Dahan first prince

Chapter 442 Hey!Have you heard?

"Your Majesty, did you really say that?"

"——Your Majesty, are you really saying that the Huns are an 'old thief of Maodun' in front of the Xiongnu mission?"

A few days later, in the north of Chang'an City, there was an unremarkable teahouse.

Hearing the elated description of the yamen servant, a group of big men resting in the teahouse involuntarily surrounded him.

But when the yamen servant heard the words, he stood up excitedly, simply stepped on the bench, and slapped his hand on his thigh!

"Hey!"

"You haven't seen the face of the Hun envoy;"

"—I have been on the job for so many years, and I have never had a face that can be so red!"

"After receiving such a training from His Majesty, the Hun envoy was immediately annoyed, but the annoyance turned out to be annoyance, and he didn't dare to say a word!"

"It doesn't;"

"What happened the day before yesterday, early in the morning yesterday, before dawn, the Xiongnu mission packed their bags in desperation, and fled in the dark~"

Hearing the yamen servant's words, everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter, as if everyone present had witnessed the scene when Liu Ying received the Xiongnu mission that day.

After laughing for a while, everyone surrounded the yamen servant even tighter, looking at the yamen servant with full expectations.

"Say more, talk more!"

"Your Majesty, what else did you say?"

"Did you say that in the future, our Han family will never make peace with the Huns again?"

There was an eager questioning voice of a gossip, but it made the yamen servant chuckle, and even made a fuss;
After waiting for the crowd, a figure in relatively decent clothes stepped out and went to buy a new bowl of tea for the yamen servant, and the yamen servant took a sip with satisfaction.

After a while, the area of ​​[-] or [-] steps around the teahouse seemed to be the storytelling field for the yamen servant.

"And relatives?"

"Hey!"

"—Let's not talk about marriage, even the Hun pawns captured by my Han family in the battle of Mayi, His Majesty has no intention of returning them at all!"

Another word, the appetizers of the audience were stunned, but the yamen servant was not showing off, but danced and danced, recreating the scene that appeared in the Xuanshi Hall of Weiyang Palace the day before yesterday.

"Speaking of which day, that Hun thief just entered Xuanshi Hall, he pointed at His Majesty's nose and cursed!"

"——What do you say, the Huns have never invaded the wall of our Han family, it's all because of Emperor Gaozu's face!"

"As soon as you say this, good guy~"

"Those ministers and officials in the court rushed forward one after another!"

"—I can't stop it!!!"

"If His Majesty hadn't opened his mouth and coughed twice like 'cough cough', scaring all the officials back to their original positions, those Xiongnu thieves would have been torn apart by the officials of our Han family on the spot!"

Hearing what the yamen servant said, everyone in the room gritted their teeth as if they felt the same experience, and even several of them secretly clenched their fists tightly.

"The Xiongnu thief, you are so shameless!"

"—Since Emperor Taizu Gao was seven years old, the old thief Maodun ran to Daidi, which provoked Emperor Gaozu's personal conquest. In the past ten years, when did the side wall of our Han family disappear?"

"This year's Aries department, next year's Loubo department, and the year after that, this department and that department;"

"If it weren't for my short stature, and the internal history would not accept me, I wish I could go to replace the land myself, and kill two Huns with all my heart!"

"How can anyone bully people like this?"

As soon as the words came out, everyone followed the prestige and saw a slightly short figure in the corner of the teahouse, standing on the tea table indignantly.

After taking a closer look, everyone understood why this person was 'rejected' by the internal history to be recruited as a soldier.

The reason is very simple: although the Han Dynasty today is said to be "inheriting the Qin system", but in terms of the law, it has a strong human touch.

Let’s just say that the "Law of Service" stipulates in the Qin Law that as long as a man reaches the age, he must start to participate;
As long as the government draws you, then you must go!
Whether it is to build the Great Wall, or to build the Mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang in Lishan Mountain, or to fight the Huns outside the Great Wall, or go to Lingnan to fight the Yue barbarians, there is no room for negotiation, and they can only obey unconditionally.

If not?

Hey!
——Learn about how to sit? !

Not only those who don't go, but also their family members have something to do, even the neighbors in the neighborhood, and even the neighbor's family members, are likely to be implicated!
On the other hand, in today's Han Dynasty, although the regulations on conscription and labor service retain the flavor of the "Qin Law" to a certain extent, they are not the same thing in essence.

