Having just experienced the cynicism of some people towards him, Liu Fugui felt more happy when he saw them all showing envy.
When he turned to look at his two parents, who were much older than their actual age, and understood that they were living a hard life, he said loudly again: "My child is now a night flag in the cavalry under the Duke's command, and his military salary is sufficient." The amount will be paid. From now on, father and mother, you can live a good life, and your children will send back their military pay."
Hearing this, both his parents were proud and nodded with tears.
My son is finally promising!
The joy of having a son back was replaced by the joy of having a promising future.
The change in attitude of the father-in-law and the envy of the neighbors outside reminded the two of them how much other people envied their sons!
At this moment, the door inside opened a crack, and a voice came from inside: "Dad, mother, brother, I want to be a soldier too!"
After hearing this, many people outside came to their senses.
Yes, the treatment of the officers and soldiers of the imperial court is so good now. It is really good to be a soldier!
However, of course, some people are still a little hesitant. They don't believe that all soldiers in the Ming Dynasty can have such good luck as Liu Fugui.
At this moment, Liu Fugui smiled and said to his parents: "Dad, Mom, during the Chinese New Year, there are performances in the military camp. Singers, actors, and ordinary people can go. I will take you there later, too. You can see how the military camp where the child is doing is doing!"
This news immediately surprised everyone.
Ordinary people can actually go to the military camp to watch a play, just with the soldiers? This...how is this possible!
In their impression, the military has never been friendly to the people. On weekdays, you would be thankful if you didn’t loot, but now you actually have to put on a show and have fun with the people?
Is there such an army in this world?
Even if there are those armies in legend, at most they have strict military discipline and do not disturb the people!
At this moment, everyone became very interested in the army outside the city.
Later, when they saw Liu Fugui taking his parents, and his younger brothers and sisters to the streets to do shopping, bringing home large and small bags of things, and those with whom they were close, each family shared some pig head meat. Later, when Liu Fugui's family invited Lao Wangtou's family to have a feast at Zuixian Tower, the news about Liu Fugui suddenly spread.
"Have you heard that the old Liu Tou's family lives over there on Broken Street? His son has come back and became a cavalryman for the Xingguo Government Office outside the city. Tsk tsk, you really didn't see it. Returning to his hometown in glory!"
"It's just a big-headed soldier, so what about the cavalry? He returns home in fine clothes, but he's not a scholar!"
"You don't know this! When his son comes back this time, it is the calligraphy treasure of Princess Kunxing and the seal of Duke Xingguo. Do you know what to write? A good man of the Ming Dynasty! What is this if not a great honor?"
"Also, haven't you seen that they buy things in big and small packages, and the military pay is also high. Anyway, I don't know whether you are envious or not, but I am jealous to death. It's a pity that I only have daughters in my family!"
"What's wrong with my daughter? It is said that there are female soldiers in the Duke's army! During the Chinese New Year, there will be performances in the military camp, and we ordinary people can go watch it together. It is said that the military pay of those female soldiers is the same as that of the cavalry!"
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In the midst of the discussion, the people of Hanzhong City saw groups of imperial officers and soldiers entering the city. They not only had strict military discipline, but also did not disturb the people, did not bully men and women, and did not buy or sell by force. This was refreshing to them.
What surprised them even more was that these officers and soldiers of the imperial court were all very bold and wealthy in their actions!
Smart merchants immediately sensed business opportunities and put out signs one after another, indicating that they welcomed the patronage of imperial officials and soldiers and offered discounts.
There are even some merchants who simply take their workers out of the city and set up stalls on the road from the military camp to the city.
Such a big movement immediately reached the ears of those who stayed home.
It can be said that in the past few days when the New Year is approaching, no matter who they are in Hanzhong City, whether they are ordinary people or wealthy squires, their conversation cannot avoid the army outside the city.
On New Year's Eve, the people of Hanzhong City, after having the New Year's Eve dinner early, went out of the city to see what was going on.
Needless to say, the performance of the art soldiers, whether it was the songs or the sketches, were all very new to them. Watching the performance with the imperial officers and soldiers gave them a new understanding of the military discipline of the imperial officers and soldiers.
In just a few days, if nothing else, just the imperial officers and soldiers led by Duke Xingguo had greatly changed their understanding of the imperial officers and soldiers.
On New Year's Eve, Zhang Mingwei declined the invitation from King Rui and the city officials, and just stayed in the military camp. He and Princess Kunxing showed up to inspect a few performance points before returning to the Chinese military tent.
This is the first year that Zhang Mingwei has lived after time travel. As they say, he misses his relatives even more during the holidays, and he also misses his relatives in future generations, but he also understands that he cannot go back.
Perhaps Zhu Yuluo also noticed this, so she talked to him carefully to calm his thoughts.
