Chapter Twenty-Eight: High-Paying Recruitment
Princess Xuancheng and Princess Yiyang are Wu Zetian's enemies, and it is a well-known thing in Chang'an, so although Xu Qing's treatment is higher than that of other troops, there are still not many people who are willing to go to the two princesses' mansions to serve as soldiers, and the recruitment work is progressing slowly, and the recruitment work is not much better.
Since Xue Rengui became the general of the Xuancheng Princess's Mansion, because of his super popularity and high prestige, coupled with Xu Qing's subsequent introduction of more welfare measures, such as serving as a soldier in the Xuancheng Princess's Mansion and the Yiyang Princess's Mansion for three years, a one-time compensation after being discharged from the army is enough to build a decent house in the countryside, if you have been a soldier for five years or participated in the war, the one-time compensation after being discharged from the army is enough to build a decent house in the city, and you will arrange a job in Xu Qing's Longmen Dart Bureau or Xianghe Money Village or Shop, or Datang Trading Company, If he has been in the army for five years and has participated in the war, after being discharged from the army, he will have a lot of money to send a house, arrange a job, send a daughter-in-law, or send a wedding -- there are hundreds of thousands of young and unmarried female slaves in Fanyang and the surrounding ethnic minority and tribal areas, so Xu Qing, who has a lot of money, dares to boast of such a Haikou.
The benefits of being a dart master in the Longmen Dart Bureau are better than being a soldier in the Xuancheng Princess's Mansion and the Yiyang Princess's Mansion, and the intermediate officers in the two princesses' mansions are about the same.
An economist once said, "As long as there is a 300 percent profit, some people will dare to take risks." This is true; under the influence of the famous general Xue Rengui and under the lure of Xu Qing, the people who signed up to join the army in the Xuancheng Princess's Mansion and the Yiyang Princess's Mansion were endless, and the recruitment offices were crowded, and long queues were formed in Chang'an, Luoyang, and Taiyuan.
Longmen Dart Bureau in Chang'an, Luoyang each recruit 1,000 dart divisions, 5,000 executioners, in Taiyuan recruit 500 dart divisions, 2,000 executioners, Luoyang, Taiyuan Branch will meet the conditions after recruiting people, but the registration is late, want to be a dart master in the Longmen Dart Bureau, people who go to the executioner are recommended to Chang'an Branch as a dart division, a trip to the executioner or to Xuancheng, Yiyang Princess Mansion as a soldier, Longmen Dart Bureau Luoyang Branch and Taiyuan Branch of the road fare.
The general of the Xuancheng Princess Mansion has been recruited, the general of the Princess Yiyang Mansion has not yet been settled, the general is undecided, and the soldiers are almost full, this is not a normal phenomenon, Xu Qing has also worked hard, and after he recruited Xue Rengui, he visited the following famous generals one after another:
Tang Zhengdong (referring to Goguryeo, Baekje) famous general Liu Renliang, Liu Renliang served as the Qingzhou assassin in the fourth year of Gaozong Xianqing (659 AD), just in time for the Tang army to conquer the east, Liu Renliang was ordered to cross the sea to escort grain and grass, and since then embarked on the road of joining the army, he is not a fierce general who charges into battle, but a resourceful Confucian general, like Xue Rengui, the fierce general of the three armies of Yongguan, established outstanding military exploits in the Korean battlefield, Xianqing five years (660 AD) Tang destroyed Baekje, and in the third year of Longshuo (663 AD) the Tang army cleared the remnants of the Baekje resistance, In the pacification of Baekje, Liu In-rail served as the governor of Xiongjin and stayed in Baekje. Later, Liu Renzhuan participated in the Tang army's war to conquer Goguryeo, and was transferred back to Chang'an after the victory of the Eastern Expedition to serve as the general of the left leading army.
Liu Renyuan, Xianqing led the troops as the general of the right Weiwei Zhonglang in the fifth year (according to the "Book of Tang?"). Baiguan Zhi", "Sixteen Wei and the prince left and right six rate mansions, all have Lang generals, is the five rank officials also) participated in the Tang Dynasty to destroy Baekje's war, repeatedly built miraculous feats, Longshuo three years of victory back to the dynasty, promoted to the right Weiwei general, Lin De first year (AD 664) led the army to cross the sea to change the Tang Dynasty to guard the Baekje veterans. Later, he participated in the Tang Dynasty's war to destroy Goguryeo, and after the victory, he became the subordinate of Xue Rengui, the general of the Right Weiwei and the protector of Andong, and guarded Goguryeo and Baekje with Xue Rengui, and was ordered to return to Chang'an a year later. Xue Rengui was idle at home, Liu Renyuan was promoted to General Zuo Weiwei, and Feng Shicheng, the former general of Zuo Weiwei, was a confidant of Wu Zetian, and was transferred to General Right Weiwei to take over Xue Rengui's old department.
