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

Chapter 732 Thoughts
Wang Dou stayed at Xinghe Station for two days, preparing to go back to Xuanfu Town after the winter solstice. In the past few days, Xinghe Station and the vicinity of Sandcastle have become a sea of ​​joy, and merchants from the three Jin Dynasties are everywhere. The opera troupe performances made the soldiers of the villagers happy to miss Shu.

The gathering of officials and generals is also a good time for many Shanxi businessmen and businessmen to get close to each other. They use their housekeeping skills and only hang around the officials and generals, especially many people want to get close to Wang Dou.

It’s just that for Wang Dou, he wants to be with his family more. He only entertains people from all walks of life during dinner parties. During the day, he spends more time hunting and playing with the generals around him, or Xie Xiuniang, Ji Junjiao, Xu Yue’e and others, so as to completely relax.

On the day of the winter solstice, the grass on the prairie faded to yellow, and the leaves of the birch and maple forests were even more golden and fiery red.

The galloping of fast horses, interspersed with bursts of roaring and shouting, hundreds of galloping horses galloped to Miehu sea, frightening the swans, wild geese, hares, roe deers and wolves on the side, full of wild animals destroying human beings. fear and anger.

Xie Xiuniang hugged Wang Dou's waist tightly, screaming like a little girl, without the restraint of Madam Hou.

She doesn't know how to ride a horse yet, so every time she travels, she sits in Wang Dou's arms, and her husband takes her to gallop. Whenever this time, she is full of satisfaction in her little heart, just like Wang Dou took her to ride a horse for the first time back then. Same, hope this moment lasts forever.

Ji Junjiao is skilled in equestrian skills. She was wearing a bright red fur at this time, which made her face even more red and greasy. Like Xie Xiuniang, she screamed with excitement.

Her best friend and young wife, Chu Wanyun, is by Ji Junjiao's side these days, and also plays around with Wang Dou, like a huge light bulb, Wang Dou is not easy to drive her away, and she is also good at equestrian skills. The maroon horse was beside Ji Junjiao, also cheering non-stop, with a pretty face.

Xu Yue'e was by Wang Dou's side, wearing a red cloak, wrapped in a handkerchief, dressed in strong clothes, with a heroic and arrogant appearance. Needless to say, she was equestrian, and she was in a much better mood in the past few days, with a smile on her face. It was as cold as ice like before, but it revealed the taste of a little girl.

But to be honest, even though Wang Dou accompanied them to play around during the day, they still returned to their barracks at night. They nominally came out with the condolence group, and there were as many wives and concubines as there were officers and concubines in the group.

Of course, if the officers took their wives and concubines to fight in the field, Wang Dou would not be able to control him. If Gao Shiyin drove Miss Zheng around all day long, Wang Dou would not know what he was doing.

Zhong Tiaoyang led the soldiers of the guard battalion scattered far away, and the generals Han Chao, Wen Fangliang, Xie Yike, and Zhao Xuan were also galloping, bowing their bows and setting arrows, shouting and shooting at the prey they saw. Dou and the others are farther away.

There were also Zhong Zhengxian, Zhang Gui, Qi Tianliang, Fu Mingqi and other civil affairs officials who rode their horses and followed behind from a distance, chatting slowly.

Seeing Wang Dou and Xie Xiuniang in front of them cheerfully, Zhong Zheng smiled old-fashionedly while stroking his beard, but when he glanced at Ji Junjiao next to him, his face darkened, and when he looked at Xu Yue'e and Chu Wanyun, he frowned even more.

Arriving at Haizi, Wang Dou jumped off the horse and carried Xie Xiuniang down again. Yi blushed and looked at the people around her, feeling rather embarrassed.

"Ah, it's so beautiful."

All the girls got off their horses, and the young lady sighed with emotion.

The lake in front of you is vast, filled with geese, swans, and geese. Looking around, the grass is dyed golden yellow by the autumn wind. When the wind blows, the soft grass is like an endless golden straw mat, which is quite blue and wild. poetic.

Wang Dou glanced at Chu Wanyun. At this time, the young woman was holding her heart. She looked at Haizi with an infatuated look. When she went out to play, she still wore the goose gall in her bun, and her steps trembled. Wearing a crimson beige, beauty is beauty, but it is not convenient to ride a horse, right?
To be honest, Wang Dou didn't have a good impression of this demented literary woman, mainly for the sake of Ji Junjiao and Li Zhenzhen. He said lightly: "It's not beautiful when you get tired of looking at it. The bitter cold outside the Great Wall is not just talking about it."

