Most of the original garrisons and barracks in the royal capital were in Dongyuan City, and the later soldiers and horses were in Xiyuan City.

Xianbei Yicong's camp is also in Xiyuan City, not very far from the headquarters of Xin'er.

The senior officers of Xianbei had already learned from Linghu Qu that they had been transferred to Xin Er's account, because although Xin Er had not yet handed over to Ling Hu Qu, they also hurried to come together to meet Xin Er in order to give Xin Er a good impression.

There are more than ten officers who came, all of whom are above the rank of Qu Governor, sixty percent are Tang people, and forty percent are Hu people.

"Buqu Du" is the name of the military position, and among the officials of the nine ranks, it is the same as the long history and Sima of General Wuwei, and it ranks the seventh rank.

This dynasty inherited the military system of the previous generation, and the army was still generally organized according to the levels of departments and songs, but there were also small changes, that is, the appearance of the subordinates and the generals under the control of the subordinates. The official names of the generals of the ministry and the generals of the ministry refer to the words "ministry" and "qu" together, which explains their characteristics. Although they are still grass-roots organizations within themselves, they are neither subordinates nor subordinates, but are independent combat units at the first level. There is no specific regulation on the number of troops commanded by the governors, but the maximum is four or five hundred, and the minimum is two or three hundred.

The soldiers of Xianbei Yicong were recruited from the various tribes of Xianbei in Beishan, and Lu Shuihu had been incorporated into the scholar register and became the "scholars" of Dingxi, that is, compared with the soldiers, they were more like the "clan soldiers" of Puqin and Xianbei Wei, and they were similar to the mercenaries obtained by means of "recruitment", in order to maintain their combat effectiveness and facilitate management, because when forming an army, the imperial court did not break up their tribal structure, but set up a "ministry governor" on the top of each department.

The governors of the tribes were all Tang people, and the deputies were all chiefs of a certain Xianbei tribe or their sons and younger brothers who formed the battalion.

The subordinate generals under it include Tang people and Hu people.

Beishan Xianbei people, Xin Er don't know one.

After listening to everyone's registration, I found an "acquaintance".

This "acquaintance" is the son of the chief of the bald tribe, Bald Boye.

Bald and Boye, thin eyebrows and big eyes, fair complexion, braided hair hanging down the back of his head, handsome appearance, Xin Er looked at him a few more times, and said with a smile: "Boye, I have heard of your name for a long time." I remember the gift you gave me that day. ”

And before the canal was broken, Yuanguang had sent two people to Beishan Xianbei, wanting to collude with the bald hair and other departments to make trouble together. When his two men arrived at the bald department, and the canal department had been captured by Xin. Bald Bono killed the two and gave their heads as a gift to Jiankang.

The bald department dominates the Beishan, and the status of the bald Boye is higher than that of the children of the chieftains of other tribes in the Beishan Xianbei, not only received the post of deputy of the headquarters, but also served as a wingman in the "military department", he bowed down and said: "The general is very soft, the prestige is far away, and the Boye has been admired for a long time!" Now he will listen to it under the general's tent, and Bono is overjoyed. ”

How can such a handsome young man be surnamed "bald"? Xin Er found a rumor from his memory and asked him: "I heard that the Jun clan and the Xianbei Tuoba tribe have the same ancestor, is there such a thing?" ”

The bald Boye replied: "The eldest son of Boye's distant ancestor, Ben Tuoba, led his troops to the west, and lived in Longzhou. Tracing the origin, the Boye tribe and the Tuoba tribe are indeed the same ancestor, but the two parts have been separated for nearly two hundred years, and there is little news exchange today. ”

As the eldest son, the position of the tribal leader was passed from his father to his younger brother, so he led some of the tribesmen to migrate west and settled in Hexi. Legend has it that the son of the bald Pigu was born in the quilt, and the Xianbei language called the quilt "bald", and the descendants of this clan simply took this as their surname. In fact, this rumor is about some people's slander of baldness, baldness, is actually a different translation of Tuoba, the two are the same thing.

