Sun Tu originally thought that Yuan Wang, who had no good reputation for himself, would inevitably be angry when he heard his answer, but he found that the other party was only stunned for a moment and then showed a smile of approval: "Sun Tuanlian can be so brave to do things, it is really a blessing for the imperial court, and it is also a blessing for the official." Since you have made up your mind, I will not obstruct it, as you have requested, and I will have someone take you to the barracks if you come to me again tomorrow. ”

Is this what you are invited to do? Sun Tudu was a little surprised, and after hesitating for a moment, he smiled and thanked him: "Thank you Yuan Zhou for trusting the lower officials, I will do my best to let the subordinate officers and troops regroup as soon as possible and protect the peace of Jiangzhou." ”

"But there's one thing I have to say first." Yuan Wang suddenly and stingily put away the smile that was not obvious: "If you make any trouble in the army, this official will not look at you on the face of Taishou." Taishou also knows that the lower officials have always rewarded and punished clearly, otherwise they would not be able to convince people. ”

Cai Dezhang smiled disapprovingly: "Of course, but this official believes that Sun Tuanlian has the ability to train his rural soldiers." ”

Sun Tu felt a trace of pressure and uneasiness at this time, obviously Yuan Wang would definitely order his subordinates to do something next, but he didn't have too many concerns, it was just that the soldiers would block the water and cover the earth, so he said again: "The lower officials will not let the two of you down, if there is a mistake, be willing to be punished!" "This is tantamount to making a military order.

It wasn't until he personally sent Cai Dezhang and the others out of the official hall and turned around that Yuan Wang's face suddenly became gloomy. After a while, he shouted: "Come on, go to the barracks and summon Wu Huan and Zhu Lin to this official, I have something to tell them." ”

After Sun Tu followed Cai Dezhang out of the official office, he thanked the latter and said goodbye. And the other party really didn't mean to keep or mention him, but just said with a smile: "Since Yuan Tuiguan has approved you to go to the barracks, then it's up to Sun Tuan to practice your own skills, and this official can only help you get here." ”

Sun Tu secretly said hypocrisy in his heart, if he hadn't pushed himself to this point, he wouldn't have been completely opposed to Yuan Wang. Now that Cai Jiu has achieved his wish, he decided to watch the play on the sidelines and no longer pay attention to his situation. But now, Sun Tu can only accept this fact, after all, in Cai Jing's eyes, he is indeed just a knife that can be used, if something goes wrong later, they will abandon it at any time, this is the difficulty for the little people to gain a firm foothold in the officialdom.

Seeing the back of Sun Tu's firm steps and leaving, the smile on Cai Dezhang's face became even bigger: "Although he is young, he has the courage and temperament, and it depends on how much ability he has to solve Yuan Wang's next problems." If it's really a talent that can be made, I can give him some chances. ”

After learning from Sun Tu's mouth about what happened to him in the state office, Yang Zhi's faces were not so good-looking, especially Luda, who slapped his palm on the table: "These officials will not have anything else but open and secret fighting?" At the beginning in Weizhou, there were many civil officials who always made things difficult for the small races, and the Sprinkle family really wanted to give them a punch. Unexpectedly, when I arrived in Jiangzhou, it was also average. ”

"Adults are uncomfortable, they are not adults, Brother Lu is still angry." grandchild

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page)

Tu chuckled and said, "Since we are already in the officialdom, we can only endure it temporarily before we don't have the strength to compete with them." ”

"You can still laugh? was used as a gun like this, and at the end of the day, he had to thank the people and sell it, which really made the Sprinkle family feel unhappy! "Luda has been a monk for two years and is used to being free, coupled with his already arrogant temperament, he is indeed very unsuitable for all kinds of conspiracies and calculations in the officialdom.

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, I didn't suffer any losses today, but I got benefits, at least I don't have to worry about not being able to see Yuan Wang's face, and I can enter the barracks after tomorrow." Sun Tu smiled and said with relief.

Yang Zhi frowned at this time and expressed his concerns: "But in this way, San Lang, you will be recognized by the world as a subordinate of the Cai family, which is not very good for your reputation." ”

"Actually, if you think about it, what's the problem? Now that many high-ranking officials in the DPRK and China have to look up to Cai Jing on errands, don't they have any concerns about this? Moreover, I knew that such an outcome would be achieved long before I was on this mission, but it was just a fluke at the time. Since you can't do it if you want to be alone, you can only be with the light.

"With the current situation of Cai Jing's dictatorship in the DPRK and China, in fact, it is not necessarily a bad thing to leave the mark of his lackeys on his body. Warriors such as us don't have to think about their reputation like civilian officials, just do their errands well, and have military power in their hands, so why are they afraid of gossip from outside? ”

"It's still San Lang, you see things clearly, but I'm a little worried." Yang Zhi nodded in agreement. As for Luda and Tang Feng, one didn't have the heart to think too deeply, and the other simply looked at Sun Tuma's head, so naturally he would not raise any objections at this time.

