On the eighth day of May, Dushibao City seemed very lively.
Thousands of people gathered outside Nanguan alone, and there was an endless stream of military households who signed up. Since yesterday afternoon, when that bastard Erdan was the first to sign up, he not only received two stones of grain, but was also handed out on the spot. Brand new military uniforms, new from the inside out.
This news spread throughout the Dushikou Fort within an hour. That night, it spread to the Tunbao surrounding Dushi. Even the military households in Banbidian and Maoeryu were aware of the matter.
Just like the solidification of social classes, the military settlements of the Ming Dynasty were also seriously solidified at this time. This Xuanfu Town is not comparable to other border towns. Xuanfu and Liaodong are the same.
They are independent from other military posts. In the entire Ming Dynasty, only Liaodong is the Quanshi Tuwei Post, while in Xuanfu, most of them are Shitu Tuwei Posts, and the rest are managed by prefectures and counties, such as Yuzhou, Baoan Prefecture, Yanqing Prefecture, These places in Huailai County.
The actual civil affairs offices in these places do not have the Chief Envoys' Department, the Inspection Envoys' Department and other civil affairs offices. The military and civil affairs in the guards' offices are all managed by the Dusi, the Commanding Envoys' Department and the Qianhu Office.
But as time went by, people's thoughts became solidified. Although many of these military households fled, most of them were secretly deregistered and hid under the names of military chiefs in various places. They became hermit households and came to cultivate land for the military leaders, barely managing to survive. Spend the day.
Therefore, He Biao set up the banner of the recruitment office, but there were only a few applicants. They were used to seeing the looks of those military leaders. Although they were all envious of the treatment promised by Zhang Cheng, there were no ones who really dared to apply. .
But the fact that there are no applicants does not mean that no one is interested. Once someone breaks the deadlock and signs up to receive the Anjiayin, other people will follow their example and follow suit.
It's a pity that Li Erdan, who was not shrewd but very honest, was the first to try something new and became that glorious role model.
Just yesterday, he took a shower in the martial arts performance hall, and then put on a new military uniform from the inside out. When he appeared in front of everyone, the onlookers were shocked.
Is this the same dirty-minded Li Er who is stupid?
His rags were still in his hands. Li Erdan strode to the big banner at the recruitment office, knelt down suddenly, and kowtowed three times to He Biao.
Then he got up and walked to He Biao's table. After some conversation, he asked for two stones of grain instead of Anjia's silver.
I saw him getting up and walking to where the grains were stacked. I saw him bending down and trying to move the grain bags. Then he got up and put the rags on his shoulders. He bent down and twisted and grabbed a bag of grains. Gu carried it on his shoulders.
"Here, help us and carry another bag for us."
I saw Li Erdan bending his waist slightly, lowering his shoulders and speaking in a loud voice.
Zhang Guangda wanted to laugh. He waved and said to the two sergeants who came up: "Go, get a cart and help this brother deliver the grain to his home."
Under the envious eyes of everyone, Li Erdan was wearing a bright new military uniform and striding in front. Two sergeants exuding murderous aura pushed two stones of grain and followed behind him.
Waves of exclamations came, and some nefarious people followed them all the way until the sergeant carried the two stones of grain into Li Erdan's home.
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But the crowd gathered outside the south gate of Dushikou Castle today were not here to sign up. They were here to watch the fun.
Kaiping Guard Commander Jin Xinpeng, who was wearing a bright red brocade official robe, was standing in front of the martial arts hall. Two Guard Commanders, Yan Qingrong and Xue Liangqing, were by his side, constantly looking forward.
"Sir, you said that Zhang Cheng was really able to work hard before he took over the position of division guard. He was both suppressing bandits and recruiting troops. It was very fun and practical." Commander Xue Liangqing shook his fat head and faced him. Commander Jin Xinpeng said.
This commander, Jin Xinpeng, who knew Jin Xinpeng, had previously been a secretary of the Qian Dynasty. He was in charge of Kaiping Guard inspections, camp drills, outposts, and guarding and other miscellaneous tasks. The commanding officer, Xue Liangqing, was also a secretary of the Qian Dynasty. Imperial duties, entering the guard and other matters.
He was quite close to Jin Xinpeng on weekdays. Especially after hearing the news that the commander of the palm print, General Liu Guangwu, was to be transferred back to the town, he devoted himself to Jin Xinpeng. In his heart, Jin Xinpeng would definitely take over as the palm seal officer of Kaiping Guard.
But who would have thought that Zhang Cheng would kill him halfway, which added another big variable to Jin Xinpeng's efforts. But no matter what, he is still the largest military leader on Shangbei Road and cannot be underestimated.
"Zhang Youyi is now the general guarding the Shangbei Road. In the future, he will be promoted to the commander of the guards and to the rank of staff general. We will serve as General Zhang's subordinates. We should do our best and we must not look at the joke."
Although Jin Xinpeng spoke without revealing anything, when he said this he turned his head to Yan Qingrong, the commanding officer on the other side, with a defensive look in his eyes.
Jin Xinpeng originally thought that because of his connections, Liu Guangwu, who was involved in the palm seal affairs, was transferred back to the town, and he would have the opportunity to be promoted to the commander of the Kaiping Guards, and he was in the palm seal affairs.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Cheng's appearance ruthlessly shattered the illusion in his heart.
Although he was unwilling to do so, his vision was sharper than Xue Liangqing's, and his channels were stronger than Xue Liangqing's. He had already discovered that Zhang Cheng was suppressed by Yang Sichang and Chen Xinjia, and was only promoted to guerrilla rank.
In the near future, perhaps tomorrow, the imperial edict will be conveyed. It is only a matter of time before Zhang Cheng is promoted to the rank of Staff General and becomes the commander of the Kaiping Guards.
To say that he originally wanted to compete with Zhang Cheng again, although he did not have the saintly support of Zhang Cheng, nor the backing of Yang Sichang and Chen Xinjia, he did have a foundation in Shangbei Road.
Jin Xinpeng believed that it was entirely possible for Zhang Cheng to be appointed as the Kaiping Guard commander and branch guard general, but it was not unprecedented for him, Jin Xinpeng, to be appointed as the Kaiping Guard chief seal officer as the commander and commander.
However, what happened last night frightened him and made him give up these wishful thinking!
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On the seventh day of May, at Hai hour, the night was dark and windy, and it was already dead of night.
It was quiet inside the Monolith Castle, except for the sound of the watchman's banging, which echoed lonely in the silent night sky.
Jin Xinpeng had already undressed and was about to go to bed when Zhang Cheng's top confidant, General Qian of the Guards Chen Zhong, went alone to visit Jin Xinpeng's house, the commander of the Kaiping Guards.
Although Jin Xinpeng didn't know the purpose of Chen Zhong's visit, since he came late at night, he must not be bothering him for nothing. He hurriedly got up, changed his clothes, and met Chen Zhong in the front hall.
Jin Xinpeng is still frightened when he thinks about it now.
When Chen Zhong saw Jin Xinpeng, he didn't say anything to Jin Xinpeng. He just silently handed several boxes and three living people tied up to Jin Xinpeng with his own hands.
Then, he left only one sentence and left.
"Everything is up to the adults to decide!"
