After announcing the new assessment method, Wei Chen asked his staff Wei Shuping to distribute account books recording their tasks for this month to all officials, and then he exited the second hall and went to the inner office.
The layouts of county, state, and government offices in Dazhou are similar. The front office consists of the lobby, the second hall, and the third hall. After the third hall, there is a moon gate, and inside the gate is the inner government office.
To the west of the inner office is the flower hall for receiving guests. Opposite the flower hall is a three-suite suite. This is the signature room where Zhizhou does his daily work.
Behind the pledge room there are three small courtyards with five rooms. This is where the staff brought by Wei Chen live, and it is also the destination of Wei Chen's trip.
Wei Chen first went to the small courtyard where Gu Tingye lived. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Gu Tingye dancing with a gun and playing stick in the courtyard with his upper body naked. Zhu Manniang on the side was packing the clothes to be dried. From time to time, she looked at the strong Gu Tingye, her eyes full of joy. The meaning of love and affection.
"Ahem!"
Wei Chen turned his head and coughed lightly. Only then did Gu Tingye notice Wei Chen's arrival. A joyful expression flashed across his face. He threw the stick in his hand onto the weapon rack, then took a piece of clean clothes from Zhu Manniang and put it on. He walked up to Wei Chen excitedly.
"Xingyun, you came just in time, I was just going to find you! I just heard from Yuan An that you were doing something in the second hall. How about it? Is it done?"
Wei Chen smiled and nodded to Gu Tingye. Gu Tingye put his arm around Wei Chen's shoulders, invited Wei Chen into the room, and then turned around and told Zhu Manniang to go to the kitchen to prepare some side dishes.
After sending Sister Rong away who was writing in the room, the two of them sat at the table and chatted about business. Gu Tingye put away the cynicism on his face and reported to Wei Chenhui seriously:
"Xingyun, I have figured out these days that there are three squads of 120 yamen servants in the state, 200 white servants, 80 archers in the inspection department, and 36 post soldiers in the post office. Urgent delivery There are sixty soldiers in the shop, and one hundred and twenty men who are guarding the transport."
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"So many, more than 600 people?" Wei Chen couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he heard the number reported by Gu Tingye.
Gu Tingye curled his lips and said: "These are just soldiers and generals. They can't even deal with the thieves in the state. They can only show their prestige in front of the people."
Wei Chen didn't take it seriously and said: "Peace has lasted for a long time, and it is natural that the soldiers are no longer useful. Not to mention this small Yuzhou, even the imperial army in Bianjing is the same."
"That's not entirely true." Gu Tingye retorted: "Yuzhou Tuanlian has 800 sharp soldiers under his command. I think they have a bit of the bloody courage of the Western Army."
"Western Army? Is Zhong Huai overly praised?"
Wei Chen couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard Gu Tingye's words. The Western Army that Gu Tingye mentioned was the frontier army stationed in the northwest region of the Great Zhou Dynasty to confront the Dangxiang people. This was recognized as the most effective army in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Yuzhou regiment training was nothing more than a military force. How can the virtue of the rural soldiers recruited from the local areas be compared with that of the Western Army?
Gu Tingye smiled slightly and said: "Xingyun, do you know that there are eight commanders in Yuzhou Tuanlian, among whom Shen Congxing, Geng Han, and Duan Chengran are all from the Western Army."
That’s it, no wonder!
When Wei Chen heard this, he suddenly realized that the courage of the generals and the presence of these generals who had experienced the cruel war in the northwest would naturally make the military morale in the Yuzhou regiment training different from other places.
However, since Gu Tingye knew Shen Congxing and the others so well, he must have already been in contact with these people, which was somewhat beyond Wei Chen's expectation.
After Wei Chen took office, he specifically asked Gu Tingye to find out the situation of the Yuzhou Yazhong servants so that he could take over and bring them over. However, Yuzhou regiment training was not among them.
After all, although the group training was made up of local warriors recruited locally, it could barely be considered an army and was relatively sensitive. Wei Chen originally planned to clean up the mess in the state government first, and then consider group training after he was free.
