Wei Ni

Chapter 72 Temptation
Twilight December, the end.

It's almost New Year's Eve, and Changshe County, Yingchuan County, Yuzhou has also experienced heavy snowfall for several days.

On the south bank of Weishui, which meanders to the east, a town of about fifty households is also covered in silver. This is one of the villages in Yingchuan County.

The Li Shu Min Tun in the Wei State was under military control the same as the Shijia Jun Tun, and every 50 people (households) was a small town.

The difference is that Mintun does not need to go on an expedition, so each small town is assigned to the management of Nong Sima, who supervises farming during busy farming seasons, mulberry and hemp during slack farming seasons, and auxiliary roads to connect ditches.

It's just that this small town is under the management of the bachelor Duwei Diannong.

The reason was that the scholar had a stutter, so the local Captain Dian Nong thought he could not take on more important responsibilities, so he was transferred to be a small official who guarded the rice fields and pastures, and also took care of the small town with the duties of the Nong Sima. .

Well, he is Deng Ai.

The word Shizai was originally from Jiyang, Yiyang County.

Because of the relationship between Emperor Wu Cao Cao who moved to the north to farm after Jingbei was moved, he was moved to Yuzhou as a farmer.

The Deng surname was a common surname in Nanyang County in the former dynasty. It used to be prominent for a while, but its branches spread to Deng Ai, and it has already become a commoner.

However, there is an ancestor who was once glorious, and after all, he still left some heritage behind.

For example, Deng Ai, a young orphan, was able to read and write at an early age, even though his family was poor and helpless.

Moreover, Deng Ai was appreciated by the elders of the same county when he was young because he was poor and never changed his ambition.

However, this incident also became one of the reasons why Shangguan did not reuse him after he and Guan were promoted to bachelor.

Yes, stuttering is just an excuse.

As a bachelor, he became a paddy field keeper because Deng Ai never thanked the elder, which made Shangguan feel that he was an ungrateful person.

People who can't even do the most basic repayment of kindness are naturally not liked by the chief officer.

After all, no one wants to raise a Zhongshan wolf.

Another reason is that Deng Ai is very unsocial.

Because Deng Ai suffered from frequent military disasters in his village when he was young, and because he was especially fond of military affairs when he was young, he would entertain himself by planning military camps and arranging troops whenever he encountered high mountains and hills or places where rivers meander. to not fix.

This is nothing.

Who can not have a hobby?
Even though Deng Ai's hobbies are very unusual, in the eyes of knowledgeable people, he is an inspirational model of humble origin and great ambition~
However, it was this kind of ridicule from others that made Deng Ai reticent.

He also often shows disdain for the people around him, similar to "the bird knows the ambition of the swan", and disdains to be with others; even the Shangguan has been pointed out by him in public.

This is fatal.

Obviously he is just a man, but he despises people of similar origin, and he doesn't know how to humbly offer, and he doesn't know how to understand the world.
How can such a person please others?
How can He De usher in the promotion and reuse of Shangguan?

Therefore, Deng Ai spent more than ten years as a bachelor in the position of rice field guard and farmer Sima.Even his parents, who thought that he was promoted to a bachelor in the early years and that he would be successful in the future, regretted that they betrothed their daughter to him because they had no eyes.

Because Deng Ai is also very indifferent to his uncle's family.

However, Deng's mother, who raised Deng Ai up alone, always believed that her son would surely return to the family name in the future.Even after this New Year's Eve, Deng Ai will be 36 years old, she is still so determined.

It's just that she can't see the day anymore.

As early as the beginning of spring a few years ago, she died of regret as a farmer.

The so-called punishment is not as good as a doctor, and the courtesy is not as good as a commoner.

For the common people of Li and Shu who have no food at home, filial piety is based on the heart regardless of deeds, and if it is based on deeds, it means starving the whole family to death.

So Deng Ai is not even qualified to keep filial piety.

