In Jingpingfang, Dongcheng, Juan Niang is busy with two meals in the morning and evening, for the common people, at this time, there is no attention to three meals a day, a meal at dawn in the last day, and dinner in the next day, it is time to go to bed to rest when it is dark, even if the stomach is hungry at night, endure it will be dawn.

Juan Niang's husband Zhang Dazhuang took the initiative to join the army after the Yuan Festival, she first got the consistent money subsidy, save money, can also survive this year, now only Juan Niang is at home, two meals a day is very simple, Taiyuan Mansion does not produce rice, although there are merchants in Fang City for sale, the common people generally can not afford to eat this rice from the south, generally boiled on the pot of corn porridge, with steamed cakes to satisfy hunger, spring and summer may have wild vegetables to accompany the taste, the days are a little passable, and then cook a few chicken eggs, as for meat, there is a small dish on the New Year's Festival, That's the life of a solid family.

Juan Niang's family did not plough the field, and the man went to the battlefield again, so he had no rest of the income, so he thought that he would take a few pairs of linen shoes to be sold at Mingyu Fang, and if he was lucky, he could also earn more than ten dollars.

I don't know which kind person gave me the jade pendant that night, but Juan Niang didn't use it at this time, in case she needed to ask for a doctor in the future, and then took it to the pawn shop.

She was busy, and the neighbor Aunt Ma came to visit the door, with a smile on her face: "Da Zhuang is not at home, so you don't need to regenerate the stove, isn't it convenient to go to my house to partner?" ”

Aunt Ma has four daughters and a son, the man is not worried about his livelihood because of the carpenter's craft, although the son is still young, the four daughters are married to the Yin Shi family, the son-in-law is also benevolent and righteous, often supplemented, compared to the residents in this article, life is extraordinarily easy, and the common people often take care of the big and strong couples, but they are always favored in vain, don't say that the big strong, even Juan Niang's heart is not happy.

"I'm the only one who eats, so I can't get in the way." Juan Niang was a little shy and declined Aunt Ma's kindness.

"My boy, yesterday was lucky, touched a carp weighing two catties in the Fen River, today I am thinking about cooking a pot of fish soup, Juan Niang will come back next day, and go to my house, can no longer be polite with my aunt, your Uncle Ma has been working outside for many years, how much heavy work at home, Da Zhuang is not less helpers, between neighbors, should support each other, Juan Niang is thin-skinned, can no longer see the aunt's family."

Aunt Ma also knew that Juan Niang was going to Mingyu Fang to sell those pairs of shoes, so she only invited dinner.

As he was talking, he heard a bluff from a boy in the alley: "The yacha is coming to recruit soldiers again!" ”

Aunt Ma was taken aback: "It's not a once-time expedition, but if there are more than two Ding men in the family, they have all sent a son to join the army, what kind of trouble is this?" ”

Although she was surprised, she was not worried, her son was still young, he was only in his early tens, how could he not be of military age, the only husband in a family of three was a Ding man, the law stipulates that the only Ding man in the family can be exempted from military service.

Of course, if Uncle Ma himself was willing to join the army, no one would stop him.

Seeing that Juan Niang hadn't lit the stove yet, Aunt Ma pulled her outside to watch the excitement.

Sure enough, I saw the owner taking the lead, followed by a group of soap-clothed servants in Hulala, pouring into the alley with great momentum, and behind the officials, there was actually a large group of idlers watching the excitement.

"How did you get to Zhao's house? Concubine Zhao's youngest son died in battle, and there are only eldest men and women and children in the family! Even Juan Niang was very surprised.

Zhao Yu's man died a few years ago, but he had two sons, both of whom had married wives and had children, Zhao Erlang joined the army because of military service last time, and he had to report his death in battle not long after, but he didn't have any pension, leaving a widow, a son and a daughter, and a widowed mother, and now they all rely on Zhao Dalang to support.

At present, if the husband is widowed, the woman can return or remarry, but for most civilians in cloth, because life is stretched, they generally will not accept the married daughter, Zhao Erlang's wife is reluctant to give up the young children, and has no intention of remarrying.

"Yes, Zhao Dalang is the only Ding man in the family, but he can't support the door, how can he ......" Aunt Ma couldn't help but worry about her family, the government violated the law, if Ding Nan was forced to join the army, her family man might not be able to escape in the future.

When he was suspicious, he saw the servants escorting Zhao Dalang out, and Zhao Yu cried and hugged the owner's calf: "The youngest son of the concubine family has joined the army and died in battle, and now the women and children of the family can all rely on Dalang to feed, but the owner of the house came to report the funeral in person last time, and he also knows the situation of the concubine's family. ”

The owner of the workshop was also full of embarrassment, and bent down to help Zhao Yu up: "I also truthfully informed the official of these situations, but ......"

