In April, Liaonan passed so calmly, all forces were actively preparing for the way out in the future, and the Tarnu side did keep its promise, with the Fuzhou River as the boundary, the outpost sent was no more than one step on the riverbank, and on the Phi Island side, the Tarnu were only stuck in Zhenjiang, Xiuyan Phoenix and other places, and did not provoke the Ming army, for a while, it seemed that the long-lost peace had come to this disastrous land.

With the new establishment determined, Yang Bo broke up all the battalion-level formations, reorganized and trained, and took advantage of this rare opportunity to begin to strengthen cultural education, the low-level soldiers were attracted by the future depicted by the instructor, and at the same time full of expectations for the upgrade of the new corps, although training during the day and tutoring at night, the soldiers were tossed and choked enough, but morale was not affected, Yang Bo also planned to take this opportunity to transfer all the cadres above the platoon in batches, In the newly established Lushun Army Military Academy, the new textbook syllabus has been listed, covering most of the tactical command terms of military operations, and commanders should be clear precautions, reconnaissance, attack, defense, retreat, escort, patrol, infiltration are all available, each type of action is only summarized in a few short sentences, most of which are cobbled together by Yang Bodong, in addition to the political aspects have been greatly added, and there is only one core: "What are we fighting for?" ”

Of course, all this will not be possible until the appointments are announced.

On 3 May, the entire street outside General Lushun's palace was lined with guards subordinate to the guards, and from time to time a group of soldiers from the Military Discipline Department patrolled by, and their red and black uniforms were all slurred with rice and water. It's very neat to wear......

The Sanjin compound was full of people, and they gathered together in twos and threes, exchanging information they knew. The people in the civil affairs are more casual, and the people in the military are arranged according to their ranks, and they each have their own circles, and the most active ones are actually the clerks of each department, and the chief officers all pretend to be serious and silent.

Some time ago, the restructuring of the armed forces was completed, and in fact, personnel appointments have basically been decided, and the adjustments are just fine-tuning. I heard that this time it is mainly some adjustments in civil affairs, and he has a close relationship with the army, and he is an old man who has been Chongzhen for five years. Liu Lao Donkey of the Ordnance Division became the focus of everyone on the field, and was surrounded by many people, listening to him spit and gossip.

“…… The Iron Fist Brigade is the main attacking force stationed in Jinzhou, and the selected commanders are of course the absolute henchmen of adults" Liu Lao Donkey secretly glanced at He Jiu's burly figure in the distance. Only then did he lower his voice and said, "Lord He Jiu leads the brigade department to Tunjinzhou." In fact, it was a candidate who was promoted by the adults to be his deputy, and the commander of the rifle battalion couldn't escape, and it was Hu Mazi, Li Dali and Zhang Quan."

Hearing Zhang Quan's name, everyone was a little surprised, but thinking about how many tough battles Zhang Quan fought in Tieshan, it was reasonable to be promoted to battalion commander, and someone asked at the moment: "What about Liu Dahu?" ”

Liu Lao Donkey said: "Liu Dahu took over from Lord He Jiu to garrison Nanguan, and it was an expedient measure to order him to lead Jinzhou at that time. is now stationed in Nanguan, that is the official who rules the party. If Liu Dahu hadn't performed well in Golden State, this position would not have been his turn. ”

Everyone suddenly realized, nodded again and again, Liu Dahu seemed to be in the fourth place in the minds of adults, except for Tie Niu, Xiao Mochou, and He Jiu, and someone asked at the moment: "Is the commander of the rescue battalion directly under the brigade confirmed?" ”

Liu Lao Donkey nodded, and pretended to be mysterious: "I heard that the Lord is going to promote Ma Ziqiang (Old Cannon), but the Wang Tiehammer of the original reserve camp is also very loud, I don't know which person the Lord will belong, as for the other chief officers, you should also know, there are no major changes."

