Chapter 23 23 Hidden House

Wei Wencai knew that it was definitely impossible to keep the land. Now that the land was going to be sold, what would the farmers on the land do?

Thinking of this, Wei Wencai immediately asked: "What about the people on the mountain?"

"What else can we do? The man who bought the land will of course be looking for someone to farm it. He will not leave it uncultivated."

Father Wei didn't care at all, "Let's talk to them then and everything will be fine."

"Aren't those people from our Hundred Household Office?"

Wei Guangde also heard something at this time, something seemed wrong.

"The ancestors of those people used to belong to our Baihusuo, but now they are no longer."

Wei Wencai glanced at his younger brother and said.

"Oh, residents, why do you care about them?"

At this time, Wei Guangde knew that he was not from Baihusuo, so he naturally lost interest in caring about them. He should care about his own family first.

When Wei Wen heard what his brother said, he just shook his head slightly and did not continue to say anything.

Father Wei just glanced at his youngest son and seemed to have no intention of speaking.

Mother Wei, who just sat aside and said little tonight, said: "They don't have national citizenship either."

"What?"

Wei Guangde was shocked when he heard his mother say this.

There was a small village on Bengshan Mountain with more than twenty households. He knew about it. In the past, he always thought it was from the military fort, and they were indeed related to the military households in the military fort.

But my brother said they were not registered as military households, and my mother said they were not registered as civilians, so who else could they be?

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce were determined at the founding of the country. Is it a lowly status?

Families of deserters on the battlefield?

Being relegated to a lowly position?

But that's not right. Many of them are related to the people in the fort, and they are related to the Ming Dynasty.

Perhaps Wei Wencai saw that his mother had already spoken, and seeing his brother's changing expression, he was afraid that he might have gone astray, so he simply opened his mouth to reveal the answer to the mystery.

"They are hidden people. They are not on the military rolls or the yellow rolls."

"What? How is that possible?"

Wei Guangde said in disbelief.

"Of course, relatives of military families who have fled from outside cannot be naturalized here."

Wei Wencai explained, which made it clear about the origins of these people, and then continued: "Actually, it's good, we give them a bite to eat, they help us work, and they don't have to do corvee labor.

In fact, dad made arrangements when he went on the expedition. If it takes a long time and delays the work in the areas below, he will ask them to come down from the mountain to help take care of it."

At this time, Wei Guangde finally understood. It turned out that the arrangements had been made when his father left. If he left for a long time, of course he couldn't just leave the land there.

It's just that I didn't waste much time when I went out this time, so naturally I didn't come as planned.

It's no wonder that in those two days, all the work in the fields was abandoned, and the eldest brother didn't ask anyone to find idle workers around to help take care of the land.

"They bought the land, so they should still be allowed to continue working, right?"

Wei Guangde asked tentatively. He was not sure if someone would arrange for other people to work on the land after they bought it.

If that were the case, these people would have no chance of survival.

"Probably not."

Father Wei only uttered these four words at this time, thinking that he would tell the other party when the time comes.

With Mr. Wei's character, he would not only care about himself and not give them a way to survive.

Speaking of which, in this world, if you can do this, you can be considered a great virtuous person.

"Dad, don't worry. When the time comes, the soldiers will come and cover up the water and earth. There's no point in worrying."

Wei Wencai looked at his father's depressed look and spoke to persuade him.

Looking at it, Wei Guangde felt that he could not continue to be so dull, so he simply asked: "Father, mother, did you hear any news when you went to the institute this time? We have no news here, so we can only get some information from the institute."

Information from outside.'

"What could possibly happen? When I heard that the superiors wanted to divide the land, I didn't think about anything."

Father Wei shook his head and said, "By the way, I read the latest imperial newspaper. The Minister of War was beheaded."

"Huh? Minister of the Ministry of War? That is a second-rank official. Why did the emperor kill him?"

When Wei Wencai heard that the Minister of War had been beheaded, he became interested and asked.

These days, apart from family feuds, there is nothing new to talk about in the market. The only thing that matters is the major events happening in the imperial court.

However, for ordinary people, they can only know about one-third of an acre of land in the surrounding area. After all, most people are illiterate where it is posted in the newspaper.

However, for a general like Wei Meng, he was more or less literate and concerned about the affairs of the court.

In fact, the most important thing in contacting Baoli and Qianhu Office was to not only report information, but also to copy newspapers and learn about national events.

Baihu, a sixth-grade officer, is considered a middle-level officer in the army.

"What else can happen? Of course, the Tatars invaded the capital last month."

Wei Wencai didn't expect it, but Wei Guangde reacted immediately.

With such a huge enemy situation, the Tatars were killed at the feet of the emperor, how could Emperor Jiajing not be angry?

At that time, he was busy mobilizing troops and sending generals to Qin Wang, so naturally he would not be as knowledgeable as those officials.

Now that the Tatars have retreated, they will naturally have to settle accounts later in the year.

Wei Guangde unknowingly became accustomed to the names people of this era used to refer to Mongolian Tatars. If in later generations, Wei Guangde would probably call these Tatars Mongolians or steppe cavalry.

Wei Meng looked at his eldest son and then at his younger son. He was obviously dissatisfied with his elder asking such a mentally retarded question.

I thought to myself, when I saw this newspaper, I guessed the reason for the murder.

It still needs some experience, Father Wei thought to himself.

"What was the name of the Minister of War who was beheaded?"

Wei Guangde asked curiously, also wanting to know more about the people in the current political arena, so as to bring back some memories.

After all, in later generations, he had only read some scattered reports, and had not yet formed a systematic concept of the changes in the Ming Dynasty. If he listened to more names, he might be able to think of things he had seen before, and he might be able to recall some forgotten information of this era.

After all, I have read a lot of things, but I don’t know if they are from this era.

"Shang Shu Ding of the Ministry of War, I can't remember clearly, my head is lost, why do you care about his name?"

Father Wei shook his head and chuckled. In the Ming Dynasty, there was disharmony between civil and military officials, and the civil servants fought against the generals. Naturally, he could not stand these civil servants.

To be honest, Father Wei was very happy when he saw the news.

"It is said that Mongolian Anda invaded the border. After Qiu Luan, the commander-in-chief of Datong, defeated Anda in Datong, he led troops to fight against the Tatars."

Dad Wei also told the news about the subsistence allowance, "This Qiu Luan is considered to be well-off. He exposed his face to the emperor at a critical moment. I guess he will be promoted and make a fortune in the future, tsk tsk."

Father Wei said with envy at this moment, as if he saw Qiu Luan being rewarded by the emperor in the Golden Palace.
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