Going north from Beijing, there is a continuous mountain range from west to east. It extends from west to east until it disappears into the Bohai Bay next to Shanhaiguan, which is Yanshan Mountain.

Since ancient times, many generous and tragic people in Yan and Zhao have taken place, and countless tragic stories have happened here. Since the Zhou emperor founded Yan Kingdom, Yanshan has been a silent witness to the rise and fall of China, witnessing the rise and fall of China.

The Great Wall winds through the Yanshan Mountains, dividing the Central Plains and the Outer of the Frontier into two worlds. On one side is the rich pass, and on the other side is the rich pass. And there are countless passes in the Great Wall, but those passes where one man is the pass and ten thousand passes cannot stop the Qing army from entering.

Zhu Lunqi, who was sitting in a carriage, walked along the ancient road leading to the outside of the border. After two days of shaking and bumping, he arrived at Xifengkou in the afternoon. Although he had lived in Beijing for three years, he had never been here. He looked around and the terrain was indeed dangerous.

"No wonder this place was used as the gate. This place was really a gate, and there was no one to open it, but..."

When Zhu Lunqi was at the gate, he found that there were only a few inspectors at the gate. How could he defend the gate with just a few people?

Zhu Lunqi did not know that it was different from his past passive defense. After the Xingqian Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty began to actively expand outside the pass, not just military expansion, but of course there was also immigration expansion.

Three years ago, the reward for the soldiers who made meritorious service resulted in the Northeast gathering 70% of the Ming Dynasty's meritorious service and 50% of the rural soldiers. Of course, these rural soldiers who were called "military landlords" in newspapers were not concentrated in one place, but were scattered in various parts of the Northeast. In the Great Wall area, there were also many rural soldiers in the villages. If there were Tartars causing trouble, those rural soldiers would gather together as soon as possible.

Because the mountains are high and the roads are narrow and the pedestrians are scarce, the mountain roads appear to be particularly quiet and deep. Not long after the afternoon, the sun was blocked by the ridge and could not be seen, and everything was covered with a layer of gray. The mountains are gray, the trees are dark, and even the ice and snow on the mountain are also gray.

After several twists and turns, Zhu Lunqi finally arrived at his destination. The same ice and snow in the canyon, and the stream passing through the valley was also frozen. There is a house in the hinterland of the canyon, which is Li Minghe's home.

When he was following the army and passed by Xifengkou, Li Minghe took a fancy to this place. He liked the vast mountains and the canyons here. Of course, he liked more than a thousand acres of land in the canyon.

Perhaps it was destined that a stray bullet flew from there hit his left arm. He lost half of his arm and had to retire. At that time, he faced three choices, one was to go to Taiwan - he was stationed in Taiwan, so he could choose to settle in Taiwan, and the other was to return home to teach the land.

In the end, he chose a canyon that was only a few miles away from Xifengkou of the Great Wall, and settled down here. In the past three years, he has reclaimed all his 500 acres of honor fields by recruiting long-term workers. The once desolate canyon is no longer as desolate as before.

"No wonder this person is unwilling to come out of the mountain. He naturally does not need to seek survival when guarding such a few hundred acres of manor."

Just as Zhu Lunqi was standing by the roadside and was thinking, a man had already walked to him and greeted him with a smile.

"Where is this gentleman coming from? But after the stay, the visitor is a guest. If the gentleman doesn't dislike it, it will be easier to stay in the humble house today!"

Zhu Lunqi looked back and saw that at some point, one was long and one was small, looking like a father and son standing beside him. The man in his thirties had empty left arm and sleeves.

"You are Captain Li!"

Zhu Lunqi said happily.

"Captain Li, this is the King of Zhou of the Ming Dynasty!"

The eunuch hurriedly introduced the master's identity, while Li Minghe just took a look and then saluted with one hand.

"I have seen the King of Zhou, but I don't know what instructions should I give?"

It was just an ordinary courtesy, far less respectful. Zhu Lunqi didn't care about this, and just said with a smile.

"Captain Li, why Gu came here to pay homage to Captain Li, please don't turn Gu off!"

"The king is intent."

Li Minghe said, handing the rabbit in his hand and the musket on his shoulder to his son, then turned his face to say to Zhu Lunqi.

"If the king doesn't dislike it, go to home, right in front."

Zhu Lunqi followed Li Minghe to the gate of a house. A stone wall formed a spacious and clean courtyard.

Li Minghe pointed to the door and said.

"Please come in, this is the humble house."

Zhu Lunqi stepped into the threshold. The four front rooms are large tiled houses facing north and south. The six side rooms on both sides are covered with sorghum straw roofs. There is a large piece of vegetable field covered by snow. Cabbage is planted in the vegetable field, and a group of chickens and geese are playing beside the vegetable field. The courtyard is filled with a strong sense of farmhouse. However, he also noticed that there are striking platforms for people to walk on the inside of the seven-foot-high courtyard wall, and even there are musket shooting holes on the wall. These show that this place is different from ordinary farmers.

