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

Chapter 599 Wait and see
On November 14th, [-]th year of Chongzhen, Chenshi, outside Chaoyang Gate.

In the north wind, layers of fine snowflakes fell from the sky, and the snowflakes became bigger and bigger, as if they were going to cover the land of the capital.

In the wind and snow, hunting sun, moon, waves and flags fluttered, and there were looming, overlapping armored soldiers.

Wang Dou raised his eyes to look at the sky, this terrible weather, the temperature these years has become more and more abnormal.

He lifted the reins to suppress the commotion of the steed under his crotch, and then looked back at everyone around him. The army set off and returned, and many people from the capital came to see them off. The people of the capital.

No matter how he treated Wang Dou in private, on the bright side, the officials and generals of Ming Dynasty and the etiquette system are all impeccable. When all the members said auspicious words, Li Guozhen, Boss of Xiangcheng, laughed and said: "Send you a thousand miles, and you will end up with me!" It takes a farewell, the Marquis of Yongning cherishes it all the way."

Wang Dou thanked everyone, and smiled at Fu Yingchong, a recent figure in the capital: "Brother Fu, Han Kaihui, a soldier under my command, will have to take a lot of trouble with your niece."

Fu Yingchong was dressed in a thick leather cap and robe, and his whole body was wrapped like rice dumplings. He breathed the cold air, and his two huge canine teeth were particularly eye-catching.

He said again and again: "Don't worry, Marquis Yongning, this matter can only be left to my younger brother. Han Jiachang's younger brother has also seen it. My niece and my niece are both talented and beautiful. They are a match made in heaven. My younger brother will definitely be the beauty of an adult, hehehehehehehehe."

The matter of Han Kaihui was soon publicized by Wu Dingguo and Liu Lie with their big mouths. When he was walking in the barracks, he could see the performances of the brothers from time to time. First, a female voice monologue: "Ah, I live in the Yangtze River Head, you live at the end of the Yangtze River."

"Day, Risi, you don't see you, and drink the water of the Yangtze River together."

"When will this water stop? When will this hatred end?"

With one voice: "I only hope that the king's heart is like mine, and I will definitely live up to my lovesickness!"

It's creepy to see all the big men who are tall and thick, making the gestures of little daughters.

This matter quickly reached the ears of Qianzong Tian Qiming. He was a bold and enthusiastic person, and he told the battalion general Zhong Xiancai gossip.

Zhong Xiancai was more enthusiastic about the affairs of his subordinates, and he naturally hoped that all the soldiers under his command would have happy marriages. He heard that the woman had a prominent family background. Think of him as a righteous brother, and come to ask Wang Dou again.

Wang Dou was also very interested in hearing this, and immediately sent someone to contact Fu Yingchong, who was also very interested.

In fact, the girl that Han Kaihui met was the daughter of Fu Yingchong's cousin. Now that Fu Yingchong is glorious, the family is strong, and the clan is in full swing, all he needs to do is tell his cousin, and the good things will surely succeed.

Moreover, in private, Fu Yingchong also wanted to strengthen his relationship with Wang Dou in various aspects, and marrying with his subordinates would be the best.

It is related to the happiness of his niece, so he has of course investigated it. Han Kaihui is now the first corps commander of the Jingbian Army. According to his military merits, he will soon become the chief of the armor. The chief is at least equivalent to the hundred generals of the foreign army, and he is honored by the general.

This is still his military position. Fu Yingchong knows a little about the Jingbian Army. He knows that according to Han Kaihui's meritorious service, he will soon be allocated hundreds of acres of good farmland and mountain pastures. With the farmland and houses in his hands, he will definitely enjoy the advantages of marrying his niece. Life will not suffer for her.

Moreover, the current East Road is known as a paradise, peaceful, prosperous and peaceful. Many officials and generals have immigrated there secretly, and there are many civil officials who hate Wang Dou to the bone and curse. In fact, in private, they also secretly dispatch The servants are going to buy a field house, hoping to have a place to live.

The impending turbulence of the troubled times has already worried many people with keen sense of smell. Where they live, no matter how rich their family is, no matter how many family guards there are, how can they feel safe?Living in Donglu has become a fashionable choice for many well-to-do households.

