Shen Chen, who was more clear about Yang Congyi's origins, was silent about this, no matter how others asked, he shook his head and waved his hands, and did not participate in any discussion.

Yang Congyi received the appointment documents, immediately returned to the military case office, simply packed up some straw paper, didn't say much, said hello to Sun Miao, and quickly left with the generals who came to give orders.

When he first came to the front of the palace, he actually didn't want to be noticed by too many people, and he commanded the adults to make such a high-profile, but it made it difficult for him to deal with himself among many people, so he could only leave immediately.

When he arrived at the front of the palace, Yang Congyi was directly taken to the Commander Embassy's Office and met with the Commander of the Envoy.

"My lord, Lord Yang brought it!" The school will report to the school.

Yang Cunzhong looked up and saw that someone had brought it over, so he put down the things in his hand and said with a smile: "Deputy Envoy Yang, please take a seat." ”

"Thank you, sir!" After Yang Congyi thanked him, he sat down upright next to him.

I only heard Yang Cunzhong say: "Can Deputy Envoy Yang know why the front division of the palace wants to set up a separate selection department?" ”

Yang Congyi thought for a moment and replied: "The lower officials don't know. ”

Yang Cunzhong said: "The matter of selecting generals is extremely important to the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army, and if you can't choose a good general this time, you won't have this opportunity next time." Judging from the current situation of the former divisions and yamen of the palace, no matter which yamen is allowed to carry out the selection of generals according to the regulations for the selection of generals, it will inevitably become a mere formality in the end, wasting human and financial resources. Therefore, I had to ask the imperial court to temporarily set up a general selection department to be in charge of this matter. ”

After a pause, he continued: "In the final analysis, I am still not worried about the ability of the military cases and other departments and yamen to handle errands, everyone has long been used to living a peaceful life, and they are all gloomy, let them go out to do errands and elect generals, most of them are also unable to work. And Deputy Envoy Yang is different, from supervising the return of Yi to transferring Guangnan to fight against Li Yue, he is high-spirited and vigorous, and he is the most suitable person to implement the general charter! ”

Yang Congyi hurriedly said: "Adults have won the prize!" Thank you for your love! ”

Yang Cunzhong said with a smile: "Although the constitution for the election of generals has been approved by the imperial court, there are some specific matters that are not specified in the charter, and they must be temporarily decided when they are implemented. ”

Yang Congyi replied with some doubts: "The lower official doesn't know what the adult means, and I hope the adult will make it clear." ”

Yang Cunzhong said: "Deputy Envoy Yang should have read this charter, and you should know what the advantages and disadvantages are." I know that there is something for the court to decide, but now that the court has handed over the matter of selecting generals to the front of the palace, there will be no interference. Let me ask you a question first, which forbidden army do you think can be adjusted to form a battalion of generals? ”

Yang Congyi replied: "Not long after the official first entered the front division of the palace, he didn't know much about the army of the front division of the palace, and the adults should be in charge of this matter. ”

Yang Cunzhong said: "Deputy Envoy Yang, you are the deputy commander of the general selection battalion, which forbidden army can be used to form the general selection battalion, I want you to call the shots, after all, the matter of selecting the general battalion is in your specific hands." ”

Then he said: "Since I transferred you to the election of generals as deputy envoys, and let you serve as the deputy commander of the election generals, it is a great trust in you, and I will not have any instructions for the selection of generals in the future, and I will provide you with assistance and convenience, so I hope you can speak out!" ”

Yang Congyi saw that he commanded the adults to speak to this point, and it was not good to resign and retreat, if he annoyed the other party and lost the opportunity to choose a general, wouldn't it be worth the loss?

So he hurriedly got up and admitted his mistake and saluted: "My lord forgives my sin, the official is still selfish, and I failed to understand my lord's hard work for the Great Song army and Sheji, and I failed to deal with it with sincerity, please surrender my lordship!" ”

Who knew that Yang Cunzhong smiled and said: "Okay, since you understand, it's not too late." To tell you the truth, the establishment of the election of the general department, I also serve as the chief envoy, is for you to implement the election of the general charter to eliminate all miscellaneous criticism, the election of the general division from today by Deputy Envoy Yang decision! Sit down and say. ”

"Thank you for your forgiveness!" Yang Congyi thanked him and sat down respectfully.

"Regarding the formation of the forbidden army of the general selection battalion, Deputy Envoy Yang really didn't think about it? Or is it a taboo to avoid suspicion? Yang Cunzhong asked with a smile.

Yang Congyi immediately replied: "Your Excellency's eyes are like torches, and the lower officials have indeed considered an army. ”

"Xuanwei Army?" Yang Cunzhong called out the name of the army.

