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

Chapter 436 Children's food stamps
Wang Dou is almost thirty, and now he has nine children, including five sons and four daughters. Soon they will come in, and salute Wang Dou one by one in the order of descendant to concubine.
The eldest son, Wang Zheng, is seven years old. He has a thick head and a thick body, and he looks like Wang Dou. According to Zhong's words: "My precious grandson is exactly the same as that brat when he was young."
Wang Zheng was very naughty at first, but after training in the martial arts hall, he calmed down a lot. At a young age, he already knows how to win people's hearts, and he has a bit of his father Wang Dou's demeanor.He is the leader of a bunch of little kids in the hall, and he is honored as the "Major General". He has an outstanding successor, and all the generals in the Shun Township Army are very happy.
After saluting Wang Dou, he praised loudly: "Ah, father, you are like the sun in the sky. Your brilliance warms the hearts of the people on the East Road. Your heart is as vast as the sea..."
All the people in the hall snickered, Wang Dou waved his hands and said, "Okay, brat, have you ever seen the sea? When you enter the lecture hall, you just learn how to flatter?"
Wang Zheng was not annoyed when his father scolded him, and said, "Father, my son has learned a lot in the martial arts hall."
He thought for a while, and said, "My child has something that I don't understand, and I want to ask my father for advice."
Wang Dou became interested and asked, "What can my son ask for advice?"
Wang Zheng said: "Father went out to fight the thieves and killed the giant thieves. I heard that since the early years of Chongzhen, there have been a lot of thieves all over the Ming Dynasty. My child doesn't understand why there are so many thieves, and they are suppressed again and again. have?"
Wang Dou looked at his son with relief, and said, "You can think of this now, very good."
He pondered for a while, picked up a piece of pastry from the pastry basket beside him, and said, "Look at this pastry, compare it to the entire financial resources of Daming."
He pinched a small piece and kept most of it in his hand, and said: "Ninety percent of the financial resources are owned by big gentry, big military leaders, big officials, big businessmen, and the royal family, nobles, and eunuchs. Most of them don't pay taxes." , or pay very little tax.”
Everyone in the hall looked at Wang Dou's hand and thought about it, and Wang Zheng also rubbed his forehead in thought.
Wang Dou continued: "However, the country has to run. Soldiers have to pay, officials have to pay, victims of disasters have to be relieved, and thieves have to be wiped out. What should we do? People who account for [-]% of the financial resources do not pay taxes, and the government has to collect taxes from those people. People who only account for [-]% of their wealth go to the head."
"However, these people are poor in the first place, coupled with continuous natural disasters, they will sell their sons and daughters if they are oppressed for a while. If they can't survive, they will rise up and rebel. The more they rebel, the more taxes the country will have to levy. The more people can't survive, the more people rise up to rebel, which is why the thieves continue to be suppressed."
Wang Zheng rolled his eyes, and Zhong sighed: "The old lady never understood why the thieves kept going, now she understands, alas, when will this natural and man-made disaster in Ming Dynasty come to an end?"
The wives, concubines, maids and guards in the hall looked at Wang Dou with admiration. Many people actually didn't understand why the thieves kept going. After the general said this, they all understood.
Ji Junjiao looked at Wang Dou with twinkling eyes.
Wang Dou said, "Do I understand now?"
Wang Zheng saluted Wang Dou: "My child understands, thank you father for clarifying the confusion."
Wang Dou said: "Understanding is not enough, if it were you, how would you solve this problem?"
Everyone in the hall was looking at Wang Zheng, and Xie Xiuniang was even more nervous, biting her lower lip, for fear that her son's answer would displease her husband.
Wang Zheng rubbed his head and thought hard, and he muttered: "Taxing [-]% of the people? It's so difficult. Our family is honored now, and I don't want to take the money out."
Suddenly his eyes lit up: "That piece of pastry is small, we can make it bigger. I heard that Daming has a lot of land outside, and there are also many rich places. We can snatch their land and wealth, kill them all, and move them. Our people colonized in the past. They are all dead. It’s better to die for foreigners than to die for Chinese people.”
Everyone in the hall was dumbfounded, Xie Xiuniang frowned and scolded her son: "Zhenger, how can you say that?"
But Wang Dou laughed loudly: "Although it is insufficient, there is finally a solution. I have Qilinzi in my family."
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Wang Dou's other children, because the family atmosphere is relaxed, so most of them are lively and outgoing. Ji Junjiao's daughter, Wang Sha, and Xie Xiuniang's daughter, Wang Wan, are still young. With dragonflies, the offspring are also small.
Liu Qing, the second daughter of Liu Ji, Chongzhen, followed Wang Dou in nine years, and the children they gave birth to were all five or six years old, and they were all active by nature. The three boys were fine. Dou climbed up and down, put his arms around Wang Dou's neck, only called Daddy, and kept acting like a baby.
Because Wang Dou is a later generation, he has a kind of pampering towards his children in his bones. Although he sometimes looks harsh, children are the most sensitive, and he knows who is good and who is bad.
Therefore, Wang Dou's children, on the contrary, are afraid of their mothers, and make out with Wang Dou.
Looking at these children, Wang Dou felt satisfied. In ancient times, it was impossible for concubine and concubine to be treated the same, so Wang Dou focused on raising the eldest son Wang Zheng, and the remaining children could choose their future paths according to their own preferences.Wang Dou doesn't ask them to be promising, as long as they grow up safely, of course, he won't let them become playboys.
At the family banquet that day, Wang Dou sighed to Xie Xiuniang and the others: "My husband often travels abroad, and I only suffer from you and your children."
