Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1320, Closing the city and arresting people

On the concrete road leading from the capital to Huairou County, [-] soldiers, wearing uniform armor and helmets, carrying muskets, bows and arrows on their backs, with knives and arrows pinned to their waists, rode horses and marched in a neat line towards Huairou County .

If there is a large-scale march, it will immediately arouse the curiosity of the people around, and they will watch on the side of the road.

Since the reform of the military system in the Ming Dynasty, the army of the Ming Dynasty has changed from the decadence of the military household system to a real iron army. At the same time, the military discipline is very strict. , so now the common people are not afraid of these soldiers.

Besides, they are all conscripts now, and the conscripts are recruited from the sons of good families in various places in Ming Dynasty. After serving for a few years, they have to retire. Many people's sons and husbands serve in the army.

There are many benefits to serving in the military. The family can enjoy the land tax exemption policy. At the same time, the soldiers can get a good job after retiring from the army.

Either become a local policeman, government servant, or the like, or be recruited by a large commercial firm or factory. The salary is very good and guaranteed, so the enthusiasm of the people to become a soldier is also very high.

"Look ~ look!"

"This is our Daming's patron saint!"

"My son is also a soldier, but he wrote back and said that he is now dispatched to Hong Kong, Europe. I heard that it is a very distant place, and it takes a year to go back and forth."

"My uncle next door's second-inspector's uncle's family's youngest son is also a soldier, but I heard that he went to the South China Sea Fleet to serve as a soldier. It's the Navy."

"Did something happen?"

"What can happen? This place is at the feet of the Son of Heaven. These soldiers must be in daily training or something. Several training sessions have also passed through our Huairou County."

"I want to be a soldier when I grow up, it's so handsome!"

"..."

Everyone watched the mighty marching army, and they kept discussing.

The capital city and Huairou County were close to each other. Even if they were not cavalry, everyone in the Ming army had horses. It didn't take even an hour to ride a horse from the Beiying of the capital city to Huairou County, and they arrived in Huairou County very quickly.

"The last general, Yang Yu, sees His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

The general in charge of leading the [-] army is Yang Yu, a veteran who has participated in many foreign wars.

"How many people did you bring here?"

Zhu Houzhao was riding on the horse, looking at the neat army in front of him, he immediately regained his energy.

Although I can't march and fight, and expand the territory, I can still have fun now, and I feel a little bit.

"The last general is ordered to lead an army of [-] to wait for His Royal Highness to dispatch!"

Yang Yu hurriedly replied respectfully.

"Twenty thousand?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately became happier. He originally only wanted [-] people, but he didn't expect that Emperor Hongzhi dispatched [-] people for him.

"Good~"

"Yang Yu listens!"

Zhu Houzhao cheered up, and shouted loudly while riding on the horse.

Zhu Houzhao spent more than a year in the Daming Royal Military Academy, and was interested in military affairs since he was a child, so he commanded the army with style.

"The end is here!"

Yang Yu quickly stood up and saluted as a soldier.

"Order you to lead [-] people to take over the defense of Huairou County, and strictly prohibit anyone from entering or leaving Huairou County!"

"The last general takes orders!"

Yang Yu immediately accepted the order without thinking, even though she was a little surprised.

After all, since the reform of the military system, the Ming army has been strong and strong. Except for the border areas, the Ming army does not participate in the city garrison. The local government is responsible for the security of the local cities.

It is still rare for them to take over the city defense of a county and block the county.

But soldiers take obeying orders as their bounden duty. Once Zhu Houzhao's order is issued, they will carry it out.

"Liu Jin listens~"

"Liu Jin is here!"

Hearing Zhu Houzhao shouting his order, Liu Jin also stood up quickly and shouted loudly, but his sharp voice made people know it was the father-in-law in the palace.

"I order you to lead [-] people to the mining areas, forest farms, sand fields, factories, workshops, etc. in Huairou County. You must rescue all the people imprisoned by the Sun family, and at the same time, arrest all the Sun family members and local hooligans. !"

"As ordered!"

Liu Jin quickly replied.

"The remaining [-] people followed me to the Sun Mansion, and surrounded the Sun Mansion. Don't let a single fly go away."

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he also rode a horse to Huairou County.

Yang Yu and Liu Jin started to work according to Zhu Houzhao's instructions.

Soon, here in Huairou County, with the arrival of [-] troops, they immediately took over the defense of Huairou County, and at the same time blocked all the entrances and exits of the county, and posted notices to strictly prohibit entry and exit.

Sun House, at this moment, the members of the Sun family have not realized that a catastrophe is imminent, and the family is still gathering together to discuss the matter of going to the Hezhong area to open a textile factory.

"Uncle, this is all the cash our family has on hand now."

