The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 565 Hit it off

Out of selfish motives, Mrs. Wang did not tell Aunt Xue that Zhang Yunyi had a crush on Lin Daiyu.

But when she came to Lady Jia, she had no such worries and said confidently: "I know that the old lady has chosen Lin girl, but Yun Yi is also close to Lin girl. If the old lady doesn't believe it, call Zijuan to ask her and you will know. If you make him unhappy, I am afraid that you will lose more than you gain..."

She patiently persuaded him, "The Xia family is worried about being wiped out, so they have prepared a generous dowry. If we don't arrange a marriage for Baoyu now, it will be difficult for the girls to have such a good thing again when they become concubines!"

Although the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law fought openly and secretly, they were surprisingly unanimous when it came to Jia Baoyu.

Weighing the pros and cons, she chose the lesser of two evils. After a moment's hesitation, Grandmother Jia nodded helplessly.

However, after all, Jia's mother was obsessed with looks, so after thinking for a while she added, "Although Auntie has said it in a very exaggerated way, I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so I'm always worried. Let's ask the girl from the Xia family to come over tomorrow and let me take a look!"

In order to convince Lady Jia, Mrs. Wang naturally could not tell her about taking over.

She was also worried that Aunt Xue was exaggerating, so she agreed immediately and turned around to ask Aunt Xue for help.

Aunt Xue regretted the marriage and went back on her word to the Xia family, feeling indebted to both sides. However, she spared no effort in facilitating this marriage.

The Xia family's finding the Xue family was nothing more than a helpless move to force something to happen.

To some extent, Jia Baoyu, who was born with a jade in his mouth, is obviously several times better than Xue Pan, and they hit it off immediately.

He chose a day and brought Xia Jingui to the gate of Rongguo Mansion.

Originally, the Xia family hoped that Zhang Yunyi could come forward, but Mrs. Wang was worried that Zhang Yunyi would be tempted by the beauty and go back on his word, so she said that he was busy with government work and would let him come forward as a matchmaker after the marriage was finalized.

Although Zhang Yun逸 was somewhat curious about Xia Jingui, he had no time to be distracted by the Tiangong Institute's plan to build two factories and the impeachment of Li Congwen.

As luck would have it, the day when the Xia family came to visit happened to be the day when Yun Guang's memorial arrived in Beijing, so he did not join in the fun.

"My nephews Yunshan and Yunhai greet the Marquis!"

When Rongguo Mansion was receiving the Xia family, Zhang Yun逸 was also in the Xianxue, meeting Yunguang’s two nephews.

As expected of being born into a military family, the two were only half a head shorter than Zhang Yunyi, with dark skin, and were obviously different from the pampered younger generations of the Jia family.

Although the two men were of similar age to Zhang Yunyi, he and Yunguang were ministers in the same palace, and given the difference in status, it was not inappropriate to call him nephew.

Zhang Yunyi waved his hand, indicating that the two of them should excuse themselves, and turned to Jia Lian and said, "Thank you, Second Brother Lian! We have guests in the mansion, so I won't keep you here."

Because they were not clear about the true relationship between Zhang Yun逸 and the Rongguo Mansion, despite the prior agreement, the two did not bypass the Rongguo Mansion and go directly to the door.

Instead, he first found Jia Lian and introduced him through him.

After sending Jia Lian away, Zhang Yunyi asked the two men, "Did you send the memorial?"

"Yes!" Yunshan bowed and said, "Years ago, Zhang Shoubei filed a complaint and sued Li Yanei in Chang'an Prefecture. However, Li Yanei is the brother-in-law of the prefect of Chang'an Prefecture, so the matter has been suppressed. So I asked my uncle for help, and my uncle has already written down the whole cause and effect in the memorial."

Yunhai took over the conversation and said, "My uncle told my brother and I to come to the Marquis's side and serve him. If there is anything he wants us to do, it will be more convenient for us to send a message back."

Zhang Yunyi nodded and asked, "What did you do originally? Will there be any trouble after coming here?"

"My Lord, my nephew and I were originally under my uncle's command as personal guards. My uncle originally planned to let us train for a few years before making arrangements. Now, it is not considered a formal job."

The ancient military system is both complex and simple.

Generally speaking, it was wavering between the system of local soldiers and the system of recruiting soldiers.

