After dark, Wang Lingzhi returned to the inn, and his face was sad and joyless after entering the door, but with a little annoyance: "This capital is too big, and I took the wrong way unconsciously, went around several streets, and then asked someone to find out the exact direction before turning back...... Yes! Senior brother is also there? ”

Shen Xi sighed lightly.

Wang Lingzhi in front of him is really ignorant of the world, and when he went to the military department, he knew that his family was worried about him, but what he mentioned was an inconsequential matter......

If the people in the military department knew that this young man who was in the limelight on the martial arts trial school was actually a road idiot, I am afraid that they would not be confident and bold to confer an official on him, right?

Steward Liu hurriedly stepped forward, his face full of urgency: "Young master, you can count yourself back." The senior officer of the military department...... Didn't embarrass you, did I? ”

"I didn't ...... No......"

Wang Lingzhi himself was not sure, "Senior brother, there seems to be a very big official in the Ministry of War who told me that I should report to the Ministry of War and wait for the border army to be called, what do you mean?" ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, you go for a day; + Just get back a temporary military department and other border army calls?

The military positions of the Ming Dynasty are intricate, basically divided into three major systems: the Beijing camp, the border army and the garrison, the three major systems of military generals and officials are set up differently, and the well-known guard is subordinate to the local garrison system, under the guard is a thousand households, a hundred households, a general flag, and a small flag.

"History of the Ming Dynasty and Records of the Soldiers II" contains: "The world is established, the degree of land is important, the department is a county to set up a station, and the county is set up to guard. The rate of 5,600 people is guarded, 1,120 people are 1,000 households, and 2 out of 100 households are 100 households. The total flag is two, the small flag is ten, and the large and small joint ratio is to form an army. ”

It can be understood that there are a total of 112 people under the jurisdiction of the hundred households, including the officers, and there are two general flags and ten small flags under them, and the small flag is equivalent to ten commanders.

This is the most unique place in the military system of the Ming Dynasty, there is a perfect "military household" system, and it will not say who does a good job in 100 households, and you will be promoted to a thousand households if you have merit in suppressing bandits or quelling chaos, and 100 households will die and still be 100 households, and if you do not do well, as long as there is no major fault, you can also pass on the official position to future generations.

Even if ordinary people are admitted to the martial arts, it is difficult to arrange a position in it.

It is the border army that really wants to go out to fight the bloody battlefield and fight with the foreign Yi. The soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp will occasionally be deployed, just like the 200,000 soldiers and horses cobbled together by Ming Yingzong in the Tumubao Change, including the Beijing camp men and horses who are responsible for defending the Beijing division.

In the border army and the Beijing camp system, there is a very complete system for raising and lowering military ranks.

Among them, the highest military rank among the generals responsible for leading the troops is the general soldier, and the subordinates are the deputy generals, staff generals, guerrillas, thousand generals (garrisons), and generals. The lowest level of the general official position, equivalent to the local garrison in the "hundred households" position, but the general subordinate soldiers are far more than the "hundred households", about 440 people, usually these 400 people are divided into four general flags, each general flag is divided into ten small flags, the small flag is equivalent to the squad, the leading officer is actually the captain, and later Qi Jiguang used the mandarin duck formation when training the troops, so that a captain with 11 soldiers is formed.

Wu Jinshi enters the border army basically from the general or deputy general, but if the Wuju people are unlucky, they may be the general flag or even a small flag, then there is a great chance of going to the front line to work hard, so Shen Xi was so opposed to the election of Wang Ling before.

The military department of the Ming Dynasty was in charge of military affairs and participated in the transfer, but did not specifically govern the army; The governor's office of the five armies is in charge of the military register, but the army is not allowed to be mobilized, and the emperor sends another commander-in-chief in wartime.

As for the soldiers in the border army and the Beijing camp system, they are usually realized by ordinary people performing military service, and the local government will also set up inspection departments as reserves, and troops can be transferred when fighting abroad.

