Later, Chen Mu heard that this house was the house of Xu Gao, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry in the year of Jiajing, and Xu Gao, who was promoted by Emperor Jiajing to be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry as a craftsman in history.

In the first year of Longqing, his embezzlement and repair of public funds for the Lugou Bridge occurred, and he was later imprisoned and died, and his house was reclaimed to the imperial court, and it was kept for reward after repair. This time, Chen Mu, the southern general, made meritorious service and was rewarded to him by the emperor.

The location is excellent, the transportation is convenient, guarding the inner city, the three-street lamp market and the donkey, horse, cow and mule market outside the Fucheng Gate, and it is far away from the livestock market, which is a place that Chen Mu likes.

The furniture in the house is not complete, and it has to be cleaned up for a month or two, Chen Mu and Xu Jue recognized the door, and instructed the entourage Ding to go back to Changping to find someone to clean up here, so he went to the market with Xu Jue to pick a good fence compartment to drink, and by the way talked about his official position.

Xu Jue's Jinyi commander doesn't care whether he has real power or not, he is a snake-like figure in Beijing, and it is right to ask him what is the trend of affairs in the court.

"All of them are commanding the envoys, it's all money!" Xu Jue shook his head and sighed, looking at Chen Mu's eyes with great envy, but then sneered and said: "You can go to that place, brother, Wanquan is the last provincial capital established by the national dynasty, from Changping Yuhe Station, through Juyong Pass through Xuanfu, straight to Datong Yanghe Station, eleven guards and seven thousand households on the side of the Great Wall, and the training of troops in Tuntian is under your control." You know the three divisions and six departments, right? ”

"There are six departments in the north and south, and the three divisions in each province check and balance each other, but guess what? Wanquan does not have three divisions, only one is the commander of the envoy division, there is something to send directly to the military department, no one can care what you do, the whole world has two capitals, thirteen provinces and nine border towns, only Liaodong Town and Xuanda Wanquan do not have three divisions. Xu Jue spread his hands as he spoke: "Then, only the commander of the commander can restrain you in this way, but they are useless." ”

Chen Mu frowned and wondered, picked up the wine glass and saluted Xu Jue, and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

"Hah!" Xu Jue drank the soju, put down the wine glass, raised his two fat hands, clapped his palms on the back of his hands and said: "You are all in command of the affairs or the third grade, but the reward given to you by the imperial court this time, the flying fish suit is the ritual of the second grade, and the flying fish python robe of my brother is still according to the third grade, and your splendid eight tables are full of regulations for embroidered lions and the first and second grades, don't you think it's interesting?" ”

If you want to say this, Chen Mu also thinks it is. Even if his loose rank is promoted to the highest of the third grade, he is still a third-grade military attaché, but the imperial court gives it according to the first and second grades, and Yu Lu also increases the rank to the second grade, what does this mean?

It's clearly for you to look at at home, and you don't let people wear it, what if you wear it out and you are impeached and violated?

Of course, this is just a joke, and no one will be impeached for something rewarded by the imperial court, unless the official has a broken brain.

"The official position of the deputy commander-in-chief of your Changzhen was taken over by the previous Gubeikou commander-in-chief Dong Yiyuan, and he also received the commander of Yanqingwei, he is the younger brother of the commander of Wanquan Tongzhi and the deputy commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Dong Yikui, and they are all fierce generals who can fight habitually." Xu Jue said and looked at Chen Mu, and said, "You are the same, you are stationed in Xuanfu, and the Wanquan Division is the perfect for the imperial court." ”

"Now that the official positions held by others have come out, only you haven't come out yet, only the position of the capital secretary, the court must have another important use for you." Xu Jue smiled, made Chen Mu more relaxed, and said: "What's more, isn't there a big reading in the future, Xu estimates that your official position will not be decided until the end of the big reading - Your Majesty and the ministers already know your ability to fight, and now it depends on your ability to train soldiers." ”

As soon as he said this, Chen Mu's heart was clear, but he was actually the same kind of person as Xu Jue, and he would pick up his tail and be a man in a place that he couldn't figure out. For Chen Mu, Nanyang is his old nest, he has always been humble in Beijing, and he does not like to be disliked.

