The Duke of Yichun County, Zhou Shaofan, was named Xiaofan.
This current General of the Youtun Guard and the Prince's Right Guard Commander is now in charge of the Flying Cavalry of the Youtun Camp. He is also Li Shimin's confidant. Even before the Xuanwumen Incident, he had already led the imperial army and pretended to surrender to Li Jiancheng.
Huaiyu followed Xu Luoren to see this man, and on the way he did not forget to thank Xu Luoren for the horse he had given him earlier.
"I like your pipa very much," Xu Luoren was very polite to him, and even took the initiative to get close to him. "I'll be off duty for a while. Come to my place for a drink. I've recently acquired some good horses.
Take a look."
Zhou Shaofan is quite young, less than forty, and looks very elegant.
He is wearing a military robe, but he is very elegant.
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At such an age, he is already in a high position, holding an important position, starting from the third-grade commander of the imperial army. He looked at Zhou Shaofan, but the other party was also looking at him.
A baron is not unusual in his eyes, but it takes less than a hundred days for the baron to win the favor and trust of the prince. This is very unusual.
He has been serving under the prince since the beginning of Wude.
Zhou Shaofan came from a famous family, but he earned the title of county duke by himself.
His father was General Zuo Wuwei of the Sui Dynasty and Duke of Qiao, his grandfather was the Chariot and Cavalry General of the Chen Dynasty and the Duke of Wuchang County, and his great-grandfather was the Chariot and Cavalry General of Nanliang and the Duke of Liangcheng County.
For four generations, his ancestors served as officials in four dynasties, and they were all generals and dukes.
The Runan Zhou family is also a famous family.
Zhou Shaofan was born in Dianxuan, King of Qi in the Sui Dynasty. This official position has been a very interesting one since the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It was of very low rank, but extremely powerful. The imperial court sent a small Dianxuan to the vassals in the town, but all of them were servants of the emperor.
, but can control the feudal king and the governor.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, when the emperor wanted to kill the vassal king, he did not need to send an army. Just a signature was enough, and the vassal king was unable to resist.
Therefore, these lottery draws are known as handsome draws.
However, by the Sui Dynasty, the Dianshan no longer had the power they once had.
Zhou Shaofan started his career as a signer of the Sui and Qi king Yang Jin. Later, he was also implicated by Yang Jin and followed Gao Shilian.
The library really started.
Wangfu Kuzhen is a position similar to that of Prince Qianniu. It is the position of personal bodyguard and bodyguard for a distinguished disciple.
Zhou Shaofan and Gao Shilian moved from Jiaozhi to Tang Dynasty. In the palace of Prince Qin, they were appreciated and recommended by Fang Xuanling, and they soon became Li Shimin's confidants.
It is said that Li Shimin often slept on the same bed as Zhou Shaofan and even engaged him in child marriage. Zhou Shaofan also pretended to surrender to Li Jiancheng for Li Shimin and lurked in the East Palace to lead the imperial army.
"Gong Yi Guo often mentions you,"
Zhou Shaofan smiled and mentioned Qin Qiong.
Qin Qiong is Zhou Shaofan's old and current boss, because Qin Qiong is now the general of Zuowei and the inspector of the North Gate Camp. The commander of the North Gate Guards is Qin Qiong.
In the Prince of Qin's palace, Zhou Xiaofan was not only Li Shimin's confidant, but he first joined Gao Shilian and joined the Tang Dynasty. Later, he was appreciated by Fang Xuanling, who was from the same city as Qin Qiong in Licheng County.
After saying this, Huaiyu immediately understood that the other party was directly explaining to him that he was one of his own.
Wu Huaiyu is Qin Qiong's adopted son. He and Qin Qiong are superiors and subordinates, and they are in the same small circle.
"Thanks to your elixir, Duke Yi Guo is in good health now. He is taking command in Xianyang and guarding the Three Bridges."
"Mr. Yi is still young and has a good foundation."
After chatting about family matters for a while, Zhou Shaofan got down to the topic, "His Royal Highness explained that the flying cavalry will be transferred from the camp to form the Shenji Battalion. The temporary quota is one thousand, and the number will be given as a thousand cavalry."
The camp was originally composed of Li Yuan's emperor Yuancong, but now some have been changed. Generally speaking, the scale is maintained at 30,000 people, with five shifts on duty, and 6,000 people stationed at the north gate, divided into two camps on the left and right, each with 3,000 people.
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Nominally it was subordinate to the left and right garrison, but in fact the emperor personally led it. The officers of the garrison were all selected from the garrison to lead part-time.
For example, Qin Qiong is the general of the left guard and oversees the camp. Zhou Shaofan is the general of the right guard and commands the right camp of the north gate.
Huaiyu's job is to be the town general of Longyou Hospital. He has ordered the North Gate to guard the Xuanwu Gate for a long time. Now the specific arrangements for the Forbidden Army are to let him lead the Shenji Camp.
A thousand people were selected from the camp and given the name Qianqi.
"Thousands of cavalry came forward five times and were divided into two battalions. One battalion stationed at the north gate, and one battalion stationed at Qujiang."
