Chapter 12 Recruitment
With the issuance of several edicts of the Qin Emperor, and then passed on one by one through officials at all levels, it was distributed to the ears of countless generals, officials, families, sects, and civilians, and the voices of discussion rose from the countryside and were endless, but it did not affect the pace of the huge state machine of Great Qin. And during this time, some people laughed, and some people cried.
In a village in Kannai, a middle-aged man is sorting out his weapons, protective gear, and bow and arrows, while his wife and children are preparing dry food and clothes for him. After tidying up, the middle-aged man first hugged his wife and told her to take good care of the family, especially the minor children and elderly parents, if there is anything that can't be solved, go to Li Zheng for help, that is the uncle of the man's own family.
He turned around and touched the child's head again, explained that he practiced martial arts well, told him that his father went out this time to fight for a better future for him, and promised to fight for him to get better exercises, at least above the middle level, and also get more money to buy medicinal herbs and demon beast meat, so that he could get more resources to advance to a higher martial arts cultivation than his father.
In the end, let him listen to his mother, help his mother do more work, and finally kowtow to his elderly parents twice. The family sent him to the entrance of the village together, watching him gradually move away, there was no sadness in his eyes, only worry and expectation.
In a small town outside Guanwai, a young man is preparing to say goodbye to his parents and go to Lishan outside Chang'an with the people of the town to serve.
His aging parents hugged him and cried bitterly, he was the eldest son in the family, according to the regulations, one person must serve, the younger brothers are still young, and the martial arts have not yet been completed, and they can't withstand the long-term long journey and labor work, so he can only go, and if he doesn't go, according to Qin law, the whole family will be arrested for hard labor, and die of exhaustion.
According to the people in the town, only three or four out of ten of the people who served could come back alive in the end, and their service period was only one year, and the rotation that he had only had in the past three years this time, the chance of surviving was too small, he didn't understand why Daqin had so many things to do, and he was not qualified to refuse this call-up, so he had to leave his hometown and embark on the journey to Chang'an.
The Great Qin Empire was founded for thousands of years, and conscription for soldiers and conscription for service seem to be official conscription of civilian warriors to work for the government, but they are actually different.
Conscripted as a soldier, you need to bring your own weapons, clothes and dry food, but as long as you arrive at the barracks, you will be able to eat and live, and the food and accommodation will not be too bad, and you can also kill the enemy in the war and make meritorious contributions, and you will also face a relatively large danger to your life, and become the enemy's military exploits, but if you are lucky enough, you are not dead after the battle, and you are fortunate to get a merit and a half, and from then on, relying on the country's rewards and government subsidies, the quality of life at home will also be greatly improved.
If you are more lucky, the credit is greater, and the title is higher, and the whole family will become an official family from now on, as for the luckiest one in the legend, it is none other than the grandson of Wu Anjun.
Conscription for service, the same need to take food and clothing to set off, the same as long as you arrive at the service point, the government will take care of food and housing, you can go back early if you do fast and good service, slow or bad will be punished to continue to serve, but there is no danger to life in comparison.
There is also no merit to be made, but the average family will lose a strong labor force because of this, and thus live in embarrassment. However, this is still the same as before, since the Great Qin ruled the world, labor has become more and more frequent, and the workload has become more and more large, the food has become worse and worse, and there are countless people who die of exhaustion, so the world is more afraid of labor than military service.
There are many other places in the world where these two scenes are played.
Military family: "This time, we must seize the opportunity, fight bravely to kill the enemy, be knighted and worshipped, and earn a good future for future generations." ”
A certain sect sage: "The conscription is heavy, it is really prosperous, the people are suffering, and the people are suffering, and the people are suffering." ”
Guanwai family: "Most of the children of the family are recruited, but few come back, and it is difficult to succeed." ”
The remnants of the Six Kingdoms "Yingzheng dog thief, kill them all, and they will not stop with them in their lifetime"
Careerist: "Perish in madness, the more you expropriate, the greater the resentment of the people, and then the time has come to overthrow the tyrannical Qin." Then he was a little disheartened, "If Emperor Qin doesn't die, the world will be in chaos." ”
There are all kinds of things in the world, but it did not stop Daqin's footsteps a little, and countless people set out from all over the country, and finally gathered in Chang'an, grassland, and Nanyue.
