The sixth year of the Great Cause, at the end of March.

Luo Cheng stood at the gate of Licheng, watching the sky flying through the clouds and the haze.

In late spring, the flowers and plants wither, and the red fades.

The rain was endless, the rain was continuous, the weather was not clear, and there was a damp musty smell everywhere.

At the gate of the city, several damp county soldiers were hiding at the entrance of the city gate with their necks bent to avoid the damp wind.

This is the first time I have come to the county this year.

The county soldiers guarding the door had long been familiar with Luo Cheng, and when they saw him, they came over with a smile and saluted, "Captain Luo is here again." ”

"Well, the brothers have worked hard, I just bought some steamed cakes at the intersection in front, and they are all hot, let's share them together." Luo Cheng handed over a bag of steamed cakes from his horse.

"Captain Luo is polite." Although the county soldier guarding the door said this, he was not really polite, and reached out and took a bag of steamed cakes, and the group of people had just finished dividing it, and then returned the empty cloth bag to Luo Cheng with a smile.

"Thank you, Captain Luo, I heard a rumor and I don't know if it's true or not, but it's eighty percent true, Captain Luo, you may be promoted."

"Oh, what can I promote?" Luo Cheng shook his head with a smile, talked to them a few idle words, and then went to the city.

After entering the city, Luo Cheng did not go to Qin Qiong's house first, but went directly to the county office.

In February, Qin's mother died suddenly, and at that time, Luo Cheng's family came to mourn. Qin Qiong was very sad, his wife had just become pregnant, but her mother died suddenly. He has always sent a letter to Ding Wei from Hu'er, and he did not embarrass him after receiving the letter, not only immediately agreed to let him go to Ding Wei, but also specially sent his son Lai Liulang to mourn on his behalf, and sent 300 guan as a funeral.

After the funeral, Qin Qiong built a grass house in front of her mother's grave in the family cemetery on the outskirts of the city, and drank and lived there every day to mourn for her mother.

After spring ploughing, Luo Cheng often came to the county, and sometimes came to accompany Shubao. Sometimes I came to learn from my teacher Zhang Xutuo, and more often I came to report to the county government.

Just now, the commander of the county soldiers at the city gate said that he heard rumors that the imperial court was going to add a military government in Shandong, and also said that Luo Cheng might become a government officer.

The concept of Shandong in the Sui Dynasty was different from that of later generations. The original concept of Shandong began with the name of the geographical area in the Warring States Period, referring to the area east of the Kushan Mountain and Hangu Pass, and among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, the six kingdoms of Han, Zhao, Wei, Qi, Chu, and Yan were all in Shandong except for the Qin State, so they were called the Six Kingdoms of Shandong.

However, after the Sui Dynasty, Shandong referred to Kanto, and sometimes specifically referred to Henan and Hebei, including Henan, Hebei and Shandong in later generations. In later generations, Shandong, in this era, was actually mostly in the area of Henan, a small part in Hebei, and the Shuanghe River was bounded by the Yellow River and did not disturb each other.

Luo Cheng went directly to the county office, also known as the county office.

After all, Qi County is not as good as Zhangqiu County, it is a county, so there are many yamen officials, and the taishou, the county cheng, and the main secretary work separately, each with a yamen, but the yamen are all gathered together.

"Do you really want to add a military palace?"

When Luo Cheng arrived at the county office, he came directly to see Zhang Xutuo. When teachers and students meet, there are no outsiders, but there is no politeness.

"Well, this is the Emperor's will, and it has now been conveyed everywhere. The increase in military government is mainly to prepare for next year's expedition to Liao, and our Shandong will be the base camp for the expedition to Liao, and the soldiers, food, and people will all be mainly provided by us. Zhang Xutuo told Luo Cheng.

The imperial court has decided that next year it will transfer more than one million troops from all over the world to conquer Liao, of which 1.13 million will be gathered in Zhuojun and 70,000 will be gathered in Donglai.

But the army of the Great Sui Dynasty is only more than 700 military offices, and the military government under the twelve guards is divided into Yingyang Mansion and Cheqi Mansion, with 1,200 people in the upper mansion, 1,000 people in the middle mansion, and 800 people in the lower mansion.

Seven hundred military offices, but only about 700,000 government soldiers, this is still the full number, this is far from meeting the plan of a million army to conquer Liao, so he wants to increase the military government, especially in Shandong.

