In mid-June, the school field outside Pingxiang City, the capital of Tianshui County, was empty on a hot day, and the cavalry captain was empty.Xin Qingji, who was only fifteen years old, looked at Dou Da Ri and couldn't help but ask Yang Yun next to him: "Deputy Captain, you said that the Han Dynasty was originally a good conscription, and it was enough to levy it directly in case of trouble, why is it that the conscription is not enough now, and you have to add conscription to fight?"
”Yang Yun glanced at the child: "The conscription is to organize the people of the household, and the time is to recuperate, there are few wars, and the conscription is enough."
When it comes to filial piety, even if you have been a soldier for decades, no matter how willing you are to serve the country, you can't stand it every year, and you can't do the farm work at home?
”Therefore, in the later years of Emperor Wu, the long-term war led to very serious economic problems, many peasant households went bankrupt, and could only sell their land to be tenant farmers under the wealthy households, or directly became homeless people, at most, the number of displaced people in the eastern part of the country reached more than 2 million.In addition, the law is strict, and many officials are abolished.The military revolution is moving, the people buy more and the five doctors, and the people who are requisitioned are fresh, this is what my grandfather said in the book, Zizhen, listen to my uncle's advice, don't just bury your head in sword practice, read more, there is no harm. ”"How did you become his uncle?"
Ren Hong was arranging military affairs in the camp where the recruits gathered, and he was late, and he happened to hear that Yang Yun took advantage of Xin Qingji, so he scolded him.However, what Yang Yun said does have some truth.Qin's military merit was originally a reward for fighting, and the effect was very good, but the military merit of the Han Dynasty has completely collapsed, which is not only not beneficial to the country, but even harmful.In addition to the landless and displaced people, there are a large number of "reinstated" people in the people who have relocated to the land, as long as the title reaches the five doctors, they can be exempted from military service, and the Han Dynasty whenever the emperor ascends the throne, the establishment of the prince, the establishment of the queen, the change of the year name, etc. are customary to give a knight, and many people lie directly down as the five doctors.In addition, the clans and princes can be exempted from military service for generations, doctoral disciples, and those with a rank of more than 600 stone can be exempted from military service, and those who have passed Nasu, Maijue, migrated to the border, and those who have entered slavery can be reinstated.So there was a conscription system, and the imperial court also found that the combat effectiveness of the people in the interior was very problematic after being recruited, and the soldiers were not active in fighting, so it was better to let them pay a levy to exempt them from military service, and instead use the money to raise an army with strong combat effectiveness."
Most of this exemption money is earned for the people of our six counties."
Sima Zhang, the former captain of Huqiang, said with a smile, he is now transferred by Ren Hong to his side as a "Qu Chang", and his home is in Tianshui, so he is quite touched by Ren Hong and Zhang Luo's recruitment.Tianshui belongs to the traditional sense of the "six counties", here is the hometown of the Qin people, the legacy of the military merit system is particularly preserved, and because of the imminent Rong Di, the people are fierce, so the local people are high in strength, familiar with riding and shooting.The people of the Kwantung region either do business or read the Confucian scriptures to enter the government, but in Tianshui and other counties on the border of Liangzhou, young people have only two ways out in this life: farming and war.Either you will plant the land for a lifetime with your face to the loess and your back to the sky, or you will throw away the hoe and pick up the ancestral armor soldiers, lead the horses that you buy or borrow, and follow the general who recruited troops in the county town to fight the Xiongnu and conquer Xiqiang, and fight for a wealth for your children!
This is something that Tianshui people are accustomed to since Xiaowu, and there are really many people who have followed Wei, Huo and other generals to earn fame, and their children can even be directly elected into the palace as Yulin Lang, achieving a class leap, is it not easier than only one or two filial piety quotas every year?
At the beginning, it was only a mandatory conscription, there were more knights in the six counties, and the military system slowly changed, and the conscription was mixed, even if it was not in the conscription, it could also be recruited into the army, and the conscription was called "running for life", which meant that the regular soldiers were insufficient, so the right to choose the brave, run for the order, and take a "reward", generally five thousand dollars a year, and the knights who brought their own horses were ten thousand dollars, and there was still a reward for meritorious service.But which battles are worth "running for", Tianshui people have their own plans.Zhang Yaoli said to Xin Qingji: "During the Yuan Feng period, the world's soldiers were recruited to attack North Korea, and that kind of battle would never go, the road was far, from Tianshui to North Korea, I am afraid it would take a year, if you want to cross the sea by boat, it will be even more tossed." ”The Tianshui people can ride and shoot, but in terms of water nature, they are far inferior to the people of Qi Chu, who can vomit and faint when they get on the boat.He also said: "In the first year of the first century, the imperial court recruited soldiers from six counties to attack the barbarians of Yizhou County, and they couldn't go, although the road seemed to be not far, they could turn over and cross the mountains, Yizhou County was located in the south, and there were mountains everywhere, so we couldn't play the strength of riding and archery, even if we didn't die under the poisonous arrows of the southwest Yi, we would die because of the miasma epidemic." ”Xin Qingji shook his head: "What about hitting Xiqiang at the beginning of the year?"
