[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

After the soldiers who had just finished patrolling warmed up in the camp, the school leader named Song Dabao turned his head and asked the herald about their arrangements for the day, and after getting the answer about burning bricks, the captain immediately smiled.Burning bricks is a comfortable job in winter, and it is much warmer to hug the edge of the brick kiln than to fetch water, cut horse grass, wash smelly socks, etc.

I don’t know when the northern army’s barracks began to carry out some reforms quietly. Because some people went to develop other industries, the army’s daily activities were somewhat insufficient. Each team will receive certain tasks, and all things will come in turn, and everyone will have a share without favoritism.

After each team completes its task, one person will be selected to give a score to the next team. There are standards for judging each score, and it is clear at a glance who is paying attention and who is not.

Statistics are carried out every ten days, and the team that does well can have a meat dish once.

These things were originally done by auxiliary soldiers or hired villagers, but now they are done by regular soldiers. The soldiers did not complain too much, because the barracks are currently in a special state.

If the military camp needs building materials, it should apply to the higher authorities, and the central government will directly transfer the materials, but this time the bricks burned by the Northern Army themselves were not used to build barracks, but to build kangs.

Alas, to put it bluntly, it was the flue they tinkered with when they built the pigsty that inspired the general. The general said that pigs can sleep, and so can humans.So I drew a kang according to the pigsty, and found some bricklayers from nearby villages, and wanted to try to build it.

Naturally, the money is crowded into the minister’s treasury. The money they receive this year is limited, and the general has posted a part of the money in it. Every day is to do what you can, so as to save the general the cost of hiring manpower.

At the beginning, I still had various discomforts. I felt that trivial work was a waste of time, but frankly speaking, although there were many chores, it didn’t take much time for everyone to share them. After patrolling in the morning, I finished doing some things and just had lunch.After lunch, we will take a lunch break, and in the afternoon, we will officially go out for military exercises.

In the afternoon, the general specially invited nearby scholars to teach them how to read. Their ultimate goal is to be able to write a letter home by themselves.

Now the government has specially set up a post station for them. After the soldiers' home letters have been checked by professionals to confirm that they do not involve any secret information, they can be sent back to their hometowns for free.At the same time, letters from the elders in their hometown will also be brought to them. Although the cycle of operation is very long, it is precious enough for wanderers who leave home.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and this year's New Year's will not be as good as last year's. After all, the wallet is flat. I heard from the herald next to the general that this year the Northern Army and the Taiping Army will jointly hold a gala, and send some soldiers from each other. In the other party's camp, perform with the other party for the other party to watch, taking turns.

And this year, the general specially left his relationship and got up for them. A particularly famous theater troupe in the capital is going to perform a play for them, just to make them liven up the New Year.

The purpose of inquiring about the specialties of the soldiers was for this purpose, and therefore everyone discovered that there are so many capable people hidden around them.

Song Dabao used to have a brother who was a local painter before joining the army, and this boy was transferred away by the general immediately.

The general asked him to draw some pictures of the daily life of the army. It is said that they will make tabloids and send them to their relatives in the future, and also show their relatives how his son became a soldier.

Hey, don't tell me that that kid is walking around with a drawing board every day, and many brothers even ran up to him and asked him to draw himself in it, so proud of it.

There is also a big brother, who has been hiding before, and it was only during the investigation that everyone found out that this guy can embroider, and a group of rough guys discovered that this guy has been mending their clothes behind their backs.No wonder their clothes are always more decent than the other teams.

It's just that this kid felt a bit ashamed of his kung fu, and was afraid of being laughed at by them, so he refused to say it all the time. It was all gentlemen, and everyone didn't realize it. This time, he was found out without an investigation, and he was immediately brought to the needlework I went to teach some women how to sew winter clothes, knee pads and gloves.

Speaking of these knee gloves, it is said that they were also passed down from Bianjing City. At first they were used to protect the knees of those delicate girls in the city, preventing them from falling and breaking their knees when they were playing ice. Knowing the pearls, I found a few pairs of knee pads, wrapped them with animal skins, and put them on the knees to block the wind. The effect is very good. Let alone this winter, my knees really hurt when riding a horse.

