readx; At three o'clock in the morning, Wu Qiang, the commander of the Jinwu Left Guard of the Governor's Mansion of the Left Army of Nanjing, had not yet woken up from his hangover last night, and the Chinese officer shouted outside the door in a panic: "Your Excellency, have you ever gotten up?" ”

"What are you doing?" Wu Qiang, who was woken up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, "What is the ghost called early in the morning, did you rush to the house!" ”

"No, Lord Commander," the lieutenant officer said embarrassedly, "Yuan Keli, the new secretary of the military department and counselor, has come to inspect the camp!" ”

Wu Qiang was startled, pushed away the ** Qinglou in his arms, and hurriedly put on his military uniform, while telling in a panic: "Don't come out!" It is said that the new official has three fires in office, and we will not touch the temper of this old man, if he finds out that there are women sleeping in the barracks at night, it will be a big trouble! ”

After a long time, Wu Qiang stopped dressing up and ran into the council hall with a slight stumbling pace. www.biquge.info Wu Qiang recognized that it was Yuan Keli, the new secretary of the military department, and next to him was his immediate boss, Yan Tiecheng, the governor of the Left Military Governor's Mansion, who was glaring at him.

Wu Qiang hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "The last general Jin Wu Zuowei commanded Wu Qiang, I didn't know that Lord Shangshu and Lord Du Du were coming, and I missed the distance, and I still hope that Lord Shangshu..."

"It's Commander Wu!" Yuan Keli turned around and greeted warmly, "You don't have to see outside, although you and I have different official positions, we are guarding Nanjing together, and the headquarters has just arrived, and there are still many places to rely on Commander Wu." Come on, come on, sit down and talk! ”

Wu Qiang saw that Yuan Keli did not blame himself, and his heart was a little calmer. He had heard of Yuan Keli's name a long time ago, and the thundering case spread to the world decades ago, and since then Yuan Keli has been an iron-faced and selfless image in the hearts of the world, but today this Lord Shangshu is amiable, which makes Wu Qiang a little unexpected.

The three of them sat down and exchanged a few words, and Yuan Keli said to Yan Tiecheng: "The headquarters still needs to inspect the Jinwu Left Guard, and Yan Dudu is busy with military affairs, so there is no need to accompany him." ”

Although Yan Tiecheng is a first-grade military attaché, he is higher in rank than Yuan Keli; However, the Ming Dynasty used literature to control the military, and the governor's mansion of the five armies was nominal and had no military power at all, so Yan Tiecheng did not dare to contradict Yuan Keli at all, and only smiled cautiously: "Lord Shangshu is not afraid of the hard journey, how dare the general be lazy." The last general has nothing else to do, so let's accompany Lord Shangshu to inspect it..."

"No need." Although Yuan Keli's tone was calm, his attitude was very resolute, "The headquarters has to inspect a few more battalions today, and Governor Yan might as well go to the next battalion first to notify in advance, so as not to delay time." ”

This sentence is clearly to ridicule Wu Qiang for coming too slowly, making Wu Qiang's face flushed and sweating. Yan Tiecheng saw that Yuan Ke had made an order to expel the guest, and it was not easy to disobey, so he had to give up his hand and leave, and when he left, he glared at Wu Qiang fiercely, and muttered in a low voice: "You pay attention to me, and think clearly when you reply!" ”

Of course, Wu Qiang knew what Yan Tiecheng meant, he, the Jinwu Zuowei, also had the problem of "eating empty salaries", with a quota of 5,600 people, but in fact it was just over 3,000 people, and the extra salary was naturally shared between him and Yan Tiecheng and other bosses and related personnel. Although the imperial court has repeatedly issued orders to investigate, it is all thunder and rain, and when it comes to his level, he is often asked to self-check, so what else can be found?

