Chapter 66: The Xiang Army

"Nope!"

It's not like a word!

"This can be had, Lao Qiu!"

"That's not true, my lord!"

All armies are governed by the Privy Council and the Ministry of War.

The emperor directly controlled the establishment, movement, and command of the army.

The Privy Council is the highest military authority and holds military power and orders.

Sanya, that is, the front of the palace is the command division, the guard horse military division and the guard infantry military division.

It is the supreme command organ, commanding the forbidden army and the box army respectively.

"You say, who is in charge of our army?"

Zhao Yunrang was confused, this Da Song is ink, if it weren't so complicated, it is estimated that it would not be so weak.

"Here we are, that's Lord Zhizhou!"

Jiang Botao!

"Uncle, you have to help me!"

In the Zhizhou Yamen, Zhao Yunrang followed behind Jiang Botao.

"There are no people here, how can you suppress the bandits?"

Jiang Botao raised his eyebrows: "Are you really going?" ”

"I advise you to let Lou Yan go, and this matter will be over, and Zhu Yan will not dare to go too farβ€”β€”"

"This is a good opportunity to make a contribution, no matter what army you have, just give it to me!"

What a big breath!

Jiang Botao has a headache, how did this Zhao Yuanyan send a baby to himself!

"Okay, you take my clerical sigil and go to the box army to pick someone!"

Zhao Yunrang didn't expect Jiang Botao to agree so happily.

According to the relationship with Zhao Yuanyan, Jiang Botao has no reason to agree to let himself take risks so happily!

Xiang Jun?!

I'm rubbing, why isn't it a forbidden army?

The forbidden army is the elite of the Great Song Dynasty, just like the palace army where Xu Wenzhi is, it is the elite of the elite.

"Can you mobilize the forbidden army?"

"The forbidden army is not even qualified to be transferred, then it has to be written by the Privy Council, the three yamen have military talismans, and the emperor has to appoint the ministers, you think it is the official of the general judgment house!"

Zhao Yunrang: "......"

This is "soldiers don't know generals, generals don't know soldiers"!

The forbidden army in the capital is the strongest, and there are many people in various places.

There are advantages to this method of strengthening the weak branches, and the disadvantages are also obvious.

"Even if it's a van army, I'm already making an exception!"

Well, it's Jiang Botao's fault!

Zhao Yunrang returned to the General Judgment Mansion.

Qiu Mubai heard that Jiang Botao asked him to go to the Xiangjun to select people, and his face was very strange!

Zhao Yunrang was puzzled: "What's the matter, is it difficult, what's wrong?" ”

Qiu Mubai shook his head: "I can let the adults go to the Xiang Army to select people, obviously the Lord Zhizhou is doing his best, don't think about the forbidden army, but, my lord, do you know what kind of army the Xiang Army is?" ”

Vanjun?

This Zhao Yunrang really doesn't know, he only knows the forbidden army!

The forbidden army is the regular army of the Great Song Dynasty!

Qiu Mubai sighed: "My lord, you are really-"

Strictly speaking, the Xiang army belongs to the local army.

Nominally, it is also a standing army, but in fact it is a miscellaneous army in the state capitals.

It is subordinate to the Guards Horse Army Division and the Guards Infantry Division, and there are two types of troops, the Infantry Army and the Horse Army, and generally have no training and combat missions.

The main tasks are to build cities, make weapons, build roads and bridges, transport grain and reclaim famine, and guard and greet officials.

Zhao Yunrang was shocked: "If you don't fight, what kind of army is this?" ”

"If you really want to fight, there is a forbidden army!"

"I can't transfer the forbidden army!"

"Then there is no way!"

Zhao Yunrang deeply suspected that Qiu Mubai was actually the reincarnation of a joker, isn't this annoying?

"Okay, the box army is the box army, I don't believe it, I can't train an army by myself!"

Zhao Yunrang was ruthless.

Qiu Mubai shook his head, the adults started again, the army is so easy to train, what kind of army is it divided into, the forbidden army!

The forbidden army and the box army are all subject to conscription, and to put it bluntly, they are conscription! .

When the forbidden army was selected, there would initially be a "soldier sample", which was divided into a number according to length and physique, so that the selection was made according to the soldier sample, but later it was too troublesome, so the wooden man was used instead of the "soldier sample".

The people who respond to the call-up are determined according to their length, physique, and skills, and then assigned to different units according to their ranks.

The "over-healthy" were selected into the forbidden army, and the "short-hearted" were selected into the army.

Therefore, you will know why the Xiang army is so weak that it doesn't even need to officially fight.

It's all "defective products"!

Moreover, not only that, every time there was a year of hunger and many people could not eat, a large number of bankrupt peasants were recruited.

