Chapter 42 The Officials in the Great Yamen
When Li Guo returned to Laohutun, he saw that everyone was working according to his instructions and building houses.
The soldiers mixed the mud with water, made molds out of wooden strips, made the mud into billets, and then built the walls with brick-like mud blanks. On the roof of the house, purlins were made of tree trunks, and thinner trunks and branches were laid on top of them, along with wild grass. On top of it is a thick layer of mud. The mud is still mixed with hay like a mud billet, just like the reinforced concrete it is now, in order to make the mud strong and tensile force. This method of building a house is common in the north.
Because the number of soldiers will be more and more, and there will be a lot of houses in demand, so when Li Guo came back, the house was still not finished, but the built house was almost ready to meet the needs of living.
The work of building a house was tiring, but everyone was full of energy.
Li Guo was very satisfied, he kept greeting the soldiers and children who were working, and from time to time helped to lift the purlins and move the mud together. The soldiers looked at the reincarnated True Dragon Heavenly Son of the White Tiger Star Monarch, and their hearts were full of awe and emotion.
When Li Guo walked over, some soldiers unconsciously began to discuss.
A thin soldier who had just joined in the river meander said, "You said that our little General Li has no frame at all, unlike the county commander Quan Zhihuan, who has the posture of a county old lady." β
Another chubby recruit looked very clear, "What do you know, so Quan Zhihuan is also the life of a county order, and those who have become big things since ancient times are like Xiao Li Jiangye, this is called sharing weal and woe with the people, haven't you heard of it in the play?" β
"But there are not many who share the blessings." The skinny soldier said.
The fat soldier shook his head, "I think General Li can't be wrong, didn't you see General Li take in the child soldiers?" What's the use of these half-grown babies, they can't work in wars, they're useless! You can eat the top one. Which peasant army will take in the children, only General Li does this thankless thing, it's amazing, I think he can do it! β
A few child soldiers on the side felt the same way, the fat soldier was reasonable, he was really useless, he couldn't even carry a purlin to the beam, thinking about the benefits of Li Guo taking them in, these child soldiers' eyes were red. Nothing else, when I grow up in the future, I have to work hard for our father Li! These child soldiers were secretly ruthless in their hearts.
Li Guo walked to the house built for him and looked at it, the house was very large and divided into two courtyards. The front courtyard has a meeting room, a living room, a kitchen, and a residence for the soldiers. The courtyard at the back is the inner house.
Li Guo originally ordered that his house be the same as everyone else, but this order was not carried out. Nie Xin and others believe that Li Guo should be more comfortable than others. Li Guo thought about it, it is also difficult to achieve equality for all, even in modern times, let alone the Ming Dynasty. Watching the happy Jiang Yingrong help Huang Xiu to the inner house in the back to pick a house, Li Guo was also satisfied.
Opposite Li Guo's mansion is several rows of large houses, which is the central place of Li Guo's core. Now, these rows of houses are called the Great Yamen.
Originally, because Li Guo was now short of people, he took Nie Xin, Liu Tichun and others here to discuss and discuss, and then he did the matter. However, Nie Xin and others insisted on opposing it. In Nie Xin's words, although the sparrow is small, it has all kinds of organs.
Li Guo nodded disapprethoughtly and walked away. The next day, I reacted, Nie Xin and others rebelled against you with their heads and abandoned their careers, why? Isn't it just to be able to mix up an official position in the future? The future is too far away, and it is only right to let them taste the sweetness first.
So, Li Guo came to Nie Xin, "How is the old battalion you said?" β
Nie Xin was stunned, "I didn't get it, didn't Master Tiger not mean that?" β
Li Guo shook his head, "Actually, you know what I meant earlier, just like the construction I proposed to Wang Jiayin at the beginning, 'Build a high wall, slowly become the king, and accumulate grain.'" However, although our strength is not large, it is better to have a sound system and a strict system. Because we are not rogues after all, we are going to fight the world. β
"Okay, I'll get it now." Nie Xin turned around to leave.
Li Guo stopped him, "Everyone is responsible for the errand, you have to be thoughtful." I have two opinions, the first is that you and Liu Tichun are both literate and martial, and they are my right-hand men. Second, you and Liu Tichun are in charge of civil and military affairs, but as long as the position is higher than that of other people, don't make the official rank too big, if you make yourself the head of the cabinet and the generalissimo of the army, see if Lao Tzu will not kick you, because that is the future position. Of course, you can't be too stingy from the name... β
Before Li Guo finished speaking, Nie Xin's eyes turned red.
"Grandma's! What's wrong? Li Guo scolded.
"The grace of knowing the encounter under the foot, Nie Xin's broken bones must also follow the foot." Nie Xin is actually an official fan, Li Guo said it casually, but Nie Xin took it seriously, the first assistant of the cabinet is the prime minister, and he can't help but be excited. Although Li Guo promised a blank check, I don't know when it will come true.
"Get out! Come up with some nice names and come up with them sooner. Li Guo said.
"Get it out tonight!" Nie Xin turned around and left.
