"Hiss~"

"How dare you pick it······"

didn't let Liu Sheng wait too long, and didn't even wait for the Son of Heaven to issue the edict of appointment, Zhou Yafu came to Liu Sheng with the list of 'young heroes' he had selected.

It's just that the candidate proposed by Zhou Yafu was really a bit unexpected by Liu Sheng.

"Hmmm······"

"Northland County doesn't know the guard, and it's barely understandable to be lonely;"

"What's the matter, even Lieutenant Zhidu?"

"Huh?"

Looking at the 'list' with only two people's names written on it in his hand, Liu Sheng's brows were only tightly twisted together.

But Liu Sheng was not unhappy because of Zhou Yafu's proposed candidate, but simply confused.

Zhidu?

Ha?

Ha~~~???

"Your Highness thinks there is something wrong?"

was locking his strange gaze on Zhou Yafu, and when he heard Zhou Yafu ask such a question, the corners of Liu Sheng's eyebrows twitched slightly uncontrollably.

Inappropriate?

What's wrong!

It's incredible!

Cheng Buzhi is good to say, he is also one of the heroes who pacified the rebellion of Wu Chu, and he can barely be regarded as a famous general in the world;

Although it is now the guard of a county, after all, it is the county guard of the border area, and the main focus is the integration of military and government.

recalled to Chang'an and went to Zhou Yafu for further study, but fortunately, in the future, no one can point out anything wrong with the more comfortable garrison frontiers.

But Zhidu ······

Zhidu ······

"Uh, Tiaohou, can you elaborate: this lieutenant Zhidu ······?"

"Huh?"

Seeing the surprise in Liu Sheng's eyes, and the strangeness in his tone, which could not overflow with hatred, Zhou Yafu also understood Liu Sheng's thoughts.

After taking a short breath, he grinned at Liu Shengwei.

"Perhaps in the eyes of His Royal Highness, Zhidu is useless except for the word 'loyalty', as well as the names of 'lonely minister' and 'direct minister'."

"Its prominence in the court is only because of His Majesty's trust and his ability to do things that can be said to be reasonable."

"But Your Highness, maybe you forgot, right?"

"Before I became a lieutenant, Zhidu, but I was a lieutenant general······"

"Earlier, it was a Zhonglang background, known for his bravery and strength."

"Your Highness doesn't know what kind of people my Han family's Zhonglang are, right?"

"I don't know what kind of ability the 'Zhonglang General' who can lead such a group of people and convince these people needs to have?"

As soon as Zhou Yafu said this, most of the surprise on Liu Sheng's face suddenly disappeared, and between his eyebrows, there was still a little doubt that came and went.

Zhou Yafu's meaning, of course Liu Sheng understood.

Lieutenant Zhidu, during the reign of the first emperor, was appointed as a lieutenant by the first emperor with his "brave" and "strong" abilities.

——To this day, in the official files stored by the Imperial Historian, you can still see the description of Zhidu's 'brave and strong, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen heard about it, and Ren Zhonglang'.

And the group of Zhonglang is indeed as Zhou Yafu said: it is the most special group in the bureaucratic system and military command system of the Han family.

According to the rules set by Emperor Taizu Gao, the Lang officials of the Han family are mainly divided into three categories: Zhonglang, Shilang, and Langzhong.

The so-called Lang Guan is actually the servant around the Son of Heaven.

Among these three types of lang officials, most of the squires contribute money to the rich, and they buy a chance to serve in the palace for their sons and nephews reasonably and legally.

This kind of Lang official bought by 'buying officials' is called: Lang Lang.

In addition, there is the son of the family of the meritorious marquis and nobles, because their father and ancestor were rewarded, and they were 'shaded' as a lang.

This kind of light that occupies the ancestors, and the Lang officials who are sent to the palace to serve are called: Yin Lang.

The squire and the shadow are almost all the components of the squire group.

As for Lang Zhong, he was mostly a secretary, responsible for sorting out documents, files, and copying and other affairs, and basically filled the position with some young talents who were recommended but were inconvenient to appoint because of their young age.

- You are quite knowledgeable, but you are still a little young, so let's experience in the palace first!

- When the experience is almost over, and the old man is stable, he will send you to a place to be a county magistrate or something.

In addition to the waiter and Langzhong, the most special Zhonglang has risen sharply.

Zhonglang, without exception, are all young talents in the army who were selected to Chang'an, and after investigation, they were finally personally received by the Son of Heaven and then appointed!

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In other words, in order to become a Zhonglang, you need to meet the following conditions.

