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Chapter 459 The Difference in the Eyes of Outsiders

02 Since the second year of Yuanshuo, people from the south of the Yangtze River have been crossing the river to the north.

The people who went north were not all the sons of aristocratic families, but also some people who had lost their land in the south. They believed that a new country was rising in the north, and felt that according to the practice of emerging dynasties in the past, they should divide their fields and hope to get their own land. Then he left his hometown and went to the Central Plains.

There are a lot of people in the south of the Yangtze River who do not have their own land. After the "Clothes and Clothes Crossing to the South", the south has repeatedly reshuffled.As a result, large tracts of land were seized by the northern families who moved south in various ways, and those whose families were ruined and who died did not know how many people were reduced to farmers to farm more.

According to incomplete official statistics of the Han Dynasty, from the second year of Yuan Shuo to the end of the third year of Yuan Shuo, the number of people from the south who flocked to the north exceeded [-], and most of them were arranged in the nearby counties of Xuzhou.

There is no division of land in the Han Dynasty. Except for those who already own land, the only way for anyone to obtain land is to join the army.

During the second year of Yuanshuo, the policy of enlisting in the army to obtain land had not yet been implemented, and the hundreds of thousands of new soldiers recruited received some policy compensation when they were arranged to return to their hometowns in the third year of Yuanshuo.

The Han State’s compensation for retired soldiers is that they can get five acres of land if they are willing to accept government resettlement, and those who want to return to their hometown can only get two acres of land.Under such a policy, the vast majority of veterans choose to accept government resettlement, and only a small number of them return to their original places.

The people who came from the south to the north, their desire to obtain land has failed, and it is unrealistic to return to the south of the Yangtze River. They can only accept the opinion of the Han government, that is, to cultivate the land for the government, and the government will get [-]% of the harvest. They can Leave half.

The Han government’s strict control of land is not without reason. At this stage, it is not specially used to prevent large-scale mergers of land, but to deliberately cultivate a group of property owners so that the property owners can become the backbone of the country.

It should be said that there is no family with tens of thousands of hectares or hundreds of thousands of hectares in Han except for those held by the government. When it comes to relevant land policies, it originally owns the title deed.

If they will not go south in a short period of time, the Han country should implement some policies to attract immigrants. The problem is that the Han army can go south at any time, so what are they doing to attract immigrants from the south of the Yangtze River? Isn't it just asking for trouble?
Precisely because there are always people going north no matter what season, the Yangtze River Fleet of the Han Dynasty did not carry out any blockade, but only had a series of checkpoints inland.

The checkpoints along the way to the north are not to prevent anyone from going north, but to monitor the people who go north. In fact, they are also a necessary deterrent to spies.

Recently, the Han army along the Yangtze River has determined that they will specially designate landing sites. Xie Daoyun and his party of dozens of people arrived on the north bank of the Yangtze River before the implementation of the policy.

The Han army near Jiangdu is loose on the outside and tight on the inside. If Xie Daoyun and others go directly north, they will encounter a checkpoint four or five miles inland and be stopped for necessary registration. At least they will be searched. Anyone who behaves inappropriately will be detained.

"It's really red on the top and black on the bottom!" Xie Daoyun was not nervous about dozens of Han troops surrounding her. On the contrary, she said with a very interested attitude: "It is rumored that Yan Han's uniform is red and black. He looks like Zhengshuo."

The military uniform of the Jin army is white. If it is matched with some straw, cloth willow and the like, it is simply a plain army of the whole army in mourning for someone.

In fact, regardless of the Western Jin Dynasty or the Eastern Jin Dynasty, according to what Wu Dezhi said, they belonged to Jinde, so the main color of the army's shirt should really be white.There are many unreliable theories about why the two Jin Dynasties are white jerseys.

Talking about why the battle robes of the Jin army are white, one of them is that because of the fall of the Central Plains, the Jin army used the mourning white as the main color of the battle robes. However, from the pre-Qin period to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, mourning should be worn in black.

The theory about the army's secrets was not described in large quantities until the Ming Dynasty, when novels were very popular, and the novelists of the Ming Dynasty wrote it according to the social customs at that time.

"Mr. Lang?" Xie Lan, the maid, saw the Han soldiers approaching and her hand on the hilt of the sword at her waist. She said nervously: "You are still interested in commenting on their military uniforms. You shouldn't be trying to fool them." ?"

