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The original name of the Qianhu Wei Institute in Yingzhou was Wu Fatian, which sounds a bit lawless, but in fact it is the opposite, Wu Fatian is actually a timid and very greedy for money, Yingzhou Qianhu was originally supposed to have 1,000 military households, with a population of more than 5,000, but in fact, at this time, the Yingzhou Qianhu Wei Institute actually only had more than 120 military households, less than 500 people.

Yes, that's the exaggeration. Anyone who knows a little about the history of the Ming Dynasty knows how bad the military household system of the Ming Dynasty was, which not only cheated the father but also the descendants of countless people. Although I have to admit that the military household system was still good in the early Ming Dynasty, it not only saved a lot of food for the Ming court, but also reserved millions of troops for the Ming Dynasty.

However, since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, with the rise of the civilian clique and the corruption of military discipline in various places, a large number of military fields have been occupied by officers at all levels, and countless military households have become tenants of officers. The military households who could not eat began to flee in large numbers, and the opinions of the officers were surprisingly unanimous, that is, to let it go, anyway, without these military households, they would encroach on the military land even more unscrupulously. Wu Fatian is one of them, but his luck is not very good, and he went directly to prison.

Yue Yang rode a red war horse up a ramp up the mountain, still followed by Shun Bao and an official sent by Zheng Kui, as well as a hundred heavily armed cavalry, which looked quite spectacular.

Winter has come to an end, the winter sun shining on the body makes people feel very warm, and soon, a small castle appears in front of Yue Yang's eyes.

At this time, the official who was originally following closely behind Shun Bao urged the horse to take two steps forward and pointed to the castle and said to Yue Yang: "My lord, the castle in front of you is the Thousand Households, but most of the military households inside have fled, and now there are only those who can't run, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, if you want to choose officers in it, I'm afraid it will ......."

After that, the official shook his head, and it was obvious that he was not very optimistic about this trip.

Listening to the official's words, Shunbao in the back glared at him, and said in his heart: "Why is this kid so uninteresting, the young master went out to run errands, but he said frustrating things here." ”

Yue Yang didn't care, just smiled slightly, and said softly: "This is also a helpless thing, now the Manchu Dynasty civil and military everyone knows that all the guards and military households have collapsed, but there is no way, after all, this is related to the jobs of millions of people, and the entire Ming Dynasty will be in chaos." ”

It is said that Yue Yang, who is now the highest-ranking person, said this, and ordinary people should be interested in agreeing or acquiescing, but this one seemed to be energetic, and said loudly: "But today's Ming Dynasty is different from the past, these guards and military households can still be self-sufficient and even pay grain to the imperial court during the Hongwu and Yongle periods." But since the convenience of the civil fort, the military discipline of the guard has begun to deteriorate, and now these military households have still become a blood-sucking tumor of the Ming court, which will drag the Ming Dynasty down alive! ”

"Hey...... I said, why are you so ignorant! Shunbao on the side was not happy, and after urging the horse to take two steps forward, he glared at the official and said contemptuously: "My young master asked you to come to let you lead the way, not to let you teach us a lesson!" These things are to worry about by the emperor and the ministers of the court, and you are a small official who deserves to talk about national affairs? ”

"Who said that?" Feeling Shunbao's contemptuous eyes, the official was so angry that his face turned red, and he hurriedly argued: "Fang Weng Gong once said: The humble did not dare to forget the country. Besides, I'm waiting for the readers! ”

Shunbao pursed his lips and still said disdainfully: "Let Weng Gong go? Haven't heard of it? ”

"You ......" The little official who was so angry by Shunbao's words was so angry that his neck was thick, and he pointed at Shunbao for a long time, and finally held back a sentence: "The shaft is not enough and the plan!" ”

"Hmph......" Shun Bao didn't bother to pay attention to this poor scholar, and continued to follow behind Yue Yang with his head held high.

Seeing that the two were arguing, Yue Yang shook his head helplessly, and sped up to rush forward.

Soon, a group of people came to this castle, close to Yueyang, this castle is located on the top of the hill, the total length is about one mile, the east and west are against the mountain, only the north and south two sides of the road can enter the castle, and there are wells on the mountain, typical easy to defend and difficult to attack, it can be said that as long as there is enough food and a thousand defenders, less than 10,000 people can not take this place at all. It has to be said that the person who chose the location for the construction of this castle in the first place had a military vision.

