Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 339 Meeting Ceremony

Luoyang is a treasure land of outstanding people. Thirteen dynasties including Xia, Shang, Zhou, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Northern Wei, Sui, Tang, Houliang, Later Tang, and Later Jin once established their capital here. It has been as long as more than 500 years, which is really jaw-dropping.The city stands between Heluo and Mang Mountain in the north, Yique in the south, Luoshui runs through it, Hulao Pass in the east, and Hangu Pass in the west. The honest and majestic atmosphere also has the charming and romantic quality of the southern water town, which makes people have to marvel at the magic of the creator.However, the wind and dust of the years have already eroded the gorgeous makeup of this city. Now Luoyang, like all northern cities, has been tortured by heavy taxes and natural disasters year after year. A stiff shell.

Luoyang is the fiefdom of Fu Wang Zhu Changxun.Zhu Changxun is Wanli's beloved son. Wanli once wanted to establish him as the prince, but was strongly opposed by the officials of the whole country. The stalemate between the monarch and his ministers lasted for 15 years, which was called "struggling for the foundation of the country" in history.In the end, Wanli compromised, named Zhu Changxun the King of Fortune, and granted him vassalage in Luoyang.As compensation, 1 hectares of fertile land (100 hectare is equal to 360 mu) will be given. Even if you add up all the fertile land in the Central Plains, you will not be able to make up this amount, so you must come from Shandong and Huguang, and you must make up enough; From Yangzhou to Taiping, Anhui, all kinds of miscellaneous taxes along the river are allocated to Fufu; part of the income from Sichuan Yanjing is assigned to Fufu; please Huaiyan 14 quotations.It has to be said that Wanli's preference for this son was too much, and he simply wanted to drain the blood of the entire Henan Province to support him.Later, after the first assistant Ye Xianggao fought hard, the farmland had to be reduced by half, but it still amounted to [-] hectares, which made the people miserable and complained.Of course, the vassal king couldn’t see the pain of the people. He only cared about pleasure and lived a life of luxury and wealth. His body became fatter day by day, and finally he became a fat man weighing [-] catties.But in the end his fate was quite miserable. In the [-]th year of Chongzhen, Luoyang was attacked by Li Zicheng, and the Fuwang Mansion was razed to the ground. Naturally, this fat man could not escape his death.It is said that Li Zicheng and a few sika deer threw him into a huge pot and boiled him alive, and shared the food with his subordinates. It was called "Fulu Banquet". , it is estimated that Li Zicheng does not have such a strong taste.

The insatiable vassal kings, the wolf-like officials, the savage squires, and the endless natural disasters, like four mountains, weigh heavily on the people of Luoyang, making them breathless.They bear all this numbly, eager to change, even if it gets worse, it is better to repeat such a cruel life year after year.

Now, the change is coming.

On December 8000th of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Luoyang Guard received an order from the Ministry of War. The former commander of Luoyang Guard was transferred away, and Xue Siming, a fierce general of Wuyang Guard, took over. people.For those military households, this is definitely a good thing. Luoyang is not far from Nanyang. They can hear and see what the military households live there and what kind of treatment they enjoy. They all made them feel aggrieved: We are all military households, why should we live a miserable life, and we can’t get enough to eat bran and swallowed vegetables, but you can eat rice and white noodles every day, why!Well now, the two guards are merged, and they also hope to live a good life with enough food and warm clothes!As soon as all the news spread, many military households who had fled ran back in a huff. Long queues formed in front of the hundreds and thousands of households. The refugees who escaped from Shaanxi, the local bankrupt farmers and even Beggars all demanded to be registered in the army, and even some middle peasants who still had a little Susukida at home and could live on came running over with their own land deeds, demanding that the land be given to Luoyang Wei, and then be registered in the army—— There is no way, it is not enough to pay taxes for all the harvest after a year of hard work, it is better to be a military household!Those hundreds and thousands of households were dumbfounded and sighed: "After living for so many years, this is the first time I know that military registration is so sought-after!"

Xue Siming has not yet arrived, and the military households automatically and consciously clean up, clear out all the garbage with a heavy sense of history in the guard, buy some lime to paint the dirty walls, and cut some hay to repair the roof. Bu, I heard that the people in Wuyangwei are very hygienic, but don't give them a dirty and dirty impression as soon as you meet.As for Commander Wei's mansion, they don't need to worry about it, the former bastard used the hard-earned money he squeezed out of them to decorate the mansion in an extraordinary manner!Now several thousand households are chatting in the living room of the commander of the guards, discussing what kind of gift should be given to the newly appointed boss, lest the new official take office three times, and the first one will burn himself on the head.Some people said that Mr. Xue is a famous general and should give him a treasured sword. This suggestion was rejected by everyone: Just kidding, where is the treasured sword better than Wuyangwei's horizontal sword?Some people also said that they should send beautiful women, this suggestion was taken seriously, their Master Xue is still a bachelor, what a chance!

Just as they were discussing, the sound of orderly and powerful footsteps came from outside, and a servant rushed in with windy feet, shouting: "Master Commander is here! Master Commander is here!" Thousands of households were startled and rushed He tidied up his clothes and went out to meet him. He saw hundreds of soldiers lined up in an unusually neat queue, silently pushing towards this side. The black iron armor was polished but did not shine, and the long guns were one foot long. The sharpness of the gun is frightening.There are also many soldiers carrying strong crossbows, carrying a bag of arrows, and a machete nearly a foot and a half long pinned to their thighs. Their eyes are sharp, and the first glance falls on the necks or chests of thousands of households, staring at everyone's scalps. Numb.The thousands of households secretly gasped: What terrible soldiers!And those servants stared at the extremely sophisticated equipment on these soldiers, and then touched the patched battle jackets on their own bodies, and the ridiculously thin leather armor, the more they looked at it, the more wronged they became, and their eyes were red up.