Xin Er nodded and said with a smile: "Jun is handsome, if Xiumu is in the wild, 'Boye' is as famous as his person." ”

The bald department and the canal department are the famous departments of the Huyi in Longxi, on the strength of the tribe, still above the canal, Xin Er listened to the advice of the sheep, and had the heart to the bald Boye more cage, only this is the first time to meet, it is not good to be too enthusiastic, so he only has good words to soothe, and gave enough respect and bald Boye and other officers of the Xianbei tribes.

Yuan Guang stood on the side, sneaking around, sometimes glancing at the bald and wild hair, and thought to himself: "My two loyal slaves were killed by this fight!" This dog thing killed my loyal slave and gave the head to Xin Agua, but he didn't tell Xin Agua that I had instructed it. What does this mean? Hum! It's nothing more than trying to take hold of my handle and make a long line in order to gain some benefits! I had a young acquaintance with him, and we both studied under the door of the Yin Master of Xugu Yin, and it is not an exaggeration to call him a classmate, but I used to think he was heroic, but he was a treacherous villain! ”

Yuanguang guessed quite right.

The bald Boye only gave people heads, and did not say that Yuanguang meant to make people, and its purpose was to "show his eyes on the future".

Thinking that Yuanguang conspired to make trouble, the end was nothing more than two things, either he was defeated and killed, or he was lucky to survive. Yuan Guangru was killed, as a bald Bo Ye, reporting him was just icing on the cake, and he would not get any benefits in the future, so he thought at the time that it was better not to say that if Yuan Guang didn't die, maybe he could use this as a threat in the future to get some benefits from Yuan Guang.

Now it seems that his "investment" is very good.

And Qu Yuanguang not only did not die, but also changed his body, and "the son is more valuable than the father", and became Xin Er's godson.

Feeling Yuanguang's peeking gaze, thinking that he could ask for this monkey cub in the future, the bald and wild mood was very happy.

With Yang Fu, Yan Xian, Bald Boye and other Tang and Hu military officials, they had lunch in the camp and went back to Zhongcheng.

In the afternoon, I went to the governor's mansion and handed over to the Song Fang Office.

When I arrived at the governor's mansion, I realized that Song Fang didn't come at all

The two officials waited in the hall and reported that they had been ordered by the Song side to take over the procedures for him and Xin Er.

The months of training in Jiankang County have made the city government more and more deep, and he did not get angry because of this, and laughed it off.

After completing the necessary procedures with these two officials, the two of them said goodbye and went to Song Fang to restore their lives.

Xin Er sat alone in the hall and looked around.

The Governor's Mansion Zuo Changshi is not of high grade, but it is powerful in the imperial court, and its office building is wider than the listening hall of Jiankang County Shou, and the decoration is extremely exquisite. Ordinary objects, such as the four treasures of the study room and the table couch, are inlaid with gold and jade.

Xin Er looked at it for a while, and thought to himself: "Jewels." ”

It should be the news that Xin Er came to the government office to hand over the news, and some of the Cao Peng of the governor's mansion came to meet him, the new chief official. The two long histories of the governor's office, the right long history is in charge of ordnance and logistics, and the left long history is in charge of military quotas, prisons and other affairs, and some of them are directly under the jurisdiction of Xin Er, such as the central direct soldiers joining the army, the thief Cao joining the army, and so on; Some are under the control of the right long history, such as Hu Cao and others who joined the army.

Seventeen principals joined the army and marched into the army, and eight came before and after; More than 30 of them are just a name, and more than 10 of them have joined the army and joined the army. Two advisors came to the army. The left Sima didn't see it, and the right Sima Tang Ai came.

Xin Er left Tang Ai to sit in the hall and talk to him.

After talking a lot, Tang Ai suggested: "The right long history Zhang Gong monk is sincere, highly respected, and you are in your new position today, so it is better to visit in person." ”

When people respected the right, the right long history was higher than the left long history. Zhang Seng Cheng is over 40 years old this year, and his age is also higher than that of Xin Er. No matter from the perspective of dignity or from the age of the teeth, it should be Xin Er to pay homage to him, not him to come down to greet Xin Er.

