Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 297 The Ups and Downs of the Imperial Family (6)
At this moment, it is the beginning of spring, and there is an endless stream of vehicles, horses and pedestrians entering and leaving the market place, and there is a lot of noise.On the tables of the densely populated shops, whether it is the cows and sheepskin products produced in the land of the Xiongnu in Shuofang, the beautiful jade and gemstones produced in the Western Regions, the special dishes produced in the Central Plains, or the silk and satin produced in the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, Bashu The colorful brocade and bright porcelain produced in Yizhou can be described as dazzling.As for the copper pots, tin lamps, iron plows, pottery cups, lacquer dishes, flowers, fruits, birds and animals, fish, meat, vegetables, mats and sandals, etc., which are needed for daily life, there are countless and piled up like mountains.

However, the Shifang in Chang'an City is not a whole: it actually includes two parts, one is the "Military Square" in the south of the city, and the other is the "Military Market" in the north of the city.Regardless of the folk squares, the "military market" is an original invention of Sima Yi, the governor and general of the Western Conquest of the West. It is specially designed to meet the food and living needs of soldiers in the military camp. Under the supervision of the military marquis, all traders enter the interior with amulets and pay taxes to the military magistrate and military marquis, but the premise is that the quality of their goods must be qualified.And why Sima Yi divided the market into "military use" and "civilian use", his intention is to make the military and civilian transactions in Chang'an city have their own place and appropriateness, and to avoid these two vicious incidents of violent soldiers deceiving the people and tricky people deceiving the army.

On the east corner of the "Military City" square, under the shade of a large pagoda tree, is a simple wine shop built with wooden boards.Opening a wine shop in the "Military City" square is also a pioneering work of Sima Yi - only soldiers who have made meritorious service on the battlefield are eligible to enter the shop with a talisman engraved with the word "reward" to drink and enjoy themselves.

Beside a table near the window in the restaurant, sat a round forehead, bearded, handsome, green-robed elder who was over half a century old, and beside him stood two tall and vigorous young men. , sat a red-faced, hale and hearty old man in white robes.The old man in white robe slowly sipped the wine in his glass, and smiled slightly at the elder in green robe, "General, your 'Military Market' can be described as 'military and civilian convenience', each has its own advantages!"

The green-robed elder had a plain expression on his face: "Martial Master Zhao, I am truly honored by you! Today we are here to see if the 'Military Market' system is perfect and whether it is worth promoting everywhere..."

While he was talking, there was a deafening noise from the corner of Junshifang far outside the window, interrupting his words.

The blue-robed elder's face froze, and he followed the prestige: I saw a group of Guan Zhong soldiers surrounded a few vendors over there, pushing and arguing about something.After pondering for a while, he lost his eyes at the two young men beside him.As soon as they clasped their fists together, they turned and went out to check.

Among the crowd, a strong red-faced man who smelled of alcohol was holding the peddler's collar in one hand, and raised his fist as big as a bowl with the other, making a gesture to hit him in the face: "You profiteer—how dare you Do you think the baht money I gave you is too little? Hey! Don’t you want to live anymore, kid?”

The peddler replied with a mournful face: "Master Jun—you want to buy this small bag of wheat noodles for eight baht. This...this...how can you do it?"

"Master, let me say yes!" The red-faced man almost sprayed the saliva on the peddler's face, "Brothers--bring me all these bags of flour from him!"

"Stop!" With a loud shout, a middle-aged silk merchant squeezed over beside the peddler. He was born with a gentle face, folded his fan in his hand, and shouted at the red-faced strong man, "You barbarian, how dare you stand in broad daylight?" Do you still have the king's law in your eyes when you rob people's goods by force?"

"Wang Fa? Hehehe... In this military market, I am Wang Fa!" The strong man threw aside the peddler and leaned over to the silk merchant with his face close to his face, "Hmph! I really deserve a beating! How dare you come to be a hero in front of the uncle with a pair of skinny ribs? Don’t ask me carefully to find out what the background of this uncle is in this military city..."

A pawn next to him yelled sharply: "You 'pig head', don't you know, my elder brother's origin will scare you to death! We are the younger brother of the late great Sima Cao Zhen and the subordinates of General Anxi Cao Fan! Don't tell me. You little merchants, even the servants of the Chang’an government office in the folk workshops outside, saw us and had no choice but to take a detour!"

"Oh? So it's the part of General Cao Fan?" The silk merchant sneered, took off the scarf on his head, threw it on the ground, and said in a firm voice, "Okay! You guys will accompany me to the Chang'an government office. Let's go!"

"To the Chang'an government office?" The red-faced strong man was shocked all over, "Who are you? Your tone is not small!"

The silk merchant arched his hands and said awe-inspiringly: "I don't change my surname when I am in office, and I don't change my name when I sit. It is Yan Fei, the commander of Chang'an Prefecture! Recently, many traffickers have reported that there are often villains in your 'military market'. The misdeeds of robbing people and stealing goods, I hereby change clothes and come here to investigate—now that the stolen goods are all taken away and the facts are clear, why don’t you obediently accompany me back to Chang’an Mansion for trial?”

"Hey! It turns out that you came to our 'Military Market' to deliberately 'prick'!" The red-faced man shrilled coldly, "It's a pity——in this 'Military Market', we obey It's military law, not the king's law of your little mansion... Come on! Brothers! Give me a hard lesson for this ignorant fellow!"

As soon as his words fell, the group of soldiers beside him roared in unison, and they were about to attack the generals!
And the surrounding Chang'an government offices pretending to be merchants also embraced, and firmly protected Yan Fei—Yan Fei was not afraid, and he looked up to the sky and laughed: "Good! Good! Good! You guys How dare you say that 'the law of the military is greater than the law of the king', you are really looking for your own death, and you can no longer blame others!"

