"You want us to escort the prisoners and garrison troops north?"
The news brought back by Heifu caused an uproar in Huyang Pavilion.
"What kind of job is this? Didn't we just serve in the army last year? And because we won the first prize in the military exercise, we were exempted from the one-year period."
When Dongmen Bao heard that he was also among the conscripts, he screamed angrily on the spot. Normally, this reckless husband would happily accompany him, but it was different now.
His wife is already six months pregnant!
In the past six months, Dongmen Leopard has changed his bad habit of wandering around and playing during the holidays. He runs home every time he takes a bath. He also proudly shows off to everyone that he is going to have a son, but he is counting his wife's birth on his fingers.
As for the delivery date, now there is an order from the county magistrate's office asking him to reluctantly give up his pregnant wife. How can he be willing to do so?
"This should be a garrison service, not a military service."
Ji Ying on the side corrected him, but this made Dongmen Leopard even more desperate. The garrison only served in the nearby county, doing some civil engineering work, and returned home in a month at most. But the garrison was different.
Sent to the border areas for garrison service, it usually lasts for one year. If there is a continuous war, it may even last longer.
This means that Dongmen Leopard, who is serving in the north, will miss an important moment in his life - holding his newborn child in his hands and witnessing that his life is continued in him...
"In a year, my son will be crawling all over the floor!"
He was so angry that he punched the pillar, then suddenly raised his head and said: "Hei Fu, are you just going to accept it like this?"
Since Hei Fu came back, he had been sullen and silent. Li Xian stood up to smooth things over and said: "The pavilion chief is subordinate to the county captain. He will carry out the orders given by the superiors. If he refuses to object, it will be disobedience and will be punished on the spot."
Take it down and punish it. Asking for theft, there is nothing the chief of the pavilion can do about this matter."
Li Xian knew that according to Qin law, "old" (old people), "little" (children), "癃" (disabled people) and other situations were exempted from taxation. But everyone did not fall into the above situations, so it stands to reason that they should be taxed separately.
It’s no problem for one or several people.
But the strange thing is that in addition to Heifu, Dongmen Bao, and Li Xian, Xiaotao and even the mailman Ji Ying are also among the conscripts. In addition to the elderly Tingfu and Yuliang, who has a common relationship with Heifu, Huyang Ting
Everyone was almost exhausted. Isn't this too unusual?
I would rather paralyze the public security of Huyang Pavilion than let all the main forces in the pavilion serve in the north. Everyone can feel the deep resentment of the county Zuo Lieutenant...
At this time, Heifu stood up and said to everyone: "This matter happened because of me. The county Zuo Lieutenant has always been resentful of me because of the affairs of his nephew, the former Pavilion Chief Zhen, and his son-in-law, Bin Baijiang. When the Right Lieutenant was here, he
He didn't dare to make any mistakes, but now that the right lieutenant has been transferred away, the county lieutenant's office has become the Yun family's sole proprietor, and he has begun to act unscrupulously."
Heifu was only half right. The reason why Zuo Wei Yunman was so eager to retaliate against him was precisely because he was afraid of him. Heifu had been continuously promoted for meritorious service in the past year. This speed had already made Zuo Wei a little uneasy.
, and wanted to "deal with" Hei Fu before the new right lieutenant took office.
He was very angry in the county town today, but at this moment he could only continue to endure it, but said with some sadness and anger: "I also argued hard in front of Zuo Wei, saying that Huyang Pavilion can be without a black husband, but it cannot be
There is no crowd, if all the pavilions are evacuated, the local security will probably be in chaos again!"
"But Lieutenant Zuo didn't listen. He kept saying only one sentence."
Heifu looked into everyone's eyes and said: "If you don't obey, you will be punished as disobedience!"
"This is really unreasonable!" Now not only Dongmen Bao, but also Ji Ying and Xiao Tao became angry. This is too unfair.
