In the Xuancheng Princess's Mansion and the Yiyang Princess's Mansion, the two palace guards who were waiting for the Xuancheng Princess and the Yiyang Princess's Mansion were not there, and the original concubines were canceled before they officially became concubines, and the marriage contract with the two princesses was terminated respectively, and they were driven out of the Princess's Mansion on the same day.

In the afternoon of the same day, Xu Qing was given a high-ranking military post, the general of the Right Armed Guard, in charge of 10,000 regular troops and more than 60,000 reserve troops -- the government soldiers of more than 60 prefectures and counties. After the war, these soldiers returned to their hometowns to work as farmers.

Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, was guarded by the sixteen guards of the Central Army, which were the left guard, the right guard, the left guard, the right guard, the left guard, the right guard, the left guard, the right guard, the left guard, the left guard, the right guard, the right guard. The first 12 guards were in charge of the government soldiers of the prefectures and counties, and each guard had jurisdiction over 40 to 60 of the Zhichong provinces.

The military governor of the Ochichong Prefecture is the Commander of the Ochichong Prefecture, with the rank of general, and each Ochichong Prefecture commands about 1,000 soldiers. The rear four guards are not in charge of the government soldiers, and the left Qianniuwei and the right Qianniuwei are responsible for the emperor's personal protection. The left guard and the right guard are responsible for the guards at the gates of the capital. The Left Jin Wu Wei and the Right Jin Wu Wei were the emperor's guards, responsible for guarding the palace gates and palaces.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the Yulin Army was an elite unit (special force) in the Left Guard Army and the Right Guard Army, and gradually separated from the Left and Right Guards in the middle and late Gaozong Dynasty, became an independent army, reported directly to the emperor, and was dispatched and commanded by the emperor.

The 16 Guards were nominally under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor, but the emperor was busy with government affairs and had no ability to directly command and manage the nearly 200,000 central regular troops of the 16 Guards, so he could only choose the elite troops in the 16 Guards for direct command and management.

Although nominally the emperor directly commanded the seven armies of the left and right Yulin Army, the left and right Jinwu Guards, the left and right Qianniu Guards, and the cavalry special forces that were independent of the Sixteen Guards and did not command the government soldiers, these seven troops still had the same supreme commander as the other Ten Guards, and there were five generals under the general. There are 20,000 flying cavalry troops, divided into left and right flying cavalry armies, which are twice as large as the 12 guards and 10,000 left and right Yulin armies that command the government soldiers, and there are ten generals under the general, each of whom commands 2,000 troops.

The left and right Jinwu guards and the left and right Qianniu guards all only commanded 1,000 troops, but in terms of individual combat effectiveness, it was the highest among the sixteen guards, which was equivalent to the master of Ouchi in later generations.

In addition to the 16 guards, 50,000 forbidden troops were stationed in the south of the palace, called the Nanya forbidden army, and the prime minister could dispatch the Nanya forbidden army by the emperor's edict to contain each other with the 12 guards that the emperor was not directly in charge of. The supreme commander of the Nanya Forbidden Army is also called the Great General, and there are 25 generals under it, each of whom leads 2,000 troops.

The Tang Dynasty set up more than 630 Zhichong Prefectures throughout the country, with a total of more than 600,000 government soldiers.

In addition to the central army, the Tang Dynasty also had local armies, which set up jiedu envoys in the border military towns to be the highest local military and political chiefs, collect local taxes, and support local armies.

In addition, the Tang Dynasty set up the Andong Protectorate in the eastern border area and the Anxi Protectorate in the western border area, with about 20,000 elite soldiers and about 20,000 elite soldiers in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, all of which were drawn from the Central Army of the Sixteen Guards and supported by the central government.

Li Zhi drafted an edict appointing Xu Qing as the general of the Right Guard, and Ma, the former general of the Right Guard, retired in two years, and Li Zhi gave him a compensation to retire early, without encountering resistance from the Right Guard. However, according to the emperor's edict, when the Ministry of War recorded Xu Qing in the military and issued a certificate of appointment for officers, it was customary to submit it to Wu Zetian for approval. Wu Zetian refused to approve it.

Li Zhi was anxious to let Xu Qing go to his post, so that Li Zhi was completely disappointed by constraints, love was a thing of the past, and the lawless and murderous female demon king Wu Zetian asked Xu Qing to take office first in the Right Armed Guard, and he would find a way to make up for the military registration and officer appointment letter later.

Yu Mou, the former general of the Right Armed Guard, was politically centrist, oscillating between Li Zhi and Wu Zetian and did not take a position. As long as he does not resist Xu Qing's appointment to the high position of the general of the Right Guards without legal procedures, others will not dare to talk much, not to mention that Xu Qing has been awarded the title of Captain of the Horse and is qualified to be a senior general, and he also has the emperor's decree to be an official.

