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It looks like a pie in the sky, and he is a military cavalry captain, and he is a sword guard in the three guards in front of the emperor, which looks very majestic, but in fact he is just a reserve because of his age. This young guard was specially set up to provide soldiers for the twelve guards, and was nominally under the jurisdiction of the crown prince.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang personally promised that if he passed the selection after reaching the age of 20, he would be awarded the first Zhongxian lieutenant from the sixth grade, and the emperor Chrysostom was actually a foregone conclusion, and at that time, Xu Hao became the lowest-ranking lieutenant in accordance with the sequence of military officials in the Ming Dynasty.

For civilians, this kind of reward is enough to glorify their relatives, it can be said that it is a step to the sky, which is equivalent to stepping into the Ming officialdom with one foot, but for a noble son like Xu Hao, the chances of becoming a military attache are too great, and there is nothing to be happy about.

And the reward of the military cavalry captain, to put it bluntly, is like giving you the title of a model worker in later generations, although there is corresponding treatment and honors, but it has nothing to do with the actual official position.

is almost inseparable from a showman, does not kneel when he sees an official, and is exempt from taxes and labor; There are also coffin boards that can be thickened after death, funeral processions can be more pompous, the grave can be built a little bigger, and a meager salary can be received every month.

Anyway, Xu Hao's coincidence this time, the three levels of real position and loose official plus medal level are all in one, and this glory is rare among people of the same age.

You must know that Uncle Xu Yaozu is nominally a general of the fourth grade, but in fact, his official position is just to pacify thousands of households from the Jingwei command post under the Jingwei Command Department of the fifth grade, not a real job. And the local Zhenfu is from the six-rank official position, he is equivalent to the local five-rank official thousand households, which is because of the military exploits and was awarded the title of the fourth rank of the general Mingwei and as a Beijing official.

And Xu Wen's 100 households are still alive because his father is still alive, in essence, it is just a fictitious job that has not entered the stream, it is just good, of course, it is already very good, if you get the merits, you can immediately turn into a hundred households of the positive six products.

Then there is Mu Ningxue's title of county lord, because his father was the emperor's righteous son when he died, and Zhu Yuanzhang and his wife specially rewarded him, but in fact, Mu Ningxue is a county lord, and the county lord is the daughter of the county king, it is still unreasonable, but who let this be the emperor's mind! Therefore, in ancient times, official positions were often very chaotic, and there were favored ministers with a bunch of real and virtual official titles and honors, ranging from super first grade to fourth grade and fifth grade, in short, it depends on the actual official position of the official.

Therefore, the most important thing for this ancient official position is to see the power in your hands, not that the higher the official position, the better, everyone knows that the rights of the prince of the super grade are not as good as a thousand households with real power in their hands, and the most noble one and three dukes are only for seeing, far less powerful than the second grade of Shangshulai.

Many noble children were very envious when they learned the news, and they were rewarded by Bixia for fighting, and Xu Hao suddenly became the public enemy of the whole army.

The most annoying thing is that the title that should be had at a young age is already there, and he also got a royal embroidered spring knife, so that he can freely enter and exit the Forbidden City, and he can take the opportunity to get close to Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of the emperor, and is the personal guard of Zhu Gaochi, the son of King Yan.

The Xu family is happy about this, of course, there are some people who are jealous, the happiest are the old Taijun and Xu Hao's mother Xiao, Xiao never expected that his son would get the emperor's golden mouth jade seal, no matter how small the martial arts is also an official, as the saying goes, the mother is expensive by her son, and she has been looking forward to it for many years, and she is excited to tears.

Compared with the happiness of the relatives around him, Xu Hao's reaction is still so calm, he thinks he is very proud! Just thought I got a job, huh! "That's all".

Not to mention Xu Hao's disgusting pretentiousness, the first thing he did when he went home was urged by the old lady to go to the ancestral hall to worship his ancestors, and then the whole family held a feast to celebrate it, Xu Hao was toasted by the family in turn, and he didn't notice that the eyes of his cousin Xiao Yuying and the two girls of the Wang family had some subtle changes.

In the middle of the night, the half-drunk Xu Hao accompanied his mother to talk about the affection for a long time, and the energetic Xiao family was still in high spirits, and talked about his marriage, with his son becoming a guard, Xiao family did not have the intention of marrying the Xiao family, and began to intend to marry the Wang family or simply marry a cousin of the Xu family, so that in the future career, he can use the help of his in-laws.

Xu Hao hurriedly said that he could only really become a guard after he was twenty years old, and it was too early to say this, and he deliberately talked about the Mu family. Xiao Shi was right when he thought about it, the Qianning Royal Mansion was better than his own family and the Wang family, so he urged his son to work harder, as long as there was a personal relationship with the girl of the Mu family, he would immediately send someone to ask for marriage, Xu Hao smiled bitterly.

