Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 238 Three Thousand Soldiers Loyal to the King

Just as the Southwest War was in full swing, Sanzhi Island in the East China Sea encountered a cold current that came to the Pacific Ocean.

Ever since the Ming Dynasty built a city here, it has driven the economic prosperity of the island, but the [-] soldiers stationed here inevitably had troubles.

Jezhou Shepherd Li Zhunbin brought a group of officials from the state government to Daming City, and at the same time led a pair of men and women who looked like father and daughter, but they wanted to conduct an interrogation.

It has been several months since Xu Shiying came to Daming City to take up his post, and now he has slowly entered the role of Governor of the East China Sea, and he understands the burden on his shoulders.

Under his governance, he not only achieved comprehensive cooperation with North Korean cloth merchants, but also started trade with the Quartet forces on the island, and even had contact with Dongying.

Every time he saw batches of foreign materials shipped back to the country, he felt His Majesty's foresight, and he also had an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.

It's just that managing the city and the [-] soldiers under his command, especially in this piece of territory shared with North Korea, unavoidable things that are out of control.

Xu Shiying met Jeju Mushou and the Sufferer at the Governor's Mansion, and after understanding the whole story, she said calmly, "Where is the ticket you just mentioned?"

"My lord, it's just these two pieces of paper. These two pieces of paper are not enough to wipe your butt. Isn't this a deceit?" The old man said angrily and took out two cloth tickets.

Xu Shiying glanced lightly, then turned to look at Li Zhunbin next to him: "Master Shoumu, others don't know the value of these two cloth tickets, but do you think these two cloth tickets are worthless?"

"My lord governor, it's not a matter of money or not, it's that your soldiers have done something like beasts!" Li Zhunbin's face darkened immediately, and he said immediately.

Huh?
The woman next to her, who had been silent for a while, noticed Li Zhunbin's reaction, and immediately looked at the two tickets thoughtfully.

Xu Shiying glanced at the pretty woman, then looked at the old man and said, "You may have misunderstood, the two cloth tickets in your hand can be exchanged at any cloth shop authorized by Daming." Two bolts of cotton cloth can even be exchanged for eight taels of silver if you take it back to Daming!"

"Is this true?" The old man's eyes suddenly lit up.

Standing beside Xu Shiying with Fudao, Chen Shan immediately reprimanded: "Presumptuous, can our Lord Governor still deceive you?"

The old man couldn't help but believe it when he heard the Ming general scolding him so much.

Xu Shiying was drinking tea, paying attention to the reaction of the woman next to her, and said, "Your name is Yingzi, right? These two cloth tickets can be exchanged for two bolts of beautiful cotton cloth. Did you know this beforehand?"

At this moment, Li Zhunbin coughed heavily and looked at Yingzi threateningly.

Xu Shiying naturally heard this movement, and turned to look at Li Zhunbin next to him and said, "Li Mushou, I heard that your ancestor was the founding general of Joseon. ?”

"Exactly! My ancestor Li Zhuguo was one of the military generals Taizu relied on, and my Li family is still considered a prominent family in the court!" Li Zhunbin looked complacent.

Xu Shiying squeezed the lid of the tea and poured the tea lightly, then said slowly: "This governor, let me introduce myself! The ancestor of this governor, Xu Da, followed the great ancestor to create immortal achievements. He was named King of Zhongshan, hereditary Wei Guogong, and lives in Nanjing to this day. The family ancestor Xu Zengshou is the third son of the ancestor Xu Da. Because of his contribution to helping Taizong Jingnan, he became the Duke of Dingguo, and now lives in the capital. As for the governor, he is... the son of Duke Dingguo!"

"You... you are the prince, you... aren't you a civil servant?" Li Zhunbin said in surprise that the bloodline he had always been proud of suddenly became insignificant, and he seemed incoherent.

Xu Shiying knew that he, the governor of the East China Sea, was really easy to be mistaken for a civil servant, so he turned his head and looked in the direction of the capital, cupping his hands and said, "Thanks to Your Majesty's grace, this son was able to be the governor of the East China Sea!"

"Our family's eldest son is just keeping a low profile. Do you really think that a dignified fourth-rank official can be beheaded if he says so?" Chen Shan raised his chin slightly, looking proud and authentic.

Now there are only two of the three Duke's mansions left in the capital, and the British Duke Zhang Mao was ordered to live idle. Today's Dingguo Duke's Mansion can be said to be the most noble man in this dynasty.

