"Little brother doesn't know where the joy comes from." Su Hao replied perfunctorily.

Chen Daodao: "Do you really don't know if you change it? Now that the news has spread in the capital, who doesn't envy you, the concubine who married a second wife? ”

"Horse ......" Su Hao couldn't wait to grab the ground with his head. Wanli wants to recognize Lu Xiu'er as his royal sister in a good manner, isn't Su Hao a concubine? He didn't expect that the content of Chen Dao's congratulations to him would actually be this matter, which was obviously ridiculing him.

In fact, Su Hao also heard some rumors about the marriage of the two wives, saying that the officials in the court were writing hard and preparing to criticize them. Chen Dao said that everyone envied him for being able to marry two wives together, and he didn't know if it was the opposite.

"Brother Chen, don't laugh at the little brother, the saint recognizes the younger sister as the royal sister, and he just talks about it casually, and he can't take it seriously." Su Hao said.

Chen Dao pretended to be serious and said: "Bold Su Hao, the saint is a golden mouth, and there is a holy decree written by himself as proof, how dare you say that you can't take it seriously?" Don't you know, now everyone is saying that you are only 18 years old, and you can get such a deep holy grace, and your future development will be limitless. A lot of people are betting on you. ”

"Betting?" Su Hao was surprised, "Could it be that someone still opened a market with the future of the younger brother." ”

"Of course, it's not a simple bet." Chen Dao explained, "It's that many people don't say it, but they think that you have great potential. So there are far fewer words against you in the court. ”

"That's fine." Su Hao nodded and said.

Thinking that when he first arrived in the capital, because of the label of Li Long on his body, the courtiers invariably rejected him, and even Chen Dao did not dare to visit him. Now that he has made achievements in Huai'an, and Wanli has seized this opportunity to publicly show his respect for him, those people in the court smell that something is wrong. The situation that Chen Dao said shows that these officials who have no integrity are already thinking about how to show favor to themselves.

I'll leave that for later. Brother Fool came to Huai'an this time to convey the will of the Ministry of War. Su Qianhu, you haven't worn this Xiong Zheng official uniform for a few days, I'm afraid that you will have to take it off and change it into a tiger and leopard suit. After Chen Dao finished talking about the gossip and rumors, he turned to the topic.

Chen Dao's words are very artistic, but the message in them is very clear. The color of the official uniforms of the Ming Dynasty was strictly exquisite, such as the color of the military attachés, and there is such a song that can be summarized:

The prince and the horse, the unicorn Bai Zeqiu.

One or two embroidered lions, three or four tigers and leopards.

The five-grade Xiong is Junjun, and the six or seven are set to be Biao.

**It's a seahorse, and the pattern is a rhinoceros.

Su Hao is now wearing the five-grade military attache uniform of Qianhu, and Chen Dao said that he would take it off and change it to the color of the tiger and leopard uniform, which means that his official position will be promoted to the third or fourth grade, which is equivalent to the level of the commander of the guard or the commander of the Tongzhi and the servant.

This result was expected by Su Hao, but when it was revealed from Chen Dao's mouth, Su Hao was still a little excited. He forced his emotions and said with a smile: "Brother Chen, don't joke about the younger brother, the younger brother has only been in this thousand households for half a year, how can there be a reason to improve one after another." ”

Chen Daodao: "Such a major event of military aircraft, how dare a foolish brother joke?" Su Hao obeyed the order, because you led the troops well and commanded properly, he led the survey battalion to annihilate 100 people in Yancheng County, Huai'an Prefecture, and captured more than 300 thieves. From now on, the survey battalion will be changed to a battalion establishment, imitating the example of Jizhen, the whole battalion has 1 general, 1 Chinese army, 1 firearms handle, and the officers and soldiers are divided into 3 departments, with a total of 2,700 personnel. ”

"This ......" Su Hao was a little confused, he didn't know enough about the famous halls in the Ming Dynasty army, and when he heard Chen Dao's words at first glance, he really couldn't react.

Xu Guangzu on the side was overjoyed after hearing these words, he praised Wang Yiyu's wisdom, and then explained to Su Hao one by one.

It turns out that the military establishment of the Ming Dynasty can be divided into two categories. The first type is called the army, that is, the army of the various guards. From top to bottom, this system is divided into the Governor's Office, the Capital Division, the Guard, the Thousand Households, and the Hundred Households, which belong to the local troops of the Ming Dynasty. In peacetime, these guards stayed at home to farm, and when the war was fought, the military headquarters would transfer troops from each guard post to form an army.

Since the guards were divided into various places, the officers did not see the soldiers, and the soldiers did not see the officers, so it was difficult to coordinate in battle. After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, a second type of army appeared, called battalion soldiers, also referred to as soldiers. The sergeants of the guard were hereditary, while the battalion soldiers were mercenary. The battalion soldiers do not need to farm in peacetime, and the military salary comes from the treasury, and the establishment is also different from that of the guard, which is more similar to the modern army of later generations.