When everyone had scolded them enough, Mr. Hei said again: "I have heard a saying, those who love others and those who hate others will be the ones in their houses. Lieutenant Zuo wanted to take revenge on me, so he ordered me to escort the prisoners and garrison troops northward.
The second and third sons have had a close relationship with me in the past year, and were said to be my confidants by the outside world, so they were implicated by me, and Hei Fu felt ashamed."
After saying that, he bowed heavily to everyone!
When Hei Fu said this, Dongmen Bao, who had lost his temper just now, felt embarrassed and quickly returned the greeting: "I was so angry just now that I spoke indiscriminately. This matter has nothing to do with Hei Fu. It's all because of Zuo Weiyun."
Full, avenge private revenge!"
He was so angry that he suddenly said: "We can't let him get his way, so we might as well escape from this battle..."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was shocked, and Hei Fu even scolded: "Absolutely not! This is asking for death! Instead, you fell into Zuo Wei's trick!"
You must know that in the Qin State, there were two crimes for escaping from corvee. One was "stupidity", which was refusing to report to the place where the corvee was to be performed. The official's punishment for this was to be whipped fifty times after being caught. If you set out,
But if you are late for some reason, the penalty is not so severe.
The second type is "lack of corvee", which is after completing the gathering, eating the food provided by the government, and even running away halfway. This situation is more serious, and if caught, they will be punished by being beaten.
But please note that this is only a penalty for serving more time. If you dare to do this while serving in the garrison, you are seeking death. The garrison service is a military recruitment, and the management of the garrison soldiers is based on military law. If you deliberately escape halfway, you will be punished.
Being executed as a deserter...
"Last year in Anlu County, a barbarian living by Yunmengze was drafted to guard the border in central Guizhou County. He ran away halfway. After he was captured, he argued that as a barbarian, he only had to pay taxes every year.
With a corvee of 56 qian, he could be exempted from regular service. Even so, the garrison service was not reduced, so he was still sentenced to be cut in half..."
After Heifu finished talking about this, he stared at Dongmen Bao and said: "Ah Bao, if you run away and are caught, you will inevitably die. Not only will it implicate us, but your mother and your wife will also be implicated. What will you do in the future?"
The child you are born may also become a little minister and be humiliated by you for the rest of his life!"
Dongmen Leopard broke out in a cold sweat and had no choice but to give up this quick thought and scratched his head and said: "What should we do?"
"I went to the county jail and asked. Although Zuo Wei's recruitment of garrison manpower is a bit unreasonable, it does not violate the law. So no one can say that he is not, and we can only obey the order."
"Isn't that too frustrating!" Dongmen Leopard gritted his teeth, and others felt the same way.
"Second and third sons, don't worry, I, the black husband, swear an oath here."
Heifu clasped his fists at everyone and said: "Today, we are limited by our status and title and cannot disobey orders. But when I return from my service in a year, I, Heifu, will no longer be just the chief of a small pavilion. I will make meritorious deeds on the battlefield."
After receiving the title, we will strive to have a higher status than Yun Man! When the time comes, we must make the Yun family pay the price for today's arrogance and injustice!"
…
Heifu's words at least stabilized the "military morale" of everyone in Huyang Pavilion. Regardless of whether they wanted to or not, everyone began to actively prepare for the garrison service in the north, either settling down with their families, or buying some winter clothes and equipment.
But three days later, when Heifu got the list of 50 prisoners they wanted to escort in the county town, he couldn't help but cursed.
"This Lieutenant Zuo really won't give up until I'm killed!"
But I saw that most of the names, place of origin, and people on that piece of wood were actually those who had been captured by Hei Fu personally in the past year and became prisoners!
From the businessman who falsely accused him and Ji Ying last year, to the two tomb robbers in the tomb robbery case, to the more than ten residents from Blind Mountain, looking up, the wooden slips were densely packed with enemies of Hei Fu.
Heifu now completely understood why Wei Shi Anpu said that his life would be in danger if he went north to be escorted this time!