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

Chapter 873
Not long after, You Shiwei and others led the troops to the place where they camped, but it was a place not far from the Xuanfu Zhencheng University Teaching Field. Tomorrow, they will also participate in the military parade, and then the army will march out to hunt down the thieves.

Seeing the countless military camps spread around, everyone was very excited, and at this time they also got the news that the crown prince announced the supervision of the country, worshiped Yongning Hou Wangdou as the Duke of Jingguo, and supervised all Chinese and foreign military forces.He became the governor, and his own people will also call him marshal in the future.

When they got this news, You Shiwei and others were very shocked. On the way to Xuanfu town, they also met Gao Jie, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, Zheng Jiadong, the commander-in-chief of Guyuan, and Niu Chenghu, the commander-in-chief of Lintao, who rushed to the General's Mansion to meet the general who conquered the captives.

There are also Chen Yongfu, the commander-in-chief of Henan, Ma Yu, the commander-in-chief of Gansu, Fumin, the commander-in-chief of Ningxia, Wang Ding, the commander-in-chief of Yulin, Gao Ruli, the commander-in-chief of Gu County, and others.

Seeing the complex expressions on their faces, they obviously also got the news, and they didn't know what it was like.

In fact, the military officer system in the Ming Dynasty has been developed to the present. On the surface, the military is superior and the military is inferior. In fact, the wealth and power of the military officer are incomparable to those of the civilian officials.After all, they were hereditary. They were guard officials at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and they were still at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Even if the battalion soldiers were used in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, most of the battalion generals were selected from the guard officials.

If you are the commander of the guard, you generally act as a defense and conduct yourself.If you are in charge of affairs, if you have thousands of households in the guard, you will act as the general manager and general manager, and the general power will not change.

Civil servants still have to work hard to start from the imperial examination, and under the system of floating officials, they will leave after working for a few years, and they just need to have a good pregnancy.The official positions of their parents and grandparents are what they are, and they have been passed down from generation to generation. After hundreds of years, the local influence can be said to be deeply entrenched.

Therefore, they have become de facto local tycoons, controlling a large part of the local financial resources and power, and under the hereditary system, they mostly take making money as their own responsibility.The embezzlement of farmland and smuggling at the border began with the generals of the guards in these places at first, and then the eunuchs and civil officials were jealous and also participated.

Even after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, their status fell below that of civil servants, but in fact, as long as they were more respectful in front of those civil officials, their power and influence could still be maintained.If you pretend to be a grandson, you can get real things, why not do it?
Their situation is a bit similar to that of government servants, they are untouchables on the surface, but why do the people in the county dare to look down on these untouchables?

Moreover, since the reign of Chongzhen, there has been an increasing tendency for warriors to climb over the heads of literati. During the 17 years of Emperor Chongzhen's reign, how many civil officials were killed, and how many military generals were killed?The time when they were most nourished was in Nanming, when the emperor was directly supported by warriors, and the civil servants actually became errands.

This system has been passed down for hundreds of years, and they are very used to it. Suddenly, the governor reappeared, and a tough boss appeared directly above them. It is hard to say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing for them. After all, not everyone has the determination to change. and strength.

But some officers and generals don't care, they have had enough of those civil servants' arrogance, and now there is a military superior who knows soldiers, which is good news for them.

But no matter what everyone thought, on the surface they all rushed to the General's Mansion respectfully, and came to pay their respects to the new Governor, Marshal, and General Wang Dou.

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At this time, Wang Dou was having fun with his children in the study, talking around a wooden object on the table that resembled a globe.

Earlier, his wife Xie Xiuniang and others rushed to Guihua City. After Wang Dou came to Xuanfu Town, they followed soon after. Obviously they were afraid that people like Zhong Susu would take advantage of it.

Because he was about to go to war, Wang Dou also seized the time to reunite with his wife and children. At this time, many of his children were bouncing around in front of him.

Chongzhen traveled through seven years, and now Chongzhen is 17 years old. Wang Dou is also 32 years old, and now he has ten children, six sons and four daughters.

Among them, Xie Xiuniang gave birth to her eldest son, Wang Zheng, and her daughter, Wang Wan.Liu Qing and Liu Ji gave birth to four children, Nei Liuqing gave birth to a son Wang Ying, and a daughter Wang Yao.Liu Ji gave birth to two sons, Wang Xiong and Wang Hao.

The butterfly and the dragonfly had two children. The butterfly gave birth to a son Wang Jie, and the dragonfly gave birth to a daughter Wang Yan.

Ji Junjiao gave birth to a daughter, Wang Sha, and Xu Yuee gave birth to a son, Wang Yi.

Now Li Yunluo also has a child, and Chu Wanyun also has a child. It is conservatively estimated that he will have twelve children.

Ten years have passed, and his eldest son, Wang Zheng, is also ten years old; Wang Ying, Wang Xiong, Wang Hao, and Wang Yao are eight or nine years old; Wang Jie, Wang Yan, Wang Shame, and Wang Wan are five or six years old; three years old.

Because of the frequent expeditions, Wang Dou's children are actually taught by their mothers a lot, and they treat their children more strictly, but Wang Dou is strict on the outside, but doting on the inside.Therefore, Wang Dou's children are afraid of having too many mothers, and they are more intimate with Wang Dou in private.

At this time, the boy was fine, but the girls were either hugging Wang Dou's legs and acting like a baby, or naughtily climbing up and down on him.

"It's strange, why the earth is round, doesn't it mean that the sky is round?"

Wang Ying pondered, and he expressed his doubts: "If the earth is round, why don't we fall into the starry sky?"

Liu Qingsheng's son is nine years old and the second in line. He loves to think very much, and his eyes are shining with wisdom at a young age.

