Chapter 218: Fighting Strength and Suppressing People, Promoting Officials in a Way (Part I)
Wang Shouren really thinks Xu Xun is crazy. Where can such characters who hate dogs be drawn into the army?
When Xu Xun said lightly that he would take advantage of the fifteen days of the young army's rest to select these officers such as Baihu, and then pull people to the school field in Xiyuan to practice first, he reacted. Even so, he still didn't believe that Xu Xun would be able to correct these pampered nobles. You must know that even if most of the five hundred young soldiers in those three months were from a bitter background, there are still not a few people who are sick from the cold wind blowing on the soles of their feet, not to mention these sons of families who have not suffered at the moment?
"All in all, Brother Wang, you just have to supervise the selection of the young army, these people are on me. This time it is different from the previous five hundred, as long as the person is strong. The Emperor of Xiyuan personally reviewed the young army, and gave them the title of the prince with a knife The matter must have spread, and now the avant-garde of the government army has become a lot of fragrant gluttons in the eyes of the rest of the army, it is necessary to strictly control it, and it must not be allowed to make people indiscriminately, otherwise it will be eliminated by a large number of people, and the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household will have something to say, and these will fall on you, the head of the Ministry of War. As for the general, you just have to rest assured, although those four are from extraordinary backgrounds, the others are all picked in by real skills, especially the one in the blue shirt. ”
Xu Xun pointed to Qian Ning, who was carrying a big bow on his back, and then smiled slightly: "This person is what I happened to bump into, not only can he open a strong bow with one and a half stones, but also can open a bow left and right, and his archery skills are excellent!" At that time, if his performance is outstanding, I am ready to use the first team of the left battalion of Maqiao to act for the left thousand households, and he as the first team of the right battalion to act for the right thousand households. ”
Wang Shouren was first very interested in Xu Xun's praise of Qian Ning's archery, but then he was stunned by the meaning revealed in Xu Xun's words. It is expedient to act with 100 households and 1,000 households, and he appreciates this person Ma Qiao, who is diligent and honest, never lazy and slippery, as for that Qian Ning, if he really has the ability to open the bow left and right, it is also a way to act the right thousand households. It's just that he thought about it and asked, "You can figure it out!" But with such a disposition, aren't you afraid that those young masters will make trouble under others? ”
In the face of Wang Shouren's question, Xu Xun certainly did not explain that this was inspired by the military training company commander who also served as a platoon commander in later generations - and more importantly, he single-handedly formed the 2,000 people, and did not want to casually make two foreign thousand households press on them, so that these people would lose their self-motivation. As for that Channing, he was specially used to deal with those young master soldiers.
God took the initiative to send such a person to him, it's a pity not to use it!
"Don't worry, my king is in charge, I'm not as honest as you, the mountain people have their own tricks."
was exposed by Xu Xun again, Wang Shouren was annoyed and angry for a while, and immediately said angrily: "You still dare to say it? If you hadn't been fooling me, why wouldn't I have recognized His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for these three months? Okay, these young master soldiers are all under your control, I don't want to be platooned by those bosses in the military department, and I have to suffer from their idleness in the army! You are picking people here, and I will go back to the military headquarters to see the roster of the military remnants, so as not to fool people. ”
As he spoke, he walked out without looking back, but he suddenly stopped after taking a few steps: "To be honest, I'd rather be busy in Xiyuan for three months without touching the ground, than fight in the ring with those old adults and little adults in the yamen!" ”
Seeing Wang Shouren disappear outside the door, Xu Xun couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Officialdom was originally a place to wear out the sharpness of young people, those who were not slippery and good at turning around always rose to a high position, and even if they were too angular and angular, they could occupy a high position for a while with their holy dependents, but after a long time, they didn't know what they would do. Although Wang Shouren is now the first to fall twice, and the pavilion election Shu Jishi lost again, he was not very proud in the officialdom for a while, but he is such a strong person in his bones after all!
Unlike the first batch of tight schedules, the five hundred households had no choice, but this time Xu Xun was really selective. After the martial arts queue, he even imitated the interviews of later generations and did not hesitate to spend time calling people in for interviews one by one, so as to understand these future subordinates from the routine. And these are in the eyes of Ye Guang and Li Yifeng, who are old and cunning, and they secretly appreciate it, but the four noble sons who are like fake ones have different performances.
Zhang Zongshu and Xu Yanche were yawning uncontrollably, Qi Jiliang tried his best to cheer up, but he didn't understand Xu Xun's intentions, only Wang Shikun's small eyes flashed, and when the last person went out, Xu Xun directly threw a list to Ye Guang overnight, and when he heard the names of the four people selected today, his heart immediately brightened.
Almost all of these four people have one thing in common, that is, they do not have seven aunts and eight aunts, and their family backgrounds are simple, but they are all elder brothers, and there are several younger brothers and sisters - in other words, they are honest people who are good at taking care of children, but they are not proficient in human affairs. Xu Xun is really getting more and more sophisticated!
