"The master is back!" As soon as Gao Yingxiang stepped through the door of his house, he saw his wife coming up to him. While patting the dust on his body, he complained: "The master finally returned home and didn't know how to rest, and went out to drink again.
Already."
"Haha, didn't I meet some friends on the way back and I was dragged away by them?" Gao Yingxiang felt unspeakable guilt when looking at his wife, who was still wearing common clothes and was already aging prematurely. Over the years,
Thanks to this virtuous wife taking care of him at home, he could worry less outside. He couldn't bear to worry his family, and he didn't tell anyone who he met.
"Master, come in quickly, Hongji is here!" Mrs. Gao never expected that this nephew from Mizhi would suddenly come to visit. She originally wanted to treat her well, but she saw that the sky was getting dark.
, Gao Yingxiang hadn't returned home yet, so he couldn't let go and went to the door to have a look in person.
"Hongji? Why did he come here?" Gao Yingxiang still missed his nephew a lot, but wasn't he working as a postman in Yinchuan? How could he suddenly have time to come so far to see him?
"I heard that he was passing by for something, and the old lady was talking to him in the hall." From the conversation just now, Mr. Gao also learned a lot of information. This nephew is really suffering. His parents died young, and he finally found a job.
I was on an errand, but because of my carelessness, I was falsely accused of losing official documents and was dismissed.
"Hey..." It's hard. I'm afraid he's not passing by, but coming to seek refuge with me. It's really a leaky house and it's raining continuously.
"My nephew has met my uncle!" Seeing Gao Yingxiang come in, Li Zicheng, who was sitting, stood up and saluted.
"Sit down, Hongji, what do you want here?" Gao Yingxiang's mind was filled with what the three people said just now, and he was too lazy to be polite. He thought, the young man is so shy that he may only say some things to himself. As long as
It's not a big deal, no matter how difficult it is, you have to help.
"My nephew was just passing by and came to see my uncle." Li Zicheng pulled a young man who looked like a Confucian scholar next to him and said, "No, my nephew is rushing to Luoyang with brother Li Xin, and he probably won't be back for a long time, so he went out of his way to
Come round and pay a visit."
"Young student Li Xin, you are so polite!" Li Xin, a gentle man, also hurriedly bowed.
Li Xin was born into a wealthy family in Qixian County. He studied very hard and won the imperial examination at a young age. To say that he was lucky enough. After staying at home for so many years, he was not reminded of the history idiot Zhu Youcong.
My little life has been comfortable.
But the trouble is that the eight princes of Henan started to hook up and flirt with each other a few years ago. The year before last, Zhu Youcong felt that there were not enough teachers in his college and army, so he asked his uncles and uncles to fool around.
Come here. Li Xin, who was generous and forthright by nature, loved to fight injustices, and was quite famous in the local area, was in bad luck. He was scared and blinded by the king of Zhou and was abducted to Luoyang.
Fortunately, Zhu Youcong didn't know that Li Xin was the famous Li Yan, so he could teach in the college peacefully. After so many years of observation, Li Xin discovered that Luoyang was probably the hope of the Ming Dynasty. With his excellent skills
His skills have been reviewed at all levels and he has now become a cultural instructor in the army.
This time he heard that the imperial court was going to dismantle and rectify the post station, and he happened to know that General Zhenguo was going to form a reserve force. He thought of Li Zicheng who had saved his life back then. He thought that he would use that elder brother's ability to do something small.
The postmen are really a waste. Moreover, the salary in the army is really not low. Even those who are prepared can almost catch up with the salary of an eighth-grade county magistrate.
After Li Xin's report was submitted for approval, he immediately rushed to Mizhi. Coincidentally, it happened that Li Zicheng's family was struggling to make ends meet after he was dismissed. He owed the debt to the governor Ai Zhao and was about to be punished by the county magistrate.
Yan Zibin was put to death. The county magistrate was really evil. Not only did he ask Li Xin to pay the Ai family's debt, but he also collected three thousand taels of silver, and then the matter was settled...
"Then you won't be able to do your job as a postman?" Gao Yingxiang was a little depressed. What did his nephew think? Although the postman was of no quality, he was still an iron rice bowl given by the imperial court. Why didn't he do it?
Did he do it? Doesn’t he know how difficult it is to have enough to eat these days?
"Laid off!" Li Zicheng was full of grievances when he mentioned this. An urgent document from the border customs requesting food transportation, various yamen pushed each other to let him run around for more than half a year, and finally sent it out with great difficulty. The adults did not send it.
Forget about the food, but they put all the responsibility on him, a little postman. What's even more outrageous is that the Ministry of Household Affairs refused to acknowledge receipt of the document. This year, when the imperial decree came out to rectify the post, he was treated as
The reason for missing the official document was given out. Finally, the fifteen taels of silver promised by the court were deducted from him, but he was rewarded with twenty large military sticks!
"What about your wife?" After hearing this, Gao Yingxiang felt that it was indeed not his nephew's fault. But he had a family in Mizhi, so why didn't he bring him along?