In the afternoon, Lin Ze had just practiced martial arts for a while, but it was Father Lin who came back, and then sent someone to call him over. After Father Lin went home, he told Gongsun Yue about the affairs of the court, and Lin Ze, as the only member of the Lin family, attended this "family meeting".
Lin Ze was stunned after hearing this, the current situation is more and more consistent with the Great Qin in history, the book burning pit in history is actually killing Fang Shi, and this time even the number of pit kills can be basically matched.
Paimong's northward attack on the grassland is similar to Mengtian's northward attack on the Xiongnu in history, but the Xiongnu are more than 300 miles away, so that the Hu people dare not go south to herd horses, and the soldiers dare not bend their bows and complain. In history, Zhao Tuo conquered Baiyue in the south, and finally established the Nanyue Kingdom, Xu Fu went to sea to find immortals and discovered Yingzhou.
If it weren't for the fact that the size of the territory was not matched, and later generations did not find such a large group of ancient buildings as Chang'an City, Lin Zezhen thought that he had actually returned to ancient times.
The reason why Father Lin was able to come back today was because he happened to be one of the three commanders of the three thousand guards led by Xu Fu, the national teacher, and all the guards who participated in this sea operation had to set off in 15 days, and the guards were arranged to take a vacation to pacify their families during these 15 days.
I saw Father Lin gently hugging Gongsun Yue, "Yue'er, this accompaniment, according to the national teacher, it will be a year or three years, I shouldn't see our child born, I'm sorry." ”
Gongsun Yue burst into tears when she heard this, but she still comforted him, "Lin Lang, it's okay, business is important, or you choose a name for the child, I will wait for you to come back, you must take care of yourself safely"
Father Lin stretched out his hand and gently brushed away Gongsun Yue's tears: "Well, I'll give the child a name now, if it's a girl, call her Lin Xiyue, if it's a boy, I wish him a safe life, let's call Lin An."
After saying that, the two hugged each other, and Lin Ze ...... Don't worry about me, I'm fine, the dog food is very fragrant, do you want to have a piece too.
Fortunately, this atmosphere did not last long, and Wu Bo came in to report: Gongsun Yue's father, Lin's father-in-law, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and Gongsun Zhan, a six-rank martial arts powerhouse, came to visit.
Father Lin hurriedly took Gongsun Yue to the door to greet him, as for Lin Ze to stay honest, the concubine is not qualified to greet the distinguished guests, and he only brought him last time because it happened to be related to him.
After a while, Lin Ze saw Father Lin and Gongsun Yue enter the living room with a middle-aged military general wearing Mingguang armor, sat on a chair in the corner, shrunk his body, and did not pass, he still remembered the treatment he received in Wu'an Jun's Mansion last time, but he didn't dare to go over with a hot face and a cold butt.
However, Gongsun Zhan glanced at Lin Ze, but he was not unhappy, but smiled gently at him.
After Father Lin invited Gongsun Zhan to sit down and hand over tea, he asked, "What is your father-in-law doing this time?" Gongsun Zhan pretended to be unhappy and said, "Do you have to have something to come over?"
Gongsun Yue also glanced at Father Lin, and said angrily, "Father, I finally came to see me once, Lin Dong, you put away your officialdom set." Father Lin looked at his wife, and he could only compensate for it.
Gongsun Zhan didn't answer in a hurry, but beckoned to Lin Ze, who was sitting in the distance: "This is my Lin Ze's grandson, come over and give your grandfather a good look." ”
Lin Ze looked confused, why did he suddenly call me, but he still followed Gongsun Zhan's greeting and walked in front of him to salute and call his grandfather.
Gongsun Zhan touched Lin Ze's head, "Really good, although you are not my own grandson, but the old man, I still don't have a grandson, this time I see you very kind, the first time we met, my grandfather didn't bring you anything good, and I turned around and sent you the title deed of a restaurant in the south of the city, that restaurant has a special person to help you operate, except for expenses every year, the income is not much, but there is also a two thousand gold, which is enough for you to make pocket money."
