Chapter 389: A Special Imperial Guard
Although Liu Xin was skeptical of what He Jin said, it was impossible to doubt He Jin just like that, so Liu Xin said to He Jin euphemistically: "General, there is a sentence that this king doesn't know whether to say or not, but this king feels that it is still necessary to say that if the Luoyang auction is really going to be held, there will be at least more than a thousand participants, and this does not include the entourage attached to these participants, so the venue of this auction must be large enough." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info”
He Jin naturally understood what Liu Xin meant, and also knew that Liu Xin was doubting whether he could find a suitable venue, so in order to reassure Liu Xin, and in order to make Liu Xin make up his mind to be responsible for holding this Luoyang auction, He Jin said to Liu Xin with certainty: "Lord, don't worry, He has already thought of where the Luoyang auction should be held, and He can guarantee that this place can accommodate at least about 2,000 people." ”
Liu Xin frowned, he didn't expect He Jin to be so sure, but this auction venue that can accommodate more than 2,000 people made Liu Xin very curious, after all, in addition to the palace, Liu Xin really couldn't think of a suitable place to hold an auction.
So, Liu Xin said to He Jin very curiously: "Oh, general, don't lie to me, in a place like Luoyang, where every inch of land is valuable, is there really a place that can accommodate more than 2,000 people, and general, you must know that in order to ensure the smooth progress of the auction, the venue of the auction must ensure that all participants can clearly see the auction items, so the auction is best not in an open area, it is best to be in a big house." ”
He Jin nodded, and said to Liu Xin with a smile: "Don't worry, of course He knows this, and although the place where I am going to hold the auction is not in Luoyang City, it is a manor located not far from the suburbs of Luoyang, but the main building of this manor is very large, and it was originally used by the families in Luoyang City to hold banquets, but the previous owner of this manor was transferred to an official, so He bought this manor at a low price, as long as some simple renovations were carried out, I think it will be enough to meet the needs of the auction, and it shouldn't be a problem to accommodate 2,000 people. ”
Liu Xin nodded, there are many manors in the suburbs of Luoyang, and the area is not small, after all, the land in the suburbs of Dahan is not valuable, even if it is the suburbs of Luoyang, the imperial capital, it can almost be said that as long as people with a little status and status, they can build a large piece of land in the suburbs of Luoyang, whatever you want, as long as you can repair it.
As for the manor purchased by He Jin, Liu Xin felt that it was very likely to be a gathering place for the families in Luoyang City, so the banquet hall in the main building should be quite large, as long as a temporary auction was held after a certain amount of renovation, there should be no problem.
So Liu Xin nodded and said with a smile: "I see, then the king will rest assured, if the general is also willing to help the king hold this Luoyang auction, then we will settle it." ”
As soon as He Jin heard Liu Xin say this, he immediately nodded with a smile, and said seriously: "Okay, well, since you believe in He so much, then He will definitely not be able to drop the chain, and will definitely help you hold this Luoyang auction well." ”
So, Liu Xin and He Jin made a verbal agreement, Liu Xin provided the auction items of the Luoyang auction, and He Jin was fully responsible for the preparation of the Luoyang auction, including the venue of the Luoyang auction, the security work of the Luoyang auction (He Jin said that he would send the city guards in Luoyang City to be responsible for the security of the Luoyang auction, Liu Xin could only agree with this, and secretly sighed that He Jin would really fake the public and private), as well as the publicity work of the Luoyang auction.
Of course, Liu Xin also promised one thing, that is, he would not intervene in everything before the auction was held, and he would not have too much contact with those participants who came to participate in the auction, after all, He Jin wanted to take this opportunity to expand his popularity in Dahan, and wanted to get in touch with some of the big families who came to participate in the Luoyang auction, so Liu Xin naturally couldn't steal the limelight from He Jin.
Of course, in the end, although He Jin insisted that all the interests of the auction belonged to Liu Xin, Liu Xin was not a greedy person, and Liu Xin did not want to return to Yizhou Chengdu with so much finance, after all, it was too troublesome, so it was better to give some money to He Jin, and let He Jin endorse himself in Luoyang in the future, after all, He Jin still had a certain right to speak in Luoyang, and Liu Xin also had to fulfill his agreement with Zhang Rang and break into the strength of his relatives.
