There were no secrets in the Jingshi, especially the matters discussed by the cabinet in an open and honest manner, and the spirit of the princes of the court and the central government who adhered to the principles soon spread throughout the Jingshi.

Whenever the little emperor walked into the gate of Wenyuan Pavilion, Zhang Juzheng and the ministers knelt down together, saying "Your Majesty, the ministers have a play", and the people who heard this matter couldn't help but applaud.

If God blesses the Ming Dynasty, all the princes are iron-clad, which is exciting and admirable.

If you want to pay a full salary, this has touched the interests of all the civil officials and scholars, and it will inevitably be met with the strongest backlash.

However, a general's desire to pay his subordinates in full is a reasonable request no matter how you look at it, and it is not a matter of life and death.

And this matter involves Wang Tong, the closest courtier of the Wanli Emperor, and everyone still remembers the little emperor's fierce statement last time.

As a result, the final result was a reprimand, and the military department and the Jinyi guard all commanded the envoy to reprimand, fined him for half a year, and warned Wang Tongchu to be diligent and cautious when he arrived in Tianjin, and not to use his mind elsewhere, to cause trouble indiscriminately, and everything must be done in accordance with the rules and regulations, and the rules must not be broken.

In the document on the military preparation of Panda, he repeatedly stated that the example of Tianjin Jinyiwei could not be opened, the full salary could not be paid, and everything should be done in accordance with the old rules, and at the same time, he was asked to pay close attention to what Wang Tong had done in Tianjin, and if there were any irregularities or illegalities, he must be impeached.

It's none of my business, it's just that Tianjin's full salary needs everyone to show their attitude, and the attitude shows that there is no need to fight to offend the emperor to treat that small thousand households, that Wang Tong is now in Tianjin, no longer by the emperor's side, it is no longer a problem.

As for the sage truth that Lu Tiaoyang said, the foundation of the country, firstly, there is no money to take, and secondly, there is no promotion of official positions, who is idle to take it seriously.

On the twenty-fifth day of the first month of the sixth year of Wanli, many people who went home for the New Year returned to Tianjin Wei, and there was no sign of civilization on the frozen canal, and the wharf warehouses by the river were deserted, and all the businessmen were doing all kinds of preparatory work, and they were going to start busy in mid-February.

A vacant land five miles north of Tianjin is very lively, not to mention that there are thousands of people gathered here, and many of them come out from the city to see the excitement.

In the center, surrounded by idlers, there were young men from various guard houses outside the city, lined up in an untidy line, and on the inner circle of the running track painted in white plaster, there were people running non-stop.

Some of the onlookers cheered, some shouted, those who ran ran out of breath, and somewhere on the track, several people stared at an hourglass, and incense sticks stuck in the incense burner, and after each while, some shouted to stop.

shouted again to stop the young men who ran past before, each elated, while the other group of people hung their heads.

After the despondent men had calmed down, they came to another place, where there were stone locks and stone stilts, and some strange household items, such as two stones on the side of a wooden pole, and iron rods and hammers.

Some of the fat, too big to run, picked up the stone locks and other instruments and lifted them down at once, and after a certain number of times, someone stopped, and then these people also walked to the back of the wooden platform proudly.

There are more idlers who watch running, more people who watch the heavy objects of the stone locks, and then there are more idlers in front of the wooden platform, which is different from other places.

The young people who came here from the various guards, some of them were arrogant and slightly reserved characters, and these people were sturdy and well-dressed.

The area in front of the wooden platform is divided into two pieces again, one place is placed with an arrow target, according to the distance of the specifications of the martial arts, ten people are in a round, after the shooting, someone goes to check the target, and reports the results loudly, there is the one who meets the standard, and goes to the back of the wooden platform, and the one who does not meet the standard has to go to the other side.

On the other side, there were the most onlookers, and the cheers were higher and higher, and such a wonderful scene could be seen on the street. More than a dozen people wearing bamboo armor and wearing masks stood in the middle, each holding a wooden stick of different lengths in their hands, each with an opponent.

Many young men waited nervously or excitedly, and those who were called by name went to change into armor and armor, and went in to fight with a stick of their choice.

Some people were knocked to the ground as soon as they saw their faces, some people made a few strokes, and some people held on a little longer, but they didn't last long.

Archery is not accurate, and the contest is overturned again, all go to run or lift heavy objects in despair, and some people say something loudly in front of the wooden platform on the track, some people lead them to the side or ride horses, or fight with bare hands, and some people hold firearms and stand on another target to load ammunition and fire.

Running tests the most basic physical fitness of the body, lifting weights is strength, archery, competitions, including riding a horse and shooting with a firearm, these are all specific skills.

Anyone who is qualified will be recruited by Tianjin Jinyiwei.

