Volume 3: A Generation of Heavenly Pride - Chapter 27: The Footsteps of War (5)

On the second day of February in the first year of Xiande, Fenglin Mountain, Liutao Pavilion.

With the expansion of the scale of the Eighth Route Army, the meteorology of the Liutao Pavilion has gradually taken shape, and the shabby school that originally had only two courtyards and a large land area has now expanded into a large military academy composed of four major areas: the teaching area, the training ground, the barracks area and the dependents' area. The site of the museum has already been moved from the southern slope of the front mountain to a col in the back mountain, covering an area of nearly 600 acres, the museum has a total of 18 administrative staff below the sacrificial wine, 56 teachers and staff below, and three secondary colleges under the jurisdiction of the department, namely the regulation hall, the Wujing Pavilion and the Ziren Academy, the current major is not divided into subjects, only divided into two classes of primary and intermediate, the intermediate class has five ten teams, and the primary class has four battalions and twenty forty teams, with a total of 2,500 cadet soldiers - this is only a theoretical post at present, and the Liutao Pavilion originally only had the ultimate class, The junior class was opened in July of the first year of Quang Thuan, and the main enrollment target of the junior class was those soldiers who had performed well in previous battles. After Li Wenge returned to Yanzhou, he made great efforts to expand the Liutao Pavilion, and sent a large number of officers with a high level of experience and education to the three branches of the Liutao Pavilion to take turns as instructors and direct lectures, opened a junior class, and sent all the elites of the forbidden soldiers and the box soldiers to the Liutao Pavilion to return to the furnace for tempering - Li Wenge wanted to do it more thoroughly. However, the Lingyan War and the war on the Hetao side dragged down this plan, both Shen Chen and Xifeng Minda resolutely refused to send back experienced veterans at this time, Shen Chen proposed a compromise plan - set up an annex of the Liutao Pavilion under the Yanling Military and Political Division, and train the veterans at the same time as the war was going on.

Horses have strength only when they run, and there are no cavalry in the academy!

Li Wenge was speechless......

In the future, with money, the creation of a cavalry training base in the Hetao area can be considered. Li Wenge said this when he decided to compromise at that time, and he was only talking about this long-term goal at this time. The establishment of a junior class in Liutao Pavilion was the seed he sowed for a large-scale military expansion plan. At the same time as the establishment of the junior class, the reform of the non-commissioned officer system in the army was carried out, and the lowest military rank in the military system of the Eighth Route Army was the lieutenant of the accompaniment, and in order to obtain this rank, it was necessary to go through the training and assessment of the intermediate class of the Liutaoguan. After the establishment of the junior class, Li Wenge formally established the rank of non-commissioned officer under the lieutenant of the accompaniment, which is divided into two grades, the first class is called Rui Shi, and the second class is called Sergeant. Non-commissioned officers are not officers, and they are not included in the ranks, but only equivalent to martial arts fame.

Because the war had been going on for half a year, Li Wenge's plan was actually only one-third of the way, and the establishment of the junior class was never full, and by February of the first year of Xiande, Li Wenge had only trained a total of less than 900 non-commissioned officers.

With the large-scale expansion of the army, most of these 900 non-commissioned officers have now been assigned to the troops in Yan'an Town to serve as Shiwu officers, while the rotational training personnel selected and transferred from the Hetao and Yanling sides are continuing to enter the school in June.

However, he ran out of time.

More than ten riders pulled out a cloud of smoke and dust in the valley, and drove straight to the col of the Liutao Pavilion from the direction of Yanlu Highway.

Standing behind Liao Jianzhong, the Regulation Pavilion. At this time, more than a dozen officers were secretly guessing the identity of the person who came, but Liao Jianzhong himself was calm.