The elder brother also told them that the general asked him to sew a few patterns representing seniority, and that in the future, the age and rank of the army may be directly worn on the uniform.In the future, when we meet each other face to face, we can know each other's military position, ouch, that's so impressive.

Song Dabao thinks this is good.

To be honest, he has just been promoted by a small half this year.

He just reached the level where he can wear the badge of military rank. Although he still doesn't know what this pattern looks like, but thinking about it, no one else has it, so he looks so proud.

Song Dabao took his soldiers all the way to the brick kiln by the river. This was not the first time they came to help, and he got the job done with his familiarity.As the little leader of this army, he himself also started to work together. Everyone in this team will be assigned to work. If he is lazy, then his soldiers will have to do more than others.

Song Dabao is a good leader who loves his soldiers, and he also feels that others are watching, how ugly he is there with empty hands.

They do more, and they do it faster. After the new year, when the ruffian soldiers of the Taiping Army came, they saw that they could sleep here on a warm kang, and they didn't know how envious they were.

Hey, just thinking about it makes me feel so refreshed.

The military rank badge that Song Dabao was thinking about was undoubtedly another concept proposed by Xia Anran.

It has been almost a year since Liu Niang took root here, and she has sent a lot of news intermittently. Judging from all the signs, Xia Anran quickly discovered a very serious problem in this army - no honor Heart, muddle through, the state of dawdling is serious.

It may be caused by the unique state and system of the Song Army, or it may be caused by the influence of personality and the general environment. In Xia Anran's opinion, from Liu Niang's perspective, these soldiers are too "Buddhist"

The most bloody people in a country are Buddhas, who will fight?

This is an army led by You Pang Tong, and it can undoubtedly be said to be the sharp army of the Song Dynasty, even they are like this, let alone the other troops.

After Xia Anran inquired carefully about the daily affairs and various systems in Bai Jinxi's army, and compared them horizontally with the various military systems in his memory, he probably discovered the problem.

First, they have no daily quests.

Doing daily work is very boring, but it is the thing that can most enhance people's sense of belonging.

As small as the daily check-in in the game, the students on duty in the class, as large as daily inspections and the development of habitual actions, in fact, its purpose is not to say that there is really no shortage of people to do these things, but it is completely Because in this way, the individual’s sense of belonging to the collective is enhanced, and using your body to form a certain memory will eventually form a kind of naturalness.

The most important thing is that in the military camp, such group activities can also increase the ability of group cooperation, and checking each other can also increase the team's familiarity with colleagues.Familiar with your comrades-in-arms, trust your comrades-in-arms, and be able to entrust your back to the opponent when you earn money on the battlefield.

There is another important factor, and that is to keep soldiers from being too idle.

It is easy for soldiers to talk nonsense when they have nothing to do, and it is extremely easy to cause panic in the army. Moreover, a long-term boring environment can easily make soldiers lose the fun of chatting, which can lead to mental illness.

What happened during daily tasks and inspections can provide them with talk, and healthy competition can stimulate the centripetal force of the army.

The bottom line is that if an army is used to day-to-day tasks these days, it will give them a sense of peace of mind that they will continue to do their day-to-day tasks while they are in the field, which can be a great way to maintain morale and stabilize the mood.

For example, the modern army has a set of regulated movements before going to war. These movements are performed every time they train and go out on weekdays, which will give them a feeling that this is no big deal, it happens every time.

This peace of mind can help the army stabilize its mentality.

The daily task is stability, and the military rank worn on the body is honor and supervision.

When you wear the badge of rank that symbolizes all your pride on your body, you must also afford the supervision that follows you.

Want to be lazy?Want to escape?Look down at your rank.

Look at the ordinary soldiers beside you.

They haven't stopped, can you do worse than them?

They didn't escape, why did you escape?

If you are inferior to them, how can you have such a military rank?

These tortures will keep urging you to keep moving forward and get better and better, so they will form the demonstration effect of officers.

In ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, the leadership of officers is an effective way to inspire courage in soldiers, and the presence of officers is a reassurance.Soldiers have a subconscious feeling that the place where the leader is must be the safest.

