The birds were chirping, and on a sunny afternoon, while walking in the woods between the farm and Xiaoye Village, Peng Yueyun told Tang Minjie about their upcoming marriage.
"...Some time ago, there was a conference. Things were very busy in Chengdu, so I didn't have time to come and see you. After making some arrangements, I went to propose marriage. Jingmei and I...the chairman nodded, and we will probably meet at
We’ll have a wedding in the spring next year.”
"Jingmei?" Tang Minjie frowned and looked at him.
"Hey, she's only half a year older than me." Peng Yueyun put his hands behind his back. In the autumn light, although he was already a tall and straight soldier with a solemn military uniform, he seemed to show a bit of youthful childishness at this time.
, "I can't always call her sister."
"...It's all good things." Tang Minjie also laughed.
Time flies. When he was transferred to the North, he was still Peng Yueyun's current age. Peng Yueyun and Lin Jingmei were young people of seventeen or eighteen years old. At that time, Peng Yueyun was bitter and resentful, and he acted unruly all day long.
He looked unruly. Among his peers, only Lin Jingmei could scold him and scold him. He never expected that the two of them would actually come together.
As he walked forward, Peng Yueyun said: "The wedding won't be a big event. It should be in Zhang Village. Please sit with the elders and come over when the time comes. Sister Jingmei and I especially hope you can come over."
Tang Minjie shook his head: "It's not convenient for me."
"It's not inconvenient, you saved my life."
"I am a guilty person..."
"No way, even if you are wrong, you have already been punished, and this is a private matter, no matter what else, you are my senior, senior brother, let's talk more, I owe you a life, I will get married, it doesn't matter if you come over
.”
His footsteps made a rustling sound on the fallen leaves. Peng Yueyun's words were sincere and convincing. But Tang Minjie looked at him with a smile, seeming to approve, then shook his head and patted his shoulder: "This
Let’s not talk about it… I’ll ask someone to bring a gift.”
"you……"
Peng Yueyun, who is now twenty-five years old, has a strong family background, and has experienced the most intense training since he became an adult. He is now considered to be in a high position, and he speaks with persuasiveness, majesty, and murderous intent. Speaking of his wedding banquet
It won't be a big deal, but it symbolizes the integration of the main line of the Ning family of the Chinese Army and the Western Army. Tang Minjie saved his life, even if the teacher refused to forgive him, or refused to reuse him in the future, everyone in the Western Army was defeated.
His care is enough to support his future.
This was Peng Yueyun's imagination and design. No matter what, he pulled him around in front of the elders. He originally thought that even if the other party refused, he should find some reason. He thought about various explanations, but who knew that Tang Minjie was just like this?
He simply blocked it, but his momentum and majesty had no effect at all.
Sighing slightly, he had no choice but to follow at a trot.
"I know, I know, if you don't want to go, don't go." He chose to compromise, "How about, find some time and I can go on a blind date with you?"
"……ah?"
"That's it. In my family, I have a cousin who comes from the northwest like me. She has a good family background. She not only knows music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also can wield swords and guns. She is seventeen this year, and she is pretty good-looking.
Just say, if I have time, I can help you find someone who is good. This is... what I can do best. I think he is worthy of you. Then you can find some time and I will take you two to see him.
one look."
Tang Minjie laughed: "Then I think you are really unreliable as a brother. Why are you like this, Xiao Peng? You looked very serious back then, why are you so out of tune this time..."
"Not really." Peng Yueyun looked calm and natural, "She's pretty good. She told me that she wanted to find a great hero from the Chinese Army. I said that these heroes might not be good husbands. She said it didn't matter. She would be tolerant and would definitely do it.
What a good wife... You know, we came from the northwest with hatred in our hearts. She is not that kind of tacky woman. So I think you can do it."
"...I hate it in my heart, you know?" There seemed to be a subtle sound coming from the depths of the forest, and Tang Minjie rubbed his forehead.
"...So you plan to introduce her to an old man who drags shit. This man also has injuries."
"You have a reason for all this..."
