Although Xu He still had many questions in his mind that he wanted to ask clearly.
But when I saw my uncle's unconcerned look, which brought back memories, I didn't dare to break the casserole and ask the truth.
Qi Jiguang also discovered that there was something wrong with his teacher, so he returned to the topic and said: "It's not all because of the failure of our guardsmen. It's actually that the status of warriors is too low now. I heard that Daning was commanding Qi Shi to meet Qi on the road a while ago. The governor of the state, a dignified fifth-grade governor, was beaten by the governor Li Yu on the roadside because he did not give way..."
"Liangsheng, tell me, it's not very dignified to take up a martial arts position. It's better to have a rich family and be respected. Who would want to practice martial arts?"
Qizhou is the Anguo City of Baoding City in later generations. It was divided into Dingzhous at the end of the Tang Dynasty. In the Wei Dynasty, Qizhou was a scattered state, and the magistrates of the states were from the fifth rank, but they all commanded the ministers, who were subordinate officials of the commanders and envoys. Ranking third grade, just in terms of grade, I don’t know how many streets he has surpassed Li Zhizhou.
But the civil servants are powerful...
Xu He believes that if a country does not respect its soldiers and does not improve their treatment, then its army will definitely be disorganized and useless.
Yes, the lessons of the Five Dynasties are too profound, but when it comes to civil servants governing the country, are there no lessons from the Two Song Dynasties?
Just because there is no big war, we should not belittle military personnel and elevate the status of civil servants indefinitely. This is very dangerous.
What's more, seeing that the broken ship of the Wei Dynasty is already riddled with holes, if it is not just a warrior as before, and the guards are left to their own devices, thinking about the selection of vanguard soldiers in Guangxi will really make people sleepless at night. .
But to be honest, this phenomenon is hard to get rid of.
Although Qi Jiguang looks distressed now, in fact, affected by the policy, a person is just a drop of water in the torrent of the times. All he can do is go with the flow. Otherwise, why would Qi Jiguang be so envious of scholars?
"Look at me, I don't read much and my speech is always garbled!" Qi Jiguang said with a smile, "Let's talk about the job transfer!"
I learned from Qi Jiguang that every year, the military selection department of the imperial court would inspect the new generals at the main campus of the two capital governors.
In the large school field supervisor, in the martial arts hall, the ministers sit in the middle, the guards in royal robes sit in the middle, the military officers in charge sit on the left, and the subordinate officers of the governor's office sit on the right.
In fact, before the Yingzong reign, the military governor's office of the Fifth Army was solely responsible for the military competitions before the Yingzong reign. However, starting from the eighth year of the Yingzong reign, so many yamen were gradually added to the invigilation of the competitions.
It is conceivable that the imperial court's defense against military commanders was far beyond that of previous dynasties.
This professional competition is a bit similar to a martial arts competition. It requires a written test first. The content of the written test is actually about weapons on paper, allowing candidates to use words on the test paper to engage in weapons deductions.
The second item is archery and horse fighting, and foot combat, which tests the physical fitness of the candidates. For example, in archery, a person who hits three out of five shots is called [single collection], and a person who hits all or four shots is called [all collection]. If you pass two levels, you will fail if you pass the other levels.
The third item is an actual war simulation. Of course, the scene is not that big. The test is about the generals' ability to set up camp, lead troops in combat, conduct reconnaissance and scouting, adapt to changes, and have the courage to fight in the face of the enemy.
"What should I do if I don't do well in the exam?" Xu He asked.
Qi Jiguang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If you pass two of the three things, you can still get the job, but your salary will be reduced by half, and you will take the exam again next year. If you fail to pass three times, you will be exiled to the border!"
This punishment is quite humane: "But what if someone doesn't take the exam when they reach the age of assuming office?"
When Qi Jiguang heard this, his face suddenly became very ugly. After a while, he said: "I am deprived of my military position. I will obey you!"
Xu He didn't understand why Qi Jiguang suddenly looked so ugly.
