After the New Year, Pang Gang also enjoyed a rare period of rest. During this period, what made Pang Gang most excited and happy was that Kong Ruolan was pregnant. This news shocked the entire Qingzhou, and all the officials in Qingzhou seemed to have experienced it again.
Like a new year, people flocked to the residence of General Dingguo to congratulate him. Gifts from generals and officials filled the two warehouses of the general's residence.
Although it has been two years since he came to this era, Pang Gang also has some understanding of some of the thoughts of people in this era. In ancient times, the inheritance of heirs was very important. The more status a person has, the more he will pay attention to such things.
They value him, not to mention officials like Pang Gang who have already reached the rank of first-rank Right Governor and Tongzhi.
Although most of Pang Gang's officials came from poor military families, and many of them had not received formal education, they were not stupid. At this moment, their future honor and disgrace were firmly linked to Pang Gang. Now Pang Gang seems to have
As a prince, his future future is foreseeable, and his inheritance is naturally a top priority. Anyone with a little bit of vision knows the importance of investing in the next generation. Pang Gang has never had any heirs, and this incident also makes
These subordinates were secretly worried. The news that Kong Ruolan, now the official wife, was pregnant undoubtedly gave many people an obvious signal. Therefore, it is not surprising that the general's mansion was so quickly filled with congratulatory gifts from all his subordinates.
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After the news of Kong Ruolan's pregnancy came out, she suddenly became a national treasure in the eyes of everyone. Kong Ruolan's mother arrived at the General's Mansion the next day carrying large and small bags, looking like she was about to officially move into the General's Mansion.
At the same time, there were more maids and mothers around Kong Ruolan. There were people waiting at her side at any time twelve hours a day. The range of movements made Ruolan miserable. In the end, Pang Gang got angry.
They all kicked out of their private house, and finally the family became quiet.
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Wei also left Qingzhou. Under the escort of two thousand infantry sent by Pang Gang, he officially took office in Jinan. The person who succeeded Wei in the same year was a man named Tang Hongbai from the former Hanlin Academy who came down from the capital.
Hanlin, but this Tang Hongbai is no longer within Pang Gang's consideration, because at this time, Qingzhou's affairs, big and small, are firmly in Pang Gang's hands. In the eyes of many generals and officials in Qingzhou, this new
The Tang Hongbai who came was just a Bodhisattva in the temple - a decoration.
In Pang Gang's private house located in the inner courtyard, Kong Ruolan was chatting with a group of sisters. Pang Gang's three wives and concubines were all here. Next to Ruolan stood her mother and Ling'er, who never left her side. There was laughter in the living room.
At this time, Li Xuezhu, the youngest among the sisters, said with envy: "Sister Ruolan, you are so lucky. I'm afraid my husband will love you even more after you have a baby, right?"
A maternal glow appeared on Ruolan's pretty face that became slightly rounder, and she said with a slight smile: "Sister Xuezhu, if you are envious, you can ask your husband to spend more time on you.
I guess with my husband’s love for you, you will be pregnant with your baby soon!”
Li Xuezhu stuck out her tongue and said with a smile: "I don't want to have a baby so soon. My husband said that giving birth to a baby will be painful. He asked me to wait a few years before I have a baby."
Li Xuezhu's innocent words made all the girls laugh, but only the person involved knew what the smiles contained.
Pang Gang's new concubine, Qiao'er, stood next to his young lady. A hint of worry flashed in his eyes. As the saying goes, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and even his own sisters are no exception. Among Pang Gang's three wives
, the identities of Kong Ruolan and Wei Manting are the most respected. They were both canonized by Chongzhen as the second-grade imperial edicts. The children who are most likely to inherit Pang Gang's family business in the future will definitely be born from the children of these two.
Among the other girls, Li Xuezhu is a North Korean princess, and her future children can be excluded. The future children of the three concubines Chen Yuanyuan, Ling'er, and Qiao'er will not be able to inherit Pang Gang's family business. Now that Kong Ruolan is pregnant, then
Already one step ahead of Wei Man Ting, Qiao'er, who grew up with Wei Man Ting, was naturally worried about his young lady.
