The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 650 Small life and big era

"One of our soldiers can fight ten."

Behind the glass window of the barracks, General Manager looked at the soldiers in the whole battalion and said proudly to the Qianshi beside him. The Qianshi conveyed military orders from the main camp to the small camps. Hearing the General's words, he didn't feel anything was wrong.

The Ming Dynasty is invincible and has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Two troops and one team, three teams and one team, three teams and one sentry, three sentries and one battalion, two small battalions and one battalion, three large battalions and one general battalion, plus the other combat teams, the size of a general battalion is 3,000 people up and down.

Because the threat of war in Goryeo was reduced, in order to better maintain public security, small battalions were used as units, with the three armies of Goryeo as auxiliaries. In addition to controlling various strategic locations in Goryeo, they also arranged garrison troops in major cities.

Haeju, Hwanghae Province.

Since the former Duke Huai'an of Goryeo, the second-generation Zuo Jun control officer Li Mengzong chose to annex and was awarded the title of King Zhongren of the Ming Dynasty, giving the Ming Dynasty another prince starting with the word "loyalty". These vassal kings or kings who took the initiative to annex The leaders also include King Zhongxin from Boni, King Zhongzheng from Sulu, etc.

Haeju is the largest trading port city in the northern region of Goryeo. It is very important both politically and economically. Because at the request of the Governor of Goryeo, two small battalions of the Ming army were set up again, and there were 3,000 Goryeo Northern troops, a total of 4,000 The remaining people.

Twenty miles north of the port is a camp in the Ming Dynasty. Outside the camp, a railway is being built.

early morning.

The sun shines through the thin fog and illuminates the military camp.

The soldiers got up early and started the day's training.

Wearing uniforms, they are young people in their early twenties, their faces filled with fervent belief.

On the playground, they lined up in neat lines and performed various trainings, such as running, push-ups, weightlifting, etc. Their movements were powerful and accurate, demonstrating the superb military quality of this era.

The daily drills of the Ming army were not very strict. There was a strict drill every three days, one drill every five days, and light drills on weekdays.

Ma Dingguo and his comrades gathered together. A soldier from a military household in Peiping was playing the flute. At this time, a famous sentry officer came over and said: "Ma Dingguo, your family has sent a letter."

Before the sentry officer finished speaking, Ma Dingguo got up excitedly and gave a military salute to the sentry officer. As soon as the sentry officer nodded, Ma Dingguo ran away as fast as possible.

The clerk's room in the military camp was already crowded with soldiers looking for their letters home. Ma Dingguo joined them. After a while, Ma Dingguo returned to his dormitory holding the letters sent from his family in his hands.

"Second brother, you have a little nephew again. Your third sister-in-law has given birth to a big fat boy. Our old Ma family has another baby."

"My eldest brother made the decision and went to the bank to get a loan to build three houses in my hometown, one for your eldest brother, one for you, and one for the third child. The money you sent home will be used to build your house."

"Your eldest brother has a daughter-in-law for you. She is the daughter of the old Liu family in the next village. You should have met her when you were a child. He will marry you when you come home from vacation."

"Your eldest brother said that he is old. Once he buys a house with you and helps you marry a wife, he will not be able to help you. From now on, you will have to rely on yourself. It will be difficult for your eldest brother as well. All the boys in his family have become After getting married and having children, your eldest brother helped this family and then helped that family, becoming older and older, like an old man."

"A few days ago, your eldest sister was beaten by her man. Your eldest brother took his family to scold her man. Her parents-in-law were sensible and said many nice things."

"Actually, your eldest brother shouldn't take action. Your eldest sister still has to live under the roof of someone else's house after your married daughter throws water away. But no one can persuade your eldest brother."

Ma Dingguo's eyes were red.

The eldest brother was more than ten years older than him, and he had two older brothers, but he died young. Later, during the great reform in Sichuan, military households received support from the court. Life became easier and easier, and the family had more food.