Xin Er is as good as a stream, so he wants to meet Zhang Shengcheng.

Two people came from outside the hall and reported that there was an urgent military affairs for instructions.

Xin Er smiled and said to Tang Ai: "Is the Governor's Mansion so busy? I am new to my post, and I am not familiar with the situation, and I need military affairs for my instructions? ”

Tang Ai glanced at the two people outside the hall, recognized them as Song Fang's henchmen, and knew that these two people must have been instructed by Song Fang to make trouble for Xin Er, and replied: "It is the time for the soldiers to return, and the governor's mansion has been busier than usual recently. ”

"Guiban" means the system of "Fandai".

The life of the soldiers is very hard, their service time is very long, some are called into the army at the age of seven or eight, some are still in the army in their sixties and seventies, one is a combination of work and rest, in order to unite the spirit of the army, and the other, the most important thing is to let them reproduce, in order to ensure that there can be sufficient soldiers, so there is a "fandai" system.

Fandai, that is, a holiday. Every year, soldiers from military families are given a certain amount of vacation to return home to their families. When the vacation is long, there are four months a year, which is called "Sanban", and when it is short, there are two and a half months a year, which is called "Goban". The holiday is not a one-time holiday, let alone a holiday for the whole battalion of soldiers at the same time, but in batches.

At present, Dingxi is implementing five times, after all, the war years are tortuous, and the soldiers cannot be allowed to rest longer.

These days are the time when the soldiers who had been on leave from the previous day returned to the camp.

Although it has been a long time since the families of the soldiers have been detained together and managed with the military camp, such as the East and West Garden City is the place where the families of the soldiers are gathered, but because the Shi family is not only a lifelong system, but also a hereditary system, one person naturalized, involving hundreds of generations, so there has always been no lack of the phenomenon of the Shi family fleeing, and whenever the time of returning, it is a moment that needs to be focused on by the governor.

Xin Er was stunned and said, "I see. He instructed the two men outside the hall, "Come in." ”

Two people reported their names, one was a foreign soldier Cao who joined the army, and the other was one of the two consulters who joined the army.

Xin Er looked at the two of them and said, "What kind of military affairs are so urgent? ”

If they didn't have to "get up", the two soldiers could only bow to the ground and reply.

The foreign soldier joined the army and said: "Please forgive Changshi, the matter is important, and the subordinate has to report it immediately." ”

"What?"

"In the past two days, the soldiers of the Chinese and foreign battalions have returned, and the subordinate officials have to report to each battalion, which is roughly complete, and there are two pawns in the Dufang Han camp who have not returned."

There was a situation where the soldiers did not return and might flee, which is certainly a priority, but it is not a 100,000 urgent military aircraft.

Xin Er looked at Tang Ai again, and he also understood the purpose of the two soldiers who came to pay tribute at this time.

Xin Er said: "The generations do not return, and the military law has rules." If you do it in accordance with military law, is this little thing worth retributing? ”

The foreign soldier joined the army and said: "The lower officer dares to ask the long history, I don't know which military law to deal with?" ”

Xin Er was suspicious of mishearing, and said in his heart: "I thought they were getting Song Fang's instructions to embarrass me." Listening to his question, could it be that I am the belly of a gentleman? ”

Which military law should be followed, does this need to be asked?

Xin Er is familiar with the "Military Law" of this dynasty, and he has already memorized it backwards, and if he uses this to embarrass him, it will be too pediatric.

After thinking about it, he said to himself, "No, you can't talk about pediatrics." Like Song Pian and Fu Qiao, 'Wangbai is empty', if they ask this, I'm afraid they will really be dumbfounded. Old Song, old Song, you underestimate me too much. Is my Agua a disciple of Song and Fu? ”

Xin Agua is not what it used to be, the upstart is in power, not the aggrieved little daughter-in-law who was angry in Jiankang at the beginning of the year, for Song Fang, I can't help but give some face, why do I need to tolerate this kind of subordinates? Immediately said: "You are in charge of the foreign soldiers Cao, the soldiers have fled and have not returned, and you don't know what to do?" How did you join the army! ”

The foreign soldier joined the army and said: "The subordinate knows what method to deal with, but I don't know if it is in line with Changshi's wishes." Dare to ask the long history to show me. ”

This guy is still not giving up, and he doesn't know what to do.

