Ling Qianhu's desire to join the anti-Japanese army is very unreasonable and even unrealistic in terms of procedures.
Because he is a Linhai Guard Qianhu and has already reached the fifth rank of the military. Whether he is demoted or promoted at this rank, he has to go through the Ministry of War. It is impossible for him to abandon his official position and join the army just because he said so.
But there is some room for maneuver in this matter.
Because the last time Linhai Guards fought against Japanese pirates, we can’t say that the fight was a complete mess, we can only say that the fight was bullshit.
In this case, as long as they report it, there is a high probability that Lingsu, a thousand households, will be punished by the court and the military. If one person is not good, not only will his future be lost, but he will not even be able to keep his official position, and he will be questioned by the court.
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Under such circumstances, Ling Su naturally could not wait quietly for the court to impose a fine. He needed to do something.
For example, before the imperial envoy writes a letter to impeach him, try your best to do something to save his image in the imperial envoy's mind, or to remedy Linhaiwei's previous mistakes.
If you want to make up for your past mistakes, the best way is to lead the Linhai Guards to beat up the Japanese pirates several times. It doesn't take too much. Kill one or two hundred Japanese pirates, and report back three or four hundred, and then the Linhai Guards will have accomplished their merits.
Unfortunately, Linhaiwei does not have this strength.
It happened that at this time, Shen Yi and Li Mu began to fight against the Japanese army.
Although Ling Su belongs to the Qianhu family, his Qianhu family is hereditary. His great-grandfather, grandfather, and father all belong to the Qianhu family of Linhaiwei. He also grew up in Linhaiwei.
Being in the Linhaiwei system, he has no ability and no way to change the current situation of Linhaiwei.
Therefore, the only way is to leave the Linhai Guards and join this anti-Japanese army with an uncertain future.
The reason why Ling Su was so confident to come to see Shen Yi was because he knew in his heart that neither the imperial envoy Li Mu nor the Shen Sizheng in front of him had any military talents.
In other words, a general who has the ability to command and train troops.
In a short period of time, it would be difficult for the imperial envoy to find a more suitable general than him.
No one is a fool, not even Shen Yi, nor Ling Qianhu. In fact, this Master Qianhu is much smarter than he looks.
Shen Yi hesitated for a moment, then added the word "su" on the paper, then looked up at Ling Su and said lightly: "Ling Qianhu, how the court will deal with you and how you will be appointed depends on the Ministry of War.
Until the situation is dealt with, you may really be able to contribute some strength to the anti-Japanese army, of course..."
Mr. Shen looked calm: "I don't have the right to decide whether to use it or not. I will leave this list to the imperial envoy to make the decision."
He looked up at Ling Su and sighed: "To be honest, Linhaiwei's performance is really disappointing. Whether the Imperial Envoy will use you, Ling Qianhu, is hard to say."
"Ling understands."
Ling Su bowed his head deeply and said: "I just ask the imperial envoy and Shen Sizheng to give Ling a chance to prove that he is not just an idle family who only eats the imperial rations."
Mr. Shen yawned and waved to Ling Su, signaling him to go down first. Then he looked at the long queues behind Ling Su and waved to Xue Wei next to him: "General Xue Qi, tell the people behind you,
Don’t continue queuing up, just finish recording the people queuing up today.”
Xue Wei had just raised the general flag and was very motivated. He immediately went to command the troops.
No one joined the queue. It was not a difficult task to just record the name and place of origin. It didn't take long for Shen Yi to finish recording the rest of the names. After standing up and stretching, he looked at Xue Wei who was aside. , asked: "General Xue Qi, what do you think..."
"What do you think of Ling Su?"
Xue Wei is not much older than Shen Yi. The two are basically the same age. However, because Shen Yi is a second-ranked Jinshi, he is very respectful to Shen Yi. After hearing this, he lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, Ling Qianhu is a very good person. On weekdays, He is also very tolerant towards his subordinates and rarely loses his temper."
Shen Yi shook his head and smiled: "Linhaiwei's combat power is almost non-existent, which has something to do with his good temper."
"well…"
Xue Wei lowered his head, sighed and said: "We all grew up in a thousand-household institution. People in the institution sometimes married each other and had more or less relatives. In addition, there were various relationships involved... "
"There is nothing Ling Qianhu can do."
Shen Yi patted the young man on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Tomorrow, there will be people joining the anti-Japanese army. Although there are many people, there will not be many left. Mr. Xue Qi is confident that he can make up for the fifty men under your command. What?"
Xue Wei's eyes widened immediately, with excitement on his face: "Go back to Mr. Shen, I will definitely train fifty qualified anti-Japanese soldiers!"
Shen Yi said "hmm", then patted Xue Wei on the shoulder and turned away.
After he left, he quickly returned to the Wang family mansion and gave Li Mu the list he recorded today to read.
After Li Mu saw Ling Su's name, he asked a few questions, and Shen Yi answered them truthfully.
The two of them got together again and discussed some things about fighting against the Japanese army.
Early the next morning, Shen Yi went to the same place to recruit soldiers.
As for Xue Wei, he had already begun to take the 600 people recorded yesterday, set up a tent in the open space outside the city, and began to train troops.
If you can train fifty warriors out of these six hundred people, it will be considered a success.
And all day long, Shen Yi didn't reply to Ling Su.
In the evening, Ling Qianhu came to Shen Yi again to sign up.
Shen Yi looked up at him and still added his name, but said nothing.
For three days in a row, Ling Su came every day and joined the anti-Japanese army wholeheartedly.
On the fourth day, Mr. Shen put away the brush in his hand, raised his head and glanced at Ling Su, then took out a folded piece of rice paper from his sleeve and spread it out in front of Ling Su.
This is a chapter written by Li Mu himself.
There were two short lines written on the paper.
Ling Su took a deep breath and read the contents on the paper carefully.
The content is very simple.
"You take three people out of the city, find traces of Japanese pirates within ten days, kill three or more Japanese pirates, and let Linhai Guard's defeat in the first battle be forgotten."
"In addition, this imperial envoy will personally write a document and submit it to the imperial court to transfer you to the anti-Japanese army."
After Ling Su read this "short message", he folded the letter and stuffed it into his arms. Then without saying a word, he directly clasped his fists at Shen Yi and said, "Thank you Shen Sizheng, thank you, the imperial envoy!"
"Ling must live up to the imperial envoy's high expectations!"
After saying that, this Qianhu turned around and left, obviously leading people out of the city to find Japanese pirates.
His back view is very tragic.
Because it is not difficult to find the traces of Japanese pirates, but it is not easy to secretly kill three Japanese pirates.
This kind of risky thing should not be done by a thousand households.
Thinking of this, Shen Yi sighed.
As soon as he finished sighing, Li Mu's voice came from behind. The prince smiled slightly and said, "What? Zi Heng thinks Ling Su is very tragic?"
"No."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said: "Linhaiwei is like that. He, a Qianhu, should do whatever he wants. I was just thinking..."
"If Ling Su proves that there is nothing wrong with him leading thousands of households."
Shen Yi turned back to look at Li Mu and whispered: "Is there something wrong with the Imperial Guard?"
Li Mu frowned. Then he turned away and strode away without answering.
"I went to see how the wolf forks in the major blacksmith shops are doing. I heard that twenty or thirty handles were made yesterday..."