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

Chapter 60 Don't Give Up

The two officers of Shun Xiangbao, one of them was 46 or [-] years old, with broad shoulders and broad back, tall and burly, wearing the official uniform of deputy thousand households.His eyes are sharp, his face is full of wind and frost, and he walks vigorously. He is a typical general of the Ming Dynasty.

The other officer was nearly forty years old, of medium build, with a rigid and serious expression, and walked every step, as if he had to count how many miles he had walked.

These two officers are Lin Daofu, deputy Qianhu of Shun Xiangbao, and Zhen Fu Chi Dacheng.Among them, Lin Daofu is the official secretary of Shun Xiangbao, who is responsible for the internal affairs of the camp, military inspection, patrol and arrest, and imperial preparations.

The Daming Qianhu Office generally has one member of the principal thousand household and several members of the deputy thousand households. Among them, the principal thousand household and the two deputy thousand households have real power and manage all affairs within the office.Zhengqian households are in charge of all affairs of the whole office, and are in charge of the deployment, replenishment, selection and military defense of the sergeants in the office.There are two deputy thousand households, one is in charge of training troops and the other is in charge of farming.

Only these three people have real power in the institute, and they are called Qian Shuguan.The rest of the military officers are the deputy thousand households, and they don't necessarily have power in their hands. For example, Zhang Gui, the team officer of Dongjiazhuang, is the deputy thousand household of Shun Xiangbao.

As the town governor of Qianhusuo, Chi Dacheng was in charge of the prison and military affairs of Shun Township Fort.

Lin Daofu and Chi Dacheng were dealing with military affairs in Shun Township Fort today. They heard that someone had reported that there was an armed dispute between Jingbian Fort and Zhouzhuang, Huzhuang, and tea house forts. The military household was stationed in the field, and the matter involved the jurisdiction of the two, and they heard that the matter was urgent, so the two hurriedly brought a few followers.

On the way, the two met the army households of Sanbao who had dispersed and returned. They were even more surprised. Accompany him to Jingbian Fort.

Along the way, Jia Duonan and the others couldn't help attacking Wang Dou of Jingbianbao in every possible way. Chi Dacheng just sneered coldly: "The matter is straight and straight. I will make a clear decision when the time comes. What are you waiting for?"

Jia Duonan and the others immediately stopped talking.

Although this Chi Dacheng is only a sixth-rank town governor, and his official rank is not as high as a hundred households, he is in charge of military discipline, prisons, etc., and he is rigid and serious. Usually, even the three scribes in the fort They were unwilling to provoke him, and the ordinary military officers in the institute were even more afraid of him.

At this time, the two came in a crowd, and Lin Daofu saw the Jingbian Fort sergeants standing in formation in the field, and couldn't help but secretly shouted: "Good soldiers!"

Right now, the guards in various places in Ming Dynasty have been dismantled, and the military households are constantly fleeing, and many young and strong people have been selected into the battalions in various places as soldiers. How can there be any military training in the guards in various places?

In name, Lin Daofu was the secretary of Shun Township Castle, in charge of operations, military inspections, and military preparations, but he rarely practiced a few times a year, and he was idle all day long, which naturally made him feel helpless.

Seeing the military households of Jingbian Fort, he couldn't help but his eyes brightened, thinking: "I have heard for a long time that Jingbian Fort is just a fortress, how did Wang Dou train these soldiers? Is this still a military household of the Weisuo? "

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Seeing Lin Daofu and Chi Dacheng, Wang Dou quickly got off his horse and went forward to pay respects to them.

Chi Dacheng glanced at the Jingbian Fort sergeants who were standing quietly in formation over there, also showing surprise. He and Lin Daofu looked Wang Dou up and down a few times, and then asked him to get up seriously, Luanzhuang Fort With an outsider beside them, the two of them will not be busy with Wang Dou and the others, but first resolve the dispute between Shun Xiangbao and Wubao.

Wang Dou followed Lin Daofu and Chi Dacheng. For the two of them, Wang Dou had heard of their names and met several times, but today was the first time to speak face to face.

It is heard that Lin Daofu and Chi Dacheng are not liked by Xu Zhongjun and Du Zhen, and they don't have any background.If it is said that managing farmland and logistics is still a bit oily, then being in charge of operations and other things is a hard job, and there is no money to make connections and give gifts, so Lin Daofu has been a deputy thousand household for many years. Although he has some ability, he still does it all the time. the battalion officer.