Therefore, under Liu Xin's repeated insistence, He Jin finally accepted the thirty percent profit of the Luoyang auction, which also made the relationship between Liu Xin and He Jin a lot better, and He Jin also thought that Liu Xin was very particular and was a person worthy of deep friendship.
He Jin was born in the market, so he is still very good at chatting, so he is very happy to chat with Liu Xin, and Liu Xin has also learned a lot of so-called inside information that he can't usually contact.
For example, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty recently planned to send troops to be stationed in Hebei, because there was news that the Taiping Road in Jizhou had changed.
This news surprised Liu Xin very much, could it be that Taiping Dao wanted to launch the Yellow Turban Uprising?
But in the final analysis, it was because of Liu Xin that Taiping Road in Jizhou changed.
The reason is actually very simple, that is, because of Liu Xin's arrival, Zhang Jiao was intimidated, after all, Zhang Jiao was afraid that Liu Xin, a peer, would come to find trouble for himself if he couldn't think about it. Fight with yourself.
After all, Liu Xin's "immortal master" name is too loud, and Zhang Jiao, as the most famous immortal master in the Han Dynasty, Zhang Jiao is also afraid that Liu Xin will come to the top by stepping on himself, after all, by suppressing his famous peers, he will be able to rise to the top faster and start his own fame.
So when the news of Liu Xin's arrival in Luoyang reached Zhang Jiao's ears, Zhang Jiao was directly instigated, and decisively chose to leave his base in Jizhou, that is, Julu City, and instead "took refuge" in the Bingzhou area.
And Zhang Jiao's status in Jizhou is now quite high, no matter what he does, he is a hundred responses, so when Zhang Jiao began to leave Julu City, a large number of Taiping Dao believers heard the wind and followed their great sages and good teachers to leave Julu City, and more Taiping Dao believers joined the team along the way, so Zhang Jiao's team became larger and larger, which naturally attracted the attention of local officials, so he gave it to Emperor Han Ling, and Emperor Han Ling naturally would not let Taiping Dao go unto himself after learning about the Taiping Dao changes. After all, Taiping Dao doesn't look right.
Therefore, Emperor Ling of Han was ready to mobilize a force to be stationed in the Hebei region, as long as Taiping Dao showed the slightest possibility of rebellion, Emperor Ling of Han could quickly send troops to suppress Taiping Dao.
Of course, no one would know that the reason why Taiping Dao has such a change is because of Liu Xin.
And Liu Xin is now also thinking about it, thinking about the Taiping Dao, or Zhang Jiao, which kind of wind is being smoked.
But in the end, Liu Xin also gave up thinking about this problem, after all, Liu Xin really couldn't think of the answer to this question, so don't think about things that can't be figured out, so as not to add to the blockage for yourself, anyway, in the end, Liu Xin felt that he would naturally know the answer.
So, Liu Xin diverted the topic and began to deliberately lead the topic to the Royal Forest Army.
And He Jin is also a straightforward person, he was directly abducted into the ditch by Liu Xin, and told Liu Xin about the situation of the Royal Forest Army without any scruples.
As Liu Xin thought before, although the Royal Forest Army is the strongest army in the Han Dynasty, there are also a lot of internal problems, there are many children of the family who serve as grassroots military attachés in the Royal Forest Army, and these children of the family are also masters with high eyes and low hands, and they also like to form gangs and make trouble, which also makes He Jin very headache.
