Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1115
Chang'an government office.

Changsun Wuji, Yin of Chang'an Prefecture, paced back and forth between the desks with his hands behind his back.

In the corner of the public house, the water in the water leaking copper pot is falling drop by drop, and the engraved arrow in the copper pot indicates the current time.

It's the third quarter of the first day.

The water leak clock in Changsun Wuji's mansion is very accurate. Compared with the sundial that looks at the sun and the moon dial that looks at the moon, the water leak clock is much more accurate.In particular, Dr. Li Chunfeng from the Taishi Bureau of the former imperial court divided the past twelve hours into the beginning and the end, so there are 24 hours.There were one hundred quarters in a day before, but it was inconvenient to exclude twelve, so it was adjusted to 96 quarters, eight quarters per hour, divided into four quarters up and down, and only four quarters in one hour.

At the third quarter of the sixth lunar month (45:[-] a.m.), it is usually time for him to drink morning tea, but today, he obviously has no interest in drinking morning tea.

Before returning to the case, he asked Zhang Jin, who was standing at the bottom of the case, "Recorder Zhang, what do you think of Zhang Tieqiang?"

Zhang Jin stood there for a long time, but the Shangguan didn't let him go, and it was difficult for him to leave, so he could only silently think about the cases in his hand, and when he heard Changsun Wuji's question, he couldn't help saying, "According to the file Look, Zhang Tieqiang is a veteran of hundreds of battles, maybe he is old, so he doesn't have any ambitions for fame and fame, he just wants to be safe for the rest of his life."

Zhang Jin was born as a concubine from a poor family. There was no prominent person in his family for eight generations. When he was young, he worked as an attendant for a rich family, and was fortunate to be a school boy to accompany him, so he was considered educated.Later, in the troubled times, he also joined the army and became a scribe in the army. Later, he was awarded an official position because of his meritorious service. For someone from such a background, it is already very difficult.

He also cherishes this hard-won official position very much, and is very cautious in his usual actions, for fear of making mistakes.

Zhang Jin, who is already in his 40s, does not have any big ambitions, and is very satisfied with his current state. He has also carefully studied the case of Zhang Tieqiang, after all, Shangguan intervened.

Changsun Wuji tapped his fingers on the table, "When this iron gun was in charge of the guards, General Qin Qiong was just a soldier under him. Later, he served as brigade commander under Yang Xuangan. He served as a lieutenant under Li Mi, a general under Wang Shichong, and finally served as a lieutenant under Li Yuan, and then joined me, Daqin, as the leader of the team, it is truly a legendary experience."

Others are getting bigger and bigger as they become officials. This soldier has been fighting for decades, but when he gets old, he is not as good as he was 20 years ago.

Zhang Jincha replied, "According to the archives, during the battle of Dafeichuan, Zhang Tieqiang was a scout and went on missions several times. He beheaded seven thieves. After the war, he should be promoted to the head of a hundred men. He was awarded the seventh-rank martial rank, but in the end he refused, and just asked to retire and return home."

Zhang Tieqiang Da Feichuan was blind in one eye, but he could continue to stay in the army if he wanted to, but he still voluntarily asked to retire.

Zhang Jin couldn't understand why Zhang Tieqiang insisted on retiring from the army, and even refused the reward.

Changsun Wuji said, "Actually, I understand a little bit about his thinking. In fact, there are many people like Zhang Tieqiang in the army. He has been in the army for half his life, and he has almost died. He has fought half his life. It is no longer attractive to them. They are tired of war, tired of fighting, and just want to live a stable life for a few days. Zhang Tieqiang not only came to protect his son when he was in the previous dynasty, but even came to protect him later. We conquered Liao together, and once served under my emperor, it is said that he was already the brigade commander at that time."

He also didn't understand why Zhang Tieqiang joined Yang Xuangan's rebel army later on. If there hadn't been this turning point, Zhang Tieqiang might be at least a founding prince now.

