Although he disagrees with Shangguan Hongyuan's methods, Cui Desheng is after all a senior general of the Fengwu Army. Looking at the entire Fengwu Army, he can also be ranked in the top ten. Moreover, his surname is Cui, and he is the nephew of the old lady and Cui Shao. , the identity is not ordinary...
When they thought Cui Desheng died in battle, old lady Cui Shao and others were also very sad. Later, when they learned that Cui Desheng was still alive, the old lady specifically mentioned it to Ye Mingsheng, saying that Cui Desheng was a filial man. Good boy, I used to meet him every time he returned to Yi Jing, so I hope Ye Mingsheng can save him as much as possible.
In addition to his status, Cui Desheng did not surrender voluntarily, but was captured after exhausting his efforts to cover the retreat of the main force during the first Yunbin War. After being captured, he also behaved quite loyally and unyieldingly. In order to survive, he lost the face of the general of the Fengwu Army.
Therefore, after considering these circumstances, Ye Mingsheng also issued instructions to the Foreign Affairs Department, requesting that Cui Desheng be saved as much as possible.
After receiving Ye Mingsheng's instructions, the Foreign Affairs Department also actively contacted the Luo'an court to discuss various matters regarding prisoner exchange.
However, at the end of the First Battle of Yunbin, although the Fengwu Army achieved strategic success, it still lost four counties tactically. Therefore, the attitude of the Luo'an court was still very tough, and the price offered was also very high. Gao, asked Fengwu Army to pay 10,000 taels of silver and 100,000 shi of grain.
Although Ye Mingsheng wanted to exchange for Cui Desheng, as the commander-in-chief of the Fengwu Army, he naturally would not agree to such an outrageous price offered by the Luo'an court.
After the conditions were rejected by Ye Mingsheng, the prisoner exchange matters surrounding Cui Desheng also reached a deadlock, but soon the second Yunbin War broke out and things turned around... ········
Compared with the first Yunbin War, the Fengwu Army achieved strategic success and tactical failure. In the second Yunbin War, the Fengwu Army achieved both tactical and strategic successes, not only recapturing the five lost buildings. In the county seat, tens of thousands of Yun Bingjun prisoners of war were captured.
The two Yunbin battles resulted in a large number of prisoners for both the Fengwu Army and the Luoan court. Both sides were also willing to exchange prisoners. However, the two sides still had great differences on the specific terms. The plan proposed by the Fengwu Army was , one person for another, senior generals like Cui Desheng can exchange for more ordinary soldiers as appropriate.
However, the Luo'an imperial court opened its mouth, saying that all the prisoners from both sides would be exchanged no matter how many there were. For such an unreasonable request, the Fengwu Army naturally refused. After all, according to the calculations of the Fengwu Army, the Luo'an Imperial Court had at most only Fengwu's army captured 7,000 people.
The Fengwu Army has a total of 33,000 Yunbing Army prisoners in its hands. If the plan of the Luo'an court is followed, it will be 7,000 for 33,000. One Fengwu Army prisoner is equivalent to five Yunbing Army prisoners. , obviously the Luo'an court had also calculated it, so they proposed such a plan.
Faced with the unreasonable demands of the Luo'an court, the officials in charge of negotiations in the Foreign Affairs Department also fought hard to negotiate the deal as much as possible.
Because there is a big gap in the number of prisoners in the hands of the two sides, Luoan also rejected the one-for-one exchange proposed by the Fengwu Army. In order to express their position to the Fengwu Army, they also directly stated that if the Fengwu Army insisted on a one-for-one exchange, If so, they would rather cancel this prisoner exchange than agree to it...
Regarding the request of the Luo'an court, the Foreign Affairs Department did not dare to make the decision. The report was left to Ye Mingsheng. In order to allow the heroic Fengwu Army soldiers to return home as soon as possible, Ye Mingsheng also agreed to the request of the Luo'an court and allowed a Fengwu soldier to return home. The Wu army officers were replaced by two Yun Bing army officers, but Cui Desheng had to be sent back as a condition.
In the end, after a fierce game between the two sides, the Luoan court and the Fengwu Army reached an agreement. Seven thousand Fengwu Army soldiers were added to Cui Desheng in exchange for 15,000 Yunbing Army soldiers. Cui Desheng was also able to return. home.
After quietly taking a look at Ye Mingsheng's face, Ye Cheng hesitated for a moment before deciding to report:
"My lord and the old lady have given orders. After Cui Desheng returns to Yi Jing, she wants him to come to the house for an audience!"
