MTL - Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty-v2 Chapter 1718 Grace has come

  Chapter 1718 Grace is here

   Zhou Yi married Liu Sili's daughter!

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

  The Zhou family has been nesting in this remote place, farming for generations, and has never produced any capable people.

But Liu Sili is different, he is a great person in the county, and there are even rumors that he may have the opportunity to become the chief secretary of the county in a few years, and that... is a legitimate official of the imperial court, even if he is not a nine-rank official. A high-ranking official, but to Zhou Kang, that is also a person who can't even curry favor with him at ordinary times.

   "Zhou Yi's family...is blessed." Zhou Kang couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

  The three sons... stood crookedly on one side, drooling from their mouths.

   Don't look at them young, but it seems that they are prematurely aging.

  In the past, Zhou Kang was proud of having three sons.

  After all... the more sons, the higher the status in the village.

  But now... Zhou Yi, who came back, let Zhou Kang look at his son.

Look at them, there is no sign of standing, no sign of sitting, panting after not doing much farm work, the eldest is married, the second and third have no sign of a wife so far, especially the two eyes With a godless appearance, his whole body is dirty, and he can't find any good things on his body.

The more Zhou Kang thought about it, the more depressed he felt. He glared at them and couldn't help but cursed: "What are you doing here? It's not like you are marrying a bride. A bunch of bastards. If you don't do farm work, don't work, who will support you? roll!"

  The three sons fled in a hurry after hearing this.

Hey…

   Zhou Kang shook his head.

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

  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...

  The Liu Sili actually came to the countryside in person, brought a few small officials, and made the village lively again.

  But this time, what they brought was official documents from the Yali.

  The court actually wants to recruit soldiers again.

  This time...the number of recruits is extremely large, not only that, for the former veterans, they are allowed to re-enlist, and all veterans, as long as they enlist in the army, are directly awarded the rank of non-commissioned officer and re-enter Beijing for reorganization.

   Liu Sili came here for this matter.

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

  Sili Liu was also in a very excited mood. He called all the people in the village together and asked the little official to post notices.

  Because he wanted to judge his prospective son-in-law, he directly said to Zhou Yi: "Zhou Yi, you come and read."

   Zhou Yi listened, looked at the notice, and then began to sing.

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

   But continue to read, more than half of the people have sad looks on their faces again.

  This recruitment has very high requirements for recruits!

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

  This makes those who are over-age and under-height all cry.

  Those who felt hopeful almost jumped up for joy and cheered with excitement.

Zhou Kang accompanied Liu Sili, and when he heard Zhou Yi's announcement, his mind suddenly buzzed. He felt that his legs were a little weak, and he was about to be unable to stand. Fortunately, Zhou Yi helped him in time. .

   Liu Sili blushed, watching the reactions of the old and young in the village.

  Some women also heard the movement and came out. The old mother-in-law and the young daughter-in-law were whispering something.

  The third child of Zhou Kang's family cheered loudly: "Father, father, I am tall enough and my age is just right."

  He looked at his father expectantly.

  He wants to go to Ningbo, to the capital, to eat meat.

  At the thought of eating meat, his halazi flowed down again.

  Being a soldier means eating meat, reading, and marrying a wife. No...not marrying a wife, but a wife who comes to your door.

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

  If I go to serve as a soldier, it means that there will be one less labor force in the family. It would be bad if the father refused to go by himself.

  His two elder brothers, because they are over age, are both disheveled.

  Zhou Kang was also excited, and said in a full-fledged manner: "Go, of course, third child, the hope of our family rests on you, you have to fight hard."

   As he spoke... Zhou Kang burst into tears.

  He didn't feel the slightest bit of distress about his son's imminent travel, and his tears were full of relief.

  Unexpectedly...the imperial court recruited soldiers again, this...this...this is undoubtedly a godsend opportunity!

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

  On the other side, Liu Sili pulled Zhou Yi aside and said in a low voice, "You have read this official document verbatim. Do you still want to return to the army?"

   Zhou Yi's eyes were piercing, but he hesitated.

  He was heartbroken, but looking at his future father-in-law, he couldn't help saying: "If I go, I'm afraid it will hurt Cui'e."

