To the north of Beijing, there is a mountain range that stretches from west to east. It stretches from west to east until it disappears into the Bohai Bay next to Shanhaiguan, which is Yanshan.

Since ancient times, Yan Zhao has been a generous and tragic person, and countless tragic stories have happened here. Since Zhou Tianzi sealed the Yan Kingdom, Yanshan has been a silent witness of Chinese civilization and witnessed the rise and fall of China.

The Great Wall winds through the Yan Mountains, dividing the Central Plains and Saiwai into two worlds. On one side is the rich Kannai, and on the other side is the rich Kanwai. And in the Great Wall, there are countless passes, but those passes that are not opened by one man and ten thousand people have not been able to block the entry of the Qing captives.

Zhu Lunqi, who was sitting in a carriage, followed the ancient road from Beijing to Saiwai, and after two days of shaking and bumping, he arrived at Xifengkou in the afternoon. Although he has lived in Beijing for three years, he has never been here. He looked around, and sure enough, the terrain was dangerous.

"No wonder this place was used as a pass back then, this place is really a one-man pass, and it is not open, but it is ......"

At the pass, Zhu Lunqi found that there were only a few inspectors at the pass, how could he hold the pass with just a few people?

Zhu Lunqi did not know that unlike the passive defense of the past, after the Xingqian Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty began to actively expand outside the Guan, not only military expansion, but of course, immigration expansion.

Three years ago, the reward for meritorious soldiers made the Northeast gather 70% of the meritorious soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and 50% of the soldiers in the township. Of course, these rural soldiers, who were called "landlords of military merit" in the newspapers, were not concentrated in one place, but scattered all over the northeast. In the area of the Great Wall, there are also many farms of soldiers in the countryside. If there is a rebellion among the Tartars, those soldiers in the township will gather as soon as possible.

Due to the narrow mountain road and the sparse pedestrians, the mountain road is exceptionally quiet and deep. Shortly after noon, the sun was blocked out of sight by the ridges, and everything was covered in gray. The mountains are gray, the trees are gray, and even the snow and ice on the mountains are gray.

After several tosses, Zhu Lunqi finally reached his destination, and the same ice and snow in the canyon, and the stream that passed through the valley was also frozen. In the hinterland of the canyon there is a house, and that is Li Minghe's home.

When he was moving with the army and passing by Xifengkou, Li Minghe took a fancy to this place. He loved the mountains and the valleys. Of course, he prefers more than 1,000 acres of fields in the canyon.

Perhaps it was fate, a stray bullet that flew from there hit his left arm, and he lost half of his arm, so he had to retire, at that time, he was faced with three choices, one was to go to Taiwan - he had been stationed in Taiwan, so he could choose to settle in Taiwan, and the other was in the Northeast. Then there is the return to the hometown to teach the land.

In the end, he chose this place, and chose a canyon only a few miles away from the Xifeng Pass of the Great Wall, and settled here. In the past three years, through the recruitment of long-term workers, all his 500 acres of Xuntian have been reclaimed, and now the once desolate canyon is no longer the desolation of the past.

"No wonder this person is reluctant to go out of the mountain, guarding such a hundreds of acres of manor, naturally he doesn't need to beg for a living."

Just as Zhu Lunqi was standing on the side of the road and pondering, a person had already walked up to him and greeted him with a smile.

"Where is this gentleman from? But after the time of staying, the visitor is a guest, if the gentleman does not dislike it, it is convenient to live in the cold house today! ”

Zhu Lunqi looked back and saw that he didn't know when, one was older and the other was younger, looking like a father and son standing beside him, and the man in his thirties had an empty sleeve in his left arm.

"You're Captain Li!"

Zhu Lunqi said happily.

"Captain Li, this is the King of Zhou of the Ming Dynasty!"

The chamberlain hurriedly introduced the identity of the master to the side, while Li Minghe just glanced at it, and then saluted with one hand.

"I've seen King Zhou, but I don't know what King Zhou is coming to do, what are your orders?"

It's just an ordinary courtesy, far from being respectful, Zhu Lunqi didn't care about it, just smiled and said.

"Captain Li, the reason why Lone came here to meet Captain Li, and I ask Captain Li not to give Lone a closed door!"

"The king has a heart."

Li Minghe said, handing the rabbit in his hand and the fire gun on his shoulder to his son, and then turned his face to Zhu Lunqi and said.

"If the king doesn't dislike it, go to the house, right ahead."

Zhu Lunqi followed Li Minghe to the door of a mansion. A stone wall encloses a spacious and clean courtyard.

Li Minghe pointed to the gate and said.

"Please come in, this is the Humble House."

