After five hundred recruits, each of whom had a bag of fifty catties of grain beside him, Wang Daoguang, who had no weapons, directly raised his right fist and shouted out the slogan that had already been prepared in his heart: "Swear allegiance to the Lord of the General Army......"

The dozens of soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Army standing beside Wang Daoguang reacted first, raised their weapons, and shouted loudly after them: "Swear allegiance to the Lord of the General Army......

After two consecutive rounds of shouting, the 500 recruits were also slowly infected, raised their fists one after another, and shouted loudly with the tiger and leopard army: "Swear allegiance to the commander......

In this way, the deafening slogans, like a tidal wave, sounded one after another outside Datong City.

"Swear allegiance to the general soldier......"

The expansion of the garrison of Datong Mansion and the selection of troops and the expansion of the army, on such an important day, it is impossible not to be present as the guard of the general army of Datong Mansion.

At this moment, Wei Zhengzheng was surrounded by Zhou Shuyuan and others, standing on the three-zhang high city wall of Datong City, looking at the lively military selection scene outside the city.

Compared with the excitement in other places, Wang Daoguang's position in charge of selecting troops is undoubtedly the most attractive.

Hearing the shouts of the five hundred recruits with all their might, Wei Zheng subconsciously shifted his gaze to this group of people.

Zhou Shuyuan, who was in charge of this military selection, immediately stood up and introduced to Wei Zheng: "My lord, the selection ground in that place is in charge of a Xiucai who has just joined the General Military Mansion. ”

"As you know, we Haw Par Army have very few readers. Among the scholars found among the homeless people this time, as long as there is a real talent and learning, we have sent him out, and we have given them a quota of 500 recruits. Hope to pass guò this election. Take a look at their capabilities. Prepare for further assignments to them in the future. ”

Wei Zheng nodded with a look of approval and said, "This method is good." We in the Haw Par Army want people who can do things. It's not those who can only read dead books, and they can read all day long. ”

Then, he asked Zhou Shuyuan pointedly: "Military advisor, have you noticed that this scholar named Wang Daoguang is very interesting?" Swore allegiance to the commander-in-chief, not to the imperial court...... Interesting...."

"In my opinion, that's not what a reader should say."

"I'm sure this Wang Daoguang is not a scheming person. Tong guò these little tricks are approved by us as conspirators. It's a really talented person who can be used by me. ”

"In this way, tonight, let this Xiucai named Wang Daoguang come to the General Military Mansion. If he really has a great talent, he is not a villain...... Then I'll be of great use......"

In the brightly lit General Soldier's Mansion in Datong City, Wang Xiucai was standing in the middle of the lobby with an uneasy face, waiting for Wei Zheng to ask.

The chief soldier Wei Zheng stared at Wang Daoguang in front of him with a pair of sharp eyes. Then, he asked thoughtfully, "Wang Daoguang...... On the selection field. You came up with the slogan of allegiance to the Commander-in-Chief, right? ”

"Yes. Your Excellency......" Wang Daoguang replied with a weak face.

Because he didn't know if Wei Zheng would think that he was shouting this slogan and patting him on the back.

Wei Zheng waved his hand and continued, "Don't be nervous...... I just wanted to ask some questions......"

"As far as I know, you are also a scholar, and you are also a showman, that is, you are a person with merit and fame. Under such circumstances, it would be a great rebellion for you to let the recruits be loyal only to me and not to the court...... However, as a showman, you did it, don't you think that the slogan you shouted during the day is a bit grandstanding? ”

"Sensationalism......" Hearing these four words, Wang Daoguang's facial expression, which was still panicked, was directly covered by despair.

After kneeling on the ground subconsciously, he defended Wei Zheng hopefully: "Please check clearly, my lordship, there is absolutely no grandstanding in my humble position." The slogans that the recruits shouted are all sincere, please check ......"

"Forehead......" Wei Zheng's face, which was still cold just now, immediately showed an expression of interest.

said to Wang Daoguang: "From the bottom of my heart...... How is it possible, the fame of your talent is given by the imperial court. Without the imperial court, there would be no talent and fame for you. Don't you think that it is the imperial court that you should be loyal to, not my Wei Zheng? ”

Wei Zheng clearly saw that when he heard the words "imperial court", Wang Daoguang's face unexpectedly flashed a trace of hatred.

Then, he replied to Wei Zheng: "My lord, you are right, the fame on my body is indeed given by the imperial court. However, this court has given me fame, but also despair, even death......"

"Adults may not know that the humble position got the status of Xiucai five years ago. However, because the family was poor, there was no money to give gifts to the examiner, and until now, I have not even been able to enter the examination room of the Jinshi. ”

"That's not all, some powerful talents in the county are jealous of being accused when they see that their lowly education is higher than them. even played some conspiracy to sue the humble position in court...... not only deprived the lowly job of the hard-earned talent status, but also sued the lowly job to ruin the family, and had to be a homeless ......"

"As for the imperial court you mentioned, my lord, I can see clearly along the way to being a homeless person."

In the face of hunger and cold, the homeless people who may starve to death at any time and freeze to death, the imperial court not only did not provide relief. Some court officials, for the sake of so-called political achievements, even forbade the displaced people to enter their areas to beg for food. What's more, some court officials and soldiers directly killed the homeless people as bandits, and used the heads of the homeless people to kill the enemy and risk their merits......"

"This is considered to be seen through, the court is the court of those officials and gentry and landlords. Poor people like us, no matter how much we read, will not be able to get ahead, and even like the lowly people, we will almost starve to death on the way to become homeless people. “

"And my lord, you not only saved the lowly position and prevented the lowly position from starving to death, but also gave the lowly official a chance to get ahead."

"In addition, Director Zhang told me some things about adults and the Haw Par Army, I am sure that a scholar with no power or power like Beizhi can only have a chance to get ahead if he follows you."

"Besides, the five hundred recruits selected for the adults today, whether they are eating or wearing, are all given to them by the adults, and they have nothing to do with the imperial court. You saved them and gave them and their families a chance to live, and if you don't repay your kindness and don't be loyal to you, you can't tolerate it. “

"Therefore, what the humble position wants to say is that swearing allegiance to you is not only the words of the humble position, but also the inner words of the tens of thousands of displaced people outside Datong City, without you, there is no life for them now, and they will not be able to live." (To be continued......)