In the blink of an eye, in mid-October, Liu Yan's promotion order finally came.
Early that morning, Jia Hongyu rushed to Wangjiazhuang. It could be seen that Jia Hongyu should have set off from Qianhu Station in front of Xiahe Village in the middle of the night. When he arrived at Baihu Official Hall, Liu Yan looked at the tired Jia Hongyu and felt moved in his heart. .
"Brother Jia, sit down quickly. Brother Jia is working so hard, but is there a big happy event?"
Jia Hongyu drank a large bowl of well water, then burped and said with satisfaction: "It's so damn happy!"
Then Jia Hongyu took Liu Yan to sit in the pavilion and said, "Your promotion order has been issued!"
"oh?"
Although Liu Yan also knew that he would definitely be promoted, he was still overjoyed when he heard this and said, "What are the details?"
Jia Hongyu immediately took out an official document and handed it to Liu Yan, saying: "Brother, you have been promoted very quickly. This time, brother, you have been promoted to two levels in a row, from a hundred households to a thousand households. The thousand households will succeed the defense of the former thousand households in Xiahe Village." Official position."
Liu Yan felt a stone fall in his heart, and then asked: "I wonder how Brother Jia and Lord Wang are doing?"
Jia Hongyu laughed loudly, shaking off his clothes to catch the wind, and said: "Haha, Mr. Wang and I have benefited from you, brother, and we have been promoted to one level this time. Mr. Wang has been promoted to Qianhu, and this time we are going to Lingshan Guards has been appointed as the commander, and I have been promoted to the rank of Hundred Households due to my merits. I will go to Lingshan Guards with Mr. Wang, and then Mr. Wang will get me an official position."
"I remember that the commander of Lingshan Guard is Lord Hu Zongming, right? He has also been promoted?"
"It's natural."
Jia Hongyu was at the Qianhu Station in front of Xiahe Village, so he naturally got more information than Liu Yan, so he said: "Hu Zongming and Mr. Hu were promoted to commanders and succeeded Lingshan Guards' conduct officers, and the original conduct officer Li Ji Lord Wen has been promoted to Jimo Camp and appointed as a guerrilla general."
Liu Yan nodded. The current guard system in Shandong is very different from that in the early Ming Dynasty. It is basically a combination of the guard system and the camp system.
There is also a battalion above the acropolis. The war barracks is the connection between the acropolis and Shandong Dusi. It organically integrates the originally loose guards and provides a visible and tactile environment for the generals of the garrison. The promotion channel obtained, even this channel is not that smooth.
After hearing this, Liu Yan smiled and said, "So, Inspector Song, Inspector Tang, and Officer Ji were also promoted?"
Jia Hongyu laughed and said: "That's not true! The three of them have bad official luck. They were only rewarded with some money this time and were not promoted!"
"What?"
Liu Yan was very surprised. There were a total of 134 heads. The Jiaozhou Guard Qianhu Office and the Zhongqianhu Office should also have received some. In addition, Song Gongming was originally from the Qianhu Office in Xiahe Village. Why was he not promoted?
Jia Hongyu said with a smile: "Brother, you don't know something. Inspector Song was unlucky. It is said that he lost almost all the soldiers and horses of the ancient town inspection department when he escaped. Later, he only gathered more than 20 people. Those ancient towns collapsed. After we withdrew, the troops of the Inspection Department began to rob houses in the Yaoshan area. I don’t know how this incident reached the ears of the Shandong Inspection Inspector, so they sent Inspection Song a reward of three silver coins to compensate for the merits and demerits. A hundred taels of comfort, such a result."
"Ha ha."
After hearing this, Liu Yan couldn't help but clapped his hands and burst into laughter. This highlighted the importance of military discipline. An army without iron-clad military discipline is just a mess. If you turn your head, you can turn into a bandit!
"What about Defense Officer Tang and Defense Officer Ji?"
Jia Hongyu said: "It was even worse for the two of them. In the battle of Yaoshan, the two of them led their troops to flee for their lives. On the way, they clashed with the local gentry in Qingzhou. Those troops were probably useless against the Qing soldiers. However, when they met the servants of a wealthy gentry family, they turned into brave warriors one by one. Not only did they steal a lot of money and food, but they also killed a descendant of a wealthy gentry family and raped several eldest ladies. These can be regarded as troubles. Once opened, everything was brought to the governor's office."
