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Chapter 440 368. Follow the prefect in order to repay the favor (Part 1)

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    My name is Liu Ruming, with the courtesy name Ziliang. I was born in Baozhuang, Xian County, Hebei Province in the 21st year of Guangxu (1895).  My ancestors have been farming for generations, and they are just a below-average family.  Later, due to the expansion of descendants, the family property continued to be divided. By my grandfather's generation, the family only had five acres of Susok farmland and three earthen houses.  Fortunately, my father knows some medical skills and can treat people, which can help support the family's income a little.  Later, my father heard someone say that there was gold everywhere outside the Guan Guan, and many people who traveled to Guandong had made foreign fortunes. However, there was a lack of doctors there, and many people spent just a few taels of gold sand, a stick of old wild ginseng, and mink bear paws to cure their illnesses.  My father was greatly moved after hearing this and went to the Northeast to seek development.

    Unexpectedly, the plague broke out shortly after arriving in Northeast China. My father happened to be in Harbin at the time, and unfortunately he was infected and was in critical condition.  At this time, Mr. Sun, who was then the Imperial Envoy and was responsible for epidemic prevention and other matters inside and outside the customs, ordered his father to be taken to the nursing home for careful care.  Later, Mrs. Sun Zhao discovered the special medicine Bailangduoxi, and her father was able to turn the corner.

    After this ordeal, my father gave up his desire to make a fortune in the Northeast and returned to his hometown to live a stable life.  But he often told us brothers: "My old life was given by Mr. and Mrs. Sun, which is equivalent to our Liu family oweing others a life. I am old and have no ability. I am afraid that I will not be able to repay in this life, but  You are still young. If you grow up and have the opportunity, you must remember to repay the favor!"

    I have known about Mr. Sun¡¯s name for a long time.

    When I was about ten years old, my father was still at home and could still get by, so he sent me to a school in the town.  At that time, the customs in the north were not yet developed, and education was backward. Although the imperial examination had been abolished, teachers still taught ancient antiques such as the "Three Character Classic", "The Thousand Character Classic", and the Four Books and Five Classics.  Until one day a young gentleman came to the school and brought a set of brand-new textbooks printed by the Commercial Press for each of us to borrow.  When we opened the first page of each book, there was a portrait of a handsome young man. We were very curious and asked the teacher: "Sir, who is the picture in this book?"

    "He is Mr. Sun Baixi, who wrote this textbook!" The young gentleman said with admiration.

    "He compiled all the books?" We were greatly surprised, because this set of books covers primary schools, middle schools and even universities, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, literature and history, and there are hundreds of books.

    "Yes!" The young gentleman nodded very firmly: "This Mr. Sun is very knowledgeable, just like the sage Kong! He is as knowledgeable as the ocean, and he is as knowledgeable as heaven and earth. Even foreigners from all over the world will bow respectfully when they see him.  "

    In our young minds, we didn't know what it meant to be "as knowledgeable as the sea and as knowledgeable as heaven". We only heard that the foreign devils were very cruel. They didn't even take the emperor and the queen mother seriously. They invaded Beijing when they were angry.  The emperor and the queen mother were all rushed to Xi'an.  Why do the foreign devils treat the young man in the book with such respect?  We can't figure it out.

    But we know about Saint Kong because on the first day of school we were given the opportunity to kowtow to his portrait.  Saint Kong was very ugly and had a long beard all over his face, which made him look very powerful.  And the man in the book is very handsome and young. Is he really that powerful?  Later, after hearing his father's narration, I had a superficial understanding of Mr. Sun's greatness.

    In October of the third year of Xuantong, when my father was practicing medicine in the county, he heard that there was a rebellion in Hubei. Mr. Sun was appointed governor of Sichuan and recruited troops along the way to quell the rebellion. He hurried back home and asked me to go and surrender.

    At that time, I was just sixteen years old and studying hard in school. I had the idea of ????"learning well and becoming an official" in my heart, in order to change the outlook of my family.  However, the imperial examination system has been abolished, and it is no longer possible to become an official by studying.  If you want to have a good background, you must go to university.  If you want to find a good job, you must at least be in high school.  But I have a sister, a brother and a brother. Life at home was very difficult and there was no way for me to go to high school.  So I felt very depressed.

    My father originally wanted me to inherit his medical skills, and my mother wanted to send me to be an apprentice in a shop, but neither studying medicine nor doing business suited my personality.  At this time, I suddenly heard that my father asked me to join the army, and my eyes suddenly brightened.  Joining the army can not only repay your father's kindness, but also reduce the burden on your family. If you are successful in the future, you can also support your parents and help your sisters and younger brothers.  The day after my father told me, I took the little savings my family had and left my hometown where I had lived for sixteen years to serve in the army.

    Where to join the army?  The person who spread the news in the county was unclear, and I, a fledgling young man, was even more confused.  Fortunately, someone pointed out: Mr. Sun is going to take office as the governor of Sichuan. No matter whether he goes south or west, he has to pass through Zhengding Prefecture. It is better to go there to find out the news.  It is three to four hundred miles from Xian County to Zhengding Prefecture, and I walked for five days.  On the way, we also met Sun Liangcheng and Shi Yousan. They also wanted to join the army, so we went to Shijiazhuang Railway Station to inquire about the situation.

    ??The "School Military Training Code" written by a student said: "If you study this book well and do it to the same standards as other soldiers, you can go back and continue to be a private. If you can't study well, then continue to be your clerk!"  "

    So I read the "School Military Training Code" carefully, and whenever I had time, I went to observe other soldiers' drills. I worked hard at night to ask the instructors and shed leaders for advice, and often trained alone until late at night.  After hard work, he finally met the requirements of the platoon leader and became an honorable private before the troops arrived in Xi'an.  During the liberation of Xi'an, I was the first to enter the city from the east gate and stormed the governor's office of Shaanxi and Gansu. I was commended by Governor Zhao and won the "First Class Commemorative Medal for the Recovery of Shaanxi".

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    The above is excerpted from the first chapter "Enlisting in the Army" of "Memories of a Soldier in the Army" (also known as "Memoirs of Liu Ruming").  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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