It seems that Pang Ban promoted the construction of the "Loyalty Hall" to gain fame for himself, but no one jumped out to oppose it. Even the temples had a highly unified attitude towards this, and everyone was in favor of it. After all, even if Pang Ban is trying to gain fame, the matter itself is of great benefit to the country.
As soon as the Hall of Loyalty and Martyrs was built, the mourning and glory were basically given to the extreme, which was no worse than the soldiers who died in previous battles with the barbarians. It appeased the people from all over the country who had suffered a lot in the evil rebellion.
On the other hand, it can also provide a tactful explanation to the people at the bottom. Let the common people see that the country has not left them alone, but that there are so many people fighting for them.
But some people have doubts in their hearts. They think that Pang Ban has been an official for decades and has never done anything to gain fame like this time. Why did he suddenly bring up the Zhonglie Hall this time? Is there maybe some hidden reason?
There are very few people who really understand Pang Ban's intention, such as the emperor, Shen Hao, and Jiang Cheng.
To understand Pang Ban's plan, you must first know that he is already planning to hand over Xuanqing Guard. Knowing this, if you carefully observe the construction of Zhonglie Hall, you can figure out the flavor inside. .
In fact, building the Zhonglie Hall itself has more than two purposes on the surface. Secretly, Pang Ban is not trying to gain some reputation for himself. He has been alone for decades and has not cared about the reputation. Why would he suddenly do these tricks?
Pang Ban still wanted to be his successor. That is Shen Hao.
Reputation does not seem to be very important to the people of Xuanqing Guard. After all, it is the emperor's private army. It is not as important as the army and the place. There is no such thing as official reputation. Everything depends on the emperor's mood and his position in Xuanqing Guard. qualifications and abilities.
But if you have a good reputation internally, you will naturally be more easily accepted by others. Especially the soldiers at the bottom level don't have many tricks up their sleeves.
How to transfer this benefit of fame to Shen Hao? The key lies in Pang Ban's last suggestion to the emperor, which was to find a "supervision" job for Shen Hao.
Emperor Shuqing didn't know Pang Ban's plan? Nature is clear.
Is Yang Shu satisfied with Pang Bancai's successor? That must be satisfactory, and it can even be said that no one is more suitable to take over as Xuan Qing Guard than Shen Hao. There are considerations for both public and private matters. So I am also happy to see Pang Ban helping Shen Hao pave the way.
A person who immediately turned the tide and stabilized the internal chaos in the country after his return was a capable minister who could only be seen once in a century, and he did it without the help of the emperor, which was even more rare.
So with Pang Ban's arrangement and the emperor's intentional cooperation and acquiescence, the "supervision" job assigned to Shen Hao became very unusual.
Not only does Shen Hao, the "supervisor", have the right to supervise all the money allocated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but he also has the final decision-making power on all matters related to the construction of Zhonglie Hall, as well as the direct power to discover and investigate irregularities during the construction process.
In other words, this time the emperor spent his own money to build loyalty halls in various places. It was nominally the local yamen that were handling the details, but in fact it was the Black Flag Battalion that was supporting the front line.
Therefore, the saying that "a local government office is responsible for specific affairs" basically means that the voices of the local government offices are not heard when it comes to actual construction.
Moreover, the local government also knew very well that this kind of matter, which the emperor paid for out of his own pocket and had the Black Flag Battalion directly "supervise", was definitely a hot potato. Not only will they not get any benefits, but they will also be worried that if something goes wrong somewhere, the Black Flag Camp will catch them and they will be caught in a big bad luck. Therefore, they had no resistance at all to the Black Flag Battalion's decision to shoulder all the decisions of the Zhonglie Hall, and were even secretly happy.
That is to say, we organize the common people who volunteer to contribute, divide the work among them, send a few foremen to arrange and guide the construction, and then set up a big pot to take care of the food, and don't worry about anything else. This is how the local government responded.
In this way, it became the Black Flag Camp that supported the scene in all aspects, especially internally, Shen Hao was the one who helped the fallen soldiers of the Xuanqing Guard wear their final honors. If you do well, your reputation will spread directly throughout the middle and lower levels of Xuanqing Guard. Coupled with the trend that Black Flag Camp has become unique and capable of turning the tide in the past few months, Shen Hao's qualifications will also soar rapidly.
On May 16th, a jaw-dropping announcement caused an uproar within Xuanqing Guard, and then spread to the outside. While everyone was also stunned, they understood that Xuanqing Guard was afraid that it would not take long. Things have changed.
The reward came with the reward given by the emperor to the three armies. The deceased will have pensions and mourning honors at the Zhonglie Hall. The living should also receive rewards commensurate with their merits. Jingjiu Dynasty has always been very generous in this regard.
And the uproarous ban reward was sandwiched among the emperor's rewards. It was a personnel reward personally signed by Pang Ban, the commander of Xuanqing Guard. It involved many people, but the first one among them was extremely unusual.
"Shen Hao, the commander of the Jianhei Banner Battalion, has made outstanding contributions and has been promoted to the fourth rank."
Just such a seemingly ordinary sentence is like a thunder talisman that makes people burnt on the outside and tender on the inside.
Just this sentence? What about the back? Why is there no sentence "Transfer the commander to the Yamen to serve as the commander"? According to the consistent rules of the Xuanqing Guard, as long as there is room for promotion or the level of cultivation is high for officials from the fourth rank, they must enter the Commander's Yamen and serve as commanders. Even if you finally take the position of commander, there will be a transition through this level. Why could Shen Hao be promoted to the fourth rank without skipping the post of actual commander? !
This is the first time in the history of Xuanqingwei.
However, although I have never seen this kind of promotion of job titles, it is not difficult to guess the direction of the trend with a little thinking. This is Panda paving the way for Shen Hao to take over the position of commander of Xuanqing Guard!
Thinking further, maybe Xiu Zhonglie Hall was preparing for this incident before?
After having such an understanding, Xuanqing Weili's words to Shen Hao suddenly changed. When Shen Hao disappeared and came back, many people were bitter. They were bitter about Shen Hao's incredible luck. They didn't dare to directly say that they didn't want to see him, but they definitely didn't like him. This kind of smell was very common in the Xuanqing Guard's Black Flag Camp. universal.
Afterwards, Black Flag Battalion began to sign employment agreements with sects, which not only filled the void in strength, but also directly increased their numbers, making them stand out in a declining situation. At this time, everyone thought that Shen Hao would take advantage of this opportunity, and Xuanqing guards from all over the country could follow suit and make contributions. But the fact is that Black Flag Camp ate alone, and Shen Hao didn't even give an explanation. The dissatisfaction caused can be imagined. Not only those at the bottom level, but also those at the governor level have clearly expressed their dissatisfaction on several occasions.
But now...
"Hahaha! Master Shen's cultivation talent far exceeds that of a genius, and his luck is unparalleled in the world. Now his achievements are obvious to all. Now this promotion is reasonable and reasonable! It's a pity that I can't congratulate Master Shen in person. It's a real pity!"
"Yes, it's a pity that I can't congratulate Master Shen in person."
"How about we give you a joint gift to show your appreciation?"
"Hahaha, this is good, this is good!"
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