In Qiao'er's view, the young lady's father is now the governor of Shandong, and her young lady is better than Kong Ruolan in terms of looks, talents, and family background. However, it is because Kong Ruolan got married to the old man first that the position of the head wife now falls to her.
On top of her head, although her own young lady was a common wife and was conferred the title of Second Grade Imperial Order by the Emperor, she seemed to be slightly suppressed in front of Kong Ruolan. This made Qiaoer very unconvinced. Now seeing the whole house as if
They all touched her like stars holding the moon, and I felt the desire to fight for my own lady.
As if feeling the unhappiness in Qiao'er's heart, Wei Manting, who was talking to Kong Ruolan with a smile on her face, turned her head and glanced at Qiao'er with deep meaning. Qiao'er was swept away by her young lady's eyes like autumn water, as if she had a small thought in her heart.
As if everything had been seen through, Nuonuo lowered his head and talked to Kong Ruolan again. Wei Manting then turned around and took Qiaoer back to her room.
Asking Qiaoer to close the door, Wei Man Ting sat lightly on the edge of the bed, looking at Qiao Er reserved and silent. Wei Man Ting was born in a family of officials. The education she received since childhood and her good self-cultivation made her look graceful and luxurious.
The atmosphere and bookish atmosphere, after marrying Pang Gang and being conferred the second-grade title, there is a faint majesty in it, which makes people have to admire her.
After being stared at by Wei Manting like this, Qiaoer couldn't help but feel guilty even though he and his young lady had grown up together.
Wei Man Ting spoke slowly, "Qiaoer, are you dissatisfied with Miss Ruolan?"
"Uh, no, how dare I have any dissatisfaction with Sister Ruolan?" The startled Qiao'er moved his hands like windmills and denied repeatedly. If the concubine of the Ming Dynasty was found to be right
Being dissatisfied, the main wife had a hundred ways to deal with the concubines, how could Qiaoer dare to admit this crime?
Wei Manting was both angry and amused and rolled her eyes at Qiaoer and said: "Okay, Qiaoer, you grew up with me. Don't I know what you are thinking about? I know you are worried about Ruolan.
If you steal a boy, the mother will put me down in the future, is that true?"
"Isn't it?" Qiao'er asked unconvinced, "I admit that Sister Ruolan has a peaceful temperament and is kind to others, but there are some things that the young lady has to fight for. Although you are the master's equal wife, with your background and strength
You are no worse than anyone else. If you give birth to a boy in the future, you can definitely inherit the master's family business. But when I look at you, I am not worried at all. Instead, you come up to me dryly. Qiaoer can't figure it out anyway."
Looking at Qiaoer's slightly curled lips, Wei Manting smiled slightly and stretched out her hand to gently scratch her nose: "You little girl, you have only been a bride for a few days, so you are so petty. If you
If your eyes are hot, then let my husband put more effort into you, and it will be great if you have one too."
"Miss..." Qiao'er said coquettishly in a long voice: "They are worried about you. You are still teasing others like this."
"Okay. I won't say anything anymore." Seeing that Qiao'er was really anxious, Wei Manting chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I know what I know. You are already my man, and even my temperament has changed."
I don’t understand, but you are still the master’s concubine.”
Wei Manting paused and said, "Haven't you seen it yet? Our master doesn't care at all about his wife's concubine. Why do you have to make it difficult for yourself? As for Ruolan's pregnancy, that's it.
It's a happy event for our family, and we should be happy about it. We are a family, but we can't be as petty as other jealous wives, and let people laugh at us, do you understand?"
After hearing what her young lady said, Qiaoer blushed and remained silent. After a long time, she grabbed Wei Manting's arm, shook it and said coquettishly, "Isn't that what I'm worried about?"
"Pfft." Wei Manting smiled, and gently tapped Qiao'er's nose with her green onion-like jade finger: "Well, if you have that jealousy, you might as well put it somewhere else, and do everything right.
Think on the bright side, for example, if Ruolan is pregnant, she will naturally have to sleep alone at night. You can ask the master a few more times and then steal some seeds."
