Great Tang Broom Star

Wu Mei is just forty years old this year.

A forty-year-old woman, one is old and the other is young, and there is a scumbag husband in the middle. These days are really sad.

Fortunately, Wu Mei is not that kind of honest person, she only knows about husband and son all day long. Now, as the emperor's deputy, she is busy all day long, and has no time to worry about the spring and autumn.

But today she finally got some free time, Wu Mei wanted to take care of her face, but who knew that she saw fine lines.

Jia Ping'an just gave birth to which pot and didn't open which pot to carry. Some people have no choice but to soak goji berries in a thermos... Isn't this eye medicine?

Jia Pingan sighed, "Since ancient times, beauties are like famous generals, and the world is not allowed to see gray hair."

He walked out of the palace very quickly, and it didn't take long for him to catch up with the prime ministers.

"hehe!"

Jia Pingan quickened his pace and overtook him in one fell swoop.

Li Yifu had a cold face.

Shangguanyi was smiling, but his smile was stiff.

Even Xu Jingzong was dissatisfied and said: "I don't respect the old!"

A group of old men are walking slowly, but you are fine, walking like flying.

It hurts so much!

After changing their clothes, they met outside the palace gate.

"Your Majesty, the army is full of evil spirits. I want to invite warriors to protect Your Majesty."

The accompanying Qianniuwei was a little uncomfortable.

Xu Jingzong agreed with this view, "It goes without saying that Qianniuwei is loyal, but they are not as good as those fierce soldiers who have fought a hundred battles."

The so-called Qianniuwei is actually a group of children of powerful and high-ranking officials, and using the children of powerful and high-ranking officials to guard the emperor is a long-standing method.

Several Qianniuwei sneered.

Li Zhi asked: "Who?"

"Li Jingye, doctor of the Ministry of Punishment!"

A few Qianniuwei immediately turned their faces away.

Li Ji smiled, "That little bastard has behaved quite well recently."

Li Zhi nodded, and Jia Ping sent people to find Li Jingye.

"I heard that Li Jingye is quite filial to the British Duke at home?"

The emperor's attitude towards Li Ji has changed a lot... As Li Ji grew older, he became less suspicious and more respectful.

Jia Ping'an thinks the main reason is Li Jingye's stupidity.

Even if Li Ji had any ambitions, he should have dissipated when he saw this fool.

Li Ji smiled, "Yes! He has been quite filial recently."

Li Jingye came, and after saluting, Li Zhi praised: "What a bear!"

"Ah Weng, I saw that your complexion was not very good in the morning, why is it better now? Could it be..."

Li Ji coughed dryly, "Don't talk nonsense, it's a good guard."

Li Jingye agreed, and used to talk nonsense with those Qianniuwei, and they would compete in a few words.

"Come on, the two go up together. If Yeye is afraid of you, I will take a detour when I see you from now on."

The two Qianniuwei just shook their heads.

Looking at the complacent Li Jingye, the emperor sighed softly: "It's nice to be young!"

The carefree Li Jingye made the emperor feel much better.

"Brother, where is this going?"

"Outside the city."

Li Jingye sighed: "It's not interesting for Mu Chun to go out of the city."

Shangguanyi asked: "Then where is it interesting?"

Li Jingye said: "It's the best season to go to brothels."

Shangguanyi wondered, "Why?"

"At first glance, you are inexperienced, hey! No, people say that Mr. Shangguan is a little bee in the flowers, you shouldn't be so inexperienced!"

Shangguanyi's face turned green, and she couldn't help but sneak a glance at the emperor.

The emperor looked at Li Ji expressionlessly, and sympathized with him for a moment.

Li Ji clenched his fists tightly.

Li Jingye was still chattering,

"When it's cold and you go to the brothel, those prostitutes are either wearing thick clothes, so you can't touch them! If you're wearing thin clothes, you'll get goose bumps all over your body, and it's uncomfortable to touch. It's not good if the weather is hot, prostitutes wear tulle It seems tempting, but it's uncomfortable to be sweaty... So this season is the best, neither cold nor hot, and you won't be covered in sweat..."

this……

Is this a big deal?

Shangguanyi was shocked!

Li Yifu was pondering silently.

The emperor's heart moved slightly.

Xu Jingzong praised: "Wonderful!"

A group of old snake skins!

After more than half an hour, everyone arrived at the nearest Zhechong Mansion.

Captain Zhechong Huang Xiaochong came to meet him.

"Meet Zhao Guogong."

Huang Xiaochong looked at the group of people behind him, feeling appalled.

"You were ordered to summon the government soldiers earlier, but they are here?"

After the decision, the Ministry of War issued an order.

Huang Xiaochong said: "Duke, as you know, most of the government soldiers are at home, and it is difficult to gather for a while."

"how long?"

"I'm afraid it will take more than an hour."

