In early March, Dapanbao General Flag Office.
After returning from Wangjiazhuang, the news that Liu Yan was promoted to the officer in charge of the Wangjiazhuang Hundred Households Bureau spread completely. Not only were the lights and colorful decorations inside and outside the Dapanbao, more than a thousand military households celebrated with singing and dancing, and everyone under Wangjiazhuang's subordinates Huoludun and Tunpu also exploded.
On the second day after Liu Yan returned to Dapanbao, the armor commanders from various camps and Huolu piers rushed to Dapanbao one after another to pay homage to Liu Yan, the new superior officer.
Even Song Gongming, the 100-household official inspector of the Ancient Town Inspection Department, sent a congratulatory note. The person who came was Song Gongming's nephew Song Guan. Liu Yan distinguished himself from others and personally arranged a banquet to entertain Song Guan.
Liu Yan summoned everyone one by one in the headquarters of the general flag. Liu Yan did not pay much attention to these subordinates. Among the armor commanders from various places, except for the armor commander Shen Tuo of Huangshan Dun, there was no one available. People are all mediocre people who are greedy for money.
After meeting these people, Liu Yan looked at the fawning faces and made up his mind to get rid of all these people.
Of course, when Liu Yan abolishes these chiefs, he will definitely give them enough severance pay to let these people go home and become rich men. However, if these people still do things that are unworthy of him in the face of his tolerant methods, Liu Yan will not mind using thunderous means to severely punish such people, so as to prevent others from mistakenly thinking that he is a person who shows mercy indiscriminately. Liu Yan will never allow anyone to betray him.
However, what surprised Liu Yan was that Huangshan Dunjia Chief Shen Tuo did not come to see him. Liu Yan thought about it for a moment and then smiled with relief. Shen Tuo was originally a cold-faced military commander. Naturally, he would disdain this kind of flattery that took the initiative to meet Shangguan, and Liu Yan would not be upset because of such a little thing. Instead of blaming Shen Tuo, I felt that Shen Tuo was a good and impartial person.
After the armor commanders left one after another, Liu Yan had time to summon a group of subordinates in the fort to discuss matters.
Now that Liu Yan himself is the new team officer, and there are many affairs in various parts of Wangjiazhuang, Liu Yan can almost expect that outside of his own big fortress, the rest of Wangjiazhuang will be in a mess. In addition, this was the time of chaos at the end of the Ming Dynasty. How much time did he have to turn Wangjiazhuang into an iron barrel before the Jiannu army marched south to Shandong? It's time to start setting up.
Soon all the subordinates rushed to the flag hall. Liu Yan looked at the subordinates in the room. Chen Xun, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Xu Ming, Miao Shao and others were all beaming with joy and high spirits. With Liu Yan's promotion this time, they have also risen with the tide. As Liu Yan's direct descendants, it goes without saying that there is a flood of flatterers.
However, Wang Yue, who was sitting next to him, had a sad face. Liu Yan had originally had six small flag officers, but now he was the only one left standing still. The other five had all been promoted to chief flag officers. Naturally, he felt very depressed.
On the other side, Wang Yunhe looked at Liu Yan with joy and admiration in his eyes. Chen Jiangshi looked at Chen Xun with a smile, as if to say: One day she too will become the wife of the chief flag officer.
Tan Xiaoda, Xu Le, Chu Yunfei, Zhao Hao, Bao Xuezhen, Zhao Min, Qian Bo and others were also very happy. When they were in Dapanbao, they could already show what they had learned in their lives, and not only could they give full play to their respective abilities. specialties, and you can also get fair and generous rewards. Over the past year or so, everyone has been lifted out of poverty and become rich. Everyone has accumulated a lot of money, and they are even more devoted to Liu Yan.
Now that Liu Yan has been promoted to Baihu Official and has been stationed in Baihu Official Office as a team officer, Tan Xiaoda and others have naturally followed suit. The platform for their ambitions will definitely be broader in the future, which naturally makes everyone happy.
After everyone chatted for a while, Liu Yan looked at the cadres present and sighed secretly in his heart. There were still too few senior officers and orthodox scholars under his command. They were either small flag officers or chief flag officers, or they were all small officials. Among the grassroots civil and military officials below the guard station, there are still no truly talented subordinates.