Even if there is indeed a strategic need for the leader's departure, there will be a feeling for the soldiers-he will be abandoned here, but if the grassroots officers can maintain a stable state, they can stabilize the morale of the army to the greatest extent.

Because in the hearts of the soldiers, even the grassroots officers who get along day and night will feel that they know more than themselves.In the end, even if he was sent to die, his heart was filled with regret.

Honor, Responsibility, Fortitude, Discipline.

Neither is easy.

In ancient times, those who set up major events not only had talents beyond the world, but also had perseverance. Now that the Song Dynasty has no equipment to crush, if the army is weak and slack, won't it become fat on the chopping board?

Therefore, Xia Anran made a plan, and Bai Jinxi planned and formulated it. Within the scope of the rules, Pang Tong's army quietly started some reforms.

Time will tell how the change will turn out.

The changes in the north are quietly unfolding, and a special custom called sticking door gods suddenly emerged in Bianjing this year.

The concept of door gods has actually existed for a long time. At the earliest, they were usually gods invited from temples to drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters.

Later, since the printing technique of the Tang Dynasty, coupled with some legends and stories of the Tang Emperor, people gradually invited gods and generals to guard the gate when offering sacrifices.

In the Song Dynasty, the printing art flourished, and the degree of freedom among the people and class differences were reduced. Folk artisans also put their heart into it.

But this year's popular goalkeeper in Bianjing...has nothing to do with the above.

On January [-]st, the author with the pseudonym Shen Qi published a storybook, the complete storybook of "The Legend of the Heroes of the Three Kingdoms".

In fact, when this book was on sale that day, it only caused a small-scale impulse to buy. After all, the full text of this book has been serialized in newspapers and periodicals before, and anyone who is interested can collect a book by making newspaper clippings. Fans and rich people will not buy the hardcover edition.

This is not like the collection of poems of a certain master. There are always a few poems that are missing and have collection significance. After all, this is just the bottom of the literary circle.

However, the customers who bought the books were surprised to find that the "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms" was wrapped in a layer of plain paper packaging. As long as an insider touches it, he will know that the paper is supposed to be waterproof.Such a package looks a bit majestic and tidy. A scholar pondered in his heart. He looked around and saw a small oval-shaped protrusion on the side of the package. What is it?

Curious in his heart, he grabbed it casually, and heard a ripping sound, and the paper along a neat side was torn apart neatly. There were some saw marks on the tangent line, but it was torn neatly, which was very interesting.

The scholar was a little interested, so he looked over and over again, but following his movements, two folded papers fell out of the book, the scholar let out a cry, squatted down to pick it up and shook it twice.Fortunately, it didn't rain today, and the paper was not stained with dust. He opened it with one hand, and there were black and white portraits inside. He was startled, and quickly shook it away.

He looked straight up, then gasped.

What he got in his hand was a black and white picture of Horse Riding Lord, and he saw him with handsome features and holding a long halberd, the horse was flying on all fours, walking on the clouds, and looking at the upper right corner, Zhao Yun, named Zilong, from Changshan.

Oh oh oh! !It's Zhao Zilong!The man quickly unfolded another one.

This is the man who is standing on a handsome black horse and dancing a giant halberd, wearing a pheasant crown on his head. His brows and eyes are full of arrogance and coquettishness. Looking at the upper right corner, Lu Bu, whose name is Fengxian, is from Jiuyuan.

The scholar took a deep breath, he gasped, he couldn't hold back and immediately asked the fellow scholar to unfold the album, the fellow fellows were not as lucky as him, the pieces of paper they sent were Huang Gai and Huang Zhong. ?

There is only this point of sale in Bianjing City, and the bustling crowd at the door immediately realized that the piece of paper presented in each book is different, and soon someone discovered that if the two pieces of paper were unfolded, can be compared one by one,

This, this bookstore is too conscientious, right?Could it be that every hero is printed again?

Ahem, to be honest, his idol is actually Guo Jia.

The scholar's eyes wandered, and his ears were stretched to the limit, so he wanted to hear if anyone around him had drawn Guo Jia.

They were the first ones to come. At this time, the store had just opened, and when the people who had bought the books were clamoring, a man in the store was holding a large colored paper and stepped out of the store. He was a little startled before the person who wrote the book left, and immediately laughed when he heard that they were chattering about the little picture.

