I am Da Song

Chapter 563 New Commander of the Imperial City Division

In the spring of the 21st year of Jianye (AD 1150), when the news of the Song army's capture of Constantinople came back to Tokyo, the emperor of the Song Dynasty was no longer in Tokyo.

He wasn't even on Gyeonggi Road, but traveled thousands of miles away to Hejian Mansion in Hebei Province!A little further on, we will arrive at Beijing, one of the five capitals of the Great Song Dynasty.

This time, Zhao Huan did not bring the royal driver, nor did he bring a large number of followers, but he really set off with two personal guards.

In addition to He Qinhu, who was capable of defeating hundreds of people, these two personal guards were also Wei Sheng, the commander of the Imperial City Division newly appointed by Zhao Huan.

Wu Ge, the former Commander of the Imperial City Division, did not make any mistakes. He has been the Commander of the Imperial City Division for more than 20 years in a steady manner, which is already a remarkable achievement.

This is equivalent to the position of commander of Jinyiwei. Throughout the two hundred years of Ming Dynasty, the only commanders of Jinyiwei with such authority are Ji Gang and Lu Bing.

Wu Ge took the initiative to retire and beg for his bones to become an official.

After all, the emperor is 50 years old this year, and Wu Ge, the commander of Jinyiwei who once wanted to kill all his wives and children, and then served the country loyally to the emperor, is also at the age of retirement.

Zhao Huan delayed him for two full years before finally giving his approval and allowing him to take up his post with the honor of Baoning Jiedushi.

Jiedushi, this is the highest honor any military official can achieve, and those who can become officials with this will surely leave their names in the history.

There were hundreds of millions of subjects in the Song Dynasty, and the Jiedu envoys were only five fingers.

For example, the commanders of many elite field armies are only honored as Jieshuai, which means that he is as honorable as Jiedushi.

But the reason for the honorific title is because he has not yet reached the first level of Jiedushi.He was really appointed as a military envoy, according to the etiquette of the Song Dynasty, no one would call him Jieshuai, but changed his title to envoy.For example, Han Shizhong, the Jiedu envoy of the two towns, is called the envoy by everyone.This is a first-class honor.

But Wu Ge had been delayed for two full years, because Zhao Huan wanted to find a trustworthy commander of the Imperial City Division.

After all, this position is too critical, it is the son of the emperor who is close to the army, who is the eyes and ears of the emperor, monitors all the officials, directly drives the guards, patrols and arrests.

If there is a problem with the candidate for this position, it will cause endless harm.

Although the Song Dynasty was large and had hundreds of thousands of officials, it was hard to find two or three suitable candidates for Zhao Huan's position.

Until one time, Zhao Huan saw the familiar name Wei Sheng in the memorial.

It's hard for Zhao Huan not to be familiar with the name Wei Sheng.

After all, he is one of ZTE's four generals.

There have been different opinions on which four ZTE generals refer to.

Except for the mighty Yue Fei and the unparalleled loyalty and courage Han Shizhong are fixed in all theories, the other two cannot be determined. Some people think they are Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun.

But Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun in it are obviously suspected of pretending to be fake.Among them, when Liu Guangshi was fighting against the Jin Dynasty, most of them tried to retreat without obeying the edict. The army was not strictly controlled. Many rogues and rebels were willing to surrender as subordinates. Needless to say, Zhang Jun assisted Qin Hui to implement the policy of begging for peace, and conspired with Qin Hui to create Yue Fei's unjust imprisonment for rebellion, resulting in Yue Fei's unjust death.

Therefore, some historians of the Great Song Dynasty included Yue Fei, Li Xianzhong, Liu Qi, and Wei Sheng in the "Biography of the Four Generals of the Emperor Song Zhongxing".

The biggest characteristic of these four people is that they are young and in their prime.

Yue Fei was one year younger than Zhao Huan, and was serving as the Privy Envoy of the Song Dynasty.

Liu Qi is even more famous for being a young second-generation official, serving as the protector in the Longyou Governor's Mansion.

Li Xianzhong was even more powerful. He was the governor of the Dongshan Governor's Mansion, and he took two hundred officials and soldiers to open up a new continent.

Whether he can open up half of the country for Da Song depends on whether he can match Ban Chao. .

The land of 4000 million square kilometers, the hope and future of Song Dynasty, were entrusted by Zhao Huan on his shoulders.

Among the four generals of Zhongxing in the Huangsong Dynasty, only Wei Sheng was left who had not taken on the important task.

It wasn't that there was anything wrong with him, but that he was simply too young.

By the 21st year of Jianye, he was just 30 years old!
That is to say, he has worked hard in the army for nine years, and his name is just qualified to appear in front of Zhao Huan.

It's because he is evil enough, with a record of gods all over his body, promotion is like riding a rocket.

You must know that in the first three years of the nine years, he was an ordinary soldier and spent most of his time in training.

Wei Sheng's family background was not noble, and his family was just an ordinary farmer.

Those well-known figures in the West are either the king or the prince, or at least the son of a duke or earl.After all, they are all nobles.

It is almost impossible to be promoted from a son of a serf to an imperial power, to rule the country and command the army.

The reason for saying almost is because Zhao Huan felt that there might be a few not particularly famous people outside of his knowledge.

Otherwise, it would have been blown up by the West, such as Joan of Arc.

This girl from the countryside was betrayed by the nobles before she realized her class leap.

Compared to the West, it is undoubtedly much easier for ordinary people in the East to think of Yu Weimo.

Whether it is from civil to military, there are a lot of opportunities to cross classes.

This can be said to have lasted for thousands of years, even in the heyday of the West, it has not changed much.

For example, the poor in Midi don’t have to worry about housing in the school district. Their entire society can reach a consensus. Why should ordinary people go to good schools?
For example, the letter of recommendation, which is almost exactly the same as that of Ju Xiaolian, has been eliminated by the Central Plains for thousands of years, but Midi is very good at playing, and shows it to the public without any shyness.

The big families and high-ranking officials directly write letters of recommendation to each other. Even a dude like Bush Jr. who has a D in all disciplines can go directly to the top universities and become the president.

As for civilians, they don't have a letter of recommendation and still want to go to a top university?Go home and daydream.

This system of operation is not even a little bit better than the politics of aristocratic families who have been scolded by the Central Plains for thousands of years.

Compared with the West, the promotion channel of the Great Song Dynasty is undoubtedly smoother. As long as there is real talent and learning, promotion from private to general can be found everywhere in the Great Song Dynasty.The top military generals in the Song Dynasty, one came from a client's poor family, and the other was a rogue.

It was in this situation that Wei Sheng, a commoner boy from a farming family, finally appeared before Zhao Huan's case.

Jane is in the emperor's heart, and his promotion speed can be said to be getting faster and faster, and finally he was appointed as the commander of the Imperial City Department at the age of 30.

In other positions, his 30 years old is too young.

However, the Imperial City Division is different. This is the emperor's own army, and no minister dares to interfere with the appointment of the commander of the Imperial City Division.

The only requirement for this position is loyalty.

In theory, as long as the emperor thinks that this person is sincere enough, it is very reasonable to appoint a 16-year-old female official as the commander of the Imperial City Division.Among the ten chief officials of the Imperial City Division in the Song Dynasty, there has always been a female official.

(End of this chapter)