"It's snowing, there's no living in the fields, and several long-term workers have returned to their hometowns, but there's no one at home now."

Li Minghe said while taking Zhu Lunqi to the side of the main room and pointed to a room on the right.

"This is my study, let's talk here!"

study!

A man from the army actually has a study!

After entering the study room, Zhu Lunqi saw a long bookshelves placed beside the left wall of the study room, with more than a hundred books neatly placed on it. Compared with the study room of the royal palace, his books were about one percent less than one percent.

In addition to the imagined books on military books, geography and agriculture, Zhu Lunqi also unexpectedly saw the Four Books and Thirteen Classics, and they all looked repeatedly. Compared with this, the muskets hanging on the wall are quite abrupt.

Facing the books in the study room and the muskets on the wall, Zhu Lunqi thought to himself for a long time.

"It seems that the military home outside the pass is indeed different."

He turned around and asked.

"I heard that the children of a family of a great scholar like Captain Li are going to study in the school, right? How is this school different from social sciences?"

"In fact, there is no difference between schools and social sciences. It is not as good as those in the pass, and there are fewer villages. Children from all families first study at home. After the age of ten, they go to school and board in the school. Compared with ordinary social sciences, these schools focus on military affairs. After all, they will always serve in the future. This is the duty of their ministers. We are awarded and awarded land by Your Majesty, so we should naturally defend our territory for the Ming Dynasty."

When Zhu Lunqi saw Li Minghe mentioning this, he looked very calm. According to the "Ming Ming Military Law", after three years of military service, a soldier can retire if there is no war. However, after retirement, until his descendants enter the service, they are all soldiers in the village and need to respond to the call at any time.

He was given a soldier to the fields and led the fields to the family, and served as a soldier for generations.

This seems to be no different from Emperor Gao, but in fact it is a big difference. There are no military households in the Ming Dynasty now, and all military households are just a rhetoric. They only need to serve in the army for three to five years, and then retire as soldiers in the village. In return for their service and the orders of the village, they get a military field that can only be passed on to their eldest son.

It is this military field that distinguishes military households from ordinary people. Their eldest son also served for three years and was not removed from the village list until his son entered service again.

After such a cycle, the Ming Dynasty received millions of soldiers serving for generations. It seemed that there was no difference from military households, but there were extremely cumbersome regulations from the inheritance of military fields to the assessment of military participation, etc., which also made the Ming Dynasty not have to worry about the source of troops, and could obtain high-quality sources of troops through layer-by-layer selection.

"So, you always have to learn more about life-saving things."

"This is of course, this is of course."

Zhu Lunqi nodded and pointed to the books on the bookshelf and said.

"But Captain Li, the family has so many books, I must hope that the young master will be admitted to the military academy in the future."

For ordinary military families, their only choice is to become an officer by passing the military academy.

"You always have to read more books."

Li Minghe replied.

"No matter whether you can become an officer in the future, you will always be correct. In the future, no matter what you do, you will always be inseparable from these. As a soldier, you must also be able to read. Only by reading and reading can you distinguish right from wrong and know what kind of responsibilities a soldier should bear."

Unlike many people in the army, Li Minghe had read books in the past, so he naturally did not need to learn to read in the army like his brothers in the army. This is also the difference between him and others. It is even because of this that he became the captain.

Zhu Lunqi looked at Li Minghe and said.

"You are right. In the past, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty often made the army either greedy for life and fear death or those who forget their righteousness when they see profit. Gu did not go around in circles, just talk straight to the point. The reason why Gu came here this time was to invite you out of the mountain and go to the country with Gu to enfeoff the country. You have been in the army for many years and have also gone deep into the barbarian land. Naturally, I know how to suppress the barbarians and pacify the barbarians. How about Captain Li, is he willing to come out of the mountain to help me?"

Then he raised his voice and pointed to the books on the bookshelf and said.

"Captain Li, even if he ordered his son to study for several years, he would have to go through some hard work when he was admitted to the military academy. But if Captain Li was willing to help me, the captain would definitely be a minister of the Zhou Kingdom in the future. Although he could not be a king, he could be a monarch and a politician and abide with the country. Why should he worry about future generations?"

Zhu Lunqi was just a direct temptation and profit as soon as he came up. He did not even take out the meeting gift, but instead exchanged for another meeting gift. Temptation, sometimes, can be exchanged for another temptation. In fact, the so-called temptation is very simple, nothing more than wealth, sex, fame, fortune and wealth.

"As long as Captain Li is willing to help me, I will serve as the Prime Minister of the Guard Commander. I wonder what Captain Li thinks?"

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