Chapter 890 Why don't you give us Semu people a way to live?
(This chapter has 4,000 words. I originally wrote it last night and was going to post it, but before I posted it, I suddenly felt that something was not very good. But I couldn’t hold it anymore at the time, so I revised it after getting up this morning and posted it.)
Five days ago, Shenglong Mansion in Annan.
The fact that Hu Ji Yao was captured alive has spread from the generals to ordinary soldiers. Ordinary soldiers do not have so many ideas about becoming an official. Their reaction after hearing this is: The battle is finally over! They can go home! Most of them They all talked about this with excitement.
Since everyone thought that the war was about to be over, the defenses were inevitably a little lax. Although the soldiers, especially those stationed near the big city, were still not allowed to leave the barracks at will, they no longer practiced properly in the barracks and were not well prepared for the war. All day long, they either wanted to have fun in the military camp, or they played Pai Gow and gambled money in the military camp. Most of the soldiers had made a few bucks in Annan and had enough money to gamble.
Of course the generals above did not want them to do this, but there was no good way. Zhang Wen was very calm when he heard the report from his generals. This was not the first time he had seen such a thing. He just gave two orders: First, the rewards given to everyone will not be distributed to individuals now, and will not be distributed until the troops are withdrawn and returned to their bases; second, gambling is not allowed while drinking, or in other words, drinking is not allowed while gambling.
The soldiers all understand it. The first one is to prevent everyone from losing all their money in gambling and having no money to give to their families when they go home. The second one is to prevent trouble. Because these two are very reasonable, and Zhang Wen is in the army. Prestige, everyone has strictly implemented these two regulations.
Even the generals didn't do much training, and spent all day gathering with others in the military camp or in the city. Not only to relax, but also how to calculate the merits and how to formulate rewards, even though Zhang Wen had great control over this aspect. Being strict can't stop some people from seeking shelter.
But no one entertained the generals of some armies. Not only that, the ordinary soldiers of these armies also had less money than other soldiers. Although the sound of pushing Pai Gow was loud, everyone piled on the table. The money paid is very stingy.
This is the current situation of the army composed of Semu people. Yunxi recruited 40,000 to 50,000 Semu people to fight in Annan this time. One of the guards of 5,000 people was sent to He Rong's men. They were completely wiped out in Pingzhang. The other about 40,000 soldiers were all killed. Li Jinglong's Chinese army fought all the way and killed several thousand people, and now there are still more than 30,000 people left.
Yunxi's discrimination against the Semu people was completely open. He forcibly moved the Semu people to the north, and did not allow the Ministry of Shipping to accept the Semu people as naturalized citizens. Many Semu generals were demoted and even sent to prison. No matter how nice the emperor said, everyone still You can see it.
In this case, any non-Semu generals are not willing to associate with them. Especially the Mongolians, who were treated the same as the Semu people. After discovering that their status was higher than the Semu people, they immediately drew a clear line with them and did not even meet them. The Han generals would still say hello to those who greeted them.
This day was the same as usual. Several generals from the Semu Guard went to Li Jian's house in the city to make a routine report on the past few days. After coming out, they bought some food and drinks in the tavern, then returned to their guard posts and drank. Here comes the wine.
One of them lost control of his mouth after a few sips of wine and said: "The emperor looks down on us semen so much, why does he still recruit us to fight?"
"Isn't it just that you want to reduce the loss of soldiers at the Han garrison and replace them with us?" Another person said: "Isn't that why we recruited soldiers from the southwestern barbarians?"
"The generals of each army look down on us completely. Damn it, if we were to fight one on one, they might not be able to defeat us. If the national strength of the Annan people on the opposite side was not far different from that of the Ming Dynasty, we would not be able to win this battle.
, I will join the Annan people." One person said again.
When everyone heard this, they all agreed with the same feeling, but they were immediately stopped by the guard commander Ma Xing. Although they were at the innermost part of the entire military camp, they were not safe. Who knew that there were lustful soldiers who were cursing downstairs?
Is there a hidden stake in Jinyiwei? Religious enthusiasm cannot compete with the temptation of profit, not to mention that some people are of mixed race and are not very enthusiastic about religion themselves.
Although everyone was dissatisfied after being stopped from complaining, they also knew that Ma Xing was doing them a favor. Someone turned around and said, "It's better to go home quickly. There won't be so many bad things when you go home. There are,
You can just squat in the military camp with your eyes closed and pretend it's not there."