Yang Congyi nodded and said, "Exactly." This army was originally proposed by the lower officer, and the lower officer also participated in the process of building the army, and then served as the supervisor of the army in this army, and was more familiar with the soldiers. It's just that the lower officials have a deep relationship with this army, and they are afraid of being taboo in the army, so they didn't dare to mention it. ”

Yang Cunzhong said with a smile: "Deputy Envoy Yang is too worried, in addition to the deputy marshal of the general selection battalion, there are also commanders sent by the imperial court, not to mention which army to use is the final say of the front division of the palace, we have only one goal, that is, to select good generals, there is no taboo." Since you like the Xuanwei Army, then transfer the Xuanwei Army to fill the general camp. ”

As soon as Yang Congyi heard this, he hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, my lord, for making it complete, so that the lower officials will be a little sure!" ”

Yang Cunzhong then said: "However, the general selection camp should not be filled with too many forbidden troops, and Deputy Envoy Yang is going to dispatch a few commanders?" ”

Yang Congyi replied: "The subordinate thinks that it is enough to have three full commanders, one to command the garrison and defense, one to command the preparation for war, and one to assist, and the 1,500 people should be able to complete most of the duties of the general selection battalion. ”

Yang Cunzhong thought for a while and said, "In this way, mobilize four commanders and increase the number of commanders for defense and defense." ”

"Yes, sir. In this way, Xia Guan will be more confident. Yang Congyi nodded yes.

Originally, what he envisioned was also to mobilize the four commanders of the Xuanwei Army, but he was still worried that it would cause unnecessary suspicion, so he reduced the number of commands, and now the commander made the Lord personally propose to increase the troops, and he was naturally happy.

"In this election, the court can not allocate much money and grain, most of it is still allocated by the emperor from the inner treasury, a total of only 1.5 million yuan, not much money and grain, every money must be used in practice." Yang Cunzhong suddenly talked about money and food, and revealed the overall budget cost of this election.

Regarding the approximate cost of this election, Yang Congyi had also roughly estimated before, one million guan was barely enough, and it was naturally best for the imperial court to pay some more.

So he immediately replied: "Yes, the lower officials must strictly control it to ensure that every copper plate is used in the place where it is reused!" ”

"For money and food, the imperial court will allocate the election of generals on time. With money and food, whether or not this matter can be handled well depends on Deputy Envoy Yang. Yang Cunzhong said with a smile, looking very relaxed on his face.

Yang Congyi immediately replied: "Don't worry, my lord, the lower officials will do their best to do this!" Don't make it difficult for adults, don't let the front of the palace be ashamed! ”

"Okay, well, with this word, I am relieved." Yang Cunzhong laughed. Hearing this, he was very relieved, he had not seen such a young man for a long time.

After laughing, Yang Cunzhong said again: "By the way, there is another thing that Deputy Envoy Yang should pay more attention to, the Privy Council is unwilling to participate in the selection of generals, they have already delegated the transfer authority of the marching routes and marching periods of the various armies participating in the selection of generals to the front division of the palace, and the specific marching route and deadline will also be determined by the selection of generals themselves." What does Vice Envoy Yang think about this? ”

Yang Congyi thought for a while, and then replied: "The lower official thinks that this matter is not difficult. Since we want to establish a camp in Yiwu County, Wuzhou, they only need to go straight to the location of the camp from their respective stations, and the general selection department does not have to formulate a marching route for them, but only needs to set a date and march discipline, and if they do not march according to military discipline or delay the march date without reason, they will be directly disqualified from running for election and let them return the same way. ”

Yang Cunzhong deeply agreed, if you want to be able to fight, you must first be able to march, not be able to march, delay the deadline, and the scheduled battlefield will not be able to arrive as scheduled, how can you win the battle?

"Okay, the march will be done according to Deputy Envoy Yang's wishes."

Among all the things that Yang Cun cared about the most, Yang Congyi gave suggestions and made guarantees, and after he made a decision, he immediately said: "From today onwards, the election department will be officially established. The specific affairs of the General Selection Division are presided over by Deputy Envoy Yang, and if there are thorny problems that cannot be solved, come to me directly. As for the selection of the general camp, I will not participate, and Deputy Yang will take care of it himself. ”

Yang Congyi stood up and responded, "Yes, my lord." The lower officials must do a good job of this! ”

"Li Hu, take Deputy Envoy Yang to elect the general."

Yang Cunzhong gave an order, and the first lieutenant approached to receive the order.

"Lord Yang, please come with me."

After Yang Congyi raised his hand to salute, he commanded the embassy office even though the captain left.

After walking through a few gates, Yang Congyi was led into a relatively closed small courtyard, which was empty.

"My lord, this is the selection of generals, the last general has already asked his subordinates to clean up in advance, and they can move in directly." The lieutenant named Li Hu introduced on the side.

Yang Congyi stood in the courtyard and looked around, there were a few rooms, but they seemed to have been vacant for a long time, and there was no popularity.

"My lord, please come here, the deputy embassy is here." After Li Hu finished speaking, he led the way in front and walked to a room next to him.

Yang Congyi turned his head to look, and saw a fairly delicate plaque hanging on the door of the room, but a few big characters were written on it in black ink: Election of the General and the Officer's Office.

Since it is a temporary institution, the time is urgent, and the plaque is inscribed in black ink, but there is nothing wrong with it.

Li Hu pushed open the door of the official office, and the furnishings in the house were clear at a glance, the empty bookshelves, empty tables and chairs, were cleaned very cleanly, and there was no trace of anyone who had used them.

Yang Congyi walked into the official office, looked around a few times, and sat down on the chair behind the bookcase.

As soon as he sat down and looked forward, a wonderful feeling rose in his heart, because the entire government office was now owned by him alone, which was an unprecedented feeling.

"My lord, I have commanded my lord to let the last general stay in the selection of generals and obey the dispatch of my lord, if my lord has any errands, just order the last general." Li Hu stood in front of the bookcase and raised his hand to salute.