Jia Hongyu talked eloquently, drank a sip of well water in the middle, and continued: "Those big gentry families in the court all have children from the clan as officials. They come and go to make connections. If Li Jiwen and Mr. Li hadn't used a few pills to The Tatar head protects the two of them, and it is estimated that Tang Shou Yuan and Ji Defender have been escorted to the capital for questioning."
Liu Yan shook his head. It’s okay not to want such soldiers. Whether it was Tang Jingming or Ji Xianhai, they both had no grievances when they were imprisoned. It can be said that they both asked for it.
In addition, Liu Yan also thought of Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, who was of moderate qualifications but had some bad luck. Historically, Yan Jizu was captured by the Qing army due to the indiscriminate command of Yang Sichang, the Minister of War, which led to the lack of defense in Jinan's capital city. As a result, King De was captured and tortured to death by the Qing army.
Then the imperial court threw the blame on Yan Jizu, charging him with missing a chance to fight and even leading to the fall of the vassal king.
But now, because Liu Yan led his troops to a great victory at Yaoshan, although this victory only resulted in 134 heads, it was very dazzling in the situation where Shandong and Beizhili were defeated everywhere. , Yan Jizu also obtained a result in which the merits and demerits were balanced, which is considered good.
"Let's not talk about them yet..."
Liu Yan asked with a smile: "Brother Jia, what are your future plans?"
"Intend?"
Jia Hongyu said with a smile: "Of course I left early and went to Lingshan Acropolis with Mr. Wang. This time, thanks to your blessing, brother, Mr. Wang and I were promoted again."
Speaking of this, Jia Hongyu lowered his voice and said: "When I came, Lord Wang specifically asked me to tell you: Now that Lord Wang has a different identity, running the soap business and sea salt business will be too conspicuous, so he wants to use the business As a member, what do you think, brother?"
"Of course, all the sales in Mr. Wang's hands must have been transferred to you, brother."
After adding these, Jia Hongyu looked at Liu Yan, fearing that Liu Yan would be angered by this matter.
Unexpectedly, Liu Yan laughed loudly and said: "Of course I have no objection. Mr. Wang and I have been cooperating for so long. Just based on our friendship, Mr. Wang can get shares from me!"
"Haha, great!"
Jia Hongyu asked again: "I don't know the specific details..."
Liu Yan thought for a while and said: "In the past, most of the sales outlets that Mr. Wang went to were the senior executives of Lingshan Guard, specifically at Lingshan Guard City. I did a rough calculation and found that Mr. Wang accounted for 15% of the business of the soap workshop. How about 10% of the dry shares in the sea salt business in the salt drying farm?"
Originally, Wang Wenzhen also had a role in the salt drying field, and it was more than 10%, but now Liu Yan has replaced some of the salt drying workers with members from the soap workshop. Overall, it is almost the same, but in fact Wang Wenzhen's share Definitely scaled back a bit.
Jia Hongyu naturally understood this, and he looked a little embarrassed and said, "Brother, look, this..."
Liu Yan burst out laughing when he saw this and said: "Brother Jia, you don't have to be embarrassed. This time Mr. Wang asked you to ask me. In fact, Mr. Wang has already reported the idea of withdrawing from the business, but with Mr. Wang's nature, he wants to continue collecting cash. How in the world? Is there such a good thing?"
At this point, Liu Yan pointed at himself and said with a smile: "I only have it here! That's why I gave Mr. Wang these shares. These shares are not the same as the shares in the previous salt farm. Brother Jia needs to understand . I think Master Wang also understands, and naturally he will not blame Brother Jia."
Jia Hongyu finally felt relieved and said with a smile: "In that case, I will go back now so that I can pack my bags as soon as possible and follow Mr. Wang to Lingshan Acropolis."
Liu Yan said in surprise: "Brother Jia, why are you so anxious? I'm still thinking of going to the Qianhu Office in front of Xiahe Village as soon as possible in the next two days to take up my post. By the way, I'll have a banquet to see Mr. Wang and Brother Jia off."
