On the morning of the 25th day of the first month of the first year of Jiajing, the spring was cold, and Xu Jin walked out of the household yamen with a calm face, feeling very unhappy.

A few days ago, the emperor ordered Xu Jin to supervise the manufacture of new firearms and flintlock pistols, and was responsible for the formation of 500 battalions, so Xu Jin was busy preparing for 500 battalions in the past two days.

To form a new army, there must be people first, and secondly, there must be garrisons. The personnel are ready-made, that is, the five hundred cavalry that Xu Jin brought back to Beijing a few years ago, and there is no need to choose another one, so Xu Jin only needs to apply to the military department for a garrison to accommodate these five hundred people.

However, Xu Jin's report on applying for a residency was handed over, but he couldn't get the approval of Wang Ze, the secretary of the Ministry of War, so Xu Jin had to come to the door hard, but Wang Shangshu kicked the ball directly to the household department, saying that he had applied to the household department, and if Xu Jin was in a hurry, he could go to the household department to communicate.

Therefore, Xu Jin personally came to the door today to find Yang Tan, the head of the household, Yang Caishen was generous, and happily divided a piece of mountain land for Xu Jin in the Liangxiang area of the western effect of the capital, and the area was also extremely wide, including two nearby mountains, with an area of 4,000 acres, and 500 camps also had 80 acres of land per capita.

Hey, don't think that Xu Jin has taken a big advantage, Yang Caishen made it clear that these 4,000 acres of mountainous land will be the tuntian of the 500 battalions in the future, and the implication is that the income of the 500 battalions will rely on these 4,000 acres of mountainous land in the future, and the household department will not allocate a grain of grain to the 500 battalions, let alone pay military salaries, and the 500 battalions will have to farm and be self-sufficient.

It needs to be explained here that the biggest difference between the Beijing camp and the local guard is that the Beijing camp is the elite of the Ming army, and they are responsible for guarding the Beijing division, which is the main force of the Chinese army in wartime, so there is no need to cultivate in peacetime, and all the food and salary are allocated by the household department, while the army of the local guard station must cultivate in their spare time to ensure self-sufficiency, and only when they go into battle to kill the enemy can they get a piece of food (military salary).

That is to say, Yang Tan, the head of the household department, did not regard the 500 battalions as the Beijing camp at all, but classified them as the local health center, and what was even more excessive was that Yang Tan was like a child, and casually rowed a piece of poor ridge of mountainous land to the 500 battalions, the area looked very large, but in fact it was impossible to grow crops at all, even if it was hard to cultivate, the harvest was absolutely poor.

Xu Jin is naturally extremely unhappy with this, of course, even if Yang Tan allocates 4,000 acres of fertile land to him, Xu Jin will be unhappy, what he wants to build is an elite special force, not a farmer with a hoe.

It is obvious that Yang Tan, the head of the household department, is communiquéing personal vendettas, who let Xu Jin hand over the stolen goods worth five or six hundred thousand taels to the inner treasury last time. In addition, Xu Jin is too strong in the limelight now, as the so-called wood shows in the forest, the wind will destroy it, and those who are red-eyed want to stretch out their feet to trip him, and Yang Tan, the head of the household, is naturally no exception.

is the so-called official level crushing people, not to mention the household department Shangshu who holds the financial power, so although Xu Jin is unhappy, but there is nothing to do, 4,000 acres of mountainous land is better than nothing, not to mention that the area of Liangxiang in the western suburbs of the capital is located in the traffic artery, and those lands are not necessarily used for cultivation to make money.

After Xu Jin left the household department, he went to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and now all the soldiers of the Five Hundred Battalion are temporarily stationed in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

It is said that the predecessor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies was the Governor's Mansion, which had great power in the early Ming Dynasty and was in charge of the country's soldiers and horses, and later Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that the Governor's Mansion was alone, so he split the Governor's Mansion into the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. For example, Guo Xun, the Marquis of Wuding, who was demoted a few days ago, held the position of the right governor of the Houjun Governor's Mansion.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the power of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies was not small, but then it was gradually emptied by the Ministry of War, and at present it can only manage the national military registration and be responsible for training, and there is no right to transfer troops, and military operations outside training must have orders issued by the Ministry of War.

At this time, Xu Jin came to the yamen of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and when the generals and soldiers of the 500 battalions saw him, they immediately surrounded him and complained angrily.

"Lord Xu, those bastards in the Governor's Mansion are too much, and they don't bully people like this." Wang Lin'er and Qi Jingtong's faces were gloomy, and the soldiers of the five hundred battalions around them were also angry.

Now the skeleton of the 500 battalions has been erected, Xu Jin is the commander, Wang Lin'er is the commander, Xie Erjian is the commander, Qi Jingtong is the commander, and the other nine pro-soldiers are serving as thousands of households, so it is not an exaggeration to say that the 500 battalions are Xu Jin's pro-army.

Xu Jin raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Wang Lin'er angrily said the reason, and Xu Jin's expression became gloomy after hearing this.

It turned out that Wang Lin'er and Du Jingtong came with a group of brothers to revise their military status today, because most of the members of the 500 battalion were from the Shandong Local Health Center, and some of them were returned to Dewei from Henan.

As a result, they were made difficult by the officials of the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces, and the officials in charge of registering their military registration made it clear that they could change their military status, but they had to go back to their original station to get a certificate to prove that they were themselves and not impersonators, so they were given a change of military status.

