My life skills in Daming Liver

"Brigadier, I want to join forces!" Li Yangong rushed into Yu Zigao's military tent and said loudly.

"Danyun hit you again?" Yu Zigao joked with a smile.

"What kind of beating! How could I, a seven-foot-tall man, be beaten by a woman! This shrew started, and I won't fight back!"

Li Yangong said angrily, covering the nail marks on his neck with his hands.

Yu Zigao suppressed his smile and said, "Go to the Grand Governor to get together and leave. Your marriage was approved by the Grand Governor himself. I can't make the final decision."

Li Yangong's anger suddenly vented and he said, "If I had known this, I shouldn't have gone to their Yao Village!"

Yu Zigao laughed again and said, "Isn't that what you said when you wrote the marriage certificate to me? Why are you getting divorced after only one month of marriage?"

According to the regulations in the military, whether an officer or a soldier gets married, he must submit a marriage certificate application to his superiors.

Advisors like Li Yangong had to apply directly to the Governor's Office and obtain approval from the Governor's Office before they could get married.

Li Yangong's marriage certificate was also sent to Nanjing along with the documents announcing victory in Guangxi, and was signed and approved by Su Ze personally.

New marriage customs are promoted in the southeast, especially in the military. Under the background of simplicity in marriage, there are also people like Li Yangong who get married without telling the family.

Yu Zigao personally held a collective wedding for them in the Fourth Brigade. When Yao girl Danyun put on Han wedding clothes, Li Yangong received a lot of jealous looks.

But the good times didn't last long. After marriage, Li Yangong and Danyun had a small quarrel for three days and a big quarrel for two days.

After capturing Qianjiang Jiuzhai and Duanteng Gorge, the Yao Village where Dan Yun was located was moved to the vicinity of Liuzhou.

Danyun passed the Sinology examination and was appointed as a wandering official in a Yao town.

This Yao town is composed of five Yao villages on Duanteng Gorge. It has a population of a thousand people and is surrounded by Han villages.

Yao Town needs to grant new land, open up wasteland, and deal with the conflicts between the Yao and Han people. This is a very difficult task.

But what people didn't expect was that Danyun showed amazing talent and actually managed this Yao town.

Danyun personally led these Yao people who came down from the mountains to farm, and also led them to trade with the surrounding Han villages. He vigorously developed the Yao people's batik and indigo dyeing technology, purchased cloth from the Han people, and then dyed it into exquisite patterns and sold it.

Danyun also organized a caravan to sell specialties from nearby villages to the town, and brought back daily necessities produced by the southeast factory for sale.

Life in this Yao town is getting better day by day, and it has been praised many times by Wang Daokun, the chief envoy of Guangxi.

Rumor has it that Dan Yun will soon be promoted to a higher position and will be appointed as the magistrate of Xinning Prefecture.

A state is a special administrative unit located mainly in key strategic locations and border areas.

The territory of a state is generally larger than that of a county and smaller than that of a prefecture, but its population is generally about the same as that of a county. States in border areas are even smaller than counties in inland areas.

His wife's career is getting smoother and smoother, but the conflicts between Li Yangong and his wife are increasing.

The most important thing is of course having children.

Li Yangong's contribution this time allowed him to obtain a place for further training at the military academy, and he will soon go to Nanjing Military Academy for further training.

After this training, Li Yangong can serve as the chief officer at the battalion level.

Among the three people from the Nanjing Imperial Academy, Xiong Kuang was already the commander of the second brigade. He had made contributions in the last battle in the capital, and now he followed Lin Liangjun into the battle in Jiangxi.

Gao Wuguan stayed in Dagu, serving as the logistics officer of the Dagu Bastion, and also attained the rank of battalion level.

Li Yangong finally caught up with his friend, and this time he got promoted based on his merit.

Today, the brigade is the largest corps unit in the Southeast New Army.

The First Brigade and the Second Brigade were established relatively early and had sufficient officers, so they had regiments under them.

There are only a few regiment-level officers in the entire Southeast New Army.

There are battalions under the regiment, and the battalion commander is already a mid- to senior-level officer.

The couple was about to separate. Li Yangong hugged his wife last night and wanted to have a child, but was kicked out of bed by Dan Yun.

After listening to Li Yangong's story about the fight, Yu Zigao burst into laughter.

"Still laughing? Brigadier, when I go to Nanjing this time, I must ask the mountain commander to arrange a wife for you so that you can't laugh!"

Su Ze personally served as the mountain commander of the Nanjing Military Academy, and the students all called him the mountain commander instead of the governor.

