The army under the command of the general army is called the regular soldier, and the odd soldiers under the command of the deputy general army, the guerrilla soldiers under the guerrilla division, and the reinforcements under the general division cooperate with the battle. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty to the middle of the Ming Dynasty, both civil and military, and the chief military officer was quite powerful.

However, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, civilian officials were used to control military affairs, emphasizing civilian officials and ignoring military positions, and the status of general military officers declined significantly.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Guohua said: "How many people do you think is appropriate for the Volunteer Brigade to be expanded?" ”

After taking a sip of tea, Chen Sheng looked at Governor Meng's mansion, and then at Zhao Guohua, and then said carefully: "At most, there are five thousand people, and if there are more, the official will not dare to approve it......"

"Okay, according to what the adults said, five thousand people are five thousand people......" Zhao Guohua pretended to be embarrassed and agreed.

Seeing that Zhao Guohua was so obedient, Chen Sheng twisted his beard and smiled......

The matter of expanding the army was reasonably and legally, and he got the document jointly issued by Ji'an Mansion and Ji'an Bingbei Road to purchase 2,000 bars of Lu Mi Gong and 50,000 catties of gunpowder, Zhao Guohua was very happy, he smiled and said goodbye to the two adults and then went out to prepare for the army, returned to YX County and began to post a notice in Ji'an Province and YX County to recruit troops.

"What? You said that the joint defense brigade has been expanded again? Jinyi Wei Baihu Tang Zhengming jumped up from the chair like a fire burning his buttocks.

The general flag said: "Yes, I have read the recruitment announcement. The Joint Defense Brigade has been renamed the Volunteer Brigade."

"What does Zhao Guohua want to do? So what are Meng Liangchen and Chen Sheng up to? Tang Zhengming asked thoughtfully.

"This ...... I can't think of it even if I am humble......" Feng Sheng said cautiously.

After thinking for a while, Tang Zhengming said: "Take the official uniform of this official, you take four brothers, and go to the prefect's yamen and the military preparation road yamen with this official, and listen to what Meng Chen and the two have to say......

Soon, Tang Zhengming put on the official uniform of the Jinyi Wei Baihu and carried the embroidered spring knife. The official uniform is a turquoise splendid suit, not a flying fish suit. It's not that Tang Baihu doesn't want to wear a flying fish suit, it's that he doesn't have a flying fish suit, and he is not qualified to wear a flying fish suit at all. The Flying Fish suit can only be worn by high-ranking officers in the brocade guard.

Jinyi Wei set up a commander, three products; Command the same two people, from the three products; Commanding two servants, four products; Pacify the two people, from the four products; Fourteen thousand households and fourteen people, five products; Vice thousands of households, from the five products; 100 households, six products; Try 100 households, from six products; General flag, is the seventh product; Small flags, from the seven pins. There are generals, captains, and wrestlers under his subordinates, and there are foreign staff members and school orders, as well as translators who are proficient in many Chinese

The costumes worn by Jin Yiwei, in addition to the flying fish suit, also have the unicorn suit. According to the Ming system, its clothing color, a bullfight, a flying fish, a python, a unicorn, a tiger, a tiger, Biao; Whether it is a flying fish suit or a unicorn suit, wearing it on Jinyiwei is a symbol of honor and status. Not all of them wore it, but it was worn by a special brocade guard.

On formal occasions, the officials at the first level of the Jinyi Guard Command Envoy wore red python suits, flying fish suits, black gauze hats, luan belts, and embroidered spring knives, and wore red civilian clothes on ordinary occasions; Lower-level officials such as Qianhu and Baihu wore blue-green splendid clothes, and generally wore blue-green civilian clothes. The same is true when performing tasks.

At that time, as long as the people saw the person who "was angry with the horse in fresh clothes and spoke with the accent of the Beijing Division", they could conclude that it was Jinyiwei. The so-called "fresh clothes" are colorful clothes, and black clothes cannot be called "fresh clothes". The biggest feature of Jinyiwei is that he wears a golden official uniform, which means that he is high in power, called a flying fish suit, and wears an embroidered spring knife.

The group rode to the Ji'an Mansion, and the people on the road, whether they were passers-by, burden-bearers, or carts, saw these fierce Jinyi guards, they all hurriedly avoided the roadside, and some people didn't even dare to breathe, for fear of annoying these fierce gods.

"Hahahaha......" A few Jinyi Guard Captains and Lux laughed insolently and beat their horses past.

The prefect Meng Liangchen had just finished trying a case of a brother fighting for land, and was filling out the paperwork, when he heard the messenger report that Tang Zhengming, a hundred households of Jinyiwei, had visited, he couldn't help but "chuckle" in his heart, knowing that it might be Zhao Guohua's joint defense team recruiting people that attracted the attention of Jinyiwei. In addition to official affairs, he usually doesn't have much contact with this Tang Zhengming, and the two sides can be said to be well water and not river water.

He thought to himself: "No matter what, we can't let these eagles and dogs break up the Volunteer Brigade, otherwise in the future, whoever asks for the 180,000 taels of silver every year, and who will expropriate and suppress the bandits and bandits."

After thinking about it, he said loudly: "I invite Tang Baihu to ......" and said with a smile on his face, and went down to the hall to greet Tang Zhengming in person.

Seeing Meng Liangchen giving face like this, Tang Zhengming was also very happy in his heart, after all, it was also a happy thing for the prefect of the fourth grade to come to greet him, the hundred households of the six grades of brocade clothes and guards.