Not to mention that Han Kaihui is still young now, and he is the younger brother of Yongning Hou's confidant General Zhong Xiancai. He has broad prospects for development, so Fu Yingchong is very happy to see good things come to fruition.

He calculated that the 29th of this month would be the 30th birthday of Marquis Yongning, so he could discuss this matter in more detail while taking advantage of the occasion of congratulations.

After talking with Fu Yingchong, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen, and Tang Tong also bid farewell to Wang Dou. Their residences went to the northeast or north of the capital, but they were on different roads. Although they received the order to go south as soon as possible, Still need to go back to the station to prepare one or two.

"treasure!"

"treasure!"

After saying goodbye to each other, looking at the two generals, Wang Dou thought for a while and said, "The bandits are not what they used to be, but this time they are going south, the two brothers have to be careful."

He said: "If the two brothers go south and pass through the border of Zhuozhou, they can receive 30 rods of Donglu bird guns and [-] rounds of mighty potion there. I will explain it to the generals when they arrive."

He also said to Tang Tong: "Brother Tang is the same, there are two thousand shots of bird guns and one hundred thousand shots of powerful medicine."

Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen, and Tang Tong were all overjoyed, and Cao Bianjiao said solemnly, "Thank you, Marquis Yongning."

Wang Tingchen was beaming with joy, and laughed loudly: "Brother Wang is so bold, as a brother, he will not be polite."

Tang Tong slapped his chest loudly: "The Marquis of Yongning is so loving, so I won't say anything if I'm grateful."

He said: "My place in Miyun has nothing else but a lot of marbles. If the Marquis of Yongning needs it, he can ask for as many as I want, and I can send you as many as you want."

"There will be a period later!"

The four of them clasped their hands together.

"There will be a period later!"

Wang Dou bid farewell to Wu Sangui and others.

"There will be a period later!"

In the army, Chen Sheng and Ju Yiwu also bid farewell to Tian Dayang, a soldier from the Shenji Battalion.

After arriving in the capital, both of them were the godfathers of the five children of Narita Dayang's family. Thanks to the military rewards and the gift of some silver from Chen Sheng, they settled down in Tian Dayang. Now their lives have improved a lot, and their relationship with Chen Sheng and others has become even stronger. close.

"Farewell, finally home."

Xie Yike also had various feelings in his heart.

In this battle, there were joys and sorrows. The sad thing is that many familiar people disappeared, including some friends I made. When he was out of the sentry that day, he had a good conversation with the guard of Daxingbao. It was just that the Tartars of the Erhuang Banner attacked Xingshan At that time, Daxingbao fell, and they all died for their country.

Wang Dou looked, the snowflakes were flying in front of his eyes, and the sky and the earth were covered with pieces of fine jade and jade, at this time the snow was falling heavily.

Looking at Yang Guozhu and Wang Pu, they both nodded.

Looking back at the majestic capital in the snow, Wang Dou thought: "When will I see this city again?"

He shouted: "Command, class teacher."

Amidst the cheers of the people in the capital, the heroic and high-spirited military song sounded.

"Don't you see, Han Junjun, the weak crown is a prisoner, please Changying."

"You can't see, Ban Dingyuan, the absolute light cavalry urges Zhanyun."

"A man should be in a serious danger, how can Confucianism be mistaken for this life."

"The situation is that if the country's prestige is exhausted, the strife and galloping will never stop."

"Abandon my old pen, and hold my wartime pride, and call out to hundreds of thousands of comrades, singing war songs and joining the army."

"One call out to hundreds of thousands of comrades, sing battle songs and join the army!"

The farther the singing, finally, they were all drowned in the wind and snow.

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November [-]th, Beijing Normal University, Qipan Street.

In the crowded teahouses and restaurants, the guests are still talking about the grand occasion of the return of the frontier troops in each town, especially the Jingbian army. At noon, when the restaurants are full, the streets are full of pedestrians. The weather is good and the flow of people is increasing.

Suddenly, a voice came from above a restaurant: "Shocking news, Xuan Da and Shanxi merchants are colluding with slaves and betraying the country!"

"Here is the evidence, everyone participated, it is really shocking, exclusive revelation, come and see!"

Following the sound, the staff raised their hands, and large sheets of paper albums fell like snowflakes. There was a moment of chaos in the street, and pedestrians scrambled for each other.