Xin Er laughed and said: "The military law is clear: the scholar family flees, and someone is replaced from his family and clan. Military law is my heart. You act according to this law. ”

Foreign soldiers joined the army but did not expect that Xin Er was different from ordinary chiefs, although he was new to his post, he was so familiar with military law, and he failed to complete Song Fang's explanation, so he was disappointed and replied listlessly: "Yes." ”

Xin Er asked the counselor to join the army: "What do you have to do?" ”

The counselor joined the army and said: "There is nothing else to do with the lower officials, and it is also a matter of this soldier's escape." ”

"You say."

"The lower officials think that the punishment is only to replace others, and the punishment seems to be slightly lighter."

"Oh?"

The counselor joined the army and talked eloquently, saying: "'The major affairs of the country, in the worship and Rong', the soldiers, this is the major affairs of the country, and now I have a soft and soft trouble, and the west has the capture of Qin as the enemy, to protect the territory and the people, it is necessary to be a soldier, especially should be more important to the military affairs, only to replace as a punishment, not enough to demonstrate." The lower officials thought that it was advisable to enforce the law and inflict heavy killing, but it was better to kill their clan relatives to set an example! ”

Xin Er said in his heart: "One thing, two people, the second is difficult." You're too lazy to do something else, aren't you? Shaking his head, angry at his laziness, he looked at him and said, "Soldiers, it is indeed a matter of national affairs; Military law is a major matter for soldiers. The military law does not make such a provision for 'punishment without teaching', and the punishment of his clan relatives is not a temporary intention, which will frustrate the country's military law, and the disadvantages will be presented later. ”

He seemed to be joking, and seemed to be sarcastic, and said with a smile, "The crown of joining the army is elegant, and the appearance is cowardly, and it is not murderous!" The punishment of the extermination of the clan shall be carried out. That's it! That's it! "Ask Tang Ai, "What does Sima mean?" ”

Tang Ai frowned slightly, not knowing what he was thinking, and replied: "There is a law for death, and it can be done according to the law." ”

Xin Er stroked his belly and smiled: "Sima and I, the so-called wise man, see the same thing. ”

The army outside and the consultant army pouted, knelt on the ground, and said in unison: "What you two wise men see, won't we become a pair of fools?" ”

Tang Ai and Yang Chao acquaintance, sent away the two to join the army, Xin Er told him about the matter of recommending Yang Fu to serve in the government and eliminating Yang Chao as a general, and invited him to go to the house with the Yang brothers for a banquet in the evening.

Tang Ai agreed.

Write down the letter recommending Yang Fu, eliminating Yang Chao and Zhang Gui, etc., seal it, and send someone to send it to the court.

Tang Ai led the way and visited Zhang Seng Cheng.

In the evening, Xin Er's house set up a banquet, Liu Le and A Chou waited for the banquet, entertaining Tang Ai and the Yangfu brothers, Zhang Gui and Xiang Kui were also sitting.

The seats were handsome, laughing and talking, and drinking until midnight.

The night is deep and the moon is cold, and the same moonlight, shrouding the house of Xin'er, also shines on the Lingjun platform.

Linghufeng's dormitory is brightly lit.

After sleeping for most of the day during the day, Linghu Feng had just woken up at this time, and his spirit was still acceptable, so he summoned Chen Sun to discuss the matter.

He said to Chen Sun: "Qin is the emperor of the hegemony, relying on the wisdom of the heroes of the six countries, and the Ming monarchs of the past dynasties have established their careers and achieved success, and they have all recruited talents. Lao Chen, I intend to issue a virtuous order, and order the county to recommend talents, regardless of the noble and low, thinking that it is Zuoli. What do you think? ”

Chen Sun quickly understood the meaning of Linghu Feng's words, focusing on "no distinction between high and low", that is, he wanted to jump out of the limit of the nine grades of the township, in other words, his fundamental purpose was to select available talents from the Hanshi.