Because according to today's law, officials can only allow a hundred days for mourning.

For example, there is no such thing as a farmer with personal freedom, and Deng Ai only got a ten-day period for mourning, and this was a special permission for him to be a small official.

Making the widowed mother die with regret has become a regret that will never be wiped out in Deng Ai's heart.

It is also the reason why he immediately applied for the recruitment when he learned of the emperor's special edict to recruit soldiers from Yuzhou Mintun.

People over fifty are not called longevity.

He was already in his forties, and he didn't have much life left to waste.

Moreover, he has spent more than ten years in the position of a small official and has undergone several changes in the captaincy of Diannong. He knows that if he does not take this opportunity to leave Yuzhou and leave the Tuntian nationality to fight once, he may be the same nationality for the rest of his life. The nameless man.

A man lives in the world, he will be a marquis in life, and he will be a temple food in death!
These are the words of Liang Song in the former dynasty, and they are also what Deng Ai hopes to learn from the army without fear of filling the ditch.

However, he soon encountered resistance when he wanted to enlist in the army.

One is his wife's family.

He didn't get along very well with his wife's family, and persuaded him not to take his wife and children to die.

Huainan is a war zone!
After the Battle of Shiting, the thief Wu Sunquan moved the capital to Jianye, and he also eyed Huainan with his ambition to win it. Now that he is enlisted to move there from Rongju's family, isn't that looking for death?
And the wife's family is not optimistic that Deng Ai can make any achievements by going to Huainan.

A person who doesn't know how to meet people or know the world has no ambitions in Yuzhou, but going to Huainan can change his destiny?
Idiots talk about dreams!
Thanks to the former Emperor Fan who personally came to the Mintun in Fugou County to clean up the reason, now the capital of Yuzhou Yingchuan Diannong and Shijia Haoyou have less oppressed the Mintun, and they can get through the days if they stay well, saying Maybe he can raise his son Deng Zhong into a talent, so why go to Huainan?
With this in mind, my wife's family came to persuade me several times and asked Deng Ai to withdraw the application for recruitment.

Of course, they returned without success, cursing every time.

Another resistance is Deng Ai's age.

The soldiers recruited by the imperial court this time will be turned into standing soldiers in the future, and naturally they will not be old, weak, sick or disabled.Based on Deng Ai's age, his health has already begun to decline, and he does not meet the standards for recruiting soldiers.

When Deng Ai applied for the recruitment, the little official who recorded the book directly rejected it because he was too old.

But Deng Ai's temperament was quite stubborn, and he was not discouraged after being rejected, but ran to the recruitment office to apply once a day.

Let the little official who recorded the book be very annoying.

He almost didn't call the soldiers accompanying him to take Deng Ai off his staff in the name of disturbing the recruitment.

However, in the end, the little official still included Deng Ai in the roster.

The reason is very funny.

It's just that there are too few farmer recruits from various villages in Changshe County, and it's been ten days since the announcement of recruitment, but there are not even ten applicants.
And the captain of the county, Diannong, also exerted some strength.

This captain of Diannong was able to transfer to Yingchuan after the emperor Cao Rui rectified the accumulated abuses in the farmland. He also heard that Deng Ai often contradicted his superiors and admitted his death, so he thought of taking this opportunity to give away this thorn Walk.

It is based on the fact that "Ai, an official who guards the grass in the rice fields, has always had the ambition to serve the country in the army. Although he is too old, his heart is encouraging. Now that Huainan is preparing for a new army, a lot of waste is waiting for prosperity. It may be beneficial for Ai to be familiar with farming affairs, so Remarks such as charter to military status" moved the chief recruiter, and Deng Ai's wish was fulfilled in disguise.

Huainan, Shouchun.

Huang Jiu, who came here from Dangtu County with a boy from Siwu Township, stayed in Shouchun for one night and then set off again.