So, Liu Xin directly said to He Jin: "I see, I also hope that among the five hundred royal forest troops allocated by His Majesty to this king, there will be no such second ancestors." ”
When He Jin heard Liu Xin say this, he couldn't help patting his head and said with a smile: "Oh, how did I forget about this matter, He Mou has received instructions from His Majesty, and is preparing to take some time to choose five hundred royal forest troops for the prince, but you can rest assured, these children of the family are all from Luoyang, and it is impossible for them to choose to follow the prince to Yizhou, after all, it is not that I He looks down on Yizhou, mainly because the place in Yizhou is too far away from Luoyang." ”
Liu Xin also nodded, He Jin was right, for those children of the Luoyang family who were born and raised, Yizhou can be described as a poor mountain and bad water, not to mention that where there is a barbarian rebellion, maybe there will be a battle, and these children of the family originally thought that they could be safe and stable in the Royal Forest Army, how could they be willing to fight on the battlefield?
So Liu Xin was also relieved, after all, Liu Xin also knew the threat of those young master soldiers to the entire army.
And He Jin also understood why Liu Xin mentioned this matter, so He Jin also said to Liu Xin very consciously: "Prince, don't worry, He will definitely select the most elite in the Imperial Forest Army for you, and it is the best to drive the five hundred people, after all, there is a special force of about 1,000 people in the Royal Forest Army, and these 1,000 Royal Forest Army are all ordinary people, hard-working, and all of them are good at one enemy, but because they have no relationship in the army, and they have not joined the command of those children of the family. So these Imperial Forest Army are just a group of big soldiers up to now, specifically responsible for doing dirty work, if you are willing to give them a suitable treatment, and are willing to take their families to Yizhou together, I can make the decision for them now, let these thousand Royal Forest Army be transferred to the prince you. “
Liu Xin didn't expect He Jin to be so arrogant, the original quota of 500 people in the Imperial Forest Army was directly doubled, and he was directly transferred to himself 1,000 Royal Forest Army, which made Liu Xin very happy, and Liu Xin naturally did not refuse the extra 500 Royal Forest Army, after all, listening to He Jin's introduction, this thousand Royal Forest Army is not only the elite soldiers in the Royal Forest Army, but also from an ordinary background, obeying orders, and bearing hardships and standing hard work, where to find such a force?
According to He Jin's careful introduction, Liu Xin finally understood the origin and current situation of this thousand imperial forest army.
The Imperial Forest Army belongs to the professional army, and it is also a unit that eats imperial food, and the treatment is excellent, so every year a large number of strong men choose to join the Royal Forest Army, and the Royal Forest Army is naturally a strict requirement, so that the elite of those strong men join the Royal Forest Army, and in order to ensure that the Royal Forest Army will not be mixed with assassins and the like, after all, the Royal Forest Army is to protect the palace and Emperor Han Ling, and it is natural to have contact with Emperor Han Ling, in case the Royal Forest Army mixes in an assassin, it is not good to take the opportunity to assassinate Emperor Han Ling.
Therefore, Emperor Ling of Han ordered that the Imperial Forest Army be kept mobile, that is, a new Imperial Army was recruited every year.
However, this order of Emperor Han Ling made the middle and high-level military attaches of the Imperial Forest Army speechless, after all, if the Imperial Forest Army is replaced every year, the combat effectiveness of the Royal Forest Army is not guaranteed at all, and a bunch of recruit eggs will not play much role in the palace.
Therefore, the high-level military attachés of the Royal Forest Army came up with a solution, that is, to expand the number of military attachés at the grassroots level, and upgrade some veterans of the Royal Forest Army with qualifications and abilities to grassroots military attachés, so that they can avoid being discharged from the army, so as to ensure the combat effectiveness of the Royal Forest Army.
However, although the starting point of such a decision is very good, it will inevitably encounter problems when it is implemented, and this regulation has been targeted by the children of the family, after all, this is a shortcut to promotion.
As a result, many children of the family quickly promoted their official positions through this decision, and the grassroots military attache was naturally not able to expand the recruitment without restrictions, so those veterans of the Royal Forest Army who should have been promoted to the grassroots military attaché were robbed of their promotion places by the children of the family, so the situation was very embarrassing for a while.
So, at this time, a high-level military attache of the Royal Forest Army came up with a good way, that is, to set up a special unit that will not be discharged to accommodate these veterans of the Royal Forest Army, and although this special force also belongs to the category of the Royal Forest Army, it belongs to the logistics force of the Royal Forest Army.
