After dark, Wang Lingzhi returned to the inn. After entering the door, he looked sad and happy, but he was a little annoyed: "This capital is too big. Before he knew it, he took the wrong path and walked around several streets. Later, he found someone to find out the exact direction before turning back... Ah! Senior brother is here too?"

Chen Xi sighed lightly.

Wang Lingzhi in front of him was really ignorant of the world. He went to the Ministry of War. He knew that his family was worried about him, but what he said was irrelevant...

If the people from the Ministry of War knew that this young man who was making a big name in the martial arts examination school was actually a traitor, I'm afraid he wouldn't be confident and bold in awarding him an official position?

Butler Liu quickly came forward with an anxious look on his face: "Young Master, you are back. The high-ranking official of the Ministry of War... didn't make things difficult for you, right?"

"No...no..."

Wang Lingzhi himself was not sure, "Senior brother, there is an official who seems to be quite big in the Ministry of War and told me to ask me to report to the Ministry of War and wait for the border army to be called. What is the point?"

Chen Xi thought to himself, you can go there for one day; + I'll get a job for the Ministry of War to call the border troops?

The military responsibilities of the Ming Dynasty were complex and could be basically divided into three major systems: Beijing camp, border army and garrison. The military generals and official positions of the three systems were different. The well-known garrison belonged to the local garrison system. Below the garrison were thousands of households, hundreds of households, general flags, and small flags.

"History of Ming Dynasty: Military Records II" records: "After the world is determined, the land is damaged, and those who are bound to one county have set up a base, and those who are connected to the county have set up a guard. A large number of 5,600 people are guards, a thousand one hundred and twenty people are guards, and two hundred and ten people are guards. There are two general flags, ten small flags, and large and small joints are formed to form an army."

It can be understood that there are a total of 112 people under the jurisdiction of the Hundred Houses, including the officers, and there are two general flags and ten small flags. The small flag is equivalent to the ten chiefs.

In addition to the official positions of the garrison system, the military officer positions under this garrison were basically hereditary in the Ming Dynasty. This is the most unique part of the military service system of the Ming Dynasty. It has a complete "military household" system. It will not be said that a hundred households are good at suppressing bandits or quelling rebellions. If you have any contributions to suppressing bandits or quelling rebellions, you will be promoted to a thousand households. If you die, you will still be a hundred households. If you are not doing well, you can pass the official position to your descendants.

Even if an ordinary person passes the Wu Jinshi exam, it is difficult for him to arrange positions in it.

The real one to go out to fight the battlefield with bloody battles with foreign barbarians was the border troops. The soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp were occasionally dispatched, just like the 200,000 soldiers and horses pieced together by Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty during the Tumu Fort Incident, among which were the people in the Beijing camp who were responsible for garrisoning the capital.

In the border army and the Beijing camp system, there is a very complete system for lifting and relegating military ranks.

Among them, the highest military positions in the generals are the generals, and the lower ones are the deputy generals, guerrillas, guerrillas, and garrisons (garrisons), and the generals. The lowest level of the general is equivalent to the "hundred households" position in the local garrisons, but the generals under the generals have far more combat soldiers than the "hundred households", about 440 people. Usually these 400 people are divided into four general flags, and each general flag is divided into ten small flags. The small flag is equivalent to a small team. The officer leading the team is actually the captain. Later, the mandarin duck formation used by Qi Jiguang when he was training, which was composed of a captain and eleven combat soldiers.

When the Wu Jinshi entered the border army, he basically started with the general or deputy general. However, if the Wu Juren was not lucky, he might be the general flag or even a small flag, which would have a high chance of going to the front line to fight to the death. Therefore, Chen Xi had opposed Wang Ling's selection officials before.

The Ministry of War in the Ming Dynasty was in charge of military and political affairs and participated in the dispatch, but did not specifically manage the military; the Governor's Office of the Five Army was in charge of military status, but the army was not allowed to be mobilized. During the war, the emperor sent another general officer to command the commander.

As for the soldiers in the border army and Beijing camp system, they are usually achieved by ordinary people in military service. Local governments will also set up inspection departments as reserves, and soldiers can be drawn during foreign wars.