And this kind of scene continued to appear in every prosperous area of ​​Sijiu City, and the capital was once again boiling...

In the Xu Dynasty, near Chongwenmen Street, there was a magnificent mansion in a square shop.

It’s almost the twelfth lunar month, and the winter outside is chilly, and snowflakes are falling all over the sky above the capital, but inside the study, it’s still as warm as spring. The new Minister of Officials, Zheng Sanjun, sits silently on his huanghuali official hat chair, on the chair, Pad with a thick warm mattress.

He sat quietly, on the sandalwood desk in front of him, there was a cup of tea, which had been cold for a long time without drinking.

Li Rixuan, former Minister of the Ministry of Officials, sat beside him, the tea in front of him was also cold, and his eyes just looked at Zheng Sanjun coldly.

"Brother Yong Zhang, don't you have anything to say?"

Li Rixuan spoke slowly, although his tone was flat, but the inner words concealed an unconcealable anger.

The Zheng Sanjun in front of me is also considered a veteran official, a native of Jiande, Chizhou, in the first year of Chongzhen, he was the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Households and in charge of the Ministry of Officials, and in the first month of the eighth year, he was the secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, and he was added to the crown prince Shaobao. In the 11th year of Chongzhen, there was a robbery hole In Gongbuyuan, Sanjun proposed a light code, and the emperor seized his official in anger, and the courtiers rescued him, but he was promised to be redeemed.

He is prudent, especially when he comes back again after being dismissed from office, but he is in the middle of the game and often cannot control himself, just like the disaster in the 11th year of Chongzhen. culprit.

"You and I count as a gentleman's dispute, no matter who is up or down, it is all for the Ming Dynasty, but..."

There was a loud "bang", and he slapped the table in front of him heavily. The two cups of tea were beating non-stop.

His voice was stern: "Then what does Wang Dou want to do?"

"He just messed up the capital, and when he returned to the East Road, he wanted to attack Xuan Da's gentry and merchants?"

His palms slapped loudly: "Is there still a dynasty in his eyes, is there a saint? Except that he didn't openly call out rebellion, how is this different from rebellion?"

Li Rixuan was furious, Zheng Sanjun's face was also ashen, his head was slightly tilted back, his eyes seemed to be closed, but he still didn't say a word.

The more Li Rixuan spoke, the more excited he became, and finally his voice became even hoarse: "The ancestral system, Emperor Gao gave preferential treatment to the gentry, which is also the foundation of the country. Wang Dou is unscrupulous. Is he going to dig the roots of the gentry in the world? According to the old man, he He is more hateful than trespassers and Tartars, he will not only destroy our Ming Dynasty, but even the whole world!"

"enough!"

With the same loud noise, Zheng Sanjun jumped up against the table. He looked at Li Rixuan with a livid face, panting for breath. After a long time, his expression eased, and he sighed: "Brother Hui is serious. The Marquis of Yongning is loyal to the country. You must not It is useless to speculate and criticize, so as not to stir up a big change again, and fall into the injustice of the saint."

Li Rixuan just sneered: "Great change? Right now, the warriors are powerful, with Wang Dou as their bond, and they are even more united. According to the officials, they will change greatly sooner or later, and even cause the disaster of the five generations of warlords. Brother Zhang, we must plan ahead. ..."

At the same time, in the Forbidden City, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the Jin merchants and other criminal evidence collected, and his face was also ugly.

Seeing what Wang Dou meant, he was going to attack Xuan Da again. If he was so bold, wouldn't he be afraid to stir up rebellion among the landlords, gentry, businessmen, nobles, generals and other classes in the Ming Dynasty?One must know that when he killed Dong Lu until blood flowed into rivers, it was only in a small area. If he really expanded it to Xuanda Shanxi, did he really think that others could tolerate it?

After hearing Wang Dehua's soft words, he took a deep breath: "What, after the matter is completed, give me 100 million taels of silver?"

Emperor Chongzhen heard that during the period when the Jingbian army was in the capital, the East Road under Wang Dou's command was engaged in a fierce commercial war with major merchants in Shanxi.

Whether the mere East Road can compete with the continuous reinforcements from Shanxi and even other places, not only the capital, but even Emperor Chongzhen, are waiting to see.

(End of this chapter)