"Looks like you all want to join the officer camp training. Good, very good. Zhen is very satisfied. There are requirements to join the officer camp. If you can't do it, bring it back to Zhen.”Long Yunfeng said with satisfaction.
"Even if Your Majesty wants us to go through fire and water, I will definitely do it.”Zhu Yuan stood up and said.
"Oh! Was that so? I don't believe it." Long Yunfeng looked at the deputy general and shook his head in disbelief. Because Long Yunfeng knew that things wouldn't go so smoothly.
"Your Majesty, we will keep our word." Seeing that the Emperor did not believe him, Zhu Yuan's heart was very firm.
"Alright, then everyone take off your helmets.”Long Yunfeng gave him face.
All the officers took off their helmets and bent down to place them on the ground. Then, they straightened their backs.
"Take out your own knives and shave off your hair, leaving only your fingernails.”Long Yunfeng said.
Hearing this, all the officers were stunned.
Shave your hair?
What kind of joke was this?
The ancients thought that it was unfilial to have one's body, hair, and skin damaged by one's parents.
The others looked at each other, not understanding what His Majesty was up to.
"Why? Didn't you say that you were full of confidence just now? You can't do it now?" Long Yunfeng said mockingly.
A burly man stood up and said to Long Yunfeng,""Your Majesty, there's really no need to shave your hair.
It had never been heard that soldiers had to shave their hair.”
"The body, hair, and skin are passed down to your parents. If you shave your hair, you will offend your ancestors.”A major general said.
"That's right. Even your parents won't agree to it.”a chiliarch said.
Long Yunfeng didn't say anything. He let his hair down, then walked to Zhu Yu's side and took out his sword, grabbing his hair in front of all the officers.
"Your Majesty, you can't." Seeing that His Majesty was going to shave off his hair, Zhu Yu immediately went forward to stop him.
However, Long Yunfeng didn't care. He directly shaved his long hair and grabbed it with his left hand."I've already done it. Can't you do it?”
These words made all the officers feel ashamed. Zhu Yuan gritted his teeth and pulled out his sword. He also grabbed his hair with his left hand. After taking a look, he closed his eyes and shaved his hair.
When the others saw that Zhu Yuan had shaved his head, they all pulled out their sabers and shaved their heads as well.
"Do you know why I asked you to shave your hair?”Long Yunfeng looked at the group of officers and asked.
Thus, they all looked at Long Yunfeng, waiting to hear what other shocking moves he would make.
" There is a deeper meaning behind this emperor's decision. First of all, you are all soldiers, so you should know that soldiers are going to the battlefield. Once your head is injured, it can be better bandaged," Long Yunfeng said.
The officers below also agreed with this point. After all, once the head was infected with typhoid fever, it was difficult to bandage it without shaving off the hair.
"Secondly, you don't have time to wash your hair when you are out on the battlefield for a long time, so it is easy for you to get lice. Once there are too many lice, it is easy for a plague to break out.”Long Yunfeng questioned loudly.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, natural disasters occurred frequently. The Yellow River dried up, but the Yangtze River and Huai River were rarely frozen. This caused a large-scale drought in the Ming Dynasty, including four consecutive years of drought in North China.
According to scholars, there was a rat in the northern part of Shanxi Province that was infected with plague bacteria through fleas. After more than ten hours, the rat began to show symptoms of high fever, and its internal organs began to fester and bleed. Soon after, it died. With such a source of infection, the plague bacteria began to spread among the rats.
Due to the drought, the rats lacked water and food, so they began to flee like humans.
In the summer of the 14th year of Chongzhen, groups of rats appeared in the inland, biting their tails and crossing the river, which was terrifying. In the year of the Great Wilderness, hungry people would go to the rat holes to snatch the food of the rats. Some even ate the corpses of the rats. Therefore, the plague broke out among the people.
According to historical records, in the eighth year of Wanli, the plague spread in Datong. Nine out of ten families fell ill and died one after another. Once a family of several people was infected with the plague, they could not afford it. It was said that as long as one person in the family was infected, the whole family would be infected. Moreover, the disease was very fast, and there was no time to treat it. The place with the highest death toll had 90% of the death toll. The originally bustling streets and alleys had become empty and " dead streets ".
The capital city had a huge population, and the flow of people was extremely frequent. Of course, it did not escape the clutches of the plague! According to historical records, in the 16th year of Chongzhen, there was a great plague in the capital. Countless people died. The epidemic was so severe that nine out of ten households were empty. There were even no households left. One out of every four to five people died. It could be seen how high the death rate was. The capital was no longer prosperous. It was like a dead city!
As the saying goes, the plague army had many casualties, and the barracks were also the hardest hit areas of the plague. The three battalions that defended the capital had too many casualties due to the plague. The 154,000 battalions on the inner and outer walls of the capital could only be guarded by 50,000 weak beggar-like soldiers. Of the 27,000 war horses of the capital army, only 1,000 could be ridden after the plague. They had lost all their combat effectiveness.
Because of the drought and the plague, the peasant army soon captured the capital. At that time, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to chase three to four thousand eunuchs from the palace up the city wall.
The plague at the end of Ming Dynasty also severely weakened the border defense of the Ming Dynasty. Later, when the Qing army entered the pass, Li Zicheng's army was instantly defeated. It was said that the peasant uprising army also began to contract the plague after attacking the capital.
After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, the weather in China was good, and the plague disappeared. The economy began to gradually recover.
The plague at the end of Ming Dynasty was the last straw that crushed the Ming Dynasty. It was an important driving force for the change of dynasties. If it weren't for this plague, the Ming Dynasty might have been able to survive for decades!
Long Yunfeng didn't want this to happen in the future because of hygiene issues.
Everyone's faces turned pale. They didn't think that something terrifying would happen if they had long hair in the army.
"Third, I heard everyone discussing the issue of hair just now, so I'll say a few words to everyone. One, your body and skin are taught to your parents, but your body and skin are actually your own in the end, so don't ask your parents. You say that you need to use your body and skin in everything you do. When have you ever asked your parents? Was it unfilial to shave off her hair? "If you don't even let your family eat and wear warm clothes, then you're truly unfilial. Keeping your hair is a pedantic way of thinking. From the moment you join the army, you have to learn how to give your life to Great Qin and the people who need to be protected. If you can't even do this, then don't come to the military camp and go home to take care of Your Majesty's children.”
The officers listened to Long Yunfeng's words seriously.
"Fourth, shaving your hair can reduce one of your weaknesses. If the enemy grabs your hair and makes you feel pain and unable to fight back, you can save your life."
As military officers, they knew that once the battle started, the enemy would definitely do anything to survive.
"Fifth, only girls grow long hair. Is a man wearing long hair to dress himself up? Do men need to dress up? Wouldn't that make you women? Do you call yourselves women?”Long Yunfeng asked everyone loudly.
" No!" When they heard that they were women, they disagreed. They were soldiers, so how could they agree if they were women? They shouted loudly.
" Very good. I will personally train with you tomorrow. I will be pampered in the palace. I will train with you. If even I can do it and you can't, then I can only admit that you are women. Alright, let the hairdresser shave your hair. I don't want anyone to come to train with long hair tomorrow. Then I will definitely kick you away." Long Yunfeng was very satisfied. After saying that, he left the platform.
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