Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2570
Liu Dalin picked up the tea bowl, pushed the tea leaves to one side with the bowl lid, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and at the same time calm down his emotions, then he said: "Everyone in the world thinks that the Fubo army is invincible and invincible. Because of the sharpness of the firearms, it can rot for dozens of miles in one shot, it is really a blinder..."

"Could it be that Meng Liang has a different opinion?"

"Indeed," Liu Dalin said, as if returning to the afternoon when Australians had their first funeral many years ago.Wu Ya, the Prime Minister of Lingao County, who was wearing plainclothes and towels and mingled with the onlookers to find out, came back and vividly recounted the scene to him.

"...There are no gongs and drums played by troupes, no Daoists' Luo Tian Dajiao, and no women crying and wailing. The soldiers of the guard of honor marched in neat steps and lined up with guns. As soon as the trumpet fell, two drummers led the way, and the army drums Knock slowly, two tall black horses that have never been seen before are pulling a black four-wheeled gun carriage slowly passing by, and a simple wooden coffin is placed on the car. The horseshoes beat the stone road, accompanied by slow drums Everything is unprecedented, nothing can express mourning and sorrow more than all of this, and the atmosphere is so strong that Wu Ya almost suffocates.

"Following an order, seven soldiers raised their guns and fired at the air at the same time, three times in a row. The clear gunshots lingered on the hillside, and there was silence all around. In the silence, the mournful trumpet sounded again, and the 24 syllables slowly Slowly playing, all the people present were moved to tears.

"The coffin was covered with earth, and the elder Wen Desi read the eulogy in person..."

After telling this story, Liu Dalin still sighed with emotion: "No one would have imagined that this grand funeral was actually prepared for an unknown person."

"Is it really just a soldier who died?" The same year who was present all asked the same question. They had never heard this story from anyone who "knowledges", which is really unbelievable.

"Later, I specially sent someone to check it out. The name engraved on the tombstone is Li Shisan." Liu Dalin said.

"Back then, it was just a bone of gold to buy people's hearts." Someone sneered, "I don't believe that every time the Kun army dies in battle, there will be such a funeral?"

"If it's exactly the same, it's not true." Liu Dalin said frankly, "But when a soldier is buried, there must be a full set of ceremonies. There are soldiers and students sweeping and presenting flowers in four seasons. This is the case every year, and it is the same every season. Just ask the warriors of this dynasty, not to mention Cangtou As soon as one dies, he is an official to the commander-in-chief and general, can the imperial court have such respect after death?"

Everyone was silent, the imperial court didn't value warriors, and the death in battle was just a compensation as usual, and the mourning and glory behind them were quite meager.As for the annual sweeps, we can only rely on family and friends.

"Life is nourished, death is buried. Soldiers can fight, and this is what should be done." Liu Dalin said, "The reason why the students think the Australian military system is the best is because of the Soldiers Committee."

"Soldiers' Committee?" The crowd couldn't keep up with the new vocabulary that kept coming out of Liu Dalin's mouth.

Liu Dalin explained: "The system promoted by the Senate is that everyone is equal. There are soldier committees at all levels in the Fubo Army, and the committee members are composed of several people recommended by all soldiers. All clothing, food, housing and transportation related to the interests of soldiers are subject to supervision and inquiry. If the chief officer has corrupted the rights and interests of the soldiers, or abused the soldiers, the soldiers committee has the right to appeal to the superior chief officer or even the military department. Once verified, the officer will be severely punished.”

Due to the atmosphere at the end of the Ming Dynasty, most scholar-bureaucrats would study a little bit of military art, whether it is Sun Wu, Bai Qi, Han Xin, or Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Zhuge Kongming, since ancient times, those who use soldiers like gods, and their military orders are like mountains. There is no one in a thousand soldiers who work together.As for the "following offenders above", it is even more outrageous.The so-called "suing the government by the people, innocent is guilty".

Zhao Xunru couldn't help throwing out a question: "What Meng Liang said is really unimaginable. Soldiers usually complain, and the commander has no dignity. If this is the case, it will be difficult to enforce military orders. How can we defeat the enemy in wartime?"

But He Wuzu said: "Hou Shengmiao. Meng Liang's intention is that soldiers must still obey orders from officers when they line up and charge into battle. If they violate the order of war and fear the enemy and fight timidly, they will still be unable to escape the military law."

Liu Dalin nodded, and said: "The frontiers of Guangdong and Guangxi are heavily occupied areas, the military administration is abolished, and there is a shortage of troops, especially in Guangzhou. However, Guangzhou is not alone, it is the same in the whole world. Why? The ancient people cultivated and guarded the fields, but both inside and outside are guard officers. Enrich oneself. Either occupying monthly money, or private service trading, or deducting their monthly rations according to their needs, or referring to their military equipment and reducing their cloth, sergeants cover their clothes and food, have no medicine for illness, no coffin for death, drink and hate, and have no It can be sued. Chaozhou's farmland is the most fertile land, and most of it is hidden by the guards, and it is also seized by the powerful. Since then, military positions have been abused and neglected by the world. The internal department and the external supervisors and governors have overlapped and suppressed each other. The five military mansions are like warts, and the generals are like soldiers. After Li Boxiang (Li Sunchen) entered Hanyuan, he immediately transferred I'm a civilian, but I don't mention my military status. Brother Long You should know that what I said is true."

