Chapter 33 Commander of Tanzhou

Jia Yidao was very happy to see that the two of them were willing to join his disciples, and it was always good to have a few more subordinates who could fight well in this troubled era. What's more, the two of them are much easier to control from the beginning. And the two brothers Shi Bin were also very happy to see that it was possible to use this late Song Dynasty minister to pay homage to the marquis.

Perhaps because he felt that the two officials were too small to be ranked, Jia Rudao said: "What position are the two of you in now?" I remember Shi Bin was the conductor? It looks like it's just rising. ”

Shi Bin was confused about this, while Wang San was clear-headed, and immediately shouted: "Lord Jia really knows everything, my eldest brother assassinated Daru Huachi, and burned grain and grass is just a command, which is really a bit too low." Master Meng is kind to us, but it's a pity that it's a bit too conformist. ”

Jia Rudao looked at Wang San quietly, picked up the teapot and slowly poured a cup of Biluochun, and smiled slightly: "Wang Dutou, I agree with your opinion." Master Meng is absolutely loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, but he doesn't know how to promote to a great talent. In such a troubled world, how can you still give officials in the same way as before? In my opinion, your two brothers should be promoted again. Shi Bin, I am recommended as the commander of the military capital, and he will lead Tanzhou, and you Wang San will be the marquis of the military capital. As for the other meritorious personnel, you two will make a list, and I will approve them all. ”

As soon as he heard that he was in command of the military capital, Shi Bin was very happy, this is a real job, equivalent to the regiment commander of later generations, and he can command five battalions of about 2,500 troops. As a result of his excitement, he slipped his mouth and asked, "Lord Jia, may I ask how many rank officials are in command of this army?" ”

At this time, Wang San, who was on the side, rubbed Shi Bin anxiously and said, "Big brother, why are you in such a hurry, this is not a few products, it is a real job, and there is no product at all, right." ”

was still dreaming of being on an equal footing with the county order, but now he was woken up by Wang San's sentence of "no taste". What the? A regiment commander doesn't even have a product, what kind of regiment leader is this? With such a large military power, it is surprising that it can be so low.

Seeing Shi Bin so excited, Jia Rudao felt ridiculous, and Wang San felt pitiful, in the end, he was born in the mountains, and he didn't even know how low the grade of the military attache in the Song Dynasty was.

However, in order to further win over Shi Bin, in case he and the three brothers Wang disobeyed the yin, Jia Rudao decided to give some more benefits, so he said with a smile: "Commander Shi, don't be so excited, you have made such a great achievement, and you are still walking between me and Lord Meng, this official will make an exception and give you a Bao Yilang." ”

This hearing the word "Lang" made Shi Bin very happy, because in his memory, the Tang Dynasty's subordinate squire and Zhongshu squire were on the fourth level; Chao Yi Lang is the sixth rank of the upper rank; Cheng Lang is the sixth rank of the lower rank. In short, he remembers that the words with Lang are not bad.

Wang San was also overjoyed, and immediately pushed Shi Bin, who was in a daze, and said loudly: "Thank you for your love." ”

In Shi Bin's opinion, he didn't expect Jia Yidao to be so generous, he really formed a party and ran a private business.

Because he knew that Da Song had a recommendation system, which was divided into self-recommendation and sponsorship; Self-recommendation in this decadent Song Dynasty will definitely not work, there must be a "relationship" and be sponsored by the official. However, the sponsor makes the sponsor bear the risk, and if the sponsored person makes a big mistake, the sponsor will be jointly and severally liable.

However, when he heard this, his head finally opened up, and he immediately thanked Jia Nidao deeply, saying that he was willing to be the pawn of the commander of Huguang for Jia Nidao to drive, but he also euphemistically expressed his willingness to recruit troops to resist the Yuan.

Jia Rudao originally wanted to recruit the two, which was regarded as a chess piece that he had laid in the army around Jinghu. It was used to increase his influence in the army, and he was waiting in the rear to get credit, and he was even more happy to see that the two of them were still so active.

