Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 441 Martial Arts (9)

Without being reminded by others, Xu Qing also knew that Changsun Wuji and the others had already regarded the Shence Army as their own. Over the years, they must have spent a lot of effort, and there were many dead soldiers they had raised in it.Among the people selected by Xu Qing, there must be someone who belonged to King Qin or Changsun Wuji, and it was impossible for Xu Qing to pick them out.Doesn't Li Yuan know?Impossible, Li Yuan sent Xu Qing to choose people to strengthen the palace guards, so he must know that there are advantages and disadvantages. Could it be that Li Yuan is sure to suppress these people?

Only then did the elder Sun Wuji speak out to stop the soldiers from complaining, presumably he saw his own people there.Hmph, Xu Qing touched the gentle hilt of the Qinghong Sword and pondered, thinking that it seemed that it was time to arrange the dark river into the Xuanwu Gate.The devil is one foot tall, and the Tao is one foot high. Is Xu Qing the one who gets sand in his eyes?
Xu Qing also thought, should I shake my body, reveal my aura of dominance, and conquer those people as a double agent?Forget it, just kill it secretly...

With the nods of the left and right generals, the cooperation of Changsun Wuji, Xu Qing's business card, and the advantages of the palace guards, the selection of soldiers was smooth sailing.Even so, Xu Qing still chose until night.

In fact, there are many people who meet the physical conditions, but Xu Qing still selected the best according to other martial arts talents, and gathered 4000 people.Tell these people to get their weapons and deliver them to the soldiers. After tomorrow, they will be the soldiers under Xu Qing's account.

And when Xu Qing and Wei Xian were selecting soldiers, a notice was pasted on the streets, alleys, neighborhoods, and gates of the four sides of Chang'an City.It is said that they are martial arts tributes, and they have been treated as soldiers for the time being since they entered Chang'an.Live in the barracks, eat in the canteen, wear armor, not drink alcohol, and abide by military discipline.Those who did not report to the camp within three days after entering Chang'an will be automatically disqualified from the competition, and they will be sent to the border to serve as soldiers on the grounds of delaying the imperial court's selection ceremony.If any martial arts tributes are found on the street making trouble and violating the law, they will be punished twice as much as the civil law.

This!

Everyone has to pay attention to the last two words, this is the emperor's imperial order.You are not joking, every word and every sentence is an imperial decree, and all the ministers and people in the world obey it!

Everything is obeyed, and it is only a superficial article, and there are too many people who obey and violate.But seeing a crowd of common people standing under a bulletin board, one of them saw the notice, but let out a cold snort: "How can my Fangbo's family be like the head of Guizhou!"

"That's right, young master, the barracks is even crude, is it where we live?" A young man stood beside the man and said flatteringly.This young master is the second son of the governor of Yizhou, but he was born of a concubine, otherwise how could he be sent to the martial arts?The boy smiled apologetically, but he was still a little unhappy in his heart. He thought to himself, others treat you as a young master, but I don't know your details?This boy, he takes good care of him at home, although he is a servant, he is safe and sound, isn't he?I have come all the way to accompany you here, I hope you pretend to be a circle.If you pass the exam, it's fine, I will be promoted with you, if you fail the exam, the young master will not serve you anymore!Anyway, this city of Chang’an is full of flowers, and I have all my strength, so I won’t go back to your governor’s house...

But the young master smiled back and said, "If you become a general and want to serve the country, I am willing to suffer a little bit."

"Hey hey, that's right, the young master must be in high school!"

"Let's go, let's go to the store, huh? This store is not bad, there are women waiting outside!"

On the other side, there are also many poor families who can see a different flavor from the same imperial order. Many students said that the emperor is concerned about the students of the world, so that they do not sink into the prosperity of Chang'an. They also said that the emperor is It is the style of the ancient saints to treat poor families and nobles equally.There are many students from poor families, within a day, they found the location of the barracks according to the statement on the notice. Some of them are self-confident and have a background, and not all of them are playboys. They are stubborn, and most of them are registered honestly into the barracks.

A few days later, there were rumors in the West Market that a drunken Wugong soldier was dragged away at Caishikou on the spot, and sent to the army in the smog of Huguang for three years. I heard that he was the son of the county magistrate.There were also rumors in Dongshi that a Wugong soldier inadvertently leaked his identity, fearing that his family would be hurt, and he would be terrified day and night, so that he would be disabled by others, so as to save himself from not entering the barracks for three days. sin.Several lessons learned from the past have been laid out, and almost all the warriors who appeared in Chang'an City disappeared.The people in Chang'an also breathed a sigh of relief. These days, there are always people walking around on the streets who are as strong as calves and fiercer than tigers and wolves. Although they have not done anything bad, they are still afraid of such unstable factors. what.

Among the tributes this time, there are not only tributes recommended by the government at all levels, but also friends from all walks of life and reckless people participating in the martial arts.The former is called official tribute, and the latter is called min tribute.What kind of martial arts and martial arts are shown on TV, but they actually exist in reality. The Tang Dynasty government has always adopted an attitude of supervision and intentional or unintentional suppression of these self-established groups in society.However, the imperial court cannot suppress them too much. One is because they have power in the local area.Another thing is that sometimes the imperial court has to rely on this group of people who are not afraid of getting dirty when they do things.

