Han Dao world

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Xing Yong crossed the Zhang River and headed south all the way.

Two days later, he entered Neihuang County and was intercepted by scouting rangers.

Seeing that Xing Yong has only one car, including the driver, there are only three people, and they have no weapons. Wandering did not embarrass them.After inquiring about the purpose of his visit, he learned that he was here to see him, so he was escorted by two young knights.

Xing Yong saw that the two knights had fair skin, yellow beard and hair, and their appearance was very different from that of the Central Plains people, so he suspected that they were not Han Chinese.But listening to them speak, they have a pure accent, and their diction is quite elegant, not at all like the naturalized Xianbei, which is not surprising.

After a long time of patience, when he heard two knights discussing what is a gentleman and what is a villain, he couldn't help asking.

The two young knights glanced at each other, somewhat proudly.

"Can't you hear our accent?"

"I have traveled to Youbeiping for several years, and I have met many Xianbei people. They speak differently from you."

"Strictly speaking, we are not Xianbei people now." A young knight shook his horsewhip and smiled triumphantly: "We are all Han Chinese, just like you, but not Han, but Xianbei."

"Xianbei... clan?"

"Well, just like your Han people, the Xianbei people are also descendants of Yan and Huang. It's just that because they have lived in the north for a long time, their appearance is a little different."

Xing Yong wanted to speak but stopped.

He disagrees with this view.Regardless of whether the Xianbei people are descendants of Yanhuang or not, the Xianbei people are not Han people after all, but Hu people.Non-my family, its heart must be different.The emperor attaches so much importance to the Hu family, but kills the gentry in the Central Plains, which is definitely not what a holy king should do.

This is even worse than Qin destroying the six kingdoms.

Xing Yong lost interest in talking, kept silent until he was ready, and signed up for a meeting.

After half an hour, a person came out in a hurry, opened his arms from a distance, and laughed loudly.

"Xing Ziang, why did you come here?"

Xing Yong took a closer look and was also greatly surprised.He lived in seclusion in You Beiping, and after parting with Tian Chou a few years ago, he never heard from Tian Chou again, and never expected to meet him in Zai Xing Zai.

"Brother Zitai, why do you..."

"It's a long story, and follow me into the camp and tell it slowly." Tian Chou said, pulling Xing Yong into it.He had great strength and big steps, which made Xing Yong stagger and almost fall down.

Xing Yong quickened his pace to keep up with Tian Chou, while looking at Tian Chou.

He felt that the Tian Chou in front of him was a little strange, and it was different from the Tian Chou in his memory.

Tian Chou felt Xing Yong's doubts, but did not explain, and pulled Xing Yong all the way forward.

On both sides of the road, there are guards holding spears, their bodies are straight and motionless.In the tents on both sides, there were vague figures, and the sound of reading could be heard from time to time.On the grass between the tents, soldiers practicing martial arts can be seen everywhere, some practicing by themselves, some practicing in pairs, or one person instructing the other.

Many of them, like the knight Xing Yong met just now, have the appearance of a barbarian, but their speech is very elegant, and it can be seen that they have read books.

"How many... how many Hu tribe soldiers are there?"

Tian Chou looked around. "It's not too many, about [-]% or so. There are more soldiers from the Central Plains in the Forbidden Army, followed by soldiers from the Bingliang border area. The number of real Hu people is limited."

Xing Yong frowned. "Twenty percent less? Back then, the Wuhuan cavalry under Gongsun Zan's command..."

Tian Chou interrupted Xing Yong unceremoniously. "Gongsun Zan, how can you compare with the emperor? He is not even worthy of being a loose rider in front of the emperor."

Xing Yong was a little embarrassed, he forgot that Tian Chou and Gongsun Zan were sworn enemies.But then he realized that Tian Chou's respect for the emperor seemed a little too much.

Although Gongsun Zan had a bad reputation, he was after all a well-known White Horse General in northern Xinjiang.

"The Son of Heaven...is he really the Lord of England?"

"Naturally." Tian Chou waved his hand. "Hearing is false, but seeing is true. You will know when the time comes. But the emperor is busy now, so he may not have time to see you. You follow me to rest in the tent first, and we catch up. Oh, yes, I Someone has informed Liu Gongheng that when he returns to the camp, it will be like coming to drink with you."

Xing Yong was taken aback. "Liu Gongheng is also in the camp?"

"He is the right inspector of scattered cavalry. He is in charge of the training of scattered cavalry and armored cavalry on weekdays. He is very busy."

Xing Yong was confused and felt like a countryman.

"What is the official position of the right governor? What are Sanqi and Jiaqi?"

Tian Chou was slightly startled, and couldn't help laughing out loud.He patted Xing Yong on the shoulder. "Zi Ang, you have lived in seclusion for too long. You don't look like a Confucian scholar, but a Taoist priest."

"Bang has the way, Gu. Bang has no way, hidden. What's wrong?"