Chen Sun thought: "I said why the king would let me be the great zhongzheng, it turns out that his intention is here. He hesitated.

Linghu Feng asked, "Do you have any concerns?" ”

"The minister took the liberty of saying that the king first appointed the minister as the great zhongzheng, Ren Xiner as the governor's left long history, and worshiped Sun Yan as the great farmer of the kingdom, and now he wants to take talents from the Han scholars, but the king is planning to do something to the right surname of the court?"

Chen Sun's three people are all scholars, and the positions they hold now are all official positions that originally belonged to the Longdi Clan, which has weakened the power of the Longdi Clan; Linghu Feng is talking about this order to seek merit, and he wants to avoid the rural products controlled by the lord clan and select people from the Hanshi. The combination of the two aspects makes it seem that Hufeng just wants to check and balance and suppress the valve family, but has the meaning of starting a new stove and hitting the valve family hard.

Linghu Feng frowned and said, "What is the reason why I set up the Song clan as the queen?" You know that. I was sincere, in exchange for what? In the eyes of Song Fang, there is only him in the Song family, and there is no Linghu clan in me! From the past to the present, the valve clan is rampant! Jiangzuo court, the abolition of the Son of Heaven and even the hands of the valve clan! Only promises, how can there be half the majesty of the emperor? I can't let this happen to me!

He gritted his teeth and said, "Since Huairou is useless, Lao Tzu will not be Huairou!" Thunder and rain and dew are all Jun's grace, and I will give the rain and dew to the cold and the thunder to the other generation! Lying on the couch, twisting his face, staring at Chen Sun, he asked, "What, Lao Chen, don't you think it's possible?" ”

Chen Sun said: "The king is majestic and strategic, but he has a heart, and nothing can be accomplished. He bowed down and said, "The minister will pass on the decree tomorrow and draft the king's decree and present it to the king." ”

The canonical order was one of the official positions of the kingdom, which was responsible for the drafting and promulgation of royal decrees.

Ling Hu Feng turned his face back with satisfaction, looked at the caisson on the top of the palace, as if talking to himself, and as if he had given an order to Chen Sun, and said: "When you find out who is plotting against you, Lao Tzu will kill them all one by one!" ”

He curled up, stroked his injured leg, and said, "Old Chen, you can find me a few more good doctors." Lao Tzu is in the spring and autumn period, and the great cause has not been accomplished, how can his legs be lame? "If my leg is lame, if my leg is lame, what will I do with my great cause?" Since ancient times, since ancient times, ......" asked Chen Sun, "Old Chen, you have read a lot, can you have a lame son of heaven since ancient times?" ”

Linghu Feng is only the king, but when he asks about the Son of Heaven, Chen Sun's heart jumped, his face was reluctant as usual, and he replied: "The minister is stupid, the family learns the "Spring and Autumn Period", only through this scripture, the reputation of the king 'reading a lot', I dare not be ashamed." ”

"If you don't answer me, that's nothing?" Linghu Feng suddenly became angry, slapped the bed hard, and said, "Lao Chen, tell me, is there someone in the palace who is spreading that I didn't chase the white deer and fell off the horse and was injured, is God tired of me?" ”

Chen Sun bowed his head in horror and said in a trembling voice: "There are no such rumors in the palace!" ”

"God hate me? Haha, haha, Lao Tzu's destiny is in his body, how can God be tired of me? Linghu Feng coughed repeatedly, coughing up a few blood clots, he didn't care, laughed and said, "Although Lao Tzu's leg is broken, he is still a real dragon!" Lao Chen, you go and summon the Song family to me! ”

"What did the king summon the Song clan to do?"

"Lao Tzu is a real dragon, summon her here, of course, it is a dragon and a phoenix!"

"Your Majesty, your injuries have not healed......."

Linghu Feng lifted the futon, exposed his lower body, looked at the pillow, and asked Chen Sun: "If she doesn't come, will you come?" ”

"King!"

"Go and call her to me!"

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