The national events in the Forbidden City have nothing to do with the common people, and few people pay attention to them.

Even the family members of those court ministers did not pay attention to what was being discussed in the court meeting for several consecutive days.

On the day of the original voyage, the entire fleet of 100,000 people left home together, but this time only 65,000 people returned.

The remaining 35,000 men were stationed in Star City, Nanyang, Nanzhou, Western Regions, Suez and the Mediterranean.

However, the fleet still brought back the ashes of more than 1,000 soldiers, all of whom had died in the past missions.

Although most families are happy about their children's return home, there are also some families who are in great grief when the Chinese New Year is about to be due to the death of their pillars.

As Zhu Zhanji's pro-army, the First Fleet was mainly located in the Chinese army when it was formed, and it was rarely assigned to other missions, so the loss of personnel was minimal.

Moreover, more than 30,000 people were stranded overseas this time, and most of them were soldiers of the Third and Fourth Fleets, and very few soldiers of the First Fleet.

But very little loss does not mean no loss, like Sunan's command, there are two people who died in the battle of Ceuta during the offensive and defensive battle, and another one died of illness when he was in Suez.

Of the three people, one is a foreigner and two are a local. According to the rules of the fleet, the ashes of soldiers from other places are sent back by the Ministry of War, but the locals, the direct chief officer of Sunan, must personally send the ashes, relics, and medals and pensions issued by the army to the soldiers' homes.

Sunan returned home to see his wife who had been separated for three years, because of the strict blockade of Xiamaqiao Farm, they lived together as several families, although only a few women were at home, but they were also safe.

After three years of separation, the two were swept up by the waves this night, and they were tossed until dawn, and then they were satisfied with resting.

But early in the morning, Sunan woke up again, thinking that he should send his subordinates' ashes home quickly, so he didn't feel a little sleepy.

"Husband didn't say he wanted to rest, why did he get up early in the morning?"

"There is still military affairs in the camp today, and we will not rest until the young year. At that time, I will accompany my wife to buy New Year's goods. ”

"The husband doesn't have to take care of the trivial things at home, in the past three years, the concubine is no longer a weak little woman, the neighbors of this farm help each other, and the concubine has also met a lot of friends, these family trivialities, the concubine should do it all together."

Sunan smiled, and was extremely satisfied with this knowledgeable wife. Thinking of his debt to her, he said: "I'll see if there is a little girl to sell in the next few days, if there is, buy one for Mrs., the skills will help you help, and it can also relieve your fatigue and boredom." ”

His wife leaned on the head of the bed, touched her stomach and said, "The concubine just wants to give birth to a child for her husband as soon as possible, and also inherit the Su family." ”

Sunan couldn't help but be overjoyed, and went over to love his wife intimately, before he let go and said: "I won't travel far when I come back this time, and I won't give in to my wife's heart for my husband." However, at this time, you should first take your wife back to your hometown to worship your ancestors, and record your wife in the genealogy. I don't have time when I'm young, so I'll take my wife back to my hometown after the year. ”

"Everything is arranged by the husband."

didn't let his wife get up, Sunan fetched a basin of water by himself, freshened up a little, and knocked on the doors of the neighbors left and right in the cold wind.

When Gentle Township came out, the faces of the three of Sunan became serious. It is precisely because of last night's happiness that they know how much a family, losing a young and strong son, or even a pillar, will have on a happy family.

When I came to the headquarters of the Navy, many officers had already gathered in the compound. At two o'clock in the middle of the morning, that is, at half past eight in the later generations, Huang Yuan, who had not slept all night, appeared at the door of the building.

"Of the sixty-one men and men of the First Fleet, forty-six died on the battlefield and fifteen died of illness. Among them, 17 people were awarded military merits. According to the rules determined by His Royal Highness on the way home, those who die of illness shall be paid a one-time pension for five years in addition to these three years. Those who died due to the war will be paid a one-time repayment of ten years, and those who have been awarded military merits will be given an additional three to eight years according to the size of their military merits. All the money is directly deposited into the development bank account, and you should not only send the ashes, relics, and medals to the bank, but also bring their families to the bank for account correction and confirmation. No one is allowed to ask for any remuneration from his family, let alone covet his pension, and once discovered, he will be killed! ”

Huang Yuan is usually polite and polite, but at this time, this sentence is categorical and intimidating.

