Ten days after the war with the Tartars ended, the wooden city gradually returned to normal. People were very interested in the landscape built with 10,000 heads outside the city. However, the heads smelled bad and attracted mosquitoes and wild animals, so Zhang Xiaowu ordered them to be covered with stones. The soldiers
By burying sand on one side and stones on the other, the human head landscape was built three feet high, and Zhang Xiaowu named it Human Head Mountain.
All the soldiers and civilians in Mucheng knew what Rentou Mountain meant. On the contrary, some merchants who had just arrived in Mucheng didn't recognize it, and even climbed up to Rentou Mountain with great interest to enjoy the scenery. After all, this is the highest height outside the city.
A few days later, the weather suddenly turned cold, so Zhang Xiaowu asked people to dig out smoke stones and move them into the city. He also looked for blacksmiths to make water pipes and prepare to build plumbing equipment. Even if they couldn't make heating pipes, they would at least make chimneys. But the blacksmiths in Mucheng only knew how to make iron.
, I don’t know anything about making iron pipes at all.
The blacksmith didn't understand, and Zhang Xiaowu didn't understand even more. He only knew about machine tools, mother machines, and high-temperature furnaces, and he only "understood a little bit, a little bit" about mechanical processing. In fact, he didn't understand anything at all. There were only eight blacksmiths in Mucheng, and General Zhang Xiaowu
They gathered together and blocked the street
It was named Qiaojiang Street. Of course, according to his urine, it was originally named Machinery Circle, but several blacksmiths agreed that Machinery Circle sounded like a kind of food called chicken sauce. They approached Guan Xiang and asked him to change it.
The name Guan Xiang also thought that Chicken Sauce sounded unpleasant, so he changed it to Qiaojiang.
When the reconstruction of Mucheng was in full swing, an imperial edict from the imperial court suddenly came. This time the imperial edict was not issued by the unpopular Ji Yushi, but by Lu Baiting, known as the Imperial Study General. Lu Yushi personally announced the edict.
Bai Ting and Ji Yushi were both candidates for the imperial examination, but Ji Yushi, Ji Yushi, was just a concubine, while Lu Baiting was the number one scholar. As the chief bookkeeper of the imperial study, he was in charge of the secrets of the imperial study. He could be called the emperor's confidant and future prime minister.
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After receiving the introduction from Ruan Qingwen, Zhang Xiaowu introduced Mr. Lu into the palace. Lu Baiting immediately announced that in order to save the Qinglong Army and defeat the Uzi and Tarta armies, the Ministry of War specially set up the Saibei General Office and promoted Zhang Xiaowu to the Saibei General to take charge of the Saibei Empire.
In order to prevent the incident, the 10,000-strong army was immediately established as the Ghost Guard of the Northern Front Army. They built their own General's Palace in the Northern Front, and all civil and military personnel were on par with the Border Army Guard's Palace.
All the generals shouted long live, Zhang Xiaowu was surprised and happy, and quickly asked Hu Sanwan to take money to thank Lu Baiting. Although Lu Baiting was the master of the royal library, it was customary to receive congratulatory gifts, so it was natural not to express gratitude. The establishment of Saibei General's Mansion was an important matter for the country.
He never expected that the imperial court would make a decision so quickly and hand over the post of General Saibei to him.
Later, during the banquet, Lu Boting said: "General Zhang, your Majesty has established the Saibei General's Mansion in spite of your great opposition, and the treatment is equal to that of the Lianglangguan General's Mansion. It can be said that your Majesty treats you kindly. I hope you will not disappoint the emperor."
Yes." Zhang Xiaowu hurriedly expressed that he would serve the Empire and His Majesty for the rest of his life and die exhausted.
Lu Baiting smiled faintly and said: "Your Majesty likes your story very much, especially the fact that you disguised yourself as the Seventh Prince and deceived the Northern Yi army into retreating. But His Majesty said that the Seventh Prince deceived the Northern Yi army into retreat and will inform the whole country later. Su
Yu testified that the Seventh Prince went north because of his guilt and talked away Beiyi and Mohe. As for the agreement reached between you and Mohe, the court will comply with it one by one."
Zhang Xiaowu frowned. He didn't expect that the emperor actually wanted to take away his credit, and the purpose of taking the credit was to save his younger brother, the seventh prince Xuanyuan Zidong. Who is Xuanyuan Zidong? He is a dandy royal family. Such a person
How can we go to the northern part of the Great Wall to negotiate in person and not be afraid of being laughed out of our mouths?
