Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 49 Breaking the Shackles

In the middle hall of Liu's mansion, Li Banghua and Liu Hongjian talked a lot about the disadvantages of the current Ministry of War. Seeing the old man talking for half an hour without even touching his tea, and still in high spirits, Liu Hongjian admired him very much.

Daming lacked such upright and dedicated veterans. Liu Hongjian was full of respect for the old man in front of him.

And Liu Hongjian also expresses his own opinions from time to time. Although Liu Hongjian's thinking jumps, he almost always says that the old Shangshu is stunned and stunned, but the old Shangshu is a mature man, and after a little thought, he feels that this is the reason, and he can't help but agree. The juniors in front of him looked at each other with admiration.

The two Wangnian friends chatted for more than half an hour, knowing that Xiaolan said that Sister Liu in the kitchen had prepared the food, so Liu Hongjian invited Lao Shangshu to have a meal together.

But the old Shangshu was stubborn and refused to agree with anything, and was about to go back home after some chills, when Liu Hongjian suddenly remembered something again, and hurriedly called Li Banghua to stop.

"My lord! I still have something to ask you!" Liu Hongjian clasped his hands together.

Li Banghua showed doubts and motioned Liu Hongjian to speak up.

"The emperor ordered me to set up the Wansui Mountain Thousand Household Office. The juniors don't want to recruit from ordinary people, but want to choose children from the families of soldiers who died in the Beijing camp."

Liu Hongjian thought for a while, and explained his thoughts, Li Banghua immediately frowned.

Although recruiting from the original military households is legally appropriate, the problem is that these military households have prejudices against the imperial court, their enthusiasm is not high, and their combat effectiveness is also very low.

Military households have been exploited by generals for generations, elders in the family died in battle, the court has no money, and they can’t get any pensions, and even if they have money, how many of them will be paid to those who have no rights and no rights under the exploitation of generals at all levels? In the hands of powerful military households?

Not to mention the fact that there is no land to grow, and the daily suffering of not having enough food and clothing and being bullied by others, it can be said that no military household does not want to get rid of this shackle-like identity.

"My lord, in order not to conflict with the recruitment of the Ministry of War, the juniors in this recruitment must not only be selected from the homes of soldiers who died in battle, but also must be under the age of 16 and over the age of 14."

The enthusiasm of military households is not high, but Liu Hongjian believes that these can be changed, and his one thousand households will not have much impact on the battle situation. He plans to spend two years training his first army Two years later, these soldiers were just 16 years old, and they were at the age of high spirits.

"And I will report to the emperor that as long as they pass the assessment and meet the certificates and requirements of the Wansui Mountain Thousand Household Office, soldiers can go to the Five Army Commander's Mansion to change their household registration. As for whether to leave or stay, it is up to their personal wishes!" Liu Hongjian thought. Liao wanted to add.

The age of enlistment in the Ming Dynasty was 16 years old. When a soldier died in battle, Ci Ding was selected from his own heirs to join the army. When Ci Ding died, Yu Ding joined the army.

Now that the military household system has existed in name only, it should be abolished as soon as possible. Soldiers are a symbol of a country's strength. Being a soldier should be honorable, and not be sought after by the common people. This shackle has existed for 200 years. Then, Let me break this shackle!
Li Banghua was also a little moved, but then he could only sigh, maybe only this young man in front of him can shake the century-old ancestral system!Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, the old man agreed.

Immediately, the old Shangshu left contentedly.

Just after dinner, the servants reported that the empress sent someone to reward his little wife. Liu Hongjian was quite puzzled, didn't he just reward him?
In the outer courtyard, a eunuch had long been waiting here, and there were two rows of maids behind him, each of whom was holding something in their hands.

Empress Zhou's decree is very simple, that is, to wait for the emperor to thank the Liu family, and also bring the imperial official uniform and imperial documents, and also heard that Sun Xiuxiu was injured, and specially bestowed two plants of old mountain ginseng, and several sets of ginseng. It is not ordinary jewelry.

Now Emperor Chongzhen's internal funds are full of gold, silver and jewelry copied from the homes of high-ranking officials of the Donglin Party. In the past, Queen Zhou, who didn't even carry a gold jewelry, also spent a lot of money.

