Everyone talked about noon in the hall, and Wen Chou stayed in the Yuan clan and Lu Guang to eat

After the meal, Wen Chou immediately appointed Yuan Shi Rong to temporarily assist Tian Yuanhao in arranging the school field, and Yuan Shi Rong happily obeyed

Lu Guang is a person from the Prime Minister's Mansion Bing Cao, Wen Chou can't be appointed beyond his authority, but it doesn't matter, he wrote a public to Li Jin, and recommended Lu Guang to Li Jin, saying that this person is resolute and available, and he can participate in the pre-test Li Jin Of course he will not give Wen Chou this face, and when he received the public, he used Lu Guang as the auxiliary of Xiang Chang Shi to assist Xiang Chang Shi in preparing for the trial

The capital test, for example, is co-presided over by the county guard and the lieutenant, therefore, the layout of the school is naturally the county government and the lieutenant government are jointly responsible for the county government to host this matter is the long history, the long history is the county Cheng, in the county is called Cheng, in the country is called the long history of the Wei Mansion is managed by Wei Cheng Tian Yuanhao

As a result, the two sides of the main affairs of Cheng and Changshi, under the Yuan Rong Lu Guang and so on, these people are mostly shrewd and capable, the two together, the preparatory work of each item is carried out quickly

When Tian Yuanhao and others were preparing for the test, Wen Chou was not idle, and he summoned all the military officials above the county commander to the captain's mansion the next morning

Nearly 100 people were summoned, all dressed in armor and carrying knives, and stood in the front yard of the hall

There were more than 100 sharp soldiers in the Weifu to guard Wen Chou, who usually guarded all over the house, and were heavily guarded, today, Wen Chou specially ordered them to stay in the house and not come out, only brought Dian Wei Yuanqing Dian Wei three people, and Bu Yijian came out of the ground to see these military officials

He stood on the stairs at the entrance of the hall, looked around at these people, and said: "The art of war: 'The restraint is unclear, the order is not familiar, and the crime is also guilty; The meaning of this sentence is: Before doing anything, if you fail to declare the restraint to the officials and explain the rewards and punishments, then it is the fault of the generals, and if the rewards and punishments have been explained and the officials cannot comply with them, then it is the fault of the officials. The day after tomorrow, I will be promoted to the rank of national lieutenant, in charge of military duties, and as the general of all the kings, so I should inform you of the rewards and punishments of this capital test before holding the capital test."

After Wen Chou arrived in the county, he often went to the county barracks, and he didn't meet these military officials once or twice, and every time he went to the camp, he didn't bring many guards with him. Or seven or eight people, or more than ten people, how do these military officials know what kind of person Wen Chou is? Now that he despises his little prestige, he is actually loosely guarded in his mansion, and there are few empty people, so simple that it is not like words, and Wen Chou is even dressed in cloth clothes, and only brought three retinues to see them, without the majesty of a general, and inevitably despises Wen Chou more and more Many people turn their heads and ears. whisper

Wen Chou only didn't see it, and said: "There are only two rewards and punishments for this test, one is excellent, I should be promoted to two, and the incompetent, I should be the ...... of Sha Tai, can you hear clearly?" ”

More than 100 military officials replied unevenly: "I heard clearly"

"Do you hear me?"

"Hear me"

"Then please disperse."

Wen Chou turned to leave, and Dian Wei followed him

The officers didn't expect Wen Chou's words to be so brief. As he walked down the hallway, everyone stared. You and I, I and you, stayed for a while, and someone said lazily: "Since the lieutenant told me to disperse, I will disperse later."