"Break up!" Thinking of that unruly bitch, Li Zicheng became even more furious. She had worked very hard all day long, and this time she borrowed money for the sake of this family; but when she got there, she fell in love with Murakami's Gai Hu.
If brother Li Xin hadn't stopped them and said that Luoyang's recruitment requirements were strict and they had to pass some political examination, there was a chance that they would not be accepted if they had a criminal record. I would have killed this adulterer and adulteress!
"Oh, I'm really sorry for you!" I didn't expect that my nephew would go through so many ups and downs after not seeing him for so many years. Gao Yingxiang said worriedly: "Then what are your plans for going to Luoyang?"
"Go join the army! Brother Li, you said it, this time you are recruiting for reserve duty, but you will also be paid ten taels of silver, and you will also have to take care of your food! If you do well, you can join the field army, and you will get double the money!"
Li Zicheng did not doubt Li Xin's words at all, although it sounded a bit incredible. Not only did he bring his nephew Li Guo with him this time, he also invited many brothers who he had made friends with in the past and had no burden to take the exam together.
"What? Ten taels of silver?" Gao Yingxiang had never heard of reserve service, but he was moved. Oh my god! With ten taels of silver a month and food and shelter, how could he be a soldier? It was like going to the army.
Go enjoy yourself! If I were not old and had a family, I would be willing to do it.
"Uncle, this is true. Our general is a real person!" Li Xin whispered: "Do you know where the victims of the disaster in Shaanxi have gone in recent years?"
"Didn't they flee?" Gao Yingxiang also wanted to help the nearby villagers, but he had the intention but not the ability. Otherwise, he would still worry about his own livelihood now?
"No, no. They are all in Luoyang and living a good life..." Li Xin also knew that the young general was looking for refugees from all over the world. Gao Yingxiang was a well-known local person, so maybe he could really help him.
Busy. So he described the living conditions of the people in Luoyang.
"Eat well, live warmly, and earn money from farming?" Gao Yingxiang wondered if the young man he met for the first time was lying to himself. Is there such a good place in the world? But there are still regrets. "It's a pity that I don't have one of my own."
Earth!"
"Uncle, what you said is wrong!" Li Xin, who has been engaged in cramming education for a long time, thinks it is necessary to teach Gao Yingxiang a lesson. "My general said that the land does not distinguish between north and south, and people do not distinguish between old and young. We, the Ming Dynasty,
The land belongs to the common people. There is no division of land. That is because the general believes that no one can represent the common people in the world, so he does not have the right to divide it. He is only managing it on our behalf."
All the land in the world belongs to the common people? According to this, it is true that there is no division of land! Why should my land be distributed to your family? But don’t scholars often say that all the land in the world belongs to the emperor? Is this the case?
Doesn’t it mean that he doesn’t even have this right anymore? This kind of issue of going up and down the line is really not something that a fool like us can understand...
"You mean, everyone who comes to Luoyang can live such a good life?" He can't figure out the problem, but it doesn't mean that Gao Yingxiang doesn't have his own ideas. The fields are too unfamiliar to him, so he just said it casually.
Just asking. But the stable life in Luoyang is what he wants most.
"Of course!" Li Xin suddenly remembered someone coming and said hurriedly: "There is a young man from your Ansai City who is coming with me this time."
"What's his name?" Gao Yingxiang still didn't dare to believe Li Xin too much, but people these days have a sense of rurality and have great trust in the people in their hometown.
"Tian Polu, who used to be named Tian Fugui! His family lives in the south of the city!" Since these victims went to Luoyang to attend school and entered the military camp, they all gave themselves a famous name. There is no one named Polu in the army who doesn't have ten thousand.
There were eight thousand, and it took Li Xin a long time to remember that person's previous name.
"Tian Fugui in the south of the city? Is his father's name Tian Er Gouzi, and is he missing a finger?" Gao Yingxiang was really impressed by this large family. When they fled, he still wrapped two big cakes for them with his own hands.
Sent out of the city.
"It seems so!" Thanks to the two of them chatting a lot about things along the way, Li Xin remembered so much.
"Okay, it's getting late now, so you guys should stay here first! It's hard to come here, but you still have to stay a few more days! Talk to me!" Gao Yingxiang thought, if Luoyang could be half as good as this man said,
I moved my whole family there. Anyway, there is nothing left to miss in Ansai except this rotten house. As for the big thing those three people planned, I really don’t want to do it. I have enough food and a stable life.
However, it would be so stupid and heartless to rebel!
"Uncle, this can't be done! I'm bringing many brothers with me!" Li Zicheng planned to set off on the road tomorrow. In order not to cause trouble to his uncle, he didn't bring anyone in. If he really wanted to stay for a few days, those friends who came with him would not be able to stay.
Suffering outside the city?
"You bastard, why don't you let them all live in! Uncle takes care of their food and drink!" As a long-term smuggler, although the family is not very wealthy, it is not a problem to feed a group of people in the short term; and in the past, in order to gather
In terms of manpower, Gao Yingxiang still has a few straw huts that can accommodate people.