In the scorching sun of Daning City, it is not uncommon for merchants to come and go, including Han merchants who came to break through the north mouth, and Mongolians who came here to trade with Han merchants. You can speak a few words of Mongolian on both sides, and I can speak a few words of Chinese, and a market has been spontaneously formed in the west of Daning City, and there is a current situation.

The name of the Yamen of the General Soldier of Jizhen has not changed, but the station has been moved here, and the location is in the north and east of the city.

The atmosphere of the General Soldier's Yamen is completely different from the hustle and bustle of the West Market, and it has always been the quietest place in the city. The guards of the Qi family army standing majestically at the entrance of the yamen and the patrols who marched by from time to time added a bit of solemn murderous aura to this solemnity.

Chill.

Near the Yamen of the General Army, the most suitable adjective is to kill.

But in fact, in the Yamen of the General Army, this sense of slaughter is much lighter, just like Qi Jiguang who is half-lying on the yellow bamboo recliner at this time, and even a little leisurely.

It's just that although Qi Jiguang seems to be closing his eyes to recuperate, the fingers of his left hand have been tapping briskly on the armrest of the recliner, showing that his mood is not as relaxed as his image. And the piece of paper he held in his right hand was the one who caused him to think hard here today.

"Handsome?" A tall and handsome young general shouted in a low voice.

Qi Jiguang didn't open his eyes, he just closed his eyes and said "um".

"Are you really going to Jingshi?"

"Hmm."

"Can't you go if you don't go?"

"Hmm."

"Why? Don't you know that kind of place in Jingshi, if we go there, we may be squeezed into what it will be! ”

Qi Jiguang still didn't open his eyes, and asked lightly, "Who is squeezing us?" ”

"Those grandfathers and grandfathers!" The young general looked anxious: "What is their identity?" Hereditary replacement, retirement with the country, they have mastered the Beijing camp for generations, and now they have been robbed of their jobs by the marshal, can they not treat the marshal as a thorn in the flesh? When the time comes......"

"What will happen then?" Qi Jiguang sighed and waved his hand: "This matter has nothing to do with me Qi, whether it is Grandpa Guo or Uncle Hou, even if there is really any dissatisfaction, then I will go to Gao Gongbao to complain, what's the use of looking for me?"

I'm a military minister who acts on orders, even if I am squeezed to death by them, and if I die, no one else can be the commander of this Praetorian Guard? Joke, there are people available under Gao Gongbao's hands, do you still think that this commander of the Praetorian Guard can be done by me, Qi Jiguang? ”

"Why should the handsome be arrogant?" The young general was unconvinced: "If you said so a few years ago, then there is some truth, Gao Gongbao still has Ma and Liu in his hands to use, but now he doesn't need to be handsome, who else can he use?" Ma Dong, Ma Gui or Liu Ling? Although these three people seem to be okay, in terms of fame and prestige, who looks like people who can suppress the 60,000 army? ”

"Heh, it's okay?" Qi Jiguang finally opened his eyes and glanced at the young man: "The battle record under your hands, compared with these three, can you get it?" ”

The young man's face turned red suddenly, but he was not convinced, and said stiffly: "My nephew doesn't have that opportunity, if my nephew is replaced by the three of them at that time, although my nephew doesn't dare to say that he is better than them, he is confident that at least he will not do worse than them!" ”

It turned out that this young man was still Qi Jiguang's nephew.

"Qi Jin, do you regret that you have been following Uncle Wei?" Qi Jiguang didn't comment on his words, but asked: "If you want to go to a place where it is easier to make contributions and make a career for your uncle, it's not that you can't go to the high palace to ask for a guarantee and recommend you to go to Liaodong." ”

Qi Jin was stunned for a moment, and immediately shook his head and said, "Wouldn't you go to Liaodong to follow Li Chengliang?" Don't go! The nephew and Li Chengliang can't pee in the same pot. ”

Qi Jiguang didn't seem to hear Qi Jin call Li Chengliang's name, but said lightly: "You can also go to Liaoyang to talk to Cao Xierong without Ning Yuanbo." ”

Qi Jin frowned and said, "Cao Xierong? People don't have any notoriety, but now that Gao Gongbao has returned to Beijing, Cao Xierong's life in Liaodong is only afraid that it will not be easy......"

Qi Jiguang glanced at him: "Are you afraid that he won't be able to fight Ning Yuanbo, and it will affect you when the time comes?" ”

"That's not it, it's just that my nephew is afraid that he will be pressed hard by Ning Yuanbo, and maybe my nephew won't get the opportunity to fight." Qi Jin said with a wry smile.

Qi Jiguang said: "Then you should go to him even more." ”

"Why is that?" Qi Jin was stunned.