He said, "Everyone, this is not a picture, but a door god."

As he said that, he made paste on the top of the board at the door, and then pressed the large paper on top. After a few flattenings with the brush, he stepped sideways to get out of the way, and the people at the door immediately came up to it. are inserted randomly.

The poster said that there is also a colorful collector's edition. There are 30 heroes in total, and there are two people in one book. They can be used as posters, bookmarks, and of course, door gods!

Everyone glanced at the list of matches, and it was basically a well-known pairing with a lesser-known one. It was very lucky to be able to draw a combination of Lu Bu + Zhao Yun like the first one.

At that moment, the scholar immediately felt the greedy gazes from all around him, his shoulder was pressed down suddenly, and someone came up to him and said, "Mr. Lang, do you want to change? How about I exchange Dian Wei for your Lu Fengxian?" ?”

Those who are willing to buy a book are basically loyal readers of this storybook, but anyone who knows the history of the Three Kingdoms cannot have a bias in their hearts.

It’s not a good thing to draw a camp that you hate in the Three Kingdoms, and the official sale mode is not open, you have to change it, or buy a new one and draw it again.

This kind of special sales promotion method is unprecedented. When the city of Bianjing became lively in the morning, the citizens who came and went in the city were surprised to find that the entrance of this bookstore was in full swing. Dozens of copies.

Accompanied by the occasional screams of scholars who have won the colorful SSR goalkeeper at the door, the atmosphere is even more heated.

The color SSR is actually the colored version of the black and white door god, but it is much more delicate than the black and white one. The armor, stirrups, and red tassels on the body are carefully dyed, and there are character poems on the side. Some of the high-end items are indeed collectible.

What's more, it's a free gift.

The first hero to pull out a colorful New Year picture was Guan Yu. This buyer was immediately confronted with an outcry, and in the end it was sold at a bidding price of ten guan.

Because the method of sealing the face is used, no one knows who the two door god statues are. The rich naturally buy a few more copies, but metaphysics is very delicate. Some people buy ten copies, and the next The book was copied away casually, and the character he had been thinking about appeared in that book, and he hated people beating their chests and feet, but there was nothing they could do, so they could only continue to krypton gold.

At this moment, the people of Song Dynasty felt the fear of being ruled by non-chiefs.

The store did not expect the madness of the Bianjing scholars who faced this kind of marketing method for the first time. In the end, even the purchase restriction order was issued, but it still could not stop them from being sold out on the afternoon of the first day of opening. dilemma.

When the day is over, the readers who are sorting out the results are embarrassed to find that they have bought too many paintings accidentally for the purpose of collecting paintings. Cough, the main reason is that the incentive to rush to buy and limit purchases at the end is too strong... Well, there are so many books in stock. It's boring, it's better to give it away.

After giving away a circle of friends, there were still leftovers, and I gave them to relatives and elders at home.

After giving them away, I will look at my New Year pictures, and then think about the ones that others have drawn... Scholars think about it and plan to exchange with others for another round. The favorite hero has not yet been obtained!I always feel that there is a big hole in my heart going out for the first time, so I feel cold.

Yes, if you can't change it... buy another copy?

Just buy another copy, maybe you will get one!

The scholar quietly touched the money he had saved to buy incense.

People of different age groups see a book differently. What the young people see is the happiness and hatred of the soldiers, while what the old people see is the conspiracy behind every leader and soldier, and the confrontation between light and dark.

The vernacular version of novels is easy to understand, and the literacy rate in Song Dynasty is very high, and almost everyone can read them thoroughly at home.

Originally, the audience on the tabloids was very shallow, especially the Baijia tabloids, which are more famous in the south. Naturally, there are people in Bianjing who have never read this book at all.

But in any case, "The Legend of the Three Kingdoms" and its statues of door gods created a whirlwind in the first month.

The collected door god stickers were quickly pasted on the gates and small doors by the scholars, and the people who came and went stopped their eyes immediately when they saw it, especially two door gods were pasted on the door of some people, and they were the most popular Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu. , Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Zhou Yu, etc., when the insider sees it, his eyes turn green, and he can't wait to rush up and tear it down and hang it in his own home.