Lu Baiting smiled calmly and continued: "Although Your Majesty has many younger brothers, this younger brother is the most important to him. If you give him the credit, Your Majesty will definitely remember your kindness."
It turns out that the purpose of the emperor sending Lu Baiting here was to convey this secret order. Zhang Xiaowu didn't care about any merits and his reputation would go down in history. After all, this seventh prince was too incompetent and liked to cause trouble. If the emperor pampered him so much, he would probably give him more.
It will cause more trouble. However, since the emperor asked, Zhang Xiaowu naturally had to give the emperor face, so he nodded and said: "Since it is the emperor's wish, why should I give in as a minister? I will not tell anyone about this matter, nor will others.
It won’t be spread outside.”
Lu Baiting said: "General Zhang is so smart, he will definitely become famous in the future."
After sending Lu Baiting away, Zhang Xiaowu started preparing to establish the Civil and Military Affairs Bureau of General Saibei. He is now the general of the Border Army Guards, which has much more power than the garrison. The Guards has one third-rank deputy general, three fourth-rank military commanders, and three
There are 12 commanders from the fourth rank and 12 from the fifth rank, as well as one from the fourth rank who joined the army, and two from the fourth rank.
Sima, four fifth-rank clerks, and eight sixth-rank secretaries. In fact, the civilian rank in the army is not recognized by the officialdom, but the salary is linked to the official rank. The monthly salary of a fifth-rank clerk can be
When it reaches twelve taels of silver, in terms of treatment, the imperial court is very generous to scholars who work in civilian positions in the army.
Zhang Xiaowu had very few civilian staff. Wu Song served as the fourth-rank military officer and chief of staff of the general's office, Ruan Qingwen served as the fourth-rank Sima and the chief clerk of Mucheng, Guan Xiang served as the fourth-rank Sima and the magistrate of Mucheng County, and Wang Yijin served as the fifth-rank clerk.
Among the military generals, Xiao Kai, who led the Mucheng garrison to expel the Tartar Tower, was undoubtedly the most dazzling. He was promoted to deputy general by Zhang Xiaowu, Zu Gongmao, Hu Li, and Shen Lindong were promoted to fourth-rank military commanders, and Hu Sanwan, Guancheng, and Wen Ruyu were promoted to subordinate generals.
Fourth grade Zuojin Colonel, Cao Li, Li Chuncheng, Jin Sheng, Zhang Tongming, Chen Guanxi, Li Yuan, Zhao Suo, Ni Erchun, Feng Kui, Chu Jie, Xia Ming
, Wang Huaili was promoted to the fifth rank of captain, and other generals were promoted. During this period, the military commander Chen Qing was special, because he was not one of the Mucheng defenders, but the leader of the Qinglong Army, and for the Qinglong Army, there was only one word in the imperial edict
I didn't mention it, but I was afraid that after they returned to Togong, they would be punished and discarded. Chen Qing was also worried about his future.
What happened next was that everyone in Mucheng prepared the ceremony for the formation of the Ghost Guard. Zhang Xiaowu handed over the matter to Wen Ruyu, and Wen Ruyu first asked about the Wei Qi. The so-called Wei Qi was the Ghost Guard's handsome flag, the Wolf Guard.
The handsome flag is a black two-headed wolf on a red background, and under the two-headed wolf are the four powerful characters "Holy Han Wolf Guard", but what does the ghost guard use as a mark?
Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile: "Since we are ghost guards, we will mark them with grimaces and write a letter to the Holy Han Ghost Guards."
"Red on black?"
Zhang Xiaowu said: "No, black background, white grimace, white writing."
Wen Ruyu said: "How many flags can we make in a hurry?"
"Five hundred noodles."
"Where's the camp?"
Mentioned Ziying, it is the most special military unit in the Holy Han Army. The Forbidden Army is divided into combat camps and auxiliary camps. The combat camps have 2,000 to 3,000 people, and the auxiliary camps have 300 to 800 people. Ziying is the battle camp.
Camp. But the Ghost Guard only has 10,000 military positions. Zhang Xiaowu considered that each one should perform his own duties and said: "The Ghost Guard does not have a single camp. It is planned to build nine Ghost Guard camps."
As a result, the famous Nine Battalions of Ghost Guards came into being.