The clouds and sun reflect each other, and the sky and water are clear and fresh.
Tongli Lake in the afternoon is leisurely and lazy, with a gentle breeze and sparkling waves. Occasionally, a boat floats by, slowly and leisurely. I don’t know when it comes or when it leaves. Occasionally, a boatman rises up and goes up. A few fishermen's songs startled several mandarin ducks out of sight. They chirped dissatisfiedly and flew low over the side of the ship before diving back into the swaying reeds.
On the trestle, a young man and woman sit side by side. Their shadows are reflected on the water and merge into one. A group of fish emerge from the water in the shadow, burping.
Wanwan leaned against Zhao Mengqi, rested her head on his shoulder, and said softly, "If you marry me, there will probably be more turmoil in the court..."
"Really?" Zhao Mengqi put his hands on the bridge behind him, leaning slightly upward, immersed in the river of love, feeling comfortable and a little lazy, "Why do you say that?"
Wanwan was silent for a while and then said softly, "My grandma, my ancestor, committed the ten evil crimes."
"Huh? Chen Sigong?"
"It's not him, it's his grandfather..."
As Wanwan started talking, Zhao Mengqi realized that the Chen family had an extraordinary family background and were descendants of the royal family.
The first generation in the genealogy is Chen Shi, a famous official of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He came from a humble background, but was famous for his talent and virtue. He founded the Chen family in Yingchuan and became a famous family in China. The two "gentlemen of Liang Shang and Chen Shi's legacy robbers" This word comes from him. .br>
There are many celebrities among the descendants of the descendants, and the most conspicuous one should be Chen Baxian, who established the Chen Dynasty. History has been full of praise for him, "There has never been a man who conquered a country as a ruler, and there is no one as upright as Emperor Chen Wu." Even great men also spoke highly of him. appreciate.
By the way, like Zhao Da, he was actually given the yellow robe by his subordinates, but his reputation was much higher, but unfortunately his lifespan was not long enough.
Later, after Nanchen was destroyed by Yang Guang, his descendants were scattered. One branch settled in Shicheng, Jiangxi, and worked hard to inherit the family. In the Song Dynasty, a famous prime minister, Chen Shu, emerged.
Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty personally inscribed "True Salt and Iron Chen Shu" on the pillars of the palace. Zhenzong mourned the abolition of the dynasty, and "History of the Song Dynasty" praised him as "the leader of capable officials".
Chen Shu's son Chen Zhizhong also became prime minister in the Renzong Dynasty, and finally became a Situ. He was also a famous minister of his generation.
The ten heinous crimes happened to Chen Zhizhong's only son, Chen Shiru.
Chen Shiru's biological mother Zhang was Chen Zhizhong's concubine. After Chen Zhizhong's death, Renzong arranged for Zhang to become a monk in a Taoist temple. When Chen Shiru grew up, he took his mother home. However, Chen Shiru's well-born wife, Li, was not at odds with this mother-in-law. and.
At that time, Chen Shiru was originally a fifth-grade doctor of Guozi. It was probably that Shenzong planned to reuse him, so he let the magistrate of Taihu County go out to practice.
At this time, it is said that Mrs. Li, who was at home, said in front of all the maids, "The doctor will be in mourning for a day, so I will pay you generously."
This means that if Chen Shiru's mother dies, he can return to Tokyo to mourn, and the maids will receive heavy rewards.
So, in order to get a big reward, the maids went to murder Mrs. Zhang. They poisoned her at first, but maybe they bought fake and shoddy products. Mrs. Zhang did not die. At night, the maids hammered iron nails into Mrs. Zhang's head. This is the killing.
The Chen Mansion mourned Zhang's death, but soon a maid reported it to the Kaifeng Mansion. After the incident, it immediately affected the hearts of everyone in the government and the public, and even the emperor personally intervened.
