Wei Ni

Chapter 77

Freezing three feet is not a day's cold.

vice versa.

Scholars are actually not very grateful for being transferred to the Huainan front by the temple to serve as a "tree of faith" and to try out the system of redeeming one's body and granting land with military merit.

The accumulated anger of being treated as a cow and horse for decades cannot be resolved by small favors.

Especially all their misfortunes were created by Cao Wei Sheji!

How can anyone be grateful to someone who cripples his own leg and sends him a cane?
Another reason is that they are not optimistic about this change.

It's not that he doubts the determination of the emperor and the temple to promote change, but that the chances of him being able to redeem himself and grant the land are very small, so small that it is almost non-existent.

They are scholars!

It's not the soldiers of the Wei State, the elite with excellent weapons and armor!
Shijia who don't even have bows and crossbows and leather armor are often used as light soldiers to fill in the trenches, bait to lure the enemy, or abandonment to stop the enemy soldiers when they go to battle. There is no chance What about beheading?

Perhaps, the lucky one who can redeem the family and grant the land is one in a hundred or "one in a thousand".

More than 200 households who came from Juyang County, Yanzhou, all looked sick after setting foot on the soil south of the Huai River, and their expressions remained unchanged from those of the "living dead" before.

Because along the way, the bodies of some old and weak women and children have been thrown on the side of the road.

Frozen to death by the wind and snow.

But the little officials and county soldiers who watched them all the way were blind to them, and they still drove them away with swords and spears, so they must not delay their journey.

When they came to Huainan, they saw the house that the government placed them in which could not shelter them from the wind and rain. How could they dare to believe that the emperor and the temple no longer regarded them as slaves?

How could it be possible to expect their fate to usher in a change?

Perhaps, the so-called change is just a bone thrown by the temple, tempting them to fight for it bravely, but in the end it is just a flower in the mirror.

Therefore, when Xia Houhui brought in two military doctors to consult their family, they were all dumbfounded and couldn't believe their eyes.

You know, even after the war, they had no chance to see a military doctor.

Because military doctors should give priority to treating those standing elite soldiers.

And when the military doctor was finally able to free up his hands, there was no medicine to stop the bleeding and heal the sore, and the wounded soldiers either died of excessive bleeding or pain.
He was not treated even at the time of life and death, so how could military doctors come to diagnose and treat minor ailments such as cold and heatstroke?

And in today's world, even ordinary Li Shu have many people who don't have the money to seek medical treatment~
How could they welcome this kind of treatment! ?
Therefore, when the family was questioned by the military doctor, given the medicinal materials and told how to use them, all the scholars who received the medicinal materials trembled and turned towards Xiahou Huiji who was beside him with emotion.

Perhaps, he really has a time to redeem himself and grant the land?

Because the new head of the reform of the Shangshu Temple Adviser's family is very different from others.

They thought so.

For the first time, there was expectation in my heart, and for the first time, I put hope in the world.

What they didn't know was that Xia Houhui, who was thanked, was also full of emotions.

Obviously he didn't do anything.

Letting military doctors come for consultation is nothing more than worrying about the spread of the disease and causing a large-scale epidemic.

But these scholars, who are regarded as cattle and sheep by the temple and the government, have become so numb that they no longer regard themselves as human beings, so they are grateful when others treat them as human beings.

So, just sighing, Xia Houhui also knows how to reap the hearts of these scholars.

In short, just treat them as human beings.

But it's not like he went to the temple before, just promised a bright future.

This future is too far away, they will not and dare not believe it.

Instead, through small actions such as providing military doctors, let them experience the sincerity of the temple reform and reawaken their emotions as a person.

With emotion, you will no longer be insensitive; with faith, you will be able to move forward bravely.

Changing their solidified concepts is the key to Xiahou Huineng's military spirit.

With this understanding, Xia Houhui gathered the two hundred families who arrived first, and sent half of the young and strong to go to Shoushan to cut wood and collect materials, and half of the women and children to collect reeds or thatch for weaving, and told them that the wood was used to strengthen their homes. Houses for living and everyday things such as wooden couches or tables are made; reeds or thatch are used to lay their roofs and mats for overnight stays.

The other half of the people are allocated to the young and strong leading the poor horses to plow the fields and dig ditches; the women and children follow to clean up the gravel and grass roots, and collect dead grass and miscellaneous flocs to fertilize.He also promised them that in the future, the production of these acres, after excluding their daily food and the balance of military rations, he will exchange for meat for them as extra meals; city ​​purchases.

This kind of commitment to work and benefit for oneself has made all scholars see light in their eyes.

They are also full of enthusiasm when they are working, and they have changed the previous attitude of making up and perfunctory when they were in Yanzhou.

Because a slave without personal freedom also has no private property.

Xia Houhui claimed that the promise of exchanging the production surplus for money and sharing them equally made them feel that they were not just knives and plows in the hands of the king.