"The emperor has planned twelve guards and six mansions, except for the four mansions, the remaining twelve guards will each be unified with sixty mansions, and the six rates of the East Palace will also be unified with six mansions. In addition, the emperor also recruited Jianyong to organize a 100,000-strong Xiaoguo army. ”

Luo Cheng did the math, the twelve guards each have sixty mansions, that is, seven hundred and twenty mansions, and the East Palace has three hundred mansions at six rates, with a total of eight hundred mansions, with an average of one thousand mansions, and that is only about 800,000 people, even if you add 100,000, it is less than one million.

"There are also border guards and town soldiers, you don't count them." Zhang Xutuo said.

In short, the emperor wants to expand the army this time, and Shandong is the focus of the army expansion, and plans to expand more than 100 military offices and increase more than 100,000 troops in more than 30 counties in Shandong.

"We want to add three military governments in Qi County, and the Ministry of War and the Wei Government have decided to set up three new governments in the key passes of Guanjin, respectively in Changbai Mountain, Daishan, and the Yellow River. The military government of Changbai Mountain is set up on the side of Zhangqiu, and I recommend you to the above! ”

"Recommend me to the Guardian Mansion?"

"Well, the military government of Zhangqiu is Yingyang Mansion, and there are 800 posts in Xiafu, and the entire Changbai Mountain will be under the garrison jurisdiction of Changbai Yingyang Mansion, and your Zhangqiu County Barracks will be transferred to Changbai Yingyang Mansion by then."

Hearing this news, Luo Cheng was surprised.

The military system of the Great Sui is to have 16 guards, 12 guards and four mansions, and the four mansions are the left and right prison houses and the left and right reserve mansions, which are not unified by the government soldiers, and are responsible for the access control of the imperial palace in the capital and the guard of the emperor. The Twelve Guards dominate the World Guard Mansion and defend the Beijing Division.

The soldiers under the command of the 12 guards are called foreign armies, each with a military number, and they are stationed in the world, about 700 military offices, each with 800 to 1,200 people.

These 12 guards are equivalent to the 12 major group armies, and the various military offices below can be called battalions or military divisions. The guards of the twelve guards are all haphazardly deployed, and all the guards may have military offices in an area.

In normal times, the senior officers of the Twelve Guards are in the capital, and they cannot command the transfer of the Wei Mansion below. The guard government is stationed in various places, and there are Ying Yang Lang generals and Ying Strike Lang generals who are responsible for managing the military government, and the government soldiers in the military government are on duty in turn, training, and the responsibility of entering the capital to guard, farming at home in their spare time, and sending troops when they are ordered in wartime.

However, generally not all the soldiers of the government will be transferred, but a part of them will be recruited, and these conscripted soldiers will first assemble at the designated place of the imperial court, and then after the assembly is completed, they will be reorganized into an army, and the imperial court will assign officers at all levels to be responsible for commanding.

It can be said that the military system of the Sui Dynasty is very peculiar, and the soldiers and generals are separated in peacetime, even if there is a war, it is also a temporary reorganization into an army, and the generals do not know the soldiers, the soldiers do not know the generals, and the soldiers and generals do not know each other. As soon as the battle is over, the soldiers return to the government, and the generals return to the court, and the soldiers are still separated.

Therefore, the twelve guards, although each guard is in charge of fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses, but in fact scattered all over the world, subdivided into fifty or sixty military offices, below the guard, it is directly the government, there is no middle-level structure in the middle, and each guard can not directly manage the military government in peacetime.

The Eagle Yang Mansion was renamed from the Hussar Mansion in the past, and the chief official Eagle Yang Lang will be the fifth product. The rank is already very high, and there are also officers such as Changshi, Bing Cao, and Captain below.

Luo Cheng's county barracks of 500 people will be merged into this newly established Changbai Eagle Yang Mansion, but Luo Cheng was originally only a nine-rank position, of course, it is impossible to give him a five-grade Eagle Yang Lang General or a five-grade Eagle Strike Lang General, even if it is recommended by Zhang Xutuo, plus his name of suppressing bandits and training soldiers, the court is willing to promote him exceptionally, but it is impossible to go too far.

"What job do you give me?" Luo Cheng asked.