Liao Jianzhong was born in the former Zhangwu military system. The old man, who once served as the commander of the left battalion, at that time Li Wenge was still under his hands as a team leader, in terms of seniority, compared to many of today's upstarts in the army, he is now serving as a cabinet in the Liutao Pavilion Regulatory Pavilion, and the military rank is the Zhaowu captain of the sixth grade, compared to the original eight-rank command, it can be regarded as a big promotion, but this promotion is much bleaker in today's Eighth Route Army, no matter how he belongs to the people who served later, It is not comparable to those cronies who were born and died with Li Wenge in the C team and the former battalion. He can have today's position, on the one hand, because Li Wenge formed a good fate when he was in charge of the C team, not only did he not make many difficulties, but did a lot of convenience in private; On the other hand, on behalf of the military, he pushed Dai Wenge to take over the post of Jiedu envoy, and he was a deputy, and his contribution to persuasion is naturally unusual.

What do others think, Liao Jianzhong himself is not. cares, he understands very well in his heart that Li Wenge looks down on the so-called icing on the cake for persuasion, or he doesn't care at all whether the Zhangwu military will push himself back, along the way, this second pole almost relied on real strength to get to the top every step, if anyone wants to push Dai Yougong to ask for merit in front of him, I am afraid that he will bring humiliation on himself. His background is already destined to make it difficult to advance to the core leadership of the Eighth Route Army, and he should already be content to have such a position with quite good power and treatment to continue to eat. It is precisely because of his low profile, coupled with his experience as a direct superior of Li Wenge, that several giants of the Eighth Route Army care about him, not to mention Zhou Zhengyu's good old man, even Wei Xun, the leader of the prison army who works every day to be suspicious of others, maintains a certain amount of courtesy in front of him, and the Cheng-level ministry of the second-level college of Liutaoguan was originally only from Liupin, just because he was the one who held this position, Wei Xun deliberately transferred the rank of general, among the three second-level colleges, only Liao Jianzhong's military rank was Zhaowu Lieutenant- This is already equivalent to the rank of the Cabinet Minister.

All thanks to his low-key personality and good connections, you know. At this moment, Zhang Tu, the former deputy commander of the Zhangwu Army, was braving the extremely cold weather to supervise the delivery of personnel and materials on the ice of the big river.

Liao Jianzhong is very satisfied - compared to Zhang Tu, his treatment is already in the sky. on.

He kept his low profile as always, just as he does today. As the senior leader of the Liutao Pavilion, he personally came to greet two young peopleβ€”two students who were lower than him in terms of military rank and seniority.

Far more than ten rides. Galloping, running on the first two horses, sat two young men who were a little immature.

The young man who started the head was dressed in a grass-green robe, without armor, with a lightly crossed head on his head, riding on a horse with one hand in his left hand and a reins in his right hand, his right hand behind his back, a light layer of fluff on his lips, and a slight wind and frost on his face. Everyone could see clearly that he was still wearing an old-style military uniform, and the rank mark was on the armband on his right arm, as if he was a captain of Zhiguo.

The young man behind him was a little older, no more than twenty years old, and the military robe on his body was new, wearing light armor, and the epaulettes were the same as the young man with the head.

With such two young lieutenants of Zhiguo, the officers behind Liao Jianzhong suddenly became curious.

These two fruits, but whose Lang Jun is it?

Guo Huan, who was standing behind Liao Jianzhong, didn't recognize Ye Jun, the head of the soldiers who had never appeared in front of the army, but he recognized Kang Shi at a glance.

Kang Shishi and Ye Jun had already seen Liao Jianzhong and the others at this moment, grabbed the reins of the horse from a distance, flew off the horse, and strode over. Both of them had been trained in the Liutao Pavilion, and Liao Jianzhong served in the Regulatory Pavilion, both in terms of seniority and in fact, they were both teachers, and they were not allowed to be rude in front of the division commander, which was also an unwritten rule in the army.