Xia Houhui rejected his request to become a follower of Buqu.

The reasons are somewhat inexplicable.

That's because when he saw Huang, his body was not very strong and his martial arts were average, so he worried that Huang would find it difficult to survive on the battlefield in the future.
After all, he would not always hide in the back to watch the enemy when he was in battle.

Moreover, his father, Huang Ji, was killed in battle. If Huang also died in battle, wouldn't it mean that both father and son died in battle under his command?
This notoriety can still be avoided.

However, Huang, who was rejected, did not show any indignation at being despised, but was grateful for Dade's return.

Because Xia Houhui has given him a very bright future.

That night, when Xia Houhui sat down with him, he asked him about his situation in the village.

After learning that he had only read the Analects of Confucius and the Classic of Filial Piety, but liked the law quite a lot, he told him about Emperor Enke.

Let him go back to the village and study the law carefully, and when he is one or two years old, Xia Houhui will ask Du Shu, who assists Jiang Jizhu's emperor Enke, to write a book for him. See if it is suitable to record him as a student of the emperor.

There is no problem with Huang's family background.

Generation after generation of Li Shu, who is still a soldier who died in the king's affairs, is most in line with the promotion conditions of the emperor Enke.

There is nothing wrong with conduct.

They can all be regarded as idlers by counties and counties, but of course they are not criminals.

As for what he has learned, that is what Huang needs to work on in the past two years.

Huang felt that he could fall into Du Shu's eyes.

If you fail to learn in one or two years, then work hard for three or four years. Anyway, Xia Houhui didn't set a specific time for death.

The most important thing is, if he can be promoted to the emperor Enkeli, and he can stand out without having to risk his life, it will be much more cost-effective than being a private soldier!
How can you not fight once!

Therefore, when he went back, he kept in mind Xia Houhui's exhortation to "think about your future, and never contact me again in the future, so as not to fall into the pretext of favoritism and fraud", and left with tears in his eyes.

Because Xia Houhui's recommendation can be called a rebirth of kindness to him~
Today, when the nine-rank official system has been implemented, how many people can give Li Shu the opportunity to transform into a "scholar"?
And Xia Houhui didn't want to accept Huang, so he became a retinue for another reason.

That means he has already been chosen!

Originating from the fact that a thousand households were selected from Yanzhou, Xia Houwei, who served as the Diannong school lieutenant in Jiyin County, Yanzhou, also soon knew that he became the general.

Xia Houwei, who was a good ranger in his early years, met many reckless people and raised many followers.

Therefore, thinking of his kinship, he asked his disciples if there was anyone who was willing to serve as Xia Houhui's retinue and fight for a future.Because judging from his experience as a county magistrate and then transferred to Diannong school lieutenant, it is difficult to have the opportunity to supervise the troops in battle—even if he is transferred in the future, he will be a herdsman officer such as the county guard.

Therefore, it is difficult to find a future for these reckless disciples.

However, most of the diners refused.

Firstly, it was because they were not familiar with Xia Houhui and did not understand his character, so they dared not entrust their lives.

The other is that they are used to idleness, they don't like to be restrained, and they can't get used to the boring and boring life in the army, and they can't be beheaded if they move.

But Gou Quan and Zhang Li, who had escorted Xiahou Hui to Shouchun earlier, came instead.

As soon as Qi Fu rushed to Shouchun in the wind and snow, after seeing Xia Houhui and chatting for a few words, he asked Xia Houhui if he would trust them.

If they are willing, they will go back to the village and recruit twenty or thirty brave men for Xia Houhui.

Well, both of them are from Taishan County, Yanzhou.

The ancestors and the Xianglu hid in Mount Tai during the chaos of the Han Dynasty, and they were both invaders and people. Although they have come out of the mountains and become Li Shu, their martial arts style has not changed.

For this, Xia Houhui was overjoyed.

