The trees are not still, and the wind does not stop.

The wind came from Taiping Lake.

Taiping Lake Alcohol County Palace, Pavilion.

At about a moment in the early days of the year—about the time when the gathering in the back garden of Prince Xuan's Mansion in the north of the inner street had dispersed—the King of Alcohol stepped into the pavilion.

Liu Baodi, who was already waiting in the pavilion, stood up: "Lord Wang." ”

The alcohol king nodded, did not say a word, and sat down.

He has always respected Liu Baodi, and he is called "Mr." without his name, which is relatively rare.

In the dim light, the squinted eyes, broom eyebrows, collapsed nose bridge, and thick lips of the alcohol king were all twisted together, which was very ugly.

The pavilion is also equipped with a "dead wind lamp", but the lampshade is not glass, it is made of parchment.

Liu Baodi's expression was still calm.

The Alcohol King exhaled a rough breath and said in a low voice: "How is it?" ”

"Rong Zhonghua said," Liu Baodi said, "He only has eight words to the prince, 'follow to the end, advance and retreat together'!" ”

King Alcohol's wrinkled eyes, eyebrows, nose, and mouth stretched out slightly, nodded, and said, "Zhonghua finally has a conscience!" ”

Rong Zhonghua, Rong Lu, at this time in the sixth year of Tongzhi, was serving as the "whole battalion wing commander" of the Shenji Battalion.

The structure of the Shenji Battalion is very strange.

At the top of the Shenji Battalion, there is the prince of the "Prime Minister Shenji Camp Affairs", King Gong and King Alcohol have both done this errand, and for a while, they are still the "Prime Minister Shenji Camp Affairs" at the same time, and King Gong "wears the key". At present, there is only one alcohol king left, and the one who "wears the seal key" is naturally the alcohol king.

Under it, there is the "Minister of Management of the Shenji Battalion", which is the work that Wen Xiang did before. After Wen Xiang's resignation, the "Minister of Management of the Shenji Battalion" became an honorary title, with no fixed rules, no quotas, and sometimes, there would be vacancies - such as now. All the power of the Shenji Battalion is in the hands of the prince of the "Prime Minister of the Shenji Battalion", that is, the King of Alcohol.

Further down, there is the "Prime Minister's Battalion Affairs Wing Commander", referred to as the "Battalion Wing Commander", with the rank of Admiral, a total of three. In addition, like the Admiral, the "Battalion Wing Commander" is also known as the "Military Gate".

Under the "battalion wing commander" is the "wing commander". The "wing commander" is not a leader of the troops, but the head of the "six departments", namely, the copywriting office, the battalion office, the printing office, the food and salary office, the verification office, and the manuscript office, that is, the administrative officer.

Under the "wing commander" is the "special minister". However, this "minister specializing in military operations" is not "leading troops", but can only be regarded as "training troops".

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion are "selected from the best" from the original banner battalions of the Beijing Division, including the forward battalion, the guard battalion, the firearms battalion, the Jianrui battalion, the Xiaocai battalion, and so on. However, after these soldiers joined the Shenji Battalion, they did not depart from the original establishment, and the function of the Shenji Battalion was only to gather these so-called "elites" together and train them.

If there is a war, it is also assembled in the same way and goes out to fight.

The so-called "Minister of Specialized Exercises", as the name suggests, is specifically responsible for "drills". The entire Shenji Battalion is divided into several teams, and each team is in charge of one or two "special operation ministers". The division of this "team" is basically based on the battalion of origin of the soldiers, that is, one team from the forward battalion, one team from the guard battalion, and one team from the Jianrui battalion.

Further down, specific to each team, there are pipe bands, battalion generals, and general managers, and in terms of structure, there is no essential difference from the original flag battalion, but it is a little mixed with the meaning of the brave battalion.

When the battle is really seen, the "special operation minister" does not lead the team, and the leader of the troops fights is the "wing commander of the whole battalion" and the leaders of each team.

Seeing this, we can sigh what a wonderful flower the Shenji Camp is:

First, in essence, the Shenji Battalion is just a loose association of the so-called "elites" of the flag battalions, and it is not an army in the true sense of the word. Even, we can say that, in a sense, the Shenji Camp is just a "training camp".

On weekdays, the wing commander of the whole battalion is neither directly responsible for management nor training, but when fighting, he has to lead the troops to fight.

This is especially true of the wing commander of the whole battalion, not to mention the prince who "ordered the affairs of the Prime Minister's Shenji Battalion" above.

Such an "army" is capable of fighting?

The strangeness of the Shenji Camp is not only the structure, but also the training method is even more bizarre - no, it is far more than the ones that I complained about before in this book, but it is too far away from the topic, and I will show it later.

The structure of the Shenji Battalion was not so strange from the beginning.

When the army was formed, the Shenji Battalion did not have its own independent "establishment" for the time being, which was helpless - because the formation of the Shenji Battalion was still the idea of "flag battalion", and its soldiers came from the existing flag battalions.