So with myself and my third brother, the eldest brother is like a father. Over the years, my father has long been unable to leave the field, and it is the eldest brother who takes care of them.

Ma Dingguo has never felt that his family is taking advantage of him, not even the slightest thought. Most of his monthly military salary of two yuan and fifty cents was sent back home to his eldest brother.

Ma Dingguo was homesick.

From Sichuan to Shandong to serve as a soldier, and then transferred from Shandong to Korea, from the age of 18 to 22, Ma Dingguo has been away from his hometown for four years.

In the five-year military system, only a small number of people will choose to retire, and most people will choose ten or even twenty years. Only bad people who can't help the wall will be dismissed from the military camp.

Six days of leave per month and 20 days of annual leave.

Ma Dingguo accumulated forty days of leave in the military tent, so he submitted a leave application to the clerk's office. Not long after, the general above approved it.

Ma Dingguo invited his colleagues to have a drink, took his luggage and left the military camp the next day, and bought a boat ticket at the pier.

Goryeo could not collect taxes from Ming Dynasty.

The port is managed by the Municipal Shipping Department Yamen and the Sea Taxation Department Yamen, and belongs to the Shandong Chief Secretary.

At the customs clearance office at the port, officers strictly inspect people's belongings.

The queue stretched very long, and the officers were very slow in checking. Ma Dingguo, who was at the back, couldn't understand.

From morning to noon, the team only inspected half of it.

From time to time there are people who come to jump in the queue.

"Do you want a ticket?"

A stranger came next to Ma Dingguo and asked loudly, without any hidden meaning, and said proudly: "You only need a dime to buy a new ticket, and you can board the ship without inspection. The ship will leave soon."

Ma Dingguo was stunned.

If Ma Dingguo had seen something even more exaggerated three years ago, this would have been when the Associated Guards Corps had been disbanded.

A real-name report letter revealed the inside story here.

Ming Dynasty has implemented real-name reporting letters and has strictly protected the safety and normal living and working environment of whistleblowers for a long time. Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and more people want to be good people.

They treat systems and regulations as favors to impress themselves.

Just two cents.

There are many people who can afford to pay. The soldiers' military salary is only two yuan and fifty cents every month. At this moment, people who can't even part with a dime don't understand too many rules and social operations.

The Sichuan local report letter was sent to the provincial government, the provincial government sent it to the imperial court, and the imperial court sent it to Shandong. It was not until Ma Dingguo returned to Korea that he wrote a second real-name report letter and a third real-name report letter.

"This is Ma Dingguo's luck and Ming Dynasty's luck."

Beijing.

Zhu Gaochi held this letter of report, which had gone through many changes, and looked at the officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Examination Department, and the Jinyiwei Department with a calm expression. Dai Deyi passed away, and his replacement was Jing Qing. Ji Gang also died of illness. His replacements were Han Hao, Lu Zhongheng of the Prosecution Department, and others.

In the early days, although some historical figures had different qualities, Zhu Gaochi could make a general judgment. In the new era, most unfamiliar faces appeared among civil and military officials.

Zhu Gaochi couldn't see what kind of heart was hidden under every face.

"Can the three departments still be trusted?"

Zhu Gaochi stared at Jing Qing.

"Your Highness, Prince, please calm down. I will use my sexual name to guarantee that the three departments are trustworthy." Jing Qing said bravely.

Zhu Gaochi's calm expression finally turned a little angry. He was not afraid of local problems, but what he was most afraid of was problems with the prosecutorial system. Because if there were problems with the prosecutorial system, the Ming Dynasty would inevitably begin to collapse.

"Then why this real-name report letter has been circulating for a year. If it hadn't accidentally fallen into my hands, would it have been unwritten? What explanation do you have?"

"It concerns Goryeo, the situation is complicated, and there are bad habits left over from the former Allied Defense Corps. It is indeed an area that the Metropolitan Procuratorate has not taken into account. The Metropolitan Procuratorate will make rectifications and submit a satisfactory answer to His Highness the Crown Prince."

Jing Qing said firmly.

