Rise From the Humble

After listening to the words of Master Zhang, the commander of the university field, Hu Zongxian felt as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world. He couldn't help but twitch his lips, sneered, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Haha, Master Zhang, did you raise the Japanese pirates?" ?! You said that if the Japanese pirates don’t come to Yingtian, they won’t come to Yingtian?!”

"What?! I'm raising Japanese pirates?!" Mr. Zhang, the commander of the university field, suddenly broke into a cold sweat, his head was shaking like seeds were about to take off, he denied it three times and blurted out, "How is it possible!" "I don't!" "Don't talk nonsense!"

Hu Zongxian's expression remained unchanged and he said nothing, just looking at Master Zhang, the master of the field, quietly.

Mr. Zhang, the commander of the university field, seemed to realize that he was a little too excited just now. He coughed and defended softly, "Ahem, Mr. Hu is joking. The hat of 'raising Japanese' is too big, and my head is too small, so I can't wear it." Stop! How could I do such an inhuman thing if I am completely loyal to the Emperor, love the country and love the people!"

"In that case, how can Mr. Zhang ensure that Japanese pirates will not attack Yingtian City?!" Hu Zongxian asked leisurely.

The commander of the university field had a sarcastic look on his face, and the corners of his mouth twitched twice, unable to make a complete sound.

"Master Zhang, the Japanese invasion is becoming more and more serious nowadays, especially Wang Zhi and Xu Hai, who are wreaking havoc in the southeast, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of crimes. The people are miserable. Yingtian is like a pillar holding up the sky. Yingtian must not make any mistakes, otherwise The fiercer the Japanese pirates are, the colder the hearts of the people are, and the imperial court will lose face!" Hu Zongxian said with a serious face, "This is a consequence that you and I cannot bear!"

"What Mr. Hu said is true."

Mr. Zhang nodded on his face, but he didn't think so in his heart. You are just being alarmist. How could Ying Tian be on a business trip?

"Master Zhang, what I am going to say is a bit straightforward. You don't have to rush to defend me. I am not an unreasonable person. I will not make any records of today's inspection and what I said today, let alone report it. However..." Having said this, Hu Zongxian paused, looked at the commander of the college field with stern eyes, and said with a serious face, "But Mr. Zhang wants to find out the deficiencies and make positive corrections. The next time I come to inspect your army, I won't be so easy to talk to." , when the time comes, Ding is Ding Mao is Mao! Today I came to your army for on-site inspection and found that compared with the number of soldiers reported in the book, the actual number of soldiers in your army is seriously insufficient. The deficit of soldiers is as much as 80%, which is the number of soldiers actually in the camp. , most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, the military discipline is disorganized, the soldiers are poorly trained, the armor and equipment are shameful, and only two of them can be trained with bare hands! Such an army has a worrying fighting capacity, and such an army is not enough to shoulder the responsibility of guarding the sky. !”

"Master Hu, you are exaggerating!" Master Zhang, the master of the university, felt that Hu Zongxian was exaggerating.

Empty pay and such, this is the default unspoken rule of the entire Ming Dynasty. Are you saying that the military camp does not receive free pay? !

So what if the Japanese invasion is serious? ! The Japanese pirates were wreaking havoc in the countryside and county towns, and they had never harassed a few in the capital city. How could they dare to attack Yingtian City? ! Even if we borrow a hundred thousand courage from the Japanese pirates, the Japanese pirates would not dare to attack the world. Yingtian is our second largest city in the Ming Dynasty. Tian's military camps include more than just the Grand Campus Camp. With all these military camps added up, the actual number of available troops is no less than 30,000. If the Japanese pirates want to move Yingtian, they will have to use all the strength of the Japanese country to do so. However, is it possible for the Japanese pirates to use all the power of the Japanese country? It is simply impossible. The Japanese country itself is still in chaos! Therefore, Yingtian is as stable as Mount Tai.

