(Ask for collection)

Jiang Bin got up and pulled Song Nan back to sit down, rubbed his hands and was silent for a moment, and then said, "Brother Song, what do you think of me Jiang Bin?" ”

Song Nan said in his heart: I have only met you twice, I don't know what your character is, this is really ridiculous.

"Well, if it's just a preliminary impression, I feel that Lord Chihu is a straightforward person, but with all due respect, because the relationship is not deep, I can't say it."

Jiang Bin sighed and said: "That's right, I think that people are righteous enough, and I take good care of my subordinates, I treat the soldiers of the Beiqian households I lead like brothers, and I never deduct food and salary, and I will not beat and scold them easily. ”

Song Nan said: "That's how it should be, I guess Jiang Qianhu is not the kind of official with a black conscience. ”

Jiang Bin said: "I accept your praise, but do you know that I have been in the army for 14 years, and since I took my father's post and joined the 100 households of Ulzhou Wei, I have only climbed from 100 households to the current 1000 households in 14 years, and I have been in the post of 1000 households for 9 years; Some of my contemporaries have become commanders, and some have become commanders; What's even more outrageous, I have a good brother named Xu Tai, who has been promoted to the position of deputy chief soldier of Xuanfu, but I, Jiang Bin, am still staying up in the position of Wei Qianhu in Ulzhou, and I am really unhappy. ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "I don't know much about the addition of officials to the knighthood, Jiang Qianhu is in the officialdom of the army, so you should know where the problem is." ”

Jiang Bin took a sip of wine, shook his head and said: "At first, I didn't know, I only knew that Lu Dao was a little better to his subordinates, a little more ruthless in fighting Tartar soldiers, and a little more military merit could be a logical promotion; But half a year ago, I went to Xuanfu on a business trip and talked with my good brother Xu Tai for a night, and I learned the crux of the problem after he pointed me out. ”

Song Nan said with interest: "Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

Jiang Bin said: "Xu Tai told me that military merit alone is not enough, and it also needs someone from above to carry it, as for what love soldiers are like sons, it is even more useless, if you want to be promoted, you don't have a good relationship with your subordinates, the most important thing is to have a good relationship with your superiors, who will listen to the words of the soldiers?" Shangguan's weight and recommendation is the key to promotion, that is, no matter how great your military merits are, no matter how good the soldiers' evaluation of you is, it can't withstand Shangguan's sentence of 'unusable', after he said, I know why I can't be promoted like others. ”

Song Nan nodded slightly, Jiang Bin's words were not surprising, this kind of thing has been figured out in ancient and modern times, and it is not uncommon for future generations to do so, so it is not surprising.

"Now that you know the crux of the problem, act accordingly, establish a good relationship with your superiors, and you will be promoted in time."

Jiang Bin sighed again and said, "Hey, Brother Song, it's really that simple, it's just ...... It's just that I was too upright before, and I offended the commander and the Tongzhi. ”

Song Nan said: "The remedy is it, it's nothing more than giving more gifts, and patting the sycophants more, Jiang Qianhu shouldn't know how to cater to him." ”

Jiang Bin said gloomily: "I think that I didn't understand the way to be promoted before, but now I understand, but there is no way to remedy it, just because I did a wrong thing four years ago and completely offended Shangguan, they can't wait to demote me and transfer me. ”

Song Nan said strangely: "So serious? Why is that? ”

Jiang Bin hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "I treat you as a brother, so after saying these words, you have to keep your mouth shut, and it will not be good for you and me to spread the word." ”

Song Nan said: "You don't trust me, I don't want to say it, I'm not really interested, I just want to know why you want me to be a servant under your scenes." ”

Jiang Bin smiled and said, "Naturally, I have to tell you, otherwise how to show my sincerity; Here's the thing, there are roughly several sources of the soldiers of our Ming Dynasty guards, one is that criminals are used as pawns, the other is the enemy army that surrenders, and the rest are civilians joining the army; The first two are not many in number, most of the soldiers are civilians to join the army, and once civilians join the army, their families are called military households, the identity of the military household is hereditary, once they join the army, they will be soldiers for generations, the eldest son died in battle and the second son replaces, and the words of the family are also involved in the replacement of the sons of the relatives of the side relatives, in my Ming Dynasty thousands of guards in the army, the vast majority of the soldiers are from the military household. ”

Song Nan rolled his eyes and said in his heart: What the hell is this strange system, isn't this equivalent to putting shackles on yourself? Who's going to join the army in this way?