On the morning of the second day after receiving the title of Lieutenant of the Horse and the Horse, Xu Qing led five companies of male soldiers of the New Army, two companies of female soldiers of the New Army and two thousand dart masters who used cold weapons to move into the newly completed Xuancheng Princess Mansion, and demolished the separation wall between the Xuancheng Princess Mansion and the Yiyang Princess Mansion, and connected them together, leaving two companies of male soldiers of the New Army and 1,500 dart masters who used cold weapons to guard the Chang'an Branch of the Longmen Dart Bureau, and one company of male soldiers of the New Army and three hundred dart masters who used cold weapons to guard the Chang'an branch of the Longmen Dart Bureau.

In the afternoon, Xu Qing brought the holy decree to lead two companies of the new army to the right guard to take up the right guard, and the original right guard army Yu Da General handed over the work, Yu Da took a generous compensation, not only did not resist, but also very cooperative, to the original subordinates to introduce the new commander, let them be loyal to the new commander, and reassure them that Xu Qing is a horse captain, has received the emperor's holy decree, and the appointment letter of the military department will be issued soon.

As soon as Xu Qing arrived, he appointed the five platoon commanders under his command as partial generals, and served as the adjutant of the five generals of the Right Guard. The five generals did not see the holy decree nor the letter of appointment of the Ministry of War, and they did not dare to accept Xu Qing's private appointment, and they had the audacity to directly point out that Xu Qing's practice violated military regulations.

Xu Qing asked him to pull out the military regulations to show him, and sure enough, there was a rule that generals were not allowed to confer military ranks on their subordinates without permission, and they must be nominated first, and then approved by their superiors, and the position of generals could only be sealed by the emperor himself.

Xu Qing took a step back and reappointed five squad leaders from his own soldiers to serve as "secretaries" in the five units of the Right Armed Guard Army (clerical and secretarial official positions, small officials, and many things, just like the housekeepers of large households), and sent 25 personal soldiers to be divided into five groups to serve as heralds in the troops of the five generals.

Xu Qing plans to replace all the five generals of the Right Guards Army after a while and replace them with his own henchmen, if they are provoked, it will be in Xu Qing's arms, Xu Qing is not even afraid of Wu Zetian and Li Zhi, will he be afraid of the five low-level generals?

These five generals are self-aware, General Yu was forced to retire early, Xu Qing is the captain of the horse, with the support of the emperor, they can't directly confront Xu Qing, the result of the confrontation must be eggs hitting stones, so they have to swallow Xu Qing's oppression.

That night, Xu Qing held a banquet in the Xuancheng Princess's Mansion to entertain the five generals of the Right Armed Guard, and each of them gave one hundred gold. "Pie in the sky?" The five generals were overjoyed and surprised, they were happy to get a windfall, "no merit is not rewarded", Xu Qing must not be easy to do what he asked them to do, he was surprised.

The five generals have a good relationship on weekdays, and there is a leading eldest brother surnamed Xu, who is the one who pointed out yesterday that Xu Qing violated military regulations by privately appointing generals, and when he saw that the four brothers were looking at him, he had no choice but to come forward on their behalf, and said: "General, as the saying goes, 'no merit is not rewarded', our brothers have not followed the general for a long time, and they have not made an inch of merit, so they dare not receive the general's generous gifts." ”

Xu Qingdao: "I give you a chance to make meritorious contributions, to tell you the truth, I have been ordered by the emperor to replace all the five generals of the Right Armed Guard Army with my cronies, I am a person who is anxious and resolute in doing things, and I am willing to spend some money to speed up the progress of work." Whoever resigns early tomorrow morning will be compensated with the hundred taels of gold. If anyone doesn't take the initiative to retire, I will find fault with him and expel him, and then he won't get a penny. If you were wise, you would know what to do. ”

At this moment, suddenly there were many figures behind the tabernacle, holding weapons. The five generals were frightened, worried that as long as they showed the slightest resistance, they would be killed by Xu Qing immediately. Dare to love Xu Qing is playing "Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin Cup Wine Release Military Power".

After some inner struggle, the five generals agreed to accept Xu Qing's reward and resigned early tomorrow morning after illness.

The next morning, Xu Qing received the resignations of the five generals under his command at the General Mansion of the Right Armed Guard, and the reason for the resignation was that the work pressure was too great, he was sick, and he was not qualified for the job.

Xu Qing, as their immediate supervisor, approved their resignations. The Ministry of War intervened in the investigation, confirmed that they resigned voluntarily and were not coerced, agreed to their resignations, and revoked their military status. In accordance with the legal procedures, the military departments should intervene in the investigation of the transfer, promotion, demotion, and dismissal of generals, understand the situation, prevent generals from colluding with the party for personal gain, and crack down on and persecute disobedient generals who are capable and competent in their work.

The transfer, promotion, demotion, and dismissal of officers below the rank of general can take effect only with the approval of their superiors and superiors.

Because the duty of the military department is to be in charge of military registration, military orders, military regulations, the selection of officers and the requisition of the army by the emperor's edict. The military department does not have the authority to command the army, and the army is commanded by generals at all levels. Generals at all levels have the right to command the army, but they do not have the right to transfer troops, and without the orders of the military department, the generals have no right to transfer the army from one place to another, nor do they have the right to wage wars at home and abroad. Without the emperor's edict and the prime minister's consent, the military department had no right to levy troops. This is a very effective mutual check and balance mechanism, and the Tang Dynasty people are too smart.