Chapter 52 Asking for credit and reward (1)

Due to its very remote geographical location, Yazhou has been a place where the imperial court distributes prisoners since ancient times. Very few residents from the mainland move to this place on their own initiative. Therefore, seven out of ten residents near Yazhou are prisoners or officials.

Relatives and descendants. There are countless high-ranking officials in this place who have been exiled by the imperial court. Since the Tang Dynasty, there have been more than ten important ministers at the level of deputy prime minister or above, and the dismissal of an important minister will often implicate several party members.

After hundreds of years of accumulation, Yazhou actually got the nickname of "The Home of Quiet People and Scholars". In later generations, the local government promoted Yacheng as a famous historical and cultural city for tourism promotion, and it was known as the "Hometown of Poetry and Etiquette, an Important Cultural Town", which was not groundless.

But it is precisely because of the large number of officials assigned here that a strange situation is formed in which social resources are highly concentrated in one place. Most of these high-level prisoners are restricted to settle in the city to facilitate monitoring by the relevant government departments, which leads to the entire

Almost all the intellectuals in Yazhou are concentrated in Yazhou City. There are not only schools and bookstores in the city, but also special places for literati to gather. However, just dozens of miles outside the city, there is not even a private school to teach children to read.

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Out of envy for civilized life, some wealthy landowners in nearby towns will also take the initiative to move to Yazhou. In the long run, the price level in Yazhou City will gradually increase, causing the cost of living in the city to rise. Some people who have no money will also move to Yazhou.

Landless people cannot live in the city, so they can only go to places far away from Yazhou City to open up wasteland to make a living. And these small towns and villages composed of extremely poor residents cannot even afford teachers and doctors, and their living standards are as low as

It was as low as the action team had ever seen before.

Because these newly opened fields are far away from the city, the value of the land is extremely low. Once farmers have a serious illness or minor disaster and need money, they may have to sell their houses and land and lose everything to borrow money to survive. Over time, the land will slowly

It was merged into the hands of a very small number of large landowners. And these wealthy landowners could use the means of production in their hands to continuously acquire and annex more land, causing more and more farmers to become proletarians.

"The poor are getting poorer, the rich are getting richer, and polarization is serious. These are all the consequences of vicious land annexation!" Yan Chujie couldn't help but sigh after listening to Luo Shengdong's introduction. Before traveling through time, he reviewed the history of the late Ming Dynasty

His understanding was limited to the textbook knowledge he learned in school. After Ning Qi joined the team, he often gave everyone science popularization after school. Only then did he gradually gain a better understanding of the social changes and historical events at that time. But now.

Seeing these people's sentiments with my own eyes just confirmed the historical facts I knew.

When Luo Shengdong learned that the next stop of the action team was to go to Nanshan Town, he clearly expressed his opposition. The only reason Luo Shengdong opposed was that there was an inspection department in Nanshan Town.

The Inspection Department is a grassroots administrative agency that integrates military and political affairs. It is inferior to the county level in terms of administrative level and mainly focuses on military and public security functions. Nanshan Town is located to the south of Yazhou and is located between the mountains.

It is an important land pass in the southeast, and because the population here is relatively dense, an inspection department was set up to manage the area. There is even a fort built outside Nanshan Town, which serves as the headquarters of the inspection department in peacetime and becomes a pass for garrison defense during wartime.

If these people from the time travel show up in Nanshan Town, they will immediately attract the attention of the Inspection Department, which may cause unnecessary trouble. Luo Shengdong does not want to make any mistakes at the critical moment when he has already arrived at the door of his home.

Now let’s make the stakes clear to everyone who has traveled through it.

Yan Chujie weighed the pros and cons, and finally agreed to Luo Shengdong's suggestion to temporarily cancel the inspection mission at this station in Nanshan Town. Luo Shengdong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The two sides discussed how to contact each other in the next few days.

After some discussion, they left Western Hawksbill Island and continued their journey.

In the afternoon of the same day, after the two ships passed Nanshanjiao one after another, Luo Shengdong's ship will sail directly into the Ningyuan River. Yazhou Water Village is not far upstream from the entrance of the Ningyuan River. And the "Flying Speed"

The ship docked at the later Nanshan Port and used this place as a camping ground for the next few days. This place is about three thousand meters away from the mouth of the Ningyuan River. If something special happens here in Yazhou Water Village, the "Speed ​​Speed"

"You can also come and go as you please.

In the forty-fifth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Yazhou established the former division of Shuizhai. In the 19th year of Jiajing, according to the report of Cai Jing, the censor of Guangdong and Guangdong, Yazhou Shuizhai set up a general as a military commander, which shows that the central government at that time had

The military defense of this remote area is still paid enough attention to. However, although Yazhou Shuizhai has a high-level establishment such as generals, the military strength is far from meeting the establishment requirements.

In the early Ming Dynasty, it was not unusual for a general to have tens of thousands of soldiers under his command. After Jiajing, a general could lead up to three or four thousand soldiers. By the time of Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty, a general could usually lead only one to two thousand soldiers.