Several other people also followed suit.

Zhu Gaochi was a little dissatisfied in his heart. What saddened him the most was that only one Sichuan soldier insisted on reporting such a thing, and no one else reported it. What did it mean?

The common people lack the idea of ​​fighting for their rights.

Indeed, as Jing Qing said, there are many reasons for Goryeo's Huanghaidao, such as distance and situation. If the management is too strict, will it cause Ming Dynasty's organizational problems in Goryeo? There are also legacy from the former Associated Defense Corps. The harsh environment formed.

But as long as the people of Ming Dynasty can insist on reporting, and don't choose to retreat because it doesn't matter and feel it's innocuous to themselves, they won't remain unchanged for so many years.

You must know that you are inheriting the supervision system created by Zhu Yuanzhang. The decentralization of power in the Hongwu Dynasty itself is unprecedented. With the continuation of the Yongle Dynasty, such a thing can still happen.

This is not a trivial matter, and contains a huge social relationship phenomenon behind it.

What Zhu Gaochi wants is not the century-old glorious Ming Dynasty, but the Chinese civilization that will stand firm in the world.

The former does not require Zhu Gaochi.

Because Ming Dynasty is number one in the world.

But Zhu Gaochi could only choose to trust the officials, and it was the officials who had to do the work, and Jing Qing was indeed an official with high moral standards overall.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Censorship Department, and the Jinyiwei Department jointly enforced the law and began the second nationwide picket movement. This time, the targets were expanded to the entire Ming Dynasty, including the overseas Ming Dynasty system.

Different from before, Zhu Gaochi gave a speech in the newspaper, criticizing the Ming Dynasty people in Huangzhou, scolding them for being numb and short-sighted.

Zhu Gaochi, who cursed like this, did not disgust the common people, but instead gained more support from them.

The common people are muddle along and are not stupid. They know who is really thinking about them.

The imperial court issued some new laws.

“The first rafters will rot first.”

"The first ones get beaten first."

Such common sayings have become forbidden words, and anyone who promotes these words will be punished. The law has been formulated. People are not allowed to say anything. If these words are spoken, the lighter person will be fined, and the worst person will be imprisoned.

At the same time, the entire army launched a meeting to praise Ma Dingguo, starting from the army, learning and promoting Ma Dingguo's spirit. Then the school, the grand theater, and the song and dance hall started one after another. Those who claim to be smart people have become street rats in the new round of propaganda and public opinion. They are the objects of everyone's contempt. No one dares to say so anymore, or even express it.

“One for all, all for one.”

"Help, love, and live in harmony."

"I am for others and others are for me."

Katai, Shifang.

A new round of propaganda began. Under the organization of the health station, military households were required to study regularly in the public buildings of the health station.
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In ancient times, a post station system existed very early, allowing people to write letters and send gifts to people far away. The postal service system that the West wanted to establish in modern times was a civilizational achievement that the West had always advocated.

Under Shangguan Bridge in Yangzhou, Liji Weaving Factory.

In the alley near the factory, a family held a funeral for a widowed woman. The director of the film studio went against the woman's last wish and wrote a letter of condolence.

Because it had to be sent overseas, the cost of sending the letter was not cheap. The neighbors of the film studio jointly contributed money to make the condolence letter go out smoothly.

Condolence letters were mixed with various letters, and the packages passed through the inn, were sent to various places by railway, and were finally delivered to Qiongzhou Prefecture.

Qiongzhou Prefecture is an island. As a result, the recipient of the letter is no longer in Qiongzhou Prefecture. According to inquiries, we learned that this person moved to Bonidusi. Considering his status as a soldier, the post station in Qiongzhou Prefecture did not return the condolence letter in a black envelope, but It was sent to Bonidus via merchant ship.

Because of the origin of three kinds of spices, the local area was called Sanbao by the merchants. With the trade of the merchants, it quickly became lively and became a market. When the Ming Dynasty officials arrived, Semarang City was established.

Monopoly trade in three spices.