This is still fast, if the government soldiers are too scattered, it will take at least half a day to gather together. In some places it even takes a day or two.

Guanzhong is relatively densely populated, so it is much better.

"Those are……"

Huang Xiaochong always felt something was wrong.

"Don't inquire about what you shouldn't."

Jia Pingan went back to report.

"More than an hour? It's too soon."

The emperor was obviously satisfied.

"This is also a temporary order. I think it's just a drill, to see how quickly the local Zhechong government can mobilize the soldiers."

Jia Pingan said: "If it's time for war, the court makes a decision, the Ministry of War orders, and immediately recruits the soldiers from Zhechong's mansion. The faster the assembly at this time, the better the battle situation will be."

Li Zhi nodded, "I also want to see the performance of Zhechong Mansion."

"Your Majesty, the sun is getting hotter and hotter."

Shangguanyi touched the oily sweat on his forehead, "Why don't you... go in and rest?"

The emperor shook his head, "Look at the two sergeants outside, just standing there, I will try today too."

The emperor stood there, and the prime ministers followed helplessly.

Half an hour later, the emperor was dripping with sweat.

Jia Ping'an was worried that the emperor would reveal something wrong, so it would be a shame to try to persuade him...

The prime ministers couldn't hold it anymore, Li Yifu was twitching, and his face turned red when he twitched.

Shangguanyi was better, but also a little wobbly.

Li Ji remained expressionless, but there was no abnormality.

Xu Jingzhong suddenly covered his forehead, "Your Majesty, the old minister is dying."

Jia Ping'an's eyes lit up, "Grand Xu! You can't fall, Mr. Xu!"

He went to support Xu Jingzong, and the emperor turned around with difficulty, "Hurry up and find a place for Xu Qing to rest."

Xu Jingzong squeezed his eyes, then pretended to be weak and was helped in.

Li Yifu and Shangguanyi stood outside the door, feeling very comfortable with the cool breeze.

Li Yifu smiled and said: "Xu Jingzong is not feeling unwell. This person is very good at exploiting camps."

——Xu Jingzong was pretending to let the emperor have a step down, so he can be called a courtier!

Shangguanyi smiled slightly.

The two old men lost to Xu Jingzong.

One after another, government soldiers came.

According to the requirements of the expedition, they were fully armed and brought horses and donkeys and other animals. It was very noisy for a while.

After noon, Huang Xiaochong came to ask for instructions.

"Duke, there are only three people missing."

"about there."

When Li Zhi got up, Huang Xiaochong didn't understand Jia Pingan's face as if I was a lowly official.

"I have seen His Majesty!"

Li Zhi nodded, "Today I brought the ministers here to see the performance of the soldiers."

Huang Xiaochong was so excited, "Your Majesty, please take a look."

He rushed out and shouted: "Array!"

One by one, the soldiers quickly began to line up.

At first it looked messy, but soon the array was taking shape.

The formation of more than a thousand people stood in silence.

All the soldiers who looked like old farmers just now had bright eyes.

Huang Xiaochong shouted: "Divide the troops!"

The two Zhechong school lieutenants stepped forward, and then each led five hundred infantry and dozens of cavalry to a distance of one hundred steps.

"Your Majesty, this is what it looks like when the drill meets the enemy."

Jia Pingan introduced.

Li Zhi nodded, "I'll take a good look."

Several trumpeters held up their horns and blew it vigorously.

"Woo..."

One number!

"Array!"

Both sides line up!

The neat array remained motionless.

Those pairs of eyes! It looked all indifferent.

"Your Majesty, these are Tiger Ben!"

Li Zhi asked: "Why can you be so sure?"

Jia Pingan said: "As for any inferior army, the eyes of the soldiers must be erratic after the formation. But Hu Ben is different, the eyes are indifferent, which means that life and death are nothing."

Li Zhi nodded, "But most of these are farmers, why is this so?"

Except for Li Ji, everyone else was very curious.

Jia Pingan said: "There are various armies guarding Chang'an City, and most of those soldiers are from the Zhechong Mansion in the Guanzhong area. Every year, they take turns entering Chang'an to defend. After arriving in Chang'an, the armies will conduct strict drills..."

This is one of them!

"Afterwards, when there was a war, most of the soldiers recruited by the Ministry of War were also soldiers from the Guanzhong area. After those soldiers who had experienced battles returned to the Zhechong Mansion, they would pass on the experience of fighting on the battlefield to those newcomers. Your Majesty, an old soldier will bring ten soldiers. A rookie can become a strong army with just one battle."

This is the means of bringing the old with the new!

Li Yifu asked back, "Then why did you quit after fifty suggestions?"

Jia Pingan glanced at him, "Fifty years old, that's not an old soldier, but a wind candle, and it will disappear when the wind blows accidentally."

Li Yifu: "..."

