Chapter 445: The experience between mountains and seas
After some persuasion from the teacher, Qin Dewei, who was informal and informal, felt that it was not necessary, but he could only ask for leave to prepare to visit relatives.
Public opinion is like this. Your stepfather is also your father. You won the top prize and want to get married. It would be outrageous not to report to your father!
Even Xu Miaoxuan was reluctant to give up and persuaded Qin Dewei to visit his father to announce the marriage. What he wanted was the etiquette of "marrying with a matchmaker".
Wang Tingxiang, the Minister of Punishment, looked at Qin Dewei who came to ask for help in surprise: "Why are you going to Liaodong with so many people?"
It's not that Wang Tingxiang doesn't care about Qin Dewei's safety, it's mainly that although Liaodong is known as a border town, it has indeed been a stable place in recent years, with a somewhat peaceful appearance of living and working in peace and contentment.
It's just that there are occasional small groups of pirates harassing the border, but you, Qin Dewei, are not walking along the border.
Qin Dewei replied: "Safety comes first when you are out and about! Please lend me, sir, four servants. They need to be strong and brave. Those who have been to Liaodong on horseback are the best!"
There are many police officers in the Ministry of Punishment, and there must be police officers escorting prisoners to guard the border in Liaodong. This was Qin Dewei's idea.
Wang Tingxiang was speechless. He had never seen anyone so careful about his life.
He thought again, Qin Dewei was the number one scholar in the new department after all, and if something went wrong, the court would lose face, so he helped out and selected four servants to lend to Qin Dewei.
He also brought the four servants of Wang Ma, Zhang Zhao and Zhao, and there were eight strong followers in total. Only then did Qin Dewei feel a little safer.
Three more horses were prepared for riding, plus two carriages, forming a small team of nine people, and they set off while the spring was still warm and the flowers were blooming.
Qin Dewei sometimes got on the horse to practice riding skills, sometimes got on the car and took a nap. In four or five days, he left Shanhaiguan and officially entered the territory of Liaodong.
Liaodong is different from other provinces in that there are no ordinary prefectures and counties. Administratively, there is only one Liaodong Dusi, with twenty-five guards, and two prefectures, Zizi and Anle.
All population registrations, whether they are farming or serving in the military, are organized into the Twenty-Five Guards for management, and all administrative affairs on the ground are handled by the Guards.
In other words, those local affairs that should belong to the government and county governments are all handled by the Guards in Liaodong. This is called the Real Guards, an institution that integrates military and government.
Qin Dewei walked all the way to see the flowers, and saw that although the land between the mountains and the sea was vast and sparsely populated, it was also a fertile field with luxuriant water and grass.
With the castles as the core, the soldiers and civilians all gathered around the castles to live, forming a unique border town style.
Looking at the people plowing the fields, Qin Dewei couldn't help but sigh softly.
Who would have thought that the most peaceful border town in the early years of Jiajing would become a Shura field of blood and fire a hundred years later, the most brutal frontline in the Ming Dynasty.
Qin Dewei was not stupid and walked honestly along the official road to the inn.
After leaving Shanhaiguan, we walked for another day and a half. After passing three stations, we saw Ningyuan City, which was very famous in later generations.
Of course, in the 14th year of Jiajing's reign, this place was just an ordinary Ningyuan Acropolis. Pedestrians passing by would not give it a second glance and continue walking along the official road.
There are two cores in the Liaodong region of the Ming Dynasty, Guangning City in the west and Zizai Prefecture in the east, which is commonly known as Liaoyang City.
At present, the Liaodong Dusi Yamen Office, the Liaodong Governor, the Liaodong Town Deputy Commander-in-Chief are in Liaoyang City, the Liaodong Town Commander-in-Chief is in Liaoyang City, and the Liaodong Guarding Eunuch is in Guangning City.
Qin Dewei was not sure where his father-in-law, who was the patrol commander of Liaodong, was. The patrol commander did not have a fixed location, so he went to the nearest city of Guangning first.
It’s not much of a detour anyway, and besides, there is Feng Qingcheng who needs to be visited in Guangning City.
After walking for more than two days, we arrived at Luyang Station at the foot of Yiwulu Mountain at dark, which was only fifty miles away from Guangning City.
Qin Dewei decided to rest here tonight and leave for Guangning City tomorrow morning.
In fact, this inn is a bit like a fortress. After all, the geographical location is very special. There are not many people in the surrounding area for dozens of miles, so the inn serves as a stronghold.
No official person checked in today, so Qin Dewei spent some money and successfully settled in the inn.
Many systems in Liaodong are different from those in the mainland. For example, the post stations in the mainland are managed by Yi Cheng, while the inns in Liaodong are all managed by a hundred households.
After Qin Dewei had dinner, he went to visit the 100 households in Luyangyi, gave some small gifts, and started chatting.
He asked insinuatingly: "Has anything big happened in Liaodong recently?"
The hundred households replied: "There is nothing here, but I heard that something happened in Liaoyang in the east. A while ago, Governor Lu reduced the sergeants' subsidies and urged the sergeants to expand the Liaoyang city wall, which triggered a mutiny.
Even Governor Lu was arrested and imprisoned, but I heard that the governor Zeng Yushi came forward to advise and the matter has calmed down."
It's good to calm down. It's better if his father has merit. After Qin Dewei asked for the news, he went back to rest.
The next morning, when Qin Dewei got up, he put on his own imperial uniform of the No. 1 Scholar, with crowns and robes, looking elegant and elegant!
This is definitely not for showing off. Since you are going to visit someone formally, of course you have to be dignified!
Hundreds of households at the inn were inspecting the fort gate. When they saw Qin Dewei getting on the car and setting off, they were shocked and asked: "Why is Mr. Qin wearing a costume?"
Qin Dewei was speechless. If you can't speak, don't speak. No wonder he is so old and only belongs to a hundred households, and he is sent to manage the inn!
Starting from Luyangyi, we walked along the road and arrived at Guangning City in about an hour.
Qin Dewei was wearing the No. 1 scholar's robe, so he could not ride a horse and could only sit firmly in the car.
After walking for only half an hour, Qin Dewei suddenly heard the rapid sound of horse hooves. Five or six knights came from the other side and then overtook his own team.
This was nothing unusual at first, but these knights suddenly made another circle in front and came back.
Qin Dewei and his party immediately increased their vigilance. As they got closer, they saw a slender and beautiful young lady emerging from among the knights.
The young lady urged the horses to gallop back and forth next to Qin Dewei's car, cracked her whip twice, and asked sharply: "Young man is so handsome! Where is he from?"
Qin Dewei felt that he was being teased. Are the girls from the border town so open-minded?
He replied seriously: "I have come from the capital to visit my friends in Guangningwei!"
The young lady was very good at equestrian skills. She circled Qin Dewei again and said, "Are you married?"
Wu Cao, are you so straightforward? Qin Dewei quickly said: "I have a fiancée!"
The young lady then looked back at Qin Dewei and left reluctantly.
Ma Er, who was driving the carriage, clicked his tongue in surprise, "I heard that there is still Hu Feng in the North, and men and women live together without fear of suspicion. It seems that this is indeed the case!"
Qin Dewei shook his head, this felt a bit like five hundred years later.
After walking for more than half an hour, we saw Guangning City. In fact, its full name should be Guangning Acropolis, which may be the largest city in Liaodong.
The city has a circumference of more than ten miles and has five city gates. The Liaodong Town General Military Mansion, the Guarding Eunuch Mansion, and the Guangning Guards are located in the city.
The first two have nothing to do with Qin Dewei for the time being. After he entered the city from Ying'en Gate, he went straight to Guangning Guard.