The first person to preside over the case was Su Song, the boss of Kaifeng Mansion at the time, who was Su Dongpo's wronged brother. After the trial, he believed that Chen Shiru's wife Li and maid Gao had murdered Zhang, but Chen Shiru " "Unknowingly", in that era, although the wife committed a crime and the husband was responsible, "the law will not lead to death."
But, at that time, the old and new parties were fighting fiercely, and the Chen family and Li's family both belonged to the old party, so this case became a political case under the manipulation of thoughtful people.
Subsequently, the case changed the chief trial several times, and the case expanded rapidly. A large number of old party members, including Su Song, were all implicated and imprisoned for interrogation.
It was only at this time that Shenzong realized that the game was getting too big and he wanted to stop it. However, the person handling the case insisted that the final verdict of the case was, "The former Guozi doctor Chen Shiru was ordered to marry his wife Li, maid Gao, Zhang and other nineteen people, and He was beheaded, the maid Gao Lingchi was killed, his wife Li Te was killed with the stick, the maid Dan and seven others were killed by borrowing money, and the back of the stick was sent to the Hunan, Guangnan, and Jingxi Roads for management."
In fact, this case is full of doubts and involves party disputes. It would be strange if there is nothing fishy about it. Regardless of other things, Chen Shiru’s book
It is most likely that he was really unaware, but he became a victim of the struggle between the old and new parties, and the Chen family was devastated as a result.
Murdering one's biological mother is one of the "evil rebellions" among the ten evils. In Confucian society, filial piety governs the world. If you commit this crime, you will be despised by everyone, and even future generations will have to live in this shadow.
Although the Chen family still had some shadow, and even the emperor and many ministers realized that Chen Shiru had been wronged, they could no longer mix among the civil servants.
As a result, Chen Shiru's son was demoted to a commoner and had no choice but to obtain the military officer rank by marrying a daughter of the clan, switching from literary qualifications to military qualifications in order to continue the political life of the Chen family.
Later, Chen Shiru's grandson Chen Sigong became a military general and experienced dozens of battles in the war with the Kingdom of Jin.
Chen Sigong's military ability is not outstanding. His most glorious moment should be his performance in the Mingshou Incident. In the second year, when the Jin army passed through Wujiang County, he was defeated by the boat division in Taihu Lake and almost captured the Jin general alive. Zong Bi.
Perhaps because of the "matricide case", Chen Sigong was a low-key man. He was unwilling to publicize his great achievements in rescuing the emperor, and refused the heavy reward given by Emperor Gaozong. Therefore, Zhao Jiumei, who felt sorry for himself, used the imperial emissary as the commander of the Xiang Army. Gong is both inconspicuous and practical.
Most of the Xiang army did not need to fight. They were miscellaneous troops, equivalent to long-term workers employed by the imperial court for life. They were engaged in river management and road construction, field building and city building, escorting money and grain, and guarding the city. In other words, in the past, the dynasty needed to recruit people. Things to do.
Therefore, compared with other dynasties, the Song Dynasty used less civilian labor. The advantage of this was that people could focus more on their own livelihoods and generate more surplus value for "society", which made the commodity economy of the Song Dynasty relatively developed.
In the early days, the Xiang army had many military functions, such as guarding places and cooperating with the Forbidden Army in operations. However, after arriving at the southern crossing, these functions were basically gone.
Of course, if the Xiang Army has relatively good soldiers, it will be promoted to the Forbidden Army, while unqualified or old and sick soldiers in the Forbidden Army will be demoted to the Xiang Army. This approach is conducive to social security to a certain extent.
Many people have lost the skills to make a living after serving as soldiers for a long time. If they flow into society, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not become bandits with the administrative capabilities of ancient times.
On the surface, the salary of the Xiang Army is half that of the Forbidden Army, but in fact, they often don't get even one-third. When the government's finances are tight, they even default on their wages, and even end up starving.
But for many people, at least they can still make a living, which can be regarded as a kind of protection for soldiers.
