Sun Yongda of Munmasa poured Zhao Qing a cup of tea and asked him to sit in the office, saying, "Chief Wu is in Gusongzhuang, and it is still five miles away from the village office. It is hard to go through the heavy snow. I will borrow the horses that have been taken to ride with you."

Chief Wu is a respectful title for the Tang Dynasty warrior class. Under the village, it is divided into several villages, but there are no officials.

Although the village has seven or eight villages with a population of more than 800, Sun Yongda's village has been in its current state for a few years. Of course, every village and every household is familiar with it.

There was only one warrior in Jinwan Village, which was Zhao Qing in front of him.

Of course, Sun Yongda knew where Zhao Qing’s home was.

"Thank you the official of the village. Today, the yamen is sealed, and the office is about to close. The official of the village is also about to ride a horse home. Brothers are grateful." Zhao Qing refused.

"Why don't you borrow horses from the county? As the chief of war, the county government will definitely borrow it." Liu Zifen said.

Zhao Qing smiled bitterly: "There are no horses in the county government, and even the carriages are gone. At the end of the New Year, the horses and carriages are very nervous, and there are no mules. Get off at the county station and can only walk back to your hometown, haha!"

Zhao Qing's military post was the head of the firearms and soldiers. The so-called head of the capital is a small officer with fifty troops. Therefore, Zhao Qing is not only a warrior, but also a rank of lieutenant.

But because the village was enlisted earlier than him, even if his status was higher than that of the other party, he would have to give in to three points.

Zhao Qing joined the army for six years and was admitted to the Datang Mainland Division School in the military high school entrance examination. He graduated two years later and was awarded the rank of lieutenant. He has been in the first two years and has served in the Chang'an Imperial Army system. Because of his military merits such as C, Xu's merits will soon be promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and he will be promoted to two levels in a row.

When you return to Chang'an, the new appointment will be brought down.

According to the system, as long as you get to the imperial guards at the level of the team, you can get a residence in Chang'an and bring your family to live with you.

This time he came back, he took his parents.

"Captain Wu came to the village office to issue documents to return home." The village was taking out a small wooden seal from the case drawer, with six small words on it: Wuxian Hushu Jinwan.

When Tang army soldiers returned to their hometown to visit relatives, in addition to issuing documents for returning home from the county government, they also had to go to the village office to issue documents for returning home. The village office must stamp and sign it to prove that the member had indeed returned home to visit relatives on a certain day of a certain year, month and day of a certain year.

"That's true." Zhao Qing smiled, "and asked the village official to issue a document to return home."

"Captain Wu is here to wait a moment, so the subordinate will handle it. Please show your confession certificate." Sun Yongda said.

Zhao Qing took out his military certificate from his arms, but it was a small fish-skin booklet, which recorded his name, age, origin, date of enlistment, his camp, military rank, appearance characteristics, etc.

There are also two seals on it, one is the Ministry of War seal and the other is the Ministry of Vessel.

As a retired Tang army, Sun Yongda was very familiar with this confession. He knew that the thing was real as soon as he opened it. When he opened it, he could see that the appearance description was correct.

At that time, the official of the village official took out a page of the official letter and wrote in clumsy calligraphy: "Today, there is Zhao Qing, the head of Zhongdu, the Zhongdu squadron of the Allied Forces of the Chang'an Imperial Guard, who returned to the village to visit relatives. Here is a proof. At the 28th hour of the twelfth lunar month of the sixth year of Hongwu, Jinwan Village Office."

After writing, the village master used the seal and signed the three words "Sun Yongda". Then he blew the ink marks and carefully handed them to Zhao Qing, "Please receive it, Chief Wu."

Although his handwriting is not well written, he is very fast, straightforward and careful, showing the capable style of retiring Tang army.

"Thank you, the village official." Zhao Qing took it and put it away, "Brother returned to his hometown this time, and saw that the village changes a lot. The roads were built from the county town to the town, and the reservoir pond became a large reservoir, and the villagers' lives were much better."

