"Royal Outpost", as the name suggests, is the outpost of the royal family's supervision area. It belongs to the armed forces of the royal family and directly serves the imperial clan's health inspection department.
Shaodian Huang hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are the soldiers recruited locally?"
Most of the armed forces controlled by the imperial clan were recruited from the Shaodian clan, and some were recruited from noble families. However, the Tuofeng Mountain Pass is too remote, and not many people are willing to go there.
The king was stunned and had not considered this issue.
"Choose three outstanding young people and send them to be captains, and recruit the rest locally." He thought about it and sent some Shaodian children there.
The establishment cannot exceed 3,000 people, and there can be no more than three captain positions. Shao Diandan does not want outsiders to hold the position of captain.
Ding Kui is the prince-in-law, so there is no problem in serving as the captain of the outpost. It is not an exaggeration to recruit a thousand people to protect the princess. This is a small selfishness of the king.
This type of order needs to be copied to the commander-in-chief's office. The guards at the pass belong to the local armed forces, but they are under the unified command of the commander-in-chief's office during the war. After being converted into a royal outpost, they only obey the orders of the commander of the war zone.
The news spread in the Senate the next day. It was obviously the king's support for Ding Kui. The noble assembly immediately withdrew many of the centrist proposals and returned to the discussion of past hot issues, such as the command and support of local armies.
The senior generals of the local legions are usually replaced every ten years, and the candidates are discussed at the noble meeting. This is one of the key points of the struggle between the various factions, and sometimes it leads to the replacement of a legion.
For example, a son of the Yang family is the commander of the First Army Corps in Zhongwangzhou. There are a large number of children of the Yang family in the First Army Corps. Next year, the commander of the army will be replaced by children of the Jiang family. Then a large number of officers and soldiers of the First Army Corps may choose to retire.
Zhongwangzhou had to recruit new soldiers to rebuild the First Army.
Ding Kui was quite surprised by his new appointment. There was no relevant record of the royal outpost in his memory or family books.
"Mr. Liu, what kind of officer is the outpost captain? What should I do at the Tuofeng Mountain outpost?" He had no choice but to ask his staff.
"In terms of rank, a captain is half a level higher than a general. Royal outposts are different from military outposts. They are just a functional category. The maximum establishment can be 10,000 people. Therefore, a captain in the imperial clan is equivalent to a division.
Head of the group.
However, the quality of the soldiers in the clan's army is higher than that of the ordinary regular army. Generally speaking, the combat effectiveness of the same troops is stronger, so the captain has the right to command the generals, and you can be promoted again." Liu Yu explained.
"What will I accomplish by running that outpost?"
"If no one can capture the Camelback Mountain Pass, it means the mission has been completed, right? I don't know the specific mission."
After all, it was not a unit under the jurisdiction of the Commander-in-Chief's Office, Liu Yu really didn't know.
"The Imperial Household Health and Inspection Department will assign specific tasks, mainly to monitor whether there are any rebellion plots in several nearby cities, and to ensure that the Tuofeng Mountain Pass is within the control of the royal family." Ding Kun gave the answer.
"The nearby cities are Juyang City, Port City and Chunlu City. Port City and Chunlu City are under the management of Nanqiu County. If they want to rebel, it is the county governor's business. In the end, I am supervising myself." Ding Kui discovered.
This is a nice job, "give me a chance to earn free money."
"But you still have to send troops to guard the pass." Liu Yu reminded.
"As long as five hundred people guard the east pass, the reinforcements from Juyang City can arrive in more than an hour. I can arrange for another 2,500 people to rest in Juyang City. In fact, they can serve as my city defense army. It is completely usable.
The royal family’s money supports my private army.”
Ding Kui wants to understand the true purpose of the specific mission of the royal outpost. The headquarters of the 201st Division is in Nanqiu County. The main force of the 21st Army can be killed within a few days. Who dares to rebel there? He doesn't have this
Intend.
"I can't tell you whether I can do this or not." Ding Kun smiled as he said it.
"The preparation of the air report is not very good. There is no problem at all if we help defend Juyang City. The main threat to the Tuofeng Mountain Pass comes from foreign countries, specifically from the Tongyuan River. Defending Juyang City can ensure the safety of the pass.
The royal family's fire dragon flag will always fly." Liu Yu doesn't agree with taking free money, but there is another way.
"The clan fortress gave me three captains who are equivalent to supervising the army. I can't let them lead the elite troops. Does Mr. Liu have any good ideas?" Ding Kui didn't know which three they were yet, but he knew of their existence.
"Haha, you don't have to worry too much. They will have to listen to you in everything when they get to Juyang City. Otherwise, you can lock them in the outpost forever and not allow them to go out. After all, the captain is the supreme commander." Liu Yu hinted that Ding Kui could use it wisely.
With command authority, he can coerce and induce the three captains.
"That's right, they are under my control. If you want to report beyond the level, you have to go to the Minister of Security. As long as I give the order not to leave the post without authorization, where can they go? It's not easy to find someone in Tuofeng Mountain to deliver the news." Ding Kui was in the capital.
I don't know how powerful local officials are.
Mainly because there is no mission pressure on this newly added royal outpost. The Minister of Security and Inspection estimates that he will not ask about it once a year. Unless you want to travel, it is impossible to come to Tuofeng Mountain for inspection. It can be said that as long as there is no rebellion, no one will make trouble.
