Chapter Seventy-Five: Finding Out

Looking at the almost completely changed Qianhusho, not only this general, but even the other sergeants were dazzled.

"My lord, is this still the poor Jiangdong Gate Thousand Households from before?" The hundred households next to the military general also muttered to themselves.

After entering the Qianhu Office, they found that the streets of the Qianhu Institute have completely changed their appearance, in the past, the streets of the Qianhu Institute of Jiangdong Gate can be described as sewage flowing everywhere with filth, those ragged military households are either hiding in thatched huts or standing on the street watching them pass by, their eyes are full of numbness and inhumanity, but today they found that the street is now being pounced on with gravel again, and it has become much cleaner, although many military households are still in tatters, But at least these people's faces are no longer the same as they used to be, and they have begun to become a little shiny.

"Could it be that what Grandpa Xu said is true, this new Qianhu is really a rich man?" Looking at all this in front of him, the general's eyes showed a greedy look.

Just as they walked to the thousand-household house located in the center of the thousand-household office, Geng Bingyi, who heard the news, hurried over with Chu Maoguang, Gou Xingma, Li Ge and other hundred households, Zhenfu and other officers, and led everyone to kneel down on one knee and salute as soon as they met. "Humble Jiangning, deputy Qianhu Geng Bingyi of the Thousand Households of the East Gate of the Jiangjiang River, led a group of colleagues to see the commander!"

It turned out that the military general who came was Xiahou Xiang, the commander of the Jiangning Weiwei Office, and the Jiangdongmen Qianhu Office was also Jiang Ningwei's direct subordinate.

Jiangning Weishou is located in Jiangningfang, under the jurisdiction of four thousand households, namely Jiangdongmen Qianhusuo, Shenchibao Qianhusuo, Jiangpu Qianhusuo and Xijiangkou Qianhusuo, it is reasonable to say that Jiangnan belongs to the rich land, these four thousand households should have a good life, but due to generations of land annexation, the land of each Qianhu has been swallowed up by officers, and the military households have become tenants one by one, plus the world has entered the Xiaoice period in recent years, so the life of the Weishou everywhere is not good, A few days ago, Xiahou Xiang received a letter from Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, in which Xu Hongji first chatted with him about some gossip, and then the letter turned to talk about the recent changes in the Jiangdongmen Thousand Households, and focused on how much Yang Feng's net worth was so expensive.

Here I want to say that today's Ming armed forces are divided into three systems, namely the guards, border soldiers and militia.

The militia is well understood, they are the supplementary force of the regular army, by the government, used to maintain the security of the premises, the interior is called the people, the brave or archers, the machine soldiers, the fast hands, the northwest border is called the native soldiers, the southwest ethnic minority areas have Miao soldiers, wolf soldiers and other Tusi soldiers, equivalent to the armed police in later generations.

The guard army is the guard army, they are generally stationed in all parts of the country, while serving as a defense task, its nature is equivalent to the agricultural reclamation corps or reserve troops of later generations, and the border army is the most elite field army of the Ming Dynasty, they are also the professional army of the Ming Dynasty, all of them are stationed on the border, responsible for defending the garrison army of the Mongolian cavalry in the north, configured in the east from the Yalu River, west to Jiayuguan 9 military towns, known as the "nine sides" in history.

Of course, some people may ask why the "most elite" Jingying is not included? Hehe, anyone who knows a little bit about history knows that the Jingying in the late Ming Dynasty has long been reduced to a gathering place for a group of waste and unscrupulous people, so I won't mention him.

Xiahou Xiang, as the commander of Jiang Ningwei, governs four thousand households, according to the system, he should have 5,600 soldiers, but in fact, since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the guard system has long collapsed, and his commander has long been reduced to a landlord who can only take money, when he saw the letter sent by Xu Hongji, his mind immediately began to live.

In Xiahou Xiang's opinion, this Yang Feng has never visited him as a commander since he took office, and he didn't even give him a gift, which is obviously not taking him as a top boss in his eyes. It was really unbearable for the uncle and aunt, so on the third day after receiving the letter, he immediately took dozens of family members and a man called a henchman Baihu Gou Yangtian and went straight to the Jiangdong Gate Qianhu Place. Xiahou Xiang has already decided, if this Yang Feng is interested, if he is not interested, he is bound to give him a good look, after all, he has been in the officialdom for so many years, and there are not too many means to rectify a subordinate.

Seeing Geng Bingyi standing in front of him and the officers of the Thousand Households, Xiahou Xiang snorted lightly and waved his right hand, "That's it, get up." ”

"Thank you, sir!" Geng Bingyi and the others responded in unison, and then stood up.

Xiahou Xiang glanced at everyone, and saw that they were all familiar faces, his face couldn't help but sink, and he said with a cold face: "Deputy Geng Qianhu, have all the people from your Qianhu Institute arrived?" Why didn't the newly appointed Yang Qianhu come? ”

Seeing Xiahou Xiang's unkind gaze, Geng Bingyi suddenly felt a sigh in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Back to the commander's words, since we don't have much food in Qianhu, Yang Qianhu has already gone out to raise food a few days ago, and it will take a few days to come back." ”

"Raising food?" Xiahou Xiang was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously asked, "Where did he go to raise food?" The military department or the military yamen? This official has just returned from Nanjing, and I haven't heard that anyone went to the yamen to raise grain? ”

"Neither." Geng Bingyi smiled bitterly: "Yang Qianhu went to sea to raise grain in Nanyang, and it is said that the grain there is very cheap. ”

"To the South Seas?"

When Xiahou Xiang heard this, he immediately sneered: "It seems that our Lord Yang's ability is really great, he can go to Nanyang and Luzon to raise grain, if there are a few more guards in the Ming Dynasty, we don't have to live so hard in our lives." ”

As soon as Xiahou Xiang finished speaking, the hundred households behind him continued to say: "My lord, our Ming military system, we are not allowed to leave the guard or camp without authorization, the first offender will be beaten with twenty military sticks in public, and the second offender will be beaten with fifty military sticks or even dismissed from his post for investigation, this Yang Qianhu is knowingly committed." ”

Listening to Gou Yangtian's yin and yang strange words, Geng Bingyi and the officers behind him all frowned secretly, it seems that today's commander is not good, these two people sang and harmonized, which clearly made it difficult for Yang Feng. Although the military system says so, but hundreds of years later, the military system of the Ming Dynasty has long been corrupted, the Weisuo Army was originally a half-military and half-civilian system, and now the year is not good, which officers and sergeants have not left the station without authorization, officers generally turn a blind eye, after all, the law does not blame the public, you put it up in public, isn't this a bone in the egg and deliberately embarrassing people?

Geng Bingyi forcibly showed a smile and stepped forward and said, "Commander envoy ......"

Xiahou Xiang waved his hand and said righteously: "Don't say it, this matter will definitely be investigated to the end." ”

"Oh...... Track it down, what are you looking for? At this moment, a voice rang out from the side......