"Alas! Lord Meng is too polite, and he really doesn't dare to be an official...... I really don't dare to be a ......," Tang Zhengming said, laughing so hard that he could barely see his eyes.

After some politeness, the maid served the fragrant tea and retreated.

"Lord Meng is so good at enjoying it, although he is a rough man, but after drinking this tea, he also has a feeling of relaxation and happiness." Tang Zhengming praised while drinking tea.

"Tang Baihu said with a smile, you Jinyiwei are well-informed, and you are Your Majesty's pro-army, what kind of good tea have you not drunk? , please don't laugh at the official......" Meng Liangchen said with a smile.

After drinking tea for a while, seeing that Meng Liangchen just didn't ask about his intentions, Tang Zhengming said in his heart: "This old fox doesn't ask, only he says it directly." Thinking of this, he looked at Meng Liangchen, and Tang Zhengming said: "Lord Meng, something happened in this Ji'an Mansion recently, I don't know if you have heard of it?" ”

"There are more than 200,000 people under the jurisdiction of this official, and there are too many things happening every day, I don't know what Tang Baihu is talking about?" Meng Liangchen looked at Tang Zhengming with a smile and asked.

Glancing at him, Tang Zhengming said: "I heard that there is a civilian armed force in the city of Ji'an, what is the name of the joint defense brigade, do you know?" ”

After taking a sip of tea, Meng Liangchen said with a smile: "It turns out that Tang Baihu said this is what the official already knows, and this joint defense brigade was established with the joint consent of this official and Chen Bingbei, and now it has been renamed the Ji'an Mansion Volunteer Brigade." ”

"Oh! It turned out to be like this......" Tang Zhengming said with a pretended enlightenment. After taking a sip of tea, spitting out a little tea in his mouth, Tang Zhengming said again: "I don't know why Lord Chen Bingbei approved the establishment of such a team, isn't there a garrison in Ji'an City?" ”

Hearing this, Meng Liangchen glanced at him again, and told him about the causes and consequences of the establishment of the Volunteer Brigade, Tang Zhengming listened and thought secretly: "Sure enough, it is similar to the report of Feng Sheng of the General Banner", so he changed the topic and asked: "Then do you know about the fact that they collect entry fees and security fees?" ”

"Well, they reported this in advance, the purpose of collecting the entrance fee and security fee is for their own daily expenses and salary, and the Ji'an Mansion has not allocated a tael of silver to them, and the military garrison has no silver and food to supply them. Since having them, not only have there been many fewer hooligans and scoundrels in Ji'an City, but the market has also become much more prosperous. Meng Liangchen smiled and said slowly.

Hearing Meng Liangchen say this, Tang Zhengming didn't speak again. After a while, he suddenly smiled mysteriously and asked, "I wonder how much they charge for entering the city and security fees in a year?" ”

Glancing at him vigilantly, Meng Liangchen thought about it and said, "About 120,000 taels a year......

After thinking about it for a while, Tang Zhengming said: "Lord Meng, it's not that the lower officials don't believe you and Chen Bingbei, it's just that their responsibilities lie, so they have to ask about this matter, since the two adults agreed, the lower officials won't ask more, you call that Zhao Guohua to report to my Jinyi Guard, and go through the procedures......"

When Meng Liangchen heard him say this, he smiled secretly, and said in his heart: "Chen Sheng and I have agreed, what else are you worried about, report, don't you just want some money." Thinking of this, he smiled and said cheerfully: "No problem, I will send someone to pass him on later, and ask him to go to you to report the formalities." ”

One day later, Zhao Guohua took Sun Fu to the Jinyiwei Hundred Households in Ji'an Mansion, and met with Tang Zhengming, a meeting gift of 1,500 taels of silver, which made Tang Zhengming have a good impression of Zhao Guohua all of a sudden, and finally under the condition of giving 20,000 taels of silver to the Hundred Households every year, the registration procedures of the Volunteer Brigade in Jinyiwei were successfully completed.

Out of the Jinyi Wei Hundred Households, Zhao Guohua was busy with the expansion of the Volunteer Brigade.

The members of the joint defense brigade are fair, kind, not afraid of violence, and do not bully the good and weak, and they are very popular with the people. Seeing the proclamation this time, many young people in the urban and rural areas of Ji'an Province were excited......

"Go, my father agreed to let you go as a joint defense team, this joint defense brigade is reassuring, you go, you can just go to hone your ......," said a half-centenarian to a young man in his twenties in a small shop in Ji'an Fucheng.

The young man said while eating: "Of course, I usually see what the joint defense team is doing, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten it." ”

"Yes, since the appearance of the joint defense team in Ji'an City, there are far fewer ruffians and hooligans, and they don't dare to come to my little shop to find trouble......" said the half-hundred old man, "squeaking" and taking a sip of wine.

Such words were repeated in the cities and villages of Ji'an Province, and long queues were formed at all recruitment points......

At noon that day, in the Yang Mansion in YX County, Yang Rui said to Yang Degui angrily: "Dad, the Zhao Manzi's bullshit joint defense team is going to recruit people again, I heard that this time it will be expanded to 5,000 people, and it will be renamed the Ji'an Mansion Volunteer Brigade, if it continues to develop like this, my family will have no chance to turn over." ”

"What's the way, I heard that this time it was the Meng Governor's Mansion and the Bingbei Dao Chen Sheng who agreed, alas, I don't know what the Zhao Manzi used, and the two adults who coaxed Meng Chen agreed with him to expand the Volunteer Brigade of Na Lao Shizi."