When Lu Jia was taken to the shogunate by Rikura, Heifu was sitting in the tent eating melons......

In the middle of May, Changsha County was the hottest time, and on a hot day, Heifu was wearing only a short beat, kneeling behind the desk, shaking a pu fan in his right hand, and munching on a piece of melon in his left hand.

Of course, the melon is not a watermelon, but a melon that has been transmitted to the Central Plains for thousands of years, and it is slightly different from its close relative cantaloupe in the Western Regions, with thin skin, white flesh, small and many seeds, and only a faint sweetness in the flesh.

When eating melons, people will throw away the seeds, as long as these seeds fall on the ground, whether dry or wet, hot or cold, but wherever human beings can live well, it can sprout and grow, so whether it is the Central Plains or the south of the Yangtze River, it is very common.

Lu Jia stepped forward: "The subordinates pay a visit to the prince, congratulate the monarch and the marquis on the grievances of the three armies, and thank the monarch and the marquis for their kindness!" ”

After cutting off Jia He's head, Heifu appointed Lu Jia as the main bookkeeper, which is equivalent to the secretary of the general, and suddenly rose to prominence, although this was not what Lu Jia wanted, but he couldn't refuse.

"No need to be polite."

Seeing that the two of them were coming, Heifu was not polite to them, and compared them casually: "When you are in the north, you eat melons in August, and when you are in Jiaodong, you eat melons in July, and the south is hotter, and it is ripe in May and June. ”

"Yui."

Lu Jia promised, I had heard that this general was born in Qiantou and did not pay attention to red tape, and it was true, but when he looked at the melons on the case, he was thoughtful.

Although he has learned a little bit of Huang Lao, but more, he is still biased towards Confucianism, and the values formed by reading poetry, books, etiquette and music for many years are deep-rooted.

At present, Heifu's way of eating melons is obviously impolite.

It is said in the "Rites": "Those who cut melons for the Son of Heaven are deputies, and the scarf is tied up; For the monarch of the country, the scarf is silk; Tired for the doctor, the scholar, and the people. ”

Translated into human words, it is: the Son of Heaven eats melons, cuts them into eight pieces, covers them with a muslin cloth and serves them; The king cut it into four pieces and covered them with a coarse cloth; The doctor cut it into four pieces, without cloth; One knife and two sections.

As for the Shuren? Hehe, you can only hold and gnaw the whole melon, and what is even worse is that the slaves have no power to eat the melons.

At present, Heifu eats relatively large melons, and he likes to eat small pieces, so he cut ten portions in one go, in the eyes of Confucianism, it is really a big arrogance!

However, those are all old antiques from the Spring and Autumn Period, and after the collapse of etiquette, no one pays attention to it except in the court. Although Lu Jia was a Confucian student, he was not pedantic, swallowed the words back into his stomach, sat side by side with Li Cang, picked up a piece of melon and chewed it, and listened to Heifu and Li Cang talk while eating.

Heifu said to Li Cang: "Wushi has been trading in the Western Regions for six or seven years, and after traveling through thirty-six countries, he has brought back a lot of good things, including horses with eight feet high at the shoulders, and many vegetables and fruits that are not found in the Central Plains, sweet and sour grapes, and sweet and sour grapes, and sweet melons with thick skins that are a little sweeter than melons. ”

Of course, there are more than that, there are sesame seeds, walnuts, cucumbers and other things, but it's a pity that Heifu hasn't returned to Xianyang for a long time and hasn't been able to see these exotic products with his own eyes. But I heard Ziying say that the farmers who had just moved their base camp to Guanzhong were overjoyed to see these strange seeds, and immediately began to cultivate, after four seasons of hard work, the first batch of vegetables and vegetables have been produced, and the fruit trees have gradually grown.

In a few decades, the recipes of the Central Plains people should be greatly expanded......

Li Cang is still young, and he is still a little greedy, and he can't help but yearn for it, Lu Jia also said yes, seeing that a petal of melon has been eaten, he talked about today's intention on this topic, and said with a smile:

"Speaking of eating melons, do you know that there is a time for melons?"

Heifu thought for a moment: "When I read "Zuo Biography" a few years ago, I saw it, but I don't remember the content very much. ”

Hearing that Heifu had also read Zuo's Spring and Autumn Period, Lu Jia was a little surprised, it seems that this is a studious general, and he has a little more confidence in his persuasion.

"Dare to speak up to the prince, this matter is said that hundreds of years ago, Qi Xianggong sent Lian Cheng and Guan Zhi's father to guard Kwai Hill in preparation for the princes' attack, and the second general asked when Qi Xianggong would return? At that time, Qi Xiang was also eating melons, so he said: 'Replace the melons with melons', which means that when the melons are ripe in the next year, they will send people to rotate. ”

"But a year later, Qi Xianggong forgot the agreement, and even said that his father had to send back a melon, saying: 'The melon is ripe, should we send someone to replace us?' Qi Xianggong broke his promise and let them keep it for another year, so the second doctor was furious, instigated the resentment of the servants, led the troops back to Linzi, and killed Xianggong ......"