Zhang Mingwei was free and easy. He quickly recovered from his thoughts and began to think about the present.
The fifteenth year of Chongzhen passed like this. Because of his own time travel, this fifteen years of Chongzhen is completely different.
Listening to the cheers coming from outside from time to time, Zhang Mingwei secretly reminded himself: He must continue to work hard to transform Daming.
The fifteenth year of Chongzhen, that is, 1642, passed like this.
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Where Zhang Mingwei's butterfly wings had no impact, this year, the world situation continued to develop according to its original history.
This year, King Charles I of England announced a "crusade against Parliament" and provoked the first civil war.
This year, Dutch Captain Halousi commanded 690 soldiers, landed at Jilong Port, launched an attack on the city of San Salvador, and finally drove the Spaniards out of Da Dang, thus dominating Da Dang.
This year, the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, who was forced to abandon Copernican theory and surrender to the church, died under house arrest by the church. His later years can be said to be very sad.
This year, Abel Tasman of the Netherlands set out from Batavia and discovered New Zealand.
Among the places affected by Zhang Mingwei's butterfly wings, there is another tragedy that needs to be mentioned, and that is North Korea.
Ying Erdai led five thousand Jianlu to North Korea and went straight to Seoul, the capital of North Korea.
In his opinion, North Korea's backbone had been broken after two conquests by the Qing Dynasty. It was enough for him to lead five thousand troops.
However, what he didn't expect was that the news that Li Laiheng's troops had captured Haizhou City and Anshan Posthouse, and that their troops were approaching the outside of Liaoyang City, had spread to North Korea.
This gave the main war faction in the North Korean court an immediate boost of morale and regained the upper hand in the court.
In the original history, because of the tragic defeat in the Songjin Battle of the Ming Dynasty, the Korean monarchs and ministers were afraid of the power of Jianlu. Therefore, after Hong Chengchou's confession, North Korea immediately handed over several ministers of the main war faction.
However, this time, the civil and military factions headed by Cui Mingji and Lin Qingye had the right to speak in the Korean court and said "no" to Jianlu.
However, in the Korean court, Hong Chengchou actually surrendered to the Jianqi, which was completely unexpected. It also dealt a blow to the courage of the Korean monarchs and ministers who had struggled to find it.
Later, Hong Chengchou helped Ying Erdai and devised a trick to break through the defense line that Lin Qingye had finally established in North Korea. When the Jianlu troops came to the city and surrounded Seoul again, the Lord Peace faction in the North Korean court regained the upper hand. In the end, they kidnapped Cui Mingji and Lin Qingye and dedicated them to Ying Erdai.
The third Korean War only caused a small disturbance and ended just like that.
Ying Erdai came with a mission, so he just used the excuse that Cui Mingji and Lin Qingye dared to resist the Qing army and were transparent, so he occupied the palace and refused to leave, forcing the North Korean king to agree to his request.
There was no shortage of money, grain, or navy, and all met the requirements. Then Cui Mingji and Lin Qingye were escorted back to Liaodong to resume their duties.
At this time, North Korea had the same customs as the Ming Dynasty, and they also celebrated the New Year. In previous years, even if the common people were unable to celebrate the New Year, the palace and dignitaries would still be able to celebrate the New Year.
However, this time during the New Year, even the palace did not bother to use a fig leaf. He was really squeezed too hard by Jianlu. Within one year, he paid tribute twice, and each time was more cruel than the last. Even the North Korean navy was taken away.
The ordinary people of North Korea originally lived an extremely difficult life. Now that the imperial court is incompetent and has been robbed of money and food twice in a row, it will eventually be passed on to the North Korean people.
Unable to afford it, North Korean people either died, fled to mountains, islands, etc. to evade taxes, or even gathered in crowds to rebel.
Although this kind of thing also happened in history, due to the flapping of Zhang Mingwei's butterfly wings, the Jianlu were unable to obtain money, food and population from the pass, so they eventually came from North Korea instead. Therefore, the resistance of the North Korean people was much worse than before. More violent in history.
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On the Ming side, on the eve of the Chinese New Year, Zheng Fusong, the youngest deputy commander of the navy in the Ming Dynasty, led the navy given to him by his father and arrived at the original Denglai naval station in Dengzhou.
Before they arrived, an urgent report had been sent to the court. Therefore, Sun Yingyuan, the governor of Shanyong, and Li Laiheng, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, both came to Dengzhou in person and waited first in a rare move.
A military meeting was then held to discuss the reconstruction of Dongjiang Town, and the implementation phase officially began.
It is foreseeable that in the upcoming sixteenth year of Chongzhen, major events will happen in Liaodong.
As for Zhang Mingwei, he was already preparing for the war in Sichuan on the first day of the 16th year of Chongzhen.
