prosperous age

Chapter 132 131 Future
The edict that Wei Guangde thought of was seen in the library of Fuxue. In June of the 19th year of Hongwu, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang once issued an edict to establish a system: "Soldiers who fight against soup, remove their books, and give them back for three years."

What does it mean? After the military household male dies in battle, his relatives will be exempted from military registration and reverted to civilian households. At the same time, they will enjoy not paying taxes and rents for three years.

However, now is not the beginning of Ming Dynasty, most of the military households in those days were lonely and widowed, but now it is different, every family has more than one family, at least it is like this in Bengshanbao.

I have to ask later to see if the orphan and widowed mother of Mrs. Cai can be transferred to civil registration.

For ordinary people, there is still a big difference between military registration and civilian registration. When a child grows up and gets married in the future, the choice is much wider.

Wei Guangde was planning in his heart, but he didn't stop on his feet, and followed behind his elder brother unhurriedly.

After staying in Pengze County for two days, because they returned home, the soldiers of the two teams were not detained in the barracks anymore.

Two teams of soldiers, one from the Bengshan Hundred Households. At this time, the soldiers had silver in their hands. When they set off, they were paid two taels, and now they have received ten taels of silver. They have a lot of money, and many family members have left Coming to the county town to meet them, it is natural to take this opportunity to stroll around the county town and buy new year's goods.

A man, after fighting outside for a year and finally coming home, he naturally wants to prepare a gift for his family.

The source of soldiers for the other team is slightly wider. The main force is the local guard, but there are also more than 30 soldiers drawn from other hundred households, who can fight well.

Those who led the troops knew that they could not be dissatisfied with the soldiers under them. Wu Zhankui immediately let them out of the barracks, let them reunite with their families, buy goods, and return to the barracks on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.

After being away for nearly a year, it is considered a one-month vacation for them.

On the streets of Pengze County in the past two days, from time to time, you can see these soldiers of the Ming army wearing brand-new battle jackets, dragging their families along the street, with large bags in their hands and backs.

They are so easy to identify. Ordinary soldiers of the Ming army, some of them have new battle jackets on them, and they don't know when they were issued.

When the merchants saw these soldiers coming in, they immediately greeted them enthusiastically, shouting things like "Heroes who kill the Japanese" and "Buying things must be cheap".

Well, when they left, no one knew what they were going to do.

However, by now, everyone knows that the guards in Pengze County have sent troops to Zhejiang to fight Japanese pirates, and they have made great achievements in battle.

Almost everyone is preparing to welcome the new year in a festive atmosphere. Sadly, perhaps only the family members of the dozen or so families who died in the war, although they received 15 taels of silver from the guard, they still can't hide it. live sad.

Since the time of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty has allocated three taels of silver for burning and burying soldiers who died in war.

This amount of money seems small, but in fact, for people with "iron rice bowls", money is second, and the main thing is this occupation.

Of course, the premise is that the military salary can be paid on time and enough, instead of being deducted like this, or even unable to cash.

This, perhaps, is also the main reason why most people in later generations believe that military households in the Ming Dynasty were not as good as civilian households.

Eldest brother Wei Wencai and cousin Wu Dong also received appointment documents issued by the commanding yamen of Jiujiang Guard. Cousin Wu Dong is a thousand households and in charge of the Qianhu Office of the Right Army.

The appointment documents of Qianhu were issued by the former military governor's office, and Jiujiang Wei just handed them over, while the appointment documents of Baihu were directly issued by the commander of Jiujiang Guard.

In addition to the appointment documents that father and uncle got when they were in Jiujiang, all their expectations have been fulfilled, and they have no regrets.

There is still more than half a month before the Chinese New Year, but the Wu family did not relax because of the New Year, but became even busier because of the wedding of their cousin Wu Dong.

It was supposed to be done this year, but Wu Zhankui was not here, so naturally it had to be postponed. Now that Wu Dong has taken over the Qianhu Office, it cannot be delayed.

The Wei family also discussed with the Liu family the wedding date of their eldest brother Wei Wencai and Liu Yunhui, and then they also found someone to choose a good date.

Originally, Wei Guangde planned to start traveling in Jiangxi after the next year, first to go out to see the mountains and rivers of Jiangxi, and second to find friends and collect stereotyped essays by the way.

But at this time, my cousin's marriage is scheduled for February next year, but my eldest brother's is in May, so half a year has been delayed.

Wei Guangde had no choice but to revise his original plan. This year he will study in the government school, and he will talk about traveling in the next year. Anyway, it is still early before the next autumn.

There is also the matter of depositing money, this year is just right, see if there is a suitable opportunity to release the money to earn interest for yourself.

As for the future, in fact, Wei Guangde is a bit confused up to now.

Before the township examination, Wei Guangde was relatively clear about his future, that is, the imperial examination and becoming an official.

But after failing the provincial examination this time, Wei Guangde finally realized that what he thought was his destiny a few times ago was probably just his own wishful thinking.

There is no difference between myself and the scholars of this era. Only the imperial examinations can get ahead, but you have to take it step by step.

If you think that you have the Goddess, you can take the test with confidence and boldly, and pass the test casually, it is impossible, and it is just an unknown accident to travel by yourself.

However, no matter what, Wei Guangde must still take the provincial examination, not only because he wants to get ahead, but also because of the earnest expectations of his family.

For myself and for my family, what else can I say, I have worked hard.

During this time, the family members were busy preparing for the New Year, but Wei Guangde was the most idle.

The reason is actually very simple, reading books, imperial examinations.

This is the only request from his family now.

Wei Guangde also used this time to reorganize his thinking and find a way for the future.

At this time, Wei Guangde didn't think about becoming an official anymore, he just wanted to win the honor of juren, and Wei Guangde didn't think about whether to become an official based on the fame of juren, because he knew that this was not his choice.

This may be Wei Guangde's last year in Bengshan Castle, and he will move to Jiujiang Prefecture with his father in the future.

During the time at home, Wei Guangde called his childhood playmates out to play for another day. Most of them will follow the elder brother and become soldiers of the Hundred Households in the future. Only two of them are the youngest in the family and may go to the city. Find a job.

Here, after spending an ordinary New Year, Wei Guangde is going back to Jiujiang with his parents.

On this day, it was already the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, and the soldiers of the Baihusuo gathered again at the small teaching field in front of the gate of the fort to start a new year's drill.

After saying goodbye to his eldest brother, Wei Guangde didn't get into the carriage, but rode alone and followed the carriage, leaving the Bengshan Fort, looking back at the place where he stayed the longest.

Everything seems to be the same as when he first wore it. The "fishing boat" goes out to fish every day, and there are still busy figures in the fields. Perhaps the only thing that has changed is the people.

This year, seeing those military households in the fort, perhaps because they have passed a fat year, everyone looks much ruddy.

Perhaps, only by fighting and winning can the life of military households be made easier.

(End of this chapter)