At that moment, a person from the local garrison department asked flatteringly: "Lord Liu, how will the civil affairs be adjusted this time?" ”

Liu Lao Donkey was reserved for a moment, and waited for everyone to say a few words before saying, "I also know some of these, but don't chew your tongue everywhere?" ”

Everyone nodded hurriedly, and Liu Lao Donkey whispered: "There are not many adjustments in civil affairs, this time the adults will add a few departments, I heard that the personnel department is going to be established, that is, ......"

A literate young man rushed to say, "Isn't it the official department of the imperial court?" ”

Liu Lao Donkey glared at him and said: "You know a fart, get out of the way and listen honestly, the Personnel Department is responsible for assessing the appointment of all the chief officials under the rule of the Lord, that is to say, if we can't pass the assessment of the Personnel Department in the future, we don't need to be this chief official." ”

There was a sound of inhalation around him, and someone asked again, "Who cares about this personnel department?" ”

Some people also complained: "Aren't we all selected by adults, and now we have a personnel department out, isn't that a superfluous move?" ”

Liu Lao Donkey snorted: "There are tens of thousands of people in Lushun, can adults still know that everyone's ability is not good?" Although this personnel department is an adult, the actual chief officer is ......"

Liu Lao Donkey whetted everyone's appetite, and finally shook his head and said, "I don't know either!" ”

There was a chorus of disdain and boos around him, Liu Lao Donkey smiled, and said: "The personnel department is nothing, and then this department is amazing, even adults can manage it!" ”

"What?" Everyone present was in a petrified state

"Even adults can take care of it? Could it be that the imperial court has sent someone again? A tun chief muttered.

"It's not"

Liu Lao Donkey shook his head: "I don't know a lot about the specifics, but I heard that this department is called, what is it called...... Ministry of Political Affairs."

As Xiao Wu smiled and led a few guards out, everyone suppressed the surprise in their hearts and turned to the door, Xiao Wu took the lead, walked through the two courtyards, and came to the door of the conference room.

This new conference room can accommodate more than 100 people at the same time, because of the circular design, even if you sit in the last few rows, you can hear the speech on the stage clearly, a few guards in the corner are hidden in the dark, their task is only to maintain the discipline of the meeting, prevent emergencies, most of the time people will not care about their existence.

With the sound of tables and chairs, everyone walked to their positions, the Ming Dynasty respected the left, the people of the military were naturally unceremoniously, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs sat down in the order of departments. Before the adults arrived, there was a buzz in the conference room, and most people were still asking Liu Lao Donkey about the Ministry of Political Affairs. Seeing more and more eyes focused on him, Liu Lao Donkey writhed a few times with some uneasiness, but he told again and again: "I don't know, I don't know anything......"

There was a lot of laughter at the venue, but the military people kept their heads up and their chests high, and they didn't squint, even the foreigner Lu Ruohan had a serious look on his face. No one spoke at all, and most of them were summoned by Yang Bo alone, relative to the civil affairs system. There has not been much change in the top level of the Iron Fist Brigade, and the so-called adjustments are all aimed at middle and low-level officers, the original pike battalion, arquebus battalion. The soldiers of the Liaodong Battalion and other battalions were scattered and reorganized. Even the officers at the platoon level had to be rearranged, and they all had a headache when they thought that the system that was originally very easy to command had been disrupted.

was infected, and the venue slowly quieted down, and soon, when the side door sounded, Yang Bo walked out with Han Yan'er, Bi Fangji and several others chatting and laughing.

Wait for Han Yan'er and Bi Fangji to sit down in the front row on the right hand. Xiao Wu said sharply: "Salute!" ”

Yang Bo waved his hand and pressed it, and after everyone sat down, he said slowly: "The purpose of inviting everyone to come this time." Presumably everyone has a number in their hearts, we started from Andongwei, not counting the islands of the Dongjiang River, and now there are three cities in Jinzhou, Lushun, and Nanguan, seven enemy Taiwanes, ninety-five Duntai, and one hundred and three Tunbao, what about the soldiers, from the beginning of more than 100 military households to kill pirates to the present, the establishment of a battalion of our Iron Fist Brigade is 1,200 people, and the people, from less than 5,000 people before to nearly 40,000 now, and the people of Liaodong who come to take refuge every day are endless. All of this is the result of the concerted efforts of everyone, the territory is bigger, the population is bigger, the authority is heavier, and there are more problems......"