Jia Pingan continued to instill poisonous chicken soup, "So Datang can't stop, he has to keep looking for opponents for himself, and the army has to conquer every few years... Your Majesty, once there is no war for more than ten years, Wen Tianwuxi is not a joke, but Reality."

Li Zhi nodded, "It's not good if the knife is not sharpened."

Jia Ping'an was suddenly moved.

So this is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty?

Changed the emperors of the Song Dynasty and the middle and late Ming Dynasty... What did you say? How many years do you have to conquer? Are you out of your mind?

Isn't it good for everyone to live in peace?

It's just you!

This is an era of aggressiveness.

It is also the most glorious era in China!

woo woo...

The horn blares.

The flag was raised violently.

puff!

In the wind, the sergeant holding the flag shouted loudly.

"Enter!"

Drums!

"kill!"

Both sides began to attack.

"Kill!"

The distance between the two sides keeps getting closer.

Jia Pingan glanced at the emperor and the prime ministers.

Except for Li Ji, their faces were all flushed.

"Is this my Great Tang Tiger Ben?"

There are only a thousand people, but the momentum of the impact is like a thousand troops!

Jia Pingan said seriously: "Yes, this is my Datang Huben."

Clang, clang!

"It's gold."

The soldiers who were running wildly stopped suddenly!

Back off now!

On the other side, it continued to rush.

That long spear held high, the horizontal knife held high...

Those pairs of eyes!

Li Zhi was moved, "Only such warriors can defend Datang!"

Clang, clang!

The other team also started to retreat.

"Your Majesty, this is a drill."

Li Zhi asked: "What about the ability to kill the enemy?"

Jia Pingan shouted at Huang Xiaochong: "Formation drill."

After the array is completed, then move forward, turn, and retreat according to the order...

The formation is constantly changing!

"kill!"

The spears at the front lined up to kill.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"Your Majesty, the Zhechong Mansion teaches arrows, swords, marksmanship, and even horsemanship, and then relies more on individual hard training."

Li Zhi understood.

"Those old soldiers..."

Li Yifu pointed to the gray-bearded old soldiers and said: "Just now I was very energetic, Your Majesty, I think these old soldiers are the most valuable in the army and should be kept."

Li Zhi hesitated.

These old soldiers were very powerful just now, and they didn't hold back when they moved forward and back.

Jia Pingan said: "Your Majesty, just ask."

Li Zhi nodded, and Jia Pingan called a few old soldiers.

"Your Majesty, they are all over fifty."

Several veterans were very nervous.

Li Zhi asked: "How about you wait in Zhechong Mansion?"

An old soldier said: "Your Majesty, it is very comfortable."

"It's good to be at ease."

Li Zhi asked again: "Maybe you wait in the army to follow and fight?"

The complexions of the old soldiers changed.

Jia Pingan said: "Tell the truth."

The old soldier took a deep breath, "Your Majesty, most of us won't go out."

Li Zhi was startled, "Why?"

The old soldier said: "Since Duke Zhao took charge of the Ministry of War, those over fifty are not allowed to go out with them."

Li Yifu smiled, "So that's how it is!"

Li Zhi glanced at Jia Pingan.

Jia Pingan sighed: "Tell me about your waiting for the expedition, after fifty."

The old pawn moved his lips, "That is...not long-lasting."

"what for?"

Li Zhi was puzzled.

Li Jingye scratched his head, wishing he could come forward and explain what is not lasting.

The old pawn lowered his head, "When I am old, the army has to travel long distances. Halfway through, I am exhausted, so I can only rely on pack horses or donkeys to travel..."

Li Zhi was surprised.

Jia Ping'an narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling that he had shaken Datang's fate again.

"After the war started, I had a lot of experience in killing people, but...it didn't last long. I was out of breath not long after I swung the knife..."

This is not the future generations, the people of the future generations have enough nutritional intake. And at this time people can eat enough.

For example, the army of later generations had plenty to eat, but what did the army eat at this time?

wheat rice!

This barley had to be brought by the soldiers themselves, which is what later generations call their own dry food.

Mai rice is really hard to eat... the only advantage is that it has a relatively long shelf life.

On weekdays, soldiers seldom eat meat at home, that is, simple barley rice with vegetables, which is bound to be insufficient in nutrition. It was even worse when it came time to go on an expedition, and it was Maifan.

You can compare wheat rice to steamed buns, that is to say, the tigers of Datang just gnawed steamed buns and wiped out countless alien races all the way!

Awesome?

Awesome!

But as the days go by, the person's physical fitness will drop rapidly. After reaching the age of fifty, basically don't expect them to keep up with the rhythm of the army.

The veterans look desperate.

Li Zhi said: "After fifty... will it be difficult to fight?"

Jia Pingan nodded, and Li Ji, who had been silent all this time, said, "Your Majesty, if you have been injured before turning 40, you will not be able to join the conscript."

