On the 30th of the 17th year of Chongzhen's reign in the Ming Dynasty, thousands of eldest sons serving as soldiers in Xiaoling Guards reluctantly formed a few square formations.
Feng Sizhong, the commander of the Xiaoling Guards, was riding a horse, wandering around these square formations, and scolding them from time to time - although these eldest sons are unable to beat military sticks, they are really ineffective. , I practiced over and over again, but I couldn't even form a decent square formation. In a little while, the Prince of Fujun will come to the military parade. How can he be seen like this? Don't make His Highness the Crown Prince angry and lose your commanding officer title.
He was originally the head guard of Prince Zhu, and just over a month ago he was assigned as the commander of the Xiaoling Guards as the commander of Qianshi.
Before accepting the assignment from the commander of the Xiaoling Guard, he thought that the Xiaoling Guard's job of burning incense and kowtowing would be very leisurely - he was originally from the Ling Guard, and he was very familiar with this line of work. But after taking the job, I realized that I had been tricked by Zhu Cixiang, the evil-hearted prince.
That's right, Zhu Cixiang has a black heart!
He still remembered what Zhu Cixi said to him a month ago: "... Sizhong, there are many clans who are hanging under the Lingwei to receive a living ration, but they are selected to join the new Xiaolingwei army. The eldest son is different from those freeloading clans. They still have hope. Therefore, they must be trained well and cannot be treated as eldest sons. They must have sex three or two times a day. They should be beaten and scolded. On New Year's Eve, I will come to the military parade! This is also an assessment for you!"
By the way, it is not easy to be an official here in Zhu Cixiang. There has never been a saying about who can be promoted or dismissed - unless they are great nobles like Wu Xiang and Wu Sanfu whose merits are enough to last a lifetime. Slightly younger officers, even if they have the title of commander, still have to undergo various assessments.
Not only must you be assessed, but you must also be publicly evaluated based on your military exploits and achievements - that is, a group of superior officers or officers of the same rank will rate your performance over a period of time. There are nine levels in total: upper upper, upper middle, upper, middle upper, middle, middle lower, lower upper, lower middle, and lower. Those who are rated third grade will of course be punished. But this is not the most torturous thing. The most tormenting thing is the legendary last-place elimination system! It has not been officially implemented in the entire army, but it has been implemented on a pilot basis in the four Fire Gun Associations, two Cavalry Associations and the Xiaoling Guard New Army. For any flag unit with the worst annual evaluation, all officers will be demoted to become Samurai, and the battalion-level officers of the battalion where the flag team is located will be demoted to take over the worst flag team... This is like falling back to before liberation overnight!
In order not to be demoted, the battalion commanders and flag captains of these troops were under great pressure and had to go all out to train the troops.
Of course, the new Xiaoling Guard Army commanded by Feng Sizhong will not be eliminated at the end of the competition with the four Fire Gun Association and the two Cavalry Association. Everyone knows that this guard is the last among all divisions and new guards. And there is a huge gap between him and the second to last one! If elimination is to be implemented at the bottom of the associate guard level, then Feng Sizhong will soon be demoted... However, the performance of the new Xiaoling Guard Army cannot be too bad, otherwise Prince Zhu will be Almost falling out!
Just when Feng Sizhong and his officers could not organize their formation, the melodious bugle sound suddenly sounded, and then there was a burst of rapid horse hooves, and two horsemen galloped over and entered the Xiaoling Mausoleum. Wei Xincheng shouted loudly: "Prince Fujun Qiantai has arrived!"
Prince Zhu came here excitedly today. He has high hopes for these brothers from the same clan... These people were a burden to the imperial court when the world was at peace. But now the situation is different, because Zhu Cixiang can free his hands and feet to deal with these thousands of burdens!
He had already planned to implement the most thorough elimination system in the new Xiaoling Guard army composed of eldest sons - not only the officers at all levels but also the identity of the eldest son may be eliminated! For any flag team with the lowest overall guard ranking in each season, all soldiers will lose their eldest son status, and then they will face the punishment of being dismissed from service or transferred from the Xiaoling Guard.
But correspondingly, there is also a reward for being promoted first. Every season, for the flag team that ranks first among all guards, all soldiers will be given the opportunity to be promoted. Instead of being promoted, they will be transferred from the Xiaoling Guard New Army to the General Taxation Department School to receive a month of tax collector training. Then they will be sent to serve as the guards of the tax department and military garrison, that is, "armed tax collectors". This can participate in the fat division of the military garrison and tax office!
By then their hard days will be over...
Of course, the military garrison and the tax office will also implement various assessments and the last elimination system. If you don't do well, you will be eliminated! Who made this generation of Ming Dynasty eldest son miserable, first met a rebel, and now he met a black-hearted prince who was even more ruthless than the rebel Li Zicheng?
Even if they are brothers from the same clan, the black-hearted prince will fully explore their remaining value - these clan brothers are basically all educated and can serve as low-level civil servants. And although they have noble blood, they are now in a desperate situation. Now they have left their hometowns and have no way to seek relatives and friends. They have no choice but to go with Prince Zhu.
There were no arrangements before, mainly because there were not enough seats, and there were many low-level officials whose seats were not easily accessible.
It is actually not too difficult to be a minor official or a magic officer in the yamen of Nanjing City. After all, it’s easy to enjoy the shade under the big tree, and it’s all under the eyes of the imperial court, so why can’t you hold on? But if you are sent out to work as a tax collector in charge of military camps, haha, this is an offending job.
He doesn't have any viciousness, and if he is sent out, he will be bullied by the local powerful. Therefore, Zhu Cixiang established the Xiaoling Guards New Army, and selected a group of young, strong, and incompetent eldest sons to come in and train them hard.
Zhu Qirui, who was born in the line of Min kings and grew up in Wugang Prefecture, Huguang, is only 16 years old this year. He is the same generation as Min king Zhu Qiying who was killed by Zhang Xianzhong's troops in the 16th year of Chongzhen. His parents also disappeared in that sudden disaster, but he and several brothers from the same clan escaped. They first lived in Nanning, where they lived for a while with the support of the eldest son of King Ning's line. Later, he came to Nanjing with the descendants of Prince Ning.
The Prince of Fujun took good care of the descendants of King Min's family. He chose an old man with a "Qian" generation to attack Wang Jue, which was regarded as supporting the King of Min's family. He also allowed many children of the Min Wang sect to serve as officials in various yamen of the imperial court. However, Zhu Qirui was not so lucky and only got a small soldier from the Xiaoling Guard New Army. After entering the camp, I practiced hard for a month and my bones were almost falling apart. There was no holiday even on New Year's Eve.
Now it's finally time for His Royal Highness the Prince of Fujun to take a look. Maybe these hard days will come to an end...
Thinking of this, Zhu Qirui straightened his back, raised his head and raised his belly, and showed great energy!