Hearing his young lady making fun of him like this, Qiaoer couldn't help but let out a "嘤咛!" and fell into Wei Manting's arms in shame. Her little face was as embarrassed as a big red cloth and she couldn't speak. Her big eyes blinked and blinked. I don't know.
What are you thinking about...
In the study room in the front hall of General Dingguo's residence, Pang Gang was holding the first meeting after the New Year. Hua Yan, Lin Feng, Da Zhuang, Li Yuan, Wang Zhi Tu Hai and other military and political personnel were also present.
Pang Gang said sternly to everyone, "The fifteenth day of the first lunar month has passed, and it's time for everyone to take it back. No matter how good the results were last year, they are already in the past, but this year's events are imminent. After the experience of the past, I, the three of us in Qingzhou
The spring plowing in the guard station is about to begin. You need to catch this matter. Now that we have more than 200,000 military households, we cannot let these people idle. We must organize them all and seize the time to carry out spring plowing and open up more wasteland.
Although Shandong is not a land of plenty, it is not a barren land either. We must develop all areas as much as possible and open up more wasteland to diversify grains. This year, the grain planting area will reach more than two million acres, and we must ensure that
Build water conservancy wherever there is, can you do it?"
"Yes, I understand!" Hua replied solemnly. He clearly knew that agriculture was the foundation, and if there was not enough food, everything else would be in vain.
"Yes!" Pang Gang nodded, and then said to Lin Feng who was sitting beside him: "As the governor of Qingzhou, you are responsible for Qingzhou's business. Now our refined salt has been sold all over Shandong, but this is not enough.
You must also seize the refined salt markets in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hebei and other areas south of the Yangtze River. If those salt merchants are not wise, our navy is not just a decoration, we must move when it is time to move."
"Yes!" Tu Hai put his arm around Lin Feng's shoulders and said, "Governor Lin, don't worry, our Qingzhou Navy is not a show-off. If there is that guy who dares to play tricks on us, I will go and wipe them out immediately."
Pang Gang looked at Tu Hai's triumphant look and glanced at him and said: "Tu Hai, don't be complacent yet. It's time for your navy to expand after the Chinese New Year. I have added 6,000 sailors to your navy."
and one hundred and fifty ships, you must train them well within half a year, otherwise you will no longer be a naval commander."
"Yes!" After hearing the arduous task assigned to him by Pang Gang, Tu Hai shrank his head and remained silent.
"As for the Army?" Having said this, Pang Gang glanced at the people around him with his sharp eyes. Da Zhuang and others who had been sitting at the table knew that today's most important topic was coming, and everyone couldn't help but
He straightened his chest to make himself look more energetic.
Pang Gang smiled: "Okay, here comes the last and most important topic today. Everyone has heard that we are recruiting troops again, and the number of new recruits is quite large. There are more than 10,000 people.
As a result, our troops have expanded, and the current organization is no longer suitable. Therefore, I decided to organize our troops into five battalions. Each battalion has 5,000 men, and there are also two artillery battalions. The command is like this
It is also easier to mobilize. So I decided to appoint five guerrillas from the army to manage the five battalions in a unified manner."
Having said this, Pang Gang paused deliberately. Everyone held their breath. Everyone stared eagerly at Pang Gang's lips, expecting him to spit out the name they wanted to hear.
Probably because he felt that he had whetted everyone's appetites enough, Pang Gang put on a smile and said solemnly: "Generals, listen to the order!"
"Wow!" All the officers in the conference room stood up and looked at Pang Gang solemnly.
Pang Gang looked at the generals and said word by word: "I will announce the appointment below! The first guerrilla battalion Huang Chunsheng, the second guerrilla battalion Wang Zhi, the third guerrilla battalion Li Yuan, the fourth guerrilla battalion Bin Shiqian, the fifth guerrilla battalion Cheng Kai, the artillery
The first battalion guerrillas Dong Guo, the second battalion guerrillas Lu Kuanliang..."
Everyone whose name was called by Pang Gang stood with their heads held high and their chests straightened. No one was surprised by these officers who were appointed as guerrillas. They were either old men who followed Pang Gang for the first time or they had special skills.