"Go home? You have a great idea!" Another person said: "All the Semu people in the north have been moved to Yiwu, and we are probably about the same. It happens that the young and strong are fighting in Annan, so it is not easy to arrange to move to other places? I guess it's not easy.
Your Majesty’s imperial edict has been prepared and is waiting to be issued.”
"Hey, we can go wherever we want. Where will we not be discriminated against by the government? It would actually be better if we could be moved to a place with fewer Han people. Our status cannot be lower than that of the barbarians. At most, there will be no difference.
So many terrible things."
After hearing this, one person felt even more aggrieved. He took a sip of wine and stood up, just as he was about to say something. Suddenly he stumbled and fell to the ground. His eye socket accidentally hit the chair, and blood started to flow.
"Imam! Call the imam quickly!" Ma Xing shouted. Some guards rushed to call the imam. The military doctors at the Semu Guard Station are all imams who know medical skills.
Soon the imam rushed over, sprinkled some medicine on the man's wound to stop the bleeding, and wrapped a circle of cloth around his head to wrap the wound.
Although the man's injury was quickly cured, everyone lost interest in drinking and dispersed to sleep.
But the commander, Ma Xing, left the camp and walked aimlessly in the stronghold. At the same time, in his heart, because of everyone's complaints just now, he couldn't help but think about his future.
'What is the future for me and us semen? His Majesty openly discriminates against us. The Han soldiers will ignore me when they see me in the city. Although I am paid as a commander, I will only be a commander for the rest of my life.
If you do it, you'll just live like this for the rest of your life?'
'Your Majesty does not seem to be discriminating against people with lustful eyes. Master Tie Xuantie is still a high-ranking official in the capital and is highly trusted by Your Majesty. Your Majesty, it seems that he is discriminating against, or is afraid of, the Tianfang Sect.'
'Tianfang Religion? Why don't you stop believing in religion like Master Tie and start studying Confucianism seriously? Send all your children to social studies, or invite a few scholars who can teach students to teach at home, and let them take the exam in the future.
Taking the imperial examination as an official?'
'Hey, the elders in the family would not agree. Shortly after Lord Hongwu came to the throne, he issued many discriminatory laws to the Semu people. My father tolerated them at that time. Although there are a few more restrictions now, they are nothing compared to those at that time.
Nothing.'
Just as he was thinking about it, the guard beside him suddenly said: "Sir, we have arrived at the gate of the camp."
Ma Xing raised his head and saw that he had already reached the gate of the camp. The gatekeeper stood up and saluted him. He looked at the stars in the sky again and felt that it was getting late. He waved to the gatekeeper and turned around to go back to sleep.
But at this moment, he suddenly heard a "dong dong" sound coming from the gate of the camp, as if many people were walking towards it. He immediately turned around and walked to the gate of the camp, where he saw hundreds of Han people.
The soldiers were standing at the door of their camp, pushing a cart, and the crow of chickens could be heard from the cart. The leader came over and was about to knock on the door twice, when he suddenly saw Ma Xing and shouted: "Open the door quickly.
, Deputy Commander Li ordered us to send you a reward."
"Why are you delivering rewards at this time?" Ma Xing muttered, but still asked the gatekeeper to open the door. These days, Zhang Wen or Li Jian would buy some live pigs and chickens and send them to various camps every few days. Quan Dang
Although he was a little bit critical of the time given to the soldiers who could not leave the military camp, he did not doubt anything.
Soon the door was opened, and the Han soldiers pushed the cart in and asked: "Where do you put these things?"
"There are no live pigs, right?" Ma Xing made sure first, and after receiving a positive answer, he said: "Send them to the northeast corner of the camp, where we put vegetables, meat, and fish." He couldn't help complaining: "It's true, it's all there.
It was only delivered at this time, and most of the soldiers have already gone to bed. Fortunately, they are all living animals, otherwise they would be too smelly to eat tomorrow."
"Be content." The leader's eyes flashed when he heard Ma Xing's words, and then he said calmly: "The deputy commander deliberately thought that you don't eat pork, so it's good that he didn't send a few pigs over."
What he said was very disrespectful, but Ma Xing didn't care: Thousands of Han households now treat their Semu commanders like this. If he had cared, he would have been angry to death. It just so happened that his camp was also in the northeast, so
Take them with you on the way.
But when he was about to turn his head, he caught a glimpse of a soldier's shoes that turned out to be a pair of leather boots, and he suddenly became suspicious. Ordinary Ming army soldiers would not wear leather boots, even cloth shoes, so how could this man wear leather boots?