Lin Ze was even more confused now, what, the first time you met, you were going to give me a restaurant with an annual net income of 200,000 yuan, and you don't need me to worry about it, just sit and collect money, okay, you are really rich, but I, Lin Ze, am ...... Well, it's so fragrant, hurriedly thank you "Thank you, grandpa".
Father Lin frowned, and said, "Father-in-law, if there is anything, just say it directly, I can't understand it like this."
Gongsun Zhanjian raised his eyebrows: "I'm just eye-to-eye with this kid, not only to give him a store, but also to send him a great creation, can't I?"
Father Lin had a headache after hearing this: "You have to get it, you have something to say, don't sell it." ”
Seeing that he didn't buy it, Gongsun Zhan blew his beard angrily, paused, and finally got to the point: "Didn't the emperor order, and each family needs to provide a list of descendants to act as the guards of the two sons, Wu Anjun's mansion just has a quota, but there is no suitable candidate, although Lin Ze does not have Wu Anjun's bloodline, but he is also a relative and descendant of Wu Anjun, so I thought that the fat water would not flow into the fields of outsiders, so I won this place for this child, how about it, is it a great creation." ”
Father Lin stood up when he heard this, and said angrily: "What kind of creation, I think it's for the dead ghost, it's so nice, is the battle for the heir so simple?"
Gongsun Zhan didn't care: "Lin Ze is just a concubine, but he can rely on Wu'an Junfu to serve the prince of Great Qin, this is his great blessing, and no matter how many people ask for it, they can't ask for it." ”
Gongsun Yue also felt that this was indeed an opportunity, and hurriedly persuaded: "Lin Lang, what my father said is also reasonable, Lin Ze can be the guard of the Great Qin Gongzi, and he can get the support of the son, and the rare resources are at his disposal, Lin Ze's own talent is not as good as yours, if you can seize this opportunity and achieve the 6th grade of martial arts, it is not impossible." ”
Father Lin looked at the father and daughter in front of him, and said coldly: "Are you so unable to tolerate him? What's the use of cultivating martial arts no matter how high they are?"
Gongsun Zhan opened his mouth to retort, "But Lin Ze may not follow the son who failed to seize the throne, and then the Wu'an Junfu will find a way to let him withdraw in the later stage." ”
Father Lin sneered: "Don't treat everyone else as a fool, there are only ten places for the guards, and there are 12 grandmasters in Daqin, since Your Majesty has an order, the others must be arranged for the descendants of the lineage, and the national teacher has no queen, and it has been clear that he will not participate in it, and there are just eleven people, so it is impossible for these eleven people to follow the same son, and His Majesty will not allow the 11 grandmasters to stand in line with a clear banner."
And this time, His Majesty ordered that there are only two sons who can form a martial arts hall to accompany Wu, one is Fusu Gongzi, who is 16 years old this year, and has four martial arts products, and one Huhai Gongzi is only 6 years old this year, and Wudao has just entered the first product. The entire Great Qin is unanimously optimistic about Fusu Gongzi from the prime minister to the prime minister, and even the imperial historian Mao Jiao is dead and wants His Majesty to appoint Fusu Gongzi as the crown prince. With Lin Ze's age and background, he will only be arranged to the unfavored Hu Hai Gongzi, and the strength of the two parties is very different, I am afraid that the day when Fusu ascends the throne will be the day Lin Ze dies. ”
After hearing this, Gongsun Zhan felt that it was not good, but he slapped the table: "Lin Dong, you have to remember who your identity and your status depend on, Lin Ze is just a concubine, and what Yue'er is pregnant with is your descendant." "This is already trying to overwhelm people.
I only heard Father Lin say quietly: "My identity, of course, is the commander of His Majesty's Praetorian Guard." Yesterday, I had already opened the second main vein, and this time I went to sea, I was personally named by the national teacher, and it is estimated that when I come back from overseas, I estimate that I will have six products."
Gongsun Zhan's face changed, he cultivated so fast, the six grades of martial arts, the national teacher favored him, and then used Wu Anjun's power to suppress it, but it was not easy to do.