Zhu Lunqi stepped into the threshold. The four rooms in the front are large tile houses facing north and south, and the six side rooms in the two compartments are all covered with sorghum straw roofs, and there is a large snow-covered vegetable field in the courtyard with Chinese cabbage, and a group of chickens and geese are playing on the side of the vegetable field. The courtyard was filled with a strong farmhouse atmosphere, but he also noticed that the seven-foot-high courtyard wall had a protrusion for people to walk on, and even the wall had fire bolt perforations, which showed that this place was different from ordinary farmhouses.

"It's snowing, there's no work in the fields, a few long-term workers have returned to their hometowns, and there is no one at home now."

Li Minghe said as he took Zhu Lunqi to the side of the main room and pointed to a room on the right.

"This is my study, let's talk here!"

Den!

A man who was born in the army actually has a study!

After entering the study, Zhu Lunqi saw a long bookshelf on the left wall of the study, on which more than 100 books were neatly placed. Compared to the study of the palace, his books are probably less than one percent.

In addition to the imaginary books of war, geography and agriculture, Zhu Lunqi also unexpectedly saw the four books and thirteen classics, and they all looked like they were read repeatedly, and what was quite abrupt compared was the fire gun hanging on the wall.

Facing the books in the study and the fire on the wall, he pondered for a long time, Zhu Lunqi thought in his heart.

"It seems that this military home outside the customs does have its differences."

He asked, looking back.

"I heard that a child of the family of honors like Captain Li is going to go to school, right? How is this school different from social studies? ”

"In fact, the school is no different from the social studies, there is no difference between the outside the customs and the inside, the villages are few, the children of each family are sparse and self-study at home, and enter the school after the age of ten, boarding in the school, compared with ordinary social studies, these schools focus on military affairs, after all, they will always serve in the future, this is the duty of the courtiers, we are rewarded by His Majesty and granted the land, so naturally we should guard the land for my Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Lunqi was very calm when he saw Li Minghe mention this matter, according to the "Ming Military Law", after three years of military service, a soldier can retire if there is no war, but after retiring, until his children enter the service, they are all soldiers in the township and need to respond to the call at any time.

Bestow soldiers on the field, lead the field home, and serve as soldiers for generations.

This point seems to be no different from Emperor Gao, but in fact the difference is big. Now there are no military households in the Ming Dynasty, all the military households, just a rhetoric, they only need to serve in the army for three to five years, and then retire as soldiers in the township, and in return for serving and serving in the township, they get a piece of military land that can only be passed on to the eldest son.

It was this military field that distinguished the soldiers from the common people - their eldest son also served for three years at the price of receiving the military field, and was not removed from the township register until his son re-entered the army.

In this reciprocating cycle, the Ming Dynasty got millions of soldiers who had served for generations. It seems that there is no difference from military households, but there are extremely cumbersome regulations from the reward inheritance of military fields to the assessment of military service. It also makes Daming not need to worry about the source of soldiers, and can get high-quality soldiers through layers of selection.

"Therefore, the life-saving family always has to learn more."

"Of course, of course."

Zhu Lunqi nodded, pointed to the books on the bookshelf and said.

"But Captain Li, with so many books at home, I must hope that my son will be able to be admitted to the military academy in the future."

For ordinary military families, their only option is to become an officer by entering a military school.

"You always have to read more books."

Li Minghe replied.

"Whether you can become an officer in the future or not, it's always right to read more books. In the future, no matter what we do, we will always be inseparable from these, and as soldiers, we must also be literate, and only by being literate and reading can we distinguish between right and wrong, and only then can we know what kind of responsibilities soldiers should bear. ”

Unlike many people in the army, Li Minghe had studied in the past, so naturally he did not need to be literate in a military middle school like his brothers in the army, which was what made him different from others. It is even because of this that he will become the captain.

Zhu Lunqi looked at Li Minghe and said.

"You're right, in the past, my Ming soldiers were often illiterate and unable to know right from wrong, so that the army was either greedy for life and afraid of death, or forgetful of righteousness. Lone doesn't go around in circles, let's get straight to the point, the reason why Lone came here this time is to urge you to go out of the mountain and go to the country with Lone, you have been in the army for many years, and you have also gone deep into the barbarians, so you naturally know how to suppress the barbarians and Fuyi, how about it, Captain Li, are you willing to go out of the mountains to help me? ”

Then he said, pointing to the books on the shelves.

"Captain Li, even if Ling Gongzi has been studying for several years, when he is admitted to the military academy, it will be possible after a lot of hard work, but if Captain Li is willing to help this king, he will definitely be a minister of the Zhou State in the future, although he can't be a prince, but he can be a monarch, and he will rest with the country, so why worry about future generations?"

Zhu Lunqi was also direct, as soon as he came up, he directly lured him to benefit, he didn't even take out a meeting gift, but changed it to another meeting gift. Temptation, sometimes, can be changed to another kind of temptation, in fact, the so-called temptation is very simple, nothing more than wealth, fame and fortune.

"As long as Captain Li is willing to help this king, this king will serve as the commander of the guard, I don't know what Captain Li thinks?"

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