As a result, these rows of houses were named the Great Yamen, and the highest organ of the Great Yamen was the General Division, and the status of the General Department was transcendent, managing all the one, of course, Li Guo was the boss, only called Tiger Ye, and had no title. Liu Tichun and Nie Xin are also in the General Division, Liu Tichun is in charge of the army, called the Military Orders Division, and Nie Xin is in charge of the government, called the Political Orders Division.
There are not many subordinate institutions, because of the small number of people, and gradually increase in the future, the current civil service establishment is as follows:
Land Department: Li Qiang (manage land allocation, sowing and harvesting, etc.) οΌ
Money and Food Department: Qian Duoduo (management of money receipts and expenditures, business operations. οΌ
Propaganda Department: Sun Dengke (responsible for propaganda and the establishment of an intelligence agency mainly based on the theater. οΌ
Engineering Department: Quan Zhihuan (responsible for water conservancy, building houses, and building walled cities. οΌ
Confidential Department of the Chinese Army: Zhao Youbin (managing the affairs of Li Guoxing's camp and the intelligence work of the master's network)
There is only one military attachΓ© establishment:
Department of Soldiers and Horses
Although there is only one military institution, it has a large number of personnel. Gu Ying, Li Twelve, and Jiang Chang led a battalion, which was the front battalion, the left battalion, and the right battalion, and their positions were equivalent to those civil officials. Li Guo and Liu Tichun also led a battalion, which was the middle army and the rear battalion, a total of five battalions. Among them, the children's battalion also belongs to the Ministry of Soldiers and Horses, and several children such as Tiedan, Wang Si, Luo Hu, and Zhu Huan were named leaders by Li Guo. Ma Shiyao, Niu Decao, Hao Qianjin and many other leaders are partial generals, and they are all the backbone of the army.
The privet camp usually follows to do some propaganda work, but it is directly under Huang Xiu, and with the pungent Huang Xiu in charge, the girls in the privet camp will not be bullied.
Of course, there are still many positions that cannot find suitable personnel for the time being, and Li Guo will not appoint them for the time being in line with the principle of preferring shortage to excess.
Li Guo was an official, and everyone's spirit was more sufficient. Now, almost all people really follow Li Guo to fight the world, but there is one exception, a lot of money.
For some legends and miracles about Li Guo, Qian Duoduo did not believe it at all, but he also had doubts in his heart, and more importantly, the family lived in Taiyuan and did not know his life and death.
So, Nie Xin and others, who saw some signs, came to do more work for Qianduo.
"Old Qian, why are you still sullen?" Nie Xin asked.
"I'm not afraid of your jokes, but I'm still homesick." Qian Duoduo replied.
"Old money, it's good to wait for the tiger master to sit in the world, and then not only can the whole family reunite, but also enjoy wealth!" Nie Xin continued to persuade.
"That's good, but we're a little smaller now, when will we be able to conquer the world? Let's just have Wang Jiayin's strength, I heard that he already has hundreds of thousands of people in the south of Shanxi, and even Cao Wenzhao can't do anything about him. "Qian Duoduo is worried.
"What, envy?" A person walked in from outside the door, it was Li Guo.
Qian Duoduo immediately fell silent.
"Old Qian, don't just look at the front of you, although Wang Jiayin is strong now, he will die soon." Li Guo knew what happened to Wang Jiayin in history and said it. But Li Guo immediately regretted it a little, if Wang Jiayin didn't die because of his own crossing, wouldn't it become nonsense?
Everyone stared at Li Guo and expressed their disbelief. Then how can Wang Jiayin's current strength be said to be dead?
Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, Li Guo thought to himself, anyway, it was better to say that "Wang Jiayin must be dying, and the person who killed him is his brother-in-law!" In the future, the peasant army was led by the king himself, but the king would die of illness for his own use. β
Qian Duoduo thought about it and shook his head, "Master Tiger, I don't believe it, this is thousands of miles away, how can you know about Wang Jiayin's death?" If it is really as you said, Wang Jiayin was killed by his brother-in-law, then I don't want my old money anymore, and we will do it with you even if we sell our lives! β
Zhao Youbin was in a hurry, afraid that Li Guo's words would not be accurate, which would affect his majesty, so he hurriedly started haha, "Who can tell this matter thousands of miles away, besides, we haven't heard that Wang Jiayin has a brother-in-law, and the tiger master is joking." β
Li Guo said calmly: "Of course I know what will happen in the future!" Li Guo pointed to the sky with his finger, "But I will only say this kind of thing once, because the secret of heaven cannot be revealed." β
Everyone was stunned and looked at Li Guo in a daze. In fact, everyone involuntarily obeyed the thief, and the miracle of Li Guo was just forced to approve of it. Now Li Guo said that Wang Jiayin's death had a nose and eyes, but this is almost impossible. If things are really like what Li Guo said, there is really only one explanation, Li Guo is really not a human, he is a god!
"I'm not joking! Old money! Then let's make up our minds, I'm going to be sure, your life is mine. If you dare not give Lao Tzu his life, Lao Tzu will be unkind to you! After Li Guo finished speaking, he left, leaving behind the stunned crowd.