Chapter 242 Li Min Reminds

Chapter 242 Li Min Reminds

Chapter 242 Li Min Reminds
The Wuhou Guard was divided into the Left Wuhou Guard and the Right Wuhou Guard. Their main duties were to guard the chariot and the entourage, patrol day and night, set up beacons on the roads, enforce the ban on the camp, etc.

A total of 20,000 troops were under his command, divided into four battalions. The first and second battalions were led by the Left Wuhou Guard, and the third and fourth battalions were led by the Right Wuhou Guard. Each battalion had 5,000 people and had several military offices under it.

After the Tang Dynasty, the Left and Right Wuhou Guards were renamed the Left and Right Jinwu Guards, but their responsibilities remained unchanged.

Xiao Xia's official title was General of the Right Wuhou Guard, and his title of General was a meritorious official, the fourth level of meritorious officials, after Shang Zhuguo, Zhuguo, and Shang Da Jiangjun.

The Sui Dynasty advocated martial arts and mainly used military officers to run the government. This was also a characteristic of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Most of the people in power were Xianbei warriors, and military men were mainly awarded honorary titles. Therefore, honorary officials have always been more important than casual officials in the Northern Zhou and Sui dynasties.

After the Tang Dynasty, the Han people gradually rose to power, the military men gradually declined, the officials with honors were marginalized, and the officials dominated by the Han people became the mainstream. This was the result of the Han-Hu struggle during the hundreds of years from the Northern Zhou Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty.

The Sui Dynasty belonged to a transitional stage. Although meritorious officials dominated the mainstream, officials without official titles also emerged, and the struggle between Hu Xun and Han San officials began to intensify.

It is reasonable to say that the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty was caused by the power struggle between the Han and the Hu peoples.

Yang Guang supported the Han and suppressed the Hu, which aroused strong dissatisfaction and counterattacks from the Hu people, including the Guanlong nobles, and led to chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

However, for Xiao Xia, honorary titles and minor titles are not important. He is a member of the royal family, and the title is the most important.

He was conferred the title of Prince of Xihai, not only because of his status as the grandson of the emperor, but more because of his own efforts. Other grandsons of the emperor were princes; they did not need to work hard; they were born as such.

Therefore, Xiao Xia's title of Duke is somewhat different from that of other imperial grandsons.

The office of the Right Wuhou Guard is in the imperial city, and the military camp is in the Western Inner Courtyard. The office and the military camp are separate, which is a bit obscure.

The General of the Right Wuhou Guard was the highest-ranking general, but he mainly participated in the government affairs in the government office. His subordinates included the Chief Clerk, the Secretary of the Army, the Recorder, and the Assistant Military Officers of the Merit, Warehouse, Army, Cavalry, Law, and Armor Departments. There were also the Time Master and the Clepsydra Student.

The official residence of the Right General Wuhouwei was not in the government office but in the military camp. What did this mean?

What this means is that the General of the Right Wuhou Guard is only the nominal supreme commander. He has no real power. The real power lies in the hands of the two generals. The general has no right to mobilize the army, and the daily logistics and personnel management are the responsibility of the Chief Secretary, who has no control over them. Therefore, the general is a completely nominal position.

On the first day, Xiao Xia did not go to take office, but went to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel to handle various procedures.

It was almost noon when Xiao Xia came out of the Ministry of Personnel. At this moment, he suddenly heard someone calling him. He turned around and saw that it was Li Min waving at him.

Li Min is now serving as a military officer in the Prince of Jin's Palace, a seventh-rank official.

Xiao Xia felt a little embarrassed towards Li Min because of the division of the Great Zhou Trading Company. After all, the Great Zhou Trading Company would belong to Li Min in the future, but he took half of it.

"Brother Li, long time no see!"

Li Min smiled and said, "You've been promoted to a higher position, don't you want to treat us?"

Xiao Xia happily said, "Okay! I will definitely treat everyone to a meal some other day."

Li Min smiled slightly and said, "Why don't you treat me to a drink at noon today!"

Xiao Xia nodded, "I just finished my work, let's go!"

The two came to Wencui Restaurant in Pingkangfang, which ranked fifth in Chang'an. It was originally the restaurant of Dazhou Trading Company, and now belongs to Xiao Xia's Xihai Trading Company.