The crowd dispersed

Out of the Captain's Mansion, those who are self-assured will inevitably laugh at Wen Chou. said that he was not powerful and heavy, and he had no talent

But there are also delicate ones, who know a little about Wen Chou's past achievements, and can't help but mutter, looking for thoughts: "Wei Zhan's achievements are impressive." He has killed many thieves in battles with Montenegro, and his achievements often rank first among the three armies, how can he be such a person without prestige? What did he mean by showing us a cloth cloth? "I can't guess the meaning of the ugly text, so if the family is in the Yuan family, I won't return to the barracks first, and go home to tell the head of the family about it

Soon, word spread

By the afternoon, all the big surnames in Yuanshi County were known, and they were spreading

Xiangfu Gong Cao Feichang a few days ago got a cold, unwell, has been at home to recuperate, did not go to the Xiangfu for a few days, in the afternoon at home to listen to the slave talk about this matter, Fang Zhiguo is going to hold a test, is in a hurry, ordered the slave to prepare a car, want to go to the Xiangfu

His wife was inexplicable, I don't know why he suddenly wanted to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion, worried about his body, and persuaded: "Jun Bo should be spiritual, why do you want to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion?" ”

Wei Chang said: "Try it, I am the prime minister's contribution to the major affairs of the country, how can I not be loyal to my words?" ”

"What's the matter?"

"Your woman, too, I just told you what to do, and you don't understand, go and urge the slave to prepare a car for me!"

His wife had no choice but to urge the slaves

Wei Chang, who prepared the car, hurriedly went to the Prime Minister's Mansion, entered the mansion, got off the car and went to the church, and paid homage to Li Jin

Li Jin was quite strange when he saw him coming, and said, "Qing has recovered from his illness?" ”

"Never"

"If you have not recovered from your illness, why did you come to the house when you are at home to raise your body? If the wind does not blow today, and the disease is aggravated, will you not regret it? ”

"Listen to the house slaves, the country will hold the capital test? Dare to ask Xiangjun, is there such a thing? ”

"Yes"

"The capital test is a major event of the county and the state, I don't know who proposed this capital test? Xiangjun or Captain? ”

"Captain"

"Who's in charge?"

"I'm the Lord with the Captain"

"How can you be the master with the captain!"

Li Jin didn't know what Wei Chang meant, and said in amazement: "The lieutenant is in charge of the martial arts, how can he not be the master of the captain?" What do you mean by that? After a pause, he remembered that the Wei family had several slaves who were military officials in the county soldiers, so he smiled and said, "Are you worried that your family's slaves who are military officials in the county soldiers will be killed by Wei Shatai?" If this is the case, you don't have to worry, I can tell Wei that he should not ask for the guests of Sha Taiqing's family - don't say that it is up to me to try both of them, that is, Wei is the sole master, and he will still give me this feeling."

"It's even more impossible for the captain to be the sole master! ......, the slave is the slave of my father's family, what does it have to do with Chang! Chang is worrying about Xiangjun."

Wei Chang has been working for the prime minister for more than a year, and he has never said a word of request for Wei's family, Li Jin knows his nature, so he said this, so he asked: "What are you worried about me?" ”

"Chang Worry Captain will encroach on the power of the prime minister"

Li Jin smiled and said, "Infringe on my rights? I thought about it a lot, the captain is not such a person, and the reason why the captain suggested holding the capital test is because the county soldiers are unusable, so he has to be promoted to excellence, not to infringe on my rights."

"'Sha Tai Filth and Pollution Promotion', this should be fixed, but Sha Tai and promotion should be dominated by the Xiangjun alone, not by the captain"

"Why?"

"If the excellent person who is promoted is promoted by Xiangjun, then he will be grateful to Xiangjun. If he is promoted by the lieutenant, then he will only be grateful that the lieutenant has no wings in the county soldiers, and if he is allowed to be promoted and employed, then he will become a lieutenant and a young nobleman at the beginning of his wings. When its wings are completed, and it breaks through the merits of Montenegro, and it is valued by the state, if it competes for power with Xiangjun, how can Xiangjun respond? At that time, although Xiangjun is the minister of Changshan, I am afraid that he will have to obey the instructions of the captain, which is the worry of Chang, and the former Chaoning became the governor of Jinan, and the Xiangzhi of Lingguo; Zhou Yang was appointed as the commander of the capital, and Ling was ruled by the country; During the reign of the first emperor of this dynasty. Tang Hengdi is the captain of Jingzhao Huya, and he disrespects Jingzhao Yin, all of which are lessons from the past."

