That old Mu seized the opportunity, won the victory, and naturally was triumphant, and pulled Yan Hong all the way to his official office. After the guest and host sat down, he poured a bowl of tea for Yan Hong with his own hands, and said, "Brother Yan Shi, please." ”

The title of brother in officialdom can be used to refer to the people of the same generation, and it can also be used to refer to the younger generation, not to say that it is simply a brother. And it is said that the health work together is generally an equal relationship. Unless he has a relationship with Yan Shifan like Lu Bing, Yan Hong will be a junior to him.

Therefore, it is not wrong for this four-grade servant to call Yan Hong, a five-grade thousand-household, a brother. It's just that looking at this courteous appearance, it really doesn't look like a chief of the guard seeing a subordinate subordinate.

Yan Hong sees him as diligent, but he will not slack off. It will be known through the name that this servant is named Mu Denggao, and he is also a hereditary brocade robe. He relied on ordinary hard work to survive until he was in his fifties, and then he got a fourth-grade title, and there was no hope for further promotion in this life. In contrast, Yan Hong arrived at the age of twenty to reach the Zhengwupin Thousand Households, although the front is a little lower, but with the big tree of Yan Mansion at his back, the evaluation of the future of the two can be described as a world of difference.

Therefore, this time, when I learned that this little king of Yama actually had a shadow of brocade clothes, and he was still a thousand households with power, I couldn't help but be moved by this old man Mu. If you use this to tie up with this young master, it will be very beneficial.

I am over half a hundred years old, and I don't want to do anything, but if my children and grandchildren can get a few more shade brocade clothes, they will not be able to enjoy it.

Although Yan Hong didn't understand Mu Denggao's specific intentions, he also knew that Heng and Zhi were here to tie up the Yan Mansion. He happened to be not familiar with the affairs of Jinyi and Wei, and thought that when he joined a new unit, he would have to ask old comrades for advice and study in order to get familiar with the situation as soon as possible. This gray-haired old man is really the most suitable gentleman.

So Yan Hong raised the teacup and said respectfully: "The new Jinyi of the lower official is really ashamed to be treated so favorably by the chief." Speaking of which, Xiaguan Suri knew very little about the affairs of this guard, but he wanted to ask the chief for more advice. ”

When Old Man Mu saw this Yan Ge Old Master Sun, he was so polite to himself, he was simply flattered, and waved his hand again and again: "Brother Shi is too modest. I'm just a few years older, with the wisdom of my brother, the affairs of this guard can be understood at one point, and the future is immeasurable. Don't call any of the chiefs. If you look up to the decay and call the decay brother in private, the decay's face will fly. ”

Yan Hong immediately said: "Brother Mu, then the little brother will ask for more advice." ”

Mu Denggao said: "Then the old man is not afraid of making a fool of himself, and he will have a discussion with the world's brothers." ”

Although this old man Mu is not outstanding in his talents, he has worked in Jinyiwei for most of his life, and he is very familiar with Wei affairs, but it is not comparable to a hairy boy like Yan Hong. Anyway, he is also used to sitting on the cold bench, and Shangguan usually has nothing important to look for him, and the so-called idle is idle.

So Old Man Mu instructed the handyman to come, refill the teapot with boiling water, and put a plate of melon seeds, and explained the matter to Yan Hong in detail.

It is said that this brocade guard, is the Son of Heaven pro-army, the Ming Dynasty's first-class pro-noble armed system, according to the establishment of although only the number of a guard, but in fact, the whole guard has tens of thousands of people, far more than the rated establishment, brocade clothes have no fixed number of people, is indeed not groundless. Those who enter the Jinyi Wei system, in addition to Yan Hong, the son of a meritorious hero, has three main ways: substitution, substitution, and surrender.

The so-called substitute is a hereditary brocade cloth military household, the son inherits the father's business, and the younger brother succeeds the brother, referring to the local guard soldiers, such as Mu Denggao, which is an example. However, the father is a hundred households, and the son is hereditary in a hundred households, but he may not be able to really take charge of one, and he often has titles but no rights. or high rank and low allocation, such as hanging the title of a deputy thousand households, and a hundred households.

The so-called "Chong" originally refers to the government's selection of good families to enter Jinyiwei among the households. But since the Jiajing Dynasty, it is mainly the ministers who have made meritorious contributions. In such a situation, it is basically necessary to look at the size of the face of the recommending official, and secondly, to see the amount of credit made by the person who is being promoted, and the rank is determined accordingly. But generally speaking, this procedure will not confer more than 100 titles.

Surrender is the selection of people who voluntarily become Jinyi Guards in the private sector, similar to the recruitment of civil servants of the National Security Bureau in later generations. Those who have invested in the charge all start from the grassroots level, which is much more arduous than the first two ways.

The Jinyi guards are divided into regular army and military surplus. Among them, in the middle of the regular army, those with shallow qualifications are called wrestlers, and those with deep qualifications are called captains. Those who enter the Jinyi Guard system by throwing in the army generally start from the rest of the army, and only by making meritorious contributions can they become the regular army, and the first step of the regular army is just a wrestler. He had to continue his service for ten years before he could be promoted to lieutenant. Climb up layer by layer like this, and throughout your life, if you can get a test hundred household titles, it will already be difficult to climb to the sky. This class is the hardest to come, but they are also the main constituent force of the grassroots government school of Jinyiwei.

It can be said that Jinyiwei is a multi-functional department, and the scope of work is basically a complex of multiple departments such as the FBI, the CIA, and the Homeland Security Bureau of a certain lighthouse in later generations.