One of the officials was the belly, he was not as kind as the owner, he glared at many onlookers who were full of sympathy for Zhao Yu, and said sonorously: "Who said that your son died in battle?" In fact, he tried to escape from the battle and was beheaded by the general, so he and his family, and let Zhao Dalang join the army, which is also to give you the opportunity to make a contribution, don't make trouble, otherwise even you will have to be arrested and imprisoned! ”

Zhao Yu watched her son being escorted away, sat on the ground and cried loudly: "My Erlang is a person, and everyone knows it to the neighbors, where are the people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, they will never escape...... Erlang died on the battlefield, his family didn't even look at the bones, and they didn't know where he was buried, and now he was even destroyed as a deserter, Erlang will not be blind when he dies, Dalang is now also confiscated into the army, but how can my family live with women and children, my family, I have never done anything harmful to heaven and reason for generations, how can God watch my family become extinct! ”

The two daughters-in-law couldn't help it, kneeling on the ground and crying with Zhao Yu, and a few young children, although they couldn't understand the consequences of this disaster, it can be seen that the grandmother and grandmother were crying so sadly, and they also cried loudly.

An idler shouted: "Today's forced soldiers are not a family, as many as dozens of people, all of them are said to be implicated by deserters to fill the army, if there are really so many deserters, where can Weize Pass and Yunzhou be defended?" ”

caused many people to echo it, but although the big guy sympathized with Zhao Yu's family, he didn't dare to accuse the government of framing innocent conscripts, because if one was not good, it would cause official wrongdoing, which would lead to disaster from the sky, and Jinyang was not at the feet of the Son of Heaven, even if he was wronged, he couldn't go to the palace gate to knock on the drum.

"This old woman, since she has no way to live, she will simply go to the official office to redress her grievances!" It was suggested.

immediately caused a sneer: "Zhan Belly is just an errand officer, no matter how bold he is, he dares to trap him, and he is not acting on orders, so what's the use of suing the officials?" ”

The advocate said: "It was useless in the past, but it is not easy to say now, I heard that Xue Shaoyin has recently been interrogating the criminal case, advocating that the people report illegality, since there are these words in front, you won't sit idly by, right?" ”

Another person scoffed: "I heard that the increase in troops in Yunzhou was strongly advocated by Xue Shaoyin, maybe today's matter was instigated by Xue Shaoyin, he didn't come to Jinyang before, but I haven't heard of any Ding Nan being forced to confiscate the army." ”

"No matter what, you have to give it a try, otherwise, the old woman and the man will really be escorted to the battlefield!"

When Zhao Yu heard this, she also seemed to see the only chance of life, and gritted her teeth: "If Da Lang is in the army, we will not have a way to live, if Xue Shaoyin does not uphold justice, the old woman will simply be killed in the yatang today, and it will be a hundred." ”

While crying, he got up and walked outside.

Aunt Ma pulled Juan Niang again: "We can't help the rest of the help, let's go and give Zhao Yu a strong momentum, if the official family really ignores it, you can't watch Zhao Yu do that foolish thing, people want to live, and there is hope to come to the bitterness, if people die, there is nothing." ”

When Juanniang's children were sick, they received a lot of help from neighbors, and now when they encountered such a thing, they were not in the mood to go to Mingyufang again, and Aunt Ma helped Zhao Yu left and right, out of the lane, and Aunt Ma paid for it, rented a mule cart, and accompanied Zhao Yu to Xicheng.

He also said that Lu Li, that is, to inquire about the criminal case, but did not go to the county government to sit in the battle, and stayed in the government government punishment hall every day, but the big and small cases, in fact, are all tried by the county government, not to mention the fragmentary disputes, only when the murder case or a more serious criminal case, the party reports to the government for review, after the examination, and then reports to the criminal department, although there is also a drumming outside the government, but it has always been like a decoration, most of the ordinary people also know the status quo of the protection of officials and officials, even if there are grievances, they also choose to endure humiliation and swallow their voices, which also causes Lu Li to only pass the case file, All you see is that the world is peaceful, and everything is peaceful.

It is impossible for him to post notices and openly encourage the prosecution of illegality, in fact, this idea is limited to private discussions with Eleven Niang.

But today he was shouted out in public by an idler.

What does it prove?

It proves that today's farce is from the hand of Mao Dafu Yin.

Therefore, the people who came to the government to plead their grievances were not only Zhao Fei, but almost all the households in the family today who were forced to join the army.

Although many of them were framed as deserters, some of them escaped the trapping of conscription according to the law.

But the family members didn't care about this reason, and when they heard that they were expected to escape military service, they all flocked to it.

So many people flocked to the government from all over the country, and along the way, many ill-intentioned people instigated and cheered, and hundreds of people were gathered.

The government and punishment hall that has been deserted for many years is really an unprecedented day on this day!