Zhang Xiaowu's new position is the commander of the silver guard, although there are only five products, but everyone knows how important this position is. As the institution that guards the security of the one hundred and eight squares of Longdu, the silver guards in their heyday had nearly 10,000 guards, affecting the people's livelihood and economy of Longdu City.

On the way back, Zhang Xiaowu was in a trance for a while, why did he suddenly become the commander of the silver-clothed guard? Thinking that the ghost guard stole the salary of the Qinglong Army, and Emperor Dade knew about it, Zhang Xiaowu felt uncomfortable as if he had been caught. But in a blink of an eye, why Emperor Dade relied so much on himself, it was precisely because he caught his own handle, when the emperor grabbed the handle of the minister, it meant that the minister was in danger, and the second was that the minister had to serve the emperor, otherwise how could he be rewarded.

"Alas...... Overconfidence. Zhang Xiaowu laughed at himself.

Back at the inn, Zhang Xiaowu gathered everyone and announced the new appointment of the emperor, everyone was stunned at first, and then cheered and shouted. Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile: "It seems that everyone wants to live in Longdu. ”

Xia Ming said: "To be able to live in Longdu, who wants to live in Saibei, everyone is naturally happy." ”

Ruan Qingwen shook his head and said: "Not necessarily, some people have settled down in Saibei and are unwilling to leave Saibei and leave their families. But the 7,000 people are classified as silver guards, and being able to live in the prosperous dragon capital is bound to boost the morale of the army. In the whole world, only the ghost guard has this detached treatment, but I'm afraid that we will become the target of the public again. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "The feeling of being envied - it's so fucking good!" ”

"Hahaha......"

Seeing that there was still time, everyone asked Zhang Xiaowu to go to the Yinyi Wei Yamen to take over, although he had not yet been formally appointed, Zhang Xiaowu was also very interested in the Yinyi Wei Mansion. Among the people, Ruan Qingwen is more familiar with Yinyiwei, but Ruan Qingwen doesn't know much, but Kang Tianen knows more about Yinyiwei.

Kang Tianen said that his wife's maiden family was the Silver Guard, but fortunately, he quit the Silver Guard early because of his injury, and his uncle was bent on participating in the Silver Guard, and came to Longdu, but now he doesn't know where to go. Kang Tianen's father-in-law once served as the commander of the silver-clothed guards, and a team of 500 people was stationed in each square of the silver-clothed guards, and a team of 500 people was set up in the silver-clothed guard mansion as a mobile force to patrol the streets day and night, but the silver-clothed guards needed to be changed every two years.

For example, the guards in each quarter's residence need to fall into the general office to carry out the day and night parade after two years, and the day and night parade will also enter the other agency after two years, except for the main person in charge of each bureau, all the guards need to rotate work. The reason for the rotation of jobs is the fear that some people will use the public for personal gain, or some people will occupy certain positions for a long time and create a kind of monopoly.

After listening to Kang Tianen's explanation, Zhang Xiaowu had a deeper understanding of Yinyiwei, which is an institution responsible for managing the people's livelihood in Longdu City, similar to urban management and auxiliary police, but it is not as clear as modern work, so the management scope of Yinyiwei can be very large or small, and its power is also in the ability of Yinyiwei to lead.

Yinyiwei is subordinate to the prince's mansion, but at the same time, it needs a quota of Longdu Mansion Yin, Longdu Mansion Yin is the fourth grade, and the Yinyi Wei is only the fifth grade, so the Longdu Mansion Yin has the right to directly order the Yinyi Guard, but unfortunately the Yinyi Wei is not subordinate to him, so the two conveniences have formed a subordinate relationship of the agreement system. When Yuan Qi, the former commander of the Silver Guard, the Silver Guard was extremely powerful, and even attacked the Imperial City and the Prince's Mansion, and in order to prevent the Silver Guard from rebelling again, the Silver Guard was attacked several times and finally temporarily banned.

The silver coat guard is built in the auspicious square of the inner 36 squares, most of the people who live in the auspicious square are foreign Beijing officials, because the auspicious square is in the northeast corner of the inner city, it belongs to the most bad geographical location, according to legend, many craftsmen died when the dragon capital was built, so the house price is very low, the initial name is called the prison fang, and later when the name was changed in one hundred and eight squares, everyone changed the name to the auspicious fang in unison.

Because the location of Jixiangfang is remote, so the area of the Yinyi Guard Mansion is very large, enter the Jixiangfang from the west gate, without anyone to guide the way, the courtyard with four watchtowers in the distance is the Yinyi Guard's Mansion. Everyone came directly to the door of the mansion, and saw that the door was closed, and there was a seal on the door, so Zhang Xiaowu asked Xia Ming to go over the wall and open the door from the inside, and asked Bao Yin to tear off the seal. After a while, the door of the Yinyi Guard's Mansion was opened, and the dust fell on the ground, Xia Ming's face and body were covered with cobwebs, and he only saw a huge shadow wall at the door, and there were four big characters written on the shadow wall: Guotai Min'an.