In addition to the retired soldiers of the Imperial Army, the Xiang Army's military resources mainly include recruiting young and strong men among the victims, bandits and criminals recruited from the disaster area.
Among the punishments in the Song Dynasty, young criminals were often sent to the army, which was what people at the time called "thieves to the army." This is how Di Qing, the God of War of the Song Dynasty, enlisted in the army.
For some relatively serious crimes, the practice at that time was to tattoo the prisoner's face, which was called "tattooing", which probably meant keeping a record on the record, so Pei Jun had such tattoos on his face.
Some people in later generations mistakenly thought that soldiers in the Song Dynasty would have tattoos. In fact, it was a misunderstanding. The Song Dynasty had never established a tattoo system for soldiers. Normal soldiers would not have tattoos on their faces. In addition, people in the Song Dynasty actually liked tattoos. Yes, even Yue Fei had "Serve the Country with Loyalty" tattooed on his back, and there are many colorful arms in the market to show their bravery in this way. The Japanese country probably learned this custom from this.
In certain periods, in order to prevent soldiers from escaping, some generals would tattoo serial numbers on the faces or arms of their soldiers to facilitate arrest. This is different from the tattoos used by soldiers.
This should be regarded as the personal practice of generals, and after the southern crossing, this habit gradually disappeared.
At that time, Chen Sigong still had a normal official position and led a regular army. After he had the commander of the Fenghua Army, he retired his old subordinates who could not fight to the Xiang Army to retire, and even put the family members of his soldiers in the Xiang Army. In the army.
After four or five generations, the Fenghua Army became the old camp of the Chen family, and all the sergeants shared weal and woe with the Chen family.
Because the Fenghua Army is regarded as the heritage of the Chen family and the family training of the Chen family, unlike other military commanders of the Xiang army, the Chen family not only does not eat empty quotas or drink the blood of soldiers, but in order to take care of these people who have followed his family for generations, the Chen family sends soldiers The quota is fully used, with a total of 20,000 registered soldiers.
In addition, the Chen family is not good at management either, or
The reporter said that they had no intention of squeezing the labor force of these Xiang soldiers, but instead diverted money and food from other places in order to maintain their livelihood.
Because of this, the Fenghua Army is loyal to the Chen family, and the military training of the younger generation has not fallen behind, providing high-quality soldiers for generations of Chen family heads.
The last head of the Chen family, Wanwan's maternal grandfather, Chen Tong, led ten commanders of 5,000 troops in the first year of Duanping, 21 years ago, and followed Zhao Kui to recapture Kaifeng, and then continued to march to Luoyang. Unfortunately, not only did the logistics fail to keep up, but they also fell into an ambush set by the Mongols. As a result, the entire army was wiped out and Chen Tong died in the battle.
The Chen family had few heirs, so after they died, the commander of the Fenghua Army was left to his son-in-law, Wanwan's father, Jiang Huaiquan, who also served as commander of the garrison army.
Five years ago, Yu Jie led the northern expedition to Hanzhong. Jiang Huai led the army to fight. The battle went smoothly at first, but later the attack on Hanzhong continued for a long time. The Mongols repaired the burned plank road and sent reinforcements. The Song army had to retreat, but Jiang Huai led the army to retreat. Inexplicably, Miraculously, they were surrounded by the Mongols, and most of the two thousand soldiers and horses were killed.
At that time, Jiang Huai's son Jiang Yi, who was affiliated with the Imperial City Division, took the initiative to join the war and was responsible for detecting the enemy's situation. As a result, he also died for his country. He was only seventeen years old.
It is worth mentioning that Liu Weizhen's father Liu Xiuli was Jiang Huai's deputy general at the time, leading another troop and successfully retreated.
After the war, in order to boost morale, the imperial court regarded the battle as a victory and rewarded those who participated in the battle. As a result, Liu Xiuli was promoted and moved to the position of commander of the Anji Prefecture Control Department.
175.Chen Jiang’s Past
