Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 403: Dispatching Troops to Hedong (I)

The military prostitute system has existed since ancient times. It first began in the Yue State during the Spring and Autumn Period to comfort soldiers. It continued through the Han, Wei, Tang, and Song dynasties.

The Eastern Han Dynasty miscellaneous history "Wu Yue Chunqiu" recorded in the description of Gou Jian's attack on Wu: "King Gou Jian of Yue sent a widow to the mountain and asked the scholars who were particularly worried to visit her to amuse themselves."

Shu means to transport and Shi means soldiers. In other words, the earliest camp prostitutes were actually widows who had committed crimes.

Lin Yutang put the blame on Guan Zhong for opening a military prostitute business, which was really unfair to Guan Zhong. Guan Zhong was just opening a government-run brothel to support state expenditures. Public prostitutes were not the same as military prostitutes.

The Liang army did not have camp prostitutes, not because Huan Xi had any moral obsession.

The main reason was that Guanxi was short of population in the early years and everything needed to be rebuilt. Huan Xi encouraged widows of childbearing age to remarry, but they could remain widows if they paid a large fine.

Of course, widows who are past childbearing age are not included.

As for the women captured in war, if the entire tribe was conquered, Huan Xi would generally not break up their families. If they and their husbands belonged to different forces, he would arrange for them to remarry.

The wives of officials who committed crimes were usually sent to the palace as maids.

However, when the army goes out to fight, they would be gone for a year or so, and most of the soldiers are strong young men with strong energy. If they stay restrained for too long, problems are inevitable.

Therefore, although Huan Xi did not have camp prostitutes, when he passed through a city during the march, he would generally ask the local government to send some prostitutes from the city into the camp. The soldiers would pay them as usual, and Huan Xi would even collect taxes.

However, for the Liang army soldiers, their favorite areas were Hetao and Hexi.

Hu women are passionate. If there is no powerful enemy at the door, Huan Xi usually does not control his soldiers strictly. If the two sides fall in love with each other, they will find a deserted place to have sex there.

As long as it does not go against the woman's wishes, Huan Xi will not interfere.

According to statistics from Yinchuan Chanyutai and Guzang Chanyutai, whenever the Liang army went to the two places to fight, a baby boom would break out the following year, very much like the American soldiers in later generations.

Because there were no camp prostitutes in the army, it was not convenient for Huan Xi to bring too many female relatives with him to the battle. Even Li Yuan had to be dressed as a personal soldier to conceal his identity.

Huan Xi sat in the carriage, looking at Li Yuan with interest. This was not the first time that Li Yuan dressed up as a personal soldier, but many years had passed since the last time.

"Ayuan, you are still as beautiful as ever."

Huan Xi said with emotion:

"But I have been away from home for many years, and I have been through a lot. I am no longer the same as I used to be."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan couldn't help but look at Huan Xi carefully. He was much more mature than when they first met in Chengdu. After all, Huan Xi was only sixteen years old at that time, and she was only fourteen.

But Huan Xi kept saying that he had been through a lot, but he had never been exposed to the wind and sun. Although he had been through a lot, he still had a handsome appearance. After all, he always rode in a carriage when he was on the march, so he was not really exposed to the sun.

Li Yuan said coquettishly:
"Huan Lang is talking nonsense again. In my opinion, Huan Lang's face has lost its childishness and has grown a beard."

As the two were talking, the carriage had already arrived at Xuancheng Gate, the northernmost of the three gates on the east side of Chang'an.

Outside the Xuancheng Gate, there were huge crowds of people, all of them were soldiers who were about to go to war and their families who came to see them off.

The old men and women kept stuffing things into their sons and husbands' arms, giving them many instructions and warnings, and their reluctance to part was evident in their words. Some women whispered to their husbands to be smarter and not to be too reckless and lose their lives, while some old men encouraged their sons to fight bravely and bring honor to the family.

When Huan Xi's carriage appeared at the Xuancheng Gate, Xie Ai, the Minister of War who was there to maintain order, ordered his men to blow the assembly horn and clear out the family members who had come to see him off.

The long and distant sound of the horn echoed outside the Xuancheng Gate. I don’t know how many people shed tears as they waved goodbye.

War is a dangerous thing, and this farewell may very well mean we will be separated forever.

"Remember, try not to go out unless necessary, lock the door every night, and don't open it no matter who knocks."

The young Li Zhenzhi repeatedly reminded his wife.

He was a member of the Guanlong cavalry and was moved from Liangzhou to Guanzhong. He settled down here and his wife was a native of Jingzhao Prefecture. Since her parents' home was here, he was not worried that she would be bullied after he left.

But if she can't stand the loneliness, that's a different matter.

His wife had heard these words so many times that her ears were callused. Seeing that he was still worried about her, she couldn't help but spit:
"Don't just remind me. I know exactly how much money you brought with you on this trip. Your food, clothing, housing and transportation are all provided by Mr. Liang. When you are away from home, you must record every expense for me and check with me when you come back.

"Listen carefully to me. If you dare to waste your money on those shameless women, you will bear the consequences at your own risk!"

Li Yunzhi's wife was of decent appearance, but she had a fierce personality. Li Yunzhi had no choice but to agree repeatedly.

Some of the Baibao Xianbei have already come down and urged their families to leave. The Baibao Xianbei were settled in the Hetao area, and their families did not come with them to Chang'an. Therefore, today only the Imperial Guards and Guanlong Tuqi are saying goodbye to their families.

The Baibao Xianbei were previously responsible for maintaining order and vigilance at the scene. Although Wang Meng brought 100,000 Hu people to Baqiao, once a riot occurred, the Baibao Xianbei could go to provide support at any time.

Li Yunzhi waved goodbye to his wife, but still did not forget to bring up the old matter. He was really worried that after he left, a wild man would enter the house.

The wife had no choice but to say:

"If you are really worried, I will move back to my parents' home to avoid distracting you on the battlefield."

Li Yunzhi was overjoyed:
"That's just right!"

When Huan Xi walked onto the platform outside the city, his family members had already left and the soldiers were already lined up in an orderly manner.

As for Li Yuan, she was left in the carriage. With her appearance, dressed as a woman, probably only the male protagonist in the TV series would not be able to recognize her.

Of course, Huan Xi was more worried that some people would think that Li Yuan was a man with a feminine appearance and would mistakenly believe that he was having a homosexual relationship.

Although this kind of thing is very common, not to mention the dirty Tang and smelly Hanzhong, the Western Han emperors were famous for their love of male favorites. Looking at the present time, Fu Jian also has a hobby that is suitable for both men and women.

But Huan Xi still couldn't accept it. In fact, people at that time ridiculed Huan Xi for liking orphans and widows, but Huan Xi favored widows. As for the orphans brought by the widows, he simply let them recognize their stepfathers.

If it were Fu Jian, he might be able to come up with a new way to eat mother-son rice bowl. At least in the original time and space, he had eaten sister-brother rice bowl.

It is a pity that Murong Chong was not born yet, otherwise Huan Xi would actually be curious about what the Phoenix that Fu Jian was obsessed with looked like.

(End of this chapter)