The young lady skipped over Wang Dou and didn't say a word, just stared at him with a slight smile on her lips: "What Hou Ye said, are you a person who loves the new and hates the old?"

Her words were quite sharp, both Xie Xiuniang and Xu Yue'e looked over, only Ji Junjiao giggled.

Wang Dou glanced at her, smiled and said: "The clothes are not as good as new, and people are not as good as old."

He slowly recited a sentence: "If life is just like the first time you see it, what is the autumn wind and the sad painting fan..."

He opened his mouth, and had already forgotten the next few sentences. The young lady trembled slightly, and murmured: "If life is just like the first meeting...if life is just like the first meeting..."

She glanced at Wang Dou strangely, and felt a little awkward when she touched the corner of her clothes.

Ji Junjiao giggled, put her arms around the young lady's slender waist and rolled her eyes and said to Wang Dou: "Husband, don't sing poems anymore. Back then, I was captured by your 'Han Zhongjun', and now there is another 'Life is just as good as before'." See', how will the daughter's family live?"

This made the young lady even more shy. An elegant and noble young woman is like a little girl. Seeing her, Xie Xiuniang smiled, Xu Yue'e turned her head away in displeasure, and snorted coldly.

Wang Dou shook his head, to be honest, he always felt that Chu Wanyun was very scheming, had a deep city, deliberately approached, and always had a purpose, which made him disliked.

Suddenly there was a burst of applause from behind: "Good poetry, the general is really talented."

It turned out that Zhang Gui, Qi Tianliang and others arrived behind and heard it. Wang Dou thought to himself, what a mess.

……

Zhong Susuce was on the horse, glanced over coldly, and she muttered, "They're all vixen."

She took out a gun from the saddle, put it on the horse, aimed at a running gazelle, pulled the trigger, and with a bang, she knocked down the gazelle.

Wang Dou and others all looked at it, and Zhao Xuan rode his horse and rushed over, shouting, "Brother Zhong...Brother Zhong, show me this gun."

Zhong Susu ignored him, rode his horse triumphantly to Wang Dou's side, and shouted: "General, what do you think of this blunderbuss?"

Wang Dou took the blunderbuss in surprise, Han Chao, Wen Fangliang and others also surrounded him, and they saw that the blunderbuss was dark and heavy, the handle and body of the blunderbuss were all made of high-quality walnut wood, painted with lacquer, with a faint streamer, and the barrel of the blunderbuss was also thicker. The one used in the army is slightly shorter, it is actually a short flint blunderbuss.

Wang Dou glanced at it, and said to Han Chao, "How do you think the Chasers use this blunderbuss?"

Han Chao took it, and he couldn't put it down. He said: "It is true that although the range and firepower are inferior to the rifle, it is rare that it can be used on horseback. This can be used to produce large-scale riding guns."

Wang Dou smiled and asked Zhong Susu, "Xiancai, how did you get this gun?"

Zhong Susu proudly said: "This is made by the last general himself."

Her favorite hobby is shooting guns. After playing enough, she also likes to make them by hand. No, this gun was made by herself.

Wang Dou laughed loudly: "Xiancai, you have made great achievements. I never thought that there are so many masters in our army."

He said: "This blunderbuss can be named Zhong's riding blunderbuss armor type and popularized in the army."

All the generals nodded their heads, envious at the same time, so they relied on this, Zhong Xiancai will be rich in wealth in the future, this kind of legal wealth is also what Wang Dou has always encouraged and strongly supported.

Zhong Susu didn't care about wealth or not. She was happy that the general saw the fruits of her labor. She smiled and said, "General, the last general also made a few guns for the rest. You can shoot them right away. Someday, I will bring it out and play hunting and shooting with the general."

Wang Dou laughed loudly and said: "Brother Zhong said that, naturally it is better to be respectful than obedient."

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Xie Xiuniang and Xu Yue'e were running happily on the grassland holding hands, Xu Yue'e even stopped to caress a wild flower, turned her head and smiled at Wang Dou.

Ji Junjiao and the young lady were also chasing a few hares, having a great time, seeing them happy, Wang Dou sighed, he had a lot of family members, it seems that after arriving in Ming Dynasty, what accompanied him was fighting, fighting, fighting again, There is too little free time.

The generals also scattered around to have fun, and Wang Dou walked slowly on the grassland with his hands behind his back.

Looking at Ji Junjiao over there, Fu Mingqi sighed sadly: "My daughter-in-law looks like a man. Back then, Fu judged that she could give you seven or eight sons. How come there are no sons now?"