Because Wang Lingzhi was just recruited to the Ministry of War to use it, as expected, he would basically start with the general manager. This is the official rank of the seventh rank. Of course, if you are lucky, you can work with a certain Ministry of War Shangguan and get a deputy general of the sixth rank. If you have real shortcomings, you will be the best.

The status of military generals in the Ming Dynasty was improved compared with that of the Song Dynasty. However, after the Tumubao Incident, although the power of the generals increased significantly and many people were granted the title of Duke and Martial Arts, they lost the trust of the emperor in the long run. After that, the emperor gradually changed the national policy of balance between civil and military by Zhu Yuanzhang, and changed it to imitating the civil and military humbleness of the Song Dynasty, using civil officials to monitor military generals. During the Hongzhi period, under the joint suppression of imperial power, civil officials and eunuchs, the status of military generals was no longer as good as before.

Chen Xi did not explain Wang Ling in detail, and Wang Ling himself was in a state of ignorance of the general system of the Ming Dynasty. Before writing "secret books" to him to make up for his homework, Chen Xi did not want to waste his words.

"It's just to let you wait for an official in the Ministry of War, but you just start with a grassroots officer."

After Chen Xi's general statement, Wang Lingyi Lu's fatigue was wiped out, and he widened his eyes and asked, "That senior brother... don't I have to go back to Ninghua?"

Seeing that he looked like this, Chen Xi was still willing to stay in the capital. He seemed to have forgotten the loss of crying his father and mother when he failed the exam. He nodded and saw Wang Ling jumping high, which was even happier than being a martial Jinshi.

"Then I can stay in the capital and study with my senior brother in the future. If the master can come to Beijing... Haha, I will learn more skills from my master, and I can go there in the world." Wang Lingzhi looked forward happily.

Chen Xi sighed and shook his head: "Even if you stay in Beijing for the time being, you may be transferred to the north or western Xinjiang to join the army soon. You will suffer if you have any trouble at that time."

Wang Lingzhi was stunned for a moment, and a hint of shock appeared on his face. After seeing the prosperity of the capital, he had already fallen in love with this lively place. He obviously had not yet prepared to march and fight in the bitter and cold areas of the border.

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Wang Lingzhi originally wanted to stay in Chenxi for dinner, so he asked about the specific things about leading the troops. Chenxi did not want to hurt his confidence, and said that he had something to do at home and said he would bid farewell and go home.

When I came out, the night was fading. After about half an hour of traveling, I saw a sedan parked outside the teahouse, and a young woman with a maid was walking back and forth, asking a few entourages who were rushing over from time to time.

"...The place is so big, can't you still find out? Could the painter have flew to the sky and escaped?"

It was Miss Li Er who presented the painting by Chen Xi.

At this time, Miss Li Er's voice was a little anxious. It was obvious that she sent many people to look for "Painter Zhao", but this was Chen Xi's pseudonym and there was no way to find it.

There was a man's voice next to him: "Sister, don't worry, Painter Zhao lives nearby. Maybe he lives in a quiet place on weekdays, but few people know about it?"

This time, the person who spoke was Miss Li Er's brother, Li Yu, the eldest son of a merchant family who was very unrestrained in Shen Xi's eyes.

Chen Xi did not come forward, and after a brief thought, the Li brothers and sisters seemed to have something urgent to look for him. If they were standing by so much, they would be a little unrighteous. But then they thought: "I have never met them, so what's wrong with them..."

Thinking of this, Chen Xi planned to go home, but he felt a little uncomfortable. He saw a girl who had seen her as the heroine in the painting and even found various excuses to deceive her. If she could help, it would be a compensation.

Chen Xi asked himself that he was not an indecisive person, but when dating with the Li family, he was cautious because with his current identity, he should not be too close to the merchant family, but Chen Xi's family also did business, and perhaps he felt a little close to the Li family in his heart.

Chen Xi finally stepped forward and bowed, "Mr. Li, Miss Li, are you two people looking for something?"

The Li brothers and sisters did not expect that Chen Xi would appear in front of them in a elusive way. Because they were dull and dumb, they finally determined that they were "Painter Zhao".