Even if he was successful in suppressing the bandits this time, the rewards for those who had contributed would be limited. If there were not enough official positions, it would be difficult to arrange everyone's positions. At the moment, it seems that we can only let a few people serve as commanders of various places first, which is just in time to replace those mediocre people.
So Liu Yan said in a deep voice: "After I went to Wangjiazhuang to take office, the general flag officer Chen Xun succeeded as the commander of Dapanbao, and the junior flag officer Wang Yue became his deputy and led his troops to garrison the salt field. Chen Jiang continued to stay in Dapanbao to preside over Soap Workshop.”
Chen Xun beamed when he heard this. Dapanbao was Liu Yan's base camp. Now that Liu Yan handed over Dapanbao to him, he was treating himself as his number one confidant. He immediately laughed and clasped his fists to accept the order.
Chen Jiang was also happy. From now on, she would be the mistress of Dapanbao. Thinking about it made her happy, but she still secretly warned herself that she must handle official matters well and not delay Liu Yan's important events.
Only Wang Yue was a little lackluster. When he stood up and took orders with his fists clasped, there wasn't much of a smile on his face.
Liu Yan couldn't help laughing when he saw this, and said to Wang Yue; "Although you are still a small flag officer, the troops you lead are the same as them. Don't relax in training sessions on weekdays. I can tell you and all of you , this year, or next year at the latest, we will definitely go on an expedition. By then, all of you will have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds, so you, a little flag officer, must seize the opportunity!"
Wang Yue smiled happily when he heard this, clasped his fists and said: "Don't worry, sir, my subordinates will work hard and strive to achieve success as soon as possible!"
"Well, that's right!"
Liu Yan then continued to talk about his arrangements:
Miao Shao and Xu Ming must be with him. To rectify Wangjiazhuang, Liu Yan must have enough soldiers and horses around him to intimidate the officials in Baihu Office.
Liu Yan then said to Zhao Min: "Master Zhao will stay in the fort and assist Chen Xun and Wang Yue in handling the clerical affairs in the fort."
Zhao Min naturally knows the importance of Dapanbao. It can be said that for Liu Yan, Dapanbao is even more important than Wangjiazhuang. Sea salt, Shaoguo wine, and soap are all produced here. He must leave a man who is proficient in arithmetic. Talents.
So Zhao Min stood up, bowed deeply, and said: "I will obey your orders!"
Zhao Min's current official position is just an official position, which is the lowest level among officials. According to the Ming Dynasty's official examination method, there are three exams in nine years, and they are divided into three categories: competent, ordinary, and incompetent. After passing the third test, if you are competent in the second test and average in the first test, you can be promoted to a higher level. All three tests were considered competent. You can go up two levels.
Although the comments of the minor officials of the Wei Institute are all evaluated by the Chief Seal Officer of the Wei Institute, promotions are reported by the Experience Department of the Wei Institute and approved by the Ministry of Personnel. Zhao Min wants to be promoted within a few years. This is too difficult, and within the Ming Dynasty civil servants The trend of ranking seniority is too strong. Zhao Min wants to be a senior scribe in Wangjiazhuang, but he is obviously far from qualified.
In the future, if Liu Yan wants to use literati, he will have to look for officials from Wangjiazhuang or Dongjiazhuang, hoping to recruit some useful talents. As for Zhao Min, Liu Yan planned to let him practice in Dapanbao for a while and then find a suitable opportunity to promote him in the future.
Liu Yan added: "Zhang Yi is appointed as the armor commander of Fenghuoshan Dun, Wang Bo is appointed as the armor commander of Shagou Dun, Miao Shao and Xu Ming will lead their troops to follow me into Wangjiazhuang!"
"As for the original commanders of Fengshan Dun and Shagou Dun, after you two take office, give them three hundred taels of silver each and let them go home and live."
"yes!"
Now the chief flag officers under Liu Yan are these people, and they can only occupy two fire road piers first. As for the rest of the fire road piers, the commander thought for a while and decided to knock them out first, use them if they can be used, and use them if they can't. Find another way to replace it.