Hearing the news, Ye Mingsheng frowned slightly. Although Cui Desheng maintained the integrity that a Fengwu general should have when he was captured, after all, in this era, being captured according to traditional concepts is not a very honorable thing. What's more, when he was captured, Shangguan Hongyuan took Cui Desheng to many banquets for the purpose of alienating and irritating him. The two of them talked and laughed happily at the banquets. Cui Desheng even publicly complimented Shangguan Hongyuan. The capable ministers who govern the country are the pillars of the country!
Ye Mingsheng was not satisfied with this. He could understand Cui Desheng's situation at that time, but he felt that under the circumstances at that time, Cui Desheng could still claim to be ill. He did not have to attend those banquets to make Shangguan Hongyuan look bad. foot······················
So although Cui Desheng was replaced this time, Ye Mingsheng did not intend to reuse Cui Desheng. He just planned to give Cui Desheng a casual job for the sake of my mother and Cui Shao, and let him work in the rest of his life. Yi Jing eats and waits to die.
But I didn't expect that I really admire Cui Desheng's nephew and actually asked him to come to the house to meet him. Now that the order has been given, there is no way to take it back. Ye Mingsheng thought for a while and told Ye Cheng:
"This matter is left to you, Ye Cheng!"
Although Ye Mingsheng did not directly state his request, Ye Cheng still had some discernment after following Ye Mingsheng for so long. He could also tell that Ye Mingsheng did not want to see Cui Desheng in the house, so he immediately took the order and left. Be prepared to let this Cui Desheng retreat in spite of difficulties.
After handling this matter, Ye Mingsheng also put Cui Desheng behind and turned his attention to another important matter.
During this period, around the key position of deputy director of the Personnel Bureau, all forces in Yi Jing are also showing off their magical powers!
Logically speaking, Ye Mingsheng is personally responsible for important personnel appointments like this. However, because Ye Mingsheng wanted to test Gu Sansi this time, Ye Mingsheng delegated power to Gu Sansi and let Gu Sansi decide on the candidate for his deputy. ·····················
Regarding Ye Mingsheng's test this time, Gu Sansi gave his opinion to Ye Mingsheng after some serious thinking.
For the positions of two deputy directors of the Personnel Bureau, Gu Sansi recommended his old subordinate Chu Zhiyi and former Qilu Chief Secretary Shen Changhong.
In his memorial to Ye Mingsheng, Gu Sansi wrote the reasons why he made such a choice.
The first is Chu Zhiyi. Gu Sansi believes that although Chu Zhiyi lacks qualifications and is relatively young and has just turned 30 this year, Chu Zhiyi is loyal, has a humble and cautious personality, and is very capable, which is very suitable for personnel matters. Employment requirements for the deputy director of the bureau.
Next is Shen Changhong. Gu Sansi believes that the 41-year-old Shen Changhong is in the prime of life. Although he has never served in the central government before, he has accumulated a lot of grassroots work experience and a good reputation in his fifteen years of official career. He also served as the Chief Secretary of Qilu When he was the governor, he was mainly responsible for personnel issues. This transfer to the deputy director of the Personnel Bureau is a professional counterpart.
Ye Mingsheng was basically satisfied with the two answers given by Gu Sansi. Gu Sansi used these two choices to show Ye Mingsheng that he was in a power whirlpool as the director of the Personnel Bureau when competing with all parties. Persistence, decision-making and balance ability·························
Chu Zhiyi is an old subordinate of Gu Sansi. It is no exaggeration to say that he has followed Gu Sansi since he became an official. When Gu Sansi was responsible for reforming things, he was the sharp knife of reform in Gu Sansi's hands. , dealt with many difficult problems.
According to Ye Mingsheng, although the two of them are called superiors and subordinates, they actually have a brotherly relationship!
This time Gu Sansi serves as the director of the Personnel Bureau. Logically speaking, Chu Zhiyi should be promoted. However, Chu Zhiyi also has problems. First of all, he is young and has low qualifications. However, in the past seven or eight years, I had been following Gu Sansi before, and was neither prominent nor unreliable in the Fengwu Army, and did not accumulate much reputation.
From ancient times to the present, although meritocracy has always been emphasized in the promotion and appointment of officials, everyone knows that seniority is also a key indicator. Compared with other competitors, Chu Zhiyi has obvious advantages in this area. defect.