Everyone should be yes, and they dare not be sloppy.

In fact, the current generals have many fewer channels to make money, and they can still eat empty nights, and even get stuck and pluck their feathers.

But now, one account per person, these salaries can only be collected by themselves, and the generals will not be given the opportunity to ask for cards at all.

At present, the pension is also directly credited to the account, and although the chief official needs to bring his family to change the account, there are people from the bank present, and no one dares to ask for benefits openly.

Sunan received two passbooks on his behalf and couldn't help but open them and look at them. One passbook was deposited with two hundred and forty taels at once, and the other was even more, three hundred and twelve taels.

In fact, when they were alive, they did not receive so much silver at all, because the army's money was divided into two parts, most of which was grain, oil and salt, and only a small part was the silver money.

An ordinary soldier has two taels of silver a month, and at most half of it is cash silver, and the other half is in kind.

Now that a person has died, the pension is paid in full according to the total amount of the salary.

In addition to the passbook, he also received three bronze medals, two of which were the Order of the Year, and everyone could receive one regardless of whether they died or not. The soldier who died in battle for a small meritorious service has another heroic medal.

According to the regulations of the army, this heroic medal can be exempted from taxes for at least three years, and the higher the level of the medal, the longer the tax exemption will be.

After receiving these things, Sunan took the carriage of the military headquarters and returned to the camp of the Xinjiang Estuary Water Division.

In the camp of the water division, they were summoned by the deputy governor Meng Ying, and then they received the ashes and relics of the soldiers killed in the battle, and set off in a carriage.

One of Duan Renzhi's subordinates died of illness and lived farther away, so he took the initiative to give this task and asked Sunan to go to the family that lived in the city.

The horses' hooves were bursting, and Sunan and his two subordinates sat in the carriage of the carriage, without any thoughts of speaking.

It was his first time on such a mission, but he believed that it would definitely not be the last.

Since you are a soldier, you will live and die and be rich and prosperous.

Jinchuan Gate Hongmiao Neighborhood, here is a neighborhood of the whole Yingtianfu north of the river, although it is not far from the Yuejiang Building, but it is different from the Yuejiang Building where the dignitaries and nobles enter, this is the poorest community in Yingtianfu.

Here are the street hawkers, the military barracks for soldiers, the street performers, the horsemen who drive the cars, and the coolies under the docks.

Although Yingtianfu is full of lakes and rich in groundwater resources, Yingtianfu also has a river dedicated to discharging domestic water, which is from here out of the city and then discharged into the Yangtze River.

From the imperial court began to build the Jiajiang Industrial Zone, the outlet of the Qinhuai River at the West Pass was paid special attention by the Taisun, and a sluice gate and purification pond were built there.

But no one has ever asked here, and the domestic wastewater of the whole city flows here, forming a smelly and dirty river.

There is a stench in the air here, and dignitaries never set foot here easily.

Last year, because all the roads in Yingtianfu had to be built into cement roads, the muddy roads were freed from here, but no one took care of the stinky river.

The people who live here are looking forward to it, hoping that His Highness will come back, when they will remember them here, let people dredge the river, and also build a few biogas digesters and purification ponds.

Sunan took two guards who lived in the same neighborhood as the deceased Niu Shan and got off at the entrance of the neighborhood, which attracted the attention of many people.

Immediately they were greeted by acquaintances. "Dai Shu, Zhao Xiaowu, you are back. Dai Shu, your sister-in-law is married, married to the second child of the Xie family in Chongyangfang, and the young couple has now gone to a silk factory in Suzhou to become a master, and it is said that they can earn five or six taels of silver a month! Zhao Xiaowu, your mother looks forward to your return every day, and her eyes are blind from crying. ”

Niu Shu and Zhao Xiaowu just nodded, asked Sunan to get out of the car, leaned over and took out an ash altar and a tray covered with a white cloth from the car.