"Qi Jin, although the generals can't help themselves most of the time, once you reach a certain level and position, you can't ignore caring about the government because of this." Qi Jiguang sighed: "I will guide you for the last time for my uncle: I am behind you, and Gao Gongbao is behind me." ”

Qi Jin let out an incomprehensible "oh", scratched his head, and fell into thought.

Qi Jiguang didn't bother to wait for him to think, and said: "The people of the Qi family's army, I will let you take a few, as for the soldiers...... Out of 4,000, you take 3,000. ”

Qi Jin was taken aback: "Then what should you do?" If you become the commander of the Praetorian Guard, don't you want to be a soldier yourself? ”

"Didn't I bring a thousand more? Why don't you want to be a pro-soldier. Qi Jiguang waved his hand and said, "Do you think that the Praetorian Guards are the same as other families, and I can fiddle with them at will?" These 1,000 people were brought over, and they said that they were pro-soldiers, but they were really just pro-soldiers, and they couldn't even mix their identities into the Praetorian Guard. ”

Qi Jin was stunned and said, "Then what about their military salaries?" Not according to the Beijing camp? ”

"Hey, you're thinking beautifully." Qi Jiguang shook his head and said: "He is still a member of the Zhejiang Army, and he is regarded as his uncle's entourage." ”

When Qi Jin heard this, he immediately became worried: "Then don't you still have to pay for it?" My nephew thought that when he arrived in Beijing, at least he didn't have to put the money into it himself. I said, Commander, this is the Praetorian Guard...... Is there any input? If there is no input, this subsidy is not a long-term solution. ”

This is a practical problem, Qi Jiguang hesitated for a moment, and then said slowly: "It's not clear, but I think with Gao Gongbao's person, he should take these into account." ”

Qi Jin opened his mouth, and finally could only sigh and say, "I hope so." ”

Qi Jiguang nodded, and couldn't help but tell his nephew again, saying: "The three thousand Qi family army is all the capital that your uncle can give you, and when the time comes, you should be careful and bold in Liaodong." When it is time to be cautious, we should be cautious, do not fight wantonly because we have elite soldiers and strong generals at hand, and do not avoid the enemy because we are afraid of losses. I must have it, understand? ”

"Yes, my nephew understands."

Qi Jiguang nodded: "Go ahead, go and tell your uncles separately, after they are all notified, they will announce this matter for their uncle's promotion point again." ”

"Yes, the nephew is gone, and the uncle has a good rest."

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Jingying originally had a school field inside and outside the city of Jingshi, but after Gao Shishi's new formation of the Praetorian Guard, he abandoned the two school fields that were "full of rotting corpses" in his eyes, but set up a new school field in the north of the city, where all the future Praetorian Guards will be stationed and drilled.

The current name of this place Gao Shishi didn't ask, but he knew that this place would be about the area from the National Stadium to the Olympic Park in later generations. However, at this time, there was no Olympian, because Olympian was excavated by hand later.

At present, this is only a relatively gentle area, and there are not many fields, which have been bought by the Ministry of War, not to mention the remaining wasteland, which has been directly requisitioned.

Today, Gao Shishi is bringing a large group of people to inspect here to determine all kinds of construction plans for the Praetorian Guard camp - the camp is not something that can be used after enclosing land, houses must be built, water sources must be guaranteed, roads must be built, and grain and grass must be stored...... Anyway, there's a lot of.

Accompanying Gao Shishi today, in addition to a few Langzhong, Wailang, and the chief of the Ministry of War, there are more of them are a large number of nobles and officials from the Governor's Office of the Five Armies - although this group of people is actually about to actually "decouple" from the Praetorian Guard, but after all, the Praetorian Guard belongs to the Beijing camp, and the Beijing camp is still under their control, so they still have to stick onions in the pig's nose for the time being and pretend to be an elephant.

Of course, in fact, it's not exactly soy sauce, because Gao Pragmatic still needs them to spend a lot of money: The Praetorian Guard to which the Beijing camp belongs builds a big battalion, and the Governor's Office of the five armies can't just wait for the Ministry of War to pay for it, can't you "managers" contribute a part?

However, starting from Zhu Yingzhen, everyone basically recognized this cost - this is like a one-time buyout, and they will not be responsible for the bad things that will fight in the war from now on, and it is even sharper than the "selection of forwards" of the three major battalions in the past.

[Note: The Beijing camp system in the Ming Dynasty was very complicated, although it was said that the "three major battalions" were how they were, in fact, many things were recorded in confusion and incomplete, such as the connection between the three battalions and the guards, where the three battalions were stationed, or where they were stationed, and so on.