Why don't you call me son?It's all because it is still a society with extremely distinct classes, and the son is the son of a duke and can't bark, so it is very appropriate to continue the title of Langjun from the Western Han Dynasty to the present.

Jiang Ming is the leader of this Han army. He is actually from Danyang in the south of the Yangtze River. He chose a good time to go north and joined the Han army. He participated in the Battle of Pengcheng and supervised the servant army and slave army. He fought with the Jin army led by the patriarch Chu Po, and was later assigned to the Han army in Jiangdu.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Danyang was a place where elite soldiers were produced. They were usually hired to fight and make money. It was especially loved by the princes during the melee period.The history of Danyang producing mercenaries has long since ended with the change of dynasty, but some of the martial arts of the ancestors have been passed down. Jiang Ming was able to become a member of the Han army because of his good martial arts.

"Who are you waiting for!" Jiang Ming had actually seen that this was a team of women disguised as men, and his tone was not so severe: "Don't you know that the military is not allowed to approach at will?"

"Listen to your accent, you're from Danyang, right?" Xie Daoyun really didn't know what nervousness was. Regardless of the chief maid's pull, she approached Jiang Ming and asked, "When will you join the Han army and how will you be treated? What is the official now? Have you been discriminated against?"

Jiang Ming was slightly taken aback by several consecutive questions. He could see that the person in front of him was a young gentleman, or one with a very good family background. time of curiosity.

"Leave quickly." Jiang Ming didn't look vicious, but very impatient. He waved his hands and said, "If you don't leave, you will be arrested and tortured to see if you are careful."

"Are all the Han troops so fierce?" Xie Daoyun became more interested, and asked again and again: "Is it true that only the fierce can defeat the Hu people? The soldiers in the south look like soft cotton, no wonder they can't beat the Hu people."

One of Jiang Ming's chiefs hammered the tail of the spear in his hand to the ground, and said viciously, "Little Xijun, don't ask for trouble."

"It's really fierce, it seems like this is right." Xie Daoyun was in a very good mood, blinked her eyes playfully and remained silent for a while, and suddenly said: "Do you want a fortune? If you want, you can bring I'm going to find your chief."

The Han army with patrol missions has heard similar words. They are some self-righteous southern aristocratic families who have come to the north bank of the Yangtze River. Find high-level self-recommendations from the Han Dynasty.

Jiang Ming looked at Xie Daoyun up and down, and then turned his attention to those maids who looked like men disguised as women.He has seen quite a few self-righteous aristocratic families, as well as some humble scholars who look polite, but this is the first time he has encountered such a weird team.

People usually speak with confidence. There are not many people who dare to fool the army. Seeing Xie Daoyun's self-possessed look, Jiang Ming fell into hesitation.

"Really, really, it will be..." Xie Daoyun was wearing a white samurai robe with gold trim, gesturing with huge circles with both hands: "...so rich!"

The place where they are located is a small hill, and they can see the Han army camps built in the wild around Jiangdu from a distance, and because they are not far from the roadside, they can also be seen by pedestrians on the road.

If the Xie family dared to let Xie Daoyun go north, they would secretly arrange a group of people to look after them. Because they were secretly protecting them, their whereabouts must appear strange or sneaky, so it was inevitable that they would be targeted by the Han army.

The Xie family warriors who were secretly protecting Xie Daoyun were very nervous when they saw Xie Daoyun surrounded by Han troops. They were always ready to rush to protect Xie Daoyun.Their strange behavior attracted the attention of the Han soldiers. Before they took any other actions, they were surrounded by people, and some people who did not know what they were doing were also implicated.

Until Xie Daoyun discovered something was wrong on the other side of the road, Jiang Ming didn't say anything.She looked at Jiang Ming who was still hesitating with disgust, raised her finger to the side of the road, and said, "Those people are guards sent by my family to secretly protect."

Of course Jiang Ming knew that some people would hug each other when they went out, especially the aristocratic families south of the Yangtze River liked to pay attention to ostentation, but that was none of his business.He ignored Xie Daoyun, waved his hands and yelled "Go" to his subordinates, and walked very neatly.