In particular, this son is now trusted and reused by His Majesty, and he is directly separated from other martial arts by a large margin.

"So...so that's the case!" Li Zhunbin stared in horror at this top martial artist of Ming Dynasty with extraordinary background, and suddenly became extremely scared in his heart.

Xu Shiying looked at the pretty woman, and said lightly: "The governor will not favor my subordinates, and now I just want to know that you are being coerced?"

"This stinky bitch has a big appetite. She must have stolen it from a man while I was out at work, right?" The old man turned his head to look at his wife, and he didn't even get angry.

Yingzi gritted her teeth, and argued angrily: "After you knew about this, you have always been concerned about whether the two tickets are true or not, but do you care about my mother? He is better than you, and my mother is willing to sleep with him." , now I have two tickets for you, what else are you not satisfied with?"

This……

When the people present saw the couple's reaction, they couldn't help but look at each other.

Seeing that the old couple and the young wife were about to fight, Xu Shiying immediately stopped them, then took out a piece of gold and said, "The thing is that my soldiers are wrong after all! Now the governor will compensate you and the couple for the piece of gold, and the matter ends here." So far, how?"

"Okay!" The couple who were arguing just now stopped arguing immediately, and the old man said hastily with sparkling eyes.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
On the high platform of Dajiaochang, six young men were whipped with their arms bare.

In fact, it is not only the case just now, but there have been many similar cases recently.

Three thousand soldiers are stationed here, but they have a lot of cloth tickets in their hands. Many energetic young people can't survive the day of returning to China, but they want to solve certain needs here.

It's just that there is a commotion after all, and now some people are naturally unable to escape the punishment.

Xu Shiying summoned [-] soldiers and stood on a high platform to give a lecture: "The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty do what they don't do! Even if you are overseas, if you bully women like this, you are really embarrassing to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty!"

The [-] soldiers in the audience silently lowered their heads in the face of such a slap in the face.

Xu Shiying saw the following reaction in his eyes, and continued to talk freely: "Although Huo Hai did something wrong, everyone knew that the ticket was stuffed, so he just stuffed two tickets!"

This……

When the three thousand soldiers heard Xu Shiying's characterization of Huo Hai's whole situation, they couldn't help but looked at each other, and found that things seemed different from what they thought.

Xu Shiying looked at the side and dragged a young man who was tied up, and said decisively: "Whoever dares to do that kind of thing in the future will not be given a ticket. Once the matter gets to the governor, there is only one end." !"

puff!
As Chen Shan swung his knife down, the young man who was tied up immediately fell to the ground.

what?
The three thousand soldiers couldn't help swallowing and spitting as they watched the violent young man being executed.

It's just that I don't have too much fear in my heart. On the contrary, I think this military law is very reasonable. After all, finding a woman without giving a ticket is no different from a beast.

When Xu Shiying saw that the young man who had directly committed violence was executed, he solemnly raised a finger: "It is your freedom to spend the military pay given to you by the imperial court, including using the money to find women. This Governor There is only one requirement now, and that is to do well the duties of the Ming army, can you do it?"

"Yes!" Three thousand soldiers responded immediately.

Xu Shiying liked this kind of morale very much, and asked loudly again: "Can you?"

"Yes!" The voices of the three thousand soldiers soared into the sky.

They are all from poor backgrounds. Although they left their hometowns and came here, the food here is very good, and the monthly salary is like a dream.

Although something like this happened this time, the main reason is that each of them has tickets, but the women on this island seem to have a good impression of them.

Although the governor beheaded the violent young man, he actually made an opening for them to spend money to find women, so that they no longer need to be sneaky.

Xu Shiying faintly felt the high morale of the three thousand soldiers below, so he asked again: "Whose soldiers are you?"

"Da Ming! Da Ming!" Three thousand soldiers shouted in unison.

Xu Shiying was also deeply proud of such a powerful Ming Dynasty, and asked again: "Who are you loyal to?"

"Emperor Hongzhi! Emperor Hongzhi!" The three thousand soldiers did not forget the wise emperor.

Amid such roars, Daming City seems to have penetrated an inch deeper, standing firmly on the east side of Canzhi Island, connecting North Korea to the west and Japan to the east.

Governor's Mansion, Chamber of Commerce.