Yu Zigao smiled and said: "Now that we advocate freedom of marriage, not even the mountain chief can force me to get married."

Li Yangong said with a grimace: "You also know the situation of my family. My father has disowned me. If he knew that I got married in Guangxi, he would probably break my legs."

"I want to wait until Danyun is pregnant and come to Nanjing to discuss the marriage with my family."

"But Danyun said that now she is busy with government affairs and has no time to have children!"

Yu Zigao couldn't help laughing again.

"Dan Yun is now Governor Wang's favorite general. If she gets pregnant, Governor Wang will probably go to Nanjing to find you for questioning! Hahaha!"

Li Yangong slapped the table and said, "You can't stop having children just for the sake of political affairs!"

Yu Zigao suppressed his smile and said, "Let me tell you, this matter still needs to be discussed carefully between the two of you. Didn't you read what it said in the newspaper? Nowadays, it's all about new marriages and new lives. Editor-in-chief Gui made it very clear in the newspaper , which is the inevitable result of social development."

"What? Is it the result of not having children or development?"

"Then you should read the newspaper carefully. If you continue like this, I'm afraid you will fall behind Danyun."

Yu Zigao said: "Editor Gui Youguang wrote three articles in the newspaper, talking about the new marriage."

"He is talking about matters in Suzhou Prefecture. Since this year, Suzhou Prefecture has petitioned the government to rule on unions and divorces. The number of lawsuits has increased a lot, and it is different from the past. In the past, unions and divorces were basically caused by women committing adultery or men divorced their wives. But now in Suzhou Emotional discord accounts for the majority of divorce cases in the court, and many of them are filed by women.”

"Why?"

"Editor-in-Chief Gui Youguang said that in the agricultural society of the Ming Dynasty, men farmed and women weaved, and men worked outside and women worked inside. In the Ming Dynasty, it was difficult to get married and divorced, and there were constraints of etiquette. Women who married and divorced had no way to survive."

"But it's different now. Suzhou's workshops are developed, and experienced female weavers can even earn more than the men in the family."

"In the past, when husbands and wives were at odds, they could only make do with the quarrels. Now that you can live without your husband, you can no longer make do with it."

"Students in Suzhou wrote articles criticizing the situation and saying that the world was in decline and people's hearts were not as old as before. However, editor-in-chief Gui believed that this was the development of the times and that people had more choices."

"In the future, as more and more women come out to work, more and more people are getting married and separated, and families will become smaller and smaller."

Li Yangong asked in confusion: "Why is this?"

"In the agricultural era, it was difficult for a small family to withstand natural disasters, and a self-sufficient farm required clans and extended families to exchange and help each other."

"But now in Suzhou, everything you need can be bought with money. The form of small families is more free. There is no need to maintain the big family like before."

"Editor-in-chief Gui Youguang also predicted that in the Three Cardinal Principles and the Five Constant Rules, the father as the son and the husband as the wife will be disintegrated after the king as the minister."

Li Yangong felt the direction of the times, but this change also caught him off guard.

Maybe the husband-wife relationship between his parents will become a thing of the past, and the relationship between himself and Danyun will become the norm.

Li Yangong sighed and said:

"I think of what Shan Chang once said, 'Having a choice is always an improvement compared to having no choice.'"

Yu Zigao also nodded, patted Li Yangong on the shoulder and said:

"If it's marching, fighting, or conquering cities and territories, it won't be difficult for me. But if you want to mediate the relationship between husband and wife, you might as well spare me."

"But between husband and wife, if you have something to discuss, if it doesn't work out, just file a divorce report. The governor has said that marriage is free, so it is impossible not to let you divorce."

Hearing what Yu Zigao said, Li Yangong became scared and said:

"Brigadier, you said so. I'd better go back and discuss the birth of the child with Danyun. Anyway, we are still young and I have to go to Nanjing. If not, just wait until I come back from Nanjing."

"As for my father, whether he sees me or not when he comes back here, my father is the only son like me anyway! If he doesn't recognize me, who will burn paper money for him in the future!"

Yu Zigao smiled and patted Li Yangong's shoulder, but when he talked about his father, Yu Zigao also fell silent.

Sensing Yu Zigao's depression, Li Yangong immediately said:

"Brigadier, I heard that Uncle Yu showed great power outside the Great Wall. Now within the staff, Wuyuan City is called the contemporary rebel army. However, due to the need for confidentiality, it has not been promoted in the southeast."

Yu Zigao said: "Back then, my father was unwilling to return to the southeast and went out alone, so he didn't care about these false claims."