Pei Judao, the general of the Right Guard, a confidant of Gaozong Li Zhi, visited him not because he was a famous general, nor because he was a cronie of Li Zhi, but because his family had a beautiful and unmarried daughter Pei Zhonghui, who was seventeen years old, and Yang Zhuangruo, the daughter of Yang Sijian, the general of the Left Guard, were both popular candidates for the crown princess, but Yang Zhuangruo followed Xu Qing and had been removed from the list of candidates for the crown princess by Gaozong Li Zhi, who led the work of selecting the crown prince.
Liu Renliang and Liu Renyuan were already generals of the Central Army, and they were even more unwilling to get involved in the power struggle between the emperor and the empress, so they both refused Xu Qing's high salary to hire him as the general of Princess Yiyang's mansion.
Pei Judao is a centrist, like Liu Renliang and Liu Renyuan, he does not choose a side between the emperor and the queen, and he does not want to get involved in the power struggle between the emperor and the queen, and if his daughter becomes the crown princess, she will be the queen in the future, he will be the national abbot, and the general of Princess Yiyang is not enough for him to see, and he also refused Xu Qing's heavy money and high courtesy.
Li Zhizhuo, the grandson of the military god Li Jing, retired from the high position of the general of the Left Guard Army and stayed at home, and was loyal to the Li Tang royal family after the founding of the Li Tang Dynasty. His granddaughter Li Yingqi, twenty-eight (sixteen years old) years old, is as beautiful as a fairy, strong in martial arts, and both civil and military.
Li Zhi originally wanted to choose Li Yingqi as the crown princess first, but he gave up because of Wu Zetian's strong opposition, and the reason given by Wu Zetian was very absurd, Li Zhizhuo was very influential among the children of the meritorious family, if he became a relative, I am afraid that he would become another Wang Mang.
Secondly, I want to choose Xue Rengui's daughter Xue Jinlian as the crown princess, Wu Zetian said coldly, Xue Jinlian is older than the prince, you don't want to look for the young and beautiful generals of the Manchu Dynasty, what are you looking for an old girl? completely forgot that he was three years older than Li Zhi, and when he had an affair with Li Zhi, he was a talented person of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, and he was not even an old girl. Li Zhi didn't want to quarrel with Wu Zetian, so he set his sights on Yang Zhuangruo, the daughter of Yang Sijian, but it was too late, and Yang Zhuangruo was snatched away by Xu Qing, who knew history.
Li Zhizhuo has a zhi character in his name, he is really smart, he saw that the water of the general of Princess Yiyang was very deep, and he didn't dare to wade into this troubled water, so he refused Xu Qing's heavy money and high courtesy.
Yang Sijian's top boss is three years younger than him, and he is Wu Zetian's confidant, he has no hope of promotion, so he wants to be the general of Princess Yiyang's mansion and let his daughter Yang Zhuangruo say good things for him. Yang Zhuangruo told Xu Qing, but Xu Qing said that it would be useful to leave her father in the Zuowu Guard, and he would find a way to help him to the position of the general of the Zuowu Guard, only in this way that he could help when he needed help, and Yang Sizhen had to continue to stay in the position of the general of the Zuowu Guard.
One day, the crown prince Li Hong went to Princess Xuancheng and Princess Yiyang's mansion to visit relatives, and by the way, he actually intended to discuss military affairs with Xu Qing and test Xu Qing's depth. The prince can draw a clear line with his cruel, selfish, and vicious mother Wu Zetian, and his character has nothing to say, but it is a pity that he will be killed by his mother in a few years because of the intensified power struggle with his mother, not to mention that he is also the savior and younger brother of Princess Xuancheng and Princess Yiyang, the more Xu Qing thinks about it, the more he feels unbearable, and he wants to change his tragic fate.
Xu Qing felt that Li Hong might still have a way to live if he was not the prince, and the abolition of the crown prince was a major national event and a royal event, so how could he say that he would be abolished, unless he had major negligence, and if there was no negligence, Xu Qing would create fault for him.
So Xu Qing took the prince to visit the Chang'an Branch of the Longmen Dart Bureau, the North Korean specialty store and the newly opened Dongying specialty store (run by Junko), and then went shopping together to inspect the business environment in Chang'an - in ancient times, the business was the last place to pay attention to the agriculture and commerce, and the business was ranked last, and the theory put forward by Xu Qing was that the business ranked first, without the businessman, the economy was a pool of stagnant water, and the fish in the stagnant water could not survive, and all people were fish in the water, and they could not do without the businessman.
Li Hong felt that Xu Qing's theory was very fresh and reasonable, so he and Xu Qing inspected the business environment of Chang'an, and after passing through Zhangtai Road, the street where Chang'an courtesans gathered, Xu Qing was "attracted by music" and picked a green building "Tianxiang Pavilion" with the widest area, the highest building, and the most magnificence.
Xu Qing just wanted to listen to the courtesans singing while playing the piano, but he didn't want to sleep with the courtesans, he had beautiful and clean women at home, and he didn't want to make Hualiu disease on the dirty women in the willow lanes of Huajie. The purpose of coming here is to teach the bad prince, that is, not to teach the bad prince, but also to let him have a bad reputation, let the counselor point out his mistakes, and let Wu Zetian have an excuse to change the crown prince and choose one of her other three sons to be the prince. But was it really as he expected? Isn't there a saying that plans don't change quickly?