Zhang Xiaowu stood in front of "Guotai Min'an" for a while, and Kang Tianen stepped forward and said: "Guotai Min'an is the purpose of Yinyiwei, and Lao Taishan often puts these four words on his lips. ”

"Cathay can be safe." Zhang Xiaowu said, "But now the empire, whether it can really be Jitailai, alas, ......"

Kang Tianen smiled and said nothing, he knew that Zhang Xiaowu's heart was changing, although it was very detailed, but he had already noticed it.

It may be because the sound of the opening of the door of the silver-clothed guard yamen alarmed the surrounding neighbors, and everyone came to watch, talking and pointing in small voices, but they didn't dare to come forward to inquire. But a few officials ran over, and when they saw the border army forcibly opening the silver-clothed guard yamen, they thought that they wanted to seize this place, so they hurriedly persuaded them. The officials are all old fritters, looking at the appearance of this group of border soldiers, you know that it is not easy to provoke, as the so-called soft ones are afraid of hard, hard ones are afraid of stunned, stunned people are afraid of dying, the border soldiers don't want to die one by one, the officials have many thieves in their eyes, how dare they take the initiative to provoke.

Ruan Qingwen stepped forward and explained that this person was ordered to take over, and if you want to see the holy decree, you can ask Lord Yin. How could the officials invite Lord Yin to come, so they had to smile and say that they wish all the masters to be promoted and rich.

As he spoke, several old men dressed in tatters ran over and knelt in front of Zhang Xiaowu and the others, and said anxiously: "My lord, don't forcibly accept this room, this is the Yinyi Guard's Mansion, if you take it away, it will cause big trouble in the future." The officials laughed and said nothing, these old guards had been guarding the palace, but they looked like beggars and homeless.

Ruan Qingwen stepped forward to ask about their identities, and learned that these people turned out to be the old guards of the silver guard, Kang Tianen stepped forward to talk about whether he knew a person named Pan Shou, and these old guards suddenly said excitedly: "The silver guards that we entered with Pan Wuchang back then, several of us are from Yizhou, and they were all brought into the silver guards by Lord Min. Pan Wuchang was hit in the waist with an iron rod by the gangsters and became paralyzed, and later I heard that he had some bereavement benefits and moved away, and we don't know where he moved. ”

"Pan Shou is the father-in-law at home." Kang Tianen said, "What is the name of Lord Min in your mouth?" ”

"Lord Min Haomin." The old man said.

"You are indeed old guards." Kang Tianen reported to Zhang Xiaowu, "After Lord Min brought Yuezhang and the others to Yinyiwei, he was only in Yinyiwei for two years before he was transferred to another place, so not many people knew about him. ”

After confirming the identities of these people, Kang Tianen informed everyone that the Silver Guard was about to be rebuilt, and the new commander of the Silver Guard was the famous ghost general Zhang Xiaowu, that is, the young man behind him.

After learning that Zhang Xiaowu was the new commander of the Silver Guard, the veterans immediately burst into tears and said, "Lord Commander, we have finally waited for the time for the Silver Guard to be rebuilt!" "Since the disbandment of the silver guard, no one dares to come to accept the government, and without the salary and correct name, the silver guard will naturally have no income. The young guards could do other jobs to earn money to support their families, but the old ones could only rely on the government to survive.

Several old guards hurriedly stepped forward to pay a visit, Zhang Xiaowu helped them up, and asked them to show him the way, he wanted to take a look at the silver-clothed guard mansion.

"How many people, how much silver, and how much food are left in the Yinyi Guard's Mansion now?" Zhang Xiaowu asked.

An old soldier said: "There are still nineteen old people left, all of them are lonely old men over fifty years old, and they have no home to go and can only regard Yinyiwei as their home." We live in the household office of Jixiangfang, and the government office does not dare to enter openly, but there is a secret passage from the government office to the household, and we often secretly enter the government office. There was no silver left in the treasury of the government, and as for the grain, there were less than three bowls left, and everyone was reluctant to eat it. ”

Zhang Xiaowu asked, "Among the nineteen of you, who is the person with the highest position?" ”

"It's Xiaguan." The old man said, "Xia Guan is the manager of the Ya Cang of the Silver Guard's Mansion, and the head of the treasury gave all the keys to Xia Guan before leaving. The lower official is called Wang Bao, who was originally a native of Bazhong Mansion in Yizhou, and entered Beijing with the official to serve. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "You take me to know this silver-clothed guard mansion." ”

"Okay." Wang Bao said happily.