"There's no need to hurry,"
Jia Hongyu stood up and said: "Lingshan Guard came with Gai Shen and a letter urging Mr. Wang to take office as soon as possible. Mr. Li Jiwen, the former conduct officer, is already preparing to go to Jimo Camp and is urging Mr. Wang to go and deliver the goods. "
"Of course, don't worry here at the Qianhu Station in front of Xiahe Village. Mr. Wang has already handed over certain matters to Deputy Dai Qianhu. When the time comes, brother, you can just settle the matter with him."
"It turns out that Dai Jingbin has been promoted to the position of Deputy Chief of Thousand Households."
"Yes, brother, you can decide how to use this person from now on."
After sending Jia Hongyu away, Liu Yan sent an order to summon all his subordinates to discuss matters. In the evening of that day, everyone arrived, and the main hall of the Hundred Household Hall was full of talents.
The seven leading flag officers and small flag officers, Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, and Shen Tuo, are sitting on the left. The chief flag officer Yue Ming, the garrison officer Zhang Lei, and the commander Zhao Min, as well as the principals Chu Yunfei, Gao Yunshan, Chen Jiangshi, Qian Zao, Tan Xiaoda, Xu Le, and Bao Xuezhen, sit on the right.
Today, Miao Shao happened to lead his troops to escort Gao Yunshan over to deliver a batch of iron materials to Tan Xiaoda, so he caught up with today's meeting.
Seeing everyone gathered together, Liu Yan announced his promotion in public, and everyone cheered.
Immediately afterwards, Liu Yan said loudly: "In this battle, all the officers and soldiers have worked hard and made great achievements. I have decided that all generals at all levels will be promoted to one level!"
Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, and Shen Tuo couldn't help but express their gratitude with fists in their hands.
At this point, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, and Shen Tuo were all promoted to the rank of Hundred Households. Wang Yue was promoted to the Chief Flag Officer. Then, like Chen Xun, he was temporarily assigned as the Chief Flag Officer to the Hundred Households.
However, everyone's official positions were promoted, and Liu Yan also announced in public that the troop strength and military pay of each sentry would remain unchanged for the time being, and he would make adjustments after he had finished reorganizing the thousand households in front of Xiahe Village.
Everyone didn't mind this either. After all, everyone was pretty good at this time. Everyone had more than 180 elite soldiers, which was already much better than the average hundred-household official.
As for the flag officer Yue Ming, the official Zhao Min, and other principals, Liu Yan also made it clear that they would be rewarded.
"The chief flag officer Yue Ming is in charge of the money and food supplies. He has made great contributions to supplying the army, so he has been promoted to the rank of Hundred Households. He has ordered Zhao Min to appease the people, subsidize the casualties and soldiers, and replenish the vacancies for each sentry. He has made great contributions, so he has been promoted to the chief officer of the copywriting department."
This copywriting officer is a newly created official position by Liu Yan, which is equivalent to the highest level of a subordinate official. Whether it is salary or salary, it is paid according to the highest level.
After Liu Yan explained, Zhao Min solemnly thanked him.
As for the remaining principals, they were not promoted this time, but their wages still increased a lot, each of them received a 20% increase, which also made several people smile.
After this battle, everyone has gained something, and it can be said that everyone is happy.
Finally, Liu Yan announced adjustments to the deployment of troops: "Zhang Yi led his troops to garrison the Wangjiazhuang Baihu Station. Remember to divide the troops to garrison the Wangjiazhuang Baihu Station, Dapanbao, and Tieyushan Iron Material Yard."
This means that Zhang Yi will be the first to lead the troops alone, so Zhang Yi clasped his fists excitedly and said: "Don't worry, sir, my subordinates will do their best!"
"Ah That's good."
Liu Yan stood up suddenly, and the rest of the staff also stood up one after another. Liu Yan said loudly: "All the principals and civil servants are temporarily staying in Wangjiazhuang, waiting for my notice. The other sentries will then prepare and go with me in three days." The thousand households in front of Xiahe Village took office!"
"Got the order!"
Some people died, but not completely...
