The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

A few days later, Su Jin's leg injury has basically healed. After leaving Li Yuanhao's entourage, he can move a lot more freely. At least he doesn't have to hide in the car every day and live in a small house. He can ride a horse and follow the team. .

Originally, Su Jin planned to leave the border of Lingzhou and return to the south, but after hearing from Yeli Duanyun that their Yeli tribe's ranch fiefdom was in Hongzhou, Su Jin wanted to visit it very much. The agreement is to trade with the War Horse Song State, so I should go and see the goods; moreover, although the two countries have stopped fighting, the peace agreement has not yet been reached. A safe road, if you go back the same way, I am afraid that the road will not be peaceful" ".

The farther you go to the northwest, the higher the distance and the darker the sky; it is already September, and although it is still hot in the south, it is already autumn in the northwest, the weather is cool, and there are thin dews when you wake up in the morning Dipping clothes; after crossing several mountains, we finally found ourselves in an endless prairie.

Su Jin has never been on the grassland, and the water and soil erosion in later generations is serious. Many grasslands have become places where wind and sand are raging. It's a real prairie.

The green carpet-like grass extends to the end of the horizon. Under the white clouds in the distance, several snow-capped mountains stand quietly there. It is the melt water of these snow-capped mountains that converges into several rivers to nourish the entire prairie.

Yeli Duanyun also rode side by side with Su Jin on a horse, and introduced the scenery along the way to Su Jin. Yeli Duanyun's riding skills are very good. After entering the grassland, she obviously felt much better. After taking off her fine clothes, she changed into a leather jacket and riding boots, and tied dozens of small braids behind her head. She looked charming and capable, and she was very good at riding. Not to lose to the men of the Yeli tribe under him.

Su Jin sighed secretly, no wonder the Dangxiang people could beat the Song army to pieces in the field. A Dangxiang woman's riding skills are better than the soldiers trained by the Song State. Cavalry combat is obviously a big advantage of the Dangxiang people; Ye Lidulan reached an agreement to exchange war horses for food. In time, this advantage of party members will also be lost.

Su Jin also understands that Ye Lidulan is just using himself to get through the current difficulties. When Xia State resumes production, it will no longer need Song State's food support within a few years. At that time, the war horse trade will inevitably Stop; at that time, the next generation of the Yeli tribe will have tens of thousands of warriors grow up, and Yelidulan will definitely not do war horse business with him if he protects himself. things.

Su Jin has also thought about it. Anyway, it is mutual use. It is understandable to be kicked away by others when there is no use value. Su Jin has also thought about it. He will find a large area on Jingyuan Road in a few years Plant pastures, select fine breeds of horses obtained from the transaction as stallions, and build a horse farm in the northwest. In this way, horses can be supplied continuously, without having to look at the Xixia people.

The pasture of the Yeli Tribe is located on the prairie in the south of Hongzhou. It is neither under the jurisdiction of Hongzhou nor under the control of Liangzhou in the south. It is like a small independent kingdom. From this we can also know that the Yeli Tribe How respected the power of the people used to be, but it is a pity that the war and calculations have seriously damaged the vitality of the Yeli tribe. On the huge grassland, scattered villages and tents are scattered, no one grazes the cattle, sheep and horses, and the pasture grows wildly, reaching to the knees of the people. .

Along the way, before reaching a village or a place where tents were gathered, the sallow and thin old men, women and girls came out to greet each other. The surviving Yeli tribe men rushed into the village with tears in their eyes. Most of the women and children welcomed A handful of ashes and the relics of relatives, along the way, tears flowed into a river along the way.

Yeli Duanyun's eyes were red and swollen, and she would shed tears after passing through a dilapidated village. She couldn't bear to see the sorrow of her followers, and she could empathize with the pain of every family that lost a loved one, because she herself just Losing the two mountains of the Yeli family, the deaths of Yeli Yuqi and Yeli Wangrong are like thunderstorms sweeping across the grassland, and each tribe of the Yeli tribe is their leader in their own way. silence.

The evening before arriving at the Central City Walled City, Yeli Duanyun took Su Jin for a walk on the grassland. The two stood side by side in silence. It screamed and flew south, the situation was magnificent, but it was a bit bleak.

"Mr. Su, thank you very much." Yeli Duanyun looked at the sunset, his pretty face reflected as beautifully as the sunset.

"Thank you for that?" Su Jin asked.

