The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1806

[1806. Chapter 1718 The decree is coming]

Zhou Yi actually marries Si Li Liu’s daughter!

For the entire Zhou family, this is simply…a big deal.

This branch of the Zhou family has been living in this remote place, farming for generations, and has never produced any capable people.

But Secretary Liu is different. He is a great person in the county. There are even rumors that he may have a chance to become the chief registrar of the county in a few years, and that… is a legitimate official in the imperial court, even a ninth-grade official. A low-ranking official, but to Zhou Kang, he was someone he couldn’t even try to curry favor with.

“Zhou Yi’s family…is so blessed.” Zhou Kang couldn’t help but sigh.

The three sons… stood crookedly on one side, mouths dripping with laughter.

Even though they may look young, they look like they are aging before they get old.

Zhou Kang used to be proud of having three sons.

After all…the more sons you have, the higher your status in the village will be.

But now…Zhou Yi, who came back, asked Zhou Kang to look at his son, but he didn’t like it no matter how he looked at it.

Look at them, they don’t look like they are standing or sitting. They are out of breath after not doing much farm work. The eldest brother has married a daughter-in-law. The second and third sons have not even seen a daughter-in-law so far, especially with these eyes. He looked lifeless and dirty, and couldn’t find any good things about him.

The more Zhou Kang thought about it, the more depressed he became. He glared at them and couldn’t help but cursed: “What are you doing standing here? It’s not like you are marrying a bride. You are a bunch of bastards. If you don’t do farm work, if you don’t work, who will feed you?” Get out!”

After hearing this, the three sons fled in panic.

Hey…

Zhou Kang shook his head.

He even began to wonder in his heart, how would Zhou Yi deal with it if he was scolded?

Anyway, Zhou Kang believed that with Zhou Yi’s knowledge, he would definitely not be in such a mess.

Those who have seen the great world are those who have seen the great world.

………

Two days later…

Liu Sili actually went to the countryside in person and brought a few clerks with him, making the village lively again.

But this time, what they brought was an official document from the government office.

The imperial court is actually recruiting soldiers again.

This time… a very large number of people have been recruited. Not only that, former veterans are allowed to re-enlist. All veterans, as long as they join the army, will be directly awarded the rank of non-commissioned officers and re-enter Beijing for reorganization.

Secretary Liu came here just for this matter.

Isn’t his prospective son-in-law a veteran?

Secretary Liu was also in an extremely excited mood. He called everyone in the village and started asking the junior officials to post notices.

Because he wanted to test his potential son-in-law, he said directly to Zhou Yi: “Zhou Yi, come and read.”

After listening to this, Zhou Yi looked at the notice and immediately started singing.

After a while, all the men in the village looked happy.

But as they continued to read, most of the people had sad expressions on their faces again.

This recruitment has very high requirements for new recruits!

Not only age, height, and even vision are required.

This made those who were overage and those who were not tall enough all look sad.

Those who felt there was hope were so happy that they almost jumped up and cheered with excitement.

Zhou Kang was keeping company with Secretary Liu. When he heard the notice read by Zhou Yi, his head suddenly buzzed. He felt that his legs were a little weak and he was about to lose his balance. Fortunately, Zhou Yi helped him in time. .

Secretary Liu’s face glowed brightly as he looked at the reactions of the young and old in the village.

Some women also heard the commotion and actually came out. The old mother-in-law and the young daughters-in-law whispered something.

The third child of Zhou Kang’s family cheered loudly: “Dad, Dad, I am tall enough and my age is just right.”

He looked at his father expectantly.

He wanted to go to Ningbo, the capital, and eat meat.

The thought of eating meat made his mouth water again.

Being a soldier means eating meat, it means you can study, it means you can also marry a wife, no… you don’t get a wife, you get a wife.

He looked at his father carefully, his eyes full of expectation.

If he becomes a soldier, it means that the family will lose a labor force. It would be bad if the father refused to go by himself.

His two elder brothers both looked gray and gray because of their age.

Zhou Kang was also excited, and said angrily: “Go, of course, third child, the hope of our family rests on you, you have to live up to your expectations.”

As he said… Mr. Zhou Kang Tears flowed freely.

He didn’t feel the slightest bit depressed about his son’s upcoming journey, and the tears were full of relief.

Unexpectedly…the imperial court is recruiting soldiers again. This…this…this is undoubtedly a God-given opportunity!

He suddenly felt that his third child was pleasing to the eye no matter how he looked at her.

On the other side, Secretary Liu pulled Zhou Yi aside and whispered: “You have read this official document word for word. Do you still want to return to the army?”

Zhou Yi’s eyes were bright, but he hesitated.

His heart was pounding, but looking at his future father-in-law, he couldn’t help but said: “If I go, I’m afraid Cui’e will suffer.”