There are some monographs and academic papers that have mentioned some scattered ones, but I have found that their opinions are often different, so this question can only be said to be unresolved. In this book, we do not explain the stationing of the original Beijing camp and the contact with the guard station, but directly start with the establishment of a large battalion by the Praetorian Guard. Let's find out. ]

For the place chosen by Gao Pragmatic, Zhu Yingzhen and they didn't say anything at all, and it was completely because of the "etiquette" issue that they came today, just like everyone knows that it is useless to engage in some etiquette activities on behalf of the emperor, but as long as the emperor calls your name, then you have to go. Not only do you have to go, but you also have to look like you are glorious.

Without him, the nobles would have this role now. So no matter how boring this job is, you have to do it, it's better than leading troops to fight, at least you won't die, right?

Watching Gao Shishi's analysis of the water source here, the road can be built there, the terrain here is flat and suitable for school grounds, and there is a circle of hills over there that can set up a sentry defense line, etc., Zhu Yingzhen and the others are simply sleepy.

The saddest thing is that Gao Pragmatic still attaches great importance to them, and every time he mentions a question, he has to ask for their opinions, which is really fatal - how do we know these things, you might as well ask which insect to choose in a few days to win the war.

It took more than two hours to basically delineate the main facility plan, and everyone went directly to the nearby camping - the "cooking class" was ready-made, because this place was not far from Jianxinzhai, and the Gao family's Ding guard team had already sent someone to cook.

Gao Pragmatic did not eat with the subordinates of the military department, but with the nobles, of course, the main reason was that he needed to discuss something.

"Grandfather of the two countries, have you made a charter for recruitment? I have already mentioned the matter of silver to Zhang Gong and Shen Gong yesterday, and the two of them have agreed in principle to allocate 50,000 taels of silver at the beginning, and there will be about 50,000 to 80,000 yuan in the future. ”

As soon as he said this, Zhu Yingzhen began to complain, and took Gao Shishi's hand and said: "Truth-seeking, this matter is said at the right time...... You say, can you leave this matter to someone else? ”

Gao Pragmatic looked surprised, and said in amazement: "Give it to someone else?" Why, this matter is under the control of the governor's office of your five armies. ”

Zhu Yingzhen smiled bitterly: "Don't you know what the situation is in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies?" Truth-seeking, we Mingren don't say dark words, the military registration over there in the Governor's Mansion is just an ornament, and the name in it does not match the head of the guard at all. ”

British Gongzhang Yuangong also hurriedly interjected: "Yes, yes, truth-seeking, I don't think this matter is suitable for our five military governors' mansions - you see that this time it is not recruiting people in the military household, is it?" You are not allowed to look for those ranger boys in Beijing, but this outcast...... It's not easy to recruit, but I usually hear that there are homeless people here for a while, and I hear that there are homeless people for a while. But these damn homeless people don't usually come to Beijing, and we really don't have a place to recruit people for a while......"

Gao Pragmatic frowned and said, "Can't you send someone to run a little farther?" There is no place in Shuntianfu, but what about Baoding, Hejian, and Zhending? Especially in Bazhou, there are endless ringing horses over there, and it is good to be able to incorporate some. ”

"Baoding or something, who wants to go to that ghost place in Bazhou, and dare to run over there under the banner of your Jinghua...... Before Lubei Huangpan, Bazhou was also affected, and I heard that it is also very chaotic now, and no one in Beijing is willing to recruit people there. ”

His meow of Lubei Huangpan and Bazhou have been affected? Are you geo-blind when I?

But thinking about it, Gao Pragmatism can be regarded as really convincing these masters in Beijing. You meow with the silver to recruit troops, people Bazhou Xiangma thought about being recruited, aren't you happier than seeing grandpa, are you afraid of a hair?

Gao Pragmatic sighed, and said helplessly: "It seems that this matter is a little difficult to do, but if the Beijing camp refuses to go, the military department yamen can't go, then ...... had to wait for Qi Nantang to take office, and asked him to go on a trip in person. ”

When Zhu Yingzhen heard this, he said again and again: "Yes, yes, Qi Nantang went to recruit the displaced people as soldiers, I think it couldn't be better, his selection of soldiers is a must in the Ming Dynasty, plus he has the Qi family army to shock the world, where can a few ringing horses dare to touch his tiger whiskers?" I think that's the end of it. ”

Gao pragmatic said with some hesitation: "But if you want Qi Nantang to do this, I don't know if he is willing or not, especially if he wants to mobilize the Qi family's army, if there is no money......

"The silver is easy to do, and I have ...... No, it's on our five military governors! ”

Gao Pragmatic finally smiled, but his tone was still helpless, and said: "Okay, who let us be old friends, after Qi Nantang arrives in Beijing, I will go and talk to him in person." ”

"Thank you so much, thank you very much."

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