back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 851 Young and Strong
Zhe Kexing knew long ago that the little emperor would not arrange good errands for him.

This was true in the First Battle of Qinzhou, and it was also true in the First Battle of Jiaozhi.

But Zhe Kexing believes that nothing is difficult in the world, as long as there is a heart.As long as you do it with your heart, nothing is impossible.

"Most horse bandits are prairie people. They come and go without a trace and are elusive. Only by designing an ambush can we catch them all. It's just that we have family thieves, how can we ambush them?" Said, "Defense by day and night, house thieves are hard to guard against!"

Xue Gang said cautiously: "The Supervision Department, can they use their manpower?"

"Inspection Division? Hmph, don't even think about it! The Holy One attaches the most importance to the Inspectorate. It is often said that the Inspectorate is the eyes and ears of the Holy One, and no one can adjust it unless he holds the imperial decree!"

Zhe Kexing also knows that the Supervision Department is equivalent to an intelligence agency. If it is transferred to an irrelevant person, wouldn't it be impossible to hide any secrets?

"It's the emperor's own army..." Xue Gang was a little embarrassed. He was not a military officer, so he naturally didn't understand the relationship between the frontier army and the Supervision Department.Elite scouts were selected from the frontier army and merged into the Supervision Department. With a sudden change, they could become spies of various countries and provide Dashun with an endless stream of intelligence.The reason why Dashun was able to predict the enemy first every time was because there was such an elite intelligence organization.The frontier army was originally a big soldier, but after entering the Supervision Department, he suddenly became an official.

In the open, the Supervision Department is the supervisor of all officials; in private, the Supervision Department is to supervise the world, and has the right to report directly on all matters large and small.

You know, this is the power only the fifth-rank local officials have. A mere eighth-rank inspector can have it from a seventh-rank supervisor. Who wouldn't be jealous?

Don't look at Xue Gang as a state shepherd, but he is a criminal official who has committed crimes and meritorious service. His official rank has been reduced to the seventh rank, and he has no right to play straight.If you want to get on Datianting, you have to go through your direct supervisor.If the immediate superior does not have the right to play directly, he has to go through another hand, or even two or three hands.Once and twice, no secrets can be hidden.

The protection of officials and officials is not a product of a specific era.As long as there is an officialdom, there will always be mutual protection between officials and officials, because they have formed a small interest group, and everyone will prosper, and everyone will suffer.

The imperial court expressly prohibits forming cliques for personal gain, but secretly, how many officials have formed small interest groups based on fellow villagers, classmates, and the same subjects?
In addition to small interest groups, there are also large interest groups.The so-called mutual protection between officials and officials is nothing but an extension of party struggle.

Let your ambitions be bold, enter the officialdom for three to five years, and you will find that you have no ambitions. In the end, you will either drift with the tide, or feel depressed.

Do you think Xue Gang was a corrupt official before?
Before he became a Jinshi, he was a standard scholar. The angry youth of this era can't understand this or that.However, after only two years as a county magistrate in Henan Prefecture, he began to accept and give gifts, curry favor with his superiors, flatter him, manage his affairs up and down, prosper every step of the way, and go straight to the top.If it weren't for Lu Chengqi's efforts to rectify the officialdom, Xue Gang might have already entered the official rank of the capital and was about to enter the central government.

As the saying goes, when water is clear, there will be no fish, and when people observe it, there will be no disciples.The officialdom is like a big dye vat, even if you are all white, will you still be all black after entering?How many people can really get out of the mud without getting stained?
Small grain collectors, oh no, they are tenth-rank officials, and they can kick the dendrobium with the tip of the tip, beat and kill the stick for money, not to mention the officials who hold local power.The magistrate who ruined the family, the county magistrate who destroyed the family, didn't they "come from thousands of miles to be an official just for food, drink and clothing"?
As someone who has experienced it, Xue Gang doesn't believe that the Supervision Department is so fair and honest.With such a great authority in hand, if you turn your head a little bit, you can get money.

But he didn't dare to say it. Once he said it, his life would be lost.After all, the Supervisory Division is the eyes and ears of the current emperor. If the Supervisory Division makes a counter-suit, will the little emperor trust the Supervisory Division or him?It's rare to be confused, it doesn't bother me anyway, let him go...

Zhe Kexing muttered for a long time, but still couldn't come up with a good plan, so he could only sigh and say, "Forget it, let's recruit the young and strong."

Xue Gang also agreed, after all, it is unrealistic to exterminate the horse bandits, and they are not stupid, why should they stand up for you to exterminate them?I won't run away!
"The notice has been posted. The city of Yunneizhou is not big, and everyone in the city should know about it in two days." Xue Gang's deduction should be correct. Now that there are more scholars, even merchants are mostly literate. Spread a message , and it doesn't take a few days.

Zhe Kexing nodded: "Two days later, I will go to recruit myself."

"The general is willing to take action, and it will be done smoothly!"

Facing Xue Gang's flattery, Zhe Kexing remained unmoved, turned around and left the mansion, returning to the barracks.

Two days came in a blink of an eye.

Zhe Kexing purposely built a wooden shed in front of the notice, put up a sign with the words "recruiting young and strong", and several regulations: "First, only good people are recruited, and no car and tooth shops are accepted; , do not recruit idle hands; three, have a strong physique..."

Xue Gang was worried, and when he went to the scene, he frowned and said, "General, isn't this a bit harsh, even the frontier army is not so strict?"

Zhe Kexing said indifferently: "I just want to recruit frontier soldiers! When the war starts someday, these young men can be incorporated into the army immediately."

"...The general is far-sighted, and the subordinates admire..."

In fact, Xue Gang didn't think it was necessary at all. The symbolic meaning of youthful deterrence was greater than the actual combat significance. If the horse bandits really came, could the infantry be expected to withstand the impact of five or six hundred catties of horses and men?If it was chased by a herd of horses, it would be crushed into meat paste.

But seeing that Zhe Kexing had his own plans, Xue Gang knew that he didn't know how to fight, so he couldn't say much.

In fact, most of the people in the city of Yunnei state are suffering.Seeing that there is food for soldiers to eat, everyone flocks to it.Coupled with the fact that there are a lot of mixed people here, and there are also a lot of Kongwu powerful men, 500 people were recruited in one day.

Zhe Kexing had asked people to go back to Datong Mansion to fetch the military uniforms (not armors, just coats) that the frontier army had retired from. Although there were many patches, after wearing them, the five hundred recruits showed an extraordinary aura. Come.Xue Gang was amazed: "This General Zhe seems to have real skills..."

There was no news in Yunnei Prefecture. If Xue Gang knew that Zhe Kexing had beheaded Li Changjie, the Cochin God of War, under the city of Qinzhou, he would not have doubted Zhe Kexing.

After Zhe Kexing made up his team, he immediately started training.

Of course, the specific implementation is not him himself, but the three, four, and five personal soldiers.

For a moment, the shouts of killing in Yunneizhou City were so loud that they could be heard clearly several miles away.After the merchants in the Central Plains heard the news, they felt that since there were officers and soldiers guarding the horse bandits, they should not be in danger, so they strengthened their courage and continued to go to Yunneizhou City to do business.Within half a month, the city of Yunnei Prefecture resumed its private life and became prosperous again.

(End of this chapter)