Tube.
The captain of the royal outpost made Ding Kui the new favorite at the noble meeting. However, while consolidating the centrist camp, he was labeled a royalist and was one of the representatives who safeguarded the royal power.
Another influential figure at the noble meeting was the Duke of Beizhen. Tang Jun's most conspicuous move was to win over Sima Zong, the Marquis of Pingbo. The Sima family, one of the five princes, actually became a vassal of the Tang family.
The originally weak Guozhang faction rose to prominence. With the help of many lobbyists, it absorbed a large number of vassals from small and medium-sized nobles and became a force that cannot be ignored in the noble assembly.
The idea that the prince should be a legitimate son began to spread. Although this could not be an issue at the noble meeting, the Duke of Beizhen proposed to condemn the unidentified noble heirs and demanded that those with shady origins be stripped of their noble titles.
This actually advocates that the queen's son is the first in line of succession, suggesting that the king will designate the queen's son as the prince as soon as possible to calm everyone's suspicions about the throne.
Tang Jun's proposal was opposed by many people as soon as it came out. Strangely, several elders headed by the Yang family did not express their stance and seemed to acquiesce to the proposal.
As a rule, the ten elders of the Senate would not express their position on the throne, especially not in front of the king. At most, the king had clearly established a prince, and the ten elders agreed, so Tang Jun's proposal should have been overturned as soon as it came out.
However, Tang Jun's proposal actually entered the final voting round and was rejected by a narrow margin after all the nobles voted.
Ding Kui led the centrists to vote against, which can be said to be the key to Tang Jun's failure.
This was not entirely due to his personal reasons, and the Jiang family strongly opposed it. You must know that Jiang Tong planned to let him adopt him. If he changed his surname to inherit An Guogong, he would be deprived of his title according to Tang Jun's proposal.
Tang Jun was not discouraged when he suffered a defeat. He established an organization called the "Pure Nobles Alliance" outside the meeting to win over those nobles whose sons from their wives had inherited their titles and study proposals that were beneficial to the alliance.
When Ding Kui returned home, he couldn't help but ask his wife, "Do you hope that Shao Dianfeng will become the prince and inherit the throne in the future?"
"Whether he can become a prince depends on his father's wishes. It's good to be a king, but it's also good to be a prince who lives a happy life. I respect my father's wishes." Shao Dialuan pretended to be a princess.
"Fortunately, it is not convenient for me to come forward to support him on this issue, and you should not ask me to help him in the future. This is the ancestral motto of the family, and all great families have the same ancestral motto." Ding Kui breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why?" Shaodianluan didn't understand.
She has no such ancestral precepts.
It took Ding Kui a long time to explain this question to her before she understood it.
"Don't you want my brother to inherit the throne?" she asked.
"I hope, but this can only be said in private."
"Hypocrisy, wouldn't others think so if you don't say it?"
"I can't help it. Nobles are so hypocritical. They want both dignity and practical benefits. In terms of hypocrisy, your royal family is the most hypocritical. Queen, your mother-in-law and Princess Nangong are the representatives. On the surface, they are harmonious and good-natured, but secretly they are all trying to die."
"Okay, if you comment on them like this, I'll tell my mother and concubine later."
Ding Kui hugged Shao Dianluan and said, "How can we speak privately? Do I have to tell others that you like the most..."
"Damn ghost," Shao Dian Luan immediately covered Ding Kui's mouth, "You can't talk nonsense about this, and you can't say it to Long Yan either."
At the end of the noble meeting, the ten elders reached a tacit agreement, and everything returned to the original track. No more eye-catching proposals appeared, and the ten-day meeting ended in a peaceful atmosphere.
On the second day after the noble meeting, three guests came to the Protector's Mansion.
Ding Kui looked at the three young men in their twenties curiously and asked, "Are you my three captains?"
One of the young men raised his hands and said, "Sir Captain, you know what I am like. I never joke."
"That's true, I seem to have never seen you smile before."
The acquaintance in front of Ding Kui was Shao Dianfei.
"My subordinate Shao Diancheng (Shao Dianye), please see Mr. Duwei." The other two young men saluted Ding Kui at the same time.
"No gift," Ding Kui put his hands up, "You are all young talents. I feel old when I see you."
Shao Diancheng and Shao Dianye looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old, indeed a few years younger than Ding Kui and Shao Dianfei.
Shao Dianfei pointed at Shao Diancheng and said: "He is the champion of the latest knight competition." Then he pointed at Shao Dianye. Before he could speak, Shao Dianye rushed to say: "My father, Shaodian Yin, entrusts his subordinates to
Say hello to you."
"Ah, the tiger father has no dogs, that's good." Ding Kui stepped forward and patted Shaodianye on the shoulder.
The royal family's troops are very concerned about relationships. Most of the people are descendants of the national surname. It is normal for everyone to have close relatives and friends. When they get together, they will first talk about family affairs and relationships.
Shao Dianye is a bit more handsome than the Director of Internal Security. It should be that Shao Dianyin married a beautiful wife, which gave his son good looks and genes.
"Were you the last champion?" Ding Kui also patted Shao Diancheng on the shoulder.