"How to tell her?"
"Well, if I click on her, she will understand...Brother..."
"Don't call me brother, I'm not as unreliable as you..."
As Peng Yueyun spoke, he stretched out his hand and clicked a few times. Tang Minjie smiled and punched: "It's a good thing that you were assigned by the teacher to get information like this, and you clicked... Forget it, don't mention those unreliable ones. Recently,
How are things outside? Is there anything you can say? How is Zou Xu?"
"Liu Guangshi's army crossed the river in large numbers. In the Central Plains, Zou Xu reduced the main battle line to Bianliang and arranged a few suspicious soldiers to harass Liu Guangshi's coalition forces on the periphery. In our opinion, this is a bit of a temptation to lure the enemy deep and invite you to enter the urn. Some people
He said that he might want to concentrate his elite troops to fight a decisive battle in Bianliang, stretch Liu Guangshi's front line, and then solve it all at once and create a guard to reach the post..."
Speaking of external matters, Peng Yueyun became eloquent: "In addition, He Wen's Jiangning Conference is bankrupt, and the five factions of the Fair Party are in full-scale internal strife in Jiangnan. Maybe Wu Qimei, Tie Yan and the others can survive for a few more days... The situation is not very good now.
What is clear is the situation in the southeast. The small imperial court in Fujian wants to capture public opinion and respect the king and repel the barbarians. On the one hand, it wants to centralize power and compete with Confucianism. On the other hand, it wants to engage in shipping and compete with merchants for profits. Although several armies of Yue Fei and Han Shizhong have
Stuck in that area, the troops and horses seem to be strong and impressive, and the clowns dare not move, but we feel that maybe sooner or later, something will go wrong..."
"None of these things are considered secrets." Peng Yueyun said with a smile, "But the main thing I have been worrying about recently is not the external things. After the conference, the biggest thing for us is land reform. To be honest, the work pressure
It's very big, and there aren't enough available manpower, so I was transferred over, with the knife edge facing inward. Oh, the land reform thing should have been passed on here, right?"
"The news in the village is not very clear. I come back every morning and go to Wenpu in the evening. I heard some rumors in the county, and the big households are a little panicked." When it came to land reform, Tang Minjie frowned, "
Are you really ready?"
"Teacher has made up his mind. In the second half of the year, around the time you came back, the Seventh Army carried out rectification. During the conference, the Seventh Army and the Fifth Army exchanged defenses with more than 6,000 people. This was a guarantee of force. Then
Newspapers, large and small, have always exaggerated the Fair Party's killing of rich people and the extermination of families. Then they mainly rely on Zhuji's newspaper reading every three days to infiltrate the bottom... By the way, Xiaoye Village
Reading newspapers every three days should be done all the time, right? Did the veterans convey it or did Zhuji send someone?"
"This should be Zhuji. I met people here on the road, but... they look very tired." Tang Minjie said.
In the Chinese Army, Zhuji's vendor tour model has always been the basic channel for the bottom to contact the Chinese Army. From the time the Chinese Army jumped out of Liangshan, the initial troops could not complete the takeover of the bottom, so Zhuji's small cart selling daily necessities was used as a
Basically, they traveled from village to village to inspect local areas. During this period, the car was often equipped with a storyteller to gather the masses. While listening to the book, they promoted the policies of the Chinese army. Sometimes they worked with doctors to see doctors, and sometimes they also worked with circuit courts or circuit courts.
They are execution soldiers who handle complaints from the people during their tours.
To this day, the Huaxia Army has completely taken over the management of the entire territory in various large towns. For many villages, it has arranged veterans to sink as much as possible, taking over the power of public security and vicious crimes first, and Zhu Ji's
Vendors still travel around, and the storyteller mode evolved into a newspaper reading system after newspapers became popular. In telling certain novels and stories, they introduced to the villagers what was happening in the outside world or the policies that the Chinese army wanted to implement.