Lin Daofu had the least right to speak out of the three officials in Shun Xiangbao. Because he had no power, the chief officials of the castles below never took him seriously.

As for Chi Dacheng, he was even more annoying.This person is rigid, and if anyone in the camp violates military discipline, he will mercilessly scold and severely punish him.So everyone gave him the nickname "Chi Papi".

This person is even worse. He has been in the position of governor for many years and has not been promoted.

At this time, Wang Liwei, the officer in charge of Luanzhuangbao, had met with Lin Daofu and Chi Dacheng. Wang Liwei repeated his statement. Several farmlands in Tianzhuang’s fortresses, and the population of military households in their fortresses were robbed, and Wang Dou was asked to give them an explanation.

Not to mention the field, the fleeing army in the arrest station is under Lin Daofu's jurisdiction, and Lin Daofu asked Wang Dou to explain the matter clearly.

Wang Doudao: "It's nonsense. What I reclaimed in Jingbian Fort is all unowned wasteland. How can there be any reason why the military households in my fort dug up your farmland? You can look at your farm records and see which land belongs to it. Everything you have on file?"

He called Qi Tianliang to confront him, and Qi Tianliang shouted loudly: "It's wrong, the small leading households reclaimed unowned wasteland, how could they dig up your farmland in Luanzhuangbao? The small ones are worse than Dou E Injustice, I beg a few adults to make decisions for the little ones!"

Everyone in Shun Township Castle nodded, and Wang Dou said: "Look, that's the truth. I want to say, can't the unclaimed wasteland be reclaimed? It's clear that you are looking for money and want to embezzle the reclaimed land in our castle."

Wang Liwei was furious, he said: "Wang Dou, no matter if those are wastelands or not, that land belongs to our Luanzhuang. If you cross the border and reclaim it, you are encroaching on our farmland!"

Wang Dou sneered and said: "Master Wang, your tone is too domineering. As far as I know, those places have never belonged to any fortress. They were originally just deserted places that everyone dismissed. Could it be because we Jingbian Fort to turn it into fertile land, Mr. Wang suddenly thought that this land belongs to you?"

Chi Dacheng said: "According to what I know from the governor, that land is indeed unclaimed land, and any fort can be reclaimed!"

Jia Duonan also shouted: "Indeed, that place is unowned. Wang Liwei, where will our Shun Township be after you? Are you allowed to bully nonsense?"

He wanted to put aside his relationship with Luan Zhuangbao, seeing the governor Chi Dacheng speaking at this time, he also expressed his support for Wang Dou.

Everyone in Shun Township also shouted in unison, with great momentum.

Wang Liwei was furious, and he shouted: "You Shunxiangbao people want to rely on their numbers? And Jia Duonan, you are a general banner, dare to be so rude to this official, you call me by your name casually." Is it?"

This is unreasonable, Lin Daofu scolded Jia Duonan, Jia Duonan snorted and shrank away.

Wang Liwei said: "Okay, let's not talk about the ownership of these farmlands for the time being, Wang Dou, how can you say that you robbed the military households of my village in Jingbianbao?"

To Wang Liwei's questioning, Wang Dou explained: "Nonsense, you are incapable of governing the military households under your own rule, causing the soldiers and civilians under your command to be displaced and flee to other places, but blame it on the head of the general banner, Mr. Wang, you really think I am Is Shun Xiangbao easy to bully and slander?"

Wang Liwei shouted: "I want to examine your Tunbao documents!"

Wang Dou flatly refused: "It's about the secrets of this castle, so I'm sorry!"

Lin Daofu also yelled: "Wang Baihu, your five forts are too deceitful, who gave you the right to inspect the records of our fort?"

Wang Liwei looked at Wang Dou and the others with a livid face, and shouted: "Okay, you have a lot of people today, but I won't let this matter go, just wait and see!"

After speaking, he angrily left with his men and horses.

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Seeing Wang Liwei and other dozen or so riders going away, everyone in Shun Xiangbao snorted. In this era, no matter how the people inside the castle fight, when outsiders bully the door, everyone is united.As for Wang Liwei's threat, everyone didn't take it seriously, this kind of fighting between different forts was common, and everyone was no stranger to it.