Since the Sui and Tang dynasties introduced the conscription system, when a country was strong, conscription was the main method of recruiting soldiers. When a country declined and military discipline was lax, conscription was the main method of recruiting soldiers.

Recruited soldiers are easy to understand, as they are professional soldiers, while local soldiers are equivalent to militia.

They serve the people during the busy farming season, train during the slack farming season, and force people to work during wartime.

In the well-known Ballad of Mulan in the previous life, it says: Buy a fine horse in the east market, buy a saddle in the west market, buy a bridle in the south market, and buy a long whip in the north market.

This is a true portrayal of the government soldiers, who even needed to provide their own horses and weapons according to their military type. Of course, the Ballad of Mulan was written during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the recruitment system was gradually introduced, and this situation was improved. Horses and weapons no longer needed to be provided by themselves.

This is equivalent to having to provide your own dry food and office supplies when working. You can imagine the morale and combat effectiveness.

However, even in the Great Xia Dynasty, it was difficult to completely abandon the military system.

Similar to the Ming Dynasty in another time and space, Daxia also adopted the military household system. In peaceful times, civil officials were valued more than military officials, and the military household system was limited. After several generations, the descendants of the original military households saw no hope of making achievements and had long lost the blood and vigor of their ancestors.

Except for the border troops and the imperial guards, most of them were composed of low-combat troops from the government, which resulted in low combat effectiveness and a mixed bag of good and bad troops in the army.

As the saying goes, soldiers do not know their generals, and generals do not know their soldiers. This is because changing generals can easily lead to misjudgment of the army's combat effectiveness.

If all armies had the same training intensity and quality, how could this situation occur even if the commander was changed at the last minute?

This was also the situation that Zhang Yun逸 tried his best to avoid when he formed the Railway Guard Corps and the navy in the future.

Zhang Yun逸 could see it, so how could a general not know it?

Anyone with a little common sense will not sit idly by and watch this happen, even if it is out of selfish motives and a desire to consolidate one's position.

Therefore, they would find another way. On the one hand, they would eat the empty salaries of the government soldiers, and on the other hand, they would use the money from the empty salaries to recruit and train their own soldiers to serve as the backbone force for attacking the city.

Upon hearing that Yunshan and Yunhai were Yunguang's personal soldiers, Zhang Yunyi gave up his original idea of ​​arranging them to study Taoism.

"The Railway Guard Team was established not long ago and is in the training stage. This Marquis is also worried about this matter. You should go there first to help guide the training and familiarize yourself with firearms."

At this point, he paused for a moment and said, "It is not easy to arrange official positions for you now. I will make arrangements after the matter is resolved."

Li Congwen was trying to trip him up, but to some extent, he was also making things easier for him.

Although, in terms of tactics and methods, hot weapons and cold weapons are different, the training aspect of them is still worth referring to.

Of course, he will also mix in some modern training on enforcing orders and examine the abilities of Yunshan and Yunhai.

With Liu Yunshan and Yunhai around to help him, it is impossible to hide it from someone with ulterior motives.

But once the quarrel breaks out openly, it will be as obvious as lice on a bald man's head.

If you continue to hide the truth, you will not only seem to lack confidence, but also seem petty.

However, having said that, it is not easy to give others any handle to hold against you.

This is also the reason why Yun Guang did not let his own son come, but arranged for his two nephews to come.

Therefore, I have to put up with the two of them and temporarily serve as an instructor in name only.

"Don't worry, Lord! My uncle has already informed us before he came. We will follow your arrangements!"

Zhang Yun逸 nodded with deep satisfaction. Although it was an exchange of interests to a certain extent, the world was bustling with people seeking profit, and the world was bustling with people seeking profit, so it could not be neglected.

Yun Guang wanted to borrow his power, and he also wanted to use people from the Yun family, so that each side could get what they needed and the bond could become more solid.

Judging from their physical qualities, skin and conversation, they are unlikely to be the pampered second-generation descendants of the Jia family.

He immediately stood up and said to the two of them, "I will take you to the camp now. Get familiar with it first, and take the time to write a report on Chang'an's situation."

After all, Li Congwen had followed the emperor since his residence. If the memorial he submitted had no effect, he would have to expand its influence.

Find out what's happening in Chang'an so that it can be published in the newspaper and create momentum.

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(End of this chapter)