The guards are mainly garrisoned in Tuntian, and the battalion soldiers are specially used for fighting, which is equivalent to field troops. At that time, there were a large number of battalions in the border towns, coastal areas and the Beijing army, for example, in the Gyeonggi area, there were several battalions of troops such as the warrior battalion, the Tongzhou general battalion, the Zhangjiawan reserve battalion, the Sanhe Shouyu battalion, and the Changping Yongan battalion.

At the beginning of its establishment, Su Hao's survey camp was attached to the Jiangxi Dusi, so it adopted the system of the Weisuo Army, and its name was Fengnan Baihu Super Island Master. Later, when he was sent to Huai'an, the Ministry of War upgraded it to the establishment of a thousand households, and was temporarily attached to Huai'an Guard, and still belonged to the Guard.

But in fact, the survey camp does not have a hereditary system, and there is no resemblance to the guards. This time, the Kanyu Battalion showed the characteristics of a field force in the First War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and the military department finally made up its mind to change it into a battalion formation, which was well deserved.

The battalions of the Ming Dynasty were gradually built up in various battles, so there was no unified establishment regulation. As few as a few hundred people, as many as tens of thousands of people, it can be called a battalion, and the commander of the battalion is as high as a general and guerrilla, and as low as an ordinary general, and there is nothing comparable about it. The order of the military department read out by Chen Dao said that after the Kanyu battalion was changed to a battalion, it imitated the example of Jizhen, and it was a battalion formation method of an infantry battalion established by Qi Jiguang during military training in Jizhen.

According to this method, the grassroots organization of the whole battalion is a team, with every 12 people as a team, and each team has a team leader; Every 3 teams are a flag, and a total of 1 person is set up for the flag; Every 3 flags is 1 game, with a total of 1 person; Every 4 bureaus are a division, with a total of 1 person; Every 2 divisions are a department, with a total of 1 person; Every 3 units are a battalion, and the battalion has 1 general, 1 Chinese army, and 1 firearms commander. In this way, the total strength of a battalion is 2,700 people, which is equivalent to the formation of a brigade in later generations.

The official position of the battalion soldiers is different from that of the guard soldiers, and it is difficult to determine the rank of the officers because the establishment of each battalion is different. In the beginning, officers, including the general soldiers, were improvised, with no rank and no quota. Later, as the official positions of the general soldier became more and more fixed, they gradually had grades, of which the general soldier was the second grade, the deputy chief soldier was the second grade, the staff general and the parade general were the third grade, and then it still remained in a state of no grade.

In order to facilitate comparison with the officers in the guards, the junior officers in the battalion were often awarded a similar rank to the guards. According to the number of people under their jurisdiction, the total number of thousands of soldiers in the battalion will generally have a thousand household ranks, which is equivalent to five grades; The general is the deputy thousand households, the hundred is always a hundred households, the flag is always the general flag, and the captain is the small flag. As for the general officer of the first battalion, it is generally held by a garrison, and the garrison is also an officer of no rank, so he needs to be awarded the title of commander of the guard at the same time.

When Xu Guangzu explained these twists and turns to Su Hao clearly, Su Hao's eyes also brightened. His official position was promoted to a fourth-rank military attaché, which did not surprise him. What made him feel most happy was that the survey battalion had been reorganized into a field force, and its mobility was much greater than in the past, which was exactly what Su Hao wanted. In addition, the name of the Kanyu Camp has always been a bit nondescript in the past, but now it is officially recognized.

"Thank you, Brother Chen!" Su Hao said.

Chen Dao waved his hand again and again, and said: "It's wrong to change this statement, the foolish brother is just the one who gives the order, how can you thank me for changing it?" You should first thank the Holy Heaven for his grace, and then thank Wang Shangshu. If an outsider hears the change and thanks me here, the foolish brother will not be able to wear this official robe when he goes back. ”

"Haha, it's all thanks." Su Hao said, still stood up, took a stick of incense in a fake way, bowed to the north a few times, and thanked the emperor and the military department, and then turned around and thanked Chen Dao again. In any case, people who traveled so far to send him the news of his promotion can be regarded as a lot of hard work.

Chen Dao waited for Su Hao to finish this set of etiquette, and then took out the personal notice appointing him as the guard of the survey camp and wrote Su Hao's name. As for the confessions of other officials in the survey camp, they are still blank, and Chen Dao handed them all over to Su Hao, which means that Su Hao wants to appoint whoever he wants to appoint for which position, as long as he writes the name of this person on the corresponding notice.

Deng Kui and Zhang Yunlong watched this scene from the side, and couldn't help but exchange a look with each other, and there was a blazing light in those eyes. With their current position in the survey camp, they have reason to believe that there is the one that belongs to them in the middle of those blank sheets of the Chinese army and the general manager.

"Brother Chen, the banquet has been set up, please come to the table. Brother Chen sent such good news to the younger brother, the younger brother must give Brother Chen a few more glasses at noon today. Su Hao said to Chen Dao.

Chen Dao stood up and said with a smile: "This banquet, even if it is a foolish brother borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, congratulations on the promotion of change." By the way, there are also Brother Deng and this brother I have never met, you follow Su Shoubei, there will definitely be a bright future in the future, Chen will congratulate you today. ”

"Thank you Chen Langzhong!" Deng Kui and Zhang Yunlong replied together.