Li Jin disagreed, and said: "It's just a matter of trying it with the co-master of Wei, where is it so serious that Qing said?" ”

"'Fu Feng was born in the ground, from the end of Qingping' Wei is good at fighting, and he is heavy in Texas, I heard that he used to be a milk tiger in Yingchuan, which is the same as Ning Cheng's nickname. It can be seen that his people are fierce and powerful, for such people. Prevent it like a tiger! It's too late to prevent it, let alone take the initiative to give up power with it? Xiangjun is in charge of military affairs with the captain today, and tomorrow he is afraid that he will have to share the military power with the captain, and tomorrow he will have to share the military power with the captain, and the day after tomorrow, he will have to let the military power and the captain! ”

Li Jin is a pure Confucian, he is really not very interested in the military commission, he has been commissioned by the court twice before, once as a county lieutenant under Zhangye. After working for a long time, he was spared from illness because he couldn't stand the suffering of the army, and once he was the governor of Liaodong County, so he simply didn't take office, and waited until the court worshiped him as Zhao Xiang, although he knew that Wei Chang said a little bit of truth. It's just that he has a headache when he thinks of the war, and he wants him to fight for military power with Wen Chou, but he is very embarrassed, and said to Wei Chang: "As Qing said: 'Wei is good at fighting, and he is a state general', such a talent, just rely on it, I have paid for the military affairs with it" Seeing that Wei Chang had to admonish again, he said with a smile, "Qing is not cured, he should be close to medicine, nourish his spirit, don't worry about it anymore, and go home first to recuperate, and after Qing recovers from his illness, I will rely on Qing's great talent to govern the place"

Wei Chang had no choice but to say goodbye and go home, and returned home with a long sigh

His wife asked, "What are you sighing for?" ”

He sighed and said, "Xiangjun actually wants to give up the power of the army and the captain!" I admonished him, but Xiangjun didn't listen, so I couldn't help it! Alas, there are no soldiers in troubled times, how can he be the minister of state? ”

……

Wei Chang is Li Jin's servant, the food of the king, the matter of loyalty to the king, bitterly admonished Li Jin not to entrust the military power to Wen Chou, there are many people in the prime minister's mansion, this matter was soon learned by Lu Guang

Lu Guang immediately went to the governor's mansion and told Wen Chou, saying: "Wei Chang is smart and loyal, and he is known to be trusted by Xiangjun, if he insists on advising Xiangjun, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to Xiangjun."

Wen Chou was taken aback at first, and then said with a smile: "This is a loyal man, although he is a good minister, I should be courteous."

Although he respects his loyalty, he laughs at him for not knowing himself, and Wen Chou smiled and said to Lu Guang: "Wei Chang doesn't know me!" Am I a power-seeker? It's a struggle for power, only five counties, less than 200,000 people, how can it be worth fighting for? I don't want to do it here."

According to Li Jin's opinion, the time for the test was set for the day after tomorrow, and according to the agreement discussed with Li Jin earlier, Wen Chou and Li Jin jointly sent a letter to transfer Wen Chou's private troops from counties outside the city to take over the city defense, and ordered the county soldiers who were originally responsible for the city defense to return to the camp to prepare for the capital test the day after tomorrow Because of Li Jin's signature, the county soldiers defending the city did not resist and accepted the order

After half a day's effort, with the full cooperation of the county soldier Cao Shi Lu Guang, the city defense was all taken over by Zhao Yunbu

When Wei Chang heard it at home, he sighed and said: "After the day after tomorrow, I am afraid that most of the county soldiers will be killed by Wei Sha, and at that time, the county soldiers will be empty and understaffed, even if Xiangjun wants to use the county soldiers to be responsible for the city defense, it will be difficult to do it."