"Then tell me, is it right or wrong now?" Tian Chou led Xing Yong into his tent, went out to get water, let Xing Yong wash up, while he was busy making tea, took out some snacks, and put them on the table superior.

Seeing that Tian Chou did everything himself, without even a waiter, Xing Yong couldn't help being curious.

He came from Hejian in a hurry, and brought a coachman and a waiter. Tian Chou was an official beside the emperor, so why didn't he even have a waiter?

"Zitai, you are now..."

"Yi Lang." Tian Chou guessed what Xing Yong wanted to say, and said calmly: "There was a waiter, who was sent to the martial arts hall by me, and went to Bohai Sea a month ago. I am fine, and my daily food and daily life are very convenient. There is no need to be waited on by anyone. The laundry can also be sent to the baggage camp for free.”

"Is everyone like this?" Xing Yong pointed outside.

"It's all like this. Even the emperor doesn't have a dedicated attendant around him. His daily life is in charge of Ma Guiren. You may know that the emperor reduced the size of the harem and did not use eunuchs. Ziang, do you think this is right or wrong? ?”

Xing Yong was a little embarrassed and avoided talking about it. "All the clothes of the thousands of soldiers in the camp are washed by the baggage camp? How many officials and servants are there?"

"Official slaves?" Tian Chou was startled, then laughed. "There are hundreds of laundry slaves, but they are not human, but wooden. Driven by water power, one person can do the work of ten."

Chapter 886

Xing Yong was very surprised, and it took a while to realize that what Tian Chou was talking about should be some kind of machine.

There is also a machine that can wash clothes?

"After the chaos, during the war, people's livelihood was difficult, and the emperor was still in the mood to do this..." Xing Yong was a little angry, and he didn't know how to describe it for a while.

"You want to say that you are a loser, right?" Tian Chou said with a smile.

"Is not it."

"Of course not." Tian Chou shook his head. "First, these are not arranged by the emperor. The technicians in the martial arts hall thought that the laundry was too hard, so they made a mechanical replacement. Second, these machines are not only not playthings, but also very useful tools."

"So simple?"

"Do you think laundry is complicated? Isn't it just a few strokes?" Tian Chou gestured for a few laundry movements. "In fact, it's easy to replace it with machinery. I didn't believe it at the beginning, but now I think it's not strange to make it. The strange thing is why it's made now."

Xing Yong was completely speechless.

The appearance of the man in front of him is undoubtedly Tian Chou, but none of what he said seems to be able to be said by Tian Chou who he knows.

"You think...it's strange?" Tian Chou also realized it, stroked his beard, looked at Xing Yong, his eyes flickered.

Xing Yong nodded with a wry smile. "Sure enough, it's a gentleman and a leopard. Zitai, I don't recognize you anymore."

"Zi Ang, you haven't changed at all." Tian Chou stared at Xing Yong, a smile suddenly appeared on his face. "Then tell me, has it changed for the better, or hasn't it?"

"This..." Xing Yong's words came to his lips, and he swallowed them back.

He said that Tian Chou's "gentleman and leopard change" was originally a sarcasm, but Tian Chou's rhetorical question had no deep meaning. "Gentleman Leopard Change" comes from the Ge hexagram of "Book of Changes", and the essence of this hexagram is change.

Or it can be said that one of the themes of the "Book of Changes" is to change, and it is a problem to remain unchanged.

To oppose change is to violate the "Book of Changes" and the way of a sage.

Seeing that Xing Yong was speechless, Tian Chou laughed and looked at the sky outside.

"Are you tired? If not, I'll take you to meet those machines that can wash clothes."

Xing Yong nodded.

He was indeed curious, and wanted to see what kind of magical machine could actually wash clothes.

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Tian Chou took Xing Yong out of the camp of the Chinese army and came to the heavy camp.

The baggage camp is beside Qingshui, and a large group of people are busy.Along the water's edge, there are countless waterwheels, and there is a hut next to each waterwheel.

Tian Chou led Xing Yong into a hut, pointed to a machine driven by a water wheel, and said, "This is it, it's very simple."

Xing Yong took a look and understood that it was actually a large barrel with two wooden boards that could be slapped up and down, imitating the arms of women beating clothes when washing clothes.The wooden barrel rotates slowly, turning the clothes in the barrel.There are bubbles in the water, it should be something like saponin.

Thinking about it carefully, washing clothes is a very simple task, and it is most suitable to use machinery to do it.As Tian Chou said, it is not surprising to think of these things, but it is strange not to think of them.

Xing Yong felt a little uncomfortable.He looked up and looked at the next room.

In the hut next door is a millstone, driven by a waterwheel, which is spinning tirelessly. A half-grown child is sitting beside him, holding a book in his hand, reading aloud.

"That's why the people of Qiu became the son of heaven, and the son of heaven became the vassals..."

