Wei Ni

Chapter 43
Luoyang, the capital, Xiahou Jiawu Fort at the west end of Yangqu.

Chen Tai and Xia Houhe, who had just arrived and were busy with travel and life, returned with regrets on their faces.

They came to give Xiahou Hui a farewell party, but when they arrived hand in hand, they were told by Wubao's steward that Xiahouhui had left Luoyang two days ago.

As for why you missed it.
It's not that the two of them came too late.

In the transfer order conveyed by Yousi, Xia Houhui only needs to report to the Zhengdong General's Office in Shouchun, Huainan before Xia June, and it is not considered a failure.According to common sense, with such ample time, he should stay in Kyoto until late April or early May, and it would not be too late to leave after saying goodbye to relatives and friends.

However, who would have expected that he would quietly leave Luoyang the day after the transfer order came down?

"Ugh"

Xia Houhe, who rode his horse slowly, shook his head and sighed, "If I hadn't sent someone to ask first, I wouldn't have let Uncle Xuan take a trip in vain."

"Why does righteousness come from blame and evil?"

Hearing this, Chen Tai, who had been staring at the front silently, couldn't help but smile, "It's just that Zhiquan is too eager. And in my opinion, Zhiquan probably doesn't want to see us."

Uh?
Involuntarily, Xia Houhe looked sideways, and when he saw Chen Tai's face with a faint sense of gratitude, he understood it in his heart.

His six brothers were moved from the left.

And he was moved to the left because he did the right thing.

Therefore, a ray of indignation was born in his heart.

A traitor like Wu Zhi can still return to his residence with honor, but a man as honest as Chen Sikong was slandered, and he was expelled from the temple if he was blunt like my six brothers!

How long has it been since my country was established in Wei, how did it become such a worldly way?

Perhaps, it is a faint feeling.

Chen Tai, who hadn't heard Xia Houhe's voice for a long time, also glanced over, seeing his frowning expression, he was surprised at first, then sighed quietly, and stared ahead with slightly empty eyes.

Also no longer make a sound.

His father is the Minister Gu Ming!

He was slandered and reprimanded in public in the temple, but the compensation he got was just a few random praises from the emperor Cao Rui and a gift of money.

Don't take it as an example that you were appointed as a servant of Sanqi.

He was born in a famous family in Yingchuan, and he was raised in his thirties, would he care about a mere servant on horseback?

Everyone in the world knows that it was mean and ungrateful for the first emperor to punish Cao Hong, the hero of Wei Wu, and Bao Xun, the son of Bao Xin, with his personal anger; now it seems that the current one is in the same line and is not inferior!
Ugh.
Yanzhou, Jiyin County.

Chengyang County, between Dayozawa and Lei Ze, was one of the earliest strongholds of Wei State to develop farming.

It is also the residence of the Diannong Xiaowei.

As for the fact that Jiyin County is clearly a large county, why is the chief officer in charge of farming not a general of Zhonglang, but a school lieutenant like a small county?【Note 1】

Yanzhou and Yuzhou were the first to start farming.

There are especially many military and civilian strongholds in various counties and counties. In order to prevent Diannong Zhonglang from overpowering his authority during the period, the state of Wei divided the land rights of some counties with more tenants and more fertile land into two. Two Diannong school lieutenants were established to divide and rule.

For example, the school lieutenant based in Chengyang County only has jurisdiction over the eastern part of Jiyin County.

However, the other captain still respects him as the master of the farming affairs of the entire county.

Because his surname is Xiahou and his name is Wei, and his style name is Jiquan.

He was a good ranger in his early years, and he didn't serve as Juyang county magistrate until the end of Wei Wencao Pi's administration. In February last year, he became a trial captain of the Diannong school.

Therefore, he has been quite high-spirited for the past two months.

Many reckless men or humble scholars who had made friends in the early years all passed by or made a special trip to visit, which made him even more difficult than before when he just started to eat full salary.

And today, he welcomed two more people to eat and drink.

And it was not far away, and they came here specially from Luoyang, the capital - in order to meet the fourth brother who was working abroad, Xia Houhui and his subordinate Sun Shu specially took the Hulao Pass, and arrived in half a circle!
It's very warm when brothers meet.

Xia Houwei, who heard the news, stepped out to meet him quickly, his face glowed with joy from a distance, just as he came up to him, he grabbed the reins of Xia Houhui's horse and said happily, "What a good horse! !"

And he kept praising him.

Looking up and down at the Wusun Liangju, he couldn't get enough of it, but he didn't cast a glance at Xia Houhui who was still holding the rein for a long time.

Xia Houhui, who had been left in the air for a long time, had a joyful smile frozen on her face.

Co-author, in the eyes of this fourth brother, he who has not seen him for several years is not as good as a good horse from the Western Regions, right?
With anger in his heart, Xia Houhui just wanted to protest a few words, but when he changed his mind, he smiled again and asked tentatively, "Fourth brother, do you like this good horse from the Western Regions?"

"Well, well, I'm quite happy."

Xia Houwei, who had his eyes glued to the horse, still kept his gaze fixed and nodded repeatedly.

And Xia Houhui continued, "Since the fourth brother likes it, how about I give this good horse to the fourth brother?"

"Zhiquan is serious?!"

Suddenly, Xia Houwei raised his head, his eyes were full of surprise.

"It's true."

Nodding slightly, Xia Houhui said slowly with a smile, "It's just that one person needs to agree to this matter."