Seeing their solemn faces, one holding the urn altar and the other holding a tray covered with a white cloth in his hand, the smiles on the faces of those neighbors also disappeared.

"Who's gone? It won't be Niu Shan, but his daughter-in-law left before she was born, and he hasn't even seen the baby's face. ”

Two officials who were on duty at the entrance of the neighborhood greeted them and shouted: "Look at the excitement and look at the excitement, don't block the official business of President Qian." Mr. Qian, whose house did this go? ”

Sunan clenched his fist with his right hand, beat his left chest and said: "It's Niu Shan on Liu Ying Street, please let my brother lead the way, and maintain law and order by the way." ”

"This is the way it should be...... Alas, the Niu family is having a hard time now......"

Sunan's heart moved, and he asked, "How do you say this?" ”

One of the officials drove the crowd, and the other officer turned back and said, "This Niu Shan is the eldest in the family, and there are three younger sisters and three younger brothers below. It's just that the brothers are still young, the two younger sisters are married, and the family background is average. The father of this Niushan was originally lame in the war, and he was still sick and couldn't do without medicine. Niu Shan has been married for less than a year, and he didn't even see the baby's face when he left. Now this family is old, small, and still has to grab medicine, can life be better? ”

Sunan was silent, just by the introduction of the servant, he could know that this family was not happy. Even if you get a bunch of silver now, whether you can keep it is still a matter of saying, and if there is no income at home, it is just sitting on a mountain and eating nothing.

He pondered for a moment and asked, "How old is this Niu Shan's eldest brother?" ”

There are three younger sisters under Niu Mountain, and there are three younger brothers, and now the eldest brother is only fifteen years old.

At the age of fifteen, he was still a half-grown child, and now is not the founding period of the country, at that time, there were not a few people who were pulled into the army at the age of fourteen or fifteen. Today's army is controlled by guards, and there are some half-grown children who inherit their father's position as soldiers.

However, the navy, especially the First Fleet, is still His Highness's personal army, which is what many noble sons and daughters want to enter. A half-old child, who has no power in the family, is less than sixteen years old, and cannot enter at all.

He is the general manager of Qian, and he is also a middle-level general, knowing that the navy wants to expand its army in order to cruise the Western Ocean and develop Nanzhou and Dongzhou. He also found a relationship, and only then did he get a place, ready to be given to his third brother.

For a moment, he didn't know whether to pretend not to know, do business, or help the family.

As soon as I arrived at an alley where sewage flowed, I saw a lame man with several children coming out, and behind them, two women were holding each other, crying and wailing in pain.

Beside them, a little girl who was still walking unsteadily, didn't know what was going on, and cried together.

Seeing this scene, Sunan's heart was also touched, and his nose was a little sour.

Zhao Xiaowu and Dai Shu, who were following him, saw Niu Daying coming out, and as soon as their knees weakened, they knelt down. "Uncle Niu, I'm sorry you are old, we didn't bring Niu Shan back."

This Niu Da is in his early forties, and he looks a little old because of his illness. He burst into tears, and his lips trembled for a long time before he sighed heavily: "This is all fate!" ”

He looks quite strong, but Niu Shan's daughter-in-law and mother, as well as a younger sister and several younger brothers, can't help crying and being heartbroken.

Niu Shan's mother came to Zhao Xiaowu, hugged the ashes altar and howled. "My poor son, my mother also bought you your favorite tender mutton, and you haven't eaten a bite, why are you willing to give up your mother! Mother thinks day and night, why are you so ruthless! My poor son, you haven't even seen Qiao'er's face, and Qiao'er hasn't called you dad yet! ”

This is really sad for the listeners, and tears for the hearers.

Niu Shan's daughter-in-law is a petite woman, with a vegetable, came to the ashes altar, just cried a few times, the person fainted, and there was a rush of chaos.

However, in this way, in order to take care of the living, the sadness of the people was slightly reduced.

Niu Shan's daughter-in-law was rescued by her sister-in-law, and a servant said to Niu Da: "Niu Da, this is the street after all, Niu Shan went, and he should be taken home to see ...... first."