Huaiyu understood that Qianqi was divided into five shifts to take turns to be on duty in Beijing, maintaining a scale of 200 people in Beijing, with two shifts of 100 people each, which was a bit small.
Officers do not take turns, but are on duty for a long time, with one day on duty and two days off.
The Baiqi were also selected from the flying cavalry, but the number was smaller. Their duties were to serve Li Shimin, and they wore embroidered wild horse clothes and tiger and leopard pattern saddles.
They rode thousands of horses and were given leopard-print robes and saddles.
Qianqi is still affiliated with Tunying Feiqi.
Huaiyu's official rank as an imperial officer was "Qianqi Shishi", instead of "Qianqi General" or "School Lieutenant", he was called "Qianqi Shishi" or "Yishenji Yingshi", which means that he was just an envoy.
The Forbidden Army is still nominally affiliated with the Tun Guards, and the generals of the Forbidden Army are all generals of the Wei Mansion.
He was transferred to the capital to do the job of guarding a thousand cavalry envoys, but the salary was still the same as that of a hospital town general, and there were no additional positions, such as salary.
Fortunately, they are the Forbidden Army after all, so they can't be so shabby.
Therefore, there is a sum of public money and public land rent, which is used as official money. In addition to office expenses, it is also used for meals in the public kitchen and canteen, and the rest is used as welfare subsidies for the generals and schools.
He also gave him four Fanshangfu soldiers to serve as his bodyguards. This was different from the Fanghe common servants he had previously taken. Those were sent by the government to work for the people, and they were given to officials as miscellaneous servants.
It is reserved for the military attachés and is assigned to the imperial soldiers and guards.
The hidden benefits are quite good.
"The Qianqi people have been selected. The two hundred people on duty are directly transferred from the current imperial army."
Li Shimin personally selected the captains of Shenji's left and right camps, namely Wei Chi Gong's eldest son Yu Chi Baolin, and Niu Jinda's son Niu Jianwu.
Niu Jianwu is no longer a stranger.
That Yuchi Paulin was exactly like his father's mold, as thick as a bear, with a face as black as charcoal, and a full face of whiskers.
He said that he was only twenty-three years old, but Huaiyu felt that he was more than thirty-two years old. He said he was Yuchi Gong's brother, which he believed more.
His father is now very red and purple, and he has just been awarded the title of General Youwuhou and the General Manager of the Jingzhou Road March.
Before, Yuchi Baolin worked as a bodyguard in the Third Guards, and her father was just a deputy guard of the fourth rank in the Qin Palace. Although he was quite good at fighting, he was not even a baron, and he had not received the honor of Zhuguo. It was really nothing in Chang'an.
Nothing.
Although his father is now in power, Yuchi Baolin is very polite to her boss Huaiyu and is not domineering. When Niu meets Wu, he is much more cordial.
Zhou Shaofan and Xu Luoren took them to see the selected two hundred thousand horses.
There was actually someone in Qianqi who knew him. It turned out to be the eldest brother Xu Erlunzi, who was also a son of the Imperial Guards of Longqiao Fort. There were fifty households of Imperial Guards in Longqiao Fort, and exactly ten of them entered the Beijing Guard every time.
This time, among the two hundred people on the cavalry, there were three from Longqiao Fort. In addition to Xu Jizu, the eldest brother of Xu Erlu, there were also Zhao Changsheng and Zhu Zihe, who were about the same age as Huaiyi.
They were surprised but happy to have Huai Yu become their new boss.
Er Lengzi's eldest brother also has a nickname, but it's not called Da Leng or Hanhan, but Er Pangzi. As for the origin of this name, he inherited it from his father.
The brothers' father, Xu Zhongyi, also served as an official in Chang'an for a period of time before he served in the imperial army of Yuan Cong. His official job was that when the governor of Yongzhou patrolled the streets in Chang'an, he and another man were responsible for cleaning up passers-by with a long pole and shouting. The official name is "
Shout five hundred'.
Because every time they use bamboo poles to yell at people, or even hit people with poles, everyone hates them and calls them Erzhangzi. Some people also call them Wubai. Of course, since there are two of them, everyone sometimes just calls them Erbaiwu.
The two of them put together five hundred.
Later, Xu Zhongyi joined the army and became a member of Yuancong's Forbidden Army. He even got the rank of military attache. People no longer called him "two hundred and five", "two poles", but instead called his son "two poles" and "two fools".
As you can tell from their nicknames, the Xu brothers are both a bit stupid. People in Guanzhong call them Lengwa and Guawa, but Lengwa has a stupid temper, but he is also more upright.
He looks cold and handsome, but he is cold-hearted and stubborn, but he believes in truth, hates evil as much as he hates it, and is fearless.
Xu Erlunzi was on the Longyou battlefield, with several arrows stuck in his body, and he was still able to take off his pants and urinate at the enemy in front of the battle. Although he was covered in blood, he was still singing sour songs in the sick children's camp.
It's good to have so many fellow villagers in Shenji Camp.
Xu Jizu, the second-in-command, was now only a top soldier in the Forbidden Army, not even a team leader, so Huaiyu asked him to follow him as a personal soldier, which also gave him an opportunity to train and promote him.