The two sat down in an elegant room on the third floor. Xiao Xia knew that some things were not easy to get away with and had to be faced. He apologized to Li Min, "I'm sorry about the business!"

Li Min said calmly: "If I say I don't care at all, do you believe me, brother?"

Xiao Xia was stunned. How could he not care?
Li Min sighed and said, "You have to understand that in the future, the Great Zhou Company will not belong to me, but to my family. Our family is very large. I have seven great uncles and dozens of uncles. There are hundreds of brothers of the same generation as me, but my status in the family is not high."

"Why?" "Because my father died early. What status would a child without a father have in the family?"

Xiao Xia nodded, "Now that you are the eldest princess' son-in-law, you should be feeling better."

"No, how many of the emperor's consorts have status? Besides, I am just the princess's son-in-law. On the surface, everyone pleases me and is afraid of me, but that's because they want to get benefits from my mother-in-law. Once my mother-in-law dies, who will still take me seriously?
Once I get the Great Zhou Company, it will definitely be taken away by my family. This is the family rule, unless I betray the family and set up my own business, but I can't do it. I can't let my father's spirit tablet be removed from the family temple."

At this point, Li Min smiled and said, "Now you understand! The one who really cares about you taking a share of the Great Zhou Trading Company is not me, but my family. I wish you could take it all, so that I won't hate my family for being cold and ruthless in the future."

Xiao Xia pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps this is the way to go. I'll take all of the Great Zhou Company away, and I'll give you half of it. Then your family won't be able to take it away."

Li Min smiled and said, "This method is not bad, but you will make my family angry to death. You can implement it slowly in the future."

"I'll tell my aunt about this idea later!"

Li Min hesitated for a moment and said, "It's better to let my wife tell me!"

Xiao Xia nodded. He was just making a suggestion, and the real decision was up to his aunt.

"correct!"

Li Min remembered something and asked, "Do you have anything else to do this afternoon?"

Xiao Xia shook her head. "The formalities were all completed this morning. Everything should be fine. We'll go to the military camp tomorrow morning."

"Please go to the Princess's residence sometime. My mother-in-law wants to see you!"

"I'll be there in a minute!"

At this time, the bartender brought them wine and food. Li Min grabbed the wine pot, filled their glasses, raised his glass and said with a smile: "Come on! Congratulations on your promotion and title. Let's drink this glass!"

"cheers!"

The two drank a glass of wine and Xiao Xia filled the glass.

Li Min lowered his voice and laughed, "The Crown Prince is in trouble this time. The power of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue have been stripped at the same time. There has been no sound in the past two days. I guess he is smashing bowls and plates at home. Haha! It's so refreshing."

Xiao Xia raised his wine glass and said, “The biggest problem of the prince is that he acts impulsively and does not think things through. He always thinks that others are fools. I obviously robbed the store, which means that I already knew their intentions. I may have already complained to the emperor.

In this case, he should stop challenging the emperor's bottom line, and perhaps the emperor would not be so angry.

But he was not willing to give up. He caught me killing a scoundrel and made a fuss about it, trying to make things difficult for my father and put him under siege. How could the emperor not be angry with such a petty mind!
Why is the emperor so angry? He is the crown prince! He is the heir to the Sui Dynasty, but he has no moral bottom line, is despicable and shameless, and has no brains at all. I feel that the emperor has already thought about changing the crown prince. "

Li Min nodded, "You are right. We all feel that his position as crown prince is unstable, otherwise the emperor would not have taken away his two most important powers. This time we all see hope. It is possible that your father will replace the crown prince. We are all excited!"

Xiao Xia hesitated for a moment and said, "The prince is rather extreme in his actions, and he always likes to take unorthodox approaches. Go back and remind my eldest brother to be on high alert. I'm worried that the prince will send someone to assassinate my father!"

Li Min shook her head. "Don't worry about your father. I think you should worry about yourself first. The prince will hate you to the core this time. If he wants to assassinate you, he will definitely assassinate you first. My mother-in-law has already thought about it for you. You should go there quickly this afternoon. She will give you a gift."

"What is it?"

Li Min smiled slightly and said, "Excuse me for keeping you in suspense. You will know when you go there."

(End of this chapter)