Chapter 1: A Boy from a Mountain Village
Zou Jun mentioned in "Heaven and Earth Let Me Do One Way" that if you want to practice the "Dayan Yin-Yang Technique", you must "combine yin and yang, and rotate and double cultivate", so that you can achieve immediate results, but it is contrary to the cultivation concept of his master "Xuanyin Ancestor" and senior brother "Xuanyin Sect Master", so he was politely rejected by the master and apprentice.
After Zou Jun left, his master and senior brother couldn't resist the temptation of this "Holy Order Exercise" because of curiosity, so they decided to distract themselves from the lower realm and reincarnate to reincarnate and recultivate the "Ghost Immortal", to see if they could make great progress in their cultivation and become a "Mixed Yuan Dao Fruit" as soon as possible, as the little apprentice/junior brother said?
Therefore, the next leads to the story to be written in this book: in a mountain village in the mortal world of the Nether, an ordinary peasant boy learned by chance that there is a method of "immortality" in the world, so he was shocked, because this opened the "door" to another world for him.
In order to pursue the "dream" in his heart, he did not hesitate to experience the cycle of life and death, walked through the two worlds of yin and yang, experienced heavenly punishment and thunder, fell into the misery of red dust, and experienced love and hatred...... Finally, he realized that he had become an immortal, became famous in the heavens, was famous in all worlds, returned to his deity, and achieved "mixed yuan", immortal and immortal.
The lower realm of space, the lower dimensional universe, the heavens and all the worlds.
On a certain terrestrial planet, in the human realm, the Gutian Institute of Jingjiang Mansion on the West Road of Guangnan of the Ming Empire.
This is one of the garrison guards of the Ming Dynasty in southern Xinjiang, but there are many "military households" and "private households" distributed nearby, as if forming many large and small villages.
There are "forts" similar to "towns" in the villages, which are pronounced Bao (Shangsheng) when used for military defense, and Pu (go sound) when used for market transactions.
Due to the frequent disasters in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and the "three rings" were increased year after year, resulting in the hardship of the people, the world was in chaos, thieves were everywhere, and the people were not able to make a living.
As a result, there is the so-called "prosperous world Buddhism Chang, Taoist deep mountains alone." The Bodhisattva in troubled times does not come out, and Lao Jun carries a sword to save the vicissitudes of life. ”
In a small village near the "Gutian Institute", there lives a family surnamed Zhou, although it is a single family, but the ancestors are from the Jianghuai region of the Zhou surname, only because there was Mongolia to the south to destroy the Song Dynasty, and then the Ming Dynasty pacified Yunnan, so there are the ancestors of the Zhou family among the "sinners" who immigrated to the real side.
Although the rule of the Yuan Dynasty was unpopular due to the implementation of national oppression policies, it did a better job than the Song and Ming dynasties in maintaining the landlord class and the gentry and other local powers, because the Mongols had few people and could not manage the Han land, so they could only rely on the local gentry to collect taxes for them, which gave the latter convenience.
These squires and landlords, local tyrants and inferior gentry, and family members in the governance of the place, their means are much higher than that of the Mongolian aristocracy, all kinds of black box operations emerge in endlessly, as long as the people do not die, they will be rectified, anyway, as long as the "Mengyuan court" tax task is completed, they can run rampant in the township.
Therefore, after Zhu Yuanzhang raised troops to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty, the first to suffer were those squires and landlords, local tyrants and inferior gentry and family families, after all, they benefited a lot from the "loose" rule of the Yuan Dynasty.
In particular, many "scholars" in the Jiangnan area even threatened to "raise troops to rebel", overthrow the Ming Dynasty, welcome back Zhengshuo, and restore the Yuan Dynasty, so that they could continue to enjoy the "relaxed environment" that the "Mengyuan Imperial Court" once brought themselves, but they did not know that "Monk Zhu" was ruthless and sent troops to suppress it.
In this way, those "scholars" who have milk and mothers are turned into "Diao people", if they do not sincerely donate all their property and release slaves and maids, then the "Zhu monks" who rule the world will all of them be demoted to "official slaves", or they will be reorganized according to the "severity of the crime" and sent to the frontier garrison.
At the same time, the imperial court stipulated that the northerners should be assigned to the south, the southerners to the north, the easterners to the west, and the westerners to the east.
Moreover, the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty was inherited from the Yuan Dynasty, and once the common people were incorporated into "military households", "peasant households", "fishing households", "hunters" and "stove households" by the government...... You will never want to easily achieve class leaps, except for "imperial examinations" and "meritorious service in wars". However, "military households" may not be rewarded for their meritorious service.
Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, the descendants of these "military households" could only serve in the army for generations, and they had to endure the annexation of land by superior officers, and the oppression and exploitation of squires in various places. Therefore, the family surnamed Zhou is withered.
"Bell-bell-bell! Come live, assemble! The lieutenant chief shouted at the top of his voice while beating a broken gong: "It is the responsibility of the military to recruit soldiers and fight!" At this time, the "military households" of Shili and Eight Villages, whether they had anything to do or not, had to put it aside first, and hurriedly picked up their guys and ran to the "fort".
"My lord, what is the urgency of the matter? Our rice hasn't been harvested yet. "Yes, yes, Elder Li, when did you ...... like this?"
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the management of rural grassroots chores was the responsibility of the "old men of Muduo", mainly to assist local officials to supervise the peasants' farming.
Although the "old man Mu Duo" only specializes in managing the affairs of the book, he has a lot of power, and with the acquiescence of Zhu Yuanzhang, they represent the grassroots level under the "imperial power".