Liu Sili said sternly: "She is my daughter, but women have long hair and short knowledge, and men have ambitions everywhere. She will manage the family business at home and serve your mother. It is clear in the official document, you go In the army, he is a non-commissioned officer. I don't know what a non-commissioned officer is. I think there will be official documents to explain it in detail, but no matter what, he is an official, better than a soldier. In the army... always There is still a chance. I see that you are not a mortal. You will definitely be promising in the future. If you want to go, the old man will decide. I will choose a date to get married in these two days, so that you can go back to your army with peace of mind. Cui'e live Once you get home, I will take care of your mother, and of course the old man will help out here, and after arriving in Beijing, I will write more letters and come back. If there is anything, we, son-in-law Weng, will discuss it."

  As Zhou Yi listened, his blood surged.

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

   Although the days at home were not as difficult as those in the army, Zhou Yi always felt that he was not used to it, and what he thought about day and night was to hear the familiar bugle horns and whistles again.

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

  He looked at Zhou Yi, and felt relieved that his vision and luck were not bad. He was able to find such a son-in-law. This son-in-law is strong, knowledgeable, educated, and still young. He must have a bright future in the future.

  He stroked his beard, patted Zhou Yi's shoulder, his eyes were full of relief, and he said, "Don't worry about the future, I am very strict with my children's tutoring, and Cui'e also knows the general."

  Zhou Yi didn't have another word, he just fell to the ground and said: "My son-in-law will follow the instructions."

   After a while, the place was not clean, and countless young men of the right age found Zhou Yi.

  Not only people from this village, but people from the four nearby villages and eight miles flocked here.

  People asked what they needed to be a soldier, and what they had to bring, and if they were set up at the recruiting office in Ningbo, would they stop people from coming back. What if he really entered the army in the future.

   These countless questions made Zhou Yi dizzy.

  Sili Liu's efficiency was really fast. Two days later, Zhou Yi got married. Not long after the newlyweds, they bid farewell to their mother and new daughter-in-law, and set off with hundreds of young people of the right age with their bags on their backs.

  Countless people came out to see him off.

  The people who came to see them off were overjoyed, wishing that their son or husband would not be beaten back by the army.

  The mighty crowd...finally flooded into the county recruiting office...

  The official of the military ward in the county felt that the world was crazy.

  ...

  The Ministry of War's official recruitment document has been sent out, and Wang Shouren doesn't know how effective it will be.

  The only thing he knows...is that all of this is the idea of ​​the teacher, the teacher...should not be wrong.

  He immediately... went to the cabinet, but found that his mentor was not there, and went to see the emperor. In fact, Fang Jifan really didn't have much time in the cabinet. Most of the time, he and Zhu Houzhao were up to something.

  Everyone is used to it, and they don’t think it’s different.

   On the contrary, if this guy often appears in the cabinet, it is a rare thing.

  Liu Jian and Li Dongyang learned that Wang Shouren had come to the cabinet, so they invited him here on purpose. The three sat down and drank tea carelessly.

   Liu Jian took the lead and said: "Bo'an, has the Ministry of War recruited soldiers?"

Wang Shouren quickly said: "Yes, it has already started. The official document has been sent to all the chief ministers, as well as all the prefectures and counties. Now we are going to expand the five armies. Each army has 15,000 people. This is not a small number. There are also a lot of strong men needed, 75,000, and the officials are a little worried, I am afraid that there will be too many indiscriminately. There are people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate who are eccentric..."

   "The yin and yang are weird..." Liu Jian frowned, and raised his eyebrows: "These people really don't change their nature."

   Liu Jian lost his patience with the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He is the chief minister of the cabinet. Even though the emperor took away most of the 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 in terms of the New Deal, so that some people are dissatisfied with Liu Jian, thinking that Liu Jian is not like a minister.

  Even if Liu Jian had the best temper, he began to lose patience with these people.

  Wang Shouren said again: "They said that if so many people are to be recruited at once, all prefectures and counties will use this name to recruit young men everywhere. At that time, I don't know how many people will want to cry without tears."

  Liu Jian: "..."

  Latin... This is the most common thing in this era.

The imperial court needs people, and the strong men are naturally unwilling, so... the local officials, in order to complete the apportionment of the imperial court, let the small officials go to the countryside to pick up people. Often such things make people jump everywhere, and the common people suffer terribly Word.

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

  ...

  Thanks to the leader of the classmate Fan Tiandao, thank you.

  (end of this chapter)