"Fifteen hundred heads?"

Shaoxing Wei commanded Lin Xiao's voice with astonishment and some surprise.

He turned his head and looked at the cart covered with cloth, his face full of ecstasy, and his voice was a little stumbling:

"This, all, all for me?"

didn't do anything, just got such a big benefit for nothing, Lin Xiao was of course extremely excited.

"Of course."

"Not only that, but I have already ordered the prefect of Shaoxing Mansion to write a tribute for you."

"I asked him to recommend you as the commander of the Zhejiang Metropolitan Envoy and the commander of the Tongzhi, and Ren Ningshao as a general."

Yan Ling said with a smile.

General Ning Shao, a product of the battalion system, although there is no rank, but it can control the military affairs of Ningbo Mansion and Shaoxing Mansion, and it also has a battalion of soldiers, and its power is much greater than that of the commander of the guard.

The Ming Dynasty's guard system has developed to the present, has been on the verge of collapse, and can no longer bear the needs of combat, but the battalion system is constantly developing and growing.

The battalion system has appeared very early, in fact, the Beijing army, also known as the Beijing battalion, is a typical battalion system, after all, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there was often a situation of using troops for many years, if this was according to the guard system, it would undoubtedly miss the agricultural time.

It's just that now, it has basically replaced the guard system.

General soldiers, staff generals, guerrilla generals, and so on are the products of the battalion system, and they have no rank, but only a function, and for this reason, those who hold positions often concurrently serve as some official positions in the guard system, such as commanders and commanders, so as to ensure their rank and treatment.

Their relationship is similar to the ranks and positions in the army in later generations, those with rank are in command of the officer, etc., that is, colonels and major generals, and the general and the like, that is, brigade commanders and division commanders.

Zhejiang has set up a general military officer, and there are only four generals under his jurisdiction, each of whom is responsible for the military affairs of two or three prefectures, which shows that the power of the generals is still very large. Related to the family, one is General Taijin Yan, who has long been his own person, while General Ning Shao has been vacant for many years.

It has been several years since the last General Ning Shao died in office. At that time, Emperor Jiajing set up a battalion in Jiangsu and Zhejiang because of the Japanese rebellion, and at this time Jiangnan was very stable, and the role of the battalion had been greatly reduced, so the imperial court did not pay much attention to it, and until now, the new letter of appointment has not come down.

Now it's useless to hold these heads anyway, Yan Ling thought about simply reporting these to the imperial court and taking this position into his own hands, and there was such a scene.

Hearing this, Lin Xiao was immediately overjoyed. He knew that with this position vacant for a long time and he just "making great contributions", it was almost impossible for the imperial court not to refuse the proposal of the prefect of Shaoxing Prefecture.

The general's power is already much greater, and he can be promoted from the third rank to the second rank, which is simply a double happiness, and suddenly, he looked at Yan Ling's eyes full of gratitude.

But then, as if thinking of something, Lin Xiao couldn't help but smile bitterly:

"But where am I going to get enough of the two thousand men?"

"You also know that, generally speaking, half of the number of battalion soldiers is formed by the elite of the guards, and half is recruited from the guards."

"But now...... There are more than 5,000 people in my Shaoxing Wei in name, but in fact there are only more than 1,000 people left, where can the elite be transferred, and the people are even more reluctant to join the army. ”

Theoretically, the soldiers of the inland guards are divided into two to defend the city and eight to the tuntian, but the soldiers in the tuntian are treated as serfs, the military land is occupied, and the monthly rations of the soldiers are also deducted by the officers.

As a result, a large number of military households in the various guards of the Ming Dynasty have generally fled, and when Lin Xiao came to employ people, he couldn't even get together two thousand people.

You can't pull the entire Shaoxing Wei into his camp, right?

If he changed to another place, Lin Xiao couldn't say anything, so he would directly hard-pull Zhuang Ding, but Yan Ling obviously wouldn't allow him to do this.

Yan Ling said lightly:

"Why are there no battalions? Didn't Commander Lin just lead his elite subordinates in Shaoxingwei to annihilate the army of Liukou? Why can't these sergeants be drawn out as battalion soldiers? ”

Lin Xiao's eyes rolled, he already understood, and was suddenly surprised:

"You mean ......"

The Yan family's clan soldiers have two thousand households, which is just enough to meet the required number of one battalion. The "gentleman" in front of him wants to use these troops as battalion soldiers!

Although he also knows that most of this army is only in name when it comes to his command, and he absolutely can't command it, but there is such a strong army under his hands, if nothing else, at least his own safety is guaranteed in this increasingly chaotic world!

After all, it can defeat thousands of rogues in one wave, and this combat power is at least the level of the border army in the north, and it far exceeds the Ming army in Jiangnan.

He knew that he was a few pounds and a few taels, and he was not a person who could fight, so he naturally put his own safety first.

"But in this case, won't the family towns lack guards? I can't do anything wrong with me, sir, I'd better figure it out for myself. Lin Xiao smiled and was about to accept it, but suddenly made a look of consideration for the family and excused himself.

Yan Ling glanced at him with a smile, and his tone was leisurely:

"I have my own arrangements for this."

He plans to expand the army, 2,000 people is still too little, this time in order to deal with the rogues, after the 2,000 clan soldiers are withdrawn, the defense force in the local town is almost empty.

It happens that there are three guards and a thousand households, and people can be directly filled in, and those commanders and thousands of households can be used as cover.

Anyway, there were not a few people left under them.

Seeing that Yan Ling had already prepared, Lin Xiao naturally would not continue to be polite, and expressed his loyalty again, and left happily.

Although it may be less income because of this, if you can be promoted, you will have more power, and overall you will still earn it.

On the other side, looking at Lin Xiao's distant figure, Yan Hongliang asked with some confusion:

"Zu, why did you choose him to be this general? Why don't you choose the commander of Ningbo Guard? ”

After all, the commander of Ningbo Wei should be closer to the family in all aspects, and if he has this opportunity, of course he should be given it first.

"Your Majesty may not be willing to use Ningbo Wei's people now."

Yan Ling said indifferently.

Yan Hongliang suddenly realized.

After all, even Yan Shizhao has been cold, and many officials in the court who are inextricably linked to the family have also been expelled.

This ancestor pondered the emperor's mind very thoroughly.

(End of chapter)