Chapter 28 28 The Emperor Wants to Regain His Responsibility

Wei Guangde has been in the Ming Dynasty for almost half a year. He has been wandering around the Baihu Office and Madang Town all day long, and has not been to any farther places.

This time, the whole family went to the uncle's house in the Qianhu Office. It was Wei Guangde's first long journey since he came here.

At this time in the Ming Dynasty, the carriages did not have much shock absorption design, and the road conditions of this road were relatively good, but in Wei Guangde's opinion, it was also bumpy and very bad.

Sitting in the car, Wei Guangde was soon dizzy and wanted to get out of the car to exchange with his eldest brother.

This time, the only two horses in the Baihu Office were taken away by them, one was tied to the carriage, and the other was ridden by his eldest brother.

The carriage was not big, but it could not accommodate four people.

They left at the Chen time, estimated to be around 8 o'clock, and it was already Si time when they arrived at the Qianhu Office, and it took more than an hour to walk.

Wei Guangde learned the time after he came here, Zi Chou Yin Mao, Chen Si Wu Wei, Shen You Xu Hai.

Two hours is one hour, and Wei Guangde knew this before. Zishi is from 23:00 the previous day to 1:00 the current day, and so on.

However, Wei Guangde still has to memorize the time in his mind to tell what time it is, unlike his elder brother who can tell it by looking at the sky.

However, at this moment, Wei Guangde remembered that when celebrating the Spring Festival in later generations, the calendar was based on the lunar calendar, but the time of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala was still digital time, which was 12 o'clock in the evening.

According to the ancient standard, 12 o'clock was past Zishi, and in fact, the Lunar New Year should be at 11 o'clock in the evening. At that time, it was already Zishi, which was the beginning of the first day of the new year.

There were no clocks in this era, and Wei Guangde just looked at the sky and felt that it might be more than 10 o'clock, not 11 o'clock.

Their family was soon welcomed into the gate of their uncle's house. The Qianhu Suo was not in the county town, but not far from the county town.

The uncle's family was all there, and soon Wei Guangde and Wei Wencai went to pay New Year's greetings to their uncle and aunt as usual, and received another red envelope.

Uncle Wu Zhankui is two years older than Wei Meng, but he looks more scholarly, wearing a brand new military officer's uniform.

Speaking of which, uncle is a fifth-rank military officer, and Wei Lao's father is a sixth-rank. At this moment, they are both wearing green robes, but the patch on the chest is a tiger, and uncle's is a bear.

Uncle Wu Zhankui has a son and two daughters, both older than Wei Guangde.

After greeting his cousins, the two cousins ​​went back, and Wei Guangde was taken to the next door by his cousin, and only the elders were left in the room to talk.

Cousin Wu Dong will also inherit his uncle's position as a thousand households in the future, but in Jiangxi, a place with rich resources and outstanding people, cultural and educational undertakings have been very developed since ancient times, and Jiangxi has always been a major province for imperial examinations, and there must be people on the list in every subject, which naturally affects everyone living on this land.

I have heard from my eldest brother before that this cousin doesn't like to play with guns and sticks, but prefers to study, and has always dreamed of passing the imperial examination.

But he can only think about it. After all, his uncle's family is hereditary. Whether he has brothers to inherit, if he is not a surplus, why can he take the imperial examination.

In the Ming Dynasty, the sons of military households can participate in the imperial examination, but there is a prerequisite that cannot be touched, that is, the only son.

Because it is a military household, there must be one person in the family who has joined the army. If it is a brother, then one of them must be a surplus, that is, he can not join the army, and naturally he can participate in the imperial examination.

But there is only one child in my uncle's family, so naturally he must take over my uncle's military position in the future, unless you can get the Minister of War to give you a document of expulsion, that is, your family changes from military status to other civilian status, then you can participate in the imperial examination.

The imperial examination here refers to the official imperial examination selection of the court, and the Tongsheng test does not count, it is just a primary selection.

Of course, since my cousin has not joined the army yet, no one cares if he takes the primary exam. But even if he is really a literary star descending to earth and makes it to the palace exam, he still has to come back to inherit the military position, unless the higher-ups grant him mercy.

However, in the 200 years of the Guo Dynasty, it seems that nothing like this has ever happened.

There are people who change their military status to civilian status, but they are rare.

"Little cousin, how are you doing in school now?"

When they arrived at the flower hall next door, cousin Wu Dong began to care about Wei Guangde's studies, after all, he now calls himself a scholar.

The eldest brother Wei Wencai often comes here, so he has a close relationship with Wu Dong, but he has little contact with Wei Guangde and rarely sees him a few times a year.

"I just started studying the Four Books this year, and the first two years were just enlightenment."

Wei Guangde said hurriedly.

Wu Dong's first impression on Wei Guangde was that he really looked like a scholar, gentle and polite, and dressed like a scholar, wearing a wide blue Taoist robe and a square pingding scarf on his head.

Here, we can only say that he is similar, after all, he can't become a scholar, and he is destined to be a military officer.

"Then you can't participate in this year's county exam."

Wu Dong laughed when he heard Wei Guangde say this.

"There are several senior brothers in the school who want to guarantee each other to participate in this year's county exam. I may need to wait for two more years before I have a chance."

Wei Guangde also heard from his elder brother that Wu Dong participated in the county exam and the prefectural exam two years ago. He was lucky enough to pass them once and became a student, but he failed the subsequent college exam. He was sixteen years old at that time.

"Cousin, will you take the college exam this year?"

Wei Guangde also asked at this time. Wei Wencai had stopped studying a long time ago, so he never asked Wu Dong about his plans.

In Wei Guangde's view, Wu Dong could just try his luck in the past few years. If he tried a few more times, he would probably not want to take the imperial examination.

After all, he wouldn't know the state's attitude towards military children like them.

While they were chatting, Wu Zhankui was also talking to Wei Meng in the main room next door.

"This year, your sons and daughters must practice hard. My father-in-law will try to give you more help. The more than 100 people you have in hand are ready."

Wu Zhankui whispered to Wei Meng.

"What? Still practicing? Brother, I almost lost the ground this time, why do I still practice?"

When Wei Meng heard that Wu Zhankui asked him to stabilize his troops, he felt very unhappy.

Just kidding, just because there were too many people gathered this time, I was almost assigned to the field by the superiors, and whoever trains is stupid.

"It's different now. There's news from Nanjing that the emperor wants to make a northern expedition."

Wu Zhankui still whispered, glancing at his wife and sister who were talking over there.

"You're not going to ask us to go north again, are you? Can we win the battle? Are we going to leave the Great Wall?"

Wei Meng was frightened by Wu Zhankui's words. He was really frightened.

Can he not know what is happening with the few men and horses he has?

To be honest, he is just a showman. He looks good in formation, but in real fighting, he might as well show off farming with a hoe.

"We can't tell from the south. Anyway, the news is that the emperor feels that he has lost face and wants to get it back, and is planning this matter."

Wu Zhankui took a sip of tea on the short-term table before continuing: "How many households of yours can you take?"