His fourth brother Xia Houwei is very accurate in judging people, Gou Quan and Zhang Li can be accepted as disciples, so there is naturally no problem with their conduct.

And Taishan County sends out elite soldiers!

Whether it was the Taishan soldiers led by Bao Xin and Yu Jin, or the Taishan bandits gathered by Zang Ba, Sun Guan and others, they were all known for their strong combat power.

Most importantly, Taishan County belongs to Gulu.

Its folk customs respect etiquette and righteousness, so it is most suitable to be cited as a part of the retinue!
But as soon as he agreed to Gou Quan and Zhang Lizhi's words, he realized that he had overlooked a big problem.

Because he used to cut his flesh and buy wine to have fun with his robes before, his salary has long been spent, so that now he can't afford the settling expenses for recruiting his subordinates.
Moreover, the subordinates are private soldiers, and the imperial court will not help to support them, and the daily expenses in the future will also be a big expense.

After thinking about it, he wrote a letter and asked Gou Quan and Zhang Li to take him to Qiao County to look for Sun Kan. Uncle turned and returned it to him.

Although Sun Kan was released as a citizen by Xiahou's family very early, he is still a child of the family and does not need to see outsiders.

Sometimes, a wave of ups and downs rises again.

Just when Xia Houhui started to worry about money, another matter that cost a lot of money came to him.

The survivors hiding in the mountain came to look for him through Jiang Ban.

These people were indifferent when Xia Houhui recruited them earlier, but after being burned, killed and looted by Lujiang prefect Wenqin in the name of eliminating bandits, he felt that he still had to find someone to rely on to survive.

Xiahou Huiben didn't want to pay attention.

Because once he recruits these survivors, it means that he will have an enemy with Wenqin.

Just think about it.

Wen Qin designated them as thieves, but Xia Houhui sheltered them, isn't that clearly a needle point?
They are both from Qiao, although they don't have much friendship with each other, they still have to maintain the superficial friendship.

Especially when he was placed with high hopes by the emperor Cao Rui and formed a new army, how could he conflict with Wen Qin for the survivors of Yanshan, and give people the impression that the village is still incompatible, and he will argue with the Shangguan once he succeeds?
It's just that he couldn't refuse Jiang Ban's intercession.

After thinking about it, he made a compromise——

Ask Jiang Ban to tell those survivors of Yanshan that if they are willing to come out of the mountain and be registered as citizens by the government, then he will ask Wang Ling to arrange it.

Anyway, the governor Wang Ling and Wen Qin have been at odds for a few days, and they don't care about more.

And look at the great merit of inspiring the survivors to return to the king, he will definitely try his best to protect them.

However, a few days later, Jiang Ban, who went back and forth, brought back a message that the survivors of Yanshan Mountain refused again.

This also made Xia Houhui ashamed and annoyed.

In the beginning, he asked Jiang Ban to recruit these survivors out of good intentions, but now he asked Wang Ling to protect them because of Jiang Ban's affection. What happened?

It's nothing more than these upright husbands who don't know good people's hearts, but they dare to make further progress!
Do you really think he has no temper?

If you don't want to, then don't come looking for him, just stay in the mountain and wait for Wenqin to burn, kill and loot frequently!
"They don't know good from bad, let them fend for themselves."

He replied to Jiang Ban in this way, with a face full of indignation, "I am now ordered by the emperor to form a new army. Everything is cumbersome and I have no time to spare. Gongjun can pass on the message to them on my behalf, saying that I am a low-ranking, humble person. There's nothing I can do to help."

Jiang Ban didn't send the message as he said.

Instead, he gave a soft "um" sound, and then quietly stood by his side. After the annoyance in his chest eased a little, he continued to say the requirements and rewards of the survivors of Yanshan Mountain.

It also made Xia Houhui listen, her eyes burning unconsciously.

Because those survivors of Yanshan gave him a temptation that he couldn't refuse.

The feat of siege!
(End of this chapter)