When Hu Zongxian heard the words of the main general of the great schoolyard, Lord Zhang, it was as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world, and he couldn’t help but pull the corners of his mouth, let out a cold laugh, and asked rhetorically with a raised eyebrow, “Oh, Lord Zhang, are the Japanese invaders raised by you? If you say that the Japanese invaders don’t come to Yingtian, they don’t come to Yingtian?!”
“What? I raise Japanese invaders?!”The main general of the great schoolyard, Lord Zhang, was suddenly in a cold sweat, his head shaking as if he was about to take off, and his denial triple blurted out, “How can that be!””I didn’t!””Don’t talk nonsense!”
Hu Zongxian’s face remained unchanged, not saying a word, just quietly looking at the Great Campus Master General Zhang Daren.
Big school field general Zhang seems to find himself just a little too excited, coughed, soft defence, “Ahem, Hu Ta-Jen jokes, ‘raise Japan’ this hat is too big, this official head is too small, can not bring! This official has a heart of loyalty and love for the country and the people, and will not do this inhuman thing!”
“If so, then Zhang how to guarantee that the Japanese do not come to attack and disturb Yingtian city?”Hu Zongxian leisurely asked back.
The main general of the large schoolyard was snappy, the corners of his mouth twitching twice, unable to make a complete sound.
“Lord Zhang, nowadays the Japanese trouble is getting more and more serious, especially Wang Zhi and Xu Hai’s stream, ravaging the Southeast, burning, killing, looting and pillaging, the people are suffering a lot. Yingtian in the southeast, such as the pillar of the sky, Yingtian can not have any trouble, otherwise the Japanese thieves more blazing, the people’s hearts more cold, the face of the court does not exist!”Hu Zong Xian said with a serious face, “This consequence is not something you and I can afford!”
“What Lord Hu said is very true.”
Lord Zhang nodded on his face, but in his heart, he was unimpressed, you’re being alarmist, how could something go wrong in Yingtian.
“Lord Zhang, my next words are a bit straight, you don’t need to rush to defend, I’m not an unreasonable person, the situation of today’s inspection, what was said today, I won’t make any record, much less report it, but ……”Said here, Hu Zongxian paused, eyes burning at the main general of the large schoolyard, a serious face, “But Zhang Daren to check the lack of fill dew, and actively rectify, the next time I come to your army inspection, can not be so good to talk, by then d is d is d is d! Today I came to your army to check the field, found that the actual number of your army in the camp compared to the number of people reported in the book, soldiers serious shortage of soldiers, soldier deficit of 80%, that is, the actual soldiers in the camp, but also the old, weak, sick and disabled most of the military discipline scattered disorder, soldiers training is not enough, armour and equipment is shameful, unarmed gymnastics in the two of the! This kind of army, the combat power is worrying, this kind of army, is not enough to undertake the responsibility of defending Yingtian!”
“Lord Hu, that’s an overstatement!”The main general of the Grand Campus, Lord Zhang felt that Hu Zongxian had overstated his case.
Empty pay and so on, this is the default rule of the entire Ming Dynasty, you say that the barracks do not eat empty pay ah?
The Japanese have a serious problem, so what? The Japanese are in the countryside county raging, the capital city has not attacked a few, they will not dare to come to attack Yingtian City! Even if we give them 100,000 guts, they wouldn’t dare to attack Yingtian. Yingtian is the second largest city in Ming Dynasty, with a high pool, artillery, and heavy guards. Don’t look at the deficit of our military camps, but Yingtian has more than just one battalion of the Great Campus Battalion, and with so many battalions, there are no less than 30,000 soldiers available. However, it is impossible for the Japanese to move Yingtian unless the Japanese army is in a state of chaos! Therefore, Yingtian was as stable as Mount Tai.