Xie Xiuniang said: "Master, don't worry, I will take good care of the children and serve my mother-in-law well."
Ji Junjiao said: "The man's ambition is everywhere. As a general in the court, it is inevitable to go abroad. Your husband should just fight with peace of mind, and don't think about the status of a concubine."
Wang Dou looked at Xie Xiuniang, Ji Junjiao's daughters, Xie Xiuniang, as Mrs. Uncle, his own wife, a country girl back then, had developed a bearing.
However, it lacks a bit of grandeur, which is caused by the environment since childhood, and it is impossible to change much.Her poor wife does not affect her status.
Now that she has been conferred the title of Mrs. Uncle, even the first-rank officials in the court have to salute her. Xie Xiuniang is even more satisfied. She only wants to take good care of her children and serve her mother-in-law well.
Ji Junjiao... Now she looks even more beautiful, she is naturally charming, and her every move carries an indescribable luxury and charm.The maids who served her all sighed deeply. The second wife was magnificent and noble, but she was not allowed to be the first wife. She had a real affection for the general, but her style was often not appreciated by anyone.
Wang Dou felt a little sorry for Ji Junjiao, but it was impossible to let her take Xie Xiuniang's position.On Donglu, now Xie Xiuniang, as the image of a loving mother, helps the refugees and cares for the lonely elderly, and has gained a lot of image points for Wang Dou.Ji Junjiao is not interested in this, and she really doesn't like the victims of the disaster.
After the establishment of the Shogunate, Ji Junjiao, the female secretary, lost her job. After doing nothing for a period of time, she found a new job, which was Madam Diplomacy.
Ji Junjiao is the governor's daughter, she has a lot of friends and noble status, she often holds poetry gatherings in Yongning City, banquets and so on, the wives of officials in Xuanfu Town, and even other military towns, all the wives are proud to be invited. The prestige of China has always been well known, and it has also attracted a large number of foreign aid for Wang Dou.
Everyone has their own temperaments, Ji Junjiao hates contacting civilians, and Wang Dou also thinks that her wife's diplomacy is more suitable for her, after all, the power of the pillow is not small.
Of course Liu Qing and the others couldn't be compared with Xie Xiuniang's daughters in the mansion, they were in awe of Wang Dou, and they were respectful and proud.
The doctor Xie Xiuniang is a gentle person, but with her status, Ji Junjiao's status and knowledge also put a lot of pressure on them, and they dare not compete for favor.To prepare for a rainy day, Wang Dou gave them some estates to manage and manage them, and they could arrange them if they had clansmen, and also left them room to breathe and be free.
Overall, Wang Dou's harem is still quiet.
After the dinner, Liu Qing, Liu Ji's second daughter, and Ji Junjiao sang and sang for Wang Dou and the others. They were all family members, so there was no need to worry too much about it.
Liu Qing, the two daughters of Liu Ji played the stringed pipa, and Ji Junjiao sang and sang. She danced slowly, in harmony with the music, and gently opened her cherry lips: "The rain outside the curtain is gurgling, and the spring is fading. Luo Qun can't bear the cold at midnight. In the dream, I don't know that I am a guest, and I am greedy all day long..."
Elegant and ancient music always has a sad and moving charm, Wang Dou closed his eyes slightly, and slapped along with the meaning of the song. In the beautiful music, he felt all the depression in his heart dissipated.
Xie Xiuniang clapped her hands and Mrs. Zhong nodded with a smile. There is really nothing dissatisfied with this life.It's a pity that the man died early, otherwise, seeing his son now, I don't know how to be happy.
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Yongning City, the northwest military camp in the suburbs.
Chen Sheng, a blunderbuss soldier of Gaoxun Division A, is packing his luggage and clothes in the house.As in Shunxiang Fort, the military barracks there consisted of teams and rows of barracks, each with a large room in the form of large pavements, which could be used to burn kangs in winter.
On the opposite wall of Datong shop, there is a large row of tables and chairs, on which are placed daily necessities for soldiers such as face towels, and the cabinets below can store personal belongings.Near the door, there is a weapon rack, on which everyone's weapons and armor are placed, and on the wall above, there are also internal affairs regulations.
The soldiers on the expedition had a ten-day holiday, and everyone was happy to see that they were going home.According to the military regulations, when returning home, in order to show the heroism of the soldiers, the soldiers of the Shun Township Army can wear armor, waist sabers and knives, but weapons such as spears and bird guns are not allowed to be carried out of the barracks.
There are also people's horses and mules, which can also ride out of the barracks, but Chen Sheng and others belong to the second-class soldiers, but they don't have their own horses.Among them, only the Chief Jia belonged to the first-class soldier. As a veteran of the year, he could ride his own horse home. How majestic and enviable.
Chen Sheng opened his package again. Apart from a change of clothes, the most important thing inside was a large stack of "food stamps". That's right, they were food stamps.
The food stamps issued by Zhang Gui, the ambassador of the Department of Civil Affairs, have become popular all over the East Road and become a hard currency in various places on the East Road.
In the current Ming Dynasty, the silver is fine, but the copper coins are simply unsightly.There is a flood of private money, and the quality is poor, such as crooked necks, pointed feet, and fat heads. The money cast has different characters, sizes, and weights. The difference is huge. How can ordinary people use it?
Not to mention copper coins, but to talk about silver, and now it is depreciating more and more. Because of the constant famines, there are thousands of dollars for every meter, often asking for three or four taels of silver per stone of rice, making the price of food erratic.Therefore, as soon as the Donglu food stamps came out, they became very popular.

(End of this chapter)