Chapter 1 Cut off a head, reward ten!
In the fourth year of Chuigong in the Tang Dynasty (688 AD), heavy rain suddenly fell in Hegong County, Luozhou. Outside the small office in the suburbs of the city, "Bang! Bang!" A hurried knock on the door came. The old man was a little impatient and shouted: "Here, come!"
He walked slowly over and opened the door bolt. The mottled fir door made a harsh "creaking" sound. When the door opened, a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old stood at the door. He had short flaws, strange clothes, but sleeveless clothes, and was wearing strange horse boots on his feet. He was soaked all over, and was soaked like a cock falling from the ground. When he saw the old man, he immediately bowed and bowed: "Brother-in-law, you are polite!"
As soon as the young man opened his mouth, he spoke authentic Luozhou Mandarin. The old man's expression was a little relaxed, but he was still very serious. He stared at the young man, as if he could see through it. The young man's smile immediately became a little stiff!
"Is there any public experience?" the old man said coldly.
"Uh...yes! Yes!" The young man quickly took out an envelope-sized piece of paper from his arms and carefully handed it over.
The old man took the thing in his hand and looked at it seriously: "Yue Erlang..."
The old man's eyes are a little difficult to use and does not seem to be able to read much, but his seriousness and compatibility makes the young man really nervous.
The young man is called Yue Feng. This "public test" is not true to him, because he is not the "Yue Erlang" written in the public test at all. His real identity is actually a modern special forces soldier.
The troops were conducting wild survival training. He got lost in the jungle and accidentally fell into the abyss. When he woke up, he was surrounded by strangers in Tang suits. Among them, an old woman with a kind face hugged him and cried sadly.
Now he knew that the old woman was his mother, and his brother and sister-in-law. He also had a sister in his family who was drafted into the Ziwei Palace in Luoyang two years ago, and there was no news.
Yes, Yue Feng traveled through time in a confused manner and was temporarily recruited for labor service on the same day of time. According to the Tang Dynasty's "Equal Land Law", the male resident tax was a "renting and adjusting mediocre" system. "renting" means land rent. "redirecting" means paying local specialties to the court, usually silk, cloth, and hemp, while "mono" means serving. Each male resident needs to serve the country for twenty days a year.
According to the laws and regulations of the Tang Dynasty, a man was 21 years old. Yue Feng was just eighteen years old this year and was considered a middle-aged man. In principle, he did not need to serve, but this time it was a special move.
According to the law, if Yue Feng is recruited for twenty days, a household can be exempted from renting and transfer. In other words, if Yue Feng completes the service period, his family's land rent and cloth and silk taxes this year can be reduced. For ordinary farmers, this is definitely a great thing. Therefore, although my mother couldn't bear to part with Yue Feng, she still gritted her teeth and let Yue Feng serve...
"Ignorance, can you enter this place?" The old man suddenly shouted, and he threw the "public witness" in his hand in front of Yue Feng, his face full of contempt.
Yue Feng was embarrassed in an instant. It turned out that only officials could enter the post station. Yue Feng's "public verification" clearly wrote his origin and identity clearly. Even if he was summoned to serve, he was not qualified to enter the post station. The strictness of the Tang Dynasty poured cold water on Yue Feng.
It was raining heavily outside and the sky was getting darker. If Yue Feng had no place to rest, he would have to spend the night in the wind and rain tonight. When he was in a dilemma, a long laugh came from the inn: "Grandpa, let him come in! It's not easy for everyone these days. It's better to have more help tomorrow!"
The old man then gave up half of his body and said seriously: "For the sake of the few Wuhou, you will take a break for a while, stop making noise, and stop causing trouble, otherwise you will be punished severely!"
Yue Feng was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly. When he entered the inn, he saw four people talking around a large brazier with great interest.
Look at these people, they all wore black narrow-sleeved Hu clothes, green heads, and knives on their waists. They were indeed a few bad people from Wuhou. Wuhou in the Tang Dynasty was also called bad people, and they were equivalent to minor officials who maintained public order such as police officers. Their status was not high, and they were a little stronger than "fielders" like Yue Feng.