First, since he was selected from the army, his professional skills and professional quality must be excellent;

To put it bluntly, it is either a man with five big and three thick, or he has to be a genius with outstanding strategic and tactical ability.

Second: If you can be sent to Chang'an, or even receive by the Son of Heaven, you must have a clean family background, and even have to be a person who has contributed to the society for three generations.

For example, the soldiers who fought with Emperor Taizu were the purest 'red generation' of the Han family;

And their sons and nephews, on the premise of meeting other conditions, will be preferentially selected by the army as Zhonglang.

Third: If he is really appointed as Zhonglang, then from now on, he will be responsible for the guard of the palace gate and the safety of the Son of Heaven.

Therefore, in addition to the strength of force and tactical literacy, the other is qualified, and the family background is innocent and reliable, the appearance is high enough and the figure is majestic enough, which is also one of the indispensable conditions for the Zhonglang group.

- The Prime Minister's Concierge, and it is still equivalent to the seven-rank official!

Guarding the palace gate for the Son of Heaven and escorting the Son of Heaven out, it can't be a group of crooked melons and cracked dates that people can't bear to look at, right?

As a result, Zhonglang, who meets the above three conditions at the same time, has become the focus of the entire Chang'an Gonghou Gaomen.

I don't know how many meritorious marquis and noble relatives want to find a middle man and be their own son-in-law.

- handsome, tall, and in good shape;

Young and promising, capable and promising;

Plus the family background is innocent and reliable!

It's just such a young man, or a bunch!

Not to mention the noble relatives of the meritorious marquis, even the noble daughter of his family, when she saw such a handsome man, she had to blush and heartbeat and her legs were weak.

And Zhidu stood out from this group, step by step to the two thousand stones, the best of the best.

Perhaps saying this is still not enough to explain how special the Zhonglang group is and what it means to the Han family.

But if you know which generals are from Zhonglang in today's Han family, it is not difficult to understand why this group is called 'middle and senior general reserves'.

- Li Guang!

- Cheng doesn't know!

There is no need to mention others, these two representative figures alone are enough to illustrate the problem.

Li Guang and Cheng Buzhi were both born in Zhonglang, and then they were released to the border guards, and they were promoted to generals and colonels;

And Zhidu stood out from this group and became the leader of this group - the Mengren of Zhonglang General······

"To be appointed as a Zhonglang by the first emperor, especially the Zhonglang who is 'brave' and 'strong', Zhidu's personal force can't find fault."

"After all, just by being loyal to His Majesty and keeping himself clean, it is impossible for Zhi Du to be a lieutenant and take full charge of the forbidden army: the Northern Army."

"It can be seen that he can command the Northern Army as a lieutenant, suppress those arrogant generals from Guanzhong, and command the army in Zhidu."

While thinking about it, Zhou Yafu's low reminder voice sounded in his ears, which finally pulled Liu Sheng's scattered thoughts back to his eyes;

Raising his head slightly, he saw Zhou Yafu's face as usual and continued: "In the past few years, especially in the past few years after becoming a Zhonglang general, Zhi has been more and more in the face of 'selfless goshawks' and 'dogs and horses that obey His Majesty's orders'. ”

"But Zhidu's talent in the matter of the military formation, the minister knows."

"——Although I dare not say that I can train Zhidu into a commander like the minister, the minister at least dares to guarantee: Xingwu will definitely be more suitable for Zhidu than the court."

"Zhidu's talent can only be revealed in the army;"

"If the talent is really as the minister thinks, then in the future, commanding hundreds of thousands of troops and fighting a decisive battle between cavalry and cavalry should barely be enough to see ······"

After Zhou Yafu's explanation, the look of surprise on Liu Sheng's face slowly receded;

Although he still felt awkward because Zhou Yafu wanted to 'accept the current lieutenant as a student', he finally accepted this reality after thinking about it again.

- Read to the prince!

Even if it's a lieutenant, there's nothing to lose.

If you want to figure out Zhidu, you don't know that Cheng, and Liu Shengzi has nothing to figure out.

But Zhou Yafu still didn't forget to follow the conversation naturally, explaining to Liu Sheng the reason why he chose Cheng Buzhi.

"As His Royal Highness said: After the ministers, the Marquis of Quzhou, and the Marquis of Gong, the handsome talents of the Han family who can command the whole army are almost unavailable."

"But it's like back then, when the first emperor couldn't find a suitable candidate, he worshiped the late Marquis An Zhenwu as the prime minister: if you can't take it, you have to pick someone who can do it relatively well."