"Exaggeration?! Haha, Mr. Zhang, nothing is impossible in this world! People who have no long-term worries must have short-term worries! Mr. Zhang must keep what I just said in mind. I will come again in half a month. I hope that by then, you will The number of soldiers is no less than 10,000, and no more than 10% are old, weak, sick and disabled. The appearance and discipline of the army have been greatly improved, and the armor and equipment have been completely renewed." Hu Zongxian shook his head and sneered, looking at Mr. Zhang with a burning gaze.

"The number of people is not less than 10,000, and the old, weak, sick and disabled are not more than 10%." Hearing this, Mr. Zhang couldn't help opening his mouth wide and frowning, with a face of embarrassment and disapproval, and every expression was resistance, "Hu My lord, you are not a householder and you don’t know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive. Do you know how much money it takes to raise a soldier in a year?! Military pay, food and grass, soldiers and armor, etc., which doesn’t cost money? Our imperial treasury has been tight every year. In recent years, We also encountered countless floods and droughts, and the military pay was delayed. How could we have the extra money to raise more soldiers? The soldiers in the military camp were in short supply, not because I drank the blood of the soldiers and ate empty pay, but because it was difficult for a clever woman to make a living without rice, and the court did not If you give out money, how can you support your troops?"

Hu Zongxian interrupted Mr. Zhang's complaint expressionlessly, looked at Mr. Zhang with burning eyes, and said word by word: "Sir Zhang, if your army meets the requirements, I assure you that this year's inspection will be successful. The official must be rated as first-class competent by Mr. Zhang! If he fails to meet the requirements, I'm sorry, then I will be offended. Mr. Zhang inspected this year and failed to meet the third-class qualifications, so he can only be rated as inferior. I will also participate in Impeach Mr. Zhang! I always keep my word, whether you are first class or inferior depends on Mr. Zhang!"

"Ah?!" Upon hearing this, Mr. Zhang's face looked like a chameleon, hesitating, struggling, and excited.

This is an inspection! A rare opportunity!

As an official in the Ming Dynasty, there were generally two main ways for officials to be promoted or demoted. High-ranking officials were mostly appointed by recommendation, while officials below the fourth rank were mainly determined by inspection. The inspections are mainly divided into two types: the "Beijing inspection" inspection by the Ministry of official affairs and the inspection by the imperial censor. The inspection content is assessed according to the "four grids", namely: one is guarding (having invitations, being cautious, and having peace), and the second is talent (having talents, Ping), three political affairs (diligence, peace), four years (youth, strength, and health). According to the four-level inspection content, the inspection results are evaluated, among which the first grade is competent, the second grade is diligent, and the third grade is Waiting for service, those who are ranked first-class will be promoted and rewarded, and promotion and salary increase are just around the corner. Of course, if an official's performance is poor and his grades are inferior after inspection, depending on the severity of the case, he will be dismissed from his post, handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for sentencing, ordered to rest, or demoted for external transfer.

The number of people should not be less than 10,000, the old, weak, sick and disabled should not exceed 10%, the appearance and discipline of the army should be greatly improved, and the armor and equipment should be completely new. These requirements are not too difficult to ask for. I should eat less free money. I am not responsible for it alone. , no matter how much we emphasize military discipline, strengthen training, grit our teeth and work hard, we can still do it!

If the requirements are met, the inspection will be first-rate! First-class competent, this is an achievement that is difficult to achieve even if you are looking for connections and asking your grandparents to sue your grandma. Once you are rated as first-class competent, you can wait for promotion. Even being transferred back to the capital is not that difficult. Although it is moisturizing, it is not as good as the capital city.

Thinking of this, Mr. Zhang gritted his teeth, raised his hands to Hu Zongxian and said: "I should do my best!"

"Master Zhang, you are not doing your best, you are doing your best!" Hu Zongxian returned the gift with a serious look on his face.

Master Zhang nodded, "Definitely."

"I believe that through Mr. Zhang's hard work, your army will live up to the name of the Beijing camp, and its achievements will be just around the corner!"

Hu Zongxian was satisfied and said with a smile.

"Borrowing Mr. Hu's good words." Mr. Zhang handed over his hand. In fact, he had never thought about making contributions or anything like that. He was just coping with the inspection. Even now, he still feels that Hu Zongxian's words are exaggerated and unfounded!