——According to the provisions of the "Han Law", when a man reaches Shifu, that is, the age when he starts to pay taxes and serve in the military, he will also be regarded as a reserve labor force.

When the court or local counties need it, some people will be drawn from these reserve labor forces.

For example, in this Battle of Mayi, apart from the two lieutenants of Huben and Yulin, the emperor Liu Ying personally controlled the standing field army that defended the capital, [-] to [-] soldiers, and several times as many people transporting food. , They are all "military service" drawn from various places in Guanzhong.

For another example, when Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang was still alive, and when Liu Ying was still the crown prince, Taizu Liu Bang led a personal conquest to put down the rebellion of Chen Xi, the prime minister;
At that time, the soldiers who followed Emperor Taizu to the expedition were also drawn from various places in Guanzhong.

In this regard, the literal requirements of the "Qin Law" and "Han Law" are as high as [-]% similar - they both clearly stipulate that refusing to submit to military service or labor service is not allowed.

But the difference is: "Qin Law" does not allow refusal to serve, it is really not allowed;
The "Han Law" does not allow people to refuse to serve, but it is only in principle not allowed.

What's going on?
It's still the same example: the court wants to recruit labor from the people, and the local counties and counties draw from the reserve labor force, and they happen to get it.

Under this premise, if you live in the reign of Qin Shihuang, especially after the first emperor unified the world, there are only two roads before you.

——Or, honestly leave a suicide note, and then obediently go to repair the Great Wall;

Or else, it is the same as Liu Bang, the Taizu Gao Emperor who "could not return home" because of troubles: absconded in fear of crime, and turned into a bandit.

As a result of the latter, there is a high probability that your whole family will be exiled, and the neighbors in the neighborhood will also suffer different degrees of corporal punishment.

But for the same thing, if you live in the Han Dynasty, the situation is very different.

——I have recruited you, do you want to go?

If you want to go, you can go boldly without worrying that you will 'gone forever'.

Because the Han family collects labor and will not use you as an animal;

The chance of you dying outside, although it cannot be said to be non-existent, is so small that it can basically be ignored.

Going up to the sky, that is, digging ditches, repairing straight roads, etc., is a little tiring, but it is only a little tiring.

If you don't want to go, it's not impossible.

If you are rich enough, you can go directly to the 'talent market' to buy a slave, and then let this private property serve you.

When he comes back from serving, he will still be your slave. If you don’t want him anymore, you can still sell him at the original price;

As long as it can be sold at the original price, then you will not lose a dime when you buy and sell it, and you will also serve the labor!

It doesn't matter if you have a little money, but you don't have enough money to buy a slave;

You can take that little money and go around the market, and within half a day, you will definitely find someone who is willing to replace you.

Of course, there is a price.

——This person who serves for you is equivalent to being hired by you for a short period of time, or 'lease';
As long as you give him some money as a mercenary payment, and provide him with a month or two of rations, that is, two or three stones of corn, he will be happy to serve you.

Because if he doesn't serve you, he will have to continue to live a miserable life of starvation and nine meals for three days.

Even take a step back and say: You have a little money, and this little money can't buy slaves, but you can definitely afford to hire people to serve you;
But you are born to be a slob, an otaku, or a deep social fear patient, and you don't want to find someone you can hire by yourself.

In this case, what should I do?

Also ~ is no problem.

——Just hand over the money enough to hire someone to serve for you directly to the government;
After taking your money, the government will use the money to find you someone who will serve for you, and you don't need to worry about it at all.

In other words: The superiority of the "Han Law" over the "Qin Law" is precisely here.

Perhaps in the eyes of later generations, the "Qin Law" is strict, more legal principles, and more in line with the spirit of the rule of law.

But if we look at it in light of the actual situation, for the Chinese civilization of this era, the legal system is really a somewhat advanced concept.

On the contrary, the "Han Law", which is obviously not so principled and does not have the four characters of "rule of law", has become the choice of the times.

And just now, the person whose height was obviously less than six feet, said that he wanted to be a soldier, but was rejected by the internal history, and it was precisely because of the "backwardness" and "ignorance" unique to "Han Law".

——"Han Law" stipulates: Adult males whose height is less than six feet three inches can be regarded as "disabled persons", and they are not required to and cannot perform military service or hard labor.

And six feet three inches, converted into the weights and measures of later generations, is about 1.4 meters five.