"It's really a big, big fortune!" Xie Daoyun's voice was very crisp. Before she ran away from home, she thought very clearly. She didn't know the way to go north. The Han army, let the Han army protect the most suitable choice to go to Linzi.Seeing that Jiang Ming walked very simply, and seeing that the warriors sent by the family to secretly protect them were about to be arrested, she ran to the side of the road to find the head of the Han army who led the team, and said directly, "I want to see your senior officials."

"Your lady..." Xie Biao was the leader of the warriors protecting Xie Daoyun, he exclaimed full of shame, and knelt down on one knee to plead guilty: "I caused you trouble."

Speaking of which, these people from the Xie family would never have clashed with the Han army, and it was inevitable that they would be taken away for questioning.They believed that they had told their stories, and with Xie An's affection, at most they would suffer some flesh and blood.

Peng Yong hadn't recovered from Xie Daoyun's words. Suddenly, 50 people on the road knelt on one knee to apologize, making those who looked panicked or confused became very obvious.

In these days, every family will have its own mark. Someone in the crowd recognized the marks on the weapons of the warriors. With a "Thank you warrior", they immediately told the origin of kneeling down on one knee to apologize to those warriors.

"Thank you?" Peng Yong understood, and ordered the soldiers to guard everyone with a blank face. He walked up and down not far from Xie Daoyun, looked up and down, and said in a muffled voice, "You guys also go together."

In this way, about six to seventy people from Xie Daoyun's group were taken to the Han army camp. After being locked up for a day and a night, a school captain came to confirm their identities, and Jiang Duling Lei Meng was alerted later.

Lei Meng was originally a city lieutenant in Penglai County, but later he was transferred to the field army, and after making many achievements, he became Jiangduling.The reason why he was alarmed was very simple. The captain who had inquired in the past was confused by Xie Daoyun's sentence "I will be your king's concubine" and reported it to him. .

Jiangdu is an important military town. The first Jiangdu Commander Li Kuang is now a general, and the second Jiangdu Commander Fu Wei has become a captain of Miyagi. It is conceivable that Lei Meng will have a bright future.

Jiang Duling could be counted as the middle and upper echelon of the Han military, and it was not difficult to get some news. Lei Meng knew that the Xie family was indeed re-discussing the marriage, and it was not easy for Xie Daoyun to appear in person.

"Yes, it's as you understand." Xie Daoyun was still very relaxed when facing Raymond. She even smiled and said, "I couldn't wait any longer, so I ran over by myself."

Lei Meng had a bewildered attitude towards such a daughter of a family. He felt extremely bold and at the same time seemed ridiculous, but no matter what his thoughts were, the king never refused the marriage for a moment, and as a courtier, he would have concerns. .

If nothing can be discussed in one conversation, it must not be closed again. After making some necessary restrictions, Xie Daoyun can walk freely in places that are not too important. From then on, Xie Daoyun can often be seen wandering around the Jiangdu Han military camp.

Xie Daoyun was absolutely curious about the Han army. She came from a wealthy family and was no stranger to military affairs. She admired the Han army who could suppress the barbarians and liked to stay aside and watch the Han army drill.

The drills of the Han army were actually nothing to look at. They were just officers giving orders and the soldiers obeying them unconditionally, without any dazzling martial arts skills.

"It's really rigid." Xie Daoyun didn't find it boring, and said to Xie Lan: "When the Jin army was practicing, they saw that there were so many tricks, but the Han army only emphasized discipline. army."

What happened in front of Xie Daoyun was a scene of an officer rushing into the canal. It is cold in winter, and the temperature of the water is higher than that of the air, but after entering the water and then coming up and being blown by the wind, it will definitely make people shiver.

The training of the Han army is also about personal martial arts. There are only a few moves of any type of arms.

"It's a pity that they don't allow you to go to the water village. Otherwise, you can take a good look at the differences between the warships." Xie Daoyun said with an extremely interested expression: "I hope to see more on the way north, not just watching the Han army, It also depends on how the king of Han governed the country, whether he was just a king who used military force and disregarded the life and death of the people in the legend."

That's right, Xie Daoyun just wanted to see with his own eyes, what is the difference between the north and the south of the Yangtze River, why the Han State can repeatedly defeat the Hu people, but the Jin State has been suppressed by the Hu people.

……Dividing line……

I seldom write about the people of the Han Dynasty, so I want to describe it with Xie Daoyun’s vision from the north. If you don’t like it, please remind me and skip it as soon as possible.

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