.Being able to be a guerrilla is well deserved.
After announcing the appointment, Pang Gang waved his hand and ordered everyone to sit down. Then he said: "Okay, the appointment of the official has been announced, but the matter is not over yet! The current fifth battalion of soldiers and horses is still an empty shell, and everyone has to work hard to build it.
Starting tomorrow, everyone will go to recruit troops for me. After recruiting soldiers, you must train well. If anyone can't train well, don't blame me for being unkind. In our Qingzhou Army, those who are capable are always superior, and those who are incompetent are promoted.
Come on, no one can occupy the latrine without shit, do you understand?"
Everyone was shocked and responded loudly: "Yes, please follow your instructions!"
As the meeting ended, the tense recruitment process began again. In Qingzhou, a strange thing happened this year, that is, the common people and young military households in Qingzhou showed unusual enthusiasm for serving as soldiers and eating food.
In other places, only those who cannot survive and scoundrels from the village or market would take this road. After all, for thousands of years in China, the concept that a good man should not be a soldier and a good man should not make nails has been deeply rooted in the hearts of ordinary people.
But this doesn't work in Qingzhou. Qingzhou has been a place with strong folk customs since ancient times and has always been a good place for recruiting troops. Cao Cao's world-famous Qingzhou Army during the Three Kingdoms is the best proof.
In addition, although the salary of the Qingzhou Army under Pang Gang is not high, the welfare is very good. Not only can the family members be allocated an additional twenty acres of land, but if they are killed in battle, the parents of the killed officers and soldiers will be supported by the government if there is no one to support them, and their children will also be supported by the government.
They contributed money to raise them. In addition, the army stipulated that 40% of all captured money during the war could be owned by the individual. Many officers and soldiers went to war several times with the Pang Pang people. When they came back, they made a lot of money, married wives and built houses.
The new house is the envy of the neighbors.
Therefore, as soon as the Qingzhou recruitment order came out, many people rushed to the recruitment site with their heads broken, and the quota of more than 10,000 recruits was quickly filled.
Not to mention that Pang Gang was busy recruiting troops, but the Qing Dynasty was living in a very awkward situation at this time.
Ever since Amin returned from the great defeat in North Korea, the furious Huang Taiji had cut off all his official positions and demoted him to a commoner. If his brothers hadn't been interceding for him, Amin would have been killed by the emperor even if he had nine lives.
Tai Chi was destroyed.
Although he punished Amin severely, Huang Taiji still suppressed his anger and sent Amin's family to Nuergandusi to go fishing with an order.
This New Year, the Manchus and Qing Dynasties lived very differently from those in later history. First, there was the rudeness of Ajigen's invasion of the south, and then the defeat of North Korea. The two returns empty-handed made the life of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, who were accustomed to relying on plundering, suddenly become difficult.
Started to have a hard time.
In the late first month of the first month, in the study room of the Chongzheng Hall of the Shengjing Palace, Huang Taiji was sitting on a bright yellow soft couch, watching the reports flying in like snowflakes from everywhere, his thick eyebrows frowning tightly.
After a long time, Huang Taiji sighed softly, put the memorial in his hand on the table, lay down on the soft couch, and gently pressed his temples with both hands to relieve the dull pain in his head.
At this time, a burst of light footsteps came from behind, and a pair of soft little hands gently pressed on the top of Huang Taiji's head. The intensity and rhythm were relaxed, which greatly relieved Huang Taiji's headache.
Huang Taiji knew who was coming without even looking. He sighed softly: "Hey, Da Yuer's craftsmanship is still good. It makes people feel so comfortable."
I only heard a clear chuckle coming from behind, "The emperor is good at comforting people, how can my concubine's skills be put on the stage?"
Following the words, a pretty face that was both happy and angry appeared in front of Huang Taiji. This was a tall, pretty, young woman in her mid-twenties who was wearing traditional Manchu clothes. She was Baylor from the Horqin tribe in Mongolia.
The second daughter of Zhaisang, Aixinjueluo, Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty, Borjijit, Bumubutai, the concubine of Huang Taiji, was also known as Empress Xiaozhuang in later generations.
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