Qi Jiguang glanced at Xu He, sighed and said: "Liangsheng, to be honest, although I have been poor since I was a child, I can still make up the money to go to Beijing to take the exam, but..., but up and down It will cost a lot of money, and I'm afraid that if I fail to pass the exam when the three years are up, I will be exiled... So when you asked if you could go, I, I was hesitant!"
When Xu He heard this, he suddenly felt that the world was really ridiculous.
The dignified Qi Jiguang was not a high-spirited young man when he was young. He did not think about defending the country, guarding the borders and driving away Japanese slaves. Instead, he hesitated to take the exam because of whether he could take up the post. In the end, he became an ordinary soldier in the guard station, serving as a guard every day. The military attachés of the institute served tea and water and plowed the fields.
Thinking of this, Xu He said to Qi Jiguang: "Brother, you may have heard that my uncle..."
Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, Xie Kun said: "Forget about Little Shigong, when Yuan Jing takes office three years later, there is no doubt whether your uncle can still be in the court!"
Xu He smiled bitterly when he heard this and said: "It turns out that my uncle doesn't think highly of my uncle either..."
When Xie Kun heard this, he sat up straight and said: "Xiao Shigong is a rare good minister in the court. He understands the art of war and military affairs. If he is in the court, although the Japanese pirates cannot be wiped out immediately, they will not let him go. It's getting bigger, but there are still Ren Chief Assistant named Qin, and Wu Xingbang is useless. I think even if Xiao Shigong has great skills, he is no match for these people."
When Xu He heard this, he was really curious and asked: "Uncle, what happened last time you went to Beijing in person to collect food?"
When Xie Kun heard this, his face became colder and he said: "Lu... After Lu Butang took office, he organized armaments and trained soldiers. The morale of Zhejiang soldiers and civilians was greatly boosted. It was also the frontier troops led by Lu Butang between Taizhou and Yiwu. The army and the miners in Yongkang County were severely defeated, and more than 3,000 Japanese pirates were wiped out in one battle."
"Since the Japanese Rebellion, beheading three thousand thieves in one battle is an unprecedented victory. But..."
Xu He frowned and said, "What's wrong?"
"But when the good news and the news of asking for food reached Beijing, Qin Yan actually suppressed the good news and questioned Lu Butang in front of the courtiers for killing good people and taking credit. In the end, not only was there no reward, he was not even given food and salary."
"The news spread to the army, and the soldiers were in an uproar. The Lubu Hall appointed me as a food raising committee member and ordered me to go to Beijing to ask for food. Unexpectedly, when I arrived in Beijing, the various government offices were shirk-passing. They clearly had documents from the cabinet, but they still couldn't get the food. !”
When Xu He heard this, he felt like this plot was so familiar.
After patting his head, it suddenly dawned on him, wasn't what happened to his uncle the same as what happened to him in Caosi Yamen?
Thinking of this, he blurted out: "Does it mean that Qin Yan doesn't want to give food at all?"
Xie Kun nodded with cold eyes.
"I gave it to him in the end, but Lu Budang couldn't survive the day when the food arrived!" Xie Kun said coldly.
Xu He asked curiously: "Why? Why did Qin Yan withhold the food and not distribute it? Aren't he and Lu Butang old acquaintances? And he was the one who ran Lu Butang's move south to Zhejiang?"
Xie Kun looked at Xu He and said in a bone-cold voice: "Because the Qin family is the largest tea, porcelain and silk merchants in Jiangxi!"
Xu He was shocked: "Uncle, what do you mean..."
Xie Kun laughed, took a sip of wine, looked at the calm lake outside the boat and said lightly: "Didn't you just say that? Someone colluded with the Japanese pirates to smuggle and sell silk and muslin, so how can there be no porcelain and tea?"
"Boom..." A thunder exploded in the sky. The sky was still clear in the morning, but now, it became overcast without realizing it.
"Go back!" Xie Kun laughed at himself, his enthusiasm waning, "I'm stupid for swimming in any lake in the winter!"