Semarang City is located in the eastern part of Boni Kingdom, close to the three countries of Sulu. It is the most prosperous city in this land. In addition to the 500 soldiers, there are also military households who have migrated from various places. The permanent population is as high as more than 6,000 people. When the port trade is included, the population will be nearly 10,000 people.

Semarang City is a coastal city built on docks.

Merchants had a monopoly on spices and asked local indigenous people to provide them with spices. They traded Ming products with each other. A piece of cotton cloth or a piece of flint could be exchanged for a lot of spices.

As the number of people in Ming Dynasty increased, food shortage became a top priority.

So the first thing Boni Dusi did when it was established was to organize military households to reclaim land. Relying on the attraction of food and commodities, it attracted many young indigenous people. In order to protect the means of production, another 500 soldiers came.

From zero to one, from one to two.

The original Boni Kingdom was not a unified political power, but a larger tribe, and it did not control the entire big island. Its sphere of influence was in the wealthy areas on the northern coast of the big island, and there were also large and small tribes such as Wenlang Horse God and Sujidan.

But this does not prevent the Ming Dynasty from incorporating the entire big island into the Ming Dynasty's territory. With the establishment of Boni Dusi, the Ming Dynasty's flag has been flying on the land.

"Ding ding dong."

Several naked natives used the hammers they bought from Ming merchants to continuously hit the back of the axe. The sharp side of the axe stopped on the surface of the stone. With the blows of the hammer, a stone brick became Split out.

A large piece of stone can be split into a dozen smooth stone bricks.

Although the surface is rough and uneven, the smooth surface is very flat. The indigenous people working on the farm used these stone bricks to build stone houses and built villages around the manor.

Thirty-six-year-old Wu Zhenmeng has already retired from the army.

Because of the murder, he was not promoted from the army. He served in the overseas corps for ten years and was tired of the disorder and chaos of the overseas corps. Wu Zhenmeng hated the corps without faith.

Relying on his qualifications and accumulated wealth, he responded to the call of the guard and moved from Qiongzhou Prefecture to Bonidusi. He received support from the army and became the owner of a local manor, with hundreds of acres of land and a forest.

"Although the stone house is strong, it is too ugly and cannot keep warm."

The good friend laughed.

Wu Zhenmeng shook his head: "Who doesn't want to build our Ming Dynasty's house, but how can they afford the money, and there are few things such as clay and bricks in Bonidus itself, and merchants are unwilling to trade these unprofitable materials."

Overseas Ming people have no restrictions on weapons or armor.

Wu Zhenmeng's home has a set of military armor. Around his waist, he has a blunderbuss purchased from the Ming Dynasty and a saber. Several surrounding farmers are dressed similarly.

Everyone has retired from the army and is very skilled in the use of weapons.

After watching the natives build houses, a few people left on horseback and returned to Wu Zhenmeng's Zhuangzi.

There is food prepared by the women in the village.

In the middle is a tile-roofed house. Because the ground is mud and there is no specially paved floor, there are half-suspended bamboo buildings on both sides. And because of the hot weather, most of their paths during the day are in the bamboo buildings.

After eating with his friends, Wu Zhenmeng took the children hunting in the afternoon.

Wu Zhenmeng has three children.

Two sons and one daughter, the daughter was eight years old, clamored to go hunting. Wu Zhenmeng did not refuse, and took two male servants of the family, and a group of six people entered the jungle.

The management of the estate is very strict.

In an ordinary manor, there will be three or five indigenous families who become the confidants of the manor owner, and then the rest of the indigenous people, forming a top-down local custom. The two male servants are from the indigenous families in the manor. Wu Zhenmeng’s trust.

Because the lives of these indigenous families are superior to those of the local indigenous people, they are the envy of others. More people hope to enter the manor and be protected by the owner.

In order to maintain a better life for them, they form a close attachment relationship with their owners.

Wearing a linen jacket and linen trousers, Wu Zhenmeng was riding a horse and holding a spear in his hand to protect his little masters. Wu Zhenmeng held the reins in one hand and a blunderbuss in the other, vigilantly observing the movements in the jungle.