"Just because of this little thing?"

Li Cang was stunned, he didn't know that in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Qing Doctor killed the monarch as if he was playing, not only did the monarch kill the monarch by himself, but there were also those who couldn't eat the old turtle soup and kill the monarch...... The whole nine yards.

He felt that it was a bit exaggerated, but Heifu understood what Lu Jia meant.

It sounds like a melon causing trouble, but in fact, it involves the government's credibility.

Lu Jia said earnestly: "Junhou, we went south in the autumn two years ago, and now Changsha melons have ripened twice, but tens of thousands of soldiers have recruited husbands, but they still can't return. ”

Heifu was silent, and he was a soldier at the age of one year in the frontier garrison, and a pawn at the age of one in Xianyang, which was clearly stipulated in the law, and it has not changed for a hundred years since the Shang Dynasty.

But the imperial court is not trustworthy and breaks its word and gets fat, not once or twice.

As early as more than ten years ago, after he led his troops to seize Yuzhang, Qin Shi Huang asked the confessor to announce the edict, so that the 3,000 soldiers of Nanjun would stay on the spot and not return to their hometowns. At that time, the grumpy Gong Ao almost drew his sword and was suppressed by Heifu, so he reluctantly stayed, and the expeditionary force was transformed into a guard.

Although in the past ten years, as the life of Yuzhang County has improved, the generals have complained less, but their trust in the imperial court is not as strong as in the past.

Similar things have happened many times in the entire Jiangnan region, and even in the new Qin of Saibei, although the imperial court also moved permanent residents over, but the first batch of soldiers to defend were forcibly left.

As the territory grows larger and larger, the economic cost of taking turns to defend is huge, and it is still cost-effective to be stationed permanently, and the frontier needs talents......

But the top brass forgot one thing, the group of soldiers and small people who came and went at a moment's notice, they are also human beings, and they also have their own ideas, and they have no consciousness to defend the borders of the motherland.

Once, Shang Ying's migration established the credibility of the Qin government. With the awarding of knighthoods for a hundred years of military merits, all Qin people have decided that Great Qin will be rewarded for meritorious service, and punishment will be imposed for mistakes. But now, with the indefinite period of time and again, the trust of the soldier in the imperial court has gradually wavered and finally exhausted.

Historically, at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the Central Plains was in turmoil, and the powerful Southern Army was instigated by Zhao Tuoyi, directly cut off contact with the mother state, and refused to return, probably out of disappointment with the government.

And right now, it is the generals on the front line who pay for the court's broken promises.

Zhao Tuo's side was handled properly, and there was no much trouble in the army, but Jia He didn't realize this, the Qin soldiers, because they couldn't return for a long time, were indignant, and this resentment gathered on Jia He, to put it bluntly, his death was just a top cylinder for the court's dishonesty.

Lu Jia said: "Although the Marquis of the Monarch killed Jia and vented the grievances of the three armies, if you don't add more easily, it won't be too long, and you won't be able to wait for next year's melon to ripen, and the newly appointed General Xin, or even the Marquis of Changnan, will also be resented by the soldiers!" At that time, the subordinates are afraid that there will be a joint title and a matter of managing the father in the army! ”

"Bold! Who would dare to do that? "Lyura was furious and wanted to draw his sword.

Heifu stopped him and looked at Lu Jia:

"Are you here to intercede for your township party and comrades? Want me to let them go home? ”

Lu Jia bowed: "The subordinates are also thinking about the prince, in the past, Zigong asked Confucius about politics. Zi said: Enough food, foot soldiers, and the trust of the people. ”

Zigong asked again: If you have to go, do you want to remove one?"

"Confucius said: Go to the army."

Zigong asked again: If you have to do so, what if you have to remove the two?"

Zi said, "If you go to eat, you will die since ancient times, but the people will not stand without faith." ”

"The people can't stand without trust, and the army can't stand without faith? Can you fight? I hope that the prince and the marquis will think twice! ”

Quoting scriptures and classics, layer by layer, it is worthy of being a famous mouth in history.

Heifu praised with his hand: "Good eloquence, but whether the soldiers return or not, this is the order of the imperial court, even if I am a general, there is no way to make it easier." ”

Qin Shi Huang had already issued a death order, and the soldiers of the three armies were not allowed to return to China. Of course, Heifu guessed that even if Baiyue was leveled, it is very likely that these hundreds of thousands of people will never be able to return to their hometowns, and most of them are Chu soldiers and civilians that Qin Shi Huang wanted to exterminate, and they are the "poison" of this country, so they will naturally be sent to the outside and harm the Yue people......