Liao Jianzhong smiled and took two steps forward, Kang Shi and Ye Jun were already standing still at this moment, saluting with flat chests, and said in unison: "The student has seen the teacher!" ”

Liao Jianzhong silently returned the salute, and then stretched out his hand and grabbed Kang Shishi: "When did you come back?" Duyu Hou Si came over and only said that Zhong Ying was coming to pick people, but he never said that you are back, and your appointment to Lingxia has been in place for almost a month, why, there has been a change again? ”

Kang Shishi greeted Guo Huan, who was standing behind Liao Jianzhong, with his eyes, and replied with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "The order of the Lord himself, most of the things over there are aftermaths, and they are thrown to his subordinates." ”

Liao Jianzhong immediately understood that the matter involved secrets, and immediately changed the topic, and said: "The harrier training has been completed, and there are already thirty-eight scouts in the scouts, and all of them have their homework in my head, what kind of people do you want to choose, just tell me." ”

Kang Shi and Ye Jun glanced at each other, and Ye Jun spoke: "Drawing, riding and archery, and survival in the wild, as long as these three are top-notch!" ”

Liao Jianzhong's face became solemn, he thought for a while, and asked, "How many people do you want in total?" ”

Kang Shishi: "Reliable harriers, and scouts who can draw quickly, a hundred!" ”

Liao Jianzhong nodded silently.

……

Fenglin Mountain, the Eighth Route Army's capital supervisor.

"Shen Chen, the military envoy of Lingyan and the political envoy of the Yanling Army, the envoy of the Yanling Prison Army and the marching envoy of the Yanling Army, and the commander of Lingxia Town of the Eighth Route Army and the envoy of the supervising army, was ordered to return the military talisman arrows to the military envoy of the capital superintendent-" Shen Chen, who was covered in dust, had a solemn face, and a series of tongue-twisting official dispatches were read very smoothly in his mouth, and the words fell, and the personal soldiers standing behind him stepped forward and presented a bundle of arrows held in front of his chest with both hands.

Wei Xun, who was standing opposite Shen Chen in military uniform, waved his hand, and walked past a prison officer who took the order.

Shen Chen reached into his arms, carefully took out half of the brass fish talisman from his bosom, Wei Xun respectfully took it with both hands, took a small wooden box with Arabic numerals marked with numbers from the hands of the supervising officer beside him, took out the key from his bosom to open the copper lock, put the fish talisman in, locked it, and then handed it to the officer next to him.

At this point, the transfer ceremony of military power was officially completed, and Wei Xun showed a smile on his face: "Your Excellency and Qin Changshi convened a meeting of the business community in Yanzhou, and we will have a banquet in the evening, I can't see you today, so I ordered me to put a big pot of dishes in the canteen for you to wash the dust, there is wine, Brother Zhou rushed over at night." ”

A wry smile appeared on Shen Chen's face: "It's another big pot dish...... After eating it for more than half a year, the bird is about to fade out of its mouth......"

Zhi Yuqing, Xi Feng Minda, Liang Xuan, Ling Pu, Yang Li and others, who had been standing silently behind Wei Xun, burst into laughter.

Shen Chen waved his hand, and his own soldiers pulled up a ragged young man bound with a rope, the young man's face was thin and his face was wounded, but his eyes were full of fierce and unruly color.

Zhen Yuqing's eyes lit up: "Jun Ting, this is the Feng family's ya?" ”

Shen Chen nodded: "The family members of the Shuofang Jiedu Mansion have arranged a total of more than 20 vehicles, and two of them are escorted, walking behind, I am riding back, I can only take him with me!" ”

Feng Jiye's eyes swept away the Yuqing, and said in a hoarse voice: "Grandpa is the queen of Shuo Fangliu, and the imperial court is sealed, not a Yanei!" ”

Zhi Yuqing shook his head with a wry smile and sighed: "At this time, Fang Fang remembered the imperial court, I'm afraid it's not too late?" ”

"The general of the defeated army is still brave and ridiculous!" Wei Xun snorted coldly and waved his hand: "Prison!" ”

Everyone surrounded Shen Chen and slowly went up the mountain, and Yu Qing sighed: "Crossing the river on a snowy night, stepping on the Lingxia, Jun Ting, now you are a famous general in the world!" ”

Shen Chen smiled tiredly: "...... This battle was fought hard, there was no rear, there was no box soldier to assist, everything had to be calculated by yourself, in the past six months, a whole layer of skin has been shed, if it weren't for He Lishan's ability, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold it out alone......"