Every three days, he would report to the yamen of the avant-garde of the government army, and then practice martial arts with more than 2,000 young soldiers, as young army guards who were not old enough, he would be assigned to the palace to be on duty with adult guards for three or five days every month, which was regarded as an internship, or was sent to serve as a personal guard for a few days beside the imperial grandson.

The predecessor of the avant-garde of the government army was Zhu Yuanzhang's personal guard at the beginning of the uprising, also known as the guard with a knife, and the relationship between the emperor is very deep, nominally ranked after the Jinyi guard and the flag bearer, in fact, it is the most trusted by the emperor, in addition to being in charge of the selection and training of the young army, the biggest responsibility is to take turns to lead the other nine guards to inspect the entire imperial city and the palace.

The functions of the Jinyi Guard tend to be external, and it is the most independent system, except for being responsible to the emperor, and it has no involvement with any yamen in the capital. The duties of the flag guard are used to sacrifice and carry out ceremonies, the number of people is the smallest, and the functions overlap with the functions of the honor guard in the brocade guard, because they are in charge of the imperial flag and golden drum and other honor guards, and they are ranked before the avant-garde of the government army.

Xu Hao, who learned all this, finally understood, it turned out that the avant-garde of the government army was equivalent to the military police brigade, the only one that could check and balance the existence of the Jinyi Guard, but because the power was too heavy, unlike the Jinyi Guard, which only had one commander, the avant-garde of the government army was five, just like the Governor's Mansion Since it was divided into five, its rights have been greatly weakened, and it has become less and less existent.

Xu Hao remembered that in the Qing Dynasty novels, the majestic guards with knives, second-class shrimp, and third-class shrimp, were casually released as generals of the third and fourth grades, and Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion was too heavy in comparison.

The guard group should have been the most trusted by the emperor, growing up with the emperor since childhood, knowing the roots, and hot-blooded young people are easy to be loyal to the emperor from now on, as long as they are used well, they are a group of pillars of the country.

It's a pity that Jinyiwei used it in the wrong place from the beginning, and it was to protect the emperor's safety and go out to investigate hundreds of officials, privately set up prison court staffs, probe foreign intelligence and even assassination, and did everything, so that it had a bad reputation. It is no wonder that the ministers were disgusted, the emperor was jealous, and suppressed it by the hands of eunuchs, Zuihou caused the civil official group and the eunuch group to take turns to share power, while the military attaché guards were squeezed out, and the social status was also deteriorating under the influence of the general environment, and good men were not soldiers.

Xu Hao sighed with emotion and let go of his hand, the right has nothing to do with him, fortunately he is not a military member, and after a few years, he quickly quit his job as a guard. Otherwise, when Zhu Yuanzhang returns to heaven, Zhu Yunwen will be in big trouble after he ascends the throne, in case Zhu Di secretly instructs himself to spy on the intelligence of the DPRK and China or even assassinate his nephew, what will happen then? I don't want to be a stupid dead soldier, so Zhu Di's hatred is extremely strong, and the consequences of not obeying orders are unimaginable.

At present, he pays more attention to hotel management, Zhu Gaochi helped him get a contract for a restaurant as promised, and filled in the name of the eldest sister badly, and still remembered Zhu Gaochi's dumbfounded expression at that time.

Hongye, this girl has a lively mind and high taste, Xu Hao intends to let his sister take care of the restaurant, the money earned in the first few years belongs to his family of four, and when the eldest sister and the younger sister are married in the future, they will divide the restaurant into two, which is a secret dowry for the two of them, after all, if you have money in your hand, you don't have to look at the face of your husband's family in everything, Xu Hao is very thoughtful.

At night, Xu Hao secretly abducted Hongye to the study and told him about it, Zuihou said: "You are a proprietor, as long as you choose a trustworthy person to be the account room, and always control the overall situation." Other trivial things are left to outsiders to do, you don't have to come forward to do everything yourself, I don't expect you to take care of the restaurant more prosperously, just want to make money every month. ”

Momiji blinked and said in a daze, "Then what should I do?" I don't understand. ”

"I just need to understand." Xu Hao smiled slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, and with our financial resources, we can't make the restaurant the most luxurious." Then settle for the second, the mid-range restaurant is enough, the decoration should be as elegant as possible, the dishes should be distinctive, and the service should be thoughtful, but unfortunately you can't hire a sweet and lively waitress. But most of the people take food as the sky, as long as the price is fair and the food is delicious, there is no worry about no customers coming to the door. ”

Momiji nodded as if she didn't understand, she had to be strong by nature, and she didn't need her brother to mention her life, so she had already begun to think about it in her heart.