"Hahaha~"

After a burst of hearty laughter, Xia Houwei patted the sixth younger brother on the shoulder very affectionately, and said without hesitation, "I haven't seen you for a few years, and Zhiquan is already an outstanding talent! He is indeed the most talented person in my family! Well, this good man Ju, who do you need permission from?"

"It's today."

After shaking hands in the direction of Luoyang, Xia Houhui smiled and said, "This horse from the Western Regions belonged to His Majesty, and he gave it to me. If the fourth brother likes it, I will present it to Luoyang, claiming that I have been ordered to go to Huainan to enter Shouchun." When the cavalry battalion was in charge, I specially came to visit the fourth brother's station to express his brotherhood. The fourth brother was very happy with the horse, so he asked me to leave the horse and go to Huainan on foot."

Uh!
As soon as these words fell, the surprise on Xia Houwei's face turned into astonishment.

Immediately, his face turned livid again.

The vertical is shapeless!

I'm just happy with this good horse, but is it the above statement that I will seize the horse and threaten it?

After staring blankly for a while, Xia Houwei suddenly slapped Xia Houhui on the shoulder with hatred, and scolded harshly, "You son is unworthy! You don't want to hate your father and brother, and Shangshu refuted the general's plan to attack Shu!" "

After all, he turned around and walked back.

Even Wusun Liangju, the steed, didn't bother to take a second look.

Just joking, when did my four brothers become so narrow-minded?

Xia Houhui, who was in pain, stood there blankly, watching Xia Houwei's back gradually drifting away in some astonishment.

And after a while, he saw him turn around again, pointing at himself and yelling loudly, "What are you doing in a daze! Why don't you follow me! Do you want me to lead the horse for you?"

"Oh, here we come."

Hearing this, Xia Houhui, who had reacted, handed over the reins of the horse to Uncle Sun, and hurried to catch up with the four brothers and walked side by side.

And I didn't forget to turn my head and smile and add, "I don't dare to let the fourth brother lead the horse. However, if the fourth brother insists on doing it, I have no choice but to be disrespectful."

After saying that, he quickly staggered to avoid Xia Houwei's slap, burst into a burst of laughter, and ran into the office first.

It also made Xia Houwei, who was a little resentful, shake his head and sigh, then smile happily.

Among the brothers in the family, although Xiahouhui has the best relationship with Xiahouhe, in terms of character, he is the most compatible with Xiahouwei.

Because Xia Houwei spent a long time among the people in the mountains and fields in his early years, he has a reckless style of being impatient with red tape, informality, joy, anger, laughter and scolding, which makes him feel very kind.

Even in the early years, he went back to Qiao County to live in seclusion. Before going out as a knight in autumn and winter, he went to Juyang County to look for Xia Houwei, and carefully consulted about going out as a knight.

Similar to today's jokes for fun, there is no shortage of them in daily life.

The Diannong Xiaowei Office set up outside the city was actually a camp where scholars were stationed.

The Shijia, also known as the Military Academy, was born in the Shibing System.

After the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the last years of the previous dynasty, Dong Zhuo was in chaos, so that the court lost its leadership, and the heroes rose up together. Only attaching a hidden population makes it impossible to implement the recruitment system since the Han Dynasty.

In order to maintain a fixed source of troops and resume the development of production, the State of Wei began to implement the "Soldier System".

It is to force Li Shu and his family members to be fixed as "military households", called "shijia", and registered separately from civilian households.

The men of the Shi family serve as soldiers for life, and the father dies and the son succeeds, and the brother ends up with the younger brother, and they are not allowed to change;The status of a scholar's family is lower than that of a commoner, and marriages can only be limited to military households, and intermarriage with civilians is not allowed;

In addition, in order to maintain the number of scholars and maintain their political achievements during their reign, local governments have also done shocking things like "married women".

Therefore, after the two brothers had finished talking about their family affairs, Xia Houhui claimed that he didn't care at all about being dismissed from his official position as a Sanqi servant, but was even more happy to be sent to the army to practice and determined to make contributions on the Huainan battlefield. Wei watched him silently for a long time, then took him out to see the Shi family and their families who were busy with spring plowing.

It also made Xia Houhui extremely silent.

Because what he saw was a group of "living dead".

Yes, although these scholars are still alive, their hearts have long since died.

When a person has been forced to plan his life trajectory and ending since birth, and this plan cannot be broken free, then this person is already dead.

In the eyes of the emperor of Wei and the princes of Gungun, scholars are not worth caring about, and they don't need pity.

Because they are no different from the weeds that can be seen everywhere.

Even if it dies from drought in summer, waterlogging in autumn, and withering in winter, it will still come out continuously when the next spring returns to the earth.

And the men who become soldiers at the right age are wild flowers in bud.

For the ambition of the monarch to rule the world, and for the ambition of the generals to be marquises, they turned their flesh and blood into wild flowers that bloomed in a certain place in an instant, and then withered in an instant.

Therefore, these scholars who know their own fate are like walking dead.

The only belief left in my heart is to pray to the gods above the nine heavens, hoping to usher in liberation as soon as possible; I also beg to the underworld under the Nine Nethers, but I hope that such a fate will not be ushered in after my death.

Yes, what they expect and desire is not in the world.

For those who deprive them of everything they want and want are in the world and in control of it.
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[Note 1: In the first year of Jian'an, Cao Cao set up a farm, and the state-owned farms in each county were appointed as chief officials. The big one was Zhonglang General (rank two thousand stones), and the small one was Xiaowei (rank two thousand stones), and he was in charge of the farm. Affairs, the management of the staff and the people of the department, and the army and soldiers are also standing in the department.The prefects and internal historians of the prefectures are not allowed to interfere with their affairs. 】

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