Therefore, the soldiers of the 500 battalion are all hairy, and it will take at least a month to go back and forth, and those from Jiangxi like Wang Lin'er are afraid it will take two months, and who is the round-trip fare?

What's even more excessive is that the people of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies also took away all the horses and weapons of the 500 battalions, saying that these things must be returned to the original guard posts, and if the 500 battalions need horses and weapons, they must apply to the military department again. Therefore, the morale of the 500 battalion generals was almost rioting, and when they saw Xu Jin at this time, they immediately surrounded them to complain.

Xu Jin secretly took a few deep breaths, suppressed the anger in his chest, and calmed his emotions back, anger can't solve the problem, it will only make things worse, and people who can't control their emotions will only be led by others in the end.

After Xu Jin's emotions returned to calm, his brain also became clear, and after thinking for a while, he had a plan, this is obviously the Wuxun Group making trouble for himself in secret, damn it, the civil official group and the Xungui group are joining forces to put pressure on themselves!

Since the resolution of "Qingtianzhuang" was passed, Xu Jin has long been psychologically prepared for the revenge of interest groups, but now that he is really facing this kind of backlash, he feels a lot of pressure, and I have to say that these guys do have too many means to make things difficult for themselves. Now, for example, it's easy to overwhelm yourself.

Of course, if Xu Jin sues the little emperor, these problems will eventually be solved, but if the little emperor has to come forward to solve everything, it will also seem that he is too cowardly and incompetent, which is not Xu Jin's style.

Xu Jin quickly regained his composure and said calmly: "The official will find a way to handle the matter of military registration, Lao Wang, you now take two hundred brothers and the officer to the treasury of the military department to get weapons, and as for the horses, the official will also apply to the military department for transfer." ”

Xu Jin is now a member of the military department, and he is in charge of the arsenal, and it is still easy to get 500 sets of weapons.

However, the matter of getting the weapon did not go well, and when Xu Jin led people to open the door of the arsenal of the military department, he was immediately stopped by another member of the military department, Wailang.

Stopping Xu Jin's name is Yao Gao, and the official position is also a member of the military department, this position is unlimited, that is to say, there can be countless of them, to be honest, the military department member Wailang is a cold bench for placing idle officials.

Yao Gao stopped Xu Jin and said with a smile: "Lord Xu, the weapons in the arsenal are all numbered, and they must be approved by Lord Shangguan. ”

Xu Jin frowned, and he didn't bother to talk nonsense with this thing, so he went directly to find Shangguan Minghua, the left waiter of the military department.

Shangguan Minghua is about forty years old, and he was born with a square face, but it is difficult to say whether his heart is square or not, so he coughed lightly and said: "Xu Ziqian, although there is still a batch of newly made weapons in the arsenal, there is already a master, and it will be shipped to Shandong in two days." You should know the situation in Shandong best, there was a battle, and the weapons of the guards were seriously damaged, and they urgently needed to be replenished. ”

Xu Jin nodded and said, "That's true, but the brothers of the five hundred battalions can't be empty-handed, and besides, we also need horses!" ”

Shangguan Minghua stroked his long beard under his chin and said in an official tone: "Well, that's what I said, this official remembers that there is still a batch of old weapons in the old warehouse, or let the sergeants of the 500 battalion use them, and then exchange them for you when the next batch of weapons is cast." As for the horses...... This is tricky, there is a shortage of military horses everywhere, Ziqian might as well apply first, and when this year's horse tax is collected, if the number is sufficient, the official will naturally allocate some of your five hundred battalions, but now, there is really none! ”

Grass your uncle, Xu Jin really wanted to kick this bird and a chair into the sky with one kick, but this obviously couldn't solve the problem, so he arched his hand and said lightly: "Then the lower official thanked him in advance and said goodbye!" ”

Shangguan Minghua nodded, and said pretendedly: "Go, the emperor ordered you to supervise the manufacture of flintlock pistols, and you can put down the chores of the military department in the future, and go all out to make new firearms, don't live up to the emperor's trust!" ”

Seeing Xu Jin turn around and go out, Shangguan Minghua stroked his beard and said with a little contempt: "After all, I'm still too young, it's time to learn the way to be an official, it's hard to be angry!" ”

Xu Jin returned to the arsenal, and Yao Gao, a member of the military department, was still stopping at the door, and when he saw Xu Jin, he smiled and said, "Lord Xu has gotten the approval of Lord Shangguan?" ”

Xu Jin said calmly: "No! ”

Yao Gao's smile became even brighter, with an expression that I knew this would be, and said hesitantly: "Then I'm sorry, you can't take the weapons in the arsenal, this is the rule, don't be surprised by Lord Xu." ”

Xu Jin smiled and said, "Although Lord Shangguan did not agree to the five hundred battalions to take new weapons, they can temporarily use the weapons in the old warehouse. ”

Yao Gao laughed and said: "The weapons of the old warehouse, Lord Xu can take as many as you want!" ”

Hehe, the weapons in the old arsenal are all broken knives and guns that have been eliminated in the army, and the tofu cutting is dull.

Xu Jin didn't think so, and immediately ordered Wang Lin'er to call all the brothers in the 500 battalions and transport all the dilapidated weapons in the old warehouse.

Yao Gao originally looked at it with a playful face, but when he found out that Xu Jin had emptied most of the old warehouse, his face began to be unnatural, but he was not able to stop him, so he could only watch Xu Jin empty the old warehouse.