He was also anxious to wait for the big reading.

General Chen wants the emperor to see the majesty of our classical army!

That's right, General Chen's army is not a modern army, his subordinate flag army is just a classical army using modern firearms, although it has taken a small step towards modernization, but in essence it still relies on money and power, and goes back to the ancient times to help the flag army realize personal values as the goal to advance the combat effectiveness of soldiers.

Although the method is old-fashioned, it is very effective in improving the combat effectiveness of non-commissioned officers because of the advanced ordnance and sufficient logistics.

To the greatest extent, it is precisely himself who restricts Chen Mu's Nanyangwei 500 Banner Army from transitioning to a modern army, because although he is currently a military general, he has always used the resources of the imperial court to support his own soldiers, which is even more thorough than Qi Jiguang, resulting in him being more like a lord who walks freely in the Ming Dynasty than the imperial general.

It's a warlord.

The soldier is loyal to the individual, that is, neither an organization nor an idea.

From the perspective of the small environment of Nanyang, this is a modern army, but from the perspective of the overall environment of the world, this is a classical army.

And Chen Mu wants to use this classical army to win a higher prestige for himself in the Great Parade, and he needs to have only one goal - the Qi family army, which is also half a step beyond the world's soldiers and horses.

"Da Yue, Your Majesty has allowed it?"

"Originally, Gao Cifu did not agree, thinking that this would cost the people and money, and it would be harmful to mobilize troops and horses from all directions." Xu Jue nodded and laughed, then patted his chest and said to Chen Mu: "But I, Brother Chen Xian, have already compiled the reasoning into the book, Shoufu and Zhang Cifu agreed, and besides, they also knew that Xin Zheng was not dealing with his godfather, so again...... Brother is also a big favor for you. ”

Xu Jue smiled mysteriously: "Godfather asked me to be responsible for sending a message to the soldiers and horses of the Quartet, I didn't tell them in the letter to read it, I just said that I told them to send five hundred elite soldiers, and the court wanted to compare the school, so far, except for a few soldiers and horses in Beijing, even if others run fast, they don't know that the court wants to read it, and the elite soldiers of the virtuous brother will be able to show a big face in front of His Majesty!" ”

Ooh! Although this fat man Xu must be called a virtuous brother in everything, it is very annoying, but this thing is indeed a bit of a god, and he actually helped Chen Mu cheat!

When it comes to the military parade, Chen Ye doesn't need to cheat!

His flag army is naturally a few grades higher than others in the military parade, okay.

Although he was quite unimpressed by this in his heart, Chen Mu still hugged his fists and toasted, saying: "Thank you Brother Xu for your kindness, in this way, the younger brother is afraid that it will be more difficult to meet the opponent in the big reading, if he can win the favor of His Majesty, it will be a great joy!" ”

"Still favored? Brother Xian is too greedy. I heard that Your Majesty has rewarded you with a famous horse, a red saddle, a hundred taels of silver, and a Goryeo scarf that has just been paid tribute? Xu Jue raised his hand and pointed to the two-story pavilion not far from the long street and said: "That is the meeting hall of North Korea, their envoys are all settled there, I know what His Majesty gave the king of Korea a few days ago this year, and gave the name of Ma Chi Saddle, Platinum One Hundred Taels, and Splendid Eight Tables, just like you." ”

"Don't think it's too little, Your Majesty today is not an extravagant Grandpa Jiajing, that is a virtuous monarch who loves to eat donkey intestines, and I heard that he is reluctant to eat a donkey if he eats a plate, and he can reward so much, he is already extremely affectionate!"

Xu Jue grinned, and then added wine to Chen Mu and said: "After the big review, don't look down on the foolish brother because of the change of official position!" ”