Huang Laosi felt something was wrong.
The previous two times, when Fu San stabbed him, he looked at Chu Qing before stabbing him, and then... Chu Qing nodded every time with an encouraging look on his face.
"If you fart, just let it go!" Lao Si squinted his eyes and scolded, "Put it away quickly."
Chu Qing was speechless.
What's going on? Why are you so impatient when everything is fine?
"Your Majesty, I dare to ask you, if we really go to fight against the Liang Rong and the Japanese bandits, will we have to recruit troops in advance?"
"nonsense."
"No matter how bold you are, if you are... don't be angry. You are stupid and don't know what to say. That is, if you are the son of the common people and have just turned sixteen, and it happens to be the time when the imperial court is recruiting troops, and there are mistakes in the frontline war. We need to recruit troops to strengthen defense at the city gate, will you go?"
"It's natural!"
The fourth child's face was full of dignity: "A man born between heaven and earth, even if he doesn't study, he still knows the principles of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. The war is coming, and he must obey the imperial court's order to recruit troops to defend his home and country!"
Fu San had no expression on his face: "Ke Fubing, the monthly salary is only 220 yuan, so are you still going?"
"of course yes…"
The fourth child was stunned for a moment, then continued: "Of course I want to go, two hundred and twenty cents, even if I don't have a salary, I still want to go!"
"What if you still have an old lady who is bedridden?"
"What does it have to do with me? Protecting our family and country is what we should do."
"Just to hire a doctor and pay for soup and medicine, I'm afraid it costs fifty to a hundred cents per month. Then if you have a girl who will herd cattle for the master's family, if you join the army, there will be no man in the family. , are you still going?"
"This..." Lao Si raised his eyebrows inadvertently: "Of course I have to go, to protect the family... to protect the family and the country."
"But if you die in the battle, no one will take care of your mother and sister at home."
The fourth child's mentality was already a bit broken: "Fart, I don't have a wife, I don't have a sister."
"Fourth brother." Chu Qing couldn't stand it anymore: "We are all gentlemen, can we just talk nicely?"
Fu San has already begun to count down the CD: "Your Majesty, if we are recruiting soldiers, it must be the eldest son of the family, a man of the right age, but there are many common people, and there are very few men in the family. How about I bring you the household registration list of Jingzhao Mansion tomorrow?"
"What on earth are you going to say!"
"Even if you go and receive a salary of more than 200 yuan a month, regardless of the mother and sister at home, and die in the war, do you know what the people in the same village will say?"
"The same village?"
"Yes, after you die in battle, the Zhechong Mansion will transport the body to the village. The folks in the same village will say, oh, look at the bad days... Look at the court, they will give you a salary of more than 200 yuan, this Changba... No, whoever is from this family has just gone to the border. One month has not come yet, and the ball is dead. I don’t care, and my sister doesn’t care. How will this family live in the future? "
Huang Laosi has begun to lose his patience: "You are a talkative and unruly person!"
"Yes, the people in the same village are all unruly people. Do you know what will happen?"
"what happened."
"No one in this village will join the army. Even if they beg, at least they are still there and alive. If something happens to their family, they can come back. If the court sends people to recruit soldiers in the future, who will join the army? They say they are loyal to the emperor and patriotic and serve their country. Family and country, but this family and country... This family has collapsed, and I have no one to take care of my wife and girls. Where is the country? Is the country taking care of them?"
Sun An said sharply: "Bold!"
Chu Qing cursed: "Get out of here!"
Sun An: "Oh."
Huang Laosi finally understood what Fu San meant. Just as he was about to speak, the third brother continued: "Look, if there is no one to join the army, then we need to recruit soldiers by force. Can the soldiers recruited be able to go into battle? The younger ones are I think it's impossible. If there's no war, it's fine. I'll stay on the wall and think about my mother. But if there's a war, it's more than 200 coins. For more than 200 coins, who will fight to the death, who will serve the country loyally to the emperor, you will ?"
"I..." Lao Si gritted his teeth: "I know, I... I am a person who knows the general picture."
"Okay, even if you are, are others also?"
"other people…"
"Other people will think that just for more than 200 yuan, I can't die. If I die, I will have no one to take care of me, and my sister will have no one to take care of me. The family will collapse. There is no man in the family. 80% of the time, the land will also be destroyed. Take it away, you think this is the truth."
Huang Laosi fell into deep thought. He could not refute these words.
Fu San had already begun to enter a critical attack state. He looked at Chu Qing again, "Master, I'm violent."
Chu Qing nodded, be violent.
"Your Majesty, I don't understand the truth, but I know it. More than two hundred coins, the pension for those who died in battle is pitifully small, and it will be in arrears. If there is a war, the men of Xiongzong will go deep into the enemy's country. How can we defend it?" Those who are guarding the country are all new soldiers who miss my mother and sister in their hearts. New soldiers who have no one to fight for. When they see the enemy coming, they will probably run. If one runs, two will run. If two run, there will be two. Hundreds of people have fled, who will defend the city?"