A tall and unusually tall war horse with black and shiny hair came trotting all the way. The knight on the horse was wearing iron armor, a steel helmet on his head, a red bow and white feather arrows on his back, and a long knife on his waist. , Swept over the thousands of households, making the hairs of these thousand households who had become farmers stand on end.Knowing that the Lord is coming, the thousand households hurried down the steps and knelt down on the ground: "See you, my lord!"

It was Xue Siming who came.Seeing so many people kneeling in front of his horse, he frowned slightly... After staying in Wuyangwei for a long time, he was not used to kneeling, let alone others kneeling to him at every turn.He got off his horse, bowed his hands in salute, and said, "Aren't you all thousands of households of Luoyang Guard? I am Xue Siming. I am grateful to General Xiao Yang for recommending me to take over as the commander of Luoyang Guard. We will be colleagues in the future. I hope you will support me." care."

The thousands of households said in their hearts: "This commander is quite easy to talk to!" However, they did not dare to express this meaning and kept saying that they did not dare.Xue Siming said: "Everyone, get up, and don't kneel down every now and then. Those who come out of Wuyangwei don't like this. Kneeling too much will make your bones go limp!"

The thousand households kowtowed again and got up.Xue Siming pointed to the five hundred soldiers and said: "I brought these soldiers here, two and a half pike squadrons, one cross-sword squadron, one archer squadron, and half a musketeer squadron. The strength of the army is 500. In the future, we will use these 500 people as the basis to prepare and train thousands of soldiers for three battles."

The thousands of households looked at these motionless soldiers in awe, and said in unison: "Your Excellency leads good soldiers! These soldiers are all elite soldiers who count as ten!"

Xue Siming said: "It's not that I lead soldiers well, it's General Yang and Mr. Qi who train soldiers well. The soldiers they train can win battles even if they are led by a pig...Okay, let's not stand outside Alright, let's go in and talk, I have some gifts for everyone."

As soon as they heard that there was a gift to be given, the thousands of households felt a sudden in their hearts, and secretly shouted: "Come, come!" The new official took office three times, and they couldn't escape even if they wanted to.Seeing Xue Siming striding in, they had no choice but to follow in with a bitter face... If they could turn around, they couldn't run! ?Now they don't ask for anything, they just hope that the three big fires will not be too fierce, and they will be scorched on the outside and tender on the inside!
When he came to the living room, Xue Siming sat down boldly, picked up the teacup and poured tea into his stomach in one gulp, then grabbed a piece of snack and threw it into his mouth to chew, with a rather rough manner.Seeing the thousands of households standing there with bitter faces, he was a little surprised: "Why are you standing there? Sit down?"

A thousand households of one surname said in fear: "How dare we sit down in front of adults!"

Xue Siming said: "I tell you to sit down and you sit down!"

Thousands of households had no choice but to sit down.

Xue Siming ate another piece of snack and said: "I'm new here, and everyone is older than me. Of course, I, a junior, will give you some gifts as a token of respect...Come here, bring the gifts in!"

The five thousand households all knelt down: "My lord, no need, really no need!"

Xue Siming said with a smile: "Don't get me wrong, I really have a gift for you. It's not that I want to bring in a new official to take office. If I really want to make you powerful, none of you can run away. With your appearance, With his attire and record of leading troops, he would have led the baton long ago!”

The thousands of households stood up nervously, not knowing what kind of medicine the Commander was selling in the gourd.At this time, five soldiers strode in with a bundle each, and handed things to the thousands of households.The Qianhus reached out to take it, and it was quite heavy and extremely hard.Xue Siming asked them to open it, and they opened it carefully. It turned out to be a set of dark armor. The steel helmet with an oval pointed top was quite heavy, and the breastplate made of large steel plates was extremely strong. The breastplate has been carefully polished and is extremely smooth, but there are no decorations on it, let alone patterns, which is somewhat flawed.In addition, there is a set of black battle jackets, also made of high-quality fabrics, with neat stitching, such clothes must be durable.Those servants' eyes lit up again, such a set of armor is worth hundreds of taels of silver at least!
Xue Siming said: "Although you thousands of households are unlikely to have the opportunity to go to the battlefield, you are generals after all, and generals should look like generals. What does it look like to wear a patched battle coat like ordinary military households? You take these armors back and put them on when holding formal meetings in the future. Whoever dares not to wear them will be served with a military stick!" With another wave of his hand, someone presented five more long knives. Thousands of households pulled them out and saw that they were all It is the kind of sword with a wide front and narrow back and a thick blade. The blade has been treated with dark light and is silver-gray. A cold light flows slowly around the blade. The sharp aura is breathtaking.Xue Siming casually took out seven copper coins and folded them into a pile. He stretched out his hand to reach for the Qianhu knife. He didn't see how hard he used it. He slashed it down with a knife. With a bang, the seven copper coins were cut in half and splattered in all directions. Look at the blade again. , without any loss!The thousands of households couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and the eyes of those fierce servants were so red that they almost bled!

Xue Siming returned the knife to Zhongqianhu and said: "This is your war knife. It is very sharp and has excellent toughness. It can cut through iron armor. It was picked out by General Xiao Yang and given to you. You will use it in the future." It protects the environment and the people, the sword is there, the sword is dead, and whoever dares to throw away the sword and the troops and run back when facing the enemy, then he has to replace these copper coins with his own neck, and taste the cutting of the horizontal knife blade into the flesh The feeling of time!"

Thousands of households were shocked!
(End of this chapter)