Niu Da wiped a handful of tears and hugged his fist towards Sunan. "Thank you, sir, for sending my son home,...... Fourth, help your sister-in-law, fifth, help your mother up and take your eldest brother home......"

At this time, the lively people on the street surrounded the three floors inside and the three floors outside, all of whom were neighbors, and they came forward to help one by one, persuading Niushan's daughter-in-law and mother who were looking for death and selling life.

A group of people walked along the sewage-ridden alley into a small courtyard with only three main houses and two low houses on the left and right, which was actually not a small courtyard, the so-called courtyard was just the back wall of the neighbor's house, and there was only an earthen wall more than one person high in front.

The neighbor moved a small square table and placed it under the shrine in the main house, and then put Niu Shan's ashes on it.

His younger brothers and sisters came forward one by one to kowtow, especially his daughter, whom he had never seen before, was held by a group of women and kowtowed several times in front of her before she was thrown into the arms of her mother, who had been crying.

The room was small, Sunan had been standing outside, and when Niushan's eldest brother bought back yellow paper and incense from outside, he went into the house to put three sticks of incense on Niushan.

Then, he looked at Niu Da, who had calmed down and was in charge of the overall situation, and said: "Niu Shan died for the imperial court, which is a great righteousness. Today, His Royal Highness has the world in mind and cares about the common people, and now that our Admiralty has carried out strict reforms, although Niu Shan has gone, he will not let the Niu family suffer because of this. Niu's family is big, and he received the order of the Admiralty. ”

Niu Da knelt down on one knee, hugged his fists and said, "Niu Da received the order." ”

"Yingtianfu Hongmiao neighborhood Niu Da, Erzi Niushan since the army, dedication to duty, killing the enemy bravely, and won the third-class hero medal. Cherish the day and do not take a holiday, accumulate twenty-one years old......"

The commendation order is mainly divided into three rewards, one of which is to reward the martyrs' military family members, which can be nailed on the lintel and exempt from taxes for three years.

Second, because he was awarded the Medal of Hero of the Third Class, he was exempted from taxes for three years.

The third is Niushan's pension. He had not yet received three stones and two buckets of grain, a certain amount of salt and sugar, and three taels of silver.

Just when everyone felt that the compensation was too little, when they sighed, they said from the mouth of Sunan: "The military pension system will be implemented from now on, and the pension obtained by Niu Shan will be recorded in ten years, two hundred and forty taels, and the third-class medal will be added to the three-year seventy-two taels, totaling three hundred and twelve taels of silver." All departments of Daming Development Bank should work together to undertake and there should be no mistakes. ”

At this moment, everyone immediately became in an uproar, Niu Shan's eyes widened in disbelief, and even his daughter-in-law, who didn't dare to cry loudly, but was still crying, was shocked by this number for a while.

Niu Da shook his head and asked, "My lord, how much!" ”

Sunan said seriously: "The silver money is a total of three hundred and fifteen twenty-seven coins, which can be taken at the Daming Development Bank." However, if it is not of great use, there is no need to take it out. Fifteen taels is enough to hold a funeral for Niu Shan, and the remaining three hundred taels are stored in the bank, and there is also fifteen taels of interest every year. The money is safe in the bank, and there is no fear that they will rob it. ”

He looked up and shouted loudly: "This is a subsidy from the imperial court for mercy on the martyrs, and it is supervised by my first fleet, anyone who wants to spy on the Niu family's money should think about it, can they afford to provoke my first fleet, His Royal Highness Taisun's pro-army fleet!" ”

Compared with the tragedy among the Niu family, most of the families of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were full of joy.

The soldiers have not yet officially taken a holiday, but because the casualties are not large, most of the relatives know that their relatives have returned alive, and they are planning to prepare for the New Year and have a good year.

Like Zhang Wei and Zhang Wu, the cadets of Yulin Weixue, they had already obtained Zhang Fengshan's permission as early as when they were on their way home, and they didn't report to Xiamaqiao until the end of the year, after fifteen.

