Chapter 63: Looking for an official again
This thing in name often looks very empty. However, it is often indispensable.
Let’s talk about the village hero.
The official title of the township hero is "County, Prefecture, County, County, Baosheng Jingyong Army".
The abbreviation of the official document is: Prefecture and County Army.
Township heroes are just common names.
However, the so-called brave army of Baosheng sounds very awesome, but it is indeed not a regular official army. Without military pay, money and food, and without regulations on officers at all levels, they are actually loose reserves.
Goryeo has a population of more than 5 million, and a permanent regular army of only about 100,000. Once a war breaks out, it will be impossible to call. However, Goryeo cannot afford to support so many soldiers, so it has to hide a large number of soldiers and the people.
Historically, the Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, and Liao Kingdom all conquered Goryeo on a large scale, but Goryeo was able to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops in a short period of time, thanks to Goryeo's reserve system.
However, the "Protective and Brave Army" is different from the Sui and Tang Dynasties originated from the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Although the Sui and Tang dynasties also hid soldiers for the people, the government troops were trained and organized strictly, and officers at all levels had serious military positions. Moreover, the government troops also granted land, which could reduce taxes and provide rewards and subsidies from time to time, and the treatment was not bad.
The Sui and Tang Dynasties were not reserve forces, but the real main official army of the imperial court.
"Protecting the Serious and Brave Army" is different, it is completely hard labor, otherwise it would not have been called a village hero.
But in name, the "Baosheng Jingzhuang Army" is an imperial armed force and still belongs to the official army.
This name is very important. As long as you have the authority and do not exceed the editor, you can be confident and bold and justified in editing. It is just that you must obey the recruitment.
Without this name, it is a gathering of people to rebel.
Therefore, the position of Jianghua's delegation training envoy who was responsible for the management of the township heroes was moved by Li Luo.
After obtaining this official position, he was named for expansion.
Cui Xiuning said: "The regiment training is now a hot potato. If you can't get a useful military service next year, you will definitely be punished. If you have such a big relationship, time is tight and you don't have money, grain, oil and water, which official is willing to work? Even though Zheng Lu is a county magistrate, he can't force his subordinates to work."
Li Luo said: "How about I take the initiative to meet Zheng Lu and let him take the initiative to ask?"
Cui Xiuning shook her head and said, "My information is that Zheng Lu has taken into account you. Among the clerks in the county magistrate's yamen, there are our informants."
"So, he still quashed me?" Li Luo asked.
"He wants you to take the labour of the group training envoy, after all, no one wants to do it now. But the group training envoy is the seventh grade. According to the Goryeo system, no promotion can exceed two levels without merit. You are the ninth grade, and the seventh grade of the group training envoy is the fourth grade." Cui Xiuning explained.
Li Luo was a little disappointed: "I understand. He just couldn't help me upgrade to level 4 in a row and mentioned the seventh grade. Even if this official is not willing to do it, it's not my turn."
Cui Xiuning smiled and said, "Yes. But although the team training envoy cannot be the team training envoy, the team training envoy can get it. And I think the team training envoy may be more suitable for you."
"Tell me."
"The deputy envoy of the League Training Training is the eighth rank. You can only upgrade to two levels. Zheng Lu also has this power. Moreover, the deputy envoy of the League Training Training Training is two, one is responsible for the township heroes in five townships in northern Jianghua, and the other is responsible for the township heroes in four townships in southern Jianghua."
Yan Duo interrupted, "I know, this guy is responsible for the four townships in southern Jianghua, called the 'Nanjing Tuan Training Envoy'. This official position has been vacant for many years."
Cui Xiuning said: "What the adoptive father said is right. The most suitable thing for you is the Nanjing League Training Envoy who has been vacant for many years. As the deputy of the Jianghua League Training Envoy, he is the chief officer who is actually responsible for the training of the Nanbu Township Braves. The League Training Envoy is just a general manager, but he is not actually in charge of the business."