They also often recruit "thieves" as soldiers, and call it "eliminating thieves and compassionate hunger."

When there is a shortage of soldiers, they also catch people as soldiers, and even criminals in prison will become one of the sources of soldiers.

Of course, these criminals have no problem being ruthless, but they don't obey discipline!

And such and such problems, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, all of them will not know.

So the Xiang Army is nominally an army, but in fact it is notoriously smoky.

The reputation of the Xiang Army is bad, and those who join the Xiang Army will also break the jar and fall, and under the vicious circle, the situation can be known.

Zhao Yunrang is really worried, if you want to ban the army, the Xiang army is all this virtue!

There's no way, let's be a dead horse as a live horse doctor!

Zhao Yunrang realized that things were not as simple as he imagined!

I feel that I have a few training methods in my hands, and I can be invincible in this world, and I think it is too simple.

Silver!

Zhao Yunrang needs a lot of silver now!

The foreshadowing at the reception banquet was all done in vain, and no one came to contact Biluochun for such a profitable project.

This bamboo skewer really has some energy!

I don't even want to make any money!

No, if the mountain doesn't come, I'll go to the mountain!

Zhao Yunrang thought about it and referred to Qiu Mubai's opinion.

Tang Cai, only Tang Cai!

First of all, character determines fate, and Tang Cai's greed for money is well known.

For the sake of silver, he did anything, and the people of Jeju would not find it strange.

To tell the truth, Tang Cai couldn't bear to come, even Qiu Mubai felt strange!

Secondly, in terms of background, Tang Cai is not weaker than anyone else, and two of the three principals of the Third Division are related to him.

Door-to-door sales!

Zhao Yunrang didn't feel embarrassed at all, in order to promote himself, what had he not seen and what had he not done?

Piece of cake!

Jeju's Salt & Iron Division is located on one of Jeju's busiest streets.

Although it is not as expensive as the royal street of the capital, it can be regarded as the land king of Jeju.

However, as soon as Zhao Yunrang saw the face of Yan Tiesi, he was shocked.

Is this the most expensive salt and iron division among the three divisions?

Not to mention the low face of the door, even the stone lion at the door is missing two claws.

The clothes of the doorkeeper at the door, although they are also standard clothes, but looking at the appearance of the slurry, they have not been changed for at least a few years.

Tang Cai is really a talent!

This is no longer a matter of whether the official cultivates or not, it is simply a matter of cutting back on food and clothing!

Well, there is a thrifty style!

If those two doormen squatted in the corner of the wall and there was a broken bowl in front of them, someone must have thrown money inside.

Qiu Mubai was surprised and asked Menzi to go to Tongyu, and after a while, Tang Cai was already panting and rushing out.

"Zhao Tongju, haha, you're here!"

Zhao Yunrang looked confused: What do you mean you're here!

Could it be that Tang Cai has been looking forward to coming by himself?

But in that case, you can just go to yourself, and you can still appear sincere!

Enter the house, sit down, and watch the tea!

I'll take it, Zhao Yunrang is definitely not a particular person.

But the chair was wobbly, and when I sat on it, I felt like I was getting motion sickness.

Don't talk about the teacup, there is still a mouth missing.

But Tang Cai really tasted it as if he was drinking the best fragrant tea.

Qiu Mubai also had a cup, which made Zhao Yunrang look at this master again.

And the old man was holding this cup of tea, and he also enjoyed it very much.

Zhao Yunrang had no choice but to pick it up and take a sip.

A faint bitterness, a hint of cheek-penetrating fragrance!

"Good tea!"

Zhao Yunrang provoked a big thumb!

In his previous life, he followed the boss to see the world, and drank thousands of yuan of tea in a large family.

At that time, I felt that it was really enjoyable to have money.

However, it is not as good as Tang Cai's cup of tea.

Putting down the cup, Zhao Yunrang arched his hand towards Tang Cai: "Tang Yan, I don't know something, I want to ask!" ”

Tang Cai put down the cup: "Zhao Tong is polite, please speak!" ”

"As soon as I entered the gate, I thought that this Jeju salt and iron division was unusualβ€”"

Tang Cai's eyes flashed: "Oh-unusual? ”

"That's right, it's unusual!"

"Take this chair as an example, it looks very inconspicuous, and it is very uncomfortable for me to sit on, little brother, but this silver is at least worth a thousand taels of silver!"

Tang Cai was noncommittal.

"Also, this teacup is at least worth a few hundred taels, right?"

Tang Cai wiped his mouth: "Lord Tongju is really joking, just such a broken teacup, how can it be worth it-"

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Yunrang had already picked up the teacup and threw it to the ground!