In fact, when Zhu Yuanzhang separated the military households, he did not regard the military households as lowly, as he did in the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties. Except for the burden of military service and the management of the guards, military households were no different from civilian households.There are no specific discriminatory policies.Many officials in the Ming Dynasty were from military households, the most famous being Zhang Juzheng.

However, under the long-term operation of the military household system, due to heavy oppression and heavy burdens, a large number of people fled and hid, the court either recruited criminals to join the army, or forced civilian households to naturalize. Gradually, the social status of military households deteriorated, and the people did not want to Marriage with him, saying that he is a good man, is often no different from a pariah.

He Wunu's expression changed slightly when he heard the words.Li Sunchen is his fellow countryman. After he became Minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing, he built a wall in Dajun Mountain, the former public burial place of military households, and decorated its gate as "Shangshu Ancestor Villa" to show his difference from other military households. During this period, the descendants of all surnames of military households were allowed to visit inside. It was precisely because of the low status of military households that Li could not wait to erase the traces of his birth.

What's more terrible is that He Wunu was also from a military household, and everyone present knew that Liu Dalin didn't speak out to his face and said Li Sunchen, which was to save face for He Wunu, a brother of the same age.

"It's true." He Wumo wiped his forehead and replied.

Liu Dalin continued: "Officers and soldiers are equal in the Fubo Army. Officers are not allowed to humiliate soldiers, otherwise the soldiers' committee will report. Military marriages are protected by law. If a libertine seduces a soldier's wife, the Senate will also punish him severely. Soldiers are paid two yuan a month, not With the hand of the chief, the salary will be paid face to face, and there will be no deductions. All the meals will be provided by the army. Every year, two sets of summer and winter military uniforms will be issued. There will be special military doctors in the army to treat diseases for free. All of them have the ability to rejuvenate. Sun Tzu said: "Which master has the way? Which general is capable? Which one wins the world? Which one does the law? Which one is the strongest in the army? Which one is the best for the soldiers? Which one is the best for training? Which one is the one who knows the rewards and punishments? From this I know victory." Negative."

How could this group of scholar-bureaucrats not know that the guard system of the Ming Dynasty had been completely destroyed, and they had to turn to recruiting, but there was no mature system for enlisting and retiring soldiers.What's more, the social status of the soldiers is low, and they live a life of licking blood. It is common for the Ming army to owe wages. Duplicate payment.As the saying goes, "Good iron does not make nails, and a good man does not serve as a soldier." A good family will never be a big soldier. Criminals, poor ghosts, scoundrels, bandits, and refugees have become the norm, and soldiers and bandits are not distinguished.

But Chen Zizhuang also had to admit that the "National Conditions of the Ming Dynasty" were completely different from those of the Kun bandits. Even though he knew that the Australian military system had its own advantages, he could not imitate it anyway.

He immediately said: "Although there is a king in the Australian Song Dynasty, he is called a false king. The false one is not real. The power belongs to the Senate. Isn't Cao Cao coercing the emperor to order the princes? The so-called equality law of the Australians has not been seen for 3000 years. There are drastic changes, just like the disintegration of rituals and music during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. Are fathers and sons equal? ​​Filial piety is the foundation of virtue, and the source of teaching is life. The body, skin, and parents do not dare to harm them. This is the beginning of filial piety. Doing the Tao, making your name known to future generations, to show off your parents, is the end of filial piety. Husband’s filial piety begins with serving relatives, centered with serving the monarch, and finally establishes himself. The five punishments belong to three thousand, and the crime is greater than not being filial. Those who want the monarch are supreme, not saints Those who are not filial have no relatives. This is the way of chaos!"

Yao Dian also agreed with Chen Zizhuang's opinion, saying: "I heard that the people in Lingao are against human principles, and they don't know their clan affiliation. If they have any grievances, if they can't win by themselves, they will beat each other with sticks. How can they choose to respect their elders? The people If you don't understand etiquette and righteousness, even if you are born as a compatriot, you love the Hu Yue, even if you live in the same room, you are like a passer-by, even if you think about the slightest profit and abandon the most kind, how do you know the righteousness of brothers? These are all customs and evil, and the relationship between people is deep. Australians claim to be descendants of the Song Dynasty, and the reform of the "Yu Xianggong", shouting "the change of the sky is not to be feared, the ancestors are not to be lawful, and the people's words are not to be sympathetic." The minister of Xumei Xining's change'. Later generations all think that the death of the Song Dynasty is the fault of the villain. What about the villain? Ding Wei, Cai Bian, Zhang Dun, Wang Anshi and others. The ancestors are my own. What comes out of itself is determined at the beginning of life and is not easy. To respect the ancestors is to abide by the legacy of the ancestors. To establish the eldest son, to clarify the lineage, so that everyone knows where they come from. To set up family land, set up righteous villages, widows and widows in the family The poor and the weak have something to rely on, so the family is accepted. This is a patriarchal clan that has been passed down for thousands of years. The Australians are practicing evil laws today, wanting to destroy my clan, scatter my clan, and change the summer with barbarians, and their hearts can be punished!"

Although the words are high-sounding, they are all open-minded. The reason why Australians regard the clan as a thorn in their eyes is because they cannot allow others to sleep soundly under the couch.What the Australians want to establish is a system like Qin Shihuang's decrees that go straight to the grassroots, and do not allow the existence of huge local forces under the rule.
Since ancient times, the core of the study of emperors has been Confucianism outside and Law inside.The actions of the Australians are actually not unusual for scholars.However, although Qin finally unified the six countries, it also left behind the historical lesson of "the second generation died".

(End of this chapter)