"Therefore, I decided to appoint Yang Rentian and Yang Renyue as the two of the hundred households and give them the rank of lieutenant, and Yang Rendi, Yang, Xuan, Yang Renhuang, Yang Renyu, Yang Renzhou, Yang Renhong, Yang Renhuang, Yang Renri and other eight people as the test of the hundred households and give them the rank of second lieutenant, of which Yang Renhong is the captain of my guards, and Yang Renri is also the director of the Ordnance Department.

The 24 chiefs were selected according to merit from the first batch of slave soldiers and tuntian soldiers, and were specifically carried out by the merit examination department of the logistics department, and the chief was demoted to the rank of second-class non-commissioned officer.

Seventy-two captains, with the rank of first-class non-commissioned officers, were selected according to merit from the first batch of slave soldiers and tuntian soldiers.

360 soldiers, selected for all combatants, determined by the merit examination department.

The remaining meritorious personnel are all tentatively designated as privates, and are led by the Logistics Department.

Since we are all big bosses, I decided to temporarily appoint the Red Lady as the logistics minister, in charge of money and food, merit examinations, clerical work, propaganda and other matters, and her subordinates are appointed by you.

You will now immediately begin to record meritorious service, confer titles, bestow names, award awards, and store property for the newcomers, and Yang Renyue will assist in carrying out the work. ”

"Xianggong, a female streamer of the slave family, with a weak willow posture, how can she be able to do this important task? Please also appoint another meritorious. When the red lady heard that her husband actually appointed her as the logistics minister, she was in a high position, thinking that she was just a concubine, how could she dare to take on such a heavy responsibility, so she hurriedly resigned.

"Matchmaker, although there are a large number of people in the cottage now, they are all some illiterate old and coarse, do logistics things, you must keep accounts, you don't help me, who can do it? Moreover, this matter is only a stopgap measure, and it is not too late for you to back down when you find talented people in the future. Yang Wenli explained to the red lady attentively.

"That's it! I had to try my best. The red lady also knows the truth of the cottage, except for them weak women, there are really no readers, so she had to agree without confidence.

The red lady agreed, and Yang Wenli immediately instructed her to take her women's army to help the newcomers register and be ordained. Yang Renyue wanted to command them to assemble in a line, but was stopped by Yang Wenli.

These bandits are a bunch of thirty or fifty acquaintances, just convenient for registration, the red lady has fifteen girls, acting separately, assisted by the soldiers to ask questions, they are only responsible for registration, no need to speak, although the girls are very shy, but hiding behind the soldiers, can barely work.

After an hour, the statistics were finally calculated, and the situation was similar to what Yang Wenli imagined, there were 165 bandits who had been promoted to soldiers for meritorious service, 236 bandits who were promoted to privates, and the remaining 1,848 bandits who were demoted to slave soldiers or slave tuntian soldiers.

In addition, most of the 2,242 people who were rescued were refugees, and a small number of local women from good families who had been captured by bandits and carried up the mountain also came with them because they were worried that they would not be able to survive when they returned home.

After registration and inquiry, among these refugees, there were actually five scholars, although none of them were talents, but Yang Wenli was like a treasure, and immediately transferred them to his side.

A person farming silently, there are good and bad, the good thing is that the court has no idea, and there is him, a thief, who is hirking in the Dabie Mountains to farm. The disadvantage is that he is not famous, there is no big talent to vote, and his subordinates are all a bunch of big bosses, so that they still have to be red ladies and women to do these faceless jobs.

These five people are all poor children, a little bit of study, so even Xiucai can't pass the exam, last year's drought in Shandong, they insisted until this year really can't get along, and they have to go south with the refugee army to beg for work.

If they hadn't read some books, they would have been slaughtered by bandits a long time ago with their weak appearance, but they just happened to be cheaper than Yang Wenli.

Yang Wenli's requirements are very low, as long as he can read and count, he doesn't need any great literati and talents, and he doesn't like the literati at this time, the fall of the Ming Dynasty is inseparable from the literati.

"Introduce yourself," Yang Wenli said to them as he brought the five of them back to the meeting hall.

Although he has registered just now, Yang Wenli wants to be an interviewer to test the ability of several people, and the ability to read and express himself is also a very important aspect.

Later, a slightly older, about thirty-year-old man stood up and bowed to Yang Wenli and said: "Yu Wang, Xiaosheng's surname is Li Mingwenhua, the word Huaixuan, a person from Zoucheng, Shandong, has been literate since childhood, and he was lucky to try the child in Zhongxian County. ”

Several people from Shandong all the way to the south, but they have suffered a lot, and the bark of the grass roots has also been eaten, and under the crisis of not having enough belly, the arrogance of the scholar has long been gone, and now he sees that Yang Wenli seems to be interested in recruiting, so he bluntly said that he wants to stay in the cottage to work.

"Hehehe! Good! I just like straight people, don't hide from Mr. Li, I'm a big old man, I don't know how to write, so I admire Confucius's protégé the most, and the cottage has been hard for a long time! Today, Mr. Li intends to be high, and I can't ask for it, so I will temporarily appoint you as a clerk, and I will choose to promote you in the future. Yang Wenli immediately laughed and made the appointment.

Li Huaixuan made a good start, and the others bravely recommended themselves, and the second person who stood up to introduce himself was a weak scholar in his twenties, although his clothes were tattered and unorthodox, he still put his hands on the crown and then Shi Shiran made a self-presentation and said: "The king, the surname of the small student is Wang, the name is noble, the word Rucheng, a person from Qinghe, Shandong, is familiar with reading the scriptures and learning martial arts, and is willing to serve the king." ”

"Good! Today, I also appoint you as a secretary. Yang Wenli applauded happily and made an appointment on the spot.

The remaining three all said that they were willing to serve Yang Wenli, the king of the mountain, the first was a stomach problem, and they were willing to bend their waists for five buckets of rice, and the second was that Yang Wenli claimed to be a righteous bandit, punishing the strong and helping the weak, and they thought that they were not helping the abuse.

Scholars are also divided into grades, and the fame below Xiucai is not valuable, there is no court Lumi, and there is no tax exemption and preferential treatment, and it must be taken every three years, otherwise the fame of the child will also be lost, which is also a heavy burden for the poor sons, because reading is also more expensive.

After Yang Wenli appointed a few people as secretary of the document, he got up and invited: "A few great talents, I would like to condescend to surrender today, please follow me back to the house, and let me prepare a little wine to entertain you." ”

"The king is gracious, and Xiaosheng dares to disobey his fate." The five scholars agreed in unison.

"Hahaha! Good! A couple of gentlemen please! Yang Wenli laughed heartily three times, and then turned around and asked for the walk.

"Your Majesty, please go first," a few scholars also politely conceded.

The joining of several scholars finally made up for Yang Wenli's biggest shortcoming, he was really happy, since he was sensible, he laughed the most today.