Chapter 252: Military Households

Gao Ning thought about his thoughts, was stunned for a while, and inadvertently saw his uncle's worried look, and his heart warmed.

"Don't worry, I'm already fine, but after all, the support is the head, I was beaten, a lot of memories before are a little blurred, many people and things are not very clear, if there is something wrong with me, you have to take care of me!"

Ordinary traversers, 5 out of 10 are going to play the role of lost souls, and the other three will suddenly change their personalities inexplicably, and the remaining two, one is ambitious, wants to gain fame and save the Ming Dynasty from officialdom, and the other is estimated to be salted fish.

Although Gao Ning inherited his memory, this thing is not his own after all, it is in the database, it does not mean that you know, say it in advance, lest there be any strange actions in the future that will arouse the suspicion of the uncle.

People in this era, about the evil spirit, Wong Tai Sin and the like, there are a lot of strange rumors, not a few words in advance, so that the uncle is a little mentally prepared, is it that the whole village is pointing at the back of the evil spirit?

Lay the foundation in advance, so as not to attract unnecessary suspicion.

Uncle nodded: "It's not a good thing, Liu Mouse, that Wang An, let Zhi, play tricks without the slightest scruples, if you didn't block it for me, I'm afraid the uncle will have to lie in bed now, it doesn't matter if I die, what should I do?" ”

At this point, the uncle is still a little gnashing of teeth.

It turns out that the predecessor is considered righteous and brave? But that's not the case in this era.

After being reminded by his uncle, Gao Ning remembered it.

In his vague memory, it seems that there is a group of peasants who are driven by a few fierce men who look like family members, one by one holding big sticks, and smashing the heads of farmers without a head, after all, the uncle is old, his legs and feet are not good, and he fell to the end.

Gao Ning was a little in a trance.

Hearing the uncle's words, Gao Ning connected a lot of information in his mind, and then he understood what was going on.

Don't look at the tattered clothes of the uncle, he looks inferior to the peasants, in fact, their mountain village is all military households.

Under the system of the Ming Dynasty, the military guards should be regarded as the lowest level, they were not allowed to do business, and the state gave them land, making them self-sufficient.

It's just that with the development of time, by the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the fields of military households have been robbed by officers.

The following bitter haha has no land of its own, there is no land to plant, naturally there is no food to eat, and the state is afraid that too many people will die, so it can only allocate some money and grain to support these military households.

Although the life of the military family was hard, they were barely able to get by.

But in the Chongzhen years, the country's life was even more difficult, money and food could not be distributed in time, and there were many who were not in arrears, and there were many who did not give it directly.

Since the beginning of the Zhengde period, the military households have lived a miserable life, and the arrears of money and grain are often a year and a half, and by the time they think about the distribution, most of the military households have already died.

Since the past few years, there have been military households organizing troubles, but most of them are fighting, and at most twenty or thirty people gather.

I couldn't even get out of the village, and the landlord's family members who were guarding the door called back, and these family members didn't look at each other wearing green clothes and hats, but they were actually very powerful.

On the battlefield, if you don't have 10 soldiers on top, it's still no problem to have two or three soldiers on top, and if you don't raise family members these days, generals won't be able to fight.

The Liu Mouse mentioned before is just a family leader, but every time he returns to the village, his nostrils look like he is a big official.

His chief official is a hereditary thousand households, lustful as life, vicious, ruthless and cruel.

There are more than 100 family members in the family, fully armed, robbing the people's daughters for him, and occasionally going out to rob the military households and nearby landlords, anyway, within a radius of 100 miles, the thousand households are the biggest officials.

Who dares not to disobey the Lord of a thousand households with long eyes?

The Lord of Qianhu always felt that he was depressed, he was suppressed by civilian officials above, and there were often military households making trouble below, so he promoted Liu Mouse and asked him to take a dozen family soldiers to suppress some nearby villages.

Just two days ago, just after the tenth day of the first lunar month, every household in the village was almost out of rice, and the heavy snow was flying, and it seemed that life was going to be unbearable.

A few people in the mountain village organized everyone to make a fuss, there is no way, there is no food, this winter is enough to live this winter, although the noise will kill people, but even if they are killed by a knife, it is better than starving to death.

This time, not counting the scale, nearly 30 people were organized, all of them were hungry and thin, plus the cold ground was freezing, and there was a lack of weapons.

The big guy took a wooden stick and a bamboo pole to fight with the old gun, and was beaten out by more than a dozen family members, three of whom were killed in absence, and at least half of the remaining had to lie in bed forever.

Originally, Gao Ning was also a member of the group lying on the bed, but now he can finally stand up.

Uncle has a son named Yang Debiao, who is young and strong, and has the most ideas, and he advocated making trouble before.

After being known by Liu Mouse, his right arm was cut off on the spot.

The uncle also has a daughter at home, who is only 9 years old this year, named Niuniu, who was also going with him, but in the chaos, the uncle protected Niuniu and was almost knocked on the head with a stick.

Gao Ning stepped forward and helped him block the stick.

It's a pity that the trick of the family has been used, and the momentum is heavy, and the back of the head is scooped open with a stick, and Gao Ning's predecessor fainted on the spot.

Recalling the wrist-thick jujube stick, Gao Ning was a little frightened, these Wang An's scruples didn't care about human life at all, and it was the hand that asked for people's lives.

When it came to the matter of salary, the uncle sighed.

"For so many years, I can see clearly the old man, the court doesn't treat us as human beings at all, each military household only has one load of grain a month, which is already pitiful, and now they are dragging it out, they want to force us to death!

In this way, he actually dared to post a notice, because he wanted to recruit soldiers to the west to suppress Zhang Xianzhong and make his spring and autumn dream! I don't have enough to eat, and you still want us to work for the court?

How did they come up with this logic? If the white lotus in the north dares to fight, we military households will be able to throw it over on the spot, and we will have a full meal, who cares about the rest! ”

The uncle complained twice, and seeing that Gao Ning was just looking at him, he shook his head with a wry smile, he reached out and patted Gao Ning's shoulder: "Uncle, you know my mouth, don't take it seriously!" ”