Of course, although these logisticians are nominally responsible for various chores, in practice they still have the same duties as ordinary guards, and are sometimes responsible for training new recruits in the guards.
Therefore, these 1,000 special Imperial Forest soldiers are all veterans who have been in the palace for at least three years, and they are all in the prime of life, and they are also receiving various trainings in peacetime, and they can be put into the battlefield at any time, so He Jin is eager to recruit all of them.
However, in recent years, the veterans of these Royal Forest Army have not had a good time, after all, once a son of heaven and a courtier, although He Jin treats these veterans well, but the county officials are not as good as the current management, the high-level military attaches in the Royal Forest Army have changed a group of people, and most of them are the children of the family who rely on family relationships, and these trusted high-level military attaches are naturally also fighting the idea of these elites of the Royal Forest Army, and want to let the elites of these Royal Forest Army join their family as private soldiers, but basically they are temporarily suppressed by He Jin, But the two sides also entered a tug-of-war, and no one could help anyone, and no one could recruit the elite of these Royal Foresters.
He Jin also knew that it was impossible for him to recruit the elite of the thousand Imperial Forest Army, so he took advantage of today's opportunity to simply give the elite of the thousand Imperial Forest Army to Liu Xin as a benefit, which could be regarded as expressing his sincerity to Liu Xin, of course, He Jin also had the mentality of making those children of the family uncomfortable, after all, what he couldn't get, naturally he couldn't let them get it.
So, this can be regarded as a battle between cranes and mussels, and the fisherman profits, Liu Xin, a bystander, inexplicably has the opportunity to incorporate the elite troops of the 1,000 Royal Forest Army.
After listening to He Jin's introduction to the elite of the 1,000 Royal Forest Army, Liu Xin was naturally very willing to incorporate the elite troops of the 1,000 Royal Forest Army, but Liu Xin also asked with some scruples: "If you can, this king is naturally willing to accept a thousand Royal Forest Army, but this king has a doubt and hopes that the general will solve his doubts, that is, His Majesty only gave me a quota of 500 Royal Forest Army, and now the general has added another 500 Royal Forest Army quota to this king on his own initiative, if Your Majesty knows, Will you blame both of us? “。
Liu Xin's worries are also reasonable, after all, if He Jinduo's five hundred Imperial Forest Soldiers are known to others, and then spread to the ears of Emperor Han Ling, if there is another charge of forming a party with He Jin for personal gain, it will be a bit unpleasant.
However, He Jin shook his head indifferently, and said to Liu Xin with a smile: "Lord Wang, you are too worried, He Mou will tell you so, these thousand Royal Forest Army were originally considered black households, but they were only logistics troops belonging to the Royal Forest Army, and they were not real Royal Forest Army, so He Mou could transfer another five hundred real Royal Forest Army to the prince, and then let these thousand special Royal Forest Army follow the prince back to Yizhou in the name of the auxiliary army, which is no problem at all." “
He Jin's explanation made Liu Xin unrealizable, it turned out that there were still so many things to say in this Imperial Forest Army.
However, the people's hearts are not enough to swallow the elephant, Liu Xin still understands this truth, so Liu Xin finally rejected He Jin's temptation of "five hundred more", and chose to let He Jin transfer half of the 1,000 special Imperial Forest Army, that is, to transfer the establishment of 500 regular Imperial Forest Army and 500 auxiliary troops to Liu Xin, and He Jin also directly waved his hand and gave Liu Xin 2,000 sets of standard equipment of the Royal Forest Army, that is, the best standard equipment that the Han army can be equipped with at present, and He Jin also added 1,000 war horses to Liu Xin. In other words, Liu Xin already had a thousand well-equipped and well-trained cavalry.
As for why He Jin is so generous, he naturally responded to that sentence, not that he didn't feel distressed when he spent his own money, after all, the food and clothing of the Imperial Forest Army, and the equipment and horses were all paid for by Emperor Han Ling, of course, Emperor Han Ling also used the Han treasury to support these Imperial Forest Army, so He Jin used the money from the Han treasury to curry favor with Liu Xin, and naturally he was not distressed.
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