Out of the military city, looking at the grass market by the river not far away, Wang Gongchen stretched his waist: "It's calculated!" In the past few days in the army, this is not allowed to be done, that is not allowed to be done, there are countless rules every day, but it suffocates people! ”

Sun Wei said: "Nehan is a careless view of the affairs here, and he is much easier than us. Neyhan feels hard, what should we do? Not to mention that people from the Beijing Military Academy want to live here for half a year. ”

Wang Gongchen said: "That's different. You are either in the military or in the Privy Council, as it should be. I'm sent in the academy, and I have nothing to do with the military, so why bother so hard. ”

Everyone shook their heads when they heard this, but they were helpless. In the academy, there are noble ministers, and compared with others, the official position may not be higher, but the status is difficult to compare. The officials of the capital, one is the imperial history, the other is the internal and external system, and the status cannot be judged by the official position. According to the theory of the foreign system with a lower status, before the emperor, when he met with the general of the Sanya Guanjun, it was the Zhizhi who gave way to the Guanjun and saluted. After entering the reign of Emperor You, he became the general of the army to make way for the Zhizhi to salute. Without him, he did not win the battle against the party, and the status of the general in charge of the army was reduced. How many officials are there in the knowledge system? According to the officials, compared with the general in charge of the army who was extremely appointed by the military ministers, he was several levels worse.

Speaking of this era, it will be mentioned that the status of civil officials is higher than that of military generals, and several examples of them have been cited a lot, and everyone knows about them. In fact, the status of civil officials and military generals is not immutable, and military generals do not have a lower status than civilian officials from the beginning, or even deliberately lower them. However, fighting abroad is a matter of generals after all, and they will be defeated as soon as they fight abroad, and they will lose consecutive battles, and they will squander all their original status. After losing a battle, you can still be called a hero, and you can also get a super high status, and the Chinese are not Indians. The Indians who did this did not have much combat effectiveness in the army.

When a military general wins a battle, his status is different. In the past, the generals in charge of the army, in terms of military positions, were still deployed in all directions. After the successive victories on the Hequ Road, the following three infantry commanders, one cavalry commander, and one artillery commander, the imperial court set up a new rank of general in the field, which is higher than the general in charge of the army. Yao Shouxin is in the capital, and he knows the system and avoids it, which is equivalent to the status of the imperial historian. Dou Shunqing and Thirteen Lang are equivalent to the status of the Zhizhi Decree, they meet on the road, bow their hands, and go their own way.

Face is to be earned by himself, Du Zhongxiao transferred to a military position, and the privy deputy envoy Sun Wei is a civil official, and he is also polite in front of him. If the army can win battles with foreign countries, its status will be high. If you lose consecutive wars abroad, no matter how strong you are internally, your status will not be high. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the generals entered the prime minister, and after the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang army rarely won victories abroad, and from that time on, the status of the generals declined, and even the soldiers began to be looked down upon. It is because the army's record is not good and its status is reduced, not the other way around, because its status is not high, it cannot beat others.

Approaching the grass market, Wang Gongchen said: "I won your host, and today I want to eat all the restaurants here, and have a good time!" ”

Sun Wei laughed when he heard this: "Neihan, a grass market, how many restaurants are there?" Even if you eat it all, how much money can it cost? ”

Everyone was talking and laughing, and when they arrived at the grass market, they watched a wine watchman walk over.

Getting closer, Wang Kai said in a low voice: "I asked in the military city, the people who do business in this grass market are the battalion and the field army and their people who farm the fields over there, and the generals in the military city live nearby. I caused trouble here, but I can't get out. We drink and drink, and we don't want to get into trouble. Otherwise, even if Du Jieshuai does not pursue it, we will be disgraced. ”

Di Qing said in a deep voice: "No matter what the identity of the person who does business, you are not allowed to make trouble!" In the previous military exercise, he was defeated by the soldiers and horses on the river meander, and the courtiers were already dissatisfied. Because trivial matters were caught, how to explain! ”

Everyone respectfully said yes, and the companion walked into the tavern in front of him.

An old couple and three small servants in the tavern, there is no business in the store at this time, and they sit there idlely. Seeing a few people coming in, a small servant walked over quickly and asked diligently, "What kind of wine and food do the guest officers want to use?" Please sit in a quiet place over there. ”

Di Qing looked at this shop, it was an ordinary earthen house, with thatched grass on it, only one floor, and it was very simple. However, it was cleaned up very cleanly, and the tables and stools were also clean, and I felt satisfied, and led everyone to the corner with the small house, a place specially separated as a private room.