And the Jinyiwei itself is divided into two towns, north and south. The north and south here are not geographical directions, and there is no such thing as Nanjing Jinyi Wei Yamen is Nanzhen Fusi, but it is distinguished from the division of labor. Yan Hong belongs to the Beizhen Fu Division, and the work content of the department is really all-encompassing. From guarding the guard of honor, inspecting and arresting, to maintaining law and order in the north and south of the two capitals, collecting military intelligence, and provoking the emperor's ministers with the court staff, everything has to be intervened in the collection of protection money (regular money) on the road. As for what Yan Hong does personally, he still has to wait for the assignment of Governor Lu.

The Nanzhen Fusi is responsible for the criminal law affairs of the Benwei, that is, it plays the role of a gendarmerie picket, and supervises the military craftsmen, including Jinyiwei's own arsenal and horse farm, which are all under the management of the Nanzhen Fusi.

Listening to Mu Denggao's introduction, Yan Hong had a preliminary understanding of the institutional setting of Jinyiwei. While he kept thanking him, he secretly complained about his grandfather and father in his heart. Why did they become officials themselves, and no one did a science popularization for themselves? Do you want to listen to this old man to do his own literacy?

In this matter, he wronged Yan Song and Yan Shifan. During this time, Lu Bing came to Yan Hong twice in three days, as if Yan Hong was his godson. The father and son only said that Lu Bing had already told Yan Hong these basic common senses, so they didn't bother to draw snakes anymore.

And Lu Bing's side, probably also wants to rely on Yan Ge's old family style, it is impossible to know nothing about Jinyiwei, Yan Hong naturally got information from his grandfather and his father, why should Lu come to do more. In this way, both sides pushed and conceded, and then they made a joke that Yan Hong had nothing to do and went to the Jinyi Yamen.

At this time, the rise of the old man Namu. After finishing business, he talked about the gossip in Benwei. For example, whoever is strong in martial arts, who understands everything, who doesn't know everything with one mouth, who doesn't even have a mouth, sooner or later will be driven home to gnaw old rice...... looked old-fashioned, so that Yan Hong seemed to see the figure of the university doorman in his previous life.

However, Yan Hong felt that these situations would be very beneficial to him in the future. After all, as a former insurance salesman, he knows how valuable his customers' personal information is. Now that I am a newcomer, it is a treasure to hear such a large amount of information about Jinyiwei's leaders and colleagues from the mouth of this Uncle Mu. He secretly made up his mind that in the future, he would have to be as close as possible to this Uncle Mu.

When the old man and the young man were dizzy, they suddenly heard someone outside shouting: "Governor Lu Dadu returns to the Ya."

Mu Denggao was violently excited: "Ouch, Governor Lu is here." Hurry up to the White Tiger Lobby and see the Chief of the Guard. ”

Yan Hong asked curiously: "Brother Mu, I just heard from the porter that there may not be people in this yamen on weekdays." But if the person doesn't arrive, how can Lu Dudu explain it? ”

Mu Denggao pulled Yan Hong up and hurriedly explained: "If you haven't arrived, you haven't arrived." A colleague responded to the 'going out on business', could it be that Governor Lu still wants to pursue you? However, like us, we are used to being idle officials, but if there is no urgency, Lu Dudu will return to the hall, and it is better to go and see it. Without him, it's a familiar face. If you come in for a few years, Lu Dudu's face has not been seen a few times, what errand do you want to take, what level do you want to promote? ”

Yan Hong thought that this was true, so he followed Mu Denggao and hurried to the White Tiger Hall, but saw that there were hundreds of brocade clothes officials gathered together, and the detachment stood away. Yan Hong silently counted in his heart, the level of this thousand households is the lowest.

It's not much, but I can hear the drums in the hall, which is moving. Then eight brocade-clothed thousand households came out of the side door, all of them tall and strong. When these eight people came out, the wings of the geese spread out on both sides. Immediately after, Governor Lu Dadu wore all his lieutenant robes, walked in a tiger's step, and sat down on the central chair. After sitting down, the tiger eyes swept left and right under the hall, and swept to Yan Hong, who was in the back row, his face also changed, and his expression was a little strange, but he never spoke.

Next, there is the routine reference. After everyone participated in the court, Lu Dudu encouraged a few times and ordered everyone to go back to their respective offices, and simply called, "Yan Hong, the new thousand households, you stay, and the governor has something to inquire about." ”

The other brocade officials in front of the hall didn't think it was strange. Although this Yan Hong is only five products and thousands of households, he is the eldest grandson of Yan Ge, and he has a friendship with Lu Dadu. Isn't it normal for Governor Lu to beckon him to stay, and it must be appropriate to teach him face-to-face? So everyone saluted in unison and took leave. After a while, the people in front of the hall went, leaving only Yan Hong.

Seeing that everyone had retreated, Lu Bing coughed, pointed to a chair next to him, and beckoned Yan Hong: "There are no outsiders here, please sit down." ”

Yan Hong said: "Thank you." He put most of his butt on the chair, put his hands on his knees, and looked at Lu Bing without squinting.

Lu Bing then asked, "Nephew Yan, what are you making trouble about?" How did you come to Yamen? ”

Yan Hong was stunned by this question, and only replied after a while: "Uncle Shi, isn't the little nephew sealed with five products and thousands of households to take care of this health matter?" Unlike my second brother, this is a powerful official position. If you have real power, you should do anything. If you don't come to the yamen to listen to it, but it is difficult for me to shut myself up in the study of Yanfu to plan big things? ”