As soon as the two brothers returned home, they were called to the study by their father Zhang Chang and their second uncle Zhang Sheng, and asked about their trip to the West. Of course, the more important thing is to understand the actual situation on the Nanzhou side.

A continent that is not much smaller than the Ming Dynasty, and there are gold mines and copper mines all over it, and the entire noble class of the Ming Dynasty has long been fascinated by the hook there.

No matter how bad it is, it is a great progress to divide hundreds of miles of land, and to be a soil king there.

The next day, the two brothers had no time at all, and finally reached a consensus with their father and second uncle, and they were raised by their grandmother and mother as uncles.

The royal family loves the eldest son, and the people love the youngest son. Zhang Chang is the two brothers and a little daughter, Zhang Wei has family responsibilities, and has long been married to Song Hu, the son of the Marquis of Xining, and Song Shuying, the eldest daughter of Princess An Cheng.

It's just that Song Shuying was born in Yongle for three years, and she is not old enough, and Princess An Cheng wants to raise her for two more years, so the wedding has been delayed until now.

But this time back, Song Shuying is also fifteen years old, and the two families are ready to hold a wedding after the New Year.

In front of Zhang Wei, Zhang Chang's wife Liu couldn't intervene, so she naturally loved her youngest son Zhang Wu more.

It has been three years since he went out this time, and now Zhang Wu is nineteen years old, and the Liu family has already been friends with several girls, and when Zhang Wu comes back, he will say goodbye to him.

While enjoying the meticulous care of his mother and grandmother, he listened to their rambling about whose girls. If it was before, Zhang Wu could still bear it, but now when he thinks of Sophia, he feels that he can't listen to these words.

But he knows very well that his grandmother is a woman who likes to worry about idleness, and her favorite thing to do is to be a matchmaker in a high-ranking family, even the princess Sun, she was sent to the palace at the beginning.

This is also one of her most proud achievements, when she sees people, she mentions that in Yingtianfu, those high-ranking families also recognize her and like to let her be a matchmaker.

Zhang Wu was still young before, but he had been out for three years, and he was nineteen years old when he came back, so of course the old lady was in a hurry.

He deliberately tried in front of his grandmother and mother: "When I went to the West, the child saw those Xiyi women, they are taller and stronger than the Ming women, and the child prefers those Xiyi women." ”

The old lady smiled: "I have seen a lot of old women, they are indeed plump, breasts, fat, buttocks, and they look so good." But they can't get on the stage, so if they like it, they will be accepted as concubines, you are going to marry now, of course, you have to choose among the high-ranking families. ”

Liu also nodded and said: "When you get married, if you want a woman from Dongying and a woman from Xiyi, your mother will bring it to you, but you have to settle down first." ”

Hearing them say this, Zhang Wu didn't dare to mention that he wanted to marry a Xiyi woman as a wife, and others spoke lightly, and it seemed that he could only wait for his grandson to help.

His grandmother, no matter how domineering his mother is, she doesn't dare not give face to this cousin.

After staying at home for three days, he couldn't stay any longer, and the two women had to say goodbye to him all day long, and if they didn't hurry up to find their grandson, when they settled down, it would be over.

However, His Royal Highness Taisun seems to be still holding a court meeting, and this court meeting has been held for five days. However, tomorrow is a small year, so there shouldn't be a court meeting!

He couldn't help it, went directly to the study to write a post, and then carried it in his arms and decided to send it to Donghuamen in person.

Zhu Zhanji did not leave the court until Shen Shi held another court meeting on this day, except that two days ago he reported on the entire process of going to sea, and gave a detailed account of the different policies that should be implemented for different countries.

In the next three days, the three major classes of civil ministers, military generals, and nobles began to fight for the interests of Nanzhou.

Don't talk about Zhu Zhanji, even Zhu Di wanted to mention the Western Expedition first, but he was united by several parties, and he didn't dare to mention the affairs of the Western Expedition anymore.

He wanted to fight again, but now that the generals, nobles, and civil servants are fighting for the interests of Nanzhou, and they ignore his western expedition, do they let him go single-handedly to sweep away the country of Timur?

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