"It's just that now that the Grand Governor has entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, I can't go beyond the Great Wall to fulfill my filial piety."

When the topic of father came up, Li Yangong thought of his father.

After the New Army from the Southeast conquered Nanjing, Linhai Marquis Li Tingzhu, like all Ming Dynasty nobles, retained his land according to his population and also inspected the old properties in his mansion.

However, Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu only regained his title in this generation, and he was fairly honest and very popular in Nanjing.

After the investigation, there was no evidence of any harm to the people. The family just moved to Zuzhuang outside Nanjing.

An honorable man like Wei Guogong had countless dirty things in his family. Although Wei Guogong Xu Pengju fled to the north, all his children who stayed in Nanjing were liquidated.

Those sons of the Duke of Wei who were domineering and arrogant and harmed the people in Nanjing, as well as the stewards and servants who worked as collaborators, were all sent to the judicial department for punishment.

The chief culprit was executed, the remaining criminals in the Duke of Wei were sent to Guangxi, and all their property was confiscated.

Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu, on the other hand, can still live a comfortable life with the support of his former tenants and his old tribe.

Although Yu Zigao and his son were separated, they were both working for Southeast in the south and north. Obviously, Yu Zigao was able to communicate with his father Yu Dayou through the intelligence station in the capital.

At this time, Li Yangong suddenly thought of another friend, Gaowuguan stationed in Dagu.

Compared with the Yu family father and son and the Li family father and son, Gao Wuguan's mood is more complicated.

His father, Gao Gong, is now presiding over the Ming Dynasty's new affairs movement. Dagu is only one day's journey from the capital.

Such a close distance, but there is a natural chasm between Gaogong and Gaowuguan.

Li Yangong also wrote a letter to persuade Gao Wuguan and proposed to the governor's office to be transferred elsewhere. Nowadays, there are many places to make achievements in the southeast, so there is no need to stay in Dagu.

However, Gao Wuguan wrote a letter and refused. Only then did Li Yangong understand what it means for a son to be most like his father.

Although Gao Wuguan treats people gently, he is just as stubborn as his father Gao Gong when it comes to matters he believes in.

Both father and son are doing their best for their beliefs, and they both have characters that never look back.

It's a pity that each one is his own master, and we don't know what will happen to the father and son.

Thinking about it this way, his father, the Marquis of Linhuai, was arrested by the governor and failed to escape back to the capital but stayed in Nanjing. Is this a good ending?

After coming out of Yu Zigao's tent, Li Yangong returned home.

It is no longer wartime. Li Yangong is going to Nanjing for further study soon. His position has been suspended, so he can live outside the military camp.

This house was assigned to Danyun when she was an official. The house was not big, but it was well decorated by Danyun.

Li Yangong pushed the door open, only to find that his always busy wife was at home.

Danyun had to deal with the affairs of Yao Town. On weekdays, the couple usually spent less time together and more separation. Now it was still working time, and she actually appeared at home.

Danyun raised her eyes and said, "I came home specifically to wait for you."

Li Yangong's heart skipped a beat. He remembered the Suzhou news that Yu Zigao told him. Could it be that Dan Yun specifically asked for leave to go home to be with him?

At this moment, Li Yangong no longer wanted to be together, but he still said with a cold face:

"wait for me?"

Dan Yun whispered: "I have already submitted my resignation to the prefect. When the Chief Envoy approves it, I will go to Nanjing with you?"

"What!"

Li Yangong stood up in surprise.

Danyun is the fastest-promoting official among Yao officials. Wang Daokun, the governor of Guangxi, thinks highly of her and bluntly said that she will be the fastest-promoted female official.

His wife actually gave up her great future and wanted to go to Nanjing with her?

Li Yangong felt a little incredible. He went up and hugged Danyun and said:

"Why did you suddenly change your mind? In fact, I just went to Nanjing alone. Now that communications are developed, I will return to Guangxi after completing my studies."

Danyun said: "I'm pregnant."

"What? When?!"

Danyun hammered Li Yangong with her fist and said, "It was the first time you came to Yao Village. The medical officer said it had been three months."

"is that true?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? That was my first time. If it wasn't yours, who else could it be?"

"I didn't mean that, I mean it's been three months? Why didn't you react at all?"

"The medical officer said that everyone's body is different. I just didn't react well to pregnancy."

"So, can you take the boat?"

"Three months are already fine. I just need to take a few more stops along the way. And now that shipping is developed, it's not tiring to take a boat."

"Very good!"