The main methods of suppression by the imperial court are division and recruiting.Li Yuan also reminded the special patrol envoy of Shangshu Province about the news of this martial arts exam, and told the sects all over the world that some prestigious people from Mingong entered Chang'an to participate in the martial arts exam.Sometimes Song Jiang's choice of recruiting security actually reflects the reckless psychology of most people, and settling into old age is what is needed.

There was news from all parties that the entire military and government in Chang'an were busy for this martial arts.

At the beginning of May, it is midsummer, and there is already a feeling of dog days.The sun is long, and the busy season of farming is about to enter.Sowing in spring and plowing in summer, harvesting in autumn and storing in winter, there is actually another saying that grows in spring, prepares for war in summer, defends in autumn, and repairs in winter.In short, in these days when the sun is getting hotter and hotter, the matter of martial arts is about to start in full swing.Xu Qing received the notice from the eunuch;
"Master Xu, Master Xu too, you haven't been to court for four or five times. The emperor said that you don't care about other things, but you still need to know about the martial arts?"

Xu Qing put down the ice water in his hand, shook the cattail fan and asked, "I haven't gone for four or five times like this, so it's been more than half a month? Well, you can talk about the martial arts in detail."

The eunuch took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it to Xu Qing: "Master Xu, other ministers, even Prime Minister Pei, would not dare to do this to you. Well, at this time, the memorial presented to the emperor by the following people said that Wu Let’s talk about the final process.”

"Thank you, Eunuch!"

In fact, Xu Qing hid in the Xuanwu Gate, not because he didn't care about the martial arts. He first mobilized all the dark rivers and reported them in the barracks.Some people bought the quotas and guarantee tickets of other tributes. Anyway, some tributes violated the rules and were afraid of revealing their identities.Some called themselves reckless men and came in as tributes.

First of all, what surprised Xu Qing was that there were already 500 people in the dark river before he knew it. If everyone came in, it would be fine.Even if they all come, there is no one to protect them at home.Therefore, Xu Qing asked some people to join him directly as the Xuanwumen guards with great fanfare, as his cronies by his side.As for Yang Cheng, he led another 200 people to sneak into the martial arts in various ways.

In addition, what kept Xu Qing busy these days was the selection of four thousand soldiers. The 4000 people were selected from various groups. It can be said that the sequence of the 4000 people is basically random.Xu Qing carefully checked the military status and wanted to select the team leader.Among other things, it was originally the team leader, so Xu Qing stayed as the team leader as appropriate, and was even promoted to team leader.Secondly, it depends on the year these people joined the army. Those who have been in the army for a long time are the first to be the team leader.

Balance the interests of all parties, shave off the thorny head, and ask the people in the underground river to secretly investigate who in the camp is close to Changsun Wuji's family, Xu Qing must be on guard against them one by one.After half a month, Xu Qing couldn't eat or sleep, it was too hot, but it was also because someone else was sleeping soundly beside the couch.What should I do if one day I fall asleep and the Xuanwu Gate suddenly opens?Therefore, Xu Qing didn't let the newcomers station the guards first, but let them train the formation and formation for more than half a month.

But I have to say that with the addition of these people, Xu Qing's three-line formation is much more luxurious.

The dark river that Xu Qing arranged to come in was almost muddled through the crowd by mixing in the crowd.However, Xu Qing secretly stipulated that 50 of the guards in the Xuanwu Gate must be members of the Underworld.Among the other gangs, there must be one or two people from the dark river.Of course, after other people led by Yang Cheng come in, this number can be increased by one.

After the team leader was arranged, there was no arrangement for the next team leader and six team leaders Xu Qing.It is planned to arrange candidates one by one after the martial arts are over in the future.Fortunately, Xu Qing had made it clear in front of Li Yuan before that those who failed in the martial arts examination, if they wanted to join the army, they should be arranged in his Xuanwu Sect first.In addition, Xu Qing ordered Yang Cheng to use moderate force, some people had to fail deliberately and be incorporated into the Xuanwu Sect, while some people had to work hard to get promoted and enter other armies to become low-level generals.

Xu Qing's idea is to arrange one or two dark mines in the entire Tang Dynasty's army.Once there is chaos in the future, it can also play a role in reversing the situation of the war.

After the eunuch left, Xu Qing checked the memorial.

It is said to be a memorial, but in fact it is a thick stack, thicker than the Xinhua Dictionary.Xu Qing took a closer look, and found that a large part of it was the roster of participants in this martial arts competition, including household registration, background, reporting time to the military camp, and other information.Xu Qing gave these things to Wei Xian, and asked him to pick out the reckless people and those with noble backgrounds, and the other one was to pick out those who were close to Chang'an but far away.

Xu Qing checked the general news of this martial arts competition by himself, but when he saw the number of participants, Xu Qing was shocked—a total of 8000 people participated!However, only three hundred generals were selected. No.1, directly worshiped the guards Habayashi Longwu Army Recorder and joined the military, from the seventh-rank official.The second No.3 is given to the prince Xunwei, the first [-] will be sent to Guanling or Bingcao, and the rest will be awarded Zhechongfu Team Leader or Jijilang.

The team is the battalion position, the person who leads the soldiers, and the halberd man is the guard position, responsible for the palace guard.

(End of this chapter)