What we fear most is not wild beasts, but poisonous snakes and poisonous insects.

Wu Zhenmeng knew very well that if he wanted to live peacefully in this land, he must maintain the spirit of civilization and the body of barbarism as mentioned by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. These retired soldiers who did not like the domestic customs liked the living environment of this land very much. .

There are not so many constraints, and there are not so many burdens. They just need to live their own lives, which is also Bonidus' request, because there are too few local Ming people.

The three children were excitedly hunting in the jungle, and even the male servants smiled. Not long after, the sons of the male servants came over spontaneously and brought back the prey of the young masters and ladies. The group returned with a full load.

Until Wu Zhenmeng saw the black condolence letter on the table and his wife's worried eyes, she didn't know what her husband would do.

Wu Zhenmeng calmly picked up the condolence letter, opened it, read it, and remained silent.

The children felt that their father was unusual, and their mother took them away. The servants at home also became nervous and did not dare to make a sound. It took a long time before Wu Zhenmeng left the house.

He rode a horse and went to a very far place.

From the time he was sensible, he was a bastard who disliked dogs. However, the military households in the guard station still did not let him starve to death. He grew up eating the food of hundreds of families. When he was a boy, he followed the veteran soldiers in the guard station. Hu, protect Dai Deyi Yushi when he goes to Peiping.

He stayed in Peiping, joined the army, fought in the north and south, and defeated the Ghostly Red Khan in Yiliba. Then he found his mother, killed some people, served in prison for a period of time, and then joined the overseas corps.

Marrying a wife, having children, moving from Qiongzhou Prefecture to Boni Dusi, getting further and further away from Yangzhou, to an incredible place.

Every year, money is sent there.

Wu Zhenmeng hated that place. It had caused him irreparable scars and made him wake up from dreaming day and night. However, after so many years, he could not let go of it.

She is not old yet.

Did you receive the money you sent her? Or was he bullied by someone again? Or are you saying that your health is not good?

There were dense woods beside the river, and Wu Zhenmeng couldn't see very far.

Shortly after.

Wu Zhenmeng returned to his hometown with his family for the first time.

The children got off the ship and set foot on the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. They looked at a big city that was a hundred times more prosperous than Qiongzhou Prefecture. The children were very excited. It turns out that there is such a place.

Yangzhou.

The ten most prosperous places in the world.

It was the first time the children took a train, the first time they went to a restaurant to eat, and the first time they saw so many people. People were everywhere, just like crops in the fields. Even Wu Zhenmeng could hardly recognize the strange Yangzhou. Out.

I paid homage to my mother, repaired my father's grave, gave many gifts to the neighbors, and took my children to the health center where I grew up. The health center has been moved, leaving only some abandoned houses.

After finishing many things, Wu Zhenmeng took his family back to Bonidus.

More and more people moved to new lands.

When Wu Zhenmeng set out again, he learned that His Majesty the Emperor was also heading to Nanyang. Their ship encountered the Ming Dynasty's fleet on the sea, including a weird huge warship.

The plywood on that warship was actually laid with a layer of iron plates.

The children danced and cheered for their fleet. The soldiers on the fleet waved very enthusiastically when they saw the Ming Dynasty's merchant ships.

It is already the second year since I returned to my manor.

Everything in the manor was as before. The servants of several households in the manor strictly abided by Wu Zhenmeng's rules. They were also watched over by old friends around him and patrolled by small groups of soldiers. Wu Zhenmeng was not worried at all.

The food in each manor ensured the needs of Boni Dusi. More Ming warships appeared on the dock to provide the Ming warships with the necessary supplies. In addition to a small amount of coal, they could also provide food, wine, water and other daily necessities.

The two ships continued south and discovered more land and many large islands.

Zhu Di arrived in Nanyang and brought not only the army but also exploration. With the support of the Ming Dynasty's national power, he began the army's outward exploration.

(End of this chapter)