Although he is Wu Anjun's own grandson, this kind of trivial matter is not enough to make Wu Anjun have a bad relationship with the favored national teacher, and between Wu Anjun and the national teacher, it is not certain who is strong and who is weak.
Gongsun Yue next to him thought for a while and spoke: "Father, since it's so dangerous, don't let Lin Ze go, it's better to choose someone from the Gongsun family, if it is a descendant of the Gongsun family, even if the succession fails, at least there is no worry about life." ”
Gongsun Zhan sighed when he heard this, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Your Majesty ordered, at least you have to be close to your great-ancestor, you are still young, and you haven't been exposed to too many family affairs." Your great-ancestor started in the army, and there were no brothers and sisters, and after the king, some people took refuge, but there were not too many close people."
"And your great-grandfather has two sons, your grandfather is addicted to martial arts, he has never married in his life, and naturally he has no descendants, your grandfather only has three brothers of your father and my generation, and the two cousins of your uncle's family are in their twenties, and they joined the army early, and they probably refuse to come back. ”
"Your second uncle's family is a boy and a girl, your third cousin is said to have been sent to a secret sect to practice martial arts, and he has not returned for three years, even so, your second uncle will not allow his only son to be involved in the seizure of the heir, your father and I only have two children, you and your younger brother, and your younger brother is still young, how can I be willing to let him take risks. ”
After speaking, he made a condition again: "Lin Dong, as long as you agree, I will immediately give you a book of the secret method of passing through the veins, which records at least a hundred fine veins." ”
Father Lin shook his head without any emotion, "As long as you agree, I will give you another book of Ming Acupoint Secret Method, which records at least twelve acupuncture points." Father Lin's face finally changed, but he was a little moved.
Lin Ze listened to it for a long time, and couldn't help but be a little speechless, others don't know, but he knows, the real successor in history is not Fusu, it's Hu Hai.
At present, it seems that although this place is not at all like the Great Qin in history, many things can be dealt with one by one, so the possibility of Hu Hai succeeding to the throne is still very great, and with his help, the possibility of succeeding to the throne is even greater.
In the end, Gongsun Zhan's conditions were indeed quite tempting, and Father Lin, who was originally resolutely opposed, couldn't help but be a little moved.
Well, I can't wait, I have to take the initiative and collect more benefits, and when Gongsun Zhan was about to leave, he immediately stepped forward and saluted and said: "Father, grandfather, don't argue, I think about myself." ”
Then he said to Gongsun Zhan: "In addition to the conditions you just promised my father, add another Buddha Sect's marrow cleansing pill and a Dao Sect's Tongtian Pill to me." Also, make sure that I am the guard of Childe Huhai this time, as long as you can agree, I will go on this trip. ”
Gongsun Zhan was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately agreed: "Okay, I will definitely send you something within three days, and in addition, I will write in the name of Wu'an Junfu, and let you, as the grandson of Wu'an Junfu, act as the guard of Gongzi Hu Hai." ”
After finishing speaking, he immediately went back to prepare, no matter what Lin Dong said, he sent the things over, and the father and son of the Lin family didn't dare to agree to accept the things but didn't do it, after all, Wu'an Junfu is not a vegetarian.
Father Lin looked at Lin Ze with a complicated expression: "Actually, you don't have to be like this, your father can still keep you." ”
Lin Ze didn't care about Gongsun Yue's presence and smiled: "Father, after all, Wu'anjun's mansion is powerful, although you are a genius, you also have to get their help, besides, this matter is beneficial to you and me, isn't it?
When he left, he deliberately walked a little staggeringly, and Father Lin, who was watching, was silent for a long time.
Of course, at this time, Lin Ze not only did not have the slightest frustration, but was very excited, sure enough, there were many good things in the local tyrant's house, and he got what he wanted at once, if it weren't for this opportunity, relying on himself, he didn't know when he would be able to get this kind of rare and exotic object, damn Xiaojin still dared to despise me, this precious thing was not easy for me to get.
Xiao Jin: Big brother, you have sold yourself, which is easy.