At this time, they gathered around Wang Dou, discussing the globe, and Wang Ying was the first to discover the problem.

Wang Dou looked at his son and said with a smile: "This is a kind of force, called gravity for my father, which can attract people and things to the ground so that they will not float away."

He said: "In the future, physics classes will be taught to explain such problems in detail."

Wang Ying pondered: "Gravity? Daddy means that there is a big magnet below where we stand?"

Wang Dou smiled and said, "Somewhat similar."

Wang Zheng touched his chin. He looked around the globe, his eyes turned around, and suddenly he pointed to the map of Daming and said, "Why is Daming so small?"

He turned the globe, pointed to a territory on the other side, and said, "This place on the other side of the ocean is called the Great Eastern Kingdom? Tsk tsk, it's actually several times larger than Ming Dynasty."

The place depicted on the globe includes the original territory of Canada, the original territory of the United States, and goes all the way to the south, finally including Panama, with a total area of ​​more than 2000 million square kilometers. Wang Dou named it Dadongguo.In comparison, Daming at this moment looks really small.

Wang Dou said with a smile: "The size of the world is unimaginable. Although the Ming Dynasty is big, it is only a corner of the world."

Wang Zheng pointed to another map and said, "This is called the Great Southern Kingdom? Tsk tsk, this island is big enough to be called a continent...Father is so powerful, you can know the world's affairs without leaving the study."

Wang Zheng worshiped and said, but he was referring to the place where the original Australia was, and Wang Dou named it the Great Southern Kingdom.Wang Zheng glanced at the "Great Southern Kingdom", and moved his hand to the "Great Eastern Kingdom" involuntarily, and said, "Father, how is the land here? Is the country strong?"

Wang Doudao: "In terms of the fertility of the land, it is indeed much better than Daming. There is no country there, only some savage tribes."

Wang Zheng's eyes sparkled and he said, "It's a great place. There are oceans on both sides, and an ice field to the north. There are only savages there. It's a unique place. If you don't take it, it's a waste of money. If the father likes this place, the child will help him take it."

Wang Dou's third son, Wang Xiong, said: "My son, go and occupy the Great Southern Kingdom."

The fourth son, Wang Hao, said proudly, "I'm going to occupy Daxi Kingdom."

He said: "I don't want to ride a boat, I want to ride a horse!"

The fifth son, Wang Jie, looked this way, and played with his younger sister Wang Yan and others.

Wang Dou laughed loudly and said, "My son has ambitions, that's good."

Wang Ying pondered: "It's just that the land is so vast, can the Ming Dynasty sustain it? The land was so vast when the Tang Dynasty was strong, but when it was weak..."

Wang Dou shook his head and said, "It's difficult, unless there is a high-speed rail, and the speed is [-] kilometers per hour."

The children didn't understand what Wang Dou meant, but they also knew that the future would be difficult. Wang Zheng disagreed and said, "If daddy said it, it would be good if it belonged to the Han people. If there is a famine in Ming Dynasty in the future, the people will have a place to immigrate and colonize, so there will be more ways to survive." , so that there will be no more thieves."

He looked at Dadongguo again, and said: "There is land in Dingkou. Daddy, if you want to occupy Dadongguo, how many people do you estimate?"

Wang Dou looked at his eldest son with satisfaction, and said, "If we want to take root, within 20 years, with immigration and birth, it is best to have a population of 1000 million."

Wang Zheng murmured, "1000 million."

Wang Ying looked at his father adoringly and said, "Dad, when you open your mouth and scream, you will see a magnificent landscape. With a flick of your cuff, you will see everything in the world. My child is curious, what is your wish for you to do your best for my Ming Dynasty and our Han family?" ?”

Wang Dou murmured, "Wish?"

He smiled and said: "Wake up and take over the power of the world, and lie drunk on the lap of a beautiful woman. This is the dream of many men... You are still young, and you will know it in the future. Then use 20 years to cultivate my indestructible orthodoxy." , and then I will retire... I want to build a big luxury cruise ship, this year in Hawaii, next year in Miami, and the year after that in the Cape of Good Hope... White sandy beaches, dense palm trees, coconuts by the sea, bright sunshine, leisurely taste liquor……"

He sighed with a smile: "Actually, I am very tired. I want to retire early, but I have my responsibilities. The people of Ming Dynasty, I want to arrange them well, and the people who follow me, I also want to arrange them well. It is not yet possible. Let go!"

All the sons and daughters gathered around, holding their father's hand comfortingly, and pulling his clothes. The daughter, Wang Yao, put her arms around Wang Dou's neck, and said obediently: "The daughter heard what the father said just now, and it really is like what the second brother said. Yes, there are thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in the waving of the sleeves. The outside world is also saying that Daddy is a saint who descended from heaven."

Wang Dou shook his head with a smile: "Actually, I am not a saint, and I also have selfish intentions."

He looked at the globe, looked at the land of 2000 million square kilometers in Dadongguo for a long time, and said: "Okay, the daughters are gone. The four boys go down to rest, and tomorrow will follow the father to go to war. Let you see and see, what is it?" Army."

Immediately, Wang Dou's sons and daughters dispersed, and the second son, Wang Ying, walked to the door and suddenly turned around and said, "Father, what did you say about Hawaii and the Cape of Good Hope?"

Wang Dou said with a smile: "These places are only in my heart. I will change their names in the future, and they will never exist again in this world."

Wang Ying walked away with a face full of confusion. At this moment, the clock dialed in and whispered to Wang Dou: "General, they are already waiting in the lobby."

Wang Dou nodded, followed Zhong Tiaoyang and walked out.

(End of this chapter)