Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 13 The He Family Manor ([-])

20 days later
beginning of autumn
Hejia Manor
lobby
"There has been no news of the Jiaodong soldiers for so long. I think the Jiaodong soldiers have gone back to besiege Linzi, right?"

"I have already asked the magistrates of Le'an and Langkai counties for help, but they refused to send troops, saying that they were afraid that the city's defenses would be empty and the rebels would take the opportunity to attack the city."

"Why didn't the teacher go to the county to avoid disaster? What if the group of Jiaodong soldiers really came?"

"Avoid disaster? Easier said than done."

Old Master He sighed, why didn't he want to take everyone in the manor to escape to the county town to avoid disaster.But how did those things in the manor be brought into the city, and what about those fields?What about those tenant farmers belonging to the He family who are left unattended?
He had too many worries. If he was really alone, he would not be afraid of these Jiaodong rebels. At worst, he would take a carriage and hide in the city.

For the past month, he has been terrified every day, afraid that the rebels will come to loot, and he is also afraid that the court officers and soldiers will come and rob.

Regardless of the rebel army or the official army, although the camps are different, they are equally cruel when looting the people.

I heard that when Zhou Yafu led his troops to the south to quell the rebels of King Wu, his troops also ransacked some villages and big households along the way.

"Master, no, it's not good!"

"Those town braves and servants are fighting, fighting."

At this time, a servant girl's eager voice sounded outside the door.

Hearing this, Old Master He stood up abruptly, with a livid face, and said to Song Cha who was kneeling below, "Go and have a look."

Song Cha nodded, got up and went together.

After a while, the two came to a flat ground in the manor, and what they saw was a group of strong men fighting with each other.

Originally, these tycoons in the Central Plains were forbidden by the imperial court to privately recruit Xiangyong, but this is the Qi State, and many things do not need to be completely obeyed by the imperial court, but should obey the orders of the King of Qi. Temporarily loosened the restrictions on the recruitment of brave men in the territory of Qi, and allowed big families such as the He family to recruit brave militiamen to resist the rebels.

The Song family and other families didn't take this matter to heart, and they were reluctant to spend money to train the bravery of the country. plaything.

"The master is here!"

With a cry from the servant, the fight stopped, but almost everyone was bruised and swollen.

"what happened?!"

Old Master He questioned the coach who was in charge of training these brave men in puzzlement.

Afterwards, the instructor told the truth about the situation.

It turned out that after the training was over, the village warriors thought that the food was too little and unpalatable, so they quarreled with the servants.

"The master said, a gentleman can't get enough to eat, and he can't live in peace." Mr. He believes that these temporary recruits must fight because they don't understand the words of the sage and don't feel the kindness of the sage. As long as they learn from the sage In other words, if they know how to be a modest gentleman who doesn’t care about food, clothing, housing and transportation, then they will not fight, so he sighed to his student Song Cha: “The reason why the world is corrupt and the people often starve to death in famines is because the saint is too Few are because no one teaches the people the words of sages, if Confucianism becomes the supreme knowledge of the great Han, all people in the world will learn Confucianism, then everyone will become a gentleman, and no one in the world will starve to death.”

After finishing speaking, he smiled bravely at the villagers who had settled down and said: "Everyone, I will not have a meal today. I am not talented, so I will personally teach you the way of Confucius and Mencius!"

As soon as this remark came out, all Xiangyong's faces changed drastically, they were not interested in learning the ways of Confucius and Mencius, they just wanted to eat quickly to fill their stomachs.

However, when Old Master He saw the expressions on the faces of the people, he thought it was because the villagers were so grateful to him for teaching them the precious teachings of Confucius and Mencius for free, so because he was so grateful and didn't know how to repay them, his face changed drastically, so he comforted everyone: "Lecture today. , no fee is charged, just to pass on the knowledge of the saint to the world, if you want to thank the old man, you don’t need to, the old man just wants to keep the way of the saint from being buried, and will never have any selfishness."

Afterwards, all Xiangyongs were forced to sit on the ground, hungry and listened to Mr. He teaching them the way of sages, but no one listened carefully. Everyone was drowsy, and their minds were full of thoughts: when will Mr. He be able to speak? Finished, let's have dinner quickly after speaking.

"Son said..."

"Fish and bear's paw..."

Words of the sage resounded in the manor, and Mrs. He was also immersed in the self-movement of spreading the orthodoxy for the sages.

"What? Eat fish and bear paws today?"

However, there were discordant voices in the crowd, and a hungry Xiangyong said such inappropriate words.

"Dead wood can't be carved!"

Old Master He who was preaching was so angry that he blew his beard. After cursing, he was about to reprimand that Xiangyong...

"Master, no, it's not good, outside, outside... those rebels... are here!"

"what?!"

A servant came quickly and reported the situation outside the manor to Old Master He. He stood up in shock, turned around a few times and cursed secretly: "These damned Jiaodong rebels, they are not going to besiege Linzi City! Why don’t you catch King Qi, and come to Le’an to attack my He family’s manor? If they break away from King Jiaodong’s army and act alone, aren’t they afraid of being punished by King Jiaodong? Could it be that their commander is a relative of King Jiaodong?”

"Teacher, hurry up and organize these brave men to fight against the rebels!" Song Cha, who had been listening to the teachings of saints for a long time, got up and suggested.

"Okay, okay!" Old Master He nodded, turned his head and ordered Xiangyong, "Hurry up..."

"Master! Master!"

Before he finished speaking, another servant broke in, knelt at the feet of Old Master He and panted, "Master, those rebels asked me to spread the word, saying yes, that they had no intention of attacking the He family, and that they came here only to capture Song Patriarch Song Cha, as long as the master surrenders the Patriarch of the Song family and donates a hundred yi of gold, they will leave Le'an."

"Teacher! No!" Just as the servant finished speaking, Song Cha quickly knelt on the ground and begged, for fear that Old Master He would send him out for safety.

"Ziming, why are you doing this? Could it be that I, He Xin, is the kind of villain who abandons his disciples and only seeks safety?" Originally, Old Master He was still thinking about whether the conditions of the rebel army were feasible, but after seeing his students like this, I dismissed this idea.

Firstly, Song Cha is his student and also the father of the girl he loves; secondly, although the He family is worth hundreds of gold, it is all farmland and houses, which cannot be taken out, and the working capital that can be taken out will not be paid. More than ten yi gold.

"Ugh……"

After a long and helpless sigh, Old Master He ordered to the coach: "Raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a short time. Organize these village braves you trained to fight against the rebels!"

"Ah?...No, no!"

Looking at Zhong Xiangyong who was still hungry, the coach wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he was only collecting money to do things, and it was none of his business whether the He family could keep it, as long as he did his best.

If they really couldn't keep it, they ran away. The rebels would definitely give priority to looting the wealth in the manor, and they didn't have time to arrest him, a brave coach.

So there is no need to argue with a stubborn old man here, lest he be reprimanded by the old man.

(End of this chapter)