This knife made up for it heartily.

Only then did Li Zhi know the reason.

He asked: "How about letting you wait until now to disarm?"

In an instant, the faces of those old soldiers were as pale as paper.

"Your Majesty, I implore Your Majesty to show mercy..."

"Your Majesty, I have been in the army for many years, but now I am old and weak, farming is difficult, and hard labor is even more difficult. Your Majesty...grace me!"

Li Zhi was shocked, and he glanced at Jia Pingan.

Jia Ping'an looked calm.

"Your Majesty, 4 years old is called young, 16 years old is middle-aged male, 21 years old is young, and 60 years old is old. At 16 years old, you start to pay taxes and serve in the military. At the beginning, you will be a half-ding, and you will receive half-payment. At 21, you will be a full-time.

According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, under the age of 60 is still a male, and you have to pay everything that is due. Only those over the age of sixty are exempt from these taxes.

"I see!"

The emperor sighed slightly in his heart, got up and said: "I know. I..."

He slowly looked at the soldiers, and said: "The late emperor loved the soldiers, so the soldiers served their lives. I don't know why, I thought that the way to command the army is to distinguish rewards and punishments, but..."

However, the first emperor also sucked the abscess from the wounds of the soldiers, and he personally led the army to the battle, and he often paid homage to the soldiers who died in battle... Joining the army is exempt from taxes, rewards for military merits, and can be promoted... All kinds of things, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty Only then are you willing to fight to serve the country.

He looked at these grey-haired old soldiers, and one old soldier smiled at him fawningly.

This smile is flattering!

But it hurt the emperor's heart!

"I used to see my subordinates flatter me, and I was quite contented in my heart, but today I see these brave warriors flatter me, I..."

The emperor wept.

Jia Ping shook his head and sighed.

The warriors of all battles should be respected by the country and the nation, but at this moment they are bowing their heads and laughing for their own pension.

Whose shame is this?

"This is my disgrace!"

Several old soldiers froze.

The emperor turned his head, "Jia Qing!"

This is about to be shot.

Jia Ping stepped forward, "Your Majesty."

The emperor said: "These warriors who have fought a hundred battles have spared no effort to defend the Tang Dynasty. Now they are getting old. I am thinking, is it possible to retreat at fifty?"

Jia Pingan said solemnly: "Your Majesty is merciful. Old soldiers are needed in the army, but young soldiers who enter the government can be called old soldiers when they are forty years old. The army says that such people are slippery, and they will never go out if they can kill the enemy with one knife With the second knife, one old soldier can lead ten soldiers, and he can turn a Zhechong Mansion soldier into a warrior."

The emperor nodded slightly.

Jia Pingan thought of Sun Zhong.

Isn't that the killing god?

"After the age of fifty, the sergeants are old and weak, and the wounds left by years of fighting will gradually show. If such old soldiers are forced to fight, it will not only harm the country, but also the people."

Jia Pingan pointed to an old soldier and said, "Undress!"

From behind Li Yifu said angrily: "Rude!"

Jia Pingan said calmly: "If you don't understand, pretend to understand, maybe shut up?"

Li Yifu glanced at the emperor, but saw Li Jingye clenched his fists.

Beep with my brother again, believe it or not, yeah yeah I'll kill you!

Li Yifu glanced at Li Ji.

Li Ji looked calm, as if he didn't see his grandson just threatening the prime minister.

Military orders are like mountains!

The old soldier undressed slowly.

He took off his shirt and was about to take off his pants when Shen Qiu, who was accompanying him, walked up to Jia Ping'an's side and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is present, it is a hindrance."

Jia Pingan made an exception and ignored him, but stood in awe.

The old soldier gradually took off his clothes and pants, leaving only his dirty clothes and pants. He looked at Jia Pingan, "Duke, do you still want to take it off?"

No one has spoken.

This is an old body, the muscles are extraordinarily loose, and it is actually a little slumped.

This is a body full of trauma.

All kinds of scars vertically and horizontally, some deep, some long...

The scariest scar was on the waist, and the skin turned outward from both sides of the scar.

Monarchs and ministers are looking at the scar.

"Tell me." Jia Pingan signaled the old soldier to talk about the scar.

The old pawn was a little embarrassed to be stared at by so many people, he lowered his head and said: "There is nothing to say, just fight hard..."

Li Zhi took a deep breath.

Everyone is looking at him.

"What I saw today was a warrior!"

"I can't let the warriors bleed and cry for Datang."

"I……"

The emperor said solemnly: "From today onwards, the government soldiers will retire at fifty, and the tax will still be exempted."

More than a thousand soldiers stared blankly at the emperor.

Huang Xiaochong's legs softened, and he knelt down and shouted: "Long live Your Majesty!"

More than a thousand soldiers knelt down.

"Long live Your Majesty!"

...

Good night!