A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 189 Governor Chen Xinjia

Wang Dou was waiting for Lu Xiangsheng and his party at the Jiming Station. The Jiming Station was established in the 18th year of Yongle. It can be said to be the largest and most functional post in the Ming Dynasty.All members of the town had to go through the Jiming Station when they entered Beijing, and officials and merchants who went to the town and outside the gate also had to pass through the Jiming Station.

The geography is so important, so the city of Jiming Station is well protected, and there are strange things in the city on Thursday.Among the many post offices in the Ming Dynasty, only Jiming Post was called a city. During the reign of Emperor Chongzhen, only the officials of Jiming Post remained unchanged, which shows the importance of this place.

Although Jiming Station is in the territory of Baoanwei, it is under the direct control of Xuanfu Township. There are two streets in the east and west of the city, and there are many merchants and shops in the middle and middle.Although Wang Dou was on the garrison, he had no official duties, nor did he pass on urgent military affairs, nor did he provide surveys and cooperation to the post office. As usual, the post office would only pay a small amount of rice to live in the official post house. Give money and food.

Wang Dou was not interested in taking advantage of that little advantage, so he asked Xie Yike to find an inn to live in, and he was happy to be quiet. The post officials and guards in the city saw that Wang Dou was a garrison officer, and they also came to see him on the same day. don't care.

Two days after staying at the Jiming Station, Wang Dou heard that Lu Xiangsheng was coming, so he went to meet him outside the west gate. There is also a moat about four feet wide outside.

At this time, Wang Dou was under the west gate. On the gate tower were written the words "Jiming Mountain Post". There is a high retaining dam, and the rock stands still.

The sky was low and the clouds were dark, and the north wind was blowing. There were very few people on the post road where the cars and horses were sluggish. The guards and station officials of the Jiming Post next to Wang Dou were freezing. They had just received the news. The officials of Dasan Town wanted to go to Beijing to have an audience, and they stayed here to rest. When the governor and other high-ranking officials came, they naturally rushed out to greet them.

Finally, in the cold wind, there was a commotion on the cold post road, all kinds of shouts, the sound of avoiding sedan chairs, and the sound of horseshoes came. One after another, carriages and official sedan chairs came, and the first one was Xuanda Governor Lu Xiangsheng's official flag, followed by the guard of honor of Xuanfu Town Governor Chen Xinjia, followed by the chariots and horses of the governors of Shanxi Town and Datong Town, and then the chariots and horses of the governors of various towns, prefectures and counties. Mighty, it seems that you can't see the edge at a glance.

With such an official presence, even the well-informed defense and station officials at Jiming Station are uneasy.

Lu Xiangsheng has two battalions of pacesetters, the Governor Biaozuo Battalion and the Supervising Biao You Battalion. Among them, his close confidant Chen An led the Zuodu Biaoyou Battalion as a guerrilla. Soldiers and horses, all burly men in armor.Seeing the defense officer and station officer of Jiming Station greeted him in front of the city gate, Chen An just rode his horse over and waved his hand, signaling them to lead the way, and didn't even give them a chance to meet the governor.

Both of them showed disappointment on their faces, and then Chen An saw Wang Dou, with a look of surprise on his face: "Wang Shoubei, is it you?"

Wang Dou smiled and said, "General Chen."

The two exchanged some pleasantries, seeing Wang Dou and Chen An being so affectionate, the guard and station officer of Jiming Station were all startled, they never expected that this young garrison officer would have something to do with the governor's confidant and favorite general.The defense was even more regretful. If I knew it was like this, Wang Dou was in Jiming Station for a few days, and I should have a good meeting and friendship. Now I missed the opportunity.

What surprised them even more was that Chen An then brought Wang Dou to Lu Xiangsheng's chariot and horses.The curtain of the car opened, revealing Lu Xiangsheng's fair and haggard face, with a few sparse beards under his chin, a typical appearance of a scholar, who never expected him to be so brave in battle.

As soon as the car curtain was opened, a gust of cold wind blew into the car, blowing Lu Xiangsheng's beard flying wildly. When he saw Wang Dou, he was also a little surprised: "Wang Dou, why are you here?"

Wang Doudao: "Du Chen, it's a coincidence that I went to the capital to take over the position in a humble position, and I met the Du Chen here."

Lu Xiangsheng smiled slightly. Of course he knew that Wang Dou entered the capital to take over the garrison position. His garrison position was promoted by himself. It's just that Wang Dou should go south when he entered the capital. Why did he go to the Jiming Station in the north?

He didn't point out Wang Dou's small thoughts, but just said with a beard: "Your position is different now, and you should be more diligent in your duties and live up to the country's grace."

Wang Doudao: "What the governor said is very true, I have recorded it in my humble position."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Wang Dou, you can go to Beijing with this governor."

He looked at Wang Dou for a while: "It's freezing cold, you are riding a horse, will it be cold? Do you want the governor to give you a carriage?"

Wang Doudao: "I have the concern of the labor governor. I was born in the army in a humble position. I am in good health. It will not get in the way."

They were talking here, and I don't know how many caring people opened the curtains of the car and secretly looked at Wang Dou.

After that, all kinds of official cars and horses walked slowly, entering the city's streets from the west gate of Jiming Station, as for Wang Dou, he followed Chen An into the city.Wang Dou took a closer look, there were so many horses and chariots, the governors of the towns and even the soldiers from all walks of life dispatched their own battalions to escort them, no wonder there were so many people.

When we arrived at the gate of the post house, we saw officials of various colors get off from their chariots and horses. There were golden pheasants, peacocks, white pheasants, egrets and other things on their patches.Wang Dou carefully observed that the ranks of these civil servants are strict, and according to their ranks and identities, everyone must not make mistakes in their positions, but everyone has a kind smile on their faces and tries their best to get close to Lu Xiangsheng, even the governor of the third town is no exception.