"...There are still not enough manpower." Peng Yueyun said, "After taking the Chengdu Plain and fighting it out, there are 19 large cities, more than 100 counties, and 37,268 villages under its jurisdiction. The last count was
, but as for our Chinese army, the total number of troops and officials is only 100,000. If everyone is divided equally, a village will account for less than three. The newspaper reader will try to tour every three or four days, even if it is just selling goods and
Reading newspapers, two people manage ten villages, and there are 7,000 people here... There are not so many people in Bamboo Records, how many people can really tell the story? But if you don't tell the story and only let others read it, there won't be many people.
Willing to listen..."
Peng Yueyun babbled, and Tang Minjie smiled and said: "If there is someone who is good at reading books and newspapers, and has a good brain, maybe he will let you snatch it away?"
"Haha, that's true." Peng Yueyun laughed, "There is a shortage of people everywhere. After defeating the Jurchens, we recruited people everywhere, saying that the old would bring in the new. How many can we bring out in more than a year? Brother, I
It’s also said here that it’s because of my family background. I’ve been studying since I was a child, but when I was seventeen or eighteen years old, what did I know about doing things? At that time, I was asked to divide the land and kill people. It was nothing more than killing people.”
The young man in military uniform shook his head: "When recruiting people, we can't recruit people on a large scale, and we can't recruit endlessly... To be honest, the most useful thing in execution, which can basically get things done well, is
Those old Confucian scholars who have studied or even served as officials, ah... Masters, staff, and some traders are also good, but some of these people have outdated ideas, some have no ideas, but they have outdated habits, and they cannot be absorbed in large quantities. I
I've checked several times here, and it's very troublesome and exhausting..."
"...Sometimes, I complain to my teacher that I can't tell you exactly what the standards for Chinese military personnel are. We used to say the word "Huaxia", but in fact we mainly targeted the Jurchens. We must be united, honest, and selfless.
, to prove that the people of China will not lose to the barbarians... The Southwest War is over, and the standards are suddenly a bit vague. We cannot recruit people on a large scale endlessly. Recruiting too many people will mess up our thinking, but we have to recruit an old scholar.
, he is also honest and upright, but he only occasionally raises questions, can it be used? How much can it be used? Where is the degree? Where is the standard? I can deal with him if he is corrupt, but is there no corruption among us? Sometimes, they privately
If they are connected in series, the harm may be greater... We can't just keep an eye on them..."
The two of them walked toward the edge of the forest. The early winter sun was setting amid the rustling sound. Tang Minjie sighed as Peng Yueyun spoke: "So it's time..."
"Yes... the teacher said that the term "China" contains our hatred for the Jurchens. We support everyone to get here, and there is no way to go forward. The four people... mainly the people are the core.
The key point is that after this is done, we can say that everything that is actually good for the people is what we have to do, and everything that can help in this matter is what we want.
Comrade, this measurement standard can become more practical, and how to treat the people well and practice the path of the four people is the answer... In this way, everything will be connected..."
As Peng Yueyun said these words, the two of them gradually walked out of the woods and arrived at the pond where Tang Minjie often sat and basked in the sun. The young soldier smiled and said: "It is also for these reasons that it is not easy to recruit people. People who can really understand the teacher's ideas are among the best."
There aren’t many at the top either. It’s the most critical time, brother, otherwise on your side..."
"Stop it...you are really shameless and won't stop learning until you reach your goal..."
"It's all for work. As you know, brother, there are no rules or rules for things in the intelligence line. As long as it is done well, everything will be fine. If something is not done, there are 10,000 reasons why it is wrong..." Peng Yueyun said
, "What you do in the north is what I do, too."
Tang Minjie shook his head: "You don't know the specific situation over there. It's very dangerous to think like this... But you are still young, and you will understand slowly."
"If you hadn't been so ruthless back then, I might have died."
Peng Yueyun is not usually a humorous person. He usually only shows gentleness in front of Lin Jingmei. In front of Tang Minjie, he shows a short period of youthful childishness. At this time, the two of them stood side by side, looking at the other side of the pond.