Sun Yongda smiled and said, "Isn't it? The old people in the village said that even when Song Guangjing was good, they were not as good as the current Holy Emperor's reign."

"The people's life is even better. Even the people in this village have become much more honest and honest. The people have no more drowning babies, no more rampant people, and no more bandits and thieves. I am in charge of the village's affairs, but no one has ever given me gifts and bribed me, and no one dares to bribe the county magistrate of the township. The world's education has changed a lot."

Can it not change much? Bribery is a crime of harming officials, but a crime of losing faith and resigning to slavery. Who dares to give gifts to officials and teachers? Once the military newspaper is verified, it will be completely finished. The whistleblower is the one who benefits.

As for accepting bribes, they are also absurd and arbitrarily. Not only will they lose their official position, but they will also be deprived of their status as a first-class citizen. When a colleague reports you, he will be promoted immediately with the merits of defending the road to eliminate traitors.

The copper gui in the Censorate, Da'an Prefecture, the Prefecture and the Police Department and other yamen were set to the county level, the copper gui in the county yamen was set to the township level, and the copper gui in the county yamen was set to the village level.

Who dares to act rashly?

The Tang court used the eyes and ears of the world, and used interests as the driving force, and established a comprehensive national supervision system through the principles and morality of the Tiandaoism.

Most apostasy violations are difficult to conceal whether it is bribery or taking bribes, using power for personal gain, corruption, dereliction of duty, retaliation, excessive concubines, unfilial piety, cheating, adultery and infidelity, drowning of baby girls, eating out of households, gambling, etc.

Of course, there must be sufficient reasons to deliver copper gui, and write down relevant reasons, and you cannot make up for it without saying anything.

Every day, the entire Tang Dynasty only needs to use thousands of people to deal with various copper gui. Therefore, a very important task of the Tang Dynasty officials is to deal with copper gui.

If the case is verified through the Tonggui report, not only will the whistleblower be rewarded, but the officials who handle it will also be rewarded.

On the contrary, if it is an unjust case, you will be punished.

This made the number of officials in the Tang Dynasty more than in all dynasties. However, the proportion of officials in the Tang Dynasty was not high.

Why?

Because although there are not many officials in all dynasties, they are not counted as officials who eat official grains. The officials are not in the market and have no official status, but their number is huge and they still have to pay their salary. However, the salary is not expenses of the court, but tax intercepts from government offices at all levels.

It seems that the court did not pay their salary, but the court's tax revenue was a large part of the time and it was not transparent. Speaking of which, it was not raised by the court? It was not raised by the people's taxes? Is there any difference?

Li Luo's Tang Dynasty only turned the majority of officials into officials, that is, civil servants in later generations, all of which were budgeted by the Ministry of Finance. In this way, it not only mobilized the enthusiasm of officials, but also increased tax revenue and curbed corruption.

The proportion of salary has been reduced instead. Because it is more transparent, local governments have no excuses to intercept tax revenue. Moreover, the inclusion of the vast number of officials who have no future and only want to make money into the official system has also strengthened control over the entire world.

Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer reports of copper gui, which shows that there are fewer and fewer arbitrary and illegal acts.

Zhao Qing asked with great concern: "What is the folk martial arts style?"

Sun Yongda replied: "The people are proud of joining the army. Even children in the countryside have begun to practice archery. The Zhongwu Dao Society also comes to worship every day. The folk martial arts style is very different from the previous Song Dynasty. Some time ago, some people in the countryside went to the county town to duel according to the law, one died and one injured, just like the time of the pre-Qin Dynasty. How dare you think about this before?"

"Oh? Duel according to law?" Zhao Qing became interested, "Why is the duel? According to duel regulations, there is no legitimate reason, the county government and police hall cannot approve it."

The public security commander Liu Zi sighed and said, "Why? It's just for a woman."

"Mr. Wu Chang is a local person, so he naturally knows the disadvantages of Wu County. The biggest problem is that there are more men and fewer women. Because drowning a baby girl became popular, ten men, at least three or four of them could not marry a wife, and it is difficult for the poor to have a descendant."