Thinking of this, Wei Chen looked at Gu Tingye and teased: "Zhong Huai is so concerned about Yuzhou regiment training. Could it be that he wants to learn from Ban Dingyuan and join the army?"
Gu Tingye smiled coquettishly after being exposed by Wei Chen. However, he had not yet made up his mind to abandon literature and join martial arts. He blushed and defended: "I just heard from the head of the yamen team that the training of the local regiment is very good at boxing and kicking. I couldn't stand it for a while, so I went After some discussions with them, I got acquainted with Shen Congxing and others."
Wei Chen couldn't help but become interested after hearing this, and asked: "What was the result of the competition? Did Zhong Huai lose or win?"
"Of course I won!"
Gu Tingye raised his brows and pretended to be calm and said: "No matter whether they were fists, feet or weapons, fighting on horseback or on foot, they took turns to challenge me, and I was never defeated. If not for this, with Shen Congxing's arrogance, they would not be against me. Be sincerely convinced and call me a brother."
"As expected of a general, he is truly remarkable!"
Wei Chen gave a thumbs up to Gu Tingye with admiration, and then said with some emotion: "It seems that I arranged for you Zhong Huai to take charge of the soldiers and generals in the state government. It is really too much of a talent. With Zhong Huai's ability, you should be galloping on the battlefield and killing the enemy." That’s what makes meritorious deeds.”
When Gu Tingye heard this, a dark look flashed in his eyes. Why didn't he want to do this?
However, military generals in the Great Zhou Dynasty were not popular with others. Only a roll call outside the Donghua Gate like Wei Chen was the only standard for a good man in the eyes of the world.
That's why Gu Tingye, who was born in a general family, studied literature at a young age, and then left his hometown to study at Bailudong Academy for several years. Now there are only less than two years left before the next autumn. How could Gu Tingye give up so easily? Only after taking the exam once can you be willing to do it.
Seeing the struggle in Gu Tingye's eyes, Wei Chen couldn't help but sigh secretly. Of course he understood the tangle in Gu Tingye's heart.
However, from Wei Chen's point of view, Gu Tingye was not very suitable for taking the imperial examination. Even if he did not complain about Yang Wuduan, he would at most be a top three scholar.
Being able to become a top-three Jinshi is already the dream of countless scholars, but for Gu Tingye, who was born in the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, it is far from satisfactory.
Sheng Hong is a top three Jinshi. After more than ten years of hard work, he relied on his wife's family connections to climb to the position of general judge in Yangzhou Prefecture. But even so, when Sheng Hong faced the Yuan family of Earl Zhongqin's house, he still couldn't help but Lower your opponent's head.
Gu Tingye is the second son of the Marquis of Ningyuan. The old Marquis is old, and his eldest brother Gu Tingyu is frail and sick and will die soon. Given time, Gu Tingye is almost destined to inherit the title of Marquis.
Instead of languishing in the officialdom for decades like Sheng Hong and having to rely on people's opinions, it would be better to wait quietly and wait for the inheritance of the family business. Maybe the latter will have a better future.
Of course, the imperial examination has a certain degree of randomness after all. Wei Chen believes that Gu Tingye is at most a top three scholar, but it does not mean that the final result will be like this. Wei Chen cannot let Gu Tingye give up and persist for so many years based on his own judgment. The road to the imperial examination.
This kind of decision related to the direction of life must be made by Gu Tingye himself. At most, Wei Chen can only explain the interests and risks for him and beat the drum.
Seeing that Gu Tingye was in a bad mood, Wei Chen wisely did not mention the topic again, smiled and said with a cupped hand: "In any case, I need Lao Zhonghuai to gather these shrimp soldiers and crab generals in the state government for me, so that they can go back to the drawing board and rebuild again, so as not to have to do it again." Even a few thieves can't deal with it, causing thieves to appear everywhere in the state, and the people will have a hard time. When the time comes, the people will poke the bones of me, the governor of the state."
When Gu Tingye heard this, a smile broke out on his face, he patted his chest and said, "I'll take care of this matter, so Xingyun can rest assured!"