When walking in the dilapidated countryside, his face showed a cold and calm atmosphere again. Tang Minjie glanced at him and realized that most of the Chinese soldiers were bitter and resentful. He was not unfamiliar with the occasional seriousness and extremeness of young people. As long as
Unless you are in an environment as extreme as yours, in fact, most people will not go the wrong way.
"You will understand." He smiled, "You will probably understand after you get married."
When it came to getting married, Peng Yueyun laughed again.
The two stood side by side and looked forward for a moment. Tang Minjie said: "We don't have enough manpower for land reform. What should we do next?"
"The old rule is to start with Arrancar." Peng Yueyun said, "In large places, the first wave of public opinion propaganda has laid the foundation. Now the whole Jiangnan is in chaos, and negative teaching materials have also been published... Among more than 37,000 villages, first of all
It was determined that there were a large number of people and there were big landowners. As for the landowners, they negotiated first and took back the fields uniformly. This time they refused to agree. The difficulty was mainly in price negotiation. As for the masses, a working group settled in and started to conduct publicity and classes. A total of about
Ten classes, finishing the class, taking the exam, and then dividing the fields, this process..."
"After class...exam?"
Peng Yueyun tilted his head and smiled: "You can pass the test by writing your name and the words "Huaxia"... The exam is not difficult, but setting a threshold for them and setting rewards will make them more aware of the nation and people's livelihood.
, civil rights, and people’s wisdom, the four people’s terms, even if it is to get the land, they will restrict the resistance of the landlords. At the same time, during these ten lessons, discrimination and absorption can be used
Compared with those recruited from outside, this group of activists has a larger base and is purer, and may become the backbone of the future..."
Peng Yueyun talked about these things, and Tang Minjie listened quietly. They then talked about a lot of things, including the details of Tang Minjie's current work, including the lives of those night-scented women. Peng Yueyun also listened quietly. It was approaching evening.
At that time, the two had a simple dinner together. Tang Minjie set up the mule cart and wanted to go back to Wenpu Town to wait for the harvest of night fragrance the next day. Peng Yueyun was scheduled to go to other places. He used to be responsible for external intelligence work. This time
The knife edge is inward, and a lot of work still needs to be kept secret.
"...I have a very good friend in Wenpu who works in the county. When I came here, I mentioned your affairs to him. If there is something that can't be handled at the moment, brother, you can
Go find him, his name is..."
Before parting, when Peng Yueyun mentioned these arrangements, Tang Minjie smiled and shook his head: "It's unnecessary, don't do these things." He said: "I have gone home, what else can happen."
"It's convenient if you want to contact me." Peng Yueyun said.
After the two said goodbye, Tang Minjie set up the mule cart and headed towards Wenpu Town as usual. At that time, the sunset gradually set, casting a magnificent pale color between the sky and the earth. He could see villages everywhere along the winding mountain road.
Most of the villages here are lonely and dilapidated, and people in ragged clothes live a peaceful life. These lives have not changed too much because of the arrival of the Chinese army. Even though there are occasional cars patrolling, and occasionally people come to read newspapers.
, practicing medicine, life itself is still ordinary and boring.
The earth-shaking changes in Chengdu, Zizhou and other places have not penetrated into the administrative branches of this land for the time being.
Halfway along the road, his dung cart passed by a simple cart with a bamboo flag. The vendors and newspaper readers on the cart were as lazy and tired as usual. They were working on this road day after day.
As he walked through the dilapidated villages on the road, the storyteller simply told a few attractive stories and read some mechanical news. Sometimes when he was in a good mood, he would chat with the rich people or old scholars in the village.
Fan.
The setting sun sinks into the sky like it sinks into the sea, and on the teacher's side, the sharp scalpel in his hand is already sinking into the smallest texture of the land. Now many people are about to scream, so his
There seemed to be blood surging in my heart.
As the mule cart moved forward, he hummed a song and imagined all this in the afterglow of the setting sun.
What is the teacher doing at this time?
It must be very satisfying to be able to do these things, right?
Want to get involved.
such a pity……
Life has been wasted there.
Well, I know, I know, yesterday was a bit short...