"This..." Huang Laosi shook his head and said: "Although this statement is reasonable, it is not absolute. How can the guards be all new soldiers!"
"Yes, there are still many old soldiers. The old soldiers will tell the new soldiers, you are a bitch, what kind of army do you want to join when you have nothing to do? Look at me, after eight years in the army, my wife ran away, my land was gone, and the court still The food and wages are delayed, and even the dogs don’t join the army, so why don’t you join the army?”
"fart!"
Fu San shrugged: "It's like this in Zhechong Mansion all over the country, and all the old soldiers say so."
Huang Laosi: "..."
"If you don't believe it, ask the Ministry of War. The number of soldiers recruited by various states and prefectures is getting smaller and smaller year by year. It's because of those unruly people who are clamoring about who from whose family died in the war or became deserters. , the family is broken up, whoever joins the army again will be a fool."
Fu San glanced at Chu Qing again, and Chu Qing still nodded.
"Your Majesty, I should not say something small. There are fewer and fewer soldiers and no one is using them. What's the use of doubling the territory of Chang Dynasty? The larger the territory, the more old soldiers who died in the battle. The more, the more old soldiers will die, the fewer people who dare to fight, the more cowards, the more cowards, the more troops will run away when the enemy comes, tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk, little I dare to say that if we continue like this, even if the border gates are high and the weapons are excellent, we will not be able to defend it."
Huang Laosi was silent.
Fu San told him a truth in very straightforward language, a truth that he understood but did not think deeply about.
"Your Majesty, you know that not all people in the world are like you, Your Majesty, who are loyal to the emperor and patriotic..." Fu San has already started to enter the last-ditch mode: "I don't even want my mother, I don't want my mother-in-law, I don't want my sister, what? I don’t want any of it, not even the more than 200 yuan, just to… protect my family and the country.”
This was the first knife, and the second knife started to prick the tube in Laosi's lung.
"You have to have a reason to join the army. You need to be proud. Who would say that when a new soldier joins the army, just for the two hundred dollars, shouldn't it be said that it is to protect the family and the country? But that's it. , will definitely be ridiculed, because whoever says this is a fool in everyone’s eyes.”
Before the fourth child could bear the blow, Fu San had already handed out the third blow.
"You are calling the people unruly. Unfaithful people are not easy to fool. At least, you cannot fool them with more than 200 coins. More than 200 coins cannot buy a life, nor can you buy loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. Loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. Loyalty is A wise king, a wise king who cares about the military, loves an enlightened country, a country that values the military. I think it’s a small idea. This king and the country only give more than 200 coins to make the unruly people loyal to the king and patriotic. Some... some generals The unruly people... regard the unruly people as fools. The unruly people have a strong point in their hearts. They want to protect their homes and the country, but this country... doesn't take them seriously. If it does, why would they think so? Wait, two hundred coins can buy a life?"
Huang Laosi finally couldn't sit still: "What on earth are you going to say? If the military's salary is increased, will the new soldiers be able to protect their families, defend their country, be loyal to their emperor and be patriotic?"
"I don't dare to say this, but I know that if more money is given, more people will join the army. If the court provides pensions and preferential treatment, the new soldiers will dare to fight to the death, because they know that even if they die in battle, the court will take care of them. Their families treat their relatives preferentially and have no worries. Even if they are not loyal to the emperor and patriotic, but just for money, they will definitely fight to the death!"
After looking at the gloomy-looking Lao Si, Fu San continued to attack Lao Si's kidney reflex area.
"The opposite is also true. If no one joins the army and no one fights to the death, then what is the point of guarding this border? Raising the army's food and salary is just a temporary pain. It can be squeezed out by gritting one's teeth. The young don't understand the truth, but they just know. If you have more troops, if you dare to fight to the death, you can fight to the end of the world. If you fight to the end of the world, you will get back all the money. But if you don't fight to the death, you don't join the army, you just save on the troops... haha."
This "haha", either a sneer or a seemingly meaningless word "haha", hit the fourth child in the waist.
No one joins the army, and those who do join the army are just a bunch of cowards. They are still trying to expand the territory. Stop dreaming. It’s hard work to protect your family and country!
The most important thing is that Fu San seems to be very cryptic, but in fact he tells Huang Laosi very straightforwardly, you take 200 fucking coins and let us be loyal and patriotic, what do you want?
"Your Majesty..." Fu San smiled slightly: "Tell me, is this the truth? If you think it's wrong, just scold me and see what's wrong."
"you…"
Lao Si slammed the table and said through gritted teeth: "What you're talking about...is...it makes so much sense!"
Without saying anything, Fu San took out a pamphlet from his arms and placed it respectfully on the desk.
This pamphlet is the third brother’s purpose.
