Qin Official

"You want us to escort the prisoners and garrison troops north?"

The news brought back by Heifu caused an uproar in Huyang Pavilion.

"What kind of job is this? Didn't we just serve in the army last year? And because we won the first prize in the military exercise, we were exempted from the one-year period."

When Dongmen Bao heard that he was also among the conscripts, he screamed angrily on the spot. Normally, this reckless husband would happily accompany him, but it was different now.

His wife is already six months pregnant!

In the past six months, Dongmen Leopard has changed his bad habit of wandering around and playing during holidays, and runs home every time he takes a bath. He proudly showed off to everyone that he was going to have a son, but he was counting his wife's delivery date on his fingers. Now, the county magistrate's office ordered him to reluctantly give up his pregnant wife. How could he be willing to do so?

"This should be a garrison service, not a military service."

Ji Ying on the side corrected him like this, but this made Dongmen Bao even more desperate. He just served as a corvee nearby in the county, doing some civil engineering work, and would go home in a month at most. But garrison service is different. Being sent to guard the border areas usually lasts for one year. If there is a continuous war, it may even last longer.

This means that Dongmen Leopard, who is serving in the north, will miss an important moment in his life - holding his newborn child in his hands and witnessing his life being extended in him...

"In a year, my son will be crawling all over the floor!"

He was so angry that he punched the pillar, then suddenly raised his head and said, "Hei Fu, are you just going to accept it like this?"

Since Hei Fu came back, he had been sullen and silent. Li Xian stood up and smoothed things over: "The pavilion chief is subordinate to the county captain, and he will carry out the orders given by the superiors. If he refuses to object, it will be disobedience and he will be punished on the spot." Take it down and punish him. He is a thief. There is nothing the chief of the pavilion can do about this matter."

Li Xian knew that according to Qin law, "old" (old people), "little" (children), "癃" (disabled people) and other situations are exempted from tax. Everyone does not fall into the above situation, so it stands to reason that there is no problem in recruiting one or several of them individually.

But the strange thing is that in addition to Heifu, Dongmen Bao, and Li Xian, Xiao Tao and even the mailman Ji Ying are also among the conscripts. Except for the elderly pavilion father and Yuliang, who has a similar relationship with Hei Fu, almost everyone in Huyang Pavilion has been evacuated. Isn't this too unusual?

I would rather paralyze the public security of Huyang Pavilion than have all the main forces in the pavilion serve in the north. Everyone can feel the deep resentment of the county Zuo Lieutenant...

At this time, Heifu stood up and said to everyone: "This matter happened because of me. The county Zuo Lieutenant has always been resentful of me because of the affairs of his nephew, the former Pavilion Chief Zhen, and his son-in-law Bin Baijiang. When the Right Lieutenant was here, he He didn't dare to make any mistakes, but now that the right lieutenant has been transferred away, the county lieutenant's office has become the Yun family's sole proprietor, and he has begun to act unscrupulously."

Heifu was only half right. The reason why Zuo Wei Yunman was so eager to retaliate against him was precisely because he was afraid of him. In the past year, Heifu had been continuously promoted for meritorious service. This speed had already made Zuo Lieutenant a little uneasy, so he wanted to "deal with" Heifu before the new right lieutenant took office.

He was very angry in the county town today, but at this moment he could only continue to endure it, but said with some sadness and anger: "I also argued hard in front of Zuo Wei, saying that Huyang Pavilion can be without a black husband, but not There is no crowd, if all the pavilions are evacuated, the local security will be in chaos again!"

"But Lieutenant Zuo didn't listen. He kept saying only one sentence."

Heifu looked into everyone's eyes and said: "If you don't obey, you will be punished as disobedience!"

"This is really unreasonable!" Now not only Dongmen Bao, but also Ji Ying and Xiao Tao became angry. This is too unfair.

When everyone had scolded him enough, Mr. Hei said again: "I have heard a saying, those who love others and those who hate others will have the crows in their houses. Lieutenant Zuo wanted to take revenge on me, so he ordered me to escort the prisoners and soldiers northward. The second and third sons have had a close relationship with me in the past year, and were said to be my confidants by the outside world, so they were implicated by me, and Hei Fu feels ashamed. "

After saying that, he bowed heavily to everyone!

When Hei Fu said this, Dongmen Bao, who had lost his temper just now, felt embarrassed and quickly returned the greeting: "I was so angry just now that I spoke indiscriminately. This matter has nothing to do with Hei Fu. It's all because of Zuo Weiyun." Man, avenge private revenge!"

He was so angry that he suddenly said: "We can't let him get his way, so we might as well escape from this battle..."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was shocked, and Hei Fu even scolded: "Absolutely not! This is asking for death! Instead, you fell into Zuo Wei's trick!"

You must know that in the Qin State, there were two crimes for evading corvee. One was "Bu Shi", which was refusing to report to the place where the corvee was to be performed. The official's punishment for this was to be whipped fifty times if caught. If you set out but are late for some reason, the penalty will not be so severe.

The second type is "lack of corvee", which is after completing the gathering and eating the food provided by the public, and even running away halfway. This situation is more serious. If caught, they will be punished by being beaten.

But please note that this is only a punishment for serving in the military. If you dare to do this while serving in the garrison, you are seeking death. Garrison service is a military conscription, and the management of garrison soldiers is based on military law. If you deliberately escape halfway, you will be regarded as a deserter and executed...

"Last year in Anlu County, a barbarian living by Yunmengze was conscripted to guard the border in Central Guizhou County. He ran away halfway. After he was captured, he argued that as a barbarian, he only had to pay taxes every year. With a corvee of 56 qian, he could be exempted from regular service. Even so, the garrison service was not reduced, so he was still sentenced to be cut in half..."

After Heifu finished talking about this, he stared at Dongmen Bao and said, "Ah Bao, if you run away and are caught, you will inevitably die. Not only will we be implicated, but your mother and your wife will also be implicated. What is your future?" The child who is born may also become a little minister and be humiliated by you for the rest of his life!"

Dongmen Leopard broke out in a cold sweat, so he had to give up this quick thought, scratched his head and said, "What should we do?"

"I went to the county jail and asked. Although Zuo Wei's recruitment of garrison manpower is a bit unreasonable, it does not violate the law. So no one can say that he is not, and we can only obey the order."

"Isn't that too frustrating!" Dongmen Bao gritted his teeth, and others felt the same.

"Second and third sons, don't worry, I, the black husband, swear an oath here."

Heifu clasped his fists at everyone and said: "Today, we are limited by our status and title and cannot disobey orders. But when I return from my service in a year, I, Heifu, will no longer be just the chief of a small pavilion. I will make meritorious deeds on the battlefield." After receiving the title, we will strive to have a higher status than Yun Man! When the time comes, we must make the Yun family pay the price for today's arrogance and injustice!"

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Heifu's words stabilized the "military morale" of everyone in Huyang Pavilion. Regardless of whether they wanted to or not, everyone began to actively prepare for the garrison service in the north, either settling down with their families or buying some winter clothes and equipment.

But three days later, when Heifu got the list of 50 prisoners they wanted to escort in the county seat, he couldn't help but cursed.

"This Lieutenant Zuo really won't give up until he puts me to death!"

However, he saw that most of the names and place of origin on that piece of wood were those who had been captured by Hei Fu personally in the past year and became prisoners!

From the businessman who falsely accused him and Ji Ying last year, to the two tomb robbers in the tomb robbery case, to more than a dozen residents from Blind Mountain, looking around, the wooden slips were densely packed with enemies of Hei Fu.

Heifu now completely understood why Wei Shi Anpu said that his life would be in danger if he went north to be escorted this time!