Yang Bo swept the venue with a meaningful gaze, and said: "You have begun to think more, fighting for power and profit, engaging in small circles, corruption, and pleasure, some people stuff their children into the military academy, some people marry a three-room concubine is not enough, and they also say that they want to marry enough eight-room, and some people even speak wildly in front of the Military Discipline Department, saying that Lao Tzu's glory and wealth today are all obtained by killing people's heads, do you want to be corrupt?" Yes, you can exchange it for heads! Some people regard the land as a bribe, give the land to their own family members or superiors, and leave the land to other people, some of the tun chiefs use the power of distributing materials to benefit their own families, and forcibly let the tun households work for themselves, and even some of the military discipline departments are corrupt and bend the law, turn a blind eye to their superiors, and put on a fair and strict attitude towards those who have no background, and so on......"

At the venue, many people began to quietly lower their heads, for fear of being targeted by adults.

“…… Relying on a few people, it is impossible to do everything in Lushun, more depends on the concerted efforts of all of you here, we all have a common goal, but some people have stepped on the edge of the cliff with one foot, who are these people? I will save some face for you this time, so I won't name them one by one, don't blame me for not reminding you, if there is no improvement after this meeting, if you don't honestly go to the Military Discipline Department to report and accept punishment, you will be expelled from this organization, don't think that Lao Tzu is in a high position, don't think that Lao Tzu has a gang under his hands and has no fear, I tell you bluntly, it's right for me to protect my shortcomings, but if this kind of thing happens again, no matter who it is, no matter how old he is, as long as I know, I will never let him go! ”

Yang Bo's cold eyes swept over Chen Jianghu, Liu Lao Donkey, Han Erjia, Han Qiaoshan, Zhang Shixiong and others, and continued: "I don't think it's reliable to rely on your self-awareness, so can it be relied on by the Military Discipline Division?" No way! Not to mention that the main focus of the Military Discipline Department is on the military, in case the people in the Military Discipline Department are also busy bending the law for personal gain, who should I send to supervise the Military Discipline Department? ”

Zhang Shixiong's brows furrowed slightly, and his face darkened......

Wang Xiaoyu walked up with a booklet, Yang Bo nodded, Wang Xiaoyu cleared his throat, opened the book and said: "There are no rules, you can't make a circle, the meaning of the adults must also understand, the purpose of today's meeting is mainly to divide responsibilities and personnel appointments, adults need to establish an order, use the law to supervise and restrain the people under their rule, as well as the rights and obligations of officials, and even, even the adults themselves!" ”

There was a buzz in the audience in an instant, many people were mentally prepared, and they had heard that this meeting was going to set up an organization to supervise everyone, even adults could supervise it, but now when they heard Wang Xiaoyu say it unmistakably, the shock in everyone's hearts was still indescribable.

Yang Bo waved his hand, and waited for the audience to be silent before saying, "We can get to where we are today." Everyone has made great contributions, so as long as you don't cross the line, I won't care about you at all. But the problem is that today, now, many of you here have turned their backs on your original ideals, and your minds are full of pleasures, so I ask you, compared to you. Am I more qualified to marry an eight-room concubine? Am I more eligible? Should I demarcate more land......"

“…… If one day I fall in love with your daughter, will you offer her as a concubine for me? If one day I take a fancy to your land, I will swipe my name with a wave of my hand. What are you going to do? You may be happy in your mouth, but you are definitely not happy in your heart, right, Wang Xiaoyu's field is good. Why don't adults draw his family? ”

Yang Bo's words mobilized everyone's emotions. Several people laughed and said loudly: "It's too late for the adults to want the villain to be happy, where is there anything to hold grudges?" ”

Yang Bo snorted and said: "Yes, dedicate the land to me, you just want to encroach on other people's land, and your daughter is dedicated to me, you will have a few more to make up for it, it's not a big deal, right?" But I'll tell you. This is how dynasties collapsed. The Ming Dynasty will not be an exception! ”