Sitting down, Di Qing asked the little guy: "A few of us are new here, what excellent wine and food do you have in your store, let's hear about it." ”

The little guy said: "Back to the guest officer, our small shop is one of the three liquor shops around the military city, and the only main store is the most outstanding. Everybody's got to order, one was beef in sauce—"

When Sun Wei heard this, he asked, "You sell beef here?" I don't know that the imperial court forbids the killing of ploughing cattle! ”

When the little guy heard this, he laughed: "Guest officer, what kind of place is this?" River Meander Road. The most here are cattle and sheep, how many ploughing cattle are there? If you are not allowed to sell beef, who will sell the cattle of those nomadic people? Rest assured, it is all allowed by the government, and the cattle are slaughtered here. ”

Li Zhang said: "Taiwei, this is a place for grazing cattle and sheep, and I want to kill cattle for nothing." In that case, let's order some beef. ”

The little servant wrote it down and said: "It seems that a few guest officers are from the Middle Plains, and they don't eat much beef, so they can have a good time today." There is also a taste of parsley beef tenderloin, which is the most tender and smooth, do you want to try it? ”

Di Qing said: "Yes." Like this, you have a special dish here, and you can put it on the table. By the way, what kind of wine is sold here? ”

Xiaowu's: "This is the only store in the neighborhood, and the wine is the most complete." There is high-quality shochu brewed by the official restaurant of Shengzhou, as well as wine, and rice wine transported from the Central Plains. By the way, a few days ago, I bought some lamb wine from the capital from the Shengzhou shopping mall, do you want to taste it? ”

Di Qing waved his hand and said: "When you arrive at the river meander, who is patient to drink lamb wine!" Katsushu's shochu and wine will each play a corner. ”

The little servant wrote it down and asked, "Do you want to use some soup cakes?" The mutton noodle soup in the store is the most delicious. ”

Di Qing asked for it together, and ordered him to come up quickly. These days, everyone lives in the military city, and they don't even have a small stove, and they eat in the canteen every day, and they feel a little tired. I finally came out for a trip, of course, to eat and drink to my heart's content. In fact, the generals and sect leaders in the military city usually have small stoves, and sometimes they will get together for a meal in private. However, these few people are either privy envoys of the Privy Council, or the generals of the Sanya, and no one dares to call them.

Alcohol is forbidden in the military city, but the punishment is not heavy, no matter who is found, just run a few laps around the military city. When the generals became addicted to alcohol, they would find ways to bring alcohol in from outside in various containers and hide it to drink. It was really found, but it was just a runaway. However, if you are found to be drunk, you may be demoted and fined, which is much more serious. If you can't get drunk, it doesn't make sense, unless you have a big addiction to alcohol, and most people prefer not to drink it in the military city.

At this point, the Beijing Military Academy is much stricter. As long as you are found drinking alcohol in the school, you will be punished with a military stick at the least, and you will be kicked out of the military school by degrading the official at the worst. Those who cause serious consequences will be beheaded for public display. Di Qing and the others were accustomed to the rules there, and they had always been disciplined in the military city.

Today, it was said that Wang Gongchen won the host, but in fact, Di Qing invited everyone to drink. The military general's salary is higher than that of the civil official, and Di Qing is a privy envoy with a good income, where does he care about this little money? None of you here will take this seriously.

After a while, the wine and food came up, Di Qing led everyone to drink a glass of wine, tasted the dishes in the store, and said, "Although the place here is small, the wine and food are good." The owner of this house is a businessman. ”

Sun Wei said: "This place is outside the military city, and it is the only store, so it will definitely make money." Is there anyone in the army who is not good at drinking? The young man said that this is the only main store, and just selling wine makes a lot of money every year. To be able to open this shop, the owner's family must not be simple. ”

Liu Jianji said: "Call the master's family over and ask." ”

After speaking, he called the shopkeeper over and asked, "Master, I don't know where the family is?" How did you get here and open this shop? ”

The master said: "Xiao Lao'er is a native of Xuzhou, Jingdong, and has only one daughter under his knees, married to an envoy in the army. My son-in-law, who had no money, had left his military service a few months ago and went to a nearby camp. When Xiao Lao'er was in his hometown before, he opened a restaurant and bought this shop. ”

Wang Gongchen said: "What, is this an official restaurant?" I thought that here in Shengzhou, there are not many places for Ren Min to buy. ”

The shopkeeper said: "Back to the officials, this kind of place, of course, is an official restaurant, how can the people be allowed to open it?" However, I have heard that because there is a lot of good wine in the army, and selling wine is the most profitable, the yamen intends not to let small shops sell wine, but to set aside it. I don't know what to do. ”

Wang Gongchen said: "In this way, if you cut off the business of selling wine in your store, won't you make a lot of money?" ”

The shopkeeper sighed: "What's the solution?" As long as the money paid each year is less, if you don't sell alcohol, you won't sell alcohol. It's too easy to make money by selling alcohol, and it also saves others from worrying. I only rely on selling food to make some money. ”

Everyone nodded in unison. What this old man said is true, it's just a food shop, and it doesn't make much money, so no one covets it. How many high-ranking officials and generals in the military city, and many people's families are here, and there are always people who are worried about the lucrative business. A retired little envoy, who can be said to be powerless here, began to manage strictly, relatively fairly, he can still win this property, it is difficult to say in the future.

The shopkeeper left, and Sun Wei said: "Here in the military city, the families of many generals and sect leaders are here, not like in the army. I don't know what the rules are here on Hequ Road, and they are not allowed to buy industries. If they are allowed to buy a house, these shops and the like are afraid that they will fall into their hands. ”

Di Qing said: "What are we doing with these little things?" The most important thing now is to learn how to train soldiers here in the military city. In a few days, when you go to the court, you must say one, two, three, four, or you will come in vain! ”

And they all said yes. The reason why such a minister was allowed to come here again was not because the last martial arts performance was too ugly. I lived in the military city for half a month, and if I didn't have my own opinions, I couldn't make my own suggestions, and I couldn't be at peace when I returned to the capital.