He got up again, went to the house of Wei Song, the patriarch of the Wei family, and said to Wei Song: "Wei to the realm, dormant for half a month without speaking, take the opportunity of the assassination is to design an ambush on Zuo Xu, a great victory in Mafu Mountain, so the power of the victory, set the day after tomorrow to try, and take the opportunity of the capital test, transfer his family soldiers to take over the city defense, his will is not shoes, he obviously wants to take the opportunity to control the military power to start Mo said that the father of the clan planted in the county soldiers Although the slaves have some courage, but do not know the soldiers, even if they know the soldiers and are good at fighting, the captain in order to control the military power, This time, I'm afraid that I will also find an excuse to get rid of all of them, and instead of waiting for the captain Shatai, my Wei family will be disgraced, so my clan father might as well take the initiative to recall them."

Wei Song has always valued Wei Chang, and regarded Wei Chang as the thousand-mile horse of their Wei clan, and listened to Wei Chang's persuasion, although he didn't believe that Wen Chou would ignore their Wei family's reputation in the Yuan clan and count all the slaves of his family in the county soldiers, but he also ordered someone to summon those slaves back

After Lu Guang heard about it, he came to the governor's mansion again and told Wen Chou about the matter

Wen Scandal was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Wei Chang is helping me."

Wei Chang, of course, was not helping Wen Chou. But this move of the Wei family is equivalent to helping Wen Chou

Before the test began, the Wei family took the initiative to recall their own slaves, which was similar to showing weakness to Wen Chou The Wei family is the crown of the Yuan clan, and they are still "afraid" of the power of Wen Chou, and the remaining powerful surnames must not weigh one or two?

Tian Yuanhao, Yuan Shirong and others arranged the school on time, and with the strong assistance of Lu Guang, the process of Zhao Yun's department taking over the city defense was also very smooth, and everything was ready. On the day of the test, Wen Chou went to the Prime Minister's Mansion by car first and picked up Li Jin out of the mansion in person

Li Jin was persuaded by Wei Chang so much, and he was also a little suspicious of Wen Chou, and now he saw Wen Chou coming to greet him in person, waiting outside the house, bowing very respectfully, and putting on the posture of a subordinate, and suddenly became suspicious. The fear disappeared, and he said in his heart: "I just said that the lieutenant is not the one who seizes power!" ”

He is about to use Wen Chou's talent to protect the country and the people, Wen Chou not only respects him, but he also respects him

The two of them got in the same car and went to the school field

The school grounds are outside the city

When it was not abandoned, it was the annual military parade of the county, and the ceremony was very grand

Axes were set up on the school field, and flags were erected, which was very majestic and more than 1,000 county guards were neatly arranged. Dressed in silk and uniform, holding a spear and halberd. Equipped with swords and crossbows, under the leadership of their respective military officials, they are divided into parts, with the foot soldiers in front and the knights behind, stepping on the drums and other military music to enter the venue

Military music is played by specialized horsemen

Each of the six horsemen holds a different instrument. Riding a horse at the end of the lottery, walk in front of the county officials participating in the capital test, and enter first

The military service system of the two Han Dynasty was different, and the conscription system prevailed in this dynasty. The former Han Dynasty followed the Qin system, and the conscription system prevailed in the former Han Dynasty, when the ordinary people reached the legal age, they had to serve for two years, the first year was to serve in the local area, called the regular soldier, mainly to receive regularized military training, and the test was carried out every autumn, and the advantages and disadvantages were assessed through the test, and the excellent ones went to the Beijing division to serve as guards in the following year, and the qualified ones went to the border defense as soldiers, because in this first year, the local area will not only hold a military parade and examination, and the scale of the examination is large and small and the rules of the test are large, so it is called the capital test, which means the big test

The former Han Chao Cuo listed the strengths and weaknesses of China and the Xiongnu in military affairs in the "Words and Soldiers", saying that the Xiongnu's long skills have three, China's long skills have five, and China's long skills have three related to crossbows, one is "the strong crossbow and long halberd, shoot far and far, then the Xiongnu's bow Funengge also", one is "strong armor and sharp blades, long and short mixed, crossbows come and go, Shiwu is in front of the army, then the Huns' soldiers can be also", one is "the material official hair, the arrow is the same, then the Huns' leather wood recommends Fu Nengzhi also"