The court, the soldiers and the people each have their own reasons, and the one who is caught in the middle and is difficult to be a man is the general.

Heifu looked down at the remaining melon peels on the table and said with a smile:

"This melon is really not delicious."

……

"Lu Sheng is back!"

"How? What did Chang Nam Hou say? ”

Half an hour later, Lu Jia returned to the camp, and the Huainan soldiers, who had the largest number of people in the army, surrounded him and asked questions.

They all knew that it was Lu Jia's visit to the general, Yan Jiahe's mistreatment of Chu soldiers, and concealment of battle damage, which led to the happy beheading.

At present, Lu Jia seems to have become a representative of the soldiers and people of Chu origin, and has been tirelessly petitioning Heifu for them, telling the soldiers about their homesickness.

Lu Jia was surrounded in it, and he could only ask Licang and the officials who came with him to restrain the order and announce the words of the great general to them.

"Changnanhou said that he knew the pain of homesickness, and he was also homesick, but for the general, he did not resign when he was ordered, and after the enemy was broken, he returned and gave him a gift."

"Now that Baiyue has not been pacified, the war has not ended, so the general cannot release you directly."

At the end of these words, the soldiers suddenly clamored:

"To put it bluntly, I still refuse to let us go!"

"He's no different from Najah!"

The complaints were endless, and Lu Jia had to keep them quiet before raising the volume.

"Don't talk nonsense! The Marquis of Changnan loves soldiers like sons, and because of the strict orders of the imperial court, he cannot return to his hometown. But he said that he would not let the soldiers cross the three levels again and fight with the Yue. After the winter, there will be new soldiers to rotate you, so that those who have served for two years will leave this place and first go to the camps in Hengshan and Nanjun to rest and recuperate, and once the south is peaceful, you can go home nearby! ”

"Someone to rotate?"

"My home is on the edge of Hengshan County!"

"I can finally get out of this hellish place!"

This is an unexpected joy, the previous disappointment turned into joy, the resentment of the soldiers, and homesickness are the root causes, but the heat and hardship of the south are also the reasons why they want to leave immediately.

Although he is not allowed to return to his hometown at the moment, at the very least, he has been promised by the general to go to Nanjun or Hengshan, which is one step closer to his hometown, and the climate is comfortable, which is much better than being tormented by illness here and going deep into danger to fight to the death with the Yue people.

The soldiers were pleasantly surprised, cheered, and finally, after the melons were ripe and out of date, they looked forward to a glimmer of light.

The Marquis of Changnan, all of a sudden, became a good general admired by everyone, his reputation was raised unlimitedly, and there was no room for bad things to say about him in the barracks, although Heifu was secretive and did not say that he was "not allowed to return to his hometown" reason, but there were people who complained for Heifu afterwards.

"Don't be dissatisfied, think about it carefully, even if the Marquis of Changnan lets the army be disbanded on the spot now, so that his generation will return to his hometown with a letter in hand, he will not be recognized by the government, and if he can't see his wife and children and parents when he goes home, he will be arrested and punished as a prisoner! Because the imperial court of Xianyang issued a document saying that the southern expedition has not been decided, and it must not be returned! ”

It is said that this was said by Lu Jia.

The so-called letter is a document that proves that everyone has completed their service and is legally released, and this document is in duplicate, one copy is sent to the place of household registration, and the other copy is for the guards to hold by themselves, don't lose it.

You yourself claim to have returned from service? That's not a lot, and there must be a certificate to be issued.

But what if the local government gets an order from the imperial court and refuses to recognize it? Even if the general is gracious, it is useless.

It makes sense to think about it, these words spread ten or ten hundreds, so the soldiers and people of Chu were only grateful to Heifu, and they were resentful, and began to turn to the dishonest court and government......

Playing all-out war, and knowing how to pull the morale-exhausted troops back, Heifu's judgment is that this group of morale-exhausted soldiers and civilians is no longer available, leaving some experienced generals, and the rest are all replaced by new troops trained by the Wuchang battalion!

And everyone was too happy, before winter, these tens of thousands of people still have a lot of work: farming and storing grain, cutting trees and building roads, and even digging nearby iron mines to forge weapons, even if they return to Nanjun and Hengshan, they will still have to farm until their labor force is drained!

Heifu's heart is black!

Lu Jia didn't escape, he was arranged by Heifu on an errand and had to refuse!

"Lu Sheng, aren't you eloquent? Give you ten days to lobby the rebels in Yangshan Pass for me, and after ten days, the door will not be opened, and the army will pull out the city and slaughter it! ”

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