Because Wang Lingzhi has just been recruited and used by the military department, if it is not bad, he will basically start from the general, which is the official rank of the seventh grade. Of course, if you are lucky, you can be on an errand with a certain military officer, hang a false title from the deputy thousand general manager of the sixth grade, and then make up for the thousand general manager when there is a real shortage, it will be the best.

The status of the military generals of the Ming Dynasty has been improved compared with the Song Dynasty, but after the change of Tumubao, although the power of the generals has increased significantly, many people have been crowned princes, but in the long run they have lost the trust of the emperor, and the emperor has gradually changed the national policy of civil and military balance formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, and changed to imitate the civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty, and used civilian officials to monitor the military generals.

Shen Xi did not explain Wang Lingzhi in detail, Wang Lingzhi himself was in a state of ignorance of the military general system of the Ming Dynasty, and Shen Xi did not want to waste his words before writing a "secret book" for him to make up for his homework.

"It's just that you are waiting to be an officer in the military department, but you start as a junior officer."

After Shen Xi's cage, Wang Ling's tiredness was swept away, and he asked with wide eyes, "Then senior brother...... Shouldn't I go back to Ninghua? ”

Shen Xi looked at him like this, he was still willing to stay in the capital, and seemed to have forgotten the despondency of crying for his father and mother when he fell off the list, and nodded, and saw that one of the king's tombs jumped high, and he was even happier than winning the martial arts.

"Then I can stay in the capital to study with my senior brother in the future, if the master can come to Beijing...... Hehe, I'll learn some more skills from the master, and then the world can go. "The king's tomb is happy and longing.

Shen Xi sighed lightly and shook his head: "Even if you stay in Beijing temporarily, I'm afraid that you will be transferred to the north or western Xinjiang to serve in the army in the near future, and you will suffer at that time." ”

Wang Lingzhi was stunned, a trace of surprise rose on his face, after seeing the prosperity of the capital, he had already liked this lively place, and obviously he had not yet been mentally prepared to march and fight in the bitter cold land of the frontier.

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Wang Lingzhi originally wanted to stay with Shen Xi for dinner, and asked specifically about leading the troops, but Shen Xi didn't want to hit his self-confidence, so he said that there was something at home and left home.

When I came out, the night was miserable, and after walking for about half an hour, when I passed by the teahouse at the entrance of my own alley, I saw a small sedan chair parked there outside the teahouse, and a young woman with a maid was pacing back and forth, asking a few attendants who hurried over from time to time.

“…… The place is so big, and you still can't find out? Could it be that the painter has flown away? ”

It is Miss Li Er, who was given by Shen Xi.

At this time, Miss Li Er's voice was a little anxious, obviously she sent many people to find "Zhao Painter", but this was Shen Xi's pseudonym, and there was no way to find it.

There was a man's voice next to him: "Sister, don't worry, Painter Zhao lives nearby, maybe he lives in a simple place on weekdays, and few people know about it?" ”

This time, it was Miss Li's brother who spoke, Li Yu, the eldest son of the Shangjia family, who was very out of tune in Shen Xi's eyes.

Shen Xi didn't step forward, and after a little thought, the Li brothers and sisters seemed to be looking for him in a hurry, and it would be a bit unrighteous to stand by and watch like this. But then I thought, "I don't know anything about them, what do I care about them......"

Thinking of this, Shen Xi planned to turn around and go home, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, the girl who had seen him at a glance regarded others as the heroine of the painting, and found all kinds of excuses to deceive him, if he could help, it would be more or less a compensation.

Shen Xi asked himself if he was not an indecisive person, but he was cautious in his dealings with the Li family, because with his current status, he really shouldn't get too close to the Shangjia family, but Shen Xi's family is also in business, and he may have a sense of closeness to the Li family in his heart.

Shen Xi finally stepped forward and arched his hand: "Gongzi Li, Miss Li, do you two have something to do next?" ”

The Li brothers and sisters didn't expect Shen Xi to appear in front of them like a ghost, because it was bleak and dull, and after careful identification, it was determined that it was "Zhao Painter".