Wang Xiaoyu said: "My lord said, the supervision of officials at all levels is our top priority at present, once corruption is opened and left unchecked, it will form a habit in the future and become an unspoken rule, so the personnel department established this time is specially used to standardize the code of conduct of officials, as the basis for rewards and punishments in the future, so that lower-level officials can follow this code of conduct and govern the local government according to law." The people and the officials are in their own places, like a trailer, and everyone performs their duties, each in his place, and marches towards the goal under the guidance of the adults. The newly established Senate is responsible for drafting the laws that govern these codes of conduct, and I will explain the structure and operation of this Senate. ”

“…… Before talking about the Senate, I will first talk about the purpose of the establishment of this Senate, the Lord hopes to lay a big net, so that everyone can supervise the behavior of officials, so that all the people can participate in the construction of Lushun's big goal, let's take an analogy, like the Mighty Fort, you Tun Chang Hong Sanqiang want to seek personal gain, let the tun households under his rule to their own land and plant seedlings, and give their own family a little more when distributing materials, then you Hong Sanqiang not only have to let the other chiefs nod, but also have to let all the tun households agree, Otherwise, as long as there is a disobedient tunhu who reacts to the township old home, saying that you Hong Sanqiang is corrupt and favoritism, I'm sorry, the gendarmerie department will soon find your head, and then there are people from the Military Discipline Department, because the tunpu is under the vertical jurisdiction of the two divisions, you Hong Sanqiang is the tun chief, the welfare is already good, and the price paid for this self-interest is very great, normal people I don't need to say much, I will also understand how to choose, then the power of this township old house is big, very big, it can be said that as long as it is on the territory of adults, There is nothing they can't control, even including adults, if adults marry people's daughters in private and embezzle land, the township elders can be impeached, as for whether it is allowed or not, we will talk about it later."

Wang Xiaoyu's words caused a burst of laughter, and more people pricked up their ears and listened attentively, for fear of missing a word.

"So who is the composition of the old people's home? It is composed of representatives of Lushunde's high esteem, businessmen, craftsmen, representatives of various tunpu, representatives of the military, and even representatives of our eight departments. There is a way, coercion and temptation, it's very simple, isn't it? Can I go and buy the representatives of the township old people's home? The representative of Weifeng Fort in our township old people's home is my in-laws, what can you residents do? Let me tell you, it's useless, you have to buy the 108 representatives of the township old people's house one by one, and you have to buy them once every two years, because these representatives are elected every two years, and they will be re-elected when the time comes, and they are not divided by region, but take turns to inspect the people's conditions in various places, even if it doesn't work, as long as these people submit a letter in front of the township old home, the township old house must accept it, or not? I'm sorry, the Gendarmerie Department will soon come to the township old house to investigate, so it is useless for you to buy the township old home, and you have to buy it together with the Gendarmerie Department, but the problem is that the Gendarmerie Department is directly under the jurisdiction of adults, and you can buy the Gendarmerie Department, then your corruption and perversion of the law is equivalent to the adult nodding and agreeing, so you Hong Sanqiang wants to do evil, the cost will be relatively large, and the painstaking work of the adults to set up the township old house is to make the situation go up, so that all the people have a channel to confide, so that they can participate in the supervision together. The cost of these officials doing evil will increase dramatically. ”

“…… The old people's home is similar to the squire before us, but there are differences. The power of the village elder house is much greater, and the most important thing is to impeach officials and make proposals. The adults said, you definitely won't like this institution, and the adults themselves don't like it, who wants to be an official and be criticized on the side? So what are the adults willing to do to trap themselves? Rules, adults want everyone to follow a common rule, including adults, in the absence of rules. Each of us is full of uncertainties, and everyone is a little nervous, for example. The adult suddenly ran out of money one day, and with a wave of his hand, he copied my Wang Xiaoyu's house and all the property. If you want to laugh, laugh out loud. This is the adult's own words, so don't worry. ”