"My lord, there are 256 people who meet the physical standards, 200 people who meet the strength standards, 40 people who are qualified for archery, 32 people who are qualified for the competition, 47 people who are qualified for horseback riding, and 21 people who can use firearms in the unarmed competition."

Wang Tong stood on the temporary wooden platform and watched back and forth, Sun Dahai, Zhang Shiqiang and a few people from Jinyi ran up and down, and kept telling him the results.

"This will be six hundred!"

Regarding this result, Wang Tong immediately frowned, said coldly, turned his head back and forth, and asked in a deep voice:

"Have all the sign-ups come and tried it?"

Zhang Shiqiang nodded, and handed over the things like an account book in his hand, the names on them were checked, and he explained:

"Everyone who came here has tried it, and some have tried a few projects, but if it doesn't work, it won't work."

"The lord doesn't have to regret it, the children in the guard house have good physical strength and ability, those who have money in the family go to take the path of martial arts, and those who don't have money are waiting to join the army to earn a background when they recruit soldiers, these people are leftover, and it is already good to have more than 100 people in archery, martial arts and firearms." Tan Jiang, who was wearing bamboo armor, didn't know when he came to the wooden platform, he took off his hood, and there was no sweat on his forehead, and explained with a smile.

Wang Tong shook his head in a bored way, took two steps, turned back to Zhang Shiqiang and said:

"Those who are not selected don't want them to go, tell them that the official has a warehouse to recruit, take care of food and housing, and the monthly money is thirty percent more than that in the city.

Zhang Shiqiang agreed and hurriedly went to do it.

Wang Tong looked around, some of the young people who were not a few years older than him were disappointed, some were excited, and they had a full view of joy, anger and sorrow, but for themselves, there were still too few people.

Standing there, Wang Tong sighed and said in a low voice:

"It's useless to be in a hurry, let's do it slowly on this scale first!"

After the conflict, the head of the boat not only did not continue to make trouble, but also sent five hundred taels of silver to make amends, and the golden incense head who managed the incense people in the city, that is, the white-bearded old man, also came to Tianjin Jinyi Guard Yamen naked to kowtow to make amends.

The other party's low profile is to this extent, Wang Tong's side is not too forced, this military attache kills people on the street, and the civil official can find fault with it, but after this incident, the bow incense did not make any noise at all, and it was quietly suppressed.

The bow incense did not make Wang Tong relax, but made him more vigilant, the other party's confrontation, the shrinkage afterwards, and the huge scale, no one could just because of a few soft words. A few hundred taels of silver will be taken lightly.

The biggest trouble encountered by Jinyiwei at the beginning of recruiting new Ding was that the place for the exam could not be found, needless to say, the city of Tianjin was small, and the outside of the city was also expensive.

Tianjin City and Wang Tong in modern Tianjin seems to be different, out of the east gate to ride a horse for less than an hour to see the seaside, out of the south gate of Tianjin City to walk without a stick of incense kung fu is on the side of the canal.

Therefore, the city of Tianjin is full of warehouses, trading houses, inns, as well as corresponding wine shops, tea houses, large and small shops and warehouses, as well as checkpoint tax offices sent by various large and small yamen, and the large and small dwellings brought by these government offices and shops.

There are houses everywhere, there is no vacant land anywhere, recruiting Jinyi Wei Xinding, thousands of people to sign up, and they need a big place, but there is nowhere to choose inside and outside the city. It's no good to be too far away from the city, and if it's more than fifteen miles away, it's a big trouble to supply food or something.

In the end, I found a place in the north of the city, which was once flooded by the sea, and could not grow crops, and later when Liu Liu and Liu Qi rebelled, a large number of heads were cut off here, and it was said that there were ghosts at night, and this place was so deserted.

Today, he recruited manpower, but Wang Tong felt that this place was really good, and when he turned around, he instructed Sun Dahai to go to the Qing Military Hall to go through the formalities, find someone to take care of it here, and put the camp here in the future.

If you are selected, you don't have to go home today, you will live in the official office of Jinyiwei in the city, and if you don't choose, you will be sent home, and many of you who are not selected are tempted by the treatment of this store, and I heard that this is Wang Qianhu's industry, and you don't have to worry about any risk in the official's business, although you can't be Jinyiwei's errand, you can make a living to do, and it's better than eating at home and relying on your parents.

On the thirtieth day of the first lunar month, even those who were not selected had returned to Tianjin City, Wang Tong gathered these people to the open space at the time of selection, first arranged for those who were not selected to carry materials, build shacks, and then handed over the selected 600 people to the wooden platform.

Looking at the not very neat team below, Wang Tong asked with a smile:

"Do you know what's going to happen next?"

(To be continued)