The third "material officer" is the abbreviation of "material officer Zhang", that is, the crossbow soldier "leather guard" is leather armor, and the "wooden recommendation" is the wooden shield Chinese crossbowmen fired thousands of arrows at the same time, and shot at the enemy at the same time, so the leather armor and wooden shield of the Huns could not be supported

The reason why the Han army is strong, one is in the cavalry, the other is in the bow and crossbow, in comparison, the weight of the bow and crossbow is above the cavalry, the general Li Guang and the Xiongnu battle, in the case of the disparity, the command of the troops to shoot the opponent's generals and the attacking cavalry with the big yellow crossbow, quickly turned the tide of the battle Li Guang's grandson Li Ling with 5,000 infantry to the enemy 80,000 Hun cavalry, and fight and move, turn the fight for thousands of miles, consume 500,000 arrows in one day, kill more than 10,000 enemies before and after, until the arrow is forced to surrender, it can be seen that the strength of the Han crossbow soldiers

Therefore, the capital test of the county is mainly based on test shooting, so it is also called "autumn shooting"

The county soldiers rode into the field and stood still, holding spears and halberds, silent, waiting for Li Jin and Wen Chou

There was a high platform where the foot riders of the county guards were facing, and Li Jin ascended first, followed by Wen Chou

The test is martial arts, and Li Jinwen is ugly and wears armor and a sword

When Li Jin took the stage, although there were many followers before and after, Li Jin was short, fat, and kind and kind-eyed, had no generals, and had never fought against Shachao nor was he fierce and murderous, although he was wearing armor and a sword, he did not look like the master of an army at all

When Wen Chou took the stage, although there were still not many guards in his entourage, only thirteen or fourteen people, they were all tiger soldiers in his army, the front was Dian Wei Liu Qing opened the way, and the back was Dong Zhi Li Dian pressed the formation, left and right were Zhao Yun Zhao Yun Li Dian Wei, or heavy armor with halberds, strong and powerful, or fine armor with a knife, murderous exposure, or leather armor merry, beautiful and abnormal, front and back hugging Wen Chou like the stars holding the moon

In addition to these eight people, there is also Su Zesu Zhenggao Jia Gao Bing Xia Hou Lan, with a bow and crossbow in armor, riding a horse and galloping to the stage to stand solemnly

Wen Chou wore heavy armor and a sword, and went up to the stage surrounded by Zhao Yun and Zhao Yun, walked to Li Jin's side, and turned around. Standing straight facing the audience, looking around at the county guards and Li Jin's short and fat powerlessness, he was not angry but mighty

The day before yesterday in the Lieutenant's Mansion, the ugliness of the cloth was simple and simple, and it seemed that there was no majesty

Today there are still not many of his retinues, but he can change into armor. With a sword, and in a place where the killing spirit is heavy in the school field, his majesty immediately came out At this morning, the sun was bright, and the military officials of all the tribes on the field looked up at Wen Chou, only to feel that his armor was dazzling, and under the guard of Zhao Yun and Zhao Yun, it was full of majesty, which made people dare not look at it for a long time

The changes before and after the text are too great. These officers were uncomfortable

One of them moved his steps, turned his head and said to the officials beside him: "The lieutenant used to show people simply, and now he is proud of me, is this trying to establish authority?" In silence, although his voice was not loud, it also spread far away and fell into Wen Chou's ears

Wen Chou didn't look at him, and shouted to the audience: "Xiahoulan! ”

Xiahoulan drove the horse out of the ranks. Answering in a loud voice: "In"

"What is the sin of those who line up in the three armies and the officials tend to ridicule?" Tendency. Tend to go quickly, and make noise

Xia Houlan was familiar with the military law of the Han family, and without thinking, he replied: "Military law: tending to ridicule, it is not necessary to talk about the time."