The three thousand households gathered together, and the oldest Chen Shan said worriedly: "Governor, if you indulge the soldiers below like this, once the matter is brought to His Majesty by the civil servants, we may not be able to explain it to His Majesty!"

"You don't know our Majesty!" Xu Shiying shook his head slightly while drinking tea.

Huo Guangming actually hoped for such indulgence in his heart, so he immediately asked: "My lord governor, what do you say?"

"Although your Majesty has been proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child, he is more pragmatic than anyone else! Now, Daming wants us to maintain the opening of the market here, not to preach benevolence and morality here, let alone to ask three thousand soldiers to be ascetics here. As long as we don’t do things that harm the country or the people!” Xu Shiying watched with his own eyes how the emperor regained control of the court step by step in the capital, and made a very confident judgment.

"Once such a trend is fueled, isn't it harming the people?" Chen Shan was still worried.

Huo Guangming carefully read Xu Shiying's words, and said with a sense of understanding: "The people His Majesty worries about are the people of Ming Dynasty, and this kind of thing is actually your wish, not to mention harming the residents of the island!"

"We really don't need to be as harsh as the country. I think the mental outlook of the soldiers is stronger than ever before. I agree with the governor's approach!" Qianhu, who has been silent all the time, expressed his opinion.

"If we indulge the soldiers like this, I'm afraid it will affect the combat power!" Chen Shan was still worried.

Xu Shiying knew that Chen Shan was a very traditional general, so he made a final decision: "This is actually your guess! Let's let them spend whatever they want, and observe the mental outlook of the [-] soldiers. Increase the number of drills!"

"Obey!" The three thousand households have already obeyed Xu Shiying's words.

Xu Shiying wasn't quite sure whether allowing the soldiers to mingle with foreign women would affect the morale of the army, but there was no strong reason to stop it.

After all, the days here are indeed a bit lonely, if it wasn't for the fact that I didn't look down on the women here, why didn't I want to relax my body and mind here.

However, the shrewdness of businessmen in this era should not be underestimated. North Korean businessmen are also very wise.

Not long after this turmoil passed, several Huaxia Jiangnan-style mansions were newly built not far from Daming City, and red lanterns were hung in front of the doors every night.

It just happened to be the day when the three thousand soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were paid, each of them had at least three cloth tickets, and he had already become a distinguished guest there.

Originally the prevailing currency in North Korea was the five liters of cloth, but no one was willing to carry a piece of cloth around. Instead, the Daming cloth ticket became the most popular currency.

On this island, Huaxia's lyrics and music sounded miraculously. The Chinese words with foreign accents are also very charming, and soft hands are quietly reaching into the pockets of three thousand soldiers.

In Beijing City, the leaves in the whole city have all withered and yellowed.

The Hall of Mental Cultivation, located on the east side of Xiyuan, has become a veritable center of power. The two copper furnaces are emitting faint sandalwood.

The clothes on Zhu Youtang's body have been thickened, and he looks more and more like an emperor, and he is concentrating on handling government affairs.

The Ming Dynasty now not only has the government affairs of the two capitals and [-] provinces, but also needs to pay attention to overseas affairs all the time. In addition to the steady progress of trade in the East China Sea, the war in the southwest is the top priority.

"Your Majesty, this is the chicken soup sent by Miss Lian just now!" Liu Jin said cautiously as she brought in a bowl of fragrant chicken soup.

Zhu Youtang saw that there were several snow-white chicken eggs in the fragrant chicken soup, and that the old hen's chicken soup had been simmered for more than two hours, which showed that this little fairy was very hardworking.

It's just that after getting along for a long time, I naturally knew what the little fairy was planning, but she sighed softly and said, "Is she going to bed tonight?"

"Exactly!" Liu Jin nodded gently.

Zhu Youtang put down the writing brush in his hand, but at this moment he did not have the ambition to conquer the little goblin, but looked up to the southwest worriedly: "The Southwest war should have a result today, right? Has the Ministry of War not sent a military report today?"

Although now on the cards, the Ming army is completely dominant and has firmly grasped the Southwest War.It's just that Liu Daxia didn't reveal the location of the Southwest archives after all, but it added some variables to Daming's use of troops this time.

Liu Jin was about to shake his head. After all, the Ministry of War hadn't moved yet, but when he looked up and saw the little eunuch who was in charge of conveying the military information rushing in, his eyes lit up.

(End of this chapter)