"In the neighboring village of Qingqiao, two men competed to marry the Wu family. The Wu family's daughter belonged to the Zhang family and did not like the Wang family. She was already engaged. But when she was about to hold a wedding, the woman fell seriously ill and was bedridden. The Zhang family resigned, which is normal. After all, few people are willing to marry someone who is about to die, which is not contrary to the law, let alone the law."

"But the Wu family girl was seriously ill. After learning that the Zhang family had broken off the engagement, she was angry for several months, but she died of no treatment. During her serious illness, the Wang family son came to see her several times and was a person who was very affectionate. However, the Wu family girl was a very energetic. Before her death, she said she would have a next life and wanted to marry the Wang family son, not the Zhang family. She also apologized to the Wang family son, saying that she did not know her lover and would not be able to give him a favor."

"The Wang family had already loved the Wu family's daughter. After the Wu family's daughter died, the Wang family was furious when they heard the woman's words before her death and found the Zhang family. They said that the Wu family could have been cured because the Zhang family broke the engagement, which caused the Wu family to die, and called the Zhang family ruthless and unrighteous person. They were a person who was unfaithful and unrighteous."

"How can the Zhang family be willing to wear such a hat as "faith and impermanence"? He was furious and fought with the Wang family who came to attack, and thus took over the revenge. After that, the two of them fought in the village like ice and charcoal, and they were punished by the public security envoy for fighting."

Zhao Qing took a sip of tea, "The woman was seriously ill, and the man broke the engagement. Although this was ruthless, it was not arbitrary and unfaithful. After all, it was not a marriage yet, so no one was allowed to break the engagement? Who can guarantee that the woman who married the family would get better? At most, the Zhang family is just a loner and can't be said to be arbitrary and unfaithful."

Liu Zifen said, "Isn't it? But it's hard for others to stop these two people from making enemies in the village. For the sake of face, no one bowed his head. So a few months later, the Wang family suddenly found the Zhang family and launched a duel in front of everyone. If the Zhang family did not dare to make a duel, they would admit their mistakes in public."

Why did the duel start? Because of such a private conflict, no one committed a crime, no one had arbitrary, and it was impossible to deal with it.

According to the regulations of the duel rules of the Tang Dynasty, if a duel is initiated due to an irresolved conflict between private individuals and dare not accept the duel, he must agree to the other party's request.

"How could Zhang's family be willing to admit their mistakes in public? So they agreed to the duel. Everyone tried their best to persuade him but failed, so the duel was written, handed over to the rural office, and then to the county government."

"The two brought witnesses from the village to the county government. The county magistrate and the police officers and county magistrates of the police hall to review whether the duel can be passed. The two expressed their life and death in public without regrets. Their physiques and ages are similar, and they have no patients, and they are both in line with the duel regulations."

If the two have a big gap in physical fitness and age, or if the person who receives the duel is physically ill, duels are not allowed. If a strong person initiates a duel against a thin person, even if the thin person accepts the duel, he will not be allowed.

On the contrary, those who are thin can take the initiative to fight against the strong.

"In the end, the first duel in Wu County was passed. The two of them announced their voluntary duel again in front of thousands of people in front of them, signed a life-and-death case, and the duel was made."

"The two of them chose to fight the Han sword. How sharp the Han sword? Without fighting, the Zhang family was pierced through the chest by the Wang family and died on the spot. The Wang family was stabbed by the Zhang family and his intestines were flowing out. Fortunately, he was not dead, and he saved his life after treatment."

"After this incident, the trend of shooting and swords in the village was even more prosperous, because no one could guarantee that he would not have to meet others in his life to fight against him. Moreover, the etiquette in the village was better, and there were fewer people quarreling and fighting over trivial matters, because if he was rude and provocative, he might not have been able to develop a duel."