"My lord, my two brothers are very depressed in this military camp, and it is too boring to practice every day but not to kill the enemy. Moreover, the Yuan soldiers are fierce, and our men and horses are too shabby, and they can't be of great use and can't help Master Jia. Shi Bin said half-truthfully.

After hearing this, Jia Rudao took a sip of tea and said in a low voice: "It makes sense, but I, the commander-in-chief of Huguang, only have so much power, and it is already the limit to sponsor Shi Bin to command the military capital, and I can't give you more establishment." ”

Knowing that Jia Rudao was just pretending again, Wang San smiled and said: "Adults who are loyal to the Great Song Dynasty will naturally not break the rules, but they can still be flexible." There is a law of humility and there is no bad way, please listen to it. ”

"Oh? Commander Wang, please speak. Although Jia Rudao is insatiable, he is still open-minded and not self-righteous.

"Lord Jia, the humble position was originally just a pawn guarding the city gate. Therefore, I know that in addition to the forbidden army, the Great Song Dynasty also has the Xiang army and the township soldiers. Why don't I let my two brothers go down to recruit the box army and the township soldiers to protect the adults? As long as the adults allocate some food, rice, and ordnance. ”

This is also a method, the Song Dynasty was originally a conscription system. By the end of the Song Dynasty, the forbidden army was basically defeated, and many of them were recruited by local officials. Jia Rudao also knew that these two people were strengthening their strength, but they were also in their own interests, so he said: "Now the treasury is empty and the economy is collapsing. This official doesn't have much food, rice, and ordnance in his hands, at most for your second battalion of men and horses. Although the commander of the military capital can command five battalions of men and horses, you have to recruit the men and horses yourself, and you have to raise the supply of the remaining three battalions yourself. ”

Shi Bin and the others were ecstatic, although they only had two battalions of men and horses, it had far exceeded their expectations. Originally, I thought that it would be very good to be promoted to one battalion of people, but I didn't expect to be able to control five battalions of people. With these powers, it is possible to justifiably recruit troops and occupy territory.

Since Jia Rudao is the commander of Huguang, the ruling area is now Hubei, Hunan, but the influence of the Huguang commander in Hubei has always been great. As the so-called "mountain is high and the emperor is far away", it would be too inappropriate to make small moves under his nose.

So Shi Bin said, "My lord, do you know the lowly army? ”

Jia Rudao nodded quietly and motioned for him to continue.

"The lowly position recruits the mountain people as pawns, and its living environment is bad, so it is brave to fight and not lose to the Yuan people. And the Nayuan people are mostly cavalry, and the waterways in the south are not suitable for cavalry combat. If you can train such a strong army, you will definitely be invincible and beat the Yuanren, and the adults will definitely be more powerful. Shi Bin said loudly.

"How do you think you should recruit troops?" Jia Rudao said slowly.

Shi Bin replied: "Although Jinghu South Road is said to be the land of Sanmiao, most of the people are uncivilized, but it is suitable for recruiting as pawns. ”

"Then let you be the ruler of Tanzhou? Wang San is the deputy commander, and you only need to report to me for the rest of the official positions. Jia Yidao also seemed to see Shi Bin's little abacus, but he didn't break it, and still agreed.

After the two of them thanked Jia as if they were going to leave Jia's mansion, Shi Bin asked, "Brother Xian, don't you think this thing is too smooth?" Lianmeng Kang Yuan Jia seems to have merit and can naturally agree, but why do you still treat the two of us so well? ”

"Big brother, the two of us started from the end of the slightest, so we will naturally be grateful. Although Master Meng is now the ambassador of Jinghu pacification, the two of us are too far away from each other to have an intersection. But Jia Rudao is in the prime of life and good at drilling, so he naturally wants us to help him with all our might. Maybe one day he will have to lead the army to the battle, how can he do it without a reliable army and horses? Besides, how can anyone want a horse to run and want a horse not to eat grass? ”

Knowing this, Shi Bin and Wang San went back to the Jingzhou military camp to prepare for going south to Tanzhou.

