Cai Jing’s Residence, Chengdu of the Song Dynasty

"No, sir, I will never be someone else's concubine." Cai Rongxuezhu, Cai Jing's daughter, said with tears in her eyes.

"Exiled immortal, why are you doing this?" Cai Jing muttered: "Although this person has reached the age of 30, he is still in his prime after all, and his appearance is relatively upright. The most important thing is that this person is a new student.

The number one scholar will have an unlimited future, and it would not be too unfair for you to marry him."

After the imperial examination, in order to win over the new scholars, Cai Jing held a banquet and invited the top-ranked scholars to a banquet.

During this period, the new champion He Changyan told some allusions over wine, one of which was the allusion of "a pear tree crushing begonias". This allusion was about the famous Zhang Xian during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty.

In the eighth year of Zhang Xiantian's reign, he became a Jinshi and became an official and a doctor. His political achievements were mediocre, but Zhang Xian was a romantic figure. He was a prolific poet and wine drinker and had many good stories. He never faded until he was eighty years old.

A beautiful eighteen-year-old concubine.

When Zhang Xian took his concubine, Su Shi and some friends went to congratulate him. Then Su Shi asked Mr. Zhang how he felt. Zhang Xian replied proudly, "I am eighty-year-old and eighteen years old. You are a beauty and I have white hair. With you.

The original version is reversed, with only a sixtieth in between."

Su Shi immediately wrote a poem and sent it to Zhang Xian.

"Eighteen-eighth bride and eighty-year-old man, with pale hair and red makeup. The mandarin ducks sleep in pairs at night, and a pear tree presses the begonia."

This is the allusion of "a pear tree crushing a begonia".

He Changyan told this allusion during the dinner and also mentioned Cai Rongxue, Cai Jing's daughter. His meaning was self-evident.

Of course Cai Jing understood what He Changyan meant, and was a little angry at the time.

Although Cai Rongxue is Cai Jing's son, Cai Rongxue is also Cai Jing's niece. How can she be someone else's concubine?

However, although Cai Jing was extremely unwilling and a little embarrassed at the time, he did not have an attack on the spot. Instead, he came to ask for Cai Rongxue's wishes after returning home.

"My lord," Cai Rongxue said with tears in her beautiful eyes: "Although my child is as beautiful as a willow tree, I will never be someone else's concubine. Even if I die, I won't."

Cai Rongxue's mother was just a concubine until her death. She didn't even have a tombstone after her death. How could Cai Rongxue be willing to be someone else's concubine?

Hearing this, Cai Jing nodded and said thoughtfully: "In that case, let's forget about it. However, you have reached the age of marriage, and your father will definitely find a good home for you."

In fact, Cai Jing is not willing to do it. If Cai Rongxue becomes a concubine for others, people will laugh at her if she tells it.

"My dear, thank you sir." Cai Rongxue felt a little relieved at this moment and bowed Yingying.

What is he doing? Why has there been no news about him for so long? After Cai Jing left, Cai Rongxue thought while looking at the azaleas outside the window.

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"What's that on your face? Why does it look like this?" Li Sanjian asked in surprise as he looked at the tattoo on Shan Kui's face.

"Brother Shankui, are you in pain?" Xiao Douya gently touched the tattoo on Shankui's face with her little hand and asked.

"It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt." Shan Kui touched the two tattoos of "Xiao Xiong" on his left forehead and said with a smile.

"Shan Kui, what's going on?" Li Sanjian shook his head and asked again.

After Li Sanjian became the "secretary" of Prince Duan's Mansion, he asked Zhao Ji for help in finding a camp for Shan Kui and Xu Biao.

However, Zhao Ji arranged the two of them into the Forbidden Army and became soldiers of the Song Dynasty...

In Li Sanjian's mind, he originally thought that it would be extremely difficult to become a soldier and enroll in the military. At least it would not be easy to join the Song Army. It would require review and review, selection and selection, but the actual situation was more difficult.

Easy.

The Song army implemented a recruitment system and spent money to recruit people from all walks of life in the Song Dynasty to become naturalized soldiers.

Let all the rough and treacherous people in the world be the guardians of good people!

Therefore, the main sources of soldiers recruited in the Song Dynasty were the so-called ruthless and derelict people, including farmers who had lost their land, refugees, thieves who wanted to assassinate their spouses, prisoners, etc.

Therefore, it is relatively easy for you to join the military, especially with the help of Duan Wang Zhao Ji, the strong Shan Kui and Xu Biao can easily join the Song Army and obtain military registration.

"Master, I was tattooed just after I went to the military camp..." Shan Kui replied.

"Hey..." Li Sanjian heard this and quickly stopped Shan Kui and said: "Now that you are a member of the imperial court, don't call me master anymore. You can call me Sanlang or Brother Jian."

Shan Kui's current identity has changed and he has become a soldier of the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty. So it is extremely inappropriate to call Li Sanjian "master". Their only master now is the current Holy Emperor. If Shan Kui calls Li Sanjian their master again, then it will be OK.

He was suspected of overstepping his bounds. If anyone knew about it, it might bring unnecessary trouble to Li Sanjian and his family.

"Master..." Shan Kui still refused to change his words, looking at Li Sanjian aggrievedly and said.