I think that most of the soldiers brought by General Zhao are Guan sergeants, and there are not many children from the six counties who have been recruited.Zhang Yaoli said in a low voice: "They think that Xiqiang doesn't have much oil and water, and it takes 3,000 yuan to kill a Qiang, so it's not cost-effective, so they don't bother to go." ”Xin Qingji said: "It stands to reason that the Huns and Hulu will get 50,000 yuan for a song, and they should have responded one after another, but before we set up the banner of Xi'anhou, the local county lieutenant didn't recruit many people." ”"Although it is easy to get a lot of rewards for fighting the Huns, it is also possible to die outside the fortress, it all depends on whether the general who is good at fighting and cherishing the soldiers.So it depends on the people who are cooking, and see who the general who recruits the troops is, if it is Huo Hussar, or General Zhao Wengsun, then naturally there is nothing to say, but if the general of the second division comes to recruit "Zhang Yaoli Heran, which general of the Han Dynasty is powerful, which general is incompetent, the emperor may not be clear or pretend to be confused, but the people of the six counties are clear in their hearts, and there are many people who were killed in the battle of Dawan and Yanran Mountain by Li Guangli.So Tianshui people still give face to the Hou of Xi'an, Ren Hou Ye raised the banner in one fell swoop, and the reward was released, and there were really many people who were recruited, but in the past few days, Tianshui County should have basically come, so it seems that the court is cold, only occasionally a few people heard the news from Anding County next door to apply, and they blamed Ren Hong for not going to settle down to recruit soldiers."
How many people have you gotten?"
Seeing that he had been in Tianshui for ten days, Ren Hong asked Yang Yun that it was good to have a person by his side, and all the soldiers who made a book could be handed over to him to do.Although Yang Yun is cheap-mouthed, he still has the ability, and when he looked through the roster of soldiers, everyone's name and nationality were clear: "There are nearly 1,000 riders." ”It's not too much, because Ren Hong's requirements are high, and the recruits are all good families with their own horses and innocent family backgrounds, requiring them to be at least twenty years old, more than seven feet high, and they have to take the exam on the spot.The population of Tianshui County is only 200,000, Ren Hong and they have recruited nearly 1,000 horsemen in the 10th day they have been here, the proportion is very high, and then they will go to Longxi, Jincheng and Hexi four counties, how can the target of 3,000 horses be completed.In the afternoon, Ren Hong and Yang Yun went back to the camp to eat with the newly recruited Tianshui knights, and when they went to the recruiting banner in front of the camp, they found that there were several recruits here, one of whom was a young man with a horse, who was standing in front of Zhang Yaoli, Xin Qingji and others, blushing urgently.Zhang Yao drove him away with a straight face: "You are only sixteen years old, how can you go on the expedition?"
”The young man had a marginal accent, still immature, and his eyebrows were very thick, not like natural growth, but like rough paintings, which at first glance looked a little funny.He carried a leather bag on his back, with several short spears in it, a ring-headed knife hanging from his waist, and the horse he was riding was also a good horse.Look at my age. ”Xin Qingji didn't even have sixteen, and he was a little embarrassed for a while.Zhang Yaoli hurriedly said: "This is the personal guard of the Marquis of Xi'an, it is different."
In the army, only those who are recruited are Fu people, not young men, go back quickly. ”The soldiers in front of the camp also coaxed him to go back to eat milk for another two years, but the young man was unwilling and shouted: "Since you don't recruit teenagers, why does Xi'an Hou say that the young man wears a Wu hook?"
I am a native of Yuzhi County, Beidi County, and after listening to the villagers spreading this sentence, I have the spirit of a strong monarch and a marquis, and I also want to kill the captives and make meritorious contributions, but there are no recruits in Beidi and Anding, so I came here with the knights of the same township, and the talisman books are complete, so why drive me away. ”He felt reasonable, and his voice became louder and louder: "It is also said in the recruitment book that it is advisable to recruit officials and people who have the strength to change death for life. ”"I am a son of a good family, my family background is innocent, my father died in the Huns, I am willing to follow the Marquis of Xi'an, avenge him and kill the captives, not afraid of death.As for the strength, the young man looked left and right, wanting to prove himself, and finally only picked up a stone with a flagpole on the ground, weighing six or seven pounds, and held it on his shoulder, with an arrow step, he pushed it violently, and threw the stone towards the empty school grounds!
Everyone's eyes followed the stone thrown high and fell far away, and they all gasped, Ren Hong looked at it, good guy, it was more than 20 steps away!
What is the world record for putting the shot put?
The voice of the boy from Northland County also echoed in the school field: "Strength, I am willing to prolong my life!"
”PS: Chapter 2 is before 0:00.