Li Yu looked surprised: "Master Zhao, where are you... from?"

Chen Xi smiled and said, "I just went to see a friend. I was about to go home. I heard that someone was looking for him, so I came over to take a look."

Li Yu nodded and said relievedly: "You really make it easy for us to find... Master Zhao, what do you think of this? You can take us to your mansion first and let us recognize the door so that we can visit us in the future?"

Chen Xi shook his head slightly: "I'm really sorry, the family... is a bit inconvenient. If Mr. Li comes to see you for something, just ask someone to notify the shopkeeper of the teahouse in advance. I will come here occasionally to drink tea on weekdays, and he will notify me."

Li Yu was a little unhappy and thought to himself: "There are so many that Mr. Su is familiar with him, otherwise who would like to date such a freak? Even the mansion is unwilling to show it to others. Is there something unforgivable to tell others?"

Miss Li Er came over to understand: "It seems that it is indeed inconvenient for him to mention hiring to a friend's house before."

The brother and sister had different attitudes towards Chen Xi. Relatively speaking, Miss Li Er was much more polite. Perhaps it was because of Chen Xi's paintings that made her feel a little fond of Chen Xi.

Of course, this kind of favorability does not involve the relationship between men and women. After all, Chen Xi's age is "harmless to people and animals". Ms. Li Er thinks that Chen Xi is very graceful in giving paintings and has no flaws in character, rather than being a prodigal son who makes a living by selling erotic pictures.

The three of them went into the teahouse together.

Originally, the teahouse should have closed at this time, and it was not a lively night market around. After sunset, there was basically no business, so it was a waste of turmeric oil when opening the door. But today the brother and sister came to find someone. In order to give the entourage a place to inform him and have a place to rest, they gave the shopkeeper some money and delayed the closing.

Going to the second floor, he found a seat next to the window and sat down, Chen Xidao: "If you have anything to do, you might as well say it directly. If you have the ability to do it, you must help."

Li Yu had a slightly disdainful smile on his face. His thought was, judging from your urgent appearance, would he want to get a moist pen from us?

Miss Li Er didn't mind and said directly: "We want to ask Painter Zhao to help us repair a painting. As for the reward, it can be any more..."

Li Yu had a dark face: "Sister, don't you understand the way of business?"

Miss Li Er was worried and looked at her brother with resentment and resentment, "Brother, when has it been, why do you still care about so many things? Painter Zhao, this is the case. Two months ago, our pawn shop collected a painting, but it was not supposed to be collected, but this painting... It's really rare. For some reason, we had somewhere to be trapped in the capital, so we collected this painting at a high price. Later we realized it was a stolen thing..."

Buying stolen goods is not a strange thing in the pawn shop industry. The Li family has a great business, and even if there is some background in the stolen goods, the family will not be destroyed.

Thinking of Ms. Li Er's initial request was to "repair a painting", I thought that the painting was damaged due to some reason.

It rained all night long.

"How did this painting get damaged?" Chen Xi asked.

Miss Li Er was stunned and didn't quite understand why Chen Xi knew that there was something wrong with the drawing. She thought for a while and realized that she was showing her mouth and was embarrassed:

"When the family learned that the government was searching for it, they wanted to hide the painting... When the painting was transferred to the cellar, they were not well kept and bitten by insects and rats..."

After receiving the stolen goods, I still wanted to hide the things, but I refused to admit it. This is a big trouble.

Chen Xi thought to himself, it seems that the original owner of this painting is of extraordinary identity, which makes the Li family not even brave enough to confess and be lenient. But how could a person with such a big head easily make the paintings he treasured in his family stolen?

Chen Xi asked, "I wonder what the painting is?"

Miss Li Er hesitated for a moment before lowering her head sadly: "Along the River During the Qingming Festival."

ps: The first update is here!

The weather is sometimes cold and sometimes hot. Yesterday it was obviously 32 or 3 degrees during the day, but it rained at night and the temperature dropped sharply. The emperor was woken up by cold in the middle of the night. He got a fever this morning and was dizzy. He went to the clinic to get a penicillin injection to get better!

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