In the northwest of the capital, in a small courtyard of the family home of Habayashi Zuoe, a middle-aged man under the age of forty was sweeping his yard with a big broom in one hand. He had some difficulty sweeping the floor with the broom in one hand.
It's not that he's not strong enough, it's just that he can't exert force. This makes people wonder why he doesn't use both hands to hold the broom. But just take a look at the sleeve of his right arm and you'll understand: that sleeve starts from the elbow down.
Empty.
This man's name is Li Yihai, who was originally a member of the Yulin Left Guards. Last year, when he went north to quell the Luxie Rebellion, his left arm was chopped off and he lost his forearm. Afterwards, the army provided him with a pension, but after all, he was missing his forearm. Besides,
His left leg was also somewhat inflexible, so he had to retire from the army. Fortunately, his eldest son was also eighteen years old, so he joined the army and received a military pay.
After finally cleaning his yard, Li Yihai threw down the broom and sat on the stone bench in the yard. He looked at his left arm and couldn't help but start thinking: It might have been better if he died on the battlefield.
Your Majesty has always been kind to the soldiers of the Twelve Guards. Any soldier who died in battle and his son who joined the army will receive the salary of a hundred households. Although he has no power, he has much more money than ordinary big-headed soldiers, but he is only injured in this way.
There is no such treatment.
And now that I have lost my forearm, although I can still do a little housework, I can't do any other things for a living. I am basically just a burden on the family. Even the eldest daughter-in-law, although she dare not say it, has a clear look on her face.
I just thought he was a drag.
Just as Li Yihai was thinking about it, someone suddenly knocked on his door. While knocking, he said, "Old Li, open the door quickly. I have something to tell you!"
Li Yihai recognized that this was Cao Guangde, the governor of his Yulin left guard, and said: "Come on, come on" and went to open the door, while thinking to himself: 'What on earth will happen?'
Li Yihai opened the door of his house, and Cao Guangde walked in, walked to the stone table and sat down beside the stone bench, then took out a form, wrote a few words on it, and said to Li Yihai: "Old Li, sign it,
Oh, I forgot you can’t read, so just make the sign of the cross.”
When Cao Guangde asked him to make the sign of the cross, he didn't dare not, but he also asked doubtfully: "Governor Cao, what are you doing?"
Cao Guangde said: "I don't know, but I was suddenly asked to count how many soldiers in our guard were discharged due to injuries and where they were injured."
"Why, is Wei Li going to pay out pensions again?" Li Yihai said excitedly. Although he himself felt that it was unlikely that the superiors would continue to pay money, but other than this reason, what other reason is there to count the disabled people in the Wei Institute?
"I don't think it's the case, but I can't guess why. When Liu Qingqing asked me to do the statistics, I asked him, and he said he didn't know either. And not only did Liu Qingqing not know, it seemed that even Erbi Zhen
Even Mr. Fu doesn’t know, but it is said that it was ordered by the superiors,” Cao Guangde said.
"Top, which one?" Li Yihai asked blankly.
Cao Guangde pointed to the east but said nothing.
But his actions frightened Li Yihai: "Yes, yes,..."
"Don't tell me, I'm just guessing, I don't dare to confirm." Cao Guangde said hurriedly.
After Cao Guangde said this, he picked up the form, turned around, left the yard, and went to the next house.
But Li Yihai was still muttering to himself in the yard: "What on earth are you going to do?"
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In the palace, Yun He was talking to the soon-to-be-enthroned Song King Zhu Su, Yong King Zhu Yunxu, Pu King Zhu Xianyao and Su King Zhu Gaoxu, as well as Zhu Di who was accompanying them to Nanyang.
After the New Year, and after more than two months of preparation, all the people allocated to them have been sent to the fiefdom by sea. The kings and ministers on the left and right have also been selected, and they can go and seal it.
Yunxi had already given instructions before, and there was not much he could say at this time. He just said to Yong Wang Zhu Yunxi: "When you arrive at the fiefdom, first draw a clear boundary with North Korea along the Tumen River, and then use the plan to
It is easiest to use the Menjiang River as the boundary, and then work hard to the west to try to border the British vassal state of Uncle Twenty as soon as possible."
Yun Zhen nodded.
After that, Yunxi warned them not to be impatient. "Uncles and brothers, we are all still young. There is nothing to worry about. If we finish all our life's work now, what will we do when we get old?" Yunxi joked.
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After talking to them, Yun He asked them to leave and called Yun Wen in again.
Yunwen was also going to vassal Hangzhou. As Yunwen was the eldest brother of Yunxi, Yunxi could not just grant him a vassal state like he did to other people. It had to be a good place, but there was nothing overseas at that time.
A good place? India is okay, but Yunxi can't reach India yet. So after thinking about it, I can only temporarily seal him off to Hangzhou.
Unlike other vassal kings who have been ennobled after Yunxi succeeded to the throne, Yunwen basically does not have any power in his hands. Although the three guards of King Wu are established according to the convention, if Yunwen really dares to train the three guards of King Wu, Yunxi will find him immediately.
There is a reason to call him back to the capital.
Yunwen himself should know this well. When he met Yunxi, he said: "Your Majesty, Hangzhou originally only had two guards, front and rear, with more than 10,000 troops. If more soldiers are added, it will increase the burden, so I will only lead these two guards."
The guard is good, there is no need to add a third guard. There is no need to make up for the difference in troops between the local guard station and the prince's guard station."
Yunxi said: "How can this be done? Since it is your bodyguard, of course we must set up three guards in accordance with the emperor's rules. But since the second brother cares about the people, we will not increase the number of troops."
Yunwen nodded.
They are fairly familiar brothers. They have been together for eight years. Even if they were strangers, they should have some feelings for each other. Although there were some obstacles in the process, since it was not Yunwen's doing, Yunxi also did not do it after so many years.
I don't remember that thing anymore.
So after finishing the business, the two brothers sat together and chatted about their childhood.
Yun Wen smiled and said, "Do you still remember that when you were only six years old, you once went up a tree to dig out a bird's nest, but only a few eggs came out?"
Yunxi carefully searched Yunxi's memories. Before he could find out this matter, he heard Yunwen continue to say: "What's even more funny is that you plausibly wanted to hatch a bird, but after only half a day, a few eggs were lost to the mother.
The puppy he raised was eaten.”
Yunxi also thought of this incident and smiled. 'Yunxi's childhood was also colorful, so it wasn't boring!'
Later, when it was time for lunch, Yunxi called Yunzhen and Yunxi into the palace and had lunch together.
During the meal, Yun He looked at Yun Wen and thought to himself: 'Actually, nothing will happen to you, but I can only take precautions against you. However, this is actually a good thing for you, and a good thing for everyone to start and end well. '