"In addition to Zhidu, among the Han family's military formations now, those who can be relatively good at it are Li Guang and Cheng Buzhi."

"But Li Guang's army is too loose, and the troops under his rule will be arrogant if they win, and they will be defeated if they are defeated;"

"The army under the command of Li Guang, even if it wins the battle, it is very likely that it will spit out the fruits of victory because of its rash advance."

"If the battle is lost, it will be even more different - as long as it is Li Guang's army, as long as it is defeated, it will definitely be a big defeat for the whole army to be dispersed, or even the whole army to be annihilated!"

"Such a person can be used as a vanguard general, but it is absolutely impossible to command the whole army······

···

"Compared with Li Guang, Cheng Buzhi is the other extreme."

"He governed the army at a glance, marched step by step, and although there was nothing outstanding, he always arranged the march, garrison, and conquest in the safest way."

"If it is adjusted, Cheng doesn't know it, and maybe he can be used as a commander."

"It's unlikely to be a big win, but at least it's not too much of a problem."

···

"Zhidu and Cheng don't know each other, so they are the minister's choice."

"If everything goes well, and both of them are taught by their ministers to be in an ideal state, then they can each lead an army and work together to take charge of the war in the decisive battle between Han and Hungary."

"It's one of them, who was mistaken by the ministers for 'middle and high talent', and there can be another one who is barely enough."

"Apart from these two people, ministers, I really can't think of anyone else who can teach and cultivate according to the goal of 'commander'."

"Indeed, as His Royal Highness said before: Now the Han family is like a cloud, but there is no handsome ······ available"

With Zhou Yafu's sigh full of embarrassment, in the huge hall, there were only long sighs of monarchs and ministers, old and young.

——Now the Han family is not in ······

The founding fathers have completely withdrawn from the stage of history with the death of the last remaining old prime minister, Shen Tujia;

Even among the second and third generations of fathers, there is only one outlier who can be used, and only Qu Zhou Hou Lizhi cannot be appointed because of 'lack of virtue'.

The founding generals all withered, and the new generation did not grow up;

Under this premise, no matter whether there is a decisive battle between Han and Hungary that is destined to be fought in the future, training officers, especially middle and senior officers, is the most urgent issue for the Han family at present.

As for the reason, it is also very easy to understand.

Soldier bear, bear one;

Will bears, bears a litter······

"Okay."

"Since the Tiao Hou believes that these two people are the only talents in my Han family who 'need to try to teach', then let's settle it like this."

"Tomorrow, I will enter the palace alone to invite my father to play the emperor, and I don't know how to enter the court."

"As for Cheng Buzhi and Zhidu, in what capacity they accept the teachings of the Marquis, it depends on the arrangement of the father."

···

"Huh······"

"I'm not afraid that the Marquis will know;"

"Because of the matter of the Marquis, I am alone in my father's place, and I can't hear any good words."

"Right now, Lone can only go so far······"

Liu Sheng was a little helpless and polite, and Zhou Yafu nodded a little.

After a while, he replied to the question: "Since it is the crown prince and the young guard, then Your Highness also has to listen to the ministers talk about the affairs of the army from time to time." ”

"This ugly thing can be said in front."

"——Although the minister has never accepted disciples, in the future, whether it is His Highness, Cheng Buzhi or Zhidu, he will be as strict as his own sons and nephews."

"If you are late, show up for no reason, or fail to complete the tasks assigned by the minister, the minister will have to do something that is contrary to the dignity of the king and the minister······

Hearing the hint in Zhou Yafu's tone, the corners of Liu Sheng's mouth twitched slightly;

After thinking about it for a while, he finally smiled and nodded, which was regarded as agreeing to Zhou Yafu's conditions.

- Zhou Yafu, the crown prince Shaobao, was indeed won by Liu Sheng on his own initiative.

As the prince of the Han family, there is obviously nothing wrong with finding a famous general to teach him military knowledge.

After all, no matter how you say it, you will be the one who will be the emperor in the future.

For the army and war, although it is not necessary to reach the point of 'using soldiers like gods', at the very least, it is necessary to have a half-understanding.

Can't it be that in the future, the commander of the army will fool the Son of Heaven for a while, but Liu Sheng can only open his mouth in confusion and look at the military map in front of him in a daze?

"So let's do it first."

"In recent days, the Marquis of Tiao will go back to the house to rest and rest, and wait for his father to finish the business in hand."

"I also have some things to do, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of entertaining the marquis every day."

"—Your Highness is serious."

"-Minister, obey the orders of His Highness······"