... Cough, if there were not someone watching over you, then you should let go of the little devil in your heart!

People who don't know see how unique the door gods in these people's homes are, so they naturally take a closer look, and immediately enjoy the little words above.

The small words on the figure paintings were written by Xia Anran who asked Liu Yong to make an appointment. This Xia Anran's soulmate is flourishing in Luoyang. Xia Anran is his bole. Once the news spread, Liu Yong wrote After flipping through the whole book "Three", he immediately picked up a pen and sent him thirty short poems of good quality.

At the same time, a special gift of the title page of the "Three" book was given, which moved Xia Anran to pieces.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the history of the Three Kingdoms had not been distorted, and the Cao Wei regime was the orthodox regime, so there were not many fans of Cao Wei.In addition, Xia Anran, as an author, inevitably made part of the beautification when writing, which made Guo Jia fans and Cao Cao fans particularly large.

These days, Xia Anran could still hear relevant mysterious words while sitting in the waiting courtyard before going to court, but as the scholar-bureaucrat class, what they care most about is-why there are no portraits of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce!

cough cough.

The official explanation is that, after all, civil servants and military generals are fine as door gods. If you let the emperor guard the door for you...well...it's not appropriate.

This explanation was quickly accepted, but then, since January, the business of door gods in Bianjing City has encountered a huge impact. Factional battles, but also a chain of discrimination between characters, attacking each other's door gods.

Many censors are a little uneasy about this trend among the people, especially when they find that their own brats have pasted people from the Three Kingdoms they don't like on the gate, they feel suffocated for a while.

"Officials, this is a big problem!" A courtier was full of pain. He explained the folk situation to Zhao Zhen in a long speech, and then told the excited emperor about the danger.

The reason is very simple, Cao Wei is an orthodox regime, and the Shu Han is also considered to be blood related, so what is going on with Soochow?

Soochow is a proper traitor, but the damn painter was very careful when painting Soochow, especially that Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, the girl even posted the portraits of these two people on the door of her boudoir. The daughter didn't even know who these two people were, the son of the family picked up the leftovers and brought them to her, and posted them on the door just because they were handsome.Tell me what is the reason for this!

The daughter also said that the sign on the door meant that those who were not as good-looking as the two of them would not be allowed to enter, and she also asked him not to marry a man who was not as good as the two of them!

Simply, simply insulting!

Zhao Zhen was taken aback by what he said, but as a man who also has a daughter, when he heard this courtier tearfully tell about his tragic experience, he also showed a horrible expression on his face.

"This...you think, what should I do?" The implication is that folk hobbies...we can't care so much!

"We should try our best to change it." The courtier silently wiped away the tears all over his face, showing a determined look in his eyes, "Officials, I will be the official door god of the announcement, choose my good ministers and fierce generals of the Song Dynasty, and ask him to guard my officials and people in the Song Dynasty." National security home."

At this moment, all the ministers could no longer be quiet, and cast all kinds of meaningful eyes on him.

Zhao Zhen was also silent, his eyes drifted slightly to the side, saw Xia Anran who was blinking his big eyes, and coughed lightly, "It's only ten days away from fifteen..."

If you want to re-paint, plate-making, and coloring, it should be too late to be a door god, right?

Regarding this point, the courtiers said that there is no problem at all. Officials, everyone can work together. With so many capable courtiers, who doesn't have a few unique skills?

What's more, the door god only needs to draw the charm, the portrait of the figure is much simpler than the landscape painting!The only thing that takes time is making boards and coloring. It’s okay, just work overtime.

Overtime! !

Many people are dissatisfied right now. This year is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. In order to deal with waves of messengers, everyone has worked overtime until today!It turns out that the envoys are free to move about in the next few days, except for the relevant monitoring... Ah no, the protection staff need to watch, most people can relax and take a vacation to celebrate the New Year, so this person will let everyone give up working overtime Precious vacation!

Then I saw this person uttered slowly, "It's just that there is a big problem now, and it's hard to solve..."

The big problem is—

Which two are the door god candidates for the first year of the Song Dynasty?

What a good question.

