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Chapter 204 3.111 After all, reorganizing the army is the top priority of the imperial court

Volume Three

3.111 After all, reorganizing the army is the top priority of the imperial court.

After returning from Jia Mansion, Zhou Yang took less than a day to complete the "relocation" work by taking advantage of the large number of people, and moved his main residence to the second courtyard to the east; then there happened to be nothing, so he simply let himself go The vacation lasted until the second day of June. I queued up at the Ministry of War early in the morning. After participating in the awarding ceremony, I took my petition and said goodbye to all my peers.

"Brother Zhou, you make it easy for me to find you!" Just as he was thinking about taking office, a loud shout interrupted him, "Okay, come with me quickly. The other brothers are in front, waiting for you, Qian Mr. Hu!"

"I've met Senior Brother Chen!" Zhou Yang who was "woke up" hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, "I was a little distracted just now, I don't know what Senior Brother is."

"To tell you the truth, I'm really just waiting for you!" Chen Yejun didn't mean to be polite, and pulled him straight to the car and horse storage place. Brother, why don't you congratulate you? Besides, you have helped me twice in a row, and I didn't even say a word of thanks for my brother!"

"Senior Brother Chen, what are you talking about? My brother, why are you so polite?" Zhou Yang said "You're welcome", but it was impossible not to be really angry in his heart. These few idiots are really good at "employing people first and using them last." "I performed it thoroughly, "However, I also made an appointment with a few brothers today. After all, I am working as an official outside and there are not many reliable people around me."

"Oh?" Chen Yejun paused for a moment, and the intensity of the tug basically disappeared, "I wonder which family these brothers are from? Just call them together. It's a celebration anyway, and it will be lively when there are more people."

"Senior brother, what are you thinking?" Zhou Yang realized that he had misunderstood that he had opened a new door, so he had to explain on the spot, "They are all brothers of the same year as my junior martial arts examiner. They are also his mentor's disciples, but they don't see each other very often; this time My little brother has been sent to Qianhu, and I am going to take him there with me, but I will inevitably have to trouble all my brothers."

"That's it!" Chen Yejun smiled and nodded, "Since we are our brothers, why are we so polite? Why don't you come with me now and send a few people to inform you? Anyway, the banquet is at noon, so we will miss it anyway. No, just ask them to come here in time!"

"Since it is senior brother who speaks, I would rather be respectful than obey!" Zhou Yang smiled and clasped his fists in salute, then greeted Li Xiong who came over to greet him, and gave him detailed instructions for invitations to various houses.

Of course, he didn't prepare any "banquet", and he didn't expect that Chen Yejun would directly block people at the gate of the Ministry of War. He originally planned to ask for help from these core martial arts disciples in a few days, but now that he has the opportunity, naturally Take the opportunity to solve it together. Otherwise, if you postpone it until next time, you may owe the other party something!

After finishing the explanation, Zhou Yang jumped on horseback and followed Chen Yejun's team. The two of them chatted and laughed together and returned to Qi Duke's Mansion. When they entered the banquet, they saw that all the princes of the six princes had arrived, except for himself. There was no "outsider" outside, which made me a little surprised, because this was obviously a core party, and logically no outsiders would be invited.

"Brother Zhou is strange, why is there an extra person like you?" Seeing his expression, Niu Ben smiled and greeted him to sit down.

"Little brother, I don't dare!" Zhou Yang quickly raised his fists and saluted, "It's just, according to the rules."

"What rules!" Chen Yejun waved his hand and pointed to the lowest position to indicate for him to take a seat, "Speaking of which, today's banquet is really only because of your help, junior brother, otherwise it would never be so easy; In just over a month, two big things happened in a row, but they were all solved because of you. No matter what, I should call you here to say thank you!"

"Once, the Pingbei Army swept across the Tatars for [-] miles. Although the final result exceeded our plan, it is hard to say what the result would have been without Brother Zhou's advice." Liu Dong took over the conversation calmly, "Again One is the matter of reorganizing the army. The day before yesterday, my father and Uncle Niu had jointly signed a document and received His Majesty’s approval. The charter will be discussed this month and will officially start next month.”

"Oh?" Zhou Yang's heart moved, he smiled and said, "I'm here to congratulate my two uncles!"

"Hahaha, thanks to my brother's suggestion!" Niu Ben smiled and took a drink from his glass, "Your Majesty and all the elders are very satisfied with this plan; the only one who is dissatisfied is probably that Jiedu Sir, because of the plan of the Ministry of War this time, we directly jumped out of the capital camp and targeted the guard post below!"

"This disarmament charter has not been drawn up yet, right?" Zhou Yang drank a cup with him and smiled. After Niu Ben and Liu Dong nodded, he continued, "As Brother Niu said, this charter skipped the Beijing Camp. He also skipped the Lord Jiedushi, which was obviously inappropriate. After all, the core military strength of the Zhou Dynasty was the [-] Beijing Camp.

After all, reorganizing the army is the top priority of the imperial court. Wouldn't it be a bit childish to push it all forward from the beginning?You might as well find a pilot nearby and give it a try in accordance with the regulations. After the pilot is completed and there are no hidden dangers, it won't be too late to promote it. All the armies in the capital, especially the fifth military camp, have the largest number, so they might as well serve as pilots. ""Um? Hou Yuan, the eldest son of Hou Xiaokang, the commander-in-chief of the fifth military camp, changed his expression on the spot, "Brother Zhou Xian might as well speak more clearly." "

"Since the promotion of the Jiedushi Lord, there must have been a lot of changes in the staffing of the fifth military camp, right?" Zhou Yang smiled faintly, raised his glass to Hou Yuan and drank it in one gulp, "When the new regulations come out, Naturally it should"

"Hahaha!" The other five people all understood what he meant and laughed out loud on the spot.