After everyone finished laughing, Wang Xiaoyu continued to talk eloquently: "...... There are no rules, everyone lives in fear, because we don't know where the bottom line is, where the things can be done, and each of us will be in the fear of inexplicably hitting the bottom line, like marrying a concubine. We are only allowed to marry two rooms here, this is the bottom line. Adults can't use the excuse that you married a two-room concubine to criticize you and copy your home, in the same way, if you marry a three-room or even more, you yourself will understand where the consequences are, don't hide it from everyone, I Wang Xiaoyu used to be full of food alone, and the whole family was not hungry, but now, I am a person with a net worth of hundreds of taels of silver, but I don't sleep well, why, I'm afraid that when I wake up tomorrow, these silver will become the property of adults! By now, do you understand? What we are discussing today is a system to protect our own rights, instead of waiting until we can't survive to fight violence with violence, and the cycle repeats, why not take advantage of the moment for everyone to sit down and discuss calmly, and then formulate a rule that everyone is willing to abide by? ”

In the hall, everyone listened quietly, many people were a little confused and a little excited, they faintly felt that these words would bring many changes in the future, as if they wanted to grasp it, but they couldn't grasp it.

"My lord said, we are using a kind of governance called authoritative order here, you have all seen monkey groups, right? There is a monkey king in the monkey group, it can choose the female monkey at will, the monkey below to find something delicious, first let the monkey king eat, eat tired, eat until you don't want to eat, will be the turn of the next level of slightly stronger monkeys to enjoy, and finally wait until those thin monkeys, there is no more, we used to live in the days, just like those monkeys at the bottom, can't live, so the monkey king and other henchmen run away, and continue this way as the monkey king, and then be overthrown by the monkeys who can't live, and finally die tragically with nothing... …”

“…… Under the leadership of the adults, we have now become slightly stronger monkeys, and we can eat enough, and my lord, he is now the monkey king."

There was a loud laugh in the venue, and even Tie Niu grinned and smirked for a moment,

Wang Xiaoyu said again: "But adults don't like this system, he thinks, why don't we adopt another compromise way of governance?" Why don't we sit down and talk, set the rules, let's make a rule that everyone agrees on, and let all the monkeys supervise it, okay? Desire must have to swell to the point where it can't be suppressed, and finally get to the point of backing itself? What if there is not enough land and food, can we go down to a standard? Shall we go and rob someone else's? It's like we rob the Tartar slaves, rob the northern captives, can't we? This is not for the sake of the adults themselves, but also for the sake of your children and grandchildren, you already have a status in Lushun, it is not an exaggeration to say that as long as you are under the protection of adults, the glory and wealth of your life will not be able to run away, provided that you do not touch the bottom line, but you will also be old and will die, we have a saying in Mingguo, people go to tea and cool, who will protect your family when the time comes? Who will protect the rights and interests of your descendants? ”

"You all go back and think about these words, let's continue to return to the issue of the Senate, apart from the Township Elders' House, what is the role of the Senate? There are eight people in the Senate, their candidates are decided by yourselves, and they will be voted for later, the responsibility of the Senate is to review the proposals submitted by the Senate, if they pass, they will be submitted to the adults for signature, and if they are rejected, they will be reformulated by the Senate, but once the proposal is passed, even if the adults have other proposals, they must be abandoned, and now you understand that no, the Senate was established to limit whose power? ”

There was silence at the venue, and everyone was a little frightened, but Yang Bo's perennial power made them dare not speak, and many people were thinking in their hearts, if the Senate passed the proposal to surrender the Tatars, would the adults also follow this proposal?

Yang Bo looked around at everyone and said: "You don't need to worry, the Senate was first established, many systems need to be slowly improved, let's put up the shelf first, the Senate has a lot of authority, but it has no right to make any decisions in the military, so the people of our army don't have to think about these for the time being, my suggestion is that in order to protect the interests of various departments, I suggest that you carefully consider the issue of candidates, and below, Wu Kui, the chief officer of the Ministry of Personnel, will read out the personnel adjustment list of various departments!" (To be continued......)