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Chapter 1473 Conquering the Empire (19)

After the order cavalry carried the order of the Hui soldiers and ran all over the towns in the entire territory of Zhao Hu's army, they almost followed in the footsteps of the order cavalry, and the fiery atmosphere among the people was instantly ignited.

Ordinary people don't need to say that those slaves who have become Zhao Hujun's property don't take much rest after work, and they all work hard to exercise their bodies. Everyone knows that to change their destiny, they can only rely on this Here's the chance.

In the hall of the castle where Zhao Hu lived.

The small businessman Lu Jun got up first to salute, took out three documents and said: "Lord Zhao Hu, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of your country wrote the imperial edict..., uh, wrote a letter with his own hand, and at the same time, there are military orders and documents issued by the imperial department. The decree issued by the cabinet happened to be coming to the seaside province, so I asked me to drop by the way."

After thanking Zhao Hu, he took the document and read it. The crown prince's copy was written in his personal capacity, roughly thanking Zhao Hu for his loyalty to the country, and at the same time implying that he was very satisfied with Zhao Hu's loyalty to him.

The content of the letter even hinted that as long as Zhao Hu is loyal and diligent to work for the crown prince, countless riches and honors are waiting for Zhao Hu.

However, at the end of the letter, there came a somewhat abrupt order, requiring Zhao Hu to be a role model for the people of the empire, and he must completely obey the orders of the military department.

This sentence seemed a bit weird, but Zhao Hu didn't care at all. He would show up just to show the marshal face. Although Peter had already said that this trick was good, Zhao Hu had no idea of ​​using the tiger's skin to pull the banner.

The cover of the crown prince's letter is just a very ordinary document specification, while the military order issued by the military department is very formal, just like the military order documents received before, with the emperor's emblem printed on the black cover.

Zhao Hu neatly opened the seal, unfolded the document, and saw the content: "It is proved that Colonel Zhao Hu (Lin), the acting commander of the Fifth Brigade of the Fifth Brigade of the Coastal Provincial Guard Division, has led the troops well and has made great achievements in defending the territory. According to the emperor's meritorious service regulations, Zhao Hu is hereby appointed as the emperor's major general.

It is also heard that the provinces in the southeast coast of the empire are not stable. Major General Zhao Hu of Emperor Zha was brave and good at fighting. He licensed himself to form a legion and awarded the No. 20 legion designation of the empire. It is hoped that the most important thing is to protect the stability of the coastal and southeast provinces of the empire, and I hope that Major General Zhao Hu will make new contributions.

This order, the mainland calendar [-], autumn.

Imperial Ministry (India), Marshal of the Empire (India).

Zhao Hu was a little dazed when he saw the order. Was he promoted to major general before he became a temporary colonel?Back to the establishment of a legion?And this legion is still the [-]th legion that I once served in!

But looking at it this way, the [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th legions that went to the prairie were indeed wiped out. Otherwise, the designation of the regular legions would not be so easily granted.

It's just that it's too embarrassing for a small major general to be the commander of a legion, right?Every division commander in the regular army is a lieutenant general.

However, Zhao Hu was only stunned for a moment after all. To be honest, even if Zhao Hu was given the position of marshal and ten regiments, it would not be a big deal to Zhao Hu and his followers.

In these years, the army was formed by the chief officer himself with money and people, and Xu Yi's establishment number was completely an empty promise, and it was worthless!
Putting the military order aside, Zhao Hu picked up the government order of the cabinet. It was a white cover with the pattern of the imperial national emblem printed on it. Zhao Hu had never seen what an imperial order looked like.When I opened it, I saw that it was written in artistic words: "Nearly check the seashore and Haiquan provinces on the southeastern frontier of the empire. Thieves are rampant and the people are in dire straits. I heard that Major General Zhao Hu, the commander of the No. 20 army of the empire, is stationed here.

Specially appointed Major General Zhao Hu as the governor of Haibin and Haiquan provinces, hoping that Major General Zhao Hu will wipe out the bandits in the two provinces as soon as possible, and return the people of the two provinces to a bright blue sky.

This order, the mainland calendar [-], autumn.

Imperial Cabinet (India), Imperial Chancellor (India).

Zhao Hu was dumbfounded this time, Warlord?The warlord who is equivalent to a legal warlord actually fell on him?And there are only two provinces in one visit?This is too fake, right?Do you really think of people like yourself as idiots?

Why did Zhao Hu have such an idea?Because the Warlord has disappeared in the history of the empire for hundreds of years.

As the name suggests, the military governor is only the duty of supervising the army, usually the duty of supervising the military affairs of a province, and this position is appointed by the cabinet, which belongs to the role of half civilian and half general.

In the beginning, such overseers were all civilian officials, but due to war issues and the dissatisfaction of the troops below, it became a full-time officer position, but the appointment power was still in the hands of the cabinet.