After listening to Liu Yan's words, both Zhang Yi and Wang Bo burst out laughing. It was great to finally let them go.
Then Liu Yan looked at the two of them and said: "When we arrive at Wangjiazhuang, I will give an order for you two to reorganize Fenghuoshan Dun and Shagou Dun into forts, and I will transfer some military households from Dapanbao. You two must reclaim the wasteland as soon as possible and train your army."
As he spoke, Liu Yan named Chen Xun, Zhang Yi, Wang Bo, and Wang Yue, and said: "You must continue to strictly train soldiers and horses in accordance with the "Infantry Drill Code" everywhere. If anyone neglects training, don't blame me. No mercy!"
Chen Xun and the others hurriedly clasped their fists to accept the order, not daring to show any slightest hesitation.
Miao Shao and Xu Ming also laughed when they looked at Chen Xun and the others. Compared with others, they were more willing to follow Liu Yan, so that their future prospects would be more unlimited.
In addition to Miao Shao and Xu Ming, this time Liu Yan decided to let Tan Xiaoda, Zhao Hao, Xu Le, and Bao Xuezhen continue to stay in Dapanbao to make weapons and study medicine. Chu Yun also wanted to Stay at the salt field.
At the same time, Liu Yan promoted Qian Zao, the deputy director of the winery, to the principal. From now on, Qian Zao would be in charge of the winery. After all, Wang Yunhe would follow him to Wangjiazhuang and get married soon.
From now on, Dapanbao will be used as his rear base camp.
After everyone's affairs were arranged, Liu Yan's thoughts drifted to Wangjiazhuang. Now that he had been promoted, his territory and power had also expanded, but he had more military households to support.
The hardships of the guard stations in the late Ming Dynasty were famous. A 100-household station with a population of several thousand people would have to support themselves in the future. The pressure can be imagined. And Liu Yan wants to win over the military and civilian morale of the entire Baihu Station. Only by letting them all live the same good life as Dapanbao can he gather the strength of the entire Wangjiazhuang to win in future crises.
Perhaps Liu Yan's current confidence lies in the support of military households in the fort and the unified people's support in the fort.
After this meeting, the news that Liu Yan was preparing to leave Dapanbao and go to Wangjiazhuang to take up his post completely spread. Regarding Liu Yan going to Wangjiazhuang to take office, the military households in Dapanbao were happy but also sad. They were used to Liu Yan's days in the fort, but they were really not used to Liu Yan's departure.
Fortunately, Dapanbao is Liu Yan's foundation. Wangjiazhuang is not far from Dapanbao. Liu Yan will still go home often in the future.
On March 10, the 11th year of Chongzhen, Liu Yan led Miao Shao's middle post and Xu Ming's cavalry post to leave Dapanbao and go to Wangjiazhuang to take up his post. Wang Yunhe also followed the group. This time Liu Yan went to Wangjiazhuang and sent Wang Yunhe back to Wanfu Oil Factory. Soon he would go to Wanfu Oil Factory to marry his sweetheart.
On the same day, the flag officers Wang Bo and Zhang Yi each led their troops to leave Dapanbao and went to Fenghuoshan Dun and Shagou Dun to take office respectively. As for the appointment documents of the two, Liu Yan will send someone to deliver them to them after they arrive at Wangjiazhuang.
Although the team officer was a low-level military attache in the guard station, when Liu Yan went out, he still brought a five-square flag with Liu characters to identify the flag. In addition, there were flag bearers such as golden drums and trumpets in each sentry, which could be regarded as The flag is clear and the troops are strong.
The large group of people marched slowly on the official road with the cavalry sentry in front and the center sentry behind. Everyone on the horseback and the spearmen in the middle post were all wearing iron armor. This kind of military lineup was firmly ranked first among the Qianhu Station in front of Xiahe Village. This proves that Liu Yan's strength is the best choice to serve as the team leader in Wangjiazhuang.
At this time, the flags and flags cleared the way, and Liu Yan led his armored army to leave Dapanbao. The iron hoofs stepped on the gravel streets of Dapanbao, making a neat roar.
The military households of Dapanbao were all out in force. They all stood by the roadside and bid farewell to Liu Yan and others with proud eyes.