Wei Xun smiled, reached into his arms and took out a thing: "Look, this is specially created for you by the adult!" ”

In Wei Xun's hand, there was a bronze medal, Shen Chen stretched out his hand to take it, but saw a line of small characters engraved on it in small block letters, and when he looked at it carefully, it was:

E-Feng - the founding man of Lingwu County

The back of the bronze medal was engraved with Shen Chen's name, and Shen Chen stroked the bronze medal and gasped in his heart.

After a long time, he raised his head, stared at Wei Xun like a knife and said, "Is it your idea?" ”

Wei Xun was stunned, and folded Yuqing said in the back: "This is the idea of an adult, don't do Wen Qian's business!" ”

Shen Chen's face suddenly became gloomy: "Why are adults so confused? At this time, the hearts of the people in the world have not yet been submitted, and the court's grace and prestige are still there, isn't this putting himself on the stove to roast? ”

Everyone listened inexplicably, but Wei Xun understood what he meant: "Jun Ting, you misunderstood, the lord has no intention of being on the throne for the time being, this county barony, although it was given to you by the lord himself, the court recognized it." ”

Shen Chen was stunned, he didn't understand what Wei Xun meant.

The power of feudalism is exercised by the Son of Heaven, and it has never been said that the feudal town is feudal on its own and the imperial court recognizes it afterwards, Li Wenge asked Shen Chen to be a baron, and it is another thing for his own self-proclaimed Shen Chen as a baron, the former is just to ask for merit for his subordinates, and the latter is a big crime of trespassing, which is equivalent to pulling the flag and rebelling.

Wei Xun saw that Shen Chen was still puzzled, and smiled faintly: "At this moment, the text that made you the founding man of Lingwu County should have been archived in Guanglu Temple in the capital!" ”

……

Bianliang, Daning Palace, Zide Palace

Chai Rong sat behind the imperial case wearing raw linen, his right hand gently stroked the silk book unfolded on the imperial case, and looked at the words on the silk book in a daze.

That's a piece of writing......

The two characters under the door of the text are the handwriting of Emperor Guo Wei of Daxing, and this Chai Rong has already recognized it at a glance.

Under the text, there is the signature of Dou Yi, a scholar of Hanlin who was prepared by the edict, and then the signature seal in the photo, and then the right side...... On the right side is his signature and seal - the inspection of the school Taifu Kaifeng Mansion Yin Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhang and meritorious envoy judge internal and external soldiers and horses Jin Wang Rong.

The work is neat, there is no lack of a pen, and it is indeed his own handwriting.

Then there is the name of Fan Zhen, Li Gu, and Wang Pu.

"The Emperor's Seal" purple mud Yangwen, the seal of the feudal princes.

"The Seal of the Chinese Book Door" Zhu Niyin ......

The Emperor's Handwritten ...... Hanlin Prepared ...... Countersigned by the Prime Minister...... Decree...... Print......

There is no shortage of a full set of procedures, no matter how you look at it, this is an emperor's book that complies with the procedures and follows the law.

That's it......

More than 100 words, 44 format, worship Shen Chen, the general of the Yanzhou Department, as the founder of Lingwu County.

Chai Rong can be sure that this is by no means Guo Wei's handwriting, nor is it the font of any one of Dou Yi's Fan Li Gu Wang Pu.

Of course, I didn't write it myself......

Chai Rong didn't know that there was a side branch of the Cui clan in Qinghe who moved to the northwest, and he didn't know the secretary of the Eighth Route Army named Cui Baozi Qufei, so naturally he couldn't see his handwriting......

That's a good word...... Chai Rong sighed secretly in his heart......

"You saw Huo Guo's public box with your own eyes?" The emperor raised his head and asked the fat man kneeling under the dan mound.