And after all the scholars and farmers had migrated to Shouchun, another move by Xia Houhui made them feel that their lives could be looked forward to again.

Their children can be educated!
Xiahou Huisheng found three down-and-out scholars from the city to serve as leading students.

Every three days in the morning, they teach their children to read at the foot of Shoushan Mountain with "Jijiuzhang"; outside the office every ten days in the afternoon, they use "Book of Filial Piety" to teach their children to understand filial piety and righteousness.

Ordinary children from Li Shu's family have no chance to be educated!
Now Wei Guo always has elite soldiers, and [-] to [-]% of them are illiterate!

And their kids have a chance to read and write
This means that even if they don't win the merit of beheading, which allows their children to redeem their bodies and return them to the land, their children can rely on their literacy and hyphenation advantages in the future, and they will no longer be reduced to filling the ditch!Even those who are smart can receive the appreciation and support of the nobles, and have the opportunity to continue to learn and see the scriptures. In the future, they will become the servants of petty officials or powerful families, and completely get rid of the fate of scholars!

Yes, they all know that no matter how the temple changes, their generation has no hope of changing their destiny.

And Xia Houhui gave their next generation hope to change their destiny.

Although this hope is also very slim.

But it really exists, and there are countless examples that prove that it can be realized.

Besides, they have already fallen into endless darkness, when a ray of dawn appears, why not fight for it?For those who gave this dawn, how could they not be willing to die for it?
Therefore, in late spring and March, when Li Changshi went out of the city to inspect the progress of the new army's spring plowing, he was also amazed by the sight in front of him.

He has been on the Huainan front for many years, has experienced many wars, and witnessed the lifeless, numb attitude of the soldiers who came from Yuyanzhou to support the war.

But a lesson can be learned from heaven and earth!
He had never seen a Shijia who worked hard and talked and laughed happily in twos and threes in leisure time.

And he, who is nearly half a hundred years old, also knows that the reform of "military achievements can be redeemed and granted land" by the temple alone will not make the Shi family so vibrant.

"Zhiquan, how did you make these scholars willing to be driven?"

Riding his horse, he slowly took a general look around Li Changshi, waved his hand to keep the subordinates behind him away, and asked Xia Houhui who was accompanying him in a low voice.

Hearing this, Xia Houhui, who was deeply tired, grinned, "No one else, just treat them as human beings."

He's been very tired lately.

From the beginning when the first batch of scholars came to Huainan, he set an example every day, leading the scholars and farmers to work together to reclaim farmland, cut wood and repair houses.

And after a full meal at dusk, both the scholars and farmers can rest peacefully for the night, and as the chief officer, he has to light up the lamp to check today's progress and think about when he will start urging the new army to perform military exercises and build buildings. The wall dock fortifications and other preparations, the life is not ordinary hardships.

"As a human being?"

Li Changshi raised his eyebrows slightly, repeated in surprise, and then bowed his head in thought again.

He was surprised by this answer.

The so-called god-given monarchy replaces the herdsmen.

Ordinary people of Li and common people "shepherd" them, so how can scholars regard them as human beings?
And Xia Houhui, who is behind the general, shouldn't hold the idea of ​​"one general will be successful and all bones will be destroyed", and follow the example of the military strategist Wu Qi to suck gangrene and let the soldiers die?How come there is a hint of Mencius's advocacy that "the people are the most important, the community is second, and the monarch is the least"?

Li Changshi, who already had a title, thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't figure out what Xia Houhui was thinking.

Simply don't think about it.

Anyway, he is only a middle-level assistant, and he will not have the opportunity to supervise the troops in the future, so as long as Xia Houhui can make the new army meet the emperor Cao Rui's expectations, and not increase the loss of materials for the Zhengdong General's Office, then everyone will be happy.

For the rest, Xia Houhui, who is the general, will decide on his own.

He doesn't have to join in.

"As soon as the new army arrives in Huainan, they will be able to compete with each other. The juvenile power can be said to live up to the emperor's expectations."

Li Changshi praised casually, and Li Changshi, who was no longer entangled, continued, "Well, Zhiquan, I have something to let you know when I come here this time. It was the emperor who sent a letter to Huainan a few days ago, telling me that the surprise attack on Wancheng has been concluded. , let you urge the new army to perform martial arts as soon as possible, and make them worthy of a battle."

What these words mean is, did the emperor intend to let the new army participate in the sneak attack on Wancheng?

Hearing this, Xia Houhui turned her head in surprise.

He didn't ask, but raised his eyebrows to express his doubts.

"The Son of Heaven has a special letter to General Man."

And Li Changshi also nodded with a tacit smile, and gave an affirmative answer in his own way, and continued, "By the way, the emperor personally selected a deputy for the new army, and he will come to Huainan to take up the post soon." gone."

Deputy? !
Suddenly, Xia Houhui was stunned.

(End of this chapter)