There were two hundred men in the two battalions, all of whom were young and strong. Although they were not many, they did have an unusual momentum towards that station.
Huaiyu is a legendary figure who killed generals and captured the flag on the battlefield of Longyou. He is still wearing the official uniform of the silk robe of the morning court minister. He is polite and elegant, but among the two hundred divine machine battalions and thousands of cavalry, no one dares to be presumptuous.
Most of these two hundred soldiers were children of Yuancong's imperial army, and many of them had never even been on the battlefield and seen blood. Although they were older than Huaiyu, they all respected Huaiyu's achievements and reputation.
Yuchi Baolin was in charge of the North Camp, that is, garrisoned at the north gate. Niu Jianwu took a hundred cavalry to garrison in Qujiang and was responsible for protecting Shenjifang.
Huaiyu simply said a few words and reviewed his troops.
He complained to Zhou Shaofan, saying that he now lived in Huaiyuanfang in the west of the city, and had to go to the East Palace before dawn to make an early morning pilgrimage. Then, if he had to go to both the North Gate and Qujiang, he would not be able to divide his time.
"Generally, the commander of Beimen is on duty for one day and two days off. Erlangqin works harder. Beimen is on duty for one day, Qujiang is on duty for one day, and then rests for one day. How about two days off and one day off?"
"Is there a break during the holidays?"
"Well, I take one day off every ten days, so I take nine days off."
In this case, every ten days, he would be on duty for three days on each side, and then he could have four days off, which would be fine.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were not paid, and only when they were on duty would the court provide them with food and lodging, but there was still no salary.
For the imperial army, the monthly allowance of millet and one stone was two liters per day, which was more than one liter per day for the slaves and slaves. This ration was enough to satisfy the needs of the training and the intensity of training.
Salt pickles are provided separately.
Zhou Shaofan finally gave Huaiyu Shenji Battalion 150,000 yuan as the cost of rent, which was based on the standards of the public house money of the Central Tong Army.
Welfare subsidies for the officers of Shenjifang, as well as office paper and pen funds, public kitchens and canteens, etc., must be used by themselves to lend money and collect interest for self-operation.
No additional money will be released from above.
Duan Lun gave Shenji Workshop 750,000 yuan as the capital of the public house, and now Zhou Shaofan gave him another 100,000 yuan as the capital of the Shenji Camp. The 850,000 yuan was used to lend money and collect interest. This is also a very troublesome thing.
The 50,000 yuan he had previously captured for Sanyuan County has not yet been returned, and he has to pay interest.
As an official in the Tang Dynasty, how could he still engage in business operations? How could the government offices and the army still operate and lend money?
It was dusk in the blink of an eye, and Huaiyu had to rush to Huaiyuan Square, otherwise the gate of the square would be locked and he would not be able to return home.
Zhou Shaofan gave him four Banshangfu soldiers to serve as volunteers. Huaiyu simply replaced them with Xu Jizu and four of his fellow villagers. Zhou Shaofan readily agreed to this small request. There were already three in the Qianqi camp.
Fei QiLi transferred another pockmarked person, Zhao Da, over.
"Let's eat beef stew tonight."
When leaving the Beimen camp, Huaiyu was not only followed by the four young servants who came, but also two more soldiers from the same village.
Cheng Chumo and Wu Huaiyi also returned to the west of the city together. They each brought four guards with them. Because they were military attachés and had no other part-time jobs, they did not have other defense and common servants. This made them a little envious of Huaiyu who had multiple jobs.
, there are even a few more followers.
Huaiyu looked at the eight young men and felt that it would not be easy to feed them. Food prices were so expensive now, and raising eight followers would be a lot of pressure.
Xu Jizu, the second-level soldier, was very excited along the way and kept talking to Huaiyi. They used to be friends from the same village of about the same age, but now Huaiyi is a sixth-grade military officer, but he is still a big-headed soldier, and the other three young men from the same village are also
I envy their brothers endlessly.
However, everyone is still close to each other as always, and they have not become alienated because of this. To put it in the words of Er Zhu, they are still young and have many opportunities to make meritorious deeds. If they are not in a hurry, they will be able to succeed sooner or later.
Niu Jianwu also went to eat beef today, and he was still shouting that the beef should be roasted.
"You have never eaten Erlang's braised horse meat. When we were in Longyou, we ate Erlang's braised horse meat. It was a masterpiece. Especially when the horse meat is made into pancakes and sprinkled with sesame seeds and grilled. It has a hard shell on the outside and is crispy on the inside.
The horse meat is so tender and juicy that it will be amazing once you take one bite." Cheng Chumo's mouth watered as he spoke.
"This braised beef is even better."
Niu Jianwu laughed after hearing this and said, "If it tastes really good, one or two of the cows on my farm will definitely fight to death in a few days, and then they will come to my house to eat beef."
"One of my cows might be killed by a fall." Cheng Chumo chuckled.
Huaiyu looked at these guys and said helplessly: "Ox are good helpers in plowing the fields. There is no need to be greedy for that bite. Roasted chicken and goose are equally delicious. You can also roast a rabbit or a tortoise."