Ma Xing then used hand gestures to remind the guards to be on guard, and asked: "Why do you and I look so unfamiliar? Which health center are you from?"
The leader said angrily: "Why, you still doubt our success! Let me show you Deputy Commander Li's order." As he said this, the man took out something from his waist and walked towards him.
Ma Xing took the thing from his hand, opened it and saw that it was indeed Li Jian's order. He checked the mark again and confirmed that it was correct and not forged.
Ma Xing then raised his head and was about to say "I'm sorry" when suddenly a cold light flashed in front of him. He dodged as a habit, only to hear a "pop" sound, and his bun fell off his head and was tied up.
His hair was spread out, blocking his gaze.
Ma Xing was very surprised, but his subconscious reaction formed from being on the battlefield many times was unambiguous. He pulled out the knife from his waist, dodged another knife from the man in front of him, and killed him with a backhand.
But at this moment, he suddenly felt severe pain on the other side of his waist, and immediately fell to the ground, looking forward with blurred eyes.
At this time, the people pushing the cart were now holding swords and guns, and some were holding torches. The guards around him had all been killed. These people, who were originally dressed in the same clothes as them, took out a knife from their waists.
Red ribbons were tied around the shoulders, and dozens of people ran in groups towards the camp where the soldiers were resting.
Ma Xing used all his strength and shouted: "There are Annan people attacking..." But he only said a few words before his mouth was covered. He also heard the person who covered his mouth talking to another person in Chinese.
Said: "Is this still a commander? Do you want to kill him?"
"Since you are the commander, just wait until the people from above come over and hand it over to the superiors. Let's not kill them casually."
Ma Xing didn't quite understand their conversation, so he struggled desperately, but was beaten several times on the back, stuffed into his mouth with rags, and tied up. Several people tied him up and threw him on the ground.
After that, Ma Xing saw something he had never imagined would happen in his life: countless dirty people ran out of the tent in disheveled clothes, and were immediately killed with a knife; these people also took out several buckets from the car and poured oil on them.
On the tent, use a torch to light a fire and turn the entire camp where the soldiers rest into a sea of flames.
Ma Xing's eyes turned red, he made a "wuwu" sound in his mouth, and struggled with all his strength: the stolen possessions were just returned, but there were still a few friends in the camp who were very close to him, and he
My two nephews were also recruited to fight this time, and they were both inside at this time!
However, his struggle was destined to be fruitless. A guard gave him a few more blows and scolded him: "What are you moving about! What are you moving about? Just stay there. Don't get excited watching them being burned to death. After a while,
You can reunite with them."
Then he sneered and said: "I heard that the religion you people believe in says that after you die, you can go to heaven and enjoy the blessings that only an emperor can enjoy. You will be surrounded by beauties and have countless fine wines and delicacies. So what do you have to complain about?
You should be happy for them."
Ma Xing looked at this man angrily, but the man didn't care at all and just laughed.
I don’t know how long it took, but no one ran out of the camp. The air was filled with the smell of burnt meat. Several people got themselves soaked and walked in to check if there was anyone alive. If so,
Just give him a knife.
After a while, Ma Xing heard someone say: "The superiors have sent people to inspect." The people guarding him picked him up in a car and pushed him to the entrance of the camp.
Not long after, I saw a man wearing refined armor and many guards walking over. Everyone saluted and said, "I've seen Deputy Commander Li!"
"Everyone, get up." Li Jian agreed and immediately asked, "Has everything been done?"
"Deputy Commander, except for the guard commander Ma Xing, everyone else has died in the camp. Ma Xing is here." The man said as he pushed the cart with Ma Xing over.
When Li Jian heard what he said, a trace of unbearability flashed on his face, but it quickly disappeared. He stepped forward, pulled out the rag that was blocked in Ma Xing's mouth, and said: "After all, he is an official of the imperial court.
Let’s show some dignity.”
"Li Jian, why, why don't you give us lustful people a way to survive?" Ma Xing asked very sadly and indignantly.
At this time, there was no expression of surprise on his face as he had just learned that the person who wanted to kill them was the imperial court. He had already figured this out when he was tied up.
"There is no reason, it's just because you are Semu people. If you want to blame, just blame your ancestors for coming to the Ming Dynasty." Li Jian paused and said to the man pushing the carriage before Ma Xing spoke again.
Two words: "decent."
The man then pulled out a piece of white silk from his waist.