No one knows the ups and downs of Zhang Tieqiang's life, but if you look at the files, you will find that Zhang Tieqiang fought half his life, but in the end he became a loner. He once had a wife and concubines, and even had a wealthy family with several children.

But later, he was alone.

Changsun Wuji is very interested in Zhang Tieqiang's life experience because this case is very critical, even a typical case.

One is a retired military officer, the other is a famous old gentry family, and an upstart like Qin Qiong is also involved, so this case must be dealt with ironically.

"Zhang Lushi, do you know that at the beginning of this year, His Majesty issued an edict to change the soldiers of the Sanya from the former guards to the servants?"

Zhang Jin nodded, after all, he was also a military official.

In the former dynasty, all the soldiers of the government were called guards, and later, the soldiers of the guards were called bodyguards, and they were said to serve the emperor.

At the beginning of this year, the emperor issued an edict, calling the soldiers of the three yamen as servants, which means serving the emperor and defending the country.

The emperor stated that the soldiers of the three yamen were all soldiers of the country and the emperor's servants.

Even in the edict, the emperor clearly stipulated the status of these servants, that is, they are equivalent to scholars who study.

The servants and the scholars are juxtaposed.

Not long after this edict was issued, the emperor issued another edict, which was about the conditions for the selection and recruitment of Sanya soldiers, stipulating that criminals, bad people, barbarians, and lowly people were not allowed to enlist in the army.

The most important one is that the Sanya sergeants not only receive honors and rewards after they have made meritorious service, they can also obtain official titles after their meritorious service, and then enter the official career.This article changed the emperor's rule during the Daye period of the Sui Dynasty that military soldiers could not be granted official positions after they had made meritorious service.

Back then, Yang Guang canceled the appointment of honored soldiers because he believed that soldiers could only fight and not know how to be officials and would not manage politics, but Luo Cheng believed that meritorious soldiers must keep their promotion channels.

Can you be an official if you don't know how to read?The imperial court can give them pre-employment training.Especially for most soldiers, even if they are promoted to officials, most of them still stay in the military system, and only a few outstanding ones may be transferred to civilian positions.

Luo Cheng didn't prohibit military officers from changing to civilian positions, and he couldn't help civilians from changing to military officers. As long as they have enough ability, they can change. Even military commanders can also serve as prime ministers and assistant ministers. The key is ability.

"Your Majesty has issued repeated orders to strengthen the status of servants and soldiers, especially strictly prohibiting nobles and officials from using soldiers as servants, but now the Cui family is actually going to murder retired servants for a prescription. How can this be allowed?"

Zhang Jin understood immediately.

"The lower official understands that this is committing a crime against the wind and ignoring the imperial edict. The lower official will definitely examine this case strictly and make it an iron case."

Changsun Wuji instructed not only to make an iron case, but also to make it a model.

And for the Cui family, we must severely crack down.In this case, not only Cui Cong, the steward of the Cui family, and his thugs must be investigated, but Cui Shanfu must also be strictly investigated.

"The Cui family is so evil, I'm afraid they have always done a lot of evil. Zhang Lushi, you send bad people to investigate the Cui family to see how many evils have not been found out. You must investigate strictly and never let go."

"By the way, with this case, the entire Chang'an Mansion is also being investigated one by one. For those serving or retired servants, they must take the initiative to investigate and inquire to see if they have encountered bullying. If so, they must take the initiative in time. help solve it."

Zhang Jin was secretly startled.

Knowing that this young boss of the prefect of the government, I am afraid that he will take the opportunity to set off a big storm in more than twenty counties in Chang'an Prefecture.

It is said to investigate the troubles encountered by the servants, but isn't it actually directed at the noble officials?After all, the status of Daqin soldiers has always been very high, and ordinary people can't bully them.

"Here!" Zhang Jin crossed his hands and took the order.

(End of this chapter)