After solving the matter in Luanzhuang, Lin Daofu will severely interrogate the matter of fighting in several forts just now.

According to the dispute between Jingbian Fort and Luanzhuang unclaimed land just now, Jia Duonan and others have also become wiser. They avoided talking about the farmland, but only talked about the population of their own fort fleeing to Jingbian Fort and so on.In order to prevent Wang Dou from denying it, Jia Duonan, Lu Xianyang, and Zhang Shutong also pointed out one by one that there were guns and sticks in Jingbian Fort, and some military households who belonged to their own fort.

Jia Duonan and the others were complacent, and the Jingbian Fort military households they pointed out were startled, they all shrank back, and looked at Wang Dou in the field for help. Bianbao had enough food, clothing and warmth, and lived a stable life, but he didn't want to go back to the original fort to suffer.

Lin Daofu's face became serious, according to the guard system of Daming, if a soldier flees to another place, according to the regulations, he must be arrested at the root, or his household should be arrested to make up the number, and the local guards, prefectures and counties must cooperate. If there is any evasion, they will To submit to the judiciary for questioning.

Among the things Lin Daofu was responsible for in the institute, there were military inspections, patrol arrests, and root arrests.It's just that the fleeing army has always been cross-state and guard, and even fled thousands of miles away.It is really rare to see such people who only fled to the nearby forts, which also shows the attraction of Jingbian Fort to the surrounding forts.

With the facts in front of his eyes, Lin Daofu also put on a serious face, and said to Wang Dou: "Wang Zongqi, you took in the deserted army from his castle, what do you say about this matter?"

Seeing the triumphant look of Jia Duonan and others, Wang Dou suddenly stepped forward, pointed at their noses and cursed: "You are not ashamed of your own incompetence, but proud of it. Look at the population of military households under your rule. What are they all like? If you have the ability to feed and clothe them, will they flee to my Jingbian Fort? Every soldier and civilian who comes to my Jingbian Fort is voluntary and has never been coerced. If you have the ability to attract me The military households in the fort fled to your fort, and I, Wang Dou, have nothing to say."

Everyone looked at it together, and sure enough, everyone in the Sanbao military household was pale and emaciated, with a numb expression, and they just looked at the Jingbianbao military household over there with envious eyes.On the other hand, the military households in Jingbianbao are all stout, full of energy and full of vigor, even those who escaped from the original Sanbao population are the same, who is better and who is worse, you can tell who is better.

Jia Duonan and the others looked embarrassed. Wang Dou's words made their faces burn. They really had no ability to feed and clothe the soldiers and civilians under their rule. Wang Dou's words left them speechless.Moreover, they were still terrified by the might of the sergeant of Jingbianbao just now, but now they were caught by Wang Dou's aura, and they were speechless for a moment.

It was Lu Xianyang, the Tunbao General Banner of Chafangbao, who came back to his senses first, touched the big tumor on his chin, and said in a dark voice: "Wang Zongqi, why bother to talk about these insignificant things, you take us into the fort This is a fact, Master Lin and Master Chi are here, you should hurry up and hand over all the population of the general household!"

In a large area, many Jingbian Fort military households rushed out. They were originally the population of Sanbao. They knelt in front of Wang Dou and begged: "My lord, please don't send us back, we just want to live here." In Jingbian Fort!"

Some people even shouted: "Birth is the people of Jingbian Fort, and death is the ghost of Jingbian Fort. Now we all live in Jingbian Fort in peace and contentment. What are we doing when we go back? Do we let the superiors bully us every day and make our wives and children hungry?" ?”

Everyone shouted loudly, and everyone in the Sanbao military household also seemed to empathize, and everyone was just talking about it.The faces of Jia Duonan and the others were even more ugly. It turned out that in the eyes of his subordinates, his fortress was so unbearable. How embarrassing did this make him in front of everyone?
Wang Dou said loudly: "I, Wang Dou, hereby expressly say that I, Wang Dou, will not give up any of the soldiers and civilians in the fort, any military households in my Jingbian Fort, and I, Wang Dou, will never let others take them away!"

Everyone in Jingbian Fort cheered even more.

Lin Daofu, Chi Dacheng, and a few of their subordinates were very surprised. They didn't expect Wang Dou to be so popular in Jingbian Fort.

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Lao Bai Niu: There is another chapter tonight, and it will be released before twelve o'clock.

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