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Chapter 562: Reputation within the old party’s sphere of influence is hatred... (first update)
Chapter 571

"I've seen Bachelor Su, I've seen Mr. Zhang." After Wang Yang stepped into the room, he took off his coat and handed it to the handyman beside him.

"Come here quickly and sit here to keep warm, come here, and bring Mr. Wang a pair of bowls and chopsticks..." After Su Dongpo gave orders to the servants, he signaled Wang Yang to sit beside him.

After Wang Yang sat down, he first toasted the two elders with a glass of fine wine, and then expressed his intention for coming. "Actually, Wang is here because there is a big matter that concerns my big Song million tigers. It is because this matter is very important, and Wang doesn't know who to talk to..."

Zhang Yi also suddenly became interested, and asked curiously after putting down the wine glass in his hand. "What exactly is it, let me tell you, the old man has been in the army for a long time, maybe I can discuss it with Xueshi Su in detail for you."

"It's about whether my Song soldiers should tattoo their faces or not." As soon as Wang Yang said this, Zhang Wei froze immediately, and Su Dongpo who was beside him raised his eyebrows, signaling Wang Yang to continue talking.

Wang Yang talked about drinking and eating meat with his subordinates just now, and finally talked about being a soldier who would be tattooed on his face, which is like a punishment of humiliation, even if it is now a common practice.However, it was a kind of humiliation to the million tigers of the Great Song Dynasty.

"This, this is the old rule of our dynasty. If it is to be cancelled, it may cause chaos..." Zhang Wei said very solemnly.

"My lord Zhang, I think you should also be aware of the reason why all soldiers must have tattoos tattooed on their faces?" Wang Yang looked at Zhang Yu and said.

"Well, I do know something. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, until the Mid-Tang Dynasty, there has been no practice of tattooing on soldiers. But after the Mid-Tang Dynasty, the world was in chaos and warlords were fighting..."

That is, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the feudal towns were separated and the wars continued.At that time, Zhu Wen, the great warlord who betrayed the peasant uprising army and took refuge in the imperial court and became the ruler of the government, enforced a particularly cruel military discipline.

As a result, the soldiers were "many dead and dare not return." Faced with the disintegration of the troops, Zhu Wen became angry and ordered every soldier in the army to engrave their faces and write down the title of the army they belonged to.

And set up a checkpoint inspection and interrogation. Any absconding sergeant, once arrested, will be sent to the original unit for execution with a mark on his face.Even if he could escape back to his hometown, the village would not even dare to take him in because of the face tattoo.

Another warlord, Liu Rengong, had the same methods as Zhu Wen in dealing with soldiers.Liu was repeatedly defeated by Zhu, and the number of teachers and staff was severely reduced. Therefore, in July of the third year of Tang Tianyou, he was stipulated in Lulong Town (Zhiyouzhou, today's Beijing) in the area under his control.

All men over the age of 15 and under [-] must serve as soldiers, and all soldiers must engrave the three characters "Dingbadu" (du, a title of the army during the late Tang and Five Dynasties) on their faces.

"Its main purpose is mainly to prevent those people who are unwilling to die from escaping."

"But now, my Great Song Dynasty has already ruled the world, all industries are prosperous, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the young and strong who are willing to serve the country are extremely enthusiastic. Under such circumstances, why impose such humiliating punishments? "

"The important thing is that in my Song Dynasty, people are generally criminals, so they will be tattooed on their faces, and in my Song Dynasty, Hu Ben is mostly a child of a clean family, willing to join the army and serve the country. Such a person Wait, why do you have to be humiliated by that tattoo?"

"The old man thinks that your proposal, Wu Shan, is feasible. In this battle, our Great Song Dynasty lost thousands of tigers. Although most of them were soldiers, how could our Great Song Dynasty win such a victory without them fighting with their lives?" Su Dongpo stroked With a long beard, he nodded in agreement.

After Zhang Yi thought about it for a long time, his eyes rolled. "Why don't you send someone to ask the generals to come over and ask?"

"Master Zhang made the right suggestion, Mr. Dongpo, what do you think?" Wang Yang nodded approvingly and said.

Soon, a group of military generals who were sent by Su Dongpo when they were half full after eating all gathered in the lobby of Zhizhou Mansion.

"I have called you here because our little king supervisor has a new idea. However, it is not an idea to attack the city and go into battle to kill the enemy. It is a matter of great importance to the people around you. I would also like to invite all generals. Think carefully."

"Then I'd like to ask Mr. Xiao Wang to speak frankly, and I'll be all ears..." Zhe Kexing, the oldest general, nodded to Wang Yang with a smile.

Speaking of which, in this battle of Hongdezhai, Da Song was able to win an unprecedented victory. This Lord Xiao Wang is definitely the first credit. What's more, his son Zhe Keshi also gained great credit because of Lord Xiao Wang. .

It was also because of him that the Song Dynasty's frontier army was able to achieve such a great victory. Finally, after the defeat of Yongle City, they felt proud and proud.

Naturally, Wang Yang also gained great favor from the frontier army of the Song Dynasty. It can be said that if Wang Yang's reputation in the old party area of ​​Bianliang in Tokyo is hatred, even if his reputation in this border area of ​​Shaanxi has not yet reached Worship, that is at least reverence.

"Then Wang is offended. This matter does have a lot to do with our soldiers of the Song Dynasty, and even with the robes around the generals. That is about whether our soldiers of the Song Dynasty should have tattoos on their faces. ..." Wang Yang cleared his throat and glanced at the generals of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty and the Forbidden Army, who seemed to have a very close relationship with him.

And Wang Yang repeated what he had already repeated again.I saw a lot of generals thinking deeply, while some of the generals looked a little strange, and some even had a faint redness in their eyes.

"I'm ashamed to say that I didn't expect you, as a civil servant, to care so much about those soldiers in the army. I'm really ashamed..." Zhe Kexing cupped his hands gratefully towards Wang Yang.

"I'm waiting, of course I don't want to be tattooed." At this time, a military general with tiger eyes and tears stood up, saluted Wang Yang deeply, and shouted in a deep voice.

"This is General Li Hu and Li. He has been promoted from a small soldier to the infantry commander with his military exploits." Zhong Shidao next to him couldn't help but sigh softly, then stood up and said: Wang Yang introduced.

"I, Li Hu, wholeheartedly want to serve my country, but I suffered a lot of humiliation after joining the army because of my tattooed face. When I finally became the commander, I had people wash away the ink marks on my face. However, those marks were not always there."

Several other generals with similarly ugly expressions also stood up and expressed similar emotions.However, when these people heard that Su Xueshi, Mr. Zhang and Xiao Wang Jianjun were discussing with the court to abolish the procedure of getting tattooed and tattooed before enlisting in the army.

Almost all the generals pushed down a golden mountain and fell to the ground like a jade pillar.As a result, Su Dongpo had to rush down and personally help up the almost-elderly Zhe Kexing.

Several murderous generals could not help but choked up.Seeing this scene, Su Dongpo naturally had a conclusion in his heart.

(End of this chapter)