At this point, the four of them finally reached a consensus and decided to go to the army to do things and use their performance to justify themselves.

￥￥￥￥￥

It's just that when the four of them went to the township barracks outside the city at noon the next day, led by two state clerks, they all had a thought - whether they were too optimistic yesterday, and it was really not so easy to make a difference here.

In order to prevent a repeat of the mistakes of the former Tang Dynasty in the division of the feudal towns, the imperial court in addition to constantly suppressing the status of military generals, and at the same time mobilizing the garrison generals every few years, has achieved the effect of not knowing the soldiers, and the soldiers not knowing the generals, but also made an innovation in the military system, that is, the triple division of the forbidden army, the box army and the township soldiers.

The forbidden army is selected by the imperial court every few years from the border towns to send elite soldiers to Tokyo, in order to enrich the defense of the capital, so as to achieve the effect of strong cadres and weak branches. The so-called 800,000 forbidden army is the most effective existence in the entire Song Dynasty except for the border army.

As for the Xiang army, it is the one who is slightly less powerful in the local army, but these soldiers and horses will not stay in one place for a long time, and often after five or six years, they will be mobilized by the imperial court to avoid disasters such as mutiny. Only the township soldiers really did not move in the local area, but in the eyes of the imperial court, the existence of this militia team, which was equivalent to the militia of later generations, was almost negligible, and at most it only helped the local government to arrest some bandits, and there was no trouble in the local area.

However, based on Sun Tu's personal experience, he sent it

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page)

Things have already changed. The Xiang Army, which was supposed to be stronger than the township soldiers, has long since been eroded for various reasons, but in comparison, the township soldiers still have a certain deterrent effect at least locally. He already had a personal feeling of this as early as when he was suppressing bandits in Yuncheng County, and the brothers who killed Hutou Village with him at that time were much more heroic than the official army.

As for the reason, it is natural that the military system set by the imperial court, those box troops cannot be stationed in one place for too long, so they naturally have no sense of identity, for them, being a soldier and eating food is like work, just a way to survive, and they will not let go if they can be lazy. But because the villagers had the idea of the villagers, they tried their best to defend their homeland. As a result, there was a paradoxical side that the village soldiers were stronger than the regular army of the imperial court.

Naturally, there are both Xiang troops and village soldiers in Jiangzhou City, and Sun Tu is the latter who is led by Sun Tu as the new commander of the local regiment, which is much better in his opinion than training a Xiang army that has long been discouraged.

But when he came to the barracks today, and saw the chaotic environment inside, and the appearance of a group of men who were weak and powerless in it, Sun Tu really couldn't equate this place with the barracks, which was a barracks, it was clearly a dilapidated slum.

Look at the so-called soldiers who are now looking at themselves and others with curious eyes, they are listless, their faces are yellow and thin, not to mention, they don't even have a decent military uniform, and there are almost no so-called soldiers here, old and young, there are almost few young and strong people in their right age.

This is the Jiangzhou official army? No wonder they will be defeated in the battle with the water bandits on the Xunyang River, and even more so a few years later, when the Jin people come from the north, the entire Great Song Dynasty will collapse so quickly.

Just as Sun Tu and the four of them were stunned by the scene in front of them, the two scribes who accompanied them had already swaggered into the barracks and shouted at the barracks in the middle, which was still intact: "Can Wu Huan and Zhu Lin be in the camp?" The new Sun Tuanlian of the imperial court has arrived, and you haven't come out to see it yet! ”

After a while, the curtain in front of the barracks trembled, and two sturdy men had hurried out, and immediately saluted the two scribes with a smile: "It turns out that the two messengers are here, I don't know what to order?" But he didn't pay attention to the four Sun Tu who had already come to him.

Fortunately, the two scribes said Sun Tu's identity again, and said with a serious expression: "From today on, your battalion will be controlled by Sun Tuanlian, and listen to his orders, this is Yuan Zhoutui's military order, can you understand?" ”

"Yes, yes...... The little one understands. Wu and Zhu nodded again like chickens pecking rice, and then turned to Sun Tu and saluted: "Mark Wu Huan, the head of the Jiangzhou Township Soldier Jiazi Battalion (deputy head Zhu Lin), see the regimental exercise." It's just that neither the smile on his face nor the angle of his bending are far less than the courtesy he was to the two scribes just now.

Then, without waiting for Sun Tu to react, they shouted at the soldiers around them, "Are you all blind? Don't go with us to see the group exercises. ”

"The little ones see Sun Tuanlian ......" hundreds of village soldiers shouted weakly with their fists, without the slightest sense of solemnity in the army.

(End of chapter)

"Bookmark for easy reading"