It's just that when Yue Yang and his party entered this castle, the original good impression was completely destroyed. As soon as he entered the castle, a stream of sewers filled the sewers, all kinds of feces and an unknown stench came to his nose, and the unprepared Yue Yang almost fell from his horse.

"I'm cǎo his grandmother's, what does this smell like?" Shunbao's voice immediately rang out, "What the hell is this place, why is it smellier than our latrine?" ”

"Okay, don't talk about it, let's all go in!" Yue Yang glared at the grumbling Shunbao, and took the lead in riding his horse with an expressionless face, but no one knew that he was regretting it in his heart at this time, he had known that he would come back with a pair of masks.

Continuing to move forward, Yue Yang's heart was even more surprised. It's just terrible. On both sides of the narrow street are rows of thatched houses, some old people and children with ragged faces and yellow muscles just sit in front of the door, looking at Yue Yang and his party with dull eyes, Yue Yang looked carefully, there are almost no young adults here, only a few slightly younger men are all standing aside, some ragged women are also sitting in front of the door and silently looking at Yue Yang and his party, their eyes are not surprised, nor angry, but a deep despair and numbness.

Yue Yang closed his eyes deeply, if it weren't for the unique buildings and people around him, he would have thought that he had arrived in a refugee camp in modern Africa. He whispered to himself in a voice that only he could hear: "I can't imagine that the people are so poor, no wonder...... No wonder......"

Looking at the tragic situation in front of him, even Shunbao, who talks the most on weekdays, closed his mouth, only to see him muttering: "I originally thought that Wulizhai was poor enough, but compared to the military households in the guard, we live a fairy-like life!" ”

There are some things here, what I'm afraid of is comparison, seeing this qiē in front of him, Yue Yang really feels that Shunbao's words are too right, although Wulizhai is poor, but it can still get by, if compared with these military households in front of him, the people of Wulizhai are like living in a honeypot.

Slowly closing his eyes, Yue Yang's hands were unconsciously clenched together.

"God, what do you mean by bringing me into this world and letting me see this scene, do you want me to save this country and nation that is about to be broken?"

Yue Yang, who has always been an atheist, looked at these people who were struggling on the line of death, and for the first time in his heart, he had doubts about whether there were immortals.

Yue Yang and his party slowly came to the center of the castle, which was the original mansion of Wu Qianhu, and now there were already more than a dozen military attaches in official uniforms and dozens of family members standing in front of the door to greet them.

Of course, these military attaches and family members are much better than the military families they saw on the street just now, and many of them greeted them with almost flattering smiles on their faces, and when Yue Yang began to dismount, this group of people knelt down on one knee and said in unison, "Humble people knock on Lord Integrity, may Lord Integrity be blessed and healthy!" ”

"Everyone, please get up!"

Yue Yang, who had just become a conduct officer for a few days, was not used to having someone kneel for him, so when he saw this, he quickly raised his hand and motioned for them to stand up quickly.

"Thank you, sir!" Everyone stood up in unison.

After the ceremony, a military attache in his thirties wearing a cyan official robe and a biao painted on his chest walked up, and said to Yue Yang with a flattering smile on his face: "Lord Integrity, you have worked hard all the way here, and Xiaguan and others have already set up a reception banquet for you to wash the dust inside, please enjoy your face!" ”

Yue Yang didn't pay attention to the officer, but slowly swept around these officers, and then set his eyes on the military attache and asked, "Are you ......?"

The military attache smiled and said: "Feng Xiaoming, the deputy of the Xiaguan Naiwei Office, knew that the Lord was so happy that he didn't sleep all night, and he arranged a ...... early in the morning."

Seeing that the general was going to continue, Yue Yang quickly interrupted him, "Stop...... Stop...... I'll ask you first, huh...... Your name is Feng Xiaoyun, right, let me ask you, are all the officers in the guard house already here?"

Feng Xiaoyun was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Back to my lordship, except for Wu Qianwai, who was arrested and questioned, all the officers of more than 100 households in the guard are already here. ”

"It's all here?" Yue Yang couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and muttered, "Why do they all look like a bunch of wine bags and rice bags that can only farm......

Yue Yang's words were very quiet, but they were still heard by several military attachés with sharp ears, and their faces immediately turned red, but they didn't dare to make a sound.

But the so-called thing is not absolute, and a voice that Yue Yang did not expect sounded.

"The difference between my lord's words, according to the lower officer, those cavalry behind my lord are in vain, and they are not much better than wine bags and rice bags!"

"Hmmm......"

For a moment, everyone was shocked, and Yue Yang's brows immediately stood up......