A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 489 Jinling recruits more troops

One hundred and twenty places may seem like a lot, but this belongs to the entire county, and there are only twenty places left for them here.

Hundreds of people are vying for these twenty places, and naturally they have to select the best among the best. If they are valued by the emperor and become a forbidden army, if they make meritorious deeds, they will also have the opportunity to become peasant soldiers in the future.

After all, they cannot inherit the family business. If they cannot join the military, they will have to find another way out.

As for the issue of joining the army in case of defeat, no one has considered it at all. Now that Daqian is at its peak, who is Daqian's opponent? No matter who they fight, they are confident, and the current Daqian has this confidence.

The assessment at the entrance of the village is in full swing, with thunderous cheers. People who pass the assessment are overjoyed, but those who fail are dejected. The screening was over soon, and the selected auxiliary soldiers rushed to Jinling Mansion along with more than a dozen peasant soldiers.

The people of Jinling Mansion were a little disappointed. Back then, the First Emperor did not choose Jinling as his imperial capital, but chose Luoyang. This makes them, who have been proud of the world's Kyoto since the establishment of Jinling, very disappointed.

Even if Jinling later became one of the Five Capitals, it was only a slight comfort. The most annoying ones are Huai Manzi who laughs at them and Luo Manzi who gets an advantage and behaves well.

Huai'an had always been at odds with Jinling because it moved its capital to Jinling. Now it is one of the five capitals. There is also the tomb of King Haotianwen there, which is half a level higher than Jinling. Needless to say, Luoyang.

Outside Jinling City, a large number of people gathered at the Suzaku Bridge, all of whom were waiting for the emperor's carriage. At this moment, a group of knights flying over holding high the gold-rimmed, red-bottomed black bird and gold-patterned flags.

"The Saint's frame is coming! The Saint's frame is coming!" After the sharp-eyed people saw it, they shouted loudly, and everyone stood on tiptoe to watch.

That team of cavalry was very fast, and at the moment was an embroidered captain wearing brocade robes. After arriving at Jinling, the captain of the embroidered clothes directly took out the edict and said: "The sage has issued an edict. He will not enter Jinling City today, and orders the civil and military ministers, honorable ministers and relatives to come to Zhaoling to meet the sage."

Zhaoling is the mausoleum of Prince Qi of Huai Wenxiang who moved the capital to Jinling. It is also the ancestral mausoleum of the Huai Kingdom in Jinling. Next to Zhaoling, there are the mausoleums of Wu Zixu and Sun Wuzi.

The Zhaoling Mausoleum is not grand, it can even be said to be simple. The Huai Kingdom has never had a tradition of building mausoleums. The Zhaoling Mausoleum only has shrines, temples and stone beast statues for sacrifice. As for the burial objects, they were also pitiful. Apart from some bronze ritual vessels recording their achievements, they were just some clothes and beautiful jade.

Wang Che naturally came here to offer sacrifices to his ancestors, but the scale of the sacrifices was not large, just the level of sacrifices in family temples.

Near noon, officials, nobles, farmers, and auxiliary soldiers who had been ordered gathered outside Zhaoling. Wang Che looked around and saw various flags and a sea of ​​people under the mountain, no less than ten thousand people. Among them were officials and nobles, but most of them were peasant soldiers and auxiliary soldiers wearing iron-clad armor.

Although they are only peasants and auxiliary soldiers, they look like a forest of swords and guns, with neat formation and high momentum. Wang Che immediately ordered people to beat drums and raise the tent, then came to the high platform of Zhaoling, ordered the embroidered clothes envoy to wave the flag, and ordered the peasants, soldiers and auxiliary troops to come forward with flag language.

After seeing the flag, the leaders of the inspection departments in various places quickly came forward with their peasant soldiers and auxiliary soldiers. Although they are peasant soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, they advance and retreat in an orderly manner, no worse than the Daqian standing army.

Soon, eighty steps away from the high platform, these peasant soldiers and auxiliary soldiers stopped at the same time. Wang Che was very happy to see the army showing discipline. From this point, it can be seen that these farmers and soldiers are not lazy in their usual training. Are you an elite? Take him out for a walk.

Looking at the army in front of him, Wang Che was full of pride. Under the high platform, there was a group of people with resolute faces and reverent eyes. Many of them were the descendants of the former princes and soldiers who had made military exploits in the past. Some peasants and soldiers had passed down the army. For four or five generations, one can imagine their loyalty to the royal family.

Wang Che was about to get off the high platform. The chamberlain next to him wanted to stop him, but he pushed him away: "This is the backbone of the country, how can he plot to kill me?"

After saying that, Wang Che walked straight down the high platform and came to the military formation. As soon as Wang Che arrived in front of the battle, a gray-haired man with a broken arm knelt down on one knee and cried: "My lord, Xu Chao, the inspector of the Qixia County Inspection Department, is here to pay homage to the Holy Emperor!" Then he was about to pay homage.

Wang Che quickly stepped forward, pulled him up, and then patted his broken arm hard. Wang Che recognized this guy. When Wang Xin got older, he asked him to inspect the capital camp on his behalf. This guy was a very capable man with good martial arts skills.

Later, when we conquered the Hehuang Valley, during the battle of marching hundreds of miles and attacking the enemy troops by surprise over the mountains, one man captured and killed an enemy commander of a thousand men. He himself was injured in the arm. As a result, he was unlucky. The wound cracked and suppurated, so he could only Cut off his arm to protect himself. After returning home, he retired and became the inspector of the Qixia County Inspection Department of Jinling Prefecture.

"Xu Heizi, why are you such an old boy so stupid again? Can you marry a beautiful girl like this?"

Wang Che has been patrolling the capital camp for more than ten years, and he knows very well how to deal with these low-level warriors. There is no need to hide his laughter and curses.

When Xu Chao heard the emperor speak so intimately, his eyes narrowed with joy, and he said excitedly to Wang Che: "It's all the grace of the saint. I, Xu Heizi, retired and got this Qixia County inspector, and I rewarded the last general with five hundred coins." With the imperial silver coins, I naturally got several beautiful wives!"

"Hehe, the saint, Xu Heizi, not only married a beautiful girl, but also trained some warriors for you!" As he said this, Xu Heizi stretched out his hand and pulled out the person behind him.

"Sage, this is Jiang Hu from Fengsui Village. He can shoot arrows on horseback with perfect accuracy. He can shoot from left to right. Especially his ability to shoot arrows in one hand is the best in Jinling Mansion. His horse bow can shoot twenty arrows in one breath. He has just turned nineteen this year."

If you can shoot an arrow immediately, your arrows will be flawless, and you can also shoot volleys of arrows. There are not many sharpshooters of this level in the entire Daqian. If you can shoot an arrow with a single step, you can still find many people, and you can immediately be among the top ten. Five or six are considered elite. This Jiang Hu can hit seven out of ten arrows without missing a beat, even if it is a bit exaggerated. With his continuous arrows, he has a bright future.

Wang Che was very happy and saw that he had arms and waist, a strong figure, and bright eyes. He was indeed extraordinary. He immediately said: "Remember, Qixia Inspection Department Jiang Hu is good at riding and shooting!"

The attendant next to him quickly wrote it down. The attendant was a position established by the royal family in order to win over nobles and officials. It had no rights. He was just the emperor's secretary, and he had not been in the position for a long time. But for this official position, those people fought hard for it.

This position not only allows you to be familiar with the emperor, but if you are talented, you will be directly appointed to an official position by the emperor after leaving office. Only those nobles and veterans who have made great achievements have this honor.

(End of this chapter)