Li Yu's face was full of surprise: "Painter Zhao, what are you...... Where did it come from? ”

Shen Xi said with a smile: "I just went to see a friend, and I was about to go home, and I heard that someone was looking for me, so I came over to take a look." ”

Li Yu nodded and said with relief: "You really make it easy for us to find...... Painter Zhao, what do you think of this, can you take us to your mansion first, let us recognize the door, so that we can visit in the future? ”

Shen Xi shook his head slightly: "I'm really sorry, ...... at home Some are not very convenient, if Li Gongzi has something to find, just ask someone to notify the teahouse shopkeeper in advance, I will occasionally come over to drink tea on weekdays, he will notify me. ”

Li Yu was a little displeased, and thought: "Su Gongzi is familiar with him, otherwise who would want to associate with such a freak?" Even the mansion refuses to show people, isn't there something unspeakable? ”

Miss Li Er came to her senses: "He mentioned before that it was indeed inconvenient to borrow a friend's house. ”

The two brothers and sisters have different attitudes towards Shen Xi, relatively speaking, Miss Li Er is much more polite, perhaps because of Shen Xi's gift of paintings, which makes her have a good impression of Shen Xi.

Of course, this kind of goodwill does not involve the relationship between men and women, after all, with Shen Xi's age, he belongs to "harmlessness of humans and animals", Miss Li Er feels that Shen Xi is very personable in the matter of giving paintings, and there are no flaws in his character, not really a prodigal son who sells spring palace pictures for a living.

The three of them arrived together and entered the teahouse.

Originally, the teahouse should be closed at this time, and the surrounding area is not a lively night market, and there is basically no business after sunset, and it is a waste of fire oil to open the door. But today, the brother and sister came to find someone, so that in order to give the entourage a place to report and a place to rest, they gave the shopkeeper a little silver and asked the shopkeeper to delay the closing.

went up to the second floor, found a place near the window and sat down, Shen Xi said: "If you have anything to do, you might as well say it directly, if you can do it, you must help." ”

Li Yu had a slightly disdainful smile on his face, his idea was, looking at your urgent appearance, don't you want to get a pen from us?

Miss Li Er didn't mind anything, and said directly: "We want to ask Painter Zhao to help us restore a painting, as for the remuneration, we can ...... as much as we want."

Li Yue's face darkened: "Sister, don't you know the way of business?" ”。

Miss Li Er was concerned and confused, and glanced at her brother resentfully: "Brother, when has it been, how can you take care of so much?" Painter Zhao, here's the thing, two months ago we received a painting in our pawnshop, and it was just this painting that should not be collected...... It was so rare that I didn't know why I ended up in the capital, so I took this painting at a high price, and later found out that it was stolen......"

Buying stolen goods is not an uncommon thing in the pawnshop world, the Li family has a big business, even if the stolen goods have some background, they should not be ruined.

Thinking that Miss Li Er's original request was to "restore a painting", I thought that the painting was damaged for some reason.

The roof leak happened to rain overnight.

"How did this painting get damaged?" Shen Xi asked.

Miss Li Er was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding why Shen Xi knew that there was a problem with the painting, she thought about it a little before realizing that she had revealed her style, and she showed embarrassment at the moment:

"The family learned that the government was looking for it, and they wanted to hide the painting...... When the painting was transferred to the cellar, it was not kept well and was bitten by a pest......"

After receiving the stolen goods, he still wants to hide the things and refuse to admit it, which can be a big problem.

Shen Xi thought to himself, it seems that the identity of the original owner of this painting is extraordinary, so that the Li family does not even have the courage to confess and be lenient. But how could someone of such a big age easily allow the paintings he treasured in his home to be stolen?

Shen Xi asked, "I don't know what kind of painting it is?" ”

Miss Li Er hesitated for a moment before bowing her head gloomily: "Qingming Riverside Map." ”

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