According to the "Emperor's Book of Teaching the People", it can "power the county order", that is, if the county order is illegal, the "old man" can dispose of the county order.
However, it is difficult for the rural grassroots to rely only on the "old man Muduo" to manage it. To this end, Zhu Yuanzhang set up the "chief of the li" and "the chief of grain". The "lichang" is the "lizheng", who is responsible for managing taxes and levying conscription. The "grain chief" was responsible for assisting local officials in collecting grain and salaries from the imperial court.
"Don't be verbose, hurry! It's late to go, it's good for you! The elder Li was worried, because the imperial court had suppressed the "Datengxia Uprising" not long ago, and the entire northern Guibei region was beaten to pieces. How long has it been? The "Yang Yinglong Rebellion" broke out in Guizhou next door, and swords and soldiers rose everywhere!
"Yes, yes, hurry, let's go!" "The adults are taught. I don't know where to start a knife again? "Ouch, my foot is broken, it hurts! ”
"Are you dead? Go fast! The lieutenant chief struck the gong and yelled, and at the same time rushed quickly and kicked it hard, just kicking the broken Zhou Jun and staggering, falling into the mud on the side of the road, covered in mud. He cursed in his mouth: "The whole family is dead? Why is it only you who are left? ”
"Ahem. Woo, spare your life! There is only one villain left in my family to 'renew the incense'. If the villain dies, what will the mother of the family do? I also have a three-year-old sister who has to be raised! Whining. Zhou Jun was kicked over in the ditch by the angry lieutenant, shivering from the cold.
"Yes, yes, the Zhou family is so pitiful. That year, he died his father in the war, and then he died in the war, and now it is his turn, I am afraid that he will be the last ...... "Some men who are also "military households", whether they are teenagers or middle-aged and elderly, all the people who pass by them express sympathy for the Zhou family's plight.
"Hmph, don't think that you can escape military service by pretending to be dead? Dream on! Li Chang roared: "Even if you die, you have to be replaced by your neighbors, get up!" ”
"What do you see? Haven't you seen 'Diaomin' stealing and playing tricks? Li Chang roared, after all, if he couldn't complete the conscription task, he himself would have to go to the battlefield to replace the quota, because the "military household system" is such a regulation, and the "Yang family" is a "toast", entrenched in Guizhou for nearly 800 years, and the soldiers are strong and strong.
At this moment, the Ming Dynasty is fighting the "Japanese Invaders" in Korea, how can there be any extra troops sent to suppress the "Yang Yinglong Rebellion"? Therefore, the garrisons of various health posts in the southwest have become the advance team of this "suppression of bandits." The imperial court can only buy time by using these "military households" to consume opponents first.
Once the Ming Dynasty can win on the Korean battlefield, it will definitely turn around and suppress the "Yang Yinglong Rebellion" in the shortest possible time, because these rebels actually dare to gather more than 100,000 people to rob everywhere, and they don't take the majesty of the imperial court into account at all, so that the imperial court "changes the land and returns to the stream" and goes bankrupt, and must be severely punished!
"You, you, you still have you, hurry up and drag this kid out of the stinky puddle, take him to the fort and hand it over to the chiefs to deal with, otherwise you will be good-looking, hum!" After the captain finished yelling, he rushed to other nearby villages, after all, his task was not completed, and he had to hurry.
"Hey, hey, Zhou Jun, are you okay? Hand on! Seeing this, several playmates in the crowd hurriedly came to his aid and dragged him up.
"Ouch, it's hurting me, this one who has been stabbed a thousand times, damn it!" Zhou Jun covered the muddy footprints on his chest, and complained with a flushed face.
"Hey, hey, don't shout, you kid, be careful and don't live long!" After everyone dragged Zhou Jun up, they quickly shook off the mud warning in their hands.
"Not long to live? Is it a big deal to die? Zhou Jun was angry: "Being killed by thieves is also death, and being killed by officials is also death, anyway, it is death!" ”
"Hey, hey, that's different. Killing bandits and dying is considered meritorious, but dying in fear of sin is a mistake, how can it be compared? The crowd chattered.
"Okay, okay, got it. I, Zhou Jun, will not bother you. At last the group set out again and made it to the fort by noon.
As a venue that combines the functions of "bazaar" and "military tun", "Baoli" has gathered hundreds of young and middle-aged people and even middle-aged and elderly people from ten miles and eight villages, because the Ming Dynasty government stipulated that men from "military households" between the ages of 16 and 60 must be unconditionally recruited into the army.
In ancient feudal society, some dynasties stipulated that boys who reached the age of 12 were "little boys", and they had to undertake manual work in the fields and farms, and those who reached the age of 16 were called "big boys", who needed to marry wives and have children, and pass on the lineage. Unfortunately, Zhou Jun is only fifteen years old this year.
A young man of this age, although his blood is strong, but once he goes to the battlefield, he may not be able to stand that kind of golden iron horse and blood-stained territory.
After all, they are usually "farmers" or even "unemployed hooligans", and the meaning of life is to fill their stomachs first, then find a wife, and finally have a child, complete the inheritance, and continue to be cattle and horses for the court, local bureaucrats, and local tyrants and inferior gentry. If they could live, who would want to die?
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"Heaven and Earth Let Me Do Part II" has ended, readers can leave more good comments and suggestions, so that I can try to improve when I continue to write "Heaven and Earth Let Me Go Part III", and strive to meet everyone's reading needs, after all, I am just an amateur writing enthusiast.