Sun Zixiang looked at the big boxes in front of him, in which were neatly placed sealed silver dollars, and there were several boxes containing silver ingots, one ingot after another, which looked very dazzling .

"Ok, I know!"

"Arrange some people on your side, and then go to the Hezhong area together. Sometimes we can't show too weak. The appropriate strength is also to prevent people from feeling easy to bully."

Sun Qingjiang nodded slightly.

To be honest, investment is popular now, such as setting up factories, workshops, investing in overseas plantations, pastures, etc. If it was before, this household had some money, which would have to be buried in the ground, stored in a cellar, or to find a way To annex the land and become parasites that suck the blood of Daming one by one.

Most of the money in front of me was obtained by various methods in the past few years. There was not much money hidden in the ground. After all, it cannot be increased if it is hidden in the ground. At least there is still interest in the bank. .

"Something happened~ something happened!"

At this time, someone hurried in and said anxiously.

"What does it look like in a panic?"

Seeing the person coming, Sun Xuepeng reprimanded him, because this person was his own son, Sun Yewei.

"A lot of troops are coming to our Huairou County~"

Sun Yewei said anxiously: "I don't know what these troops are here for?"

"army?"

When Sun Qingjiang, Sun Xuepeng, Sun Zixiang and others heard this, they immediately felt very strange.

"What is the army afraid of~"

"In my Ming Dynasty, local security is under the control of the local government, and the army is only responsible for defending the country, suppressing rebellions, emergency rescue and disaster relief and other major matters."

"It's probably a normal transfer, so there's nothing to be surprised about."

Sun Qingjiang thought about it for a while and said indifferently, he is the general judge of Shuntian Mansion, the official said he was not big, he said he was not small, and he was in the capital, so he knew these things very well.

"No, these troops have sealed off our Huairou County, preventing people from entering or leaving."

Sun Weiye continued.

"Lockdown the county?"

Hearing this, several people stood up immediately, feeling that something was wrong.

"Come on, let's go and see the situation and ask what they are doing here."

Sun Qingjiang thought for a while and said to Sun Xuepeng, both of them are local officials here, and the reason why the army was dispatched here was to inform them of these local officials.

However, before the two of them could leave the house, they heard the sound of horseshoes, followed by shouts, which quickly turned into the voices surrounding the Sun family.

"what happened?"

Sun Qingjiang was dumbfounded, and then hurried outside.

"It's not good, it's not good, our Sun Mansion is surrounded by these soldiers."

At this time, a servant of the Sun Mansion hurried over and said anxiously.

"Being surrounded?"

As soon as everyone heard this, they immediately felt that something was wrong. They had done all kinds of bad things. When they heard that they were surrounded, they immediately felt that disaster was imminent. The thing they had been worried about for a long time finally came.

"Hurry up and hide the silver at home again."

Sun Qingjiang quickly said to the people around him.

"Let's go to meet them, delay as much as possible, and escape the important children of the family through secret passages."

It's just that before he finished speaking, along with a burst of noise and the screaming and yelling of the female family members of the Sun's family, the army personnel had already rushed in, and not only from the front door, but also from the back door, side door, and even Yu Huan jumped over the wall and so on, directly entered the Sun Mansion from all directions, and then quickly began to take over every corner of the Sun Mansion.

Arrest anyone you see, regardless of whether you are a man or a woman, or a servant of the Sun Mansion, this caused panic in the Sun Mansion, and a large number of female family members screamed because they were frightened.

At the same time, some hooligans and thugs raised in the Sun Mansion wanted to resist one or two, but in the end, they were injured and submissive, honestly dropped the weapons in their hands, and then were tied up .

As for where Sun Qingjiang, Sun Xuepeng, Sun Zixiang and others were, they were soon surrounded by a group of soldiers.

"Who are you?"

"You dare to trespass on your private house, don't you know that I am the judge of Shuntian Mansion?"

Sun Qingjiang looked at what was happening before him, listened to the screams coming from the mansion, and then looked at the soldiers at three steps, one post at five steps, and one sentry at five steps, at the men who were tied up and escorted out, as well as the Sun family.

He couldn't help but angrily shouted at the soldiers in front of him.

"I know, of course I know~"

At this time, Zhu Houzhao's joking voice sounded, and Zhu Houzhao, who was wearing a seventh-rank county magistrate's uniform and official hat, walked over swaggeringly, admiring the layout and scenery of the Sun Mansion from time to time.

"Tsk tsk, this mansion is quite big, and the decoration is quite good, but the taste is a bit poor."

"Magistrate Zhu?"

Seeing Zhu Houzhao, Sun Xuepeng opened his eyes slightly and shouted.

(End of this chapter)