“Overstatement? Oh, Lord Zhang, there is nothing impossible in this world! People without far-flung worries must have near worries! Lord Zhang must take my words to heart, I will return in half a month. I hope that by then, the number of your army is not less than 10,000, the old, weak, sick and disabled is not more than 10%, the military appearance and discipline has greatly improved, the armour and equipment is brand new.”Hu Zongxian shook his head and gave a cold smile, looking at Lord Zhang with a burning gaze and said.
“The number of people is not less than 10,000, the old, weak, sick and disabled is not more than 10% ……”When Lord Zhang heard this, he couldn’t help but open his mouth wide and furrow his brow, a face of difficulty and disbelief, every expression resisting, “Lord Hu, you’re not in charge and don’t know how expensive it is, do you know how much silver is needed to raise a soldier for a year? Pay, rations, armour and so on, which does not cost money. Our imperial treasury is tight every year, and in recent years there have been countless floods and droughts, so the army’s pay is slow to come in, and there is no extra silver to raise more soldiers. This barracks soldiers deficit, not I drink the blood of soldiers, eat empty pay, but the clever woman can’t cook without rice, the court does not issue silver, that take what to feed the soldiers ah ……”
Hu Zongxian expressionless interrupted Lord Zhang’s complaints, eyes burning at Lord Zhang, said word by word: “Lord Zhang, if your army meets the requirements, this official assures you that this year’s inspection, this official will be rated first class competent for Lord Zhang! If you can’t meet the requirements, I’m sorry, then this official will be offended, this year’s inspection, Senior Zhang, the third grade can’t be reached, can only be classified as inferior, this official will also impeach Senior Zhang! This official has always been true to his word, first class or inferior, it’s up to you, Mr Zhang!”
“Ah?!”When Senior Zhang heard this, his face was like a chameleon, hesitating, struggling, and excited ……
This is an expedition! The opportunity is rare!
Being an official in the Daming, there are generally two main ways for officials to rise and fall, the big officials with high ranks are mostly assumed by the Council Push, while the officials below the fourth rank are mainly decided by inspection. Inspection and mainly by the Ministry of inspection “Beijing inspection” as well as the Royal Historian supervision of the two, the inspection content according to the “four frame” assessment, that is: a guard (there are please, there are honourable, there are flat), two talent (there are long, there are flat), three political (there are diligent, there are flat), four years (there are young, there are strong,There are healthy), according to the content of the four investigation, assessment of the examination results, of which the first class for competent, second class for the diligent, third class for the supply of services, listed in the first class competent person can be promoted to awards, promotion and salary increase in the near future. Of course, if the inspection performance is not good, the results of poor officials, depending on the severity of the case, or dismissal, or sentenced to the Ministry of Justice, or ordered to recuperate, or demoted out of the transfer.
The number of people is not less than 10,000, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled is not more than 10%, the army has greatly improved the military discipline, the armour and equipment is brand new …….These requirements are not too difficult, eat less empty pay, anyway, and not my one person to bear, and then stressed military discipline, strengthen the strengthening of the training ……Grit your teeth and make an effort, and you can do it!
If you meet the requirements, the inspection can be a first-class competent! The first-class competent ah, this is to find relationships with grandparents begging grandparents are difficult to achieve the results, once rated first-class competent, that can be waiting for promotion, that is, transferred back to the capital is not a difficult thing. Although this put outside the nourishing, but which has the capital good ah.
Thinking of this, Senior Zhang clenched his teeth, arched his hand to Hu Zong Xian and stated, “This official will do his best!”
“Senior Zhang, it’s not do your best, it’s definitely do it!”Hu Zongxian arched his hand back and emphasised with a serious face.
Senior Zhang nodded, “Definitely.”
“I believe that through Lord Zhang’s efforts, your army will live up to the name of the Beijing Battalion, and building a successful career is just around the corner!”
Hu Zongxian was satisfied and said with a smile.
“Borrowing Lord Hu’s auspicious words.”Zhang Daoren arched his hand, in fact, build a career or something, he did not even think about it, just to cope with the inspection, until now he still feels that Hu Zongxian overstated, worrying about the sky!