Zhao Kuangyin was covered with sweat, kneeling down and not daring to raise his head, but his voice was still loud and clear: "Taiwei Li is indeed a box opened in front of Wei Chen......"

"That's what is in the box?" Chai Rong's fingers gently stroked the text of the book, and the surface of the silk book was smooth and cold, with an unusual touch.

"Exactly, this is what Taiwei Li took out of the box...... This silk book ...... "The sweat on Zhao Kuangyin's head dripped under the danqi, but he didn't dare to wipe it.

"Blank?" Chai Rong continued to ask.

"Exactly!" Zhao Kuangyin didn't dare to answer a word.

A smile appeared at the corner of Chai Rong's mouth: "Writing is also in front of you?" ”

"Yes......" Zhao Kuangyin's head was lowered.

Chai Rong sighed softly and waved his hand: "Yuen Long has worked hard, go down and rest!" ”

Zhao Kuangyin walked out of the hall backwards, Chai Rong raised his head and looked at the right servant sitting beside him, and asked softly, "How?" ”

The royal servant glanced at the system laid out on the case: "This name...... Does Your Majesty remember it yourself? ”

"Naturally remember......" Chai Rong smiled bitterly, "There are four copies of this book, which were made by the first emperor during his serious illness, one is in the hands of Feng Linggong, one is in the hands of Zhe Linggong, I also have one in my hand, and one is kept by ......the first emperor himself."

The royal servant twisted his beard and nodded gently: "The first emperor is carefully arranged, this is a precautionary measure!" ”

Chai Rong nodded: "On the day of my heir, the two Linggongs had already returned the book in their hands, only the one left by the first emperor himself had not been seen, I originally thought that there was still a forbidden, but I didn't expect the first emperor to give it to Li Huairen......"

The royal servant smiled: "The wisdom of the first emperor is almost like that of a sage......

Chai Rong also smiled: "This Captain Li is also a wonderful person, such a precious talisman, he actually used it so casually and confused......"

The smile on the servant's face was even stronger: "The wisdom of the Taiwei is indeed worthy of the love of the emperor......

Chai Rong and the royal servants never said it, Guo Wei gave this blank book to Li Wenge, and let him write the content, which is actually equivalent to granting him the right to abolish the establishment, and Li Wenge casually filled in the edict and returned it in front of Zhao Kuangyin, but he was explaining his heart to Chai Rong, to show that he had no intention of being self-reliant and usurping.

You must know that the same blank text has a completely different effect in the hands of Feng Dao and in the hands of Li Wenge.

In the Eighth Route Army, there are definitely not a few people who want to support Li Wenge and call the emperor the emperor, but they have not found a legitimate opportunity, and now Guo Wei is dying and has given such a blank book to come, this is a godsend, even if Li Wenge does not want to be the emperor at this time, he can temporarily endure Tao obscurity, but he can also hold this book in his hands, on the one hand, it is left for future use, and on the other hand, it is also a constraint on Chai Rong in the center.

Who would have thought that Li Wenge used this book to seek a county baron for Shen Chen.

Although the knight is not lightly rewarded, compared to the weight of this blank edict, a baron is really not worth mentioning.

Even if it is a real baron, hereditary replacement, the weight is much worse.

What's more, Li Wenge just asked Shen Chen for an empty title that could not be hereditary without a real seal, and he was still the lowest-ranking baron among the fifth-rank lords.

According to the rank of the baron, he only has the fifth rank, and at this time, Shen Chen's ministry and military rank have been promoted to the fourth rank.

It is really ...... that such a precious thing is so useful What a waste......

Has Li Wenge's head been kicked by a donkey?

Even Chai Rong secretly felt sorry for this Captain Li in his heart.

A ...... alone How stupid can it be...... It's the best of fools......

Chai Rong sighed to himself, but the royal servant said: "This blank edict is really a question given by Emperor Daxing to Captain Huairen and His Majesty, and Captain Huairen's answer can be described as complete, and now it is Your Majesty's turn to answer this question......