Out of Jiafu, Shi Bin remembered the official name of Bao Yilang again, and asked suspiciously: "Brother Xian, what grade is this Bao Yilang, why are you so excited?" ”

"Big brother, this Jia seems to be right, we voted right, this Bao Yilang is very good."

Speaking of which, I still didn't get to the point, which made Shi Bin suffocated. A little angry: "Don't tell me these empty words, I still don't know what is good about such a Bao Yilang!" ”

"Big brother was in the mansion just now, was he particularly surprised that the commander of the military capital was actually ungraded? Don't be in a hurry to be angry, this Bao Yilang is a 50-order rank and ninth-rank official, so I'll tell you about it and you'll understand. ”

He gave two very typical examples: Di Qing and Han Shizhong's promotion.

Di Qing is a native of Xihe, Fenzhou, and is 19 years old when he committed a crime with the Gongsheng Army of the Forbidden Army of the Beijing Division. Proficient in riding and archery, he was selected as a loose straight (squire sergeant, non-rank lieutenant brave). In the early years of Song Baoyuan (1038), Li Yuanhao of Western Xia rebelled, and the imperial court issued an edict to choose the guards to be on the side, and Di Qing sent three shifts to the envoy (only after work: military attache 53 rank, no grade), and the palace attendant was appointed by Yanzhou (no rank).

In November of the second year of Baoyuan, Li Yuanhao sent a large army to attack the security army, and Lu Shouqin, who was under the jurisdiction of Yan Yanlu, hurriedly sent an inspection to instruct Di Qing to reinforce the security army.

In December, he rewarded the security army for his merits in defending the palace, and moved Lu Shouqin to Wu Delang (Zuo Qiji's envoy: 36 military attachés, from the seventh grade); Commander of the Metropolitan Inspection Division, scattered straight Xihe Di Qinggong is the most, and the super four seniors are promoted to Bao Yilang (right class hall straight: Zheng Jiupin, military attache 50 ranks).

Han Shizhong was born poor and enlisted in the army at the age of 18. Western Xia harassed the border, Han Shizhong's troops were dispatched to resist, Han Shizhong led a death squad to fight the Xia people to the death, and the enemy was forced to retreat a little. During the battle, he beheaded the Western Xia Supervisor Army's horse and Wukou, and then reported Han Shizhong's exploits by the Strategy Division, and Tong Guan was in charge of side affairs, but he suspected that the report of the Strategy Division was exaggerated, so he only promoted Han Shizhong by one level. It was not until 1121 that Han Shizhong accompanied Wang Yuan to conquer Fangla and seized the opportunity again. Han Shizhong ventured into a dangerous sneak valley and raided Muzhou Qingxi Tongsheng to capture Fang La, but was intercepted by his boss Xin Xingzong and took prisoners for his own credit. Fortunately, Yang Weizhong, the general of Xirong, returned to Beijing and told the true situation. Xuanfu Sidu commanded Wang Yu to be kind, and after the truth was revealed, he gave Han Shizhong, the deputy lieutenant of the Wupin Rank Advancement, to transfer the service to Jielang (three classes: from the ninth rank and the 51st rank of military attaché).

After listening to these two stories, Shi Bin understood why he only got a sesame mung bean-sized official Wang San who was so ecstatic. Di Qing fought desperately to get a Bao Yilang, and Han Shizhong killed the horse and captured Fang La, but he was only a Chengjielang.

And he only got to Bao Yilang after getting a black gun twice, which is indeed a great benefit. It is no wonder that the rich landlord in Yicheng, who was born as a scholar and only had a meritorious name and no official status, dared to despise himself so much. Looking back, I can't help but sigh that the military attache of the Song Dynasty is really difficult to mix, especially I didn't expect that the high and low martial arts would actually reach this level, and he was so desperate to get only a petty official who was despised, which really made him regret joining the army a little.

But he can't even write a few traditional characters, even if the imperial examination is over, he can only mix in this army for the time being.