.However, the size of the troops in Yazhou Water Village is much smaller than this. The entire water village has less than 600 regular soldiers and sailors. It only maintains the staffing level of the former water village, so that the actual officer establishment is basically

It was impossible to arrange it according to the usual plan of the Ministry of War. In the end, after various adjustments and compromises, the officer establishment of Yazhou Shuizhai became one member of the staff, one member of the general, and two members of the sentry, namely the general.

All guerrilla and garrison positions among the generals have been abolished. For this bizarre organization to finally be recognized by the Ministry of War can be regarded as an extraordinary thing done in an extraordinary period.

The previous General Manager was transferred to Qiongzhou Fucheng last month, so the General Manager position that Luo Shengdong desperately wanted to get is still vacant. And his competitor Wei Sanzhu and Wei Bai are five or six years older than Luo Shengdong.

, usually does not show any extraordinary abilities, but he is very good at speculating and flattering - at least that is what Luo Shengdong thinks.

There is a small general position vacant in the border garrison. Naturally, the big bosses of the Ministry of War will not have the time to inquire about it. The general process is for the local government to recommend candidates, and then the Ministry of War approves and issues appointment documents. The recommended candidates

As long as there is no serious black history, you can basically get a stable promotion. But in peacetime, there is no war to fight. If you want to get promoted in the army, you can only build relationships with your superiors. Although Luo Shengdong has some winks,

But he was still far behind his opponents. He knew that he couldn't outsmart Mr. Wei Bai, so he took the initiative to ask for orders and led his troops to patrol, hoping to wipe out a group of pirates and take the actual heads back to claim credit. This

But according to the tradition of the old Luo family, Luo Shengdong's father was transferred from the garrison to the frontier army by chopping off the heads of pirates, and then promoted from the head soldier to the chief executive.

Despite some twists and turns, Luo Shengdong finally achieved the purpose of his trip and obtained more than 20 pirate heads and a ship. Although this number may not seem large, this achievement is no joke.

Yes, you must know that the last time the Yazhou garrison captured more than 20 pirates was in the 14th year of Zhengde. It has been more than a hundred years ago. At that time, Chen Yaoen, the governor of Yazhou, commanded Gu Zhengchun, and captured the pirates from Boni in the battle.

There were twenty-four pirates. Since then, the defense area of ​​the Yazhou garrison has become smaller and smaller. Several garrison points near Yulin have simply been abandoned, and the Luhuitou Peninsula has become the focus of pirates in the South China Sea from north to south.

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As soon as Luo Shengdong's boat sailed into the mouth of the Ningyuan River, it was spotted by a sentry boat patrolling the river. When the sentry ship came over to check, Luo Shengdong appeared at the side of the ship: "Ma Laizi, don't leave."

See, I didn’t reward you with this boat!”

The leader of the sentry boat was nicknamed Ma Laizi. Hearing the sound, he looked up and said in shock: "Mr. Luo Bai! Why did you come back on this boat?"

Luo Shengdong had a high-spirited look on his face: "You, Mr. Luo, have made a great contribution this time! Stop talking nonsense and lead the way. I will go back to the village to deliver my errands first! Call the brothers tonight, Mr. Luo will reserve the whole place at Zuixianju today!"

The lame horse responded and quickly shouted to the sailors on the sentinel boat to turn the boat around and guide Luo Shengdong's Guangzhou boat towards the water village.

After the Guangzhou ship sailed into Shuizhai Pier and docked, Luo Shengdong took a few of his men, carried the three boxes containing the heads, and first went to the military Chinese scribe to report that he had returned from patrol, and then went

The general asked for credit and reward. However, Luo Shengdong found that the expression on this document seemed a bit strange after seeing him today. With a thought, he secretly stuffed a piece of silver into Zhang Wen's hand - this was what he had done with Zhang Wen before he left.

Military uniforms and weapons were returned to him along with his personal belongings.

The document seemed to be clear, so he looked around and said in a low voice: "Mr. Luo Bai, the inspection department found two deserters outside Nanshan Town the day before yesterday. They said they were on your ship and had been sent to them yesterday.

Shuizhai came to recognize the person, and it was indeed one of the people you brought out..."

"Hiss——" Luo Shengdong couldn't help but take a breath. After he was defeated and captured, Haihan did count the number of prisoners of war once, and after repeated calculations, there were two missing. In the end, they were recorded on the missing list.

Unexpectedly, these two deserters were caught after hiding for more than half a month. In this way, wouldn't his defeat in Yulin be completely exposed? Wouldn't his return be a fraud?

At this moment, Luo Shengdong even had the idea of ​​turning around and running away. Taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the soldiers in the village, he grabbed a boat with a few cronies and rushed out. There should be an 80-90% certainty that he could escape. As long as he could get to the Haihan people

On the territory, he will definitely be safe and worry-free. But this idea just came up, and he suppressed it himself: "I have suffered so much and finally got such an opportunity to get ahead, how can I give up just now!"

Luo Shengdong showed a trace of ferocity on his face: "I have been looking for these two deserters for a long time! This is the right time to chop off the heads of these two guys to celebrate my success!"
Chapter completed!