Liu Sili said sternly: “She is my daughter, but my wife Her hair is long, her knowledge is short, and her husband is ambitious. She can take care of the family business at home and serve your mother. The official document clearly states that if you go to the army, you will be a non-commissioned officer. What exactly is a non-commissioned officer? I don’t really understand, I think… there will be official documents to explain it in detail later, but no matter what, it is still an official, which is better than being a soldier… there is always a chance, I see you are not a mortal, in the future… There must be something promising. If you want to go, I will make the decision. We will choose a date in these two days to get married, so that you can return to your army with peace of mind. After Cui’e has passed the door, she will take care of your mother. I am here. Of course, I will also help. After arriving in Beijing, I will write more letters and come back. If anything happens, our son-in-law will discuss it.”

Zhou Yi’s blood suddenly surged as he listened.

His only concern was this. He never expected that Secretary Liu would be so open-minded.

Although these days at home were not as difficult as those in the military, Zhou Yi always felt that he was not used to it. What he thought about all day and night was to hear the familiar bugles and whistles again.

This Secretary Liu is also a person who has seen the world. He deals with official documents and documents every day. He knows better than anyone what changes have taken place in the world.

He looked at Zhou Yi and was very pleased that his vision and luck were good enough to find such a son-in-law. This son-in-law was strong, knowledgeable, well-educated, and still young. He would definitely have a bright future in the future.

He stroked his beard and patted Zhou Yi’s shoulder, with relief in his eyes, and said, “Don’t worry about anything. I’m very strict with my children’s upbringing, and Cui’e also knows the basics.”

Zhou Yi said nothing and fell to the ground .

, said: “My son-in-law, I would like to follow my instructions.”

After a while, the place became unclean, and countless young men of the right age came to Zhou Yi’s place.

Not only the village, but people from almost all the nearby villages and towns came in droves.

People asked about what it takes to be a soldier, what they need to bring, and whether the recruitment office in Ningbo would keep people away. What if I really join the army in the future?

These countless questions made Zhou Yi dizzy.

Secretary Liu was really efficient in doing things, and Zhou Yi got married two days later. Not long after the wedding, he said goodbye to his mother and new daughter-in-law, took hundreds of young people of the right age, and set off with their luggage on their backs.

Countless people came out to say goodbye.

The people who came to see him off were overjoyed and wished that… their son or husband would never be beaten back by the army.

The huge crowd… finally poured into the county’s recruitment office…

The clerks in the county barracks felt that the world was crazy.

…………

The Ministry of War’s official recruitment documents have been sent out, and Wang Shouren doesn’t know what the effect will be.

The only thing he knew… was that it was all his mentor’s idea, and his mentor… shouldn’t be wrong.

He then… arrived at the cabinet, only to find that his mentor was not there, so he went to see the emperor. In fact, Fang Jifan did not spend much time in the cabinet. Most of the time, he and Zhu Houzhao were doing something unknown.

Everyone is used to it and doesn’t think it’s different.

On the contrary, it would be rare if this guy often appeared in the cabinet.

When Liu Jian and Li Dongyang learned that Wang Shouren had come to the cabinet, they specially invited him. The three of them sat down and drank tea casually.

Liu Jian took the lead and said: “Bo’an, has the Ministry of War started recruiting troops?”

Wang Shouren said: “Yes, it has started. Official documents have been sent to all the chief envoys, as well as all prefectures and counties. We are now preparing to expand the number of troops by five Each army has 15,000 men. This number is not small, and the number of strong men required is also quite a lot. The number of 75,000 men is a little worried. I am afraid that there will be too many people in the capital procuratorate. There are people who are weird…”

“Yin and Yang are weird…” Liu Jian frowned and raised his eyebrows: “These people are really stubborn.”

Liu Jian has lost patience with the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He is the chief assistant bachelor of the cabinet. Even if the emperor took away most of Qingliu, the duty of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is to supervise, so… there are still a lot of gossips.

Because Liu Jian supports the New Deal, he is now more and more in line with His Majesty’s wishes regarding the New Deal, so much so that some people are beginning to be dissatisfied with Liu Jian, thinking that Liu Jian does not have the style of a minister and is opportunistic to please the emperor.

No matter how good-tempered Liu Jian was, he began to lose patience with these people.

Wang Shouren added: “They said that if they want to recruit so many people at once, all the prefectures and counties will use this name to recruit people from all over the world. By then, I don’t know how many people will be crying without tears.”

Liu Jian: “… …”

Pull Zhuangding… This is the most common thing in this era.

The imperial court needed people, but the young men refused, so… local officials, in order to complete the imperial court’s allocations, sent petty officials to the countryside to get people. Often, such things caused a lot of trouble and made the people miserable. Unspeakable.

Now the imperial court needs to recruit nearly 100,000 people. Isn’t such a large number just to recruit young men?

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Thanks to the leader of the anti-Tiandao classmate for the reward, thank you.

(End of chapter)