Li Luo immediately made a decision that this eighth-rank "executive team training deputy envoy" must be obtained!
The Nanjing delegation was responsible for the township heroes in the four southern towns, including Mani Township.
The other three townships are all near Mani Township. The farthest Sanglin Township is less than thirty miles away.
Cui Xiuning said: "There are four townships in the south: Mani, Dongtan, Xiwan and Sanglin, with a population of more than 35,000. There are 1,200 township heroes."
Li Luo plans to train more than 1,000 local warriors this year, and this number of soldiers is enough.
Mainly, the three other townships will cooperate well?
Li Luo thought about how to maximize profits from Zheng Lu.
Cui Xiuning sent another message, "The capital village in Xiwan Township is now vacant. In July last year, pirates landed in Xiwan and burned and plundered. When they took office, the capital village gritted their teeth and died at the hands of pirates. No one dared to take over the position."
Yan Duo said: "This is the third capital village to be killed by pirates in Xiwan Township. Five years ago, the capital village also died at the hands of pirates. Three years ago, another capital village died."
No wonder no one has been able to take the post of Xiwan Township Duzhai. Within five years, three Duzhai have died at the hands of pirates. Who dares to take over such a high-risk profession?
The reason is also very simple. Xiwan Township has a natural port, which is very convenient for pirates to land. Moreover, Xiwan Township is the richest and is a place where pirates often take care of.
Jianghua has three thousand naval troops, and its function is to guard and not to be dispatched easily. Moreover, the naval troops are all large warships, and offshore patrols are not suitable. They have more than enough shocks and insufficient strikes for small pirates who are flexible in response and cannot be prevented.
The only one who really deals with the pirates was the four hundred sea patrol soldiers of the county magistrate's office. Hundreds of soldiers and seven or eight ships had to patrol the coastline nearly two hundred miles. You can imagine how big the loophole is in this defense line.
Almost no defense. How can pirates not be arrogant?
In this way, it is not surprising that no one has taken over the Duzhai in Xiwan Township for a long time.
Cui Xiuning and Yan Duo meant that Li Luo also took down the location of Xiwan Township Duzhai.
In this way, Li Luo served as the Duzhai in the four southern townships. In the name of the deputy envoy of the regiment training, the Duzhai in the other two townships would not be able to make a big fuss.
"I will visit Zheng Lu tomorrow to report on the progress of the village dynasty, so that he can have confidence in me. In this way, he will definitely ask me to take the initiative to take over as the deputy envoy of the regiment training. I will pretend to be difficult and make a request to serve as the Duzhai of Xiwan Township."
Yan Duo smiled and said, "Yes. Now the deputy envoy of the group training and Xiwan Duzhai are both chores, and Zheng Luv is reluctant to take the blame. This plan should be successful."
Li Luo also smiled, "The chores in other people's eyes are very useful to me. However, in addition to serving as Duzhai, Xiwan Township, the county magistrate also needs to give some other benefits so that I can reluctantly agree."
Yan Duo and Cui Xiuning also laughed.
Early the next morning, Li Luo took some silver bottles and took a ox cart. Under the protection of Yan Jun and a team of personal guards, he left the fort and headed towards Jianghua Mountain City.
It is late spring in April, and the villagers' crops have been planted. The roadside is surrounded by green rice fields with sparkling water. The warm wind blows, and the seedlings are mixed with the breath of spring mud, making Li Luo feel relaxed and happy.
It seems that this year is a good year! We can solve the military rations nearby.
This is also due to his previous allocation of private funds to repair water conservancy, which greatly improved the people's spring plowing and irrigation conditions. The crops in other townships may not have such a gratifying growth.
When the people in the field saw the ox cart marked with the Tai Chi family emblem, they knelt down and called "Qingjun".
Xiangjun is a title of the wife of the imperial decree in the Central Plains. However, in Goryeo, "xiangjun" is the beautiful name of Duzhai. However, there are only a few Duzhai that can make the people call Xiangjun.
Chapter completed!