Yue Feng stepped forward to greet them one by one. The few people were very enthusiastic. They gave Yue Feng a seat and shouted that the old man from the inn would cook a bowl of "阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿
"Do you know? Recently, there is auspiciousness in Luozhou. It is said that there is an eight-big word "Holy Mother is Being a Man, Yongchang Emperor's Ancestor". Is it strange? It is said that this is a holy map of heaven, indicating that the Queen of Heaven will rule the world..."
Yue Feng's heart skipped a beat and looked at the person who was talking. This man looked about twenty years old, with a short figure, a poor appearance, and his eyes were particularly flexible, giving people a short and concise feeling. The boy's surname was Zhu and his name was Zhu En.
Why does the auspiciousness he said sound so familiar? Yue Feng's thoughts turned, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed. He thought that before the empress Wu Zetian ascended the throne in history, Wu Chengsi made a fortune by finding a piece of white stone, and someone carved the words on it, and decorated it with "purple stone miscellaneous medicine" to offer it to Wu Zetian to lay the foundation for Wu Zetian's achievement of emperor?
As soon as he thought of this, Yue Feng's hair stood up all over his body. He instantly realized that the time he had traveled over was the most chaotic, complicated, dangerous and turbulent time of the Tang Dynasty.
Wu wanted to become emperor, but in order to eliminate the resistance of Li Tang, she promoted cruel officials and launched massacres. The civil and military officials in the court were all in danger of false accusations by cruel officials. In this process, the prime ministers of the court, the disciples, the Shangshu and other provinces were almost killed, and there were more than 100 princes in the Li Tang royal family, and countless people were implicated.
In other words, the current imperial court officials from top to bottom will almost be replaced in the next few years, and those replaced officials will either be killed or killed by cruel officials, or be demoted and exiled. The Tang Dynasty under the political power of cruel officials will be completely in chaos, and a bloody storm will come immediately.
The Hegong County where Yue Feng is now located is close to the eastern capital Luoyang. No wonder he feels so strict. It turns out that Wu Zetian is preparing to ascend the throne in great detail, so Luozhou naturally needs to maintain absolute stability!
"The Empress of Heaven ruled the world is the general trend and the people's will. It is said that now there are scholars and people in each state to write letters to the court to urge the Empress of Heaven to ascend the throne!" There is another bad human saying.
These people were talking around the stove, and the one named Zhu En said again: "But some people are trying to go against the will of heaven. Recently, news came from Luozhou that it was the prince's son Hao Xiangxian who rebelled. When he was executed, he actually spoke nonsense and exposed the hidden thoughts of the harem. He really deserved to beheaded..."
He paused and said, "Brother, please note that this Hao Xiangxian case is very involved. There have been many "flying" escapes from Beijing and abroad recently. If we can catch these people, it will be a great contribution! Perhaps our future glory and wealth will lie with these people!"
"Haha, Zhu Silang, you think very beautifully. How can you take on great credit? You can kill one head and get ten stagnant of money. You will get three more pieces of silk for a lifetime! Tsk, Zhu Silang, have you ever cut a head?"
"Coax!" Everyone burst into laughter, and the atmosphere became even more lively. The old man came over with a gloomy face and said, "Don't worry about the silence of the bad guys! Don't disturb the purity of the hostel!"
The few bad people then calmed down. At this time, a few coughs came from the post office. You could vaguely see an old man studying in the post office. He looked at him wearing a green robe and a soft-footed head, so he was undoubtedly an official.
The ranks between officials and officials in the Tang Dynasty were quite strict. Small officials like bad people were originally not qualified to live in post offices. It was a special situation recently and the post offices were relatively idle, so they were temporarily arranged to rest here.
Worried about disturbing the noble people's purity, a few bad people held the conversation. It was just as dark and everyone worked hard for a day, so they all rested around the stove and clothes. After a while, the few people fell asleep.
Chapter completed!