Chapter 58 The Election of the County Magistrate

Zhou Shibin was obviously a little surprised, got up from the bed and asked in disbelief: "You want to let me go?" ”

Xu Guoren said with a smile: "If you don't want to leave, I am more welcome to stay, and I will still let you be the head of the regiment!" Hey. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

After Zhou Shibin left with confusion and surprise, Xu Guoren asked Niu Dagen to lead people to assemble nearly 1,000 prisoners from the police prison, the county government compound and other detention places outside the police station.

Because the police station can't hold so many people, and Xu Guoren doesn't want to run back and forth for these prisoners, he simply asks his subordinates to gather them together and get them done at once.

Soon, under the escort of the guard company, nearly 1,000 prisoners of the Northwest Army and the Jin Sui Army were assembled.

They looked at Xu Guoren and the heavily armed guards beside him, they were full of fear, full of worries about their next fate.

"Brigade commander, all the prisoners have been brought, please instruct." Niu Dagen came to Xu Guoren and stood up and saluted.

Xu Guoren bowed slightly at him, then glanced at the captives with a smile, raised his hand and smiled: "Don't be afraid, contemptible Xu Guoren, I called everyone here today to chat with you." ”

After a pause, Xu Guoren pointed to the prisoners of the Northwest Army and asked in a calm tone: "How much money can you get a month as a soldier in the Northwest Army?" ”

A slightly more courageous prisoner of the Northwest Army saw that no one answered, so he replied with courage: "Back to the sir, when we were soldiers in the Northwest Army, we were paid ten yuan per person per year, but few of them were able to sound in time, and even if they were issued, they were not paid, but more were replaced by corn and other grains, which were not worth so much money at all." ”

"Oh." Xu Guoren nodded, the Northwest Army is poor, and being able to get military pay means that they are still the regular main force, and it would be good to be able to feed them if they changed the miscellaneous cards, so he asked again: "Then how does your commander treat you?" ”

; "Our regiment commander is okay with everyone, but the deputy regiment commander and battalion commander often deduct our military salaries, and they often beat and scold us and physically punish us at every turn." The Northwest Army member from earlier thought for a moment and replied again.

Xu Guoren nodded again, and asked the Jin Suijun prisoner again, "What about you?" ”

"We can get two salaries a month, but it's better to pay one. The commanders also beat and scolded us at every turn, and sometimes even confiscated our military salaries for various reasons. A prisoner of the Jin Sui Army also replied with courage.

Xu Guoren asked, "Is that so?" You can answer with confidence, whether it is true or not, I will not blame. ”

The captives hesitated, then nodded yes.

Xu Guoren paused, waved his hand to signal them to be quiet, and continued: "Then I will introduce to you the treatment of the officers and soldiers of my army, one silver dollar per person per month, which will be paid on time, there will be a pension for the wounded and sacrificed, and there will be a reward for meritorious service, and there will be no arrears." No one dared to withhold military salaries. ”

Everyone watched Xu Guoren speak quietly and curiously, not understanding what Xu Guoren's purpose was.

Xu Guoren paused for a moment and asked again, "If I give you a chance, are you willing to join my army?" ”

"Sir, are you telling the truth?" The previous Northwest Army soldier was a little incredulous.

"Of course it's true, do I want a brigade commander to lie to you prisoners?" Xu Guoren said with a serious face: "Originally, you are all prisoners, and I have the right to deal with you casually, but I remember that everyone is Chinese, and the previous battles were also involuntary for each of them, so I decided to give everyone a chance, a way to live, and I hope you don't waste my good intentions." ”

"Oh, by the way, I'm going to tell you, my unit has now been officially reorganized into the 88th Independent Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army, becoming a regular army that is more regular than your previous troops, and the military salary I mentioned just now is only before our security regiment, and when I get the military supplies sent to me by Beiping, I will adjust everyone's military salary according to the situation.

But one thing can be assured, absolutely no less. ”

As soon as he heard Xu Guoren say this, the Northwest Army soldier hurriedly expressed his position first: "Then I am willing to join!" ”

Someone took the lead, and the captives who were already listening to it all followed suit: "I am also willing, I am also willing!" In the end, everyone raised their hands and expressed their willingness to join Xu Guoren's troops.

Xu Guoren nodded with satisfaction, put away his smile, and said solemnly: "I'm very happy that everyone can make the right choice, but let's talk about the ugly things first, and if you join my army, you have to change all the stinky problems of eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling in the past. ”

"Yes!" Except for a few who fished in troubled waters, all the captives responded in unison.

Although the captives agreed to join, they could not be incorporated for the time being, and they should be broken up and mixed after enough recruits were recruited, so as to ensure that these captives would not have a bad impact because they were too concentrated.

After finishing the prisoners, Xu Guoren returned to his brigade headquarters, which was also the original county government compound, which was larger than the police station and had a better location, which was more suitable as the headquarters of the 88th Brigade.

As soon as they arrived at the door, the two guards guarding the door saluted Xu Guoren at the same time.

Xu Guoren nodded slightly, strode in, and met Guo Shiyin walking hurriedly.

"Why are you looking for me?" Xu Guoren asked with a smile.

"Hmm." Guo Shiyin nodded and said: "I just received an urgent telegram from General Wang Shuchang as the provincial chairman, informing us that the Northeast Army will arrive at Xiaoniuzhuang Station on the Zhengtai Railway Line by train transportation in three days, asking us to be ready to accept this batch of materials. ”

"Where is the Maverick Station?" Xu Guoren asked.

"In the territory of Lingshou, it is about thirty-five kilometers away from our Pingyang." Guo Shiyin looked at the telegram in his hand and continued to reply: "Oh, by the way, the telegram also said that the garrison of Lingshou County has been withdrawn to the area of Zhengding and Shimen, and from today onwards, our 88th Brigade will also be responsible for the defense of the place." ”

"Oh." Xu Guoren nodded and asked, "Is that all?" ”

"Also, because the Pingyang County Government is in a state of anarchy, General Wang Shuchang hopes that the brigade commander will recommend a suitable candidate to serve as the county magistrate of the county, and reorganize the county government to ensure the jurisdiction and governance of the government." Guo Shi said.

Xu Guoren's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he couldn't help but nod and said: "It seems that the Northeast Army is really good to us, knowing that I can't get along with the previous county magistrate, this time I handed over the candidate for the county magistrate to recommend." ”

Guo Shiyin also nodded with deep sympathy: "It seems that they still value you very much." ”

Xu Guoren fell into deep thought, Guo Shiyin saw that he didn't speak for a long time, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" What do you think? ”

Xu Guoren said: "I'm thinking, there is really a suitable candidate for county magistrate right now." ”

"Who?" Guo Shiyin asked curiously.

"Chen Zhiyuan." Xu Guoren recalled his previous relationship with Chen Zhiyuan, although this person was a little older, he was extraordinary, and quite knowledgeable, and kind-hearted, the key was to stand on his side, and he was the new Pingyang now, which is simply more suitable.