But now that Yuan Keli came to Jinwu Zuowei in person, Wu Qiang had a ghost in his heart, and of course he was uneasy. Sure enough, after Yan Tiecheng left, Yuan Keli asked in the first sentence: "Commander Wu, how many troops do you have under your command?" Rest assured, the ministry is not here to check the empty salary. The guards have been eating empty salaries for a long time, and the imperial court often owes salaries, so you don't have to worry about completely solving the problem in a day. The headquarters only wants to know how many soldiers you can fight, so that you can make overall arrangements so as not to miss the important matter of defending the city. ”

Wu Qiang thought to himself that Yuan Keli had already said everything, if he stared at him again and didn't admit to eating empty salaries, it would be boring. If you are notified in advance and make sufficient preparations, you can also recruit a group of unemployed vagrants to pretend to be soldiers, and let these people fill up when they are named according to the roster, and you can get through the test in confusion. But no one expected that Yuan Keli had just arrived in Nanjing yesterday and would come to the barracks this morning, and it would be too late to find someone now.

Therefore, Wu Qiang had to admit embarrassedly: "According to the words of Lord Hui Shangshu, according to the number of people at the end of last year, there were 3,140 soldiers in Jinwu Zuowei. ”

"Well, it's already very good," Yuan Keli nodded, "Some guards don't even have a third of the people left. Which part of Nanjing are you responsible for? ”

"Lord Hui Shangshu, Jinwu Zuowei is responsible for the defense of the imperial city south of Chengtianmen and north of the Qinhuai River."

"Hmm, your defense area is the most prosperous area in Nanjing, and the Confucius Temple is also here, right?" Yuan Keli said with a smile.

Then Yuan Keli began to chat with Wu Qiang about the places of interest and historical sites in this area, and Wu Qiang's originally tense nerves slowly relaxed. Later, while chatting, they talked about the name "Jinwu Zuowei", and Yuan Keli smiled and said: "Can Commander Wu know the origin of Jinwu Zuowei?" ”

Although Wu Qiang is a commander, he is just an official position of the ancestors, but he doesn't know anything about the ins and outs of the establishment system, and he can't help but be ashamed.

Yuan Keli smiled and said, "The ministry knows a little. "Jinwu" is actually "Golden Crow", according to legend, there are three-legged birds in the day, the name is Golden Crow, and the main is unknown. The Son of Heaven travels, the master patrols first, and the royal is very, so he holds the image of this bird. Therefore, Jin Wu is the personal guard of the Son of Heaven, with great responsibilities and prominent status.

"During the Hongwu period, the ancestors set up the Jinwu avant-garde and Jinwu guard, and during the Yongle period, they added the Jinwu left guard and the Jinwu right guard, collectively known as the Jinwu four guards, and the commanders were all the henchmen of the Son of Heaven. If the Ministry of Command is not mistaken, the military commander should be a hereditary military position, right? ”

Speaking of the ancestors, Wu Qiang was naturally very proud, and said loudly: "Lord Hui Shangshu, the ancestor of the last general has served as the commander of the Jinwu Left Guard since the Yongle Dynasty, and the last general is already the ninth generation. ”

"Serving the imperial court for generations, it can be described as a family full of loyalty." Yuan Keli suddenly said solemnly, "Commander Wu, why can your Wu family prosper for a long time?" ”

Wu Qiang's heart tightened suddenly, and he had to smile forcefully: "Of course it's the emperor's grace..."

"That's a good point." Yuan Ke immediately followed up, "The Sacred Heart is discerning, and it will live up to the Holy One, and the Holy One will not live up to it." If there are rebellious ministers and thieves such as Hong Chengchou, who disobey the yang and yin, and intend to deceive the saints, the heavens will be angry, and it will be easy to take his head, and no matter how big the family business is, it will be ruined in one fell swoop, and the ancestors will be disgraced! ”

Wu Qiang was taken aback, and quickly knelt down and said: "Lord Shangshu Mingjian, the last general will be loyal to the imperial court..."

Yuan Keli picked up Wu Qiang meaningfully and said with a smile: "Commander Wu doesn't have to be like this. By the way, I heard that the Wu family and the Marquis of Dingyuan have a generational friendship, is it true? ”

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