I only heard Jiang Bin continue: "For military households, the imperial court also gives generous gifts, each household is divided into fifty acres of land for cultivation, and the military salary is reduced or exempted from military service, so the life of military households is much richer than that of ordinary people, the only thing to worry about is that people will die in war, once the person who is in the army dies, the family of the military household must be replaced; Even so, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the number of military households has increased unabated, because fifty acres of land is not easy to obtain, enough to feed a large family. ”

Song Nan nodded and said: "I see, my family's thirty acres of flat land can barely support four people in my family just by collecting rent, and fifty acres of land is indeed very tempting." ”

Jiang Bin said: "Isn't it, the fields divided by my Ulzhou Weijun households are all outside the city, and the military families are rooted here; I am also from a military household, my father was originally a soldier, but he made a meritorious contribution and raised the position of a hundred households, and after I joined the army, I attacked my father's position of a hundred households, which was originally a benefit of attracting people to join the army, after all, once promoted, the positions below a thousand households can be hereditary, and it can be regarded as a tree planted by predecessors and later generations to enjoy the shade. ”

Song Nan said: "That's true, this approach has increased enthusiasm and a little rush, but you don't seem to be to the point." ”

Jiang Bin smiled and said, "What's the hurry, it's still early, is Brother Song in a hurry to go home and gnaw on books?" Wait a minute, please ask Aunt Fang to have more hot wine, add a few side dishes, and let's drink and chat with our hearts. ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "That's right, there is nothing left and right, it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”

Jiang Bin waved his hand and shouted: "Let's have another wine, and a few more side dishes, what about Nizi and Fanggu?" Ask Aunt Fang to stir-fry two side dishes herself. ”

Qingli behind the counter threw away the work in her hand, and said angrily: "My cousin said that you don't have to pay for this meal, so you want to drink and eat, do you want to take advantage of it?" ”

Jiang Bin smiled, took out a silver ingot from his bosom and threw it on the counter and said: "You little girl, you say that your thousands of households are scoundrels who eat white food, and this ingot of silver can also be set up on a good table when you go to the Sifang Building, but you have nothing to say?" ”

Qingli glared and said, "Is it great to have silver?" Even though he said this, he got up and went to Zhang Luo.

Song Nan looked funny, a dignified adult was choked by a little girl but did not move at all, it seems that this Jiang Bin is really a little different from other officials, at least there is no arrogance, what he said is very good to his subordinates, and it seems that it is not a lie.

Fang Gu was called downstairs by Qingli, with a smile on her face, and said hello Ma Li put on an apron and a headscarf and went to cook, and after a while, the sound of stabbing sounded, and the room was filled with an attractive fragrance.

Jiang Bin squeezed his eyes at Song Nan and said, "Let's have to be blessed, Fang Gu's craftsmanship is not picky." ”

Song Nan smiled: "Isn't it still stained with the light of a thousand households?" ”

Jiang Bin sighed: "Lang intends to be a concubine and ruthless, and I can only eat and drink food, and the thorny roses are not easy to mess with." ”

The words 'Lang is intentional and ruthless' came out of the mouth of a rough man like Jiang Bin, coupled with a resentful tone, which was really a little funny; Song Nan couldn't help but smile and asked: "How did the lord offend Shangguan, I think it may have something to do with the matter of the military household." ”

Jiang Bin picked his fingers and praised: "Clever, as soon as you say it, five years ago, the current commander of Ulzhou Wei Wang Dan arrived, this guy is really not a thing, not only lustful but also greedy for money; The ground in the city was scraped down, and the idea was hit on the military households under his command; This old thing colluded with the commander and the commander Huang Tong, and actually used despicable means to seize the fields of the military households, and thousands of acres of military fields were occupied and annexed by them in vain, and then the imperial envoys of the military households cultivated for them, and the harvested grain was filled into the official warehouse in exchange for money and salt, and in private they exchanged salt for money with merchants, which was really extremely audacious. ”

Song Nan was a little dumbfounded and said: "The fields of the military households have been grabbed, isn't that going to be a big basket?" ”

Jiang Bin smacked his lips and said, "Isn't it?" When they did this, it immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the soldiers, but what could the soldiers do, they could only choose to flee in the end; Within a year, there were 5,600 people under the jurisdiction of my Ulzhou Wei, but nearly 1,000 people ran away at once; Lao Tzu really couldn't see it, so he reported the matter to the Datong General Military Mansion; But I didn't expect that when the General Military Mansion came to check the matter, these two old dogs got more than 1,000 people from nowhere to meet the number of soldiers, and the investigation above was also perfunctory. Maybe it's because I'm afraid that things will get bigger, so I haven't been moved for a long time, think about it, how can I cater to them in this situation? ”

Song Nan took a breath of cold air, there was such a thing, this is an important border town, and it is a major military affair that involves the most important military affairs, as a general of a border town, it is no different from self-destruction of the Great Wall.

Jiang Bin sucked the wine in his glass fiercely, his swarthy face was full of anger, and it was obvious that he still couldn't let go of it when he talked about it.