"What Brother Zhou Xian said makes sense. Most of the guard posts below are based on infantry. The fifth military camp is also on infantry. The personnel are the most complicated and redundant. It is indeed time to rectify and sort out." Hou Yuan smiled with a smile on his face and picked up the wine glass. After drinking with him, he filled it up again and drank it. "This is the most suitable test as a pilot!"
Especially the four guards of the front army and the left army, their rankings are basically at the bottom regardless of training or assessment. My father has always been deeply worried and feels that he has failed the divine grace. If they are allowed to decline without rectification, I am afraid it will affect the future. With the combat strength of the entire Fifth Army Camp and even the [-] Beijing Camp, we really have to be cautious! "

Wang Ziteng was originally the former army left guard Qianhu of the Fifth Army Battalion, and was given the rank of guerrilla general. Later, with the help of Jia Jing, the former Beijing Camp Jiedu envoy, he was promoted to the former army left guard commander, with the rank of general, and in charge of the military affairs of the former army. In the end, he became the current Jingying Jiedushi. The former army of the Fifth Army Battalion he originally belonged to naturally became the basic board, and he also recruited the two guards of the left army. These four guards are currently the most troublesome place for Hou Xiaokang.

"The Ministry of War is taking the lead in this matter of reorganizing the army, and the Ministry of War should send commissioners to supervise and supervise it!" Zhou Yang added with a smile, "Since it is a reorganization of the army, it is inevitable to move some things that have already been deeply rooted, just in case , Necessary preventive measures are indispensable. Looking at Beijing now, there should be no more suitable force than the Imperial Guard."

"Yes!" Niu Ben thought for a moment and nodded slowly, understanding that this was a gesture of goodwill to Emperor Yonghe. A similar operation could also be done to the Royal Forest Army, which would be a gesture to the Supreme Emperor. "Why don't we use the front army of the Fifth Military Camp as a pilot to complete After a successful calculation, the left army was mobilized, and a set of feasible regulations were finally formed, and then continued to be promoted throughout the army.

Because this time the whole army involves too much, there must be enough power to calm people's hearts. In this case, it will be inconvenient for other armies in the Beijing camp to take action without permission; not only the Beijing camp, but also the major camps near the capital. The Ministry of War also needs written explanations to completely stabilize people's hearts. "

"Good!" The other people looked at each other and nodded with satisfaction.

In this way, the Beijing camp took out the fifth military camp with the largest number of people as a pilot, which can be regarded as showing the "sincerity" of this army reorganization, and also gave the court an explanation that this is face; in the future, the empty guard post below will be abolished to create a large military base for the court. It is a virtue to save money significantly; the above are all "harvests" of the imperial court. Wu Xun took the opportunity to clean up Wang Ziteng's only "foundation". This is his own benefit.

Once again, "everyone is happy", except for Wang Ziteng of course.

"I almost forgot, didn't Junior Brother Zhou bring a few of the same year here? Are we here now? Why not come and sit together. Since we are our own family, we should get closer to each other." Seeing that the problem was solved, Chen Yejun smiled and said Taking advantage of it, "I remember you mentioned that they were all in the same year as you in martial arts?"

"Yes, they must be waiting outside now?" Zhou Yang smiled and nodded. He believed that those five people were not stupid and they definitely understood what this "summoning" meant.

"Since there are other guests, Brother Chen might as well go over and take a look, and help him if he is suitable." Unexpectedly, Liu Dong suddenly spoke, directly blocking Zhou Yang's next preparations, "Brother Zhou, since there is a real shortage of people outside. , it definitely won’t work if you don’t have a few helpers around you.”

"That's okay!" After thinking for a while, Chen Yejun nodded slowly, "Junior Brother Zhou, let's go over!"

"I understand, little brother!" Zhou Yang nodded helplessly.

After the two of them left Chen Yejun's courtyard, they went straight to the front yard of the Duke of Qi's Mansion. Naturally, these five military examiners were not qualified to meet directly. They could only "queue" at the concierge and stay in the front yard to wait for the summons. To be honest, Chen Yejun was able to go to "summon" him in person, which was considered a great honor, but even he never accepted Zhou Yang's "mentor and disciple" proposal.

"Five brothers, let me introduce you. This is Brother Chen from the Duke of Qi's Mansion. He is now the Deputy Qianhu of the Shenji Camp!" In an ordinary guest room in the outer courtyard of the Duke of Qi's Mansion, Zhou Yang somehow made arrangements for these five people.
After a chat with almost no nutrition and a visit that was destined to never happen again, Zhou Yang felt aggrieved, but he knew there was nothing he could do about it. However, Yuan Xiu and the other five people were very satisfied and had no objections to this. Their status can be known to the eldest son of the Duke of Qi for three years.

In any case, Chen Yejun made a guarantee on the spot, and all five people arranged to try out the status of a hundred households and temporarily receive the real lack of children from a hundred households, so that they could safely follow and take office; it was also from this moment that Zhou Yang finally officially had his own foundation , and truly have the appropriate power!
(End of this chapter)