As for why the Overseer is a legal warlord, it is only because the Overseer usually holds two powers.

The first is the power to govern the military affairs of the province.That is, all the armed forces in the whole province are under the jurisdiction of the warlord. Even if there are four or five legions in the local area, as long as there are warlords stationed in the province, and if they are not led by the marshal or otherwise ordered, the four or five legions are also under the control of the army in name. Overseer control.

In addition to these, the Overseer also has full autonomy in the mobilization, establishment, and personnel of the troops under its jurisdiction.Therefore, the warlord is also called a false marshal, which is only one level lower than the marshal who governs the country's armed forces.

Another power is that the warlord has the power to collect the money, food and soldiers needed by the army under his command from the territory under his jurisdiction.That is to say, the Overseer can conscript soldiers and salaries in the territory under his control anytime and anywhere. Compared with the power of the Governor, this power is simply a world of difference.

The Warlord's autonomy in governing soldiers and the right to enlist money, food and soldiers made the Warlord an out-and-out emperor in the area under his jurisdiction, but this was recognized by the imperial law, so he was also called a legal warlord.

Of course, the warlord was not randomized. At first, there were warlords only in the border provinces connected to the enemy country during the period of the empire's massive expansion.

And without exception, these former warlords either declared themselves kings and were annihilated by the empire, or were transferred back to the imperial capital to be frozen. Anyway, none of them had good results.

Lu Jun, who had been waiting for a long time, saw that Zhao Hu had finally finished reading the document, and said anxiously: "Lord Zhao Hu, besides the letter, there are also rewards from the military and the cabinet, and a personal gift from the crown prince." The presents for you are in the carriage outside, please accept them." He said with a gesture of invitation.

Lu Jun clapped his hands and shouted to his subordinates: "Quick, move everything down."

With the work of the caravan's subordinates, everyone soon knew what kind of reward the emperor had sent.

The military department gave five large boxes of military rank marks for officers above second lieutenant, as well as the number flag, armband, and seal of the No. 20 regiment. Judging by the brand new appearance of these things, they must have just been produced.

In addition to this, there were ten boxes of blank military status cards and commissioning papers.

Zhao Hu knew very well what the military department meant by giving these things, but it was just to brand his army as the regular army of the empire.

What the cabinet gave was a gold ticket that could be used to withdraw gold coins at any gold bank in the Liberty Alliance. The amount was not much, only [-].Not to mention Zhao Hu, even his subordinates didn't pay much attention to this amount.

The gift from the Crown Prince was a pile of cloth and utensils for the court, the most striking of which was the ten young and beautiful court ladies who came with the car.

However, compared with Zhao Hu's maid, it was obviously inferior. Even Lu Jun secretly shook his head, thinking that the Crown Prince looked down on people too much, and it was very likely that he treated Zhao Hu like a local turtle.

Looking at so many things, it seems that only the flimsy golden ticket is barely practical, and the rest can be said to be rubbish.

This made Zhou Wen, who was the head of the internal guards, very dissatisfied with the emperor. Fortunately, Peter thought they had a righteous name, and they were so stingy to this extent!

Seeing that Zhao Hu had indeed accepted the things and initially obtained the business right of this place from Zhao Hu, Lu Jun was ready to resign.

But before leaving, Lu Jun said to Zhao Hu: "Master Zhao Hu, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has asked me to spread the rewards you received after you accept the gift, so please don't suspect that I have any ulterior motives. I'm just taking money from people to work for others."

Zhao Hu smiled: "This is natural, please feel free."

Zhao Hu had already made preparations for the thing that the imperial capital would definitely publicize, but he didn't know why he announced it after he had received the gift.
Is the imperial capital afraid of my repentance?Well, this is possible. If Zhao Hu did not accept the reward after publicizing it in advance, wouldn't that be equivalent to being slapped several times?The emperor can't afford to lose this face.

When Lu Jun just left the gate, he saw nearly a hundred galloping men rushing into Zhao Hu's mansion.

Moreover, Lu Jun also noticed that instead of intercepting these people, the guards helped to pull the horses. In addition, these nearly a hundred men were either wearing military uniforms of school officers or civil servants. He immediately understood that Zhao Hu's subordinates had received the news and came to congratulate them. up.

Lu Jun couldn't help but nodded secretly: "As expected of being a warlord, even civil servants have the air of a warrior, but this military officer of Zhao Hu's warlord is also a civilian, so he can actually play with the people's governance? It should be impossible in principle, but the people's livelihood along the way It’s all been done very well. I really don’t understand, um, it seems that we need to stay here for a few more days to investigate.”

Lu Jun shook his head and left.

Zhao Hu, who was about to leave, couldn't help smiling when he saw Peter walking quickly with a group of people excitedly, said something to Zhou Wen, and entered the meeting hall.

(End of this chapter)