Zhao Qing said: "Direction and injury are not a good thing, but it is also a way to resolve personal grudges. In the pre-Qin period, warriors sang generously and sang swords at every turn. There are many people who duel in the market. At present, they can only be picked up and used. The Mongolians also fought on the grasslands at every turn."

"Dare to make duels are certainly brave. Those who do not accept duels may not be really cowards. Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin, was once challenged, but he did not accept the duel, but he cannot be said to be not a hero."

The education of Tang samurai is not only the courage of an ordinary man, but also the wisdom of martial virtues.

After a while, Zhao Qing left the village office and rushed home with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

The closer he is to home, the more excited he feels.

He has not returned for several years. Although he learned from the village master that his parents are all fine, he is still even more timid in his hometown.

Loyalty and filial piety cannot be achieved at the same time. Since I chose to join the army, I have not served my parents for six years and have been filial to me.

Zhao Qing looked at the Xianghe village in the heavy snow, the rising smoke from cooking, the children running and playing snowball fights in the snow, and the familiar local accent, and his heart was extremely warm. Even the heavy snow couldn't cool his heart.

Although my hometown is as different from the Kyoto Chang'an, which is like a sky city, it has the Jiangnan style that Chang'an City does not have, the pastoral scenery that Chang'an City does not have, and his family does not have.

"Huh? That's not, isn't that Zhao Dalang?" A middle-aged man stood at the gate of a farmer's yard. When he saw Zhao Qing, he spoke in surprise.

"What is it?" a middle-aged woman asked when she went out.

The middle-aged man pointed his hand and criticized the big boobs, "Da Lang Zhao, did Nongfu know him?"

"Oh! But is Fur the one Zhao Da? It's really Yi!" the middle-aged woman exaggeratedly, "I haven't seen each other for several years, I have recognized Furiously. Yi is so majestic! My mother."

The middle-aged man stomped his feet, "Nongfu must speak loudly! Let Zhao Dalang hear that, Fu wants to blame Nong! Nong knows, he is a warrior! He is a military officer in the Tang army, of a rank. Ala should respect him and know how to attack him?"

"Oh." The middle-aged woman patted the snowflakes on her body. "No matter how big Yi Gun'er is, is Fu a fellow Alah? Yi is also a person from Jinwan Village who is easy to cut down!"

A young man stood behind, looking at the Tang sword carrying the warrior enviously, "Mom, Alah will join the army in two years."

The middle-aged woman looked at the boy and shook her head, "Where can I choose this way?"

The middle-aged man also looked at Zhao Qing's back enviously, "I don't have to worry about marrying the husband's family anymore. Even if there are few women, he can choose."

"Choose?" the middle-aged woman sneered, "There are only a few good women in these villages, and they have been picked long ago. Which one can Yi choose? However, I heard that Yi is in Chang'an, which is the capital. Yi has such a high vision, so I guess the good woman in the village will not look down on him."

"That's right." said the middle-aged man, "Yi is a warrior, and at the foot of the world, he must have seen the saints and the Virgin Mary. With such a great future, how can you still look at a woman from a small family?"

Zhao Qing walked along the snow all the way, alarming many villagers. However, Zhao Qing's identity is different now, and they dared not come over to greet him rashly.

They could only stand there in a distance or near position. As soon as Zhao Qing saw it, they would hold their fists and even bow.

Zhao Qing held his fists and saluted, but did not walk over to greet him.

Because he is an official or a warrior. If he leans forward to greet him, the villagers will salute again, or feel uneasy, or entertain themselves.

Don’t bother. Besides, if you visit each family, don’t go home today. He is so heartless that he simply doesn’t go home.

Zhao Qing walked home in the envious and respectful eyes of the villagers. When he saw the familiar big pine trees and the smoke rising from the yard under the big pine trees, all his fatigue was wiped out.

That's his home.

At this moment, he suddenly discovered that there was a new yard near his home and a neighbor was added.

But he was not surprised. What was strange about which fellow villagers built a new yard? In recent years, the lives of the people in Jiangnan have been getting better and better. The prosperity has come, and it is strange that they have not built a new yard.
To be continued...