Wang Dou laughed, he and Fu Mingqi have been friends for many years, this Confucianist is full of knowledge, but he is informal, it is Wang Dou's rare, even now the only close friend, over the years, the friendship has not changed.

Although his name was given to be an ambassador of the Department of Education and Culture, Wang Dou actually did not regard him as a subordinate. It would be really lonely if he was surrounded by subordinates and entourages.

"Boys and girls are the same," he said.

Fu Mingqi muttered: "You have a weird idea."

Then his expression turned serious: "Do you know that our Jingbian army has a hurdle now, and we urgently need to get over it?"

Wang Dou also became serious: "Say it!"

Fu Mingqi pointed to his head, and said: "This is the place, the mind, the thoughts, we need to let the soldiers understand why our Jingbian army is going to fight next, and what direction our officials are heading for!"

Wang Dou nodded. If the political parties of later generations need a program, only a unified thought, a clear political purpose, and a correct guiding direction, can officers, soldiers and officials know what to do and understand what their ultimate goal is.

Without these, the entire group will eventually be confused, and then internal fighting and corruption, just like the corrupt officialdom of Ming Dynasty, will eventually sink, which is what I don't want to see.

He thought for a long time, and then slowly said: "All things in the world are one with me, which means that knowledge and action are one, and there is action in knowledge, and knowledge in action, and knowledge through investigation!"

Fu Mingqi almost laughed, and then said lightly: "It's very beautiful, but learning from the heart is not enough to govern the country."

Wang Dou said: "I understand, this is just one of the slogans!"

Wang Yangming is a master of a generation, but his theory of the mind is too idealistic. If he is not involved in the world, he will be like Taoism. Each has his own heart, which creates a division in thought, which is what Wang Dou does not want to see.

Wang Dou said: "Build a heart for the world, establish a life for the people, inherit the knowledge of the past, and create peace for all generations!"

Fu Mingqi laughed and said: "It's too bold, but it's too general, and there are many disadvantages in it, but it is inevitable with the teaching of Neo Confucianism!"

Wang Dou nodded: "It depends on how the members of the Education Department extract the essence and get rid of the dross!"

Confucianism naturally has its essence, "propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame", "respecting the emperor and rejecting barbarians", "the barbarians have a monarch, it is not as good as the death of China", "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith" are all the best of the best. To expel Confucianism and destroy Confucianism is purely due to one's incompetence, so one blames one's fault on one's ancestors.

For thousands of years, China has been governed by Confucianism and has created various profound and splendid cultures. Although it is not denied that there are also dross in it, generally speaking, the flaws do not conceal the goodness. The ancestors left a golden mountain.

This is not like many civilizations in the world, which are destroyed once and then disappear in the dust of history, with no chance of recovery. Although Chinese culture has limitations, it is undeniable that it has risen again and again and has extremely tenacious vitality.

For thousands of years, Confucianism has made great contributions to the ideological cohesion of the Chinese people. The mental disorder of the Chinese people in later generations may not necessarily be the result of overthrowing Confucianism, and they themselves have no ability to form new ideological results. Facing the invasion of Western thought, they are easily invaded.

The key depends on how future generations improve, how to keep the essence and discard the dross. Japan has done a good job in this regard. They governed the country with Neo-Confucianism, and eventually developed Bushido. During the Meiji period, the country’s education was based on Confucianism. , Emperor Meiji specifically said in the "Rescript on Education".

"I am the only one who has established a great country with profound virtues. My subjects are loyal and filial. The billions of trillions are united and the world is beautiful. This is the essence of our country. The origin of education also exists here. Your subjects Filial piety to parents, friendship to brothers, harmony between husband and wife, and trust in friends; respectful and thrifty, self-discipline, fraternal love to others; learning and learning to inspire wisdom and achieve virtue. To promote public welfare and open world affairs, always respect the constitution of the country and abide by the laws of the country. Once If you are urgent, you should serve the public righteously and bravely, so as to support the infinite imperial fortune. If so, you will not only be my loyal and good subjects, but also enough to show the legacy of your ancestors."

Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith should be the highest code of conduct for citizens and soldiers. It mainly depends on how these five points are interpreted internally and externally, what should be done to compatriots, and what should be done to foreigners.

Of course, it is impossible for Wang Dou to monopolize Confucianism. If it is too monopolistic, it will inevitably be destroyed. It is best to have a core, and then all rivers will return to the sea to form a very cohesive and aggressive thinking.

(End of this chapter)