The eyes of the courtiers became sharp.

There are precedents for using courtiers as door gods in the Tang Dynasty. One is to exorcise evil spirits, and the representative figure is Zhong Kui, and the other is to praise, refer to Wei Zheng, Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong.

But now, according to what this person played, there is no doubt that it is a kind of praise for loyal ministers.

Even if it is said to be for the purpose of exorcising evil spirits and suppressing ghosts, but looking at the essence despite the appearance, it is to hang his portraits in thousands of households. What a great honor this is!

These days, who can be hung at home, who is not a big shot?

The voices in the hall immediately split into two halves, one was calling for the general, and the other was naturally for the civil servant.The reason for the general is very good: the door god is pasted on the door, replacing the status of the talisman, and the essential function of the talisman is to drive away diseases and evil spirits. If there is such an effect, is the soft civil servant useful?

The civil servants frowned, the door god, as a family's outermost thing pasted on the gate, showed the strength of the family.

Taking a wise civil servant as the door god can naturally show his spiritual outlook, and can also set a good example for the children in the family...

The generals immediately retorted: How do you know that this family's dream is to be a civil servant?

Wen Chen looked contemptuously: otherwise?

The court room immediately became a mess.

Naturally, these people are not just arguing about a door god dispute, but another wave of cakes between civil servants and generals.

In the past year, the courtiers in the court have seen signs that the emperor is reusing generals, although so far, the emperor's reform of the civil and military department has not touched the root, nor has he belittled the status of civil servants.

However, civil servants will naturally not take this situation lightly. They naturally know that the emperor is only fledgling, so they have not acted. The purpose of teaming up with newcomers to station in the local government and take charge of the local government is already very clear.

They should take precautions before they happen. Today's dispute is half true and half false. In fact, they want to find out a little bit of the emperor's sincerity. Everyone is waiting for the emperor's first words.

Just when these people were arguing lively, suddenly saw King Pingnan who didn't speak much in the court hall walk out.

The young man is handsome and elegant, and the royal clothes are even more extravagant.

Seeing him, he bowed to the emperor, everyone knew it was wrong, and sure enough, they saw this new shit-stirring stick in the court slowly speaking, "Your Majesty, I am a citizen of the Song Dynasty, and I have the protection of the imperial power. Although there are occasional little demons, there are also celestial masters who surrender, so if two generals are guarding it, it will be suspected of being overqualified."

"It's just that if we use all civil servants, it is inevitable that protection will not be enough. As the saying goes, with the combination of civil and military, work will not be tiring. Why don't you invite one civil and one military to learn from the prosperity of the Song Dynasty and keep the peace of the people of the Song Dynasty together."

Where did this common saying come from?

King Pingnan, you opened your mouth and made up a nonsense, won't your conscience hurt?

After saying this, Xia Ran felt the sight behind him stabbing him like a knife, and he said that it didn't hurt at all, which was very beautiful.

The matter of the door god was indeed out of his expectation. When Xia Anran first decided to make these small portraits as gifts, he didn't have too many ideas. He just wanted to make a handsome portrait for his friends. One can be passed down to future generations, and it can also enrich the history textbooks of primary and middle school students. After all, the various portraits handed down today are too terrifying.

Unexpectedly, the paintings were all arranged, but the craftsmen who were doing the engraving told him that except for the ancestors, generally no one would hang a portrait of others at home.

This made Xia Anran extremely embarrassed. The artists had all handed in the manuscript, and he was very satisfied. It would be a pity to say that it was discarded!Later, he had an idea and made it the size of the gate god of later generations. He also ordered people to divide Yin and Yang when carving, one left and one right facing each other.

That's right, besides the portraits of the ancestors, if anyone else would hang them in the house, then it's a proper door god, it's just a question.

Besides, there is not only one door in people's house nowadays, there are many small doors beside the main door. If you are afraid that outsiders will see it, you can stick a pair of small doors at home, how practical.

Who can be more considerate than him who sends the surroundings with practicality?

As for limited, instant, fixed, painted... cough cough, so what, do you want to promote consumption? After all, it's all money.

Xia Xiaomiao, who was busy raising cattle and buying land, rubbed the cat's paws in her heart.