Wang Dou also saw Master Ji Shiwei, the military officer on the east road of Xuanfu Town, quietly pushing away Li Zhenyu, the governor of Baoan Prefecture, who was blocking him, and stood beside Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuanzhen Town, with a smile. Recently, I unknowingly committed a big taboo in the officialdom, and I couldn't help but regret it.

All the officials surrounded Lu Xiangsheng and entered the post house, but when the officials entered, Wang Dou also noticed that many eyes swept over him.Especially Chen Xinjia, Governor of the Xuan Mansion, who accompanied Lu Xiangsheng with a smile, but turned his eyes on Wang Dou a few times intentionally or unintentionally.

After all the officials entered, Wang Douzheng wanted to leave. Today, it was all civil officials who were discussing matters, and I was out of place as a military officer. Chen Xinjia and Ji Shiwei, the superiors of Xuanzhen, let’s meet again another day, but Chen An came out and hurriedly stopped him, saying that he was the governor. Call him in.

When Wang Dou entered the post house, he saw all the officials, big and small, gathered together. Among them, only Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the three towns, and soldiers from all walks of life had their seats. good.Although the weather was extremely cold, and everyone shrunk their necks to hang their noses from the cold, no one dared to move a little.

Seeing Wang Dou, Lu Xiangsheng put down his teacup and said with a smile, "Wang Dou, come here."

In the astonished eyes of everyone, he smiled and called Wang Dou to him, and said, "Come and pay your respects to all the superiors in Xuan Town."

Wang Douying, Lu Xiangsheng had really good intentions in promoting him in front of everyone. He first met Chen Xinjia, the governor of his Xuanfu Town, and he called him the military gate.

In the Ming Dynasty, Junmen was used to address governors and governors, but at the end of Ming Dynasty, the etiquette system was chaotic, and even the chief soldiers of various towns were also called Junmen.That Chen Xinjia was quite elegant in appearance, in his forties, he was said to be well educated and knew about side affairs, so he got the post of governor of Xuanfu, he spoke a strong Sichuan accent, but he was from Sichuan Changshou.According to history, he will soon be promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of War and the censor of Youqian capital, the governor Xuanda, and in the 13th year of Chongzhen, he was promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of War, and his official fortune is quite good.

Only Wang Dou knows his ending, this is the advantage of the traverser.

When Wang Dou met him, he said warmly: "Well, I heard that Wang Dou trained soldiers and horses in Bao'an Prefecture, and managed the farmland, which was quite effective. It is really a fearsome future generation."

No matter how talented Wang Dou was in defense, he would not have been put in Chen Xinjia's eyes, but the governor Lu Xiangsheng loved him so much that he took it for granted.Lu Xiangsheng praised and valued Wang Dou, and Wang Dou was an officer under his command, and his achievements were also the glory of his subordinates. As a superior officer, he naturally wanted to comfort him with warm words to show his love for his subordinates.

Then Wang Dou paid a visit to Master Ji Shiwei, Huailong Bingbei Dao, Master Ji looked at Wang Dou and nodded repeatedly: "Wang Dou, you have been promoted to the defense of Baoan Prefecture. Love, you have the high hopes of all the superiors, and you should be more conscientious and diligent in governing the country."

Wang Dou said: "Your Excellency sees that the teaching is right."

Hearing that Ji Shiwei's words were decent, Chen Xinjia and others all nodded. Seeing Wang Dou's knowledge and interest, Ji Shiwei was also satisfied. He originally planned to promote Wang Dou as the eternal preparation of Yongning City, but unexpectedly, Governor Lu Xiangsheng's love for Wang Dou was beyond his expectation , He personally recommended Wang Dou to defend Baoanzhou City.Ji Shiwei admired Wang Dou in the first place, and because Wang Dou was so loved by the governors, Ji Shiwei made up his mind to control Wang Dou, a master of military and political affairs, in his own hands.

Li Zhenzhen, the magistrate of Baoan Prefecture next to him, saw that Wang Dou was so appreciated by the superiors, he felt quite displeased, there are people in the court who are good at being officials, and he was eager to offend Master Ji of the East Road Bingbei unintentionally. For the sake of his own future, he still Let's take the road of Wang Dou more.

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On the second day, the group set off, passing through Baoanwei City, Huailailu City, Yanqingzhou City, Juyongguan, and Changping.It's okay in Xuanfu Town, but once you enter the border of Changping, although it is an important place in the capital, the county and county are dilapidated. Sometimes there are no people for a hundred miles, and sometimes there are large groups of refugees in the dark, all going to the capital.

Qing soldiers plundered various parts of Gyeonggi several times, coupled with continuous disasters, caused serious disasters to the originally rich Gyeonggi. A lot of bones buried by people.

Seeing such a tragic scene, Wang Dou couldn't bear to see it, and Lu Xiangsheng also sighed long, with tears in his eyes: "The people's livelihood is so difficult, I am ashamed."

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Old White Bull:
Back to the Northern Army Book Friend: The protagonist makes the iron armor, using the same refined iron as the blunderbuss. A few catties of raw iron can only be smelted to one catty of refined iron, and a pair of armor is thirty catties. It seems that a lot of iron is needed.Of course, the protective power of the armor is good, otherwise, the armor made of bare iron will have no protective effect if it hits two eyes.

Back to the book friend: It's not that the protagonist doesn't want to make money by producing civilian products, but the current situation in Ming Dynasty, I really can't think of any civilian products that can make money.If there are book friends who know, you can discuss this issue and provide me with some inspiration.

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