Chapter 132 131 Future

The imperial edict that Wei Guangde thought of was seen in the library of the prefectural school. In June of the 19th year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang issued an imperial edict to establish a system: "Soldiers fighting Tang will be exempted from military registration and granted three years of restoration."

What does it mean? If a male soldier dies in battle and has no offspring, his relatives will be exempted from military registration and restored to civilian households, and will enjoy three years of tax exemption.

However, this is not the early Ming Dynasty. Many military households in those days were widows, but now it is different. Every family has extra men, at least in Bengshanbao.

I have to ask later whether the orphan and widow of the Cai family can be transferred to civilian registration.

For ordinary people, the difference between military registration and civilian registration is still very large. When the child grows up and gets married, there will be much more room for selection.

Wei Guangde calculated in his mind, but he did not stop, and followed his elder brother slowly.

After staying in Pengze County for two days, because he returned home, the two teams of soldiers were no longer detained in the barracks.

There were two teams of soldiers. One team came from the Bengshan Hundred Households Office. At this time, the soldiers had silver in their hands. They were given two taels when they set out, and now they got ten taels of reward silver. They were rich, and many of their families came to the county town to welcome them. Naturally, they would take this opportunity to go shopping in the county town and buy New Year's goods.

Men, after fighting outside for a year, finally came home, and naturally they had to prepare a gift for their families.

The source of the other team of soldiers was slightly wider. The main force was the local guards, but there were also more than 30 people drawn from other hundred households, who were good fighters.

The leaders understood that they could not let their soldiers be dissatisfied. Wu Zhankui directly released the soldiers from the barracks, let them reunite with their families, purchase goods, and return to the barracks on the 16th day of the first lunar month.

After nearly a year outside, it was considered a month's vacation for them.

In the past two days, Ming soldiers wearing brand new battle jackets can be seen from time to time on the streets of Pengze County. They are strolling on the streets with their families, and they have large and small bags in their hands and on their backs.

They are so easy to identify. Some ordinary Ming soldiers still have new battle jackets on their bodies. They are all issued in unknown years.

When merchants see these soldiers coming in, they immediately entertain them warmly, saying things like "killing Japanese heroes" and "buying things will definitely be cheap".

Well, when they left, no one knew what they were going to do.

But now, everyone knows that the guards in Pengze County sent troops to Zhejiang to fight against Japanese pirates and made military achievements.

Almost everyone is preparing to welcome the new year in a festive atmosphere. The sad ones may be the families of the dozen or so families of the soldiers who died in the war. Although they received 15 taels of silver from the guards, they still can't hide their sorrow.

Since the Hongwu period, the Ming Dynasty has allocated three taels of silver for the burial of soldiers who died in the war according to the law.

This amount of money may seem small, but for a family with a "iron rice bowl", money is secondary, and the main thing is this job.

Of course, the premise is that the military pay can be paid on time and in full, instead of being deducted or even not cashed as it is now.

This may be the main reason why most people in later generations believe that the military households in the Ming Dynasty are not as good as the civilian households.

My elder brother Wei Wencai and my cousin Wu Dong also received the appointment documents issued by the Jiujiang Guard Command Office. My cousin Wu Dong is a thousand households, in charge of the Right Army Thousand Households Office, and my elder brother Wei Wencai is directly the hundred households of the Bengshan Hundred Households Office.

The appointment documents of the thousand households were issued by the Front Military Governor's Office, and Jiujiang Guard only transferred them. The appointment documents of the hundred households were directly issued by the Jiujiang Guard Command Office.

In addition to the appointment documents that my father and uncle received when they were in Jiujiang before, all their expectations were fulfilled, and there was no regret.

There is still more than half a month before the New Year, but the Wu family did not relax because of the New Year, but became busier, that is, for the marriage of my cousin Wu Dong.

It was supposed to be held this year, but Wu Zhankui was not there, so it had to be postponed. Now that Wu Dong has taken over as the head of the Qianhu Office, it naturally cannot be delayed.

The Wei family also discussed the wedding date of the eldest brother Wei Wencai and Liu Yunhui with the Liu family, and then asked someone to choose a good day.

Originally, Wei Guangde planned to start traveling in Jiangxi after the New Year, one is to go out and play to see the mountains and rivers of Jiangxi, the other is to find friends and collect eight-part essays by the way.

But at this time, the cousin's marriage is scheduled for February of the following year, and the eldest brother's marriage is in May, so half a year has been delayed.

Wei Guangde had to modify the original plan. This year, he will study in the prefectural school, and talk about traveling the year after next. Anyway, it is still early to the next autumn examination.

There is also the matter of lending money. This year is just right. See if there is a suitable opportunity to lend the money out to earn interest for himself.

As for the future, in fact, Wei Guangde is a little confused now.

Before the provincial examination, Wei Guangde had a clear idea of ​​his future, which was to take the imperial examination and become an official.

But after failing the provincial examination, Wei Guangde realized that what he thought was destiny in the previous times was probably just wishful thinking.

He was no different from the scholars of this era. Only through the imperial examination could one succeed, but he had to do it step by step.

It was impossible to think that if there was a favor from heaven, he could take the exam and pass it casually. His crossing here was just an unknown accident.

However, no matter what, Wei Guangde had to take the provincial examination. Not only did he want to succeed, but his family also expected him to.

For himself and his family, what else could he say? He had to fight.

During this period, everyone in the family was busy preparing for the New Year, but Wei Guangde was the most idle.

The reason was actually very simple, reading books and taking the imperial examination.

This was the only requirement of his family for him now.

Wei Guangde also used this time to sort out his thoughts and find the way forward for the future.

At this time, Wei Guangde no longer thought about being an official. He only wanted to get the title of Juren. As for whether to rely on the title of Juren to enter the officialdom, Wei Guangde had never thought about it, because he knew that this was not his choice.

This might be the last year that Wei Guangde spent in Bengshanbao. In the future, he would move to Jiujiang Prefecture City with his father.

During this time at home, Wei Guangde called his childhood playmates out to play for a day. Most of them would follow their eldest brother and become soldiers of the Baihusuo in the future. Only two of them were young and might go to the city to find a job.

After spending an ordinary New Year here, Wei Guangde would follow his father and mother back to Jiujiang.

On this day, it was already the 16th day of the first lunar month. The soldiers of the Baihusuo gathered at the small training ground in front of the fortress and started the new year's training.

After saying goodbye to his elder brother, Wei Guangde did not get on the carriage, but rode alone behind the carriage, leaving Bengshan Fort, and looked back from a distance at the place where he had stayed the longest since he came here.

Everything seemed to be the same as when he first came here. The "fishing boat" went out to fish every day, and there were still busy figures in the fields. The only change might be people.

This year, seeing the military households in the fortress, perhaps because of a prosperous year, everyone looked much ruddy.

Perhaps, only by fighting and winning the battle can the military households have a better life.