Zhao Yun took half a step according to the oars and looked at the audience. Drink asked: "Who is the right person, out of the ranks!" ”

Zhao Yun knew that Wen Chou wanted Sha Tai County soldiers today, and in order to help Wen Chou to act smoothly, he deliberately did not bring a face towel, and exposed his face, his face was full of criss-crossing scars. No one dared to look at him a third time, and when he heard him shouting and asking, he looked at each other, and no one answered aloud

Zhao Yun asked again: "Who is the right person, out of the ranks!" "Still no one is talking

Zhao Yunsan asked: "Who is the right person, out of the ranks!" "Still no one spoke

Zhao Yunnai turned around and asked General Wen Chou to order, and ordered Gao Jia and Gao C under the stage: "Take down the people who tend to be ridiculed!" ”

Gao Jia, Gao Bing and other horsemen under the stage have been intently observing every move of the county soldiers since they arrived under the stage, and they have long seen who is tending to ridicule, and after receiving the order of Wen Chou, the Gao brothers are holding spears and galloping horses, and they enter the county soldiers' array, and run to the right person in front of the people who are suitable for the ridicule under the eyes of the county soldiers, Gao Jia handed the spear to his left hand, and his right hand poked out, and turned the man back to the horse

This person who tends to be ridiculed is the person who lazily said in front of Wenchou Mansion the day before yesterday, "Since the lieutenant told me to disperse, I will disperse later", but he was the guest of the Yang family, the largest powerful Yang family of the Yuan family, and the Yang family was in a hurry, this person has always been loose in the army, but although he was careless, it was not bad to treat his subordinates at this time, and when he was arrested, the tunjun soldiers under him suddenly rioted

There were about 100 soldiers in the first canton

Gao Bing's horizontal spear was stationed on the horse, duli in front of him, facing the crossbow at the court, and shouted angrily: "Don't you hear the military law? 'It doesn't take time to talk about it'! ”

There were some angry among the hundred and ten guards, who wanted to encourage people to snatch back the tun chief who was taken away by Gao Jia, but when he saw Gao Bing's finger on the crossbow machine, he swept it angrily, but he didn't dare to speak out after all

Gao Jia took the tending tun chief to the stage, threw it to the ground, and replied: "Report, the lawbreaker has been brought!" ”

Zhao Yun replied to the ugly text

Wen Chou still didn't look at the man, and spit out a word with an expressionless face: "Chop"

Li Jin, who was standing beside him, was shocked when he heard this, just now when Wen Chou asked people to arrest the "tendentious" tun chief, he thought that Wen Chou just wanted to punish this tun chief a little and take the opportunity to establish his authority, but he never expected Wen Chou to say that he would be beheaded! He knew that this tun chief was a guest of the Wei family, so he hurriedly said: "This military official doesn't know the prestige of the lieutenant, it's just the first time to violate military law, a little punishment is enough, there is no need to behead."

Wen Chou Zhengse said: "Since the minister of state said 'wei', please ask the minister of state, what is wei?" ”

"This ......"

"Ugly and talented, I ask for the country's prime minister: the Han family's "Military Law" says that the use of military law is clear at the beginning: 'Establish authority to prestige the public, punish evil to prohibit evil', military law is used to establish authority and punish evil, why establish authority? If you violate military law and do not deal with it in accordance with the provisions of military law, what is the use of military law? If military law is useless, how can rewards and punishments be made? If you can't reward and punish clearly, how can you govern the army? And how to fight the thief? Therefore, the soldier said: The establishment of prestige, starting from the evil can be done from the prime minister, but this matter cannot be followed! ”

Li Jin has known Wen Chou since he met, and has never seen Wen Chou's face, at this time, although he is more respectful than Wen Chou, although he is older than Wen Chou, but he can't help but be taken away by his fierce and stern atmosphere, Nuo Nuo is speechless, just give it up, and dare not persuade it again (to be continued. )