Sure enough, Cao Liang did not expect it, and Cao Yan strode inside.

This is when he just finished the exercise, and he deliberately went back to the camp to see Cao Liang first.

In fact, Cao Yan is also rigid enough, knowing that his son must have something important to come to him in the rain, but Cao Yan did not end the drill early, but practiced step by step as usual, and he didn't care about going to dinner until it was over, and came straight to see his son.

"Father." Cao Liang hurriedly got up and bowed.

"Why are you here?" Cao Yan's tone was relatively flat.

Cao Liang said: "My father hasn't been back home for many days, and my son has something to ask for, so he came here. ”

Cao Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "Why are you in such a hurry, can't you wait for me to go back home?" ”

Cao Liang said: "I heard that in the Xiao Cavalry Camp, there are vacancies for Sima from two other departments, I don't know if it's true?" ”

Cao Yan was stunned, only the people inside the Xiao Cavalry Camp knew about the vacancy in the Xiao Riding Camp, and Cao Yan didn't tell his family, how did Cao Liang know? However, he quickly thought that Wen Qin had accompanied Cao Liang before, and he must have mentioned it to Cao Liang.

It stands to reason that the internal affairs of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion are all military secrets, and Wen Qin's disclosure of the news to people who are not in the Xiao Cavalry Battalion is tantamount to leaking secrets, but Cao Yan did not intend to pursue it, but just shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This Wen Zhongruo really says everything." Yes, there are no suitable candidates for these two positions for the time being, Liang'er, what do you mean by asking? ”

Cao Liang said: "I have two friends who are very talented and very suitable for this position, so I specially recommended them to my father. ”

"Oh?" Cao Yan was very interested when he heard this, for a period of time, he has been rectifying the officials of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, eliminating redundant personnel, and the personnel of many positions have changed, and the positions of Sima in these two other departments, Cao Yan has not had any suitable candidates, and they are temporarily vacant.

Cao Yan has always adhered to the principle of preferring shortage to excess, and without suitable candidates, he would rather be empty than easily appoint unqualified people. And these two other Sima are also two more important positions for the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, so Cao Yan is more cautious.

Listening to Cao Liang's special trip just for these two seats, Cao Yan is interested, and he does not avoid relatives, if the person recommended by Cao Liang is of comparable ability, Cao Yan will not mind the appointment, but in the same way, if Cao Liang is ready to fill the number indiscriminately and wants to go through the back door to plug two incapable people in, Cao Yan will never agree.

"Do you have a resume? I'll take a look. Cao Yan asked.

Of course, Cao Liang had already prepared Shi Bao and Deng Ai's resumes before he came, and when he heard Cao Yan's request, he immediately handed them over.

Cao Yan sat on the seat, and looked at the two resumes carefully with the dim oil light, but after only looking at them for a moment, Cao Liang saw that Cao Yan's brows were locked together, and his eyes became sharp, and he snapped on the ground, threw the two resumes into a few cases, and shouted in a deep voice: "What are you kidding, let two petty officials who farm and manage the land come to my Xiaoqi camp to be Sima of other departments, you can also think of it!" ”

Judging from the resume, Deng Ai and Shi Bao are indeed officials who farm and manage land, Deng Ai is a farmer Cao, and he can be regarded as a nine-grade official, and Shi Bao has only been a farmer Sima, which is purely a county official who does not enter the stream, and the two of them have no military experience at all, no wonder Cao Yan is angry.

Cao Yan is indeed painstaking for the candidates for these two positions, and at present, in the Xiaoqi camp, it is not that there is no one available at all, but the candidates proposed, whether in terms of qualifications or ability, are still a little worse than Cao Yan's requirements, Cao Yan would rather be lacking than indiscriminate, so it will be vacant.

At this moment, Cao Liang would actually recommend two people who have no military experience at all and only hold official positions such as agriculture to be Sima of other departments, Cao Yan almost didn't get angry, but fortunately this is his own son, if it were someone else, Cao Yan might have been blasted out a long time ago.

"Father......" Cao Liang just wanted to explain, but Cao Yan interrupted him mercilessly, and said sternly: "Liang'er, I don't know how much money you have collected from others, but I am not the Gaoling Marquis Mansion here, it is a military camp!" It is a military camp, it must have the rules of the military camp, and use it according to its talents, which is the minimum principle, as the commander of a battalion, I can't bend the law for personal gain, you recommend two officials who have only been in charge of agricultural affairs, no matter what their relationship is with you, if you want to enter the cavalry camp, you can't do it! ”

Cao Liang's speech was categorical, and Cao Liang was not given the slightest room for discussion.

Cao Liang couldn't help but be a little angry, this dad is too arbitrary, why do you say that I received money from others, your son now earns 10 million a month, is he a poor man? Besides, can you only be a farmer for the rest of your life if you can farm, this Shibao will be the general of Zhendong in the future, Deng Aike will be the general of Zhengxi, which one is not a famous general on the Weizhen side?

Cao Liang said unconvinced: "My father has never even seen them in person, why do you think that they are not qualified to be the Sima of other departments, let me tell you the truth, these two people are the pillars of the country, and they will become great weapons in the future, if you don't accept them now, you will definitely regret it in the future." ”

Cao Yan sneered: "Are you really not convinced? That's good, it's a mule or a horse, pull it out and slip around, there is an assessment tomorrow, you can call your two agricultural officers to come and compete with a few other officers, if you can win, the seats of these two other Sima will belong to them, if you lose, you will have to mention it again in the future! ”

In view of the fact that there were no suitable candidates for these two positions, Cao Yansi thought about it and decided to adopt the method of open competition among the lower-ranking officers of the battalion, and the winners were hired.

Originally, Cao Yan didn't plan to let people outside the Xiao Cavalry Battalion participate in this selection, but Cao Liang's words seemed to stimulate him, so he temporarily changed his mind and let Cao Liang's two agricultural officers come over and participate in the competition with the officers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion.

In Cao Yan's view, Cao Liang will not die if he doesn't see the Yellow River, he won't hit the south wall and won't look back, let them have a competition, and let them see the true strength of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, so they will naturally retreat when the time comes.

Cao Yan really didn't believe it, the two agricultural officials facing the loess with their backs to the sky could compare to his long-trained soldiers of the cavalry battalion, don't think that these two positions are unqualified, it's just that Cao Yan's requirements are a bit high.

"Okay, let's try it tomorrow!" Cao Liang immediately agreed arrogantly.

Jokes, one is a general of the Zhenguo who stubbornly defended the southeast against Dongwu so that he could not cross the thunder pond by half a step, and the other is a famous general who fought in Longxi for thousands of miles to destroy the immortal achievements of Shu Hanjian, and will he be afraid to participate in your small Sima selection competition?

If they really want to fail, the two of them don't have to mix in the army.