Yang Chengzu saw Lu Bing's attitude, and he was quite satisfied, not that Lu Bing was polite to him, but he could see that Lu Bing really wanted to cooperate with him. In other words, at this stage, Lu Bing has no intention of competing for a position with himself. In fact, this is also normal, after all, he is just a young man, and he has not even made it.

No matter how good the relationship between the prince and him is, he is still a son of a guard, and he doesn't think that he can really ascend to the sky in one step and sit in the seat of the honor guard. In other words, even if the prince wants to, this thing will not succeed.

Lu Bing actually didn't have any resistance to parachuting a guard of honor down, on the contrary, when he heard Yang Chengzu say that he wanted to promote himself to the deputy of the guard of honor, he was a little embarrassed. "This ...... Not good. The two guards are both old men, and they are also fathers and deacons who are on the same level as their fathers, and it doesn't seem to be good to take their positions. Besides, I'm a kid, they won't listen to me. ”

"Nothing bad. Since they are the old men of the Honor and Guard Division, they should play a good role, instead of running away when they encounter something, and only thinking about finding their way out of this place. Instead of thinking about solving problems, what is the use of such people staying? Look at how much the vigilance of the palace has slackened now. is such a guard of honor, and the face of a nobleman? ”

"I can't keep them just because they brought them to the way they are, and I'm not here to gild them too much, but to really want to do a good job. If something goes wrong in the palace, where will I put my face? These two people must be removed, and I think that you should not be too modest if you can fully assume the position of Brother Lu Xian. What's wrong with being young? If you have ambitions, you are not old, and if you have no ambitions, you can temporarily take over the post of honor guard, and in the future, we will do the actual teaching, and this matter will be handed over to me. ”

Lu Bing listened to his words, bowed his head and thanked him, and then said: "Actually, you can't blame the two uncles, this errand is really not very easy to do." The palace is just to guard the safety of the palace, but Anlu has all the yamen, and the safety of the palace is not too a problem. In addition, with King Ning's rebellion, the days of the Honor Guard Division are actually getting more and more difficult. The local government does not pay attention to it, and the food and salary are deliberately deducted, our life is not easy, and it is understandable that the two uncles want to find another way out. ”

At the beginning of the establishment of the Royal Honor and Guard Division, in addition to undertaking the honor guard, the main purpose was to protect the safety of the palace. But the actual situation is that Xingwangfu is only a city within a city in Anlu, with a tall city wall outside, an Luwei's guards, and a local yamen in Anlu. After several layers of guards, it was the turn of the Honor Guard.

And Anlu belongs to the hinterland area, not the kind of border land in Xi'an, and there are no too strong bandits around. The Honor Guard Division itself does not undertake any combat missions, and more often, it is to serve as a façade for the palace. It is normal for the local yamen not to pay attention to it.

Lu Bing is not very old, and he doesn't know what kind of achievements he can achieve in the future and what kind of status he can achieve in another time and space. Although he has a good relationship with the prince, he never thought that he could get a high position through this relationship, and he would probably be able to be a guard of honor, and then live in this position for the rest of his life, which is already the highest pursuit in life.

His father actually had a good relationship with King Xing, but until his death, it was just a pawn. His age is too young, no matter how much the son of the world supports, it doesn't feel suitable to be a guard of honor, whether it is the two guards or the old people of the same generation as his father, he can't hold it down.

Therefore, he has no resentment towards Yang Chengzu, and when he is young and enthusiastic, he has many ideas in his heart, and has countless ambitions and ideals. In short, the current Lu Bing and the son Zhu Houxi are both members of the key political bureau of the Second and Ming Dynasty. is full of unrealistic ideals and clever strategies, but I can't find any recognition.

His ideals and ambitions are impossible to find anyone to talk to on weekdays, and even if he says them, he is just regarded as nonsense or ignorant of the sky. And Yang Chengzu's attitude of humbly asking for advice and taking him as a teacher is something that Lu Bing has never encountered in his life. Considering that he was his own superior, Lu Bing only felt his blood boiling, so he said everything he thought in his heart.

He is too young, whether it is the method he thinks or the so-called ambition, it may not be very correct, but at his age, he often thinks that everything he thinks is taken for granted and is the real salvation of the world. And Yang Chengzu behaved like an open-minded student, nodding his head and saying yes, and sometimes he had to take out the four treasures of the study room and write down what Lu Bing said.

This attitude made Lu Bing feel that he had finally met a confidant, and he said it even more energetically, Yang Chengzu nodded and said, "So that's the case." Our Honor Guard Division, the current actual soldiers, only half of the soldiers? This is not good, there are only 1,500 people, and it is already very difficult to be in charge of a palace of tens of thousands of people. Now that there are only half of the troops, that is, more than 700 people, how can it be possible not to make mistakes? This is the palace, who will be responsible if something goes wrong? This soldier must be replenished. ”

At present, the desertion of military guards in various parts of the Ming Dynasty has become a disaster, and in the official statistics of 2 million military households, the number of deserters has reached 800,000. Like this Honor and Guard Division, it is not immune to disasters, 1,500 troops only exist on the roster, according to Lu Bing, the actual military strength is actually only more than 700 people.

According to the local policy of the Ming Dynasty, the attitude towards the military and Han of the Honor Guard Division has always been that deserters dare not dare, and it is forbidden to replenish troops. The guard of honor was not allowed to recruit young men from the ground to replenish the ranks. Lu Bingye said:

"Originally, our money and food were tight, but later the Ning Clan rebelled, and Anlu formed the Zhenwei Battalion, to raise a large amount of food and salary to recruit the battalion soldiers, and our money and food were diverted to recruit the battalion. Moreover, Wan Tong said that if the Honor and Guard Department recruited a young man from Anlu, there would be one less farmer in the field, and when taxes were collected in the future, there would be one less person to pay taxes. Therefore, we were not allowed to replenish the army by the Department of Honor and Guard, and under the pretext of recruiting battalion soldiers, more than 100 people were directly selected from the Department of Honor and Guard to serve as battalion soldiers. He can't wait to turn the palace into an empty shelf, whether he wants to replenish the army, or to replenish money and food, the problem is all on his side. ”

"Then how to solve the problem when the Honor and Guard Division was short of money and food before?"

"Our palace is better, after all, the population is small, and the phenomenon of King Chu and King Jing is much more serious. There are many adults in their royal mansions, and they have multiplied for several generations, and some of the generals of the town and the auxiliary countries have no money and food. In the past, when this kind of thing happened, most of those people would go to Yousi Yamen to make trouble and cry, but now that there is something about King Ning, no one dares to even make trouble and cry. To be honest, it's very difficult for the princess now, and the rice money and grain in our palace are also stuck by the yamen and haven't been sent down. ”

At this time, it is indeed more sensitive, and the vassal kings are more cautious, for fear that if they do something too much, they will be regarded as King Ning's party. The bastard princes of King Qin have to be sold to Yang Chengzu, so these princes of Huguang can't help but be dishonest.

But the problem is that whether it is to stop the revitalization of Wangfu Lumi, or to stop the allocation of food and salary for the Ministry of Honor and Guard, this feels a bit excessive. Under normal circumstances, the magistrate should not be so embarrassed by the vassal king, right?

Lu Bing sighed and said: "Speaking of which, this is all a rumor some time ago, saying that because of King Ning's rebellion, the imperial court is preparing to cut the domain. His Royal Highness the Prince didn't attack the knight, so Wantong is this attitude, really, this guy should be beaten. ”