As for Zhu Houzhao, although he said that he was going to the Wenhua Hall on the fifteenth day of the first month of the three months, the boss reluctantly watched those officials of the East Palace kowtow to him, although he had to go to the Wenhua Hall every morning to listen to those cookie-cutter classes, but every afternoon was very pleasant. Go to Xiyuan to watch the young army practice, follow Wang Shouren to learn archery or compare archery with Xu Xun, listen to the two talk about the art of war and geography, Xu Xun will often tell interesting stories about those wild countries in the west, and the originally very slow words passed by in a flash. Now that the half-month vacation of the young soldiers has just begun, he can't stand it.
"It's boring!"
Seeing Zhu Houzhao throw a book on the ground, the whole person suddenly lay on his back on the soft couch, and none of the eunuchs serving in the warm pavilion dared to say anything, although this was the fifth time in one day. Zhang Yong tried to comfort him before, but in exchange for the prince's vicious eyes, he was a little helpless for a while; Gu Dayong also used the palace as a bait, but he didn't want to watch a play or go shopping under the East Palace, and he didn't dare to take people to the Qinglou Chu Pavilion, so he had to retreat; As for Ma Yongcheng and his ilk, not to mention, Zhu Houzhao is not even interested in juggling and breathing fire and other favorite things, what else can they do?
"Your Highness, Your Highness!"
Hearing this series of calls, Zhu Houzhao didn't even bother to move his fingers, just lay down and asked lazily: "Where did you go, and you will come back now?" ”
It was Liu Jin who trotted in, he didn't seem to see the annoyed eyes of his colleagues, and ran to the soft couch with a smile on his face and knelt down on one knee, because he said with a smile: "Your Highness, I just heard a good news!" It is said that Lord Xu has just made an excerpt, and said that the officers who are wanted have been selected, because the outer school field belongs to each guard, and it is not easy to occupy, so please temporarily borrow the school field in Xiyuan for half a month to train these officers, and the master of ceremonies, Xiao Gonggong, said that he would send the recital to the imperial front in the evening! ”
As soon as the words fell, Liu Jin saw Zhu Houzhao sit up as if he was a carp, his face was full of excitement, and he said mysteriously: "Your Highness knows who among these hundred households is not?" Hey, there are actually four sons and brothers that no one can imagine! The first one is the Hou Shizi of Shouning, the second is the second son of Dingguo Gong, and the third is the brother-in-law of Wei Guogong, which is the Wang Shikun we have seen...... As for the fourth, Your Highness, you can't guess how you keep it! ”
Zhu Houzhao was teased by Liu Jin with great interest, immediately tilted his head and thought about it carefully, and finally slapped his thigh and said, "Xu Xun, this guy is the most cunning, he won't bring that Qi Jiliang over too, right?" ”
Liu Jinyuan still wanted to sell a pass to make Zhu Houzhao happy, but he didn't want this master to have such a rich association, so he almost didn't stare out his eyes for a while: "Your Highness, how do you know?" ”
"Of course, I don't want to think that this prince is wise and martial?" The triumphant Zhu Houzhao couldn't hold back any longer, pulled his shoes down and ordered someone to dress him, and finally hurriedly walked out of the aisle, "Go to the celebrant and find a clerical officer to send the fold to the emperor quickly, I want to go to my father to say Xiang, and I will panic if I am so idle!" ”
Zhu Houzhao said Xiang, plus Emperor Hongzhi knew that Xu Xun had picked in the four noble families in one go, and he also had the heart to help him, so he half-pushed and half-allowed Xu Xun to pull these people into the school field in Xiyuan. It's just that there are so many fifteen people in the place where 500 people were trained in the past, plus the five instructors in Maqiao who were hard-pulled after three days of vacation, naturally they seem sparse and unimposing. Especially when Xu Xun left the next person and waited for a whole hour, someone finally couldn't hold it back.
As Xu Xun expected, although a bunch of people were crumbling, the first one to make trouble was Zhang Zong, the son of the Hou of Shouning. The prince rushed over angrily, and shouted with a red face: "This station has no head, what kind of training is this!" I'm a hundred households, and I'm not one of those military households, what are you doing practicing these boring things, master, I won't do it! ”
Seeing Zhang Zongshu turn around and leave angrily, Xu Xun, who had been standing all the time, said lightly: "Come as you say, leave as you say, what place do you think of here?" ”
"Why, do you dare to stop me?" Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, is the strongest and domineering outside, Zhang Zong said that he is afraid of his father's majesty at home, and of course he has another face outside, at this time Huo Ran turned around and pointed at Xu Xun's nose and scolded, "It's a big deal that I go to the queen's aunt to plead, I don't believe that I can come and go!" Don't think that you are good friends with His Royal Highness the Prince, what kind of adult shelf is placed in front of me, I am still the cousin of His Royal Highness the Prince! What are you! ”
"This prince has such a useless cousin as you, and his face is lost!"
Seeing that Zhu Houzhao, who had just come quietly but was hiding behind the lively eunuchs on the sidelines, finally showed his figure angrily, Xu Xun couldn't help but smile, and then he had to pretend to salute: "Weichen see His Royal Highness the Prince......
"Excuse me!"
Zhu Houzhao saw Zhang Zongshuo turn around and look at him, and immediately as if he had seen a ghost, he shouted angrily, "Xu Xun, I remember that your government army has military regulations, and laziness in training is punishable...... Hmm, is it twenty or thirty with a military stick? ”
(To be continued)