At this critical moment, a loud shout came from the oblique stab: "Stop!"

The two sides were startled, and turned their heads to look: only to see a young general with raised eyebrows, watching them solemnly from three feet away!A young man in white shirt next to him was also serious and silent.

"Liang... Liang joins the army?" When the red-faced man saw the young general, his whole body trembled, and all the alcohol in his body turned into cold sweat—he often saw this Liang Jilai in Cao Fan's mansion. He came and went, so he was quite familiar with his status as a member of the general's office.Surprised, the red-faced burly man also began to speak a little awkwardly: "You... you... why are you here, old man?"

"If Liang doesn't come, do you still have to wait for you to cause a catastrophe for our Guanzhong army?" Liang Ji frowned, "Cao Bing, why don't you apologize to Yan Junwei and the others soon?!"

The red-faced burly man stiffened his neck, raised his head and said, "These local government servants deliberately sneaked into our 'military market' to 'pick' - Cao will never give him this softness!"

"Picking? Cao Bing! What did you say just now, 'in the military market, it is the military law, not the king's law of the Chang'an government' - this sentence is very wrong!" At this moment, the young man in white shirt spoke slowly. Now, "Military law and royal law are both promulgated by the Wei court. They are both integrated. How can you tell who is big and who is young? This is how your general Cao Fan teaches you every day? Thanks to you, you are quite qualified." Veteran, how could you say such 'dirty words'?"

"You... who are you?" Cao Bing heard that the white-clothed young man gave himself a lesson as soon as he came up, and his face was a little uneasy, but seeing Liang Ji by his side, he didn't dare to act recklessly, so he could only hum asked chirpingly.

"This young master is Sima Zhao from the Office of the General's Office." Liang Ji solemnly introduced to Cao Bing, "Cao Bing, why don't you even pay attention to the Lang official from the General's Office who came to question me?" ?"

Cao Bing murmured, "You...you are turning your elbows out, following these local government servants to criticize...Cao just refuses to accept it! If you have the guts, let's go to General Cao Fan for a review..."

"Picking? This 'thorn', they picked right!" The green-robed elder who was drinking and discussing in the wine shop just now came over at some time, followed by the white-robed old man, "Cao Bing! You This 'thorn' should be picked up by Yan Jun and the others! No matter which master you go to judge this matter, I'm afraid it must be justified!"

"General Si... Sima General?! Zhao... Military Commander Zhao?" Cao Bing was so frightened that his legs went limp, and immediately he and his friends threw away their sticks and knelt down on the ground.

Yan Fei heard it clearly, looking sideways, his heart fluttered: it turned out that the elder in green robe was Sima Yi, the great general of the dynasty and the governor of the Western Conqueror, and the elder in white robe was Zhao Yan, his shogunate military advisor.

Sima Yi raised his right hand and commanded coldly: "Come here—drag them down and beat each of them with seventy army sticks, and put them all in the shackles in the military market for three days! Anyone who dares to use it in the future will be severely punished!"

"No!" A group of patrolmen came over and carried Cao Bing and the others down like a dead dog.

"General Sima... I'm here to greet you." Yan Fei waited until he came to his senses, and they all hurriedly bowed down.

Zhao Yan glanced at the expression on Sima Yi's face, moved in his heart, took a step forward, and asked Yan Fei: "Yan Jun——you have handled today's affairs well. But I have to say it impartially: you both I already know that there are villains in this 'military market' who are bullying people and stealing goods, but why don't you report it to the military market department in advance? It's not appropriate to change your clothes like you did today to investigate secretly— —If General Sima hadn’t met you here today, how would you deal with the aftermath? Are you really going to encourage the local government servants to fight with the soldiers of the barracks?”

"Reporting to General Zhao and Military Adviser Zhao, how dare the subordinates act so boldly?" Yan Fei broke out in a cold sweat when he heard Zhao Yan's words were light but serious, "You don't know something, the past ten days The lower officials sent three urgent letters to the Military Martial Order and the Military Martial Marquis asking for assistance in handling this matter, and saw the vendors crying and complaining, so they had no choice but to make such a bad move..."

Hearing Yan Fei's explanation, Sima Yi gradually softened his complexion, waved his hands and instructed Liang Ji and Sima Zhao: "This 'military market' has many times such villains brazenly brazening themselves, robbing people and looting goods. , Then how did the military marshals and military commanders act? You two pass down an order to this commander to dismiss them all on the spot and hold them accountable, and then choose the best to serve them!"

After finishing speaking, he turned his face to face Zhao Yan and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhao, you and I are visiting the 'Military Market' in micro-services today. How did you expect this episode? It seems that this 'Military Market' system Although it is good governance, if there are no good officials to guard it, it will ultimately be of no benefit to the public. Whether it is employment or administration, it is like the two wheels of a cart or the two wings of a bird, and it must not be neglected at all!"

"The general is wise and intelligent, understands by analogy, draws inferences from one example, I admire you." Zhao Yan hurriedly answered with cupped hands.

Sima Yi twitched his beard and smiled, turned around and looked straight at Yan Fei.

Yan Fei was so startled that he was at a loss what to do: "Great... General... I'm sorry... I'm rude..."

"I'm rude? What's your disrespect?" Sima Yi smiled at him, "Okay! I really appreciate Yan Jun's ability to enforce the law for the people without fear of tyranny—how about this, I will reward you Chang'an County Wei Department A privilege that allows you government officials to enter my 'military market' at any time based on the reports of the people to arrest all kinds of lawbreakers!"

Yan Fei's complexion suddenly changed when he heard this, he kowtowed suddenly, and was so moved that he choked up: "Great... the general is selfless and ungrateful, and my subordinates are extremely respectful."

(End of this chapter)