It stands to reason that after receiving the queen's reward, she should enter the palace immediately to thank her, but Queen Zhou didn't know how Sun Xiuxiu was injured, and just said that she would go to the palace to catch up on the old days when she was healthy.

Empress Zhou was quite considerate, which made Liu Hongjian very comfortable. Now that his beloved wife was injured, as long as Sun Xiuxiu didn't want to go, let alone Empress Zhou, Emperor Chongzhen would not give Liu Hongjian the face.

But Sun Xiuxiu felt that her health was fine, and she still insisted on going to the palace immediately to thank her. Liu Hongjian had no choice but to ask Xiaolan to take care of her along the way.

Seeing that Sun Xiuxiu was about to enter the palace to thank her, the accompanying young eunuch suddenly walked a few steps closer to Liu Hongjian, with a low voice on his face.

"Uncle, Your Highness the Princess must let the servants see the uncle...and ask the servants to ask the uncle for that 'lollipop'..."

The little eunuch didn't know what the lollipop that Princess Zhaoren was talking about was, and he had heard that Liu Hongjian had a bad temper, so he had to be soft-spoken. Although Princess Zhaoren was small, she had a lot of tricks, and he didn't eat Zhaoren less The suffering of the princess.

Liu Hongjian laughed out loud, of course he knew that the little loli was thinking about his Alps again, so he immediately reached into his bosom, took out a whole pack of lollipops and stuffed them to the little eunuch.

Sun Xiuxiu was also a little surprised, where did my husband get all these weird gadgets, first was the incomparably exquisite mirror, and then when he was treating her wounds, the thing called 'mobile phone' not only emitted a sun-like glow Light, can you still talk?

Now pull out a pack of 'lollipops' she's never seen before?Well, I must ask clearly tonight.

With a mind full of doubts, he went out with the satisfied little eunuch.

Liu Hongjian had nothing to do, shouting at the cows to prepare the horses, and not going to Jinyiwei for a few days. He planned to discuss something with Lao Liangtou.

Jin Yiwei made great contributions in the big operation of ransacking the house, and the imperial court was unambiguous when they had Qian Chongzhen, and directly waved their hands and rewarded Liu Hongjian with a large amount of silver.

Liu Hongjian had never been too lazy to deal with such trivial matters, so he directly handed over the money to Lao Liangtou, just telling his brothers not to treat them badly.

Now the entire Jinyiwei yamen has a new look, and the damaged Jinyiwei signboard that has not been replaced for a long time at the gate of the courtyard has also been replaced with a brand new golden lacquer plaque made of nanmu.

The decoration of the inner court is also completely new, with new tables and chairs, new tea sets, and even the Jinyi guards who come in and out are all well-dressed, with embroidered spring knives, even the dark red bullfighting clothes are eye-catching .

This is the style that Laozi Jinyiwei should have!
As expected, Old Liangtou was conscientiously handling affairs in the yamen. After exchanging pleasantries, Liu Hongjian directly expressed his intention of coming.

The imperial court cannot do without military horses. Now that Mahu has collapsed and the Mongols have lost contact, they can only make a breakthrough from the eight major Shanxi merchants first, and let them be proud of it for a while.

Liu Hongjian resentfully thought in his heart, wait for Lao Tzu to perfect his magical weapon, and then deal with these unscrupulous profiteers.

According to historical records, in the late Wanli period, the Jurchen family suffered from huge natural disasters. The Jurchen people were short of food and clothing, and struggled to move forward.

It was thought that the Jurchens, who had been hit hard, would be vulnerable to a single blow. In fact, the Jurchens were not injured. It was because of the resource supply from the eight Shanxi merchant families that the Jianzhou Jurchens were able to survive the most difficult period.

Then they joined forces vertically and horizontally, and used countermeasures to destroy the Ming-Mongolia alliance, causing the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be lost.

Later, after the death of Lin Dan Khan, his son succeeded to the throne and lost to the Jurchen. The Ming Dynasty was busy fighting the militia, and the treasury was always empty. It also ignored the resource support for the various tribes of Mongolia, which led to the westward migration of the Zhahan tribe, and the surrender of other small tribes. After the gold.

And Daming never had a source of good horses.

Alas, what a headache, things have to be done step by step.

(End of this chapter)