Therefore, some people have been persuading Gu Sansi to let Chu Zhiyi wait for the top position. Anyway, Chu Zhiyi is only in his early thirties and can afford to wait. The competition for the position of deputy director is so fierce, so it is better to let someone else take the position first. A few years later, the seat was vacated for Chu Zhiyi to come on...
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Ye Mingsheng has also been paying attention to Gu Sansi's choice of Chu Zhiyi. Although Ye Mingsheng is against nepotism, as a superior, he knows very well that as a leader, if you want to implement your own policy ideas, you need to have Trust subordinates to help you work.
No matter how good the idea is, if it is not implemented in place, it is just talk on paper!
Ye Mingsheng also knew Chu Zhiyi, a young man. He thought he was a good seedling. Chu Zhiyi also unswervingly insisted on reform in terms of political opinions. In the past, when faced with the hard problems that reform had entered into the deep water area, Chu Zhiyi Zhiyi also faced difficulties and achieved many achievements!
From this point of view, Ye Mingsheng believed that Chu Zhiyi was capable of becoming the deputy director of the Personnel Bureau and assisting Zuo Gu Sansi in the work of the director.
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng has always had more expectations for Gu Sansi. He hopes that Gu Sansi can make more decisions like Cui Shao when facing political pressure and influence from all parties!
In that position where one person is lower than ten thousand people, if you choose to compromise as soon as others put some pressure on you, then it is just a decoration and can accomplish nothing!
In the end, Gu Sansi did not disappoint Ye Mingsheng. He withstood the political pressure from all parties and recommended Chu Zhiyi to himself...
If on Chu Zhiyi, what Ye Mingsheng was testing was Gu Sansi’s persistence and determination when facing pressure from all sides, then on Shen Changhong, what Ye Mingsheng was mainly testing was on Gu Sansi’s balance when facing pressure from all sides. ability.
After being an official for so many years, Ye Mingsheng’s deepest understanding of politics is two words - balance!
Political balance is very important. In a balanced political structure, the power of all parties is also restricted, and they will abide by the rules and do not go out of their way. But once the balance of the political structure is broken, then the power is no longer restricted. , some people will be unscrupulous, and danger will follow them like a shadow.
Because the Fengwu Army was founded in Liaoyang, so now that the Fengwu Army has grown, a large number of people from Liaoyang have followed the rising tide and are in high positions. As the Fengwu Army has more and more territories, all forces have joined in. In the Fengwu Army, they also want to get a piece of the cake of power, so conflicts between them and people from Liaoyang are inevitable.
In a sense, the overt and covert struggle between Cui Shao and Murong Yuliang is a manifestation of this contradiction!
Ye Mingsheng is also very clear about the conflicts that have arisen under his own rule. He has always wanted to ease these conflicts, but it is a pity that there are only so many positions. Some people will be promoted and others will be demoted. The palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh. , no matter what choice he makes, it always gives Ye Mingsheng a headache...
This time, the reorganization of the power structure of the Fengwu Army led by Ye Mingsheng is in a certain way an attempt by Ye Mingsheng to ease conflicts. Ye Mingsheng plans to use this time to establish new departments such as the Personnel Bureau, the Government Affairs Bureau, and the Legal Affairs Bureau. Department's opportunity to re-establish the balance of power in the Fengwu Army.
Therefore, among the deputy directors of each bureau established this time, Ye Mingsheng consciously appointed a deputy director from Liaoyang and a deputy director from other provinces.
In this competition for deputy director of the Personnel Bureau, Chu Zhiyi, Bai Jiujiu, Ye Santian and others are all from Liaoyang, so after choosing Chu Zhiyi as the deputy director, Ye Mingsheng also hoped that Gu Sansi would choose a Deputy director from other provinces.
Compared with the Government Affairs Bureau, Legal Affairs Bureau and other departments, this political balance is more important for the Personnel Bureau. After all, the Personnel Bureau is responsible for personnel work. If a director and two deputy directors are both from Liaoyang, then In the future, some people in the local area will gossip and make weird remarks, which will not be conducive to the personnel bureau's future work at the local level.
Although these gossips and strange words have limited impact on the great cause of Fengwu Army, you still need to pay attention to the impact when doing work!
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng was very pleased that Gu Sansi chose Shen Changhong, an old official who formerly served as the Chief Secretary of Qilu.
Although he is not familiar with Shen Changhong, he has conducted a background investigation on him through the Coordination Office. According to the investigation by the Coordination Office, this person is also an official with a clean style and is very experienced in personnel issues. If he is a deputy Director, I believe that I will be able to better help Gu Sansi complete his work...
