135 Appointment of customs and defense

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However, there is also an advantage to this, Lian Zining can already imagine that he will send it to Dai Zhangpu's house like a sea of gold and silver, and this adult's attitude towards himself will also change - from the initial value, to the weight later, and then to the dependence. Although there is only a difference of one word, but the difference between them cannot be calculated. After all, Dai Fu's annual income is only two or three hundred thousand taels, and this time, he has doubled his income, and whoever he replaces himself must also look at himself.

The current situation is like chess, and only by working hard to prove one's value can one not be regarded as a chess piece, and not be given up at a critical moment, or in other words, become a more important chess piece.

Ten days later, Lian Zining finally received a summons from Dai Zhangpu, and he was full of excitement in his heart, and the matter of organizing and training the new army seemed to be eyebrow-raising.

Entering Dai's Mansion and walking on the way to Xiaohua Hall, Rao is has experienced many things since he crossed over, and he has become more and more thoughtful, and his heart can't help but thump.

Without him, the temptation of military power is fatal in any era. Especially in this hot and yellow land, countless people rely on the army to come to power, and the yellow robe is added, which is even more aggravated by this temptation. Moreover, for Lian Zining, holding military power has another meaning.

Finally, in this situation where wolves are surrounded on all sides, like a dark jungle, there can be an armed force to protect their loved ones.

Seeing Dai Zhangpu in the small flower hall, what made Lian Zining a little surprised and worried was that Dai Zhangpu's face was a little solemn.

"Sit down!" Dai Zhangpu pointed to the chair in front of him and said in a deep voice.

Lian Zining sat down as he said, and asked softly, "My lord, but what happened to things?" ”

"Accident, but no, the official's request to train the new army is right for the emperor's appetite, and it is already a quasi-performance. However," he groaned, with a slightly embarrassed look on his face: "At any time, it is not easy to establish a new army, although the establishment of the new army has been suppressed at about two thousand people, and the source of the new army is selected from the standard-bearers, and there is no need to recruit new soldiers. Moreover, returning those towns to the two counties can be regarded as a move to benefit the people and the localities, but this is the case, and many people have jumped out to oppose it. ”

Dai Zhangpu smiled faintly: "However, when the official first served as the left attendant of the military department, the first excerpt was rejected, what kind of system did it become?" Those jumping clowns, nothing to worry about. ”

Although he said it lightly, Lian Zining could also imagine that these factions of the imperial court, fighting wits and courage, must be very tired.

"After tossing for more than half a month, I finally set the charter, yesterday, I just gave the emperor a note, the emperor has approved it, and the official has discussed with the emperor for a while, and set some rules. The emperor gave a name - called 'Wu Yijun', and the emperor personally gave the name, which is also a great kindness, but you can do it in your heart. ”

"This Wu Yijun is worth two thousand households, therefore, it is the scale of a guard, and it should have been given a commanding envoy, but you were only a hundred households before, and crossing the third level at a time will inevitably attract people's attention, so this time I will give you the title of deputy thousand households." Dai Zhangpu raised his chin towards the table over there: "Look at yourself, there are relevant defense documents in it." ”

Lian Zi Ning Qiang suppressed the surging mood in his heart, took a step forward, and opened the large box made of copper on the small table in front of him.

Inside is a document, a large seal.

He picked up the document and glanced at it, and his heart couldn't help but tremble, and the meaning was roughly like this: 'Zi Ning, the general flag agent of the flag of the flag hand Wei Chenzi, a member of the hundred households, is innocent, resolute and resolute, and has the courage to do things. ’

The so-called president, in fact, this was also the common name at that time, the commander of the small-scale army was called the commander, and the large-scale one was called the presidential system. Whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the end of the Qing Dynasty, it is called so.

He trembled and picked up the big seal made of red copper, this big seal is eight inches square, and it weighs more than ten pounds in his hand. When I picked it up, there were six big characters below, President Wu Yijun.

Lian Zining took a deep breath, and grabbed the big seal in his hand with his right hand, dead.

This big seal is the so-called customs defense, and it is also a symbol of military power in this era.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the political secretary and the six departments often cheat with pre-printed blank printing paper, after Emperor Hongwu of Taizu found out, he changed to use half a seal, so as to put together the test, take its "close defense" meaning, so the name of the defense, its shape is rectangular. Thereafter, it was not used for the purpose of inquiry, but remained unchanged, and was to be given to the officers who were temporarily appointed for a reason, although the governor, the governor, and the chief military officer were also. In the Qing Dynasty along the Ming system, regular officials used square official seals called "seals", which were different from gold, gold-plated, silver, and copper, while temporary officials used customs defense, which were cast in silver and copper respectively.

Printed with vermilion ink, with purple red water, commonly known as purple flower seal.

Lian Zining's big seal is square, that is to say, in the eyes of the imperial court, he and his Wu Yi army, which has not yet been seen, are no longer a temporary army, but a standing army.

This pass defense is similar to the tiger talisman during the Warring States period, and after having it, it can recruit troops and horses and command the army.

"But there are also some difficulties." Dai Zhangpu glanced at Lian Zining and said, "The first one is military salary." ”

"The formation of a new army is not a trivial matter, you also know the habits of our Ming Dynasty, but if the emperor approves of it, the civil and military officials must always oppose it, it is useless."

Lian Zining was silent, Dai Zhangpu's words were indeed very right, the Ming Dynasty has never had a strong emperor since Hongwu Yongle, I don't know when it developed a disgusting surname like that of civil officials, what the emperor said must be wrong, we must rise up to refute it. Now there are rumors in the market that Dai Zhangpu was scolded as a lucky villain, needless to say, these words are naturally from those opposition parties, and even Zining has heard of it.

"As soon as the emperor said that he wanted to train the new army, the household department immediately cried poor, saying that there was no silver, and the household department had two million taels a year, and one million taels should be allocated to the inner child for the gold and silver in the palace, and the remaining one million taels was no longer enough. A new army of 2,000 men, and a new army using firearms, had to start from scratch, and the cost was much greater than that of an ordinary army, roughly estimated to be around 150,000 taels of silver a year. ”

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