Xing Yong listened for a while and said, "Is it Mencius?"

""Mencius: Put Your Heart Down", please listen carefully."

Xing Yong listened intently again, the more he listened, the more surprised he became.The child's voice was clear, but full of breath, even though it was about ten steps away, he could hear every word and even recognize the tone.

"This is... a woman?" Xing Yong's face suddenly changed. "Which family's family is this?"

Tian Chou smiled slightly. "It should be the children of the people nearby. The emperor spent the land here, and many people got the land. They were grateful to the emperor and wanted to work for the emperor. The emperor couldn't bear to refuse, so he recruited some people to help with some chores. Just eat, no remuneration."

He leaned over and took another look. "Later, someone suggested that since we want to recruit common people to work and don't want to delay the farming season, it is better to recruit some half-grown children, let them do what they can, and teach them to read by the way. I don't know whose family this girl belongs to. It’s rare to see it so fast. Let’s go and have a look.”

As Tian Chou said, he left the hut and walked to the wooden house next door.

Xing Yong also followed, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw a young girl looking at them with some embarrassment.The clothes on her body were torn and patched, but they were washed clean.Her face was rosy, her eyes were clear, and she was shy, but she was not afraid of people.

"Are you a villager nearby?" Tian Chou said with a smile.

The girl shook her head, carefully put the book in her hand aside, and saluted respectfully. "The concubine's family gathers in Yiyang."

"Yiyang Ju? That's not close." Tian Chou was a little surprised. "How long have you been here? Are you still used to it?"

"Very good, with food and shelter." She turned her head and glanced at the book. "You can still study. Well, my concubine came here on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, and it will be a hundred days in two days."

"Ever read a book before?"

"No, the family has no money and cannot afford to read."

"That's really not easy." Xing Yong couldn't help but said.

Although "Mencius" is a Zishu, it is not a book of enlightenment. Most people have to read "Cangjie Pian" and other calligraphy books first, and then read "The Analects of Confucius" and finally "Mencius".Even if the girl read "Mencius" directly after reading the calligraphy, it is not easy to reach this level in three months.

"Ma Guiren said that if my concubine can read "Mencius" within half a year, she will recruit her into the female cavalry and become a female historian." The girl suddenly laughed, her eyes sparkling. "If you join the female cavalry, the concubine will have a salary to support Ah Weng and Ah Mu, and they won't be sad because they don't have a son."

Tian Chou and Xing Yong exchanged a look and nodded. "Then work hard, we won't bother you." He said, and exited the hut.

The girl chased out. "Dare to ask the two gentlemen, are you the Lang Guan next to the emperor?"

Tian Chou nodded. "I'm Yilang Tianchou, do you need my help?"

"Oh, no need. The concubine just thinks that the two of you are extraordinary, and they should be the officials next to the emperor. Thinking that one day in the future, the concubine will be able to serve the emperor like the two, so I will be more motivated to study."

Tian Chou laughed. "you will."

Xing Yong looked at Tian Chou, and then at the young girl whose eyes were full of hope although her clothes were shabby, and she was suddenly moved inexplicably.

Over the years, he was used to seeing sadness and despair. He saw countless people die in ravines, their bones exposed in the wild, no one buried them, but there was nothing they could do.He wanted to end the war as soon as possible and restore peace to Jizhou, so he accepted Xun You's suggestion and came to do it.

I didn't expect to see this scene when I got off the car.

The daughter of a poor commoner can actually study, and she has the opportunity to become a female cavalry and serve the emperor.

"Zitai, this girl... can really join the female cavalry?"

Tian Tai looked back at Xing Yong. "Of course. Even an ordinary Qiang girl in Liangzhou can do it, why can't she?"

Chapter 887

Xing Yong followed Tian Chou around, and the more he looked, the more silent he became.

He objected to Du Tian and felt that this move was unjust.But when he saw those children who were full of hope because they had land at home, he had to admit that saving the land was not entirely unrighteous.

"Zi Tai, I'm a little confused." Xing Yong sighed. "Is it true that to realize the kingly way must be unrighteous? If so, is the kingly way still the kingly way?"

Tian Chou smiled slightly. "I can't answer your question. But you don't have to worry, you're not the only one who has such doubts. After I go back, I'll find some residence reports for you to see, and you'll know."

Xing Yong nodded in agreement, even a little impatient.

He had heard of the Di Bao when he was in Northern Xinjiang, and he knew that there were many articles published on it, written by different people, with different opinions, and even tit-for-tat.He had only read a few articles, and he was already horrified.

There are not many newspapers in Beijiang Mansion, and the information he knows is not comprehensive.

Seeing that it was getting late, Tian Chou took Xing Yong to dinner.

There are already many people sitting in the restaurant, talking while eating.When Xing Yong saw it, he couldn't help frowning.Judging by the clothes and clothes of these people, they should all be officials around the emperor, but their behavior is really degrading.