a beast, how can Yang Jia let it happen to him! ”

Father Yang and Mother Yang saw that Yang Jia rejected Father Yang's proposal so resolutely, and she also knew that Mingxin was a very assertive person! I had to reluctantly agree to Yang Jia!

At dinner, everyone in the Yang family was depressed, and no one spoke! When he returned to the room, Yang Jia suddenly clenched his fists and said hatefully: "I want to be the most powerful person in Dajin!" I want to make the whole world dare not bully the Yang family! ”

[Note 1] Raccoon: The northerners of Nandu called the Wu people "Raccoon" a curse word to express contempt

[Note 2] There is no exaggeration about the wax in the toilet! "Book of Jin" - Liu Bian's biography recorded this matter!