Of course, six feet and three inches is not the requirement of the Han army for soldiers, but the "Han Law" for the disabled, that is, the baseline for judging patients similar to 'dwarfism'.

Specific to today, without exception, the "merit-based admission" of the Han army is less than seven feet two inches (1.6 meters five), and they can't even apply for registration!
When it comes to the stage of deciding to recruit/eliminate, it is not uncommon to see the situation of "less than 1.7 feet [-] inches ([-] meters five) tall, just go back to each family".

He looked at the short man with sympathy, and then looked away in embarrassment. Everyone's eyes were immediately attracted by the yamen servant again.

"Who is that, Your Majesty?"

"—Son of Heaven!"

"—Son of the god Taichi!"

"The envoy of the Huns spoke vulgar words, His Majesty naturally disdained to argue with him, and just let the thief go on talking;"

"The result is good: the thief still has no shame, and he actually said something. As long as His Majesty apologizes to the old thief Modun, sends all the captives back, and sends a princess to marry him, the old thief Modun will forgive His Majesty for his mistakes!"

"Hey!"

"Tell me, how ridiculous this is..."

Hearing the yamen servant's words, the surrounding audience, wondering if they were silent just now, sympathized with the little man, and all raised their heads with worries.

Looking at the yamen servant, he was full of urgency.

Seeing this, the yamen servant also smiled slightly, and took his legs back from the bench, fighting upright, and he didn't forget to straighten his clothes.

Then, a strong reverence appeared leisurely between the brows of the yamen servant.

"Your Majesty told the thief: the rules of the grassland do not count in our Han family!"

"According to the rules of our Han family, if you lose a battle, you have to kneel down!"

"If you don't kneel down, don't even think about begging for peace!!!"

The suddenly solemn tone of the yamen servant finally caused the audience to subconsciously straighten their backs, and on their proud faces, they also competed to shine a pair of eyes full of anticipation.

It was under this 'thousands of expectations' that the yamen servant finally spoke with great pride the last few words Liu Ying said to the Huns envoy that day.

"Your Majesty said that in the battle of Mayi, our Han family won!"

"Since my Han family won, the Huns who lost should kneel down!!"

"Your Majesty also said: I am willing to use the Great Wall as the boundary, as the old thief Modun said, and neither side will cross the Great Wall."

"—But this time, the border between Han and Hungary was replaced by the Great Wall of Qin!"

"Your Majesty told the Xiongnu thief, if the old thief Maodun is afraid of being beaten, he will return the land of Henan!"

"If you don't return it, you have to continue fighting this battle!"

"If you don't take back the territory south of the Great Wall of Qin, Your Majesty will not give up!!!"

Hearing this, hundreds of people surrounded the teahouse on three floors inside and outside, and they only clapped and cheered.

"it is good!"

"Colorful! Colorful!!!"

"—Your Majesty, you are worthy of being the blood of Emperor Taizu Gao!"

"Just these three or two sentences, even if we haven't seen it with our own eyes, we can all feel His Majesty's majesty!!!"

"Isn't that right?"

"—That's His Majesty!"

"It is His Majesty who gives our peasants a way to live and decides for our peasants!!!"

Seeing the crowd becoming noisy, the yamen servant finally smiled and lowered his head;
He picked up the crown hat on the wooden table, patted it casually, and made a gesture to leave.

When the yamen servant came to the door of the teahouse, he heard a question from the crowd.

"Eh?"

"In Mayi's battle, there were tens of thousands of Xiongnu thieves who became prisoners of my Han family?"

"What does His Majesty plan to do with these captives?"

"—killed them all?"

"Or put it in the two cities of Chang'an, let us farmers also buy a Hun slave to go home, help us plant the land, and beat the whip if there is nothing to do?"

Hearing this question, the yamen servant only followed the sound and turned his head;

When he saw the looming merchant in the crowd, a look of disdain immediately appeared on the face of the yamen servant.

"You Jia people, you know the righteousness of your family and country!"

"—His Majesty said it!"

"Those Xiongnu thieves will be trapped in Yan and Dai, and they will raise horses for my Han family!"

"When the 80 million war horses are raised, His Majesty will send out all the soldiers and horses in the world, and send him 50 million cavalry to drive all the Huns and barbarians raised by animals to the sky!!!"

"Your Majesty is so ambitious, how can you Jia people understand?!"

(End of this chapter)