However, when Wen Xiang was the "Minister of Management of the Shenji Battalion", he directly focused on management and training, and there were also "special ministers", but he was only his assistant. At that time, the "wing commander of the whole battalion" was directly in charge of each team, and the "six departments", including the copywriting office, the camp office, the printing office, the food and salary office, the verification office, and the manuscript office, were just ordinary general affairs units, with only "committee members" and no "wing commanders", and they did not override the teams.

After Wen Xiang's resignation, the alcohol king took over in an all-round way, and the structure of the Shenji Camp became more and more layered, and between the upper and lower levels, it became more and more disjointed, and the alcohol king himself became more and more high, and in the end, it became such a strange face.

Okay, off topic, let's get down to business.

"Before I learned about the prince," Liu Baodi said, "what did Rong Zhonghua look like when he was down? He can have today, it all depends on the prince's hand! The prince is in him, and he is rebuilt! He is grateful for the report, 'follow to the end, advance and retreat together', and deserve it! ”

When Xianfeng was nine years old, Rong Lu offended Yu Sushun and had to go to the post of the bank treasurer of the household department, he donated an alternate road, but he could not make up for the real shortage, for three years, he was idle at home, until he went through the road of Taiping Lake, put himself into the Shenji Battalion, and became the "wing chief" of the copywriting department, which was considered a "recovery".

"He has to have his own conscience!" King Alcohol snorted, "In this world, there are many things that 'should be divided', how many people are really grateful to repay it?" There are a lot of treacherous ones! ”

Liu Baodi smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, Lord Wang, Rong Zhonghua is indeed a conscientious person!" But—"

"But what?"

"It's one thing to have a conscience, it's another thing to have a responsibility."

"Responsible?" The eyes, eyebrows, nose, and mouth of the alcohol king began to twist together again, "You mean, Rong Zhonghua-"

"No, the prince misunderstood," Liu Baodi said, "I mean the opposite, I mean, Rong Zhonghua is a responsible person!" ”

"Oh? How so? ”

"I said to Rong Zhonghua, what the prince expects from you is 'great achievements', not just 'follow to the end, advance and retreat together'."

"'Something to do'?"

The alcohol king groaned for a moment, nodded and said, "The four words sir, have a taste!" - What did Rong Zhonghua say? ”

The attitude of the alcohol king towards "sir" has finally returned to its original appearance.

"Rong Zhonghua said, 'Women are those who please themselves, and those who are confidants die'!"

"Huh? Hmmm......"

After turning around twice in his mind, "a woman is a person who pleases herself, and a person who is a confidant dies" turned around twice, and the little eyes of the alcohol king finally lit up: "Good, good." ”

After a pause, "Anything else?" ”

"That's all for the time being," Liu Baodi said, "After all, the prince didn't tell me, Rong Zhonghua's statement is exhaustive, and he can't say more." ”

Hearing "After all, the prince didn't tell me the truth", King Alcohol frowned, but he didn't say anything right away, but asked, "What about Enlupu and Wenqizhong?" ”

These are the other two "battalion wing commanders": Encheng, the word Lupu; Wen Heng, in the word.

"Enlupu and Wenqi both said that only the prince is the first to look forward."

"Hmmm......"

"Wen Qi also said such a sentence," Liu Baodi said, "'When the storm is turbulent, the day of the righteous man's life!'" ’”

King Alcohol's little eyes lit up again: "Huh? Is there such a liver and gallbladder in Wenqi? I didn't expect it! What else did he say? ”

"Lord Wang," Liu Baodi seemed to smile rather than laugh, "Wen Qizhong's words have been said very thoroughly. ”

"Hmm...... Yes, too! ”

King Alcohol couldn't help but get excited, and rubbed his hands.

"The prince also knows," Liu Baodi said, "Although the two of Enlupu and Wenqi are also promoted by the prince, the situation with Rong Zhonghua is still slightly different after all. ”

After a pause, "We always have to be here, and we have made a promise to others, and they ...... Hehe, 'Only the prince is the first to look forward', well, this, it's easy to follow. ”

The so-called "slightly different" means that Rong Lu is a leisure donor, and as soon as he enters the Shenji Battalion, he is the wing chief of the copywriting department, which is a real "super-promotion"; After only two years, he was promoted to the wing length of the whole battalion - this speed of soaring, it is not too much to say that it is "Entong reconstruction".

Encheng and Wen Heng are promoted normally, for example, before Encheng became the "wing commander of the whole battalion" of the Shenji Battalion, he had the identity of a cabinet bachelor and a deputy commander of Mongolia with a red flag, which is by no means comparable to Rong Lu's idle and scattered donation class candidate.

As for "having a promise", it refers to the official making a wish.

The alcohol king heard all this.

But—

"It's not a problem to make a promise," the Alcohol King said hesitantly, "but—"

"But-" Liu Baodi's eyes burned, "That matter, the prince still can't make up his mind?" ”

"Well, it's not a matter of being able to make up your mind! It's—"

After a pause, King Alcohol smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. just said that I didn't tell you the truth—but how else can I tell the truth?" The one surnamed Xu is really not my person! ”

*(To be continued.) )