"I now know why you took the risk to burn the food and grass in Huizhou, because the war will end only if the food and grass are burned, and my tribe can come back alive. It's all crying."

Su Jindao: "I burned food for the sake of the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Weizhou City, not for your Yeli tribe, so you don't have to thank me."

"I understand, but in fact you not only saved the soldiers and civilians of Weizhou in your Song Dynasty, but also saved the lives of many people in Daxia, so thank you."

Su Jin sighed and said: "I understand your feelings, but I have to pour cold water on you. This is only a temporary calm. The killing war will never stop. Maybe in a few years, there will be another war and bloodshed into a river."

Ye Li Duanyun's beautiful face twisted, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I don't understand why some people just like to fight and let others die. Don't they have the slightest sense of compassion? Don't they live happily? Isn’t it okay to live in peace and have friendly exchanges?”

Su Jindao: "Girls rule everything. The rich want to be richer, and the powerful want to be more powerful. Human greed is endless. This is the sin of human beings; human nature is like this. will change."

Ye Li Duanyun turned to look at Su Jin and said, "Are you that kind of person? In order to compete for power, status and money, would you let thousands of people die for you?"

Su Jin smiled and said, "Do you want to hear the truth?"

Ye Li Duanyun said: "Of course you have to tell the truth, I... I regard you as a good friend, you can't lie to me."

Su Jindao: "I won't just compete for power, status and money, but if I want to survive in this world and protect more good people, I will! The sacrifice of 10 people is a happy life for millions of people. Blood shed has meaning; and the dead will be remembered by millions, and that is true eternal life."

Ye Li Duanyun said: "Are you saying that the people who died in the two countries are all meaningless deaths?"

Su Jin said: "Yes, it is sad to die for someone's inflated ambition."

Ye Li Duanyun said thoughtfully: "You mean, it is meaningful for the dead to live happily for their loved ones, so what kind of living is happiness?"

Su Jin turned around and looked at Ye Li Duanyun's face and said softly: "Maybe you won't understand what I said, but I will answer your question with one sentence. True happiness, living indifferently, is no different from cattle, sheep and grass.'."

Ye Li Duanyun frowned and said, "I really don't understand what you mean. Isn't it happiness to live and have food and clothes? Is it called living with dignity?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "I can't explain it to you, maybe you will understand in the future." Su Jin really couldn't explain to her what it means to live with dignity, stand on the ancient land, and talk to a girl from the Dangxiang clan about the future life Democracy and human rights seem a bit stupid, and Su Jin is just expressing his feelings after experiencing a lot. He will not be so stupid as to talk about democracy and human rights in this era.

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In the morning of the next day, the convoy finally arrived at the central city of the Yeli Tribe. This is a city built in the middle of the grassland. It has tall walls and wide ditches. It is a strong fortress on the grassland.

All men, women and children in the city came out to welcome the ashes of the two Yeli kings and the return of the princess. The old and young people in the tribe shouted the names of the two deceased kings with tears in their eyes, and surrounded Yeli Duanyun into the city.

The leader of the Yeli Tribe originally had three brothers, Yeli Yuqi and Yeli Wangrong were the eldest and the second, and the third was Yeli Duanyun’s father, Yeli Mosui. Unfortunately, as early as more than ten years ago, Yeli Mo Sui had already died in the battle against the Uighurs, and now Yeli Yuqi and Yeli Wangrong are also dead, leaving only Yeli Yuqi's ten-year-old sons Yeli Shangjun and Yeli Duanyun in the entire Yeli tribe two direct descendants.

At noon that day, Yeli Duanyun took his cousin Yeli Shangjun, and under the witness of the tribal elders, sent the ashes of the two kings to the pagoda for burial. At the same time, a tribal elders meeting was held. The leader, Ye Lishangjun, is the only one who is qualified to inherit, so he was elected as the new generation patriarch without any dispute. Because of his young age, he ordered Ye Li Duanyun to temporarily take charge of the tribe in accordance with Queen Ye Lidulan's order. Handle affairs in the tribe.

Su Jin witnessed all of this. He knew that all of this was arranged by Yeli Dulan. Originally, Yeli Shangjun was young, and the affairs of the tribe should be decided by the elders, but Xia Yi ordered Yeli Duanyun to be in charge of the tribe. , In fact, it is to clear the way for the transaction with himself, which is what Su Jin likes to see.