After pouring wine for everyone present, the elderly merchant toasted everyone with water instead of wine, which can be regarded as thanking Zhang Laohan for letting them stay overnight.

"Good wine, I've never drunk this wine with such a mellow taste!" After a glass of wine, several middle-aged people at the scene showed an aftertaste and praised the drink.

"If everybody likes it, it's fine." The elderly merchant smiled and put down the glass of cold and boiled water in his hand, and said to Zhang Laohan and the others, "Everyone is free, if you don't get drunk today, you won't go home." ”

"Then thank you brother for your hospitality." When a tall and thin middle-aged man heard this, he smiled and said to everyone, "Come, everyone has a cup of respect for my brother." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Laohan and the others raised their glasses again and saluted the old merchant, and both sides drank it all, and then talked and laughed, chatting first.

Among these middle-aged people, the tall and thin middle-aged man was the most talkative, and when he was young, he used to be a doorman in the Yamen of the Fujian Xingdu Division in Jianning City, so he could be regarded as having seen the market, and he could be regarded as good at speaking in the village, mainly because he was chatting with Li Yuntian.

"Brother, I think that when Master Dusi gave the old lady on her seventieth birthday, he once rewarded us with a jar of good wine, but the taste is far worse than your jar, if you can put it in Jiangnan to sell, you can definitely make a lot of money." After three rounds of wine and five flavors, the tall thin middle-aged man with a flushed face said to the old merchant with a sip of wine.

"That's what my distant relative is like, but he doesn't have any acquaintances there, and it's not easy to sell the wine." The elder merchant nodded, and then Yu Feng turned around and asked, "Brother, why are there so many soldiers in your village, is there someone who has committed some big crime locally, if this is the case, we will go back, in case we meet any bad people, it will be troublesome." ”

"Don't get in the way, you can rest assured and boldly move forward, we don't have any villains here, it's just that there was a murder in the village, and the old men in the guard don't worry about sending people to inspect." The tall and thin man waved his hand to the older merchant and said disapprovingly.

"Homicide?" The old merchant poured a glass of wine for the tall and thin middle-aged man, and asked with a puzzled expression, "Who dares to cause trouble here in your military household?" ”

The reason why the elderly merchant has this question is closely related to the system of the Daming Guard, if it is put into a popular sentence, the military households under the jurisdiction of the Guard are both ordinary people and have military status, which can be described as reserve soldiers.

It's never a good idea to get into trouble in a military village, and it's common for each military household to have a weapon in their home, and if you're not careful, you'll be beaten up by the young people in the village.

It can be said that the guard system is a very important and unique military organization and management system in the Ming Dynasty, which is not only a military system but also an administrative system.

The Ming Dynasty's guard system came from the Tang Dynasty's government and military system, the Song Dynasty's military system, the Han Dynasty's tuntian system, and the Qin and Han dynasties' hereditary military household system.

The system of guards first appeared in the 20th year of Yuan Zhizheng, Ming Taizu said that Queen Wu in view of the chaos of the army at that time, so he decided to "establish the military law", stipulating: "its nuclear generals, there are 5,000 soldiers for the command, full of 1,000 for 1,000 households, 100 for 100 households, 50 for the general flag."

The provisions of the decree on the number of troops under the jurisdiction of the commander, thousands, hundreds of households, and general small banners have become the basic structure of the Ming Dynasty Guard, which is called "Jiachen Integration" by later generations, and opened the curtain of more than 300 years of the Ming Dynasty's system.

It is worth mentioning that the military households in the health center take the family as the basic unit of service, and a military household family produces a regular army, and the rest of the men are the reserve personnel of the rest of the army.

If the military household in the guard house does not have a Cheng Ding to serve for some reason, it is necessary to go to the corresponding military household of the guard to clear the Cheng Ding of the military household.

In order to ensure that the military household supplement was carried out smoothly, the Ming court was quite strict in the management of the household registration of military households, and different military households in the Ming Dynasty had different military yellow books, one was the household registration book of the military households of the Wei Institute compiled by the Du Si Wei Office, and the other type was the register compiled by the Fuzhou County, and the two had their own duties, which were both different and related.

The compilation of the trolley atlas of deserters by each guard post is based on the military household register of the guard post under its own control, while the military household register created by Fuzhou County belongs to the military household register of the prefecture and county, and the two have an obvious division of labor and are also related to each other.

As we all know, the economic basis of the Ming Weisu system is the Tuntian system founded by Ming Taizu, and the Tuntian system has a long history, especially the military tun, which is an effective method adopted by the state to alleviate the contradiction between garrison and military supply.

In February of the 25th year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu "ordered the soldiers of the world's guards, from now on with seven out of ten tun seeds, three out of ten city guards, do their best to reclaim, with enough military food", this is the famous "tun seven guard three" rule.

Ming Taizu's original intention was good, he wanted to implement the system of integration of soldiers and peasants, and in the early Ming Dynasty, when the country was in turmoil and urgently needed military personnel and materials, the Wei Institute mobilized personnel and materials to solve the problems at hand of Ming Taizu, which did have an irreplaceable role at that time.

In view of the fact that the guard system successfully solved the problems that plagued Ming Taizu at that time, Ming Taizu once proudly said, "I raise millions of soldiers, and it does not cost the people a grain of rice."

In order to ensure that the military households maintain their combat effectiveness, the guards organize military training for the military households every year, and although this kind of military training is gradually becoming a formality, it is still much stronger than that of ordinary people, so few people feel that there is trouble in the village where the military households are located.