"Okay, okay." Seeing this, Li Sanjian said helplessly to Shan Kui: "Okay, you can call me this in private... But when there are outsiders, don't say it like this."

Although Shan Kui was a simple and honest man, he was not a fool and did not understand anything. Shan Kui also understood what Li Sanjian meant at this time, so he nodded and agreed to Li Sanjian's request.

"Tell me, what's going on with the tattoo on your face?" Li Sanjian then asked.

"Master, it's like this..." Then Shan Kui told the whole story.

It is easy to join the military, but it will be extremely difficult to leave the army. If you join the Song Army, the first thing you need to do is to get a Guizhou tattoo. After you are marked, it will be difficult to leave the military.

The more difficult it is, you will basically be a soldier of the Song Dynasty for the rest of your life.

Unless you are old, weak, or sick, and unable to move your hands, you may be specially selected to remove your military status and go home to retire.

As early as when he was in Qinzhou, Li Sanjian knew that military men should have tattoos on their faces or arms. But those military men were Xiang troops or rural soldiers in the Song army, a local miscellaneous army. Now, Shan Kuai and Xu Biao have joined.

However, the imperial imperial army should be regarded as a regular army, but they still wanted Guizhou tattoos? Li Sanjian couldn't understand it at all costs.

Shan Kui has the word "Xiongxiong" tattooed on his left forehead, and the word "Lianhuo" tattooed on his right forehead. The four green characters are not very big and can be covered with his hair.

"Xiongxiong" is the designation of the army, and "Lianhuo" is the military branch.

There are many types of imperial guards. For example, the banzhi in the imperial army are the emperor's retinues. Their status and treatment are the highest among the imperial guards. The banzhi are generally selected from the children of nobles or soldiers.

Ordinary people cannot enter.

In addition to the Forbidden Army Banzhi, there are ordinary Forbidden Army, and the ordinary Forbidden Army differs according to their body or salary.

The same, divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower. Among them, the upper imperial army is Pengri, Tianwu, Longwei and Shenwei, the so-called upper four armies. The monthly salary is about one thousand yuan; the monthly salary is about 700 yuan.

The Central Forbidden Army, the Fifth and Seventh Tianwu Army, the Dragon Guard, and the Tenth Divine Guard Army are the Middle Forbidden Army, and those with a salary of less than 500 Wen are the Lower Forbidden Army, and those with a salary of less than 500 Wen are the Lower Forbidden Army.

The Forbidden Army, Shan Kuai, and Xu Biao are among the heroic army.

The "hidden fire" service is the "firefighting force", which is responsible for setting fires and putting out fires and needs to patrol day and night.

From now on, even if you are beaten to death, you will not be able to join the army. This is the final conclusion that Li Sanjian came to. Shankui is okay, he is ugly and rough, and he looks more majestic after having tattoos on both sides of his forehead. But Li Sanjian has two words tattooed on his pretty face, so

It will seriously affect Li Sanjian's suave image...

However, Li Sanjian then thought about it and thought that the salary and other benefits of the Forbidden Army were really good. Although the monthly salary was less than 500 yuan, there were other rewards in addition, such as rice, salt, meat, wine, etc. Another year

Military uniforms are also distributed throughout the seasons, which is extremely generous for ordinary Song soldiers.

"What are you doing these days?" Li Sanjian then asked.

"I didn't do anything." Shan Kui replied: "Aside from sleeping and dozing, I just moved stones from home and repaired the yard for... the commander."

"Repairing the yard? No military drills or anything?" Li Sanjian asked curiously.

As a "fireman", Li Sanjian doesn't expect to have any military training programs, but at least there should be some training subjects such as queues and formations, right? Moving rocks and repairing yards? Isn't this just hard work?

"Almost not." Shan Kui pulled at his somewhat ill-fitting military uniform and replied.

Li Sanjian was silent.

Although we cannot say that the Song army is weak just because of this, we can tell the whole story at a glance. If the Forbidden Army is like this and even such military training is omitted, then how can they kill the enemy in battle? How can they resist the invasion of foreign enemies? If they can

Defend your homeland?

Maybe the elites of the imperial court would not be like this? Li Sanjian then thought.

"Little Douya, what have you been doing recently? Have you listened to your mother?" Li Sanjian was too lazy to think about it. What does the strength of the Song Army have to do with him?

Didn’t the imperial army claim to have millions of soldiers? In that case, why would there be any need for Li Sanjian to fight in battle?

If even a weak scholar goes into battle to fight, then the Song Dynasty is not far from being destroyed...

Therefore, Li Sanjian was too lazy to worry about Song Jun, too lazy to worry unfoundedly. He turned around and pinched Xiao Douya's little face and asked with a smile.

"I hate it, brother. I've grown up, but I always treat people like children." Little Douya slapped Li Sanjian's hand away and pouted.

Three years have passed, and Xiao Dou Ya has turned nine years old and has grown from a yellow-haired girl to a girl.

Clear and bright pupils, curved eyebrows, and long eyelashes trembling slightly. Due to the nutrition she has kept up with over the years, her skin is extremely white, with a hint of pink in her whiteness.

The bean sprouts are already at the beginning of February....

"Haha." Before Li Sanjian could speak, Fu Erniang, who was spinning at the side, said with a smile: "Why is this child Douya disobedient? She is very sensible and often helps my mother to do some things."
Chapter completed!