The Yinyi Guard's Mansion covers an area of quite a lot, full of 50 acres, 300 rooms, and there are four five-story buildings standing in the four corners, which are regarded as the watchtowers of the Yinyi Guard. In the heyday of the silver guard, there were 2,000 internal guards and 4,000 outer guards, the so-called internal guards refer to the guards who worked in the palace of the silver guards, and the outer guards were the guards who patrolled the various squares and shops.

The government is divided into six bureaus, namely the Internal Affairs Bureau, the Imperial Prison Bureau, the Su Health Bureau, the Inspection Bureau, the Ding Health Bureau, and the Ink Bureau, among which the Internal Affairs Bureau is in charge of the logistics, housing, property, cleaning, storage, accommodation, esophagus, etc., and is the busiest institution among the six bureaus, but it is not responsible for external affairs; The Ink Bureau is in charge of the research and development and management of bladed weapons, hidden weapons, armor, and organs; The Imperial Prison Bureau is in charge of the tasks of case handling, arrest, prisoners, torture, execution, etc.; The Su Health Bureau is in charge of the personnel work arrangements such as the day and night parade and duty of the 1008 square and the street avenue; The Ding Health Bureau is in charge of the recruitment, training, salary, welfare, bereavement pension, disability and other work of the silver guards; The Audit Bureau is responsible for the assessment, promotion, and archives of the guards of the silver-clothed guards.

Due to the great scope of the silver guards and the careful classification, there are many internal staff, and at this moment, there are only a dozen old soldiers, and they are indeed scattered any longer.

"In addition to the silver-clothed guard's mansion, there is also a silver-clothed guard household in each fang, which is a resting place for the silver-clothed guards to inspect the security and order of each fang. A few of us live in the Jixiangfang households, most of which are in the northeast corner of each fang," Wang Bao said, "Among the one hundred and eight squares in Longdu, there are still one hundred and twenty silver-clothed guard houses, and some of the fangs have a large number of people, and there are two silver-clothed guard houses. But now most of these households have been occupied, some are occupied by some large households, some have disbanded the silver guards, and those disbanded guards have nowhere to go, and they occupy them themselves, just like us. Our silver-clothed guard mansion is too big, and there are too many stories one after another, so no one dares to reach out and grab it. But after a long time, I'm afraid that there are some bold ideas that will fight the government. Fortunately, now that the adults are here, we are not afraid of them. ”

Zhang Xiaowu smiled slightly, he was not interested in this little fart, but if the silver-clothed guard under his rule was still being manipulated, it would be too much to slap him in the face, of course, he would not be afraid of challenges. After looking at the wild grass of the silver-clothed guard, Zhang Xiaowu asked with a wry smile: "Who will distribute the usage of the silver-clothed guard?" ”

Wang Baodao: "It has always been the Prince's Mansion that is responsible for the distribution, and the Prince's Mansion Zhan Shi is responsible for accounting and allocating it from the Prince's Mansion. As for whether the Prince's Mansion was raised from the household department or other places, the lower officials did not know from a humble background. ”

Zhang Xiaowu and Wang Bao walked around the Yinyi Wei Mansion, inspected the work area and living area, and even came to the secret passage. He has a general understanding of the topography of the houses here, on the one hand, he feels the glory of the silver guard, and on the other hand, he also admires the meticulousness of the former prince.

After thinking about the plan in his heart, Zhang Xiaowu turned around and said: "Mr. Ruan, together with Meng Shi and Kang Tianen, is responsible for the re-organization of the personnel of the Silver Guard, Mr. Ruan, the restart of the Silver Guard requires a large number of professionals, and the guards who have been disbanded will also return to the Silver Guard one after another." ”

Ruan Qingwen frowned and said: "Seven thousand ghost guards have entered Beijing, plus the silver-clothed guards who have returned, I'm afraid that our silver-clothed guards will be bloated." ”

Zhang Xiaowu nodded and said, "That's true, so we don't need so many original guards, I plan to keep the total number of silver-clothed guards within eight thousand." Mr. Nguyen, it is necessary to find out whether the people who have returned are capable. Wang Bao, you will do your best to assist Mr. Ruan and the others, including you veterans, who have the ability to stay, who is mediocre, and who is treacherous and evildoer. ”

Wang Bao immediately said: "My lord, I will definitely be able to help Lord Ruan, we old bones have no other skills, we have been in this silver guard for forty years, and we can naturally distinguish who is a good person and who is a traitor." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said again: "Bao Yin and Jia Si also obeyed the order, you two selected fifty people to stay in the Yinyi Guard's mansion to protect the safety of the Yinyi Guard's personnel and property, if anyone dares to criticize the Yinyi Guard, you will take them to the Yinyi Guard at night - our dungeon here is empty, you don't let it be empty for too long." ”

"Whoa." The two immediately replied.