"Brother doesn't know, some time ago King Zhongwu didn't lead the army to capture the small Liuqiu Island where the Japanese invaders were entrenched, in order to make the Japanese invaders unable to gain a foothold on the island, the imperial court issued a notice to recruit the people and military households in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to move to the small Liuqiu Island, some people in our village wanted to go to the small Liuqiu Island, but owed a foreign debt and did not pay the creditor did not let go, so the two sides fought."

The thin and tall middle-aged man burped when he heard this, and stretched out five fingers to the elderly merchant in a drunken daze, "A total of five people died, and even the Xingdu Si Yamen in Jianning City was alarmed." ”

"It's a natural thing to repay debts, how can there be a fight?" The older merchant asked with a look of surprise in his eyes.

"What else, they deceive people too much, obviously the notice of the imperial court said that the military and civilians everywhere should not prevent those migrants from leaving, if there are debts, they can owe them in advance, and in the future, the Wutang will be responsible for supervising the repayment of debts, but they are not relenting, and they want to take other people's daughters and daughters-in-law as hostages, saying that they are paying interest in advance, isn't this a clear bully!"

At this time, another round-faced middle-aged man sneered and snorted wine, and it could be seen that he was also very angry about this matter.

"They not only robbed people, but also beat Zhao Laosan, this is obviously for those who want to move away, how many people in our village do not owe them debts, if they follow this approach, how many people can leave?"

Another black, strong middle-aged man with a flushed face was also particularly dissatisfied, put the wine glass in his hand heavily on the table, and shook his head regretfully, "The young descendants of the Zhao family were forced to resist in a hurry, and now they are all arrested in Weili's prison, I heard that many people are going to lose their heads this time." ”

"I see." The elder merchant bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and then looked at the middle-aged people present with some puzzlement, "I heard that the imperial court has made great efforts for Xiaoliuqiu Island this time, and even King Zhongwu has personally gone to sit in the town, and they even dare to secretly obstruct the people in your village from moving to Xiaoliuqiu Island, aren't they afraid of being blamed by the imperial court when they find out?" ”

"Hmph, what do they have to be afraid of, they have the final say in the affairs of the guard, where is the turn to go to the court to take care of!" The round-faced middle-aged man said with a sneer, and drank all the wine in the wine glass in front of him, looking a little lonely.

"That Zhao Laosan didn't report this matter to Wei Li and Du Si?" The older merchant nodded thoughtfully and asked tentatively.

"Since ancient times, officials and officials have protected each other, and this time it was the brother-in-law of the adults caused by Commander Wei, so Wei Li and Du Si will naturally protect them."

The middle-aged man of the black Zhuang took a fried peanut wrapped in oiled paper on the table with chopsticks and put it in his mouth and chewed it with disdain, "The guards you saw in the village are here to spy on us, afraid that we will gather together in private and talk nonsense, as for the thorough investigation of Weili and Dusi, it is just a shape, everyone is eager to turn big things into small things, small things!" ”

"A few days ago, the boy of the Yang family wanted to help the old Zhao family speak, but he was arrested and put in prison by the people of the Qianhu Institute in the name of the old Zhao family's comrades. The round-faced middle-aged man also shook his head there when he heard this, and it was obvious that neither Wei Li nor Du Si wanted this matter to make a big fuss.

"I have heard that King Chungmu attaches great importance to the matter of immigration, and believes that it is the key to stabilizing Xiaoliuqiu Island, and Xiaoliuqiu Island is determined that the Japanese will lose their foothold on the sea and will no longer be able to run rampant on the sea."

The elder merchant frowned unobtrusively when he heard this, and then said to the middle-aged people present, "If Wei Li and Dusi don't care about this matter, they can go to Jianning City to find someone who talks about martial arts, and they will definitely not ignore it!" ”

"The people who talk about martial arts have been here, but who dares to talk more accompanied by the Weili people, they haven't honestly followed their orders." The round-faced middle-aged man sneered, who would dare to tell the truth in that situation, otherwise it would definitely be repaired in the future, no matter how it was to say that the people who spoke of the martial arts hall were only responsible for this relocation, and the real ones in charge were the officials in the guard.

"There is a yamen in Fuzhou City, called the Fuzhou Department of Jiangwutang, if they know that Weili and Dusi dare to deceive and conceal the matter of moving to Xiaoliuqiu Island, they will definitely report it to the Zhongwu King on Xiaoliuqiu Island, and the Zhongwu King will definitely not spare them at that time."

The old merchant groaned for a moment when he heard this, he seemed to know the worries of the people in the village, so he said to the middle-aged people present.

"I've heard of this yamen of Jiangwutang in Fuzhou City, but how could King Zhongwu deign to come because of such a trivial matter, and nine times out of ten he sent someone to investigate thoroughly."

At this time, the thin and tall middle-aged man who had not spoken shook his head when he heard this, drank the wine in the wine glass in his hand and smashed his mouth, and said with a wry smile, "At that time, it will be a big deal to investigate and punish some officials of Weili and Dusi, but the rest of the people will definitely come to find trouble in the future, and everyone is afraid of settling accounts after the autumn!" ”

"Come, come, everyone keep drinking!" The old merchant frowned again when he heard this, and then poured wine for everyone with a smile, he seemed to feel that the atmosphere of the scene was a little depressing, so he casually changed the topic of lightheartedness, and continued to talk and laugh with everyone there, making the atmosphere warm again.