At the same time, thousands of miles away in the Tianjing City, the Golden Dragon Hall of the original Heavenly King's Mansion, but it was a lively and joyful scene, except for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in addition to the Wing King Shi Dakai and other civil and military generals of the Wing Hall who were still in Hunan and Zeng Guofan, the rest of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom generals gathered here.

The most striking thing among them is that Wei Zhijun, the national sect of the North Palace, and other generals of the North Hall also appeared on the Golden Dragon Palace, which marked that the rest of the North Hall occupying Luzhou was also attached to the King of the West. Being able to successfully persuade Wei Zhijun and dispel his doubts is also thanks to Liu Naixin, the strategist of the North Temple.

After the king of the west entered Tianjing, the king of the north died in the siege of the east hall, and the king of the north deployed to kill the king of heaven, and the chaotic situation was quickly controlled after the army of the west hall entered the city. After restoring order, the king of the west condemned the crime to the king of the north for committing the rebellion, and killed Wei Changhui's head and corpse, and the head was passed on to the provinces, as an accomplice to the Tianjing Rebellion, Qin Rigang, the king of Yan, Chen Chengying, the marquis of Dingtian, and many civil and military generals in the north hall in Tianjing were arrested and killed.

Although the king of the west wantonly hunted down and killed the generals of the North Palace, he did what he promised, only asked the first evil, not the accomplices, the vast number of soldiers in the North Palace were pardoned, and at the same time did not engage in the slaughter of people's families, the surviving family members of the North King and Qin Rigang, Chen Chengying and other generals and the families of the generals and thousands of soldiers in the North Hall who were in the Tianwang Mansion that night were all exiled to Sakhalin Island and handed over to Tan Shaoguang to take care of.

At the same time, the king of the west sent a handwritten letter to Wei Zhijun, the guard general of Luzhou, and did not mention anything about the solicitation in his heart, but only said the reason for how to deal with the generals of the north hall of the capital. When Wei Zhijun saw the handwritten letter brought by Liu Naixin, he was so angry that he wanted to rebel on the spot.

But Liu Naixin said calmly: "Guozong, please think twice." At that time, when the king of the north was in Tianjing, his subordinates persuaded the king of the north not to leave the city and return to Luzhou to protect himself. But the king of the north didn't listen, and as a result, he fell deeper and deeper, and there was today's disaster. ”

Wei Zhijun snorted coldly and said, "Can I protect myself when I go back to Luzhou?" The Xidian armies of Yangzhou and Zhenjiang have already occupied Fengyang and Chuzhou, even if the elder brother returns to Luzhou, what can he keep? It will also attract the crusade of the army of the West Temple! ”

Liu Naixin bowed slightly and said: "If the king of the north returns to Luzhou, at least he can save his life!" At present, the situation after Guozong and the Northern King returned to Luzhou is the same, still surrounded by the army of the West Palace, Guozong knows that he can't keep Luzhou. So why bother hitting a stone with an egg? In the letter of the king of the west, it seems that there is a demonstration, and all the generals in the north hall in Beijing are punished, but there is no mention of how to deal with the generals in Luzhou. This is a way out left by the King of the West for Guozong and the generals of Luzhou. ”

Wei Zhijun gradually calmed down, touched his chin with his hand and motioned for Liu Naixin to continue, "Guozong, now that the King of the West has entered Tianjing, the overall situation has been decided. You also saw the fate of Yang Fuqing in the East Palace. Guozong asked himself, can he be more generals than Yang Fuqingbing? How much can it be compared to the territory occupied by Yang Fuqing? Can Guozong be stronger than Yang Fuqing in terms of intelligence? ”

Wei Zhijun frowned for a while before he said slowly: "Yang Fuqing's intelligence is on par with me, and I am not as good as Yang Fuqing in the territory of the soldiers." "Wei Zhijun is a smart person, in fact, he is more self-aware than Yang Fuqing, otherwise he would not have been cleared later, and he would have had a good death.

Liu Naixin hummed and said: "That's right, at that time, the King of the West also gave Yang Fuqing a way out, and issued an edict to Yang Fuqing to let the East Palace stop fighting, but Yang Fuqing ignored it. Only then was the West Hall mercilessly exterminated, and the tens of thousands of East Hall troops were wiped out in just a few days. ”

Wei Zhijun waved his hand and frowned, "I know what you mean." You just want me to lead the north hall to the king of the west, but the north hall has always killed the people of the east hall and the wing hall this time, I am afraid that I will return to Tianjing to be settled by the queen of autumn, and I will not see what the king of the west promises, so I am angry, and the king of the west is too strong. ”

Liu Naixin smiled slightly and said: "This is exactly the reason why the king of the west ordered his subordinates to be messengers, although the king of the west has no promise, but he is looking at what the emperor does, if the emperor takes the initiative to join the table, this is very different from the army of the west hall before he descends to the city." The king of the west wants to serve the people, he wants to allow the benefits of the emperor, and he also wants the emperor to have merit in the west hall, and the active subordination and the passive surrender are definitely different from each other. ”

Wei Zhijun suddenly realized: "This is also another opportunity given to me by the King of the West?" Liu Naixin said: "Exactly, the king of the west does not necessarily need the king of the west if he wants Luzhou, and the king of the west must need the king of the west if he wants to ensure himself." ”

Wei Zhijun snorted, but still frowned: "But I'm afraid that the people in the East Hall and the Wing Hall will settle accounts after the autumn." ”

Liu Naixin smiled dumbly and said: "Tianjing is already the head of the West Palace, where are there any East Hall and Wing Palace?" Besides, the king of the north who everyone hates, now that the king of the north is dead, and there is no blood on the hands of the emperor, why be afraid? ”

Wei Zhijun pondered for a moment and said, "Let me think about it for a few days." ”

After that persuasion, Wei Zhijun locked himself in the house and thought about it for three days, and after hearing that the Taiping Army in the West Hall of Fengyang had signs of going south, and the Qing Demon Regiment Lian Miao Peilin also had signs of Nankou, Wei Zhijun made a decision immediately, and the king of the West expressed his willingness to surrender. Later, when the edict of the King of the West arrived, he named Wei Zhijun as the squire of the military department, added the title of Earl Zhaoxin, and ordered Wei Zhijun to return to the capital to report on his work.

Wei Zhijun was trembling when he returned to Beijing, and he was afraid that the West King would settle accounts after the autumn, but since returning to Beijing for a few months, the West King has not made any moves, but there are a lot of things in the military department, so Wei Zhijun focused on the transfer and reorganization of the old soldiers and horses in the East Palace, North Hall and other departments.

Li Kaifang, the secretary of the military department, is also Wei Zhijun's old acquaintance, in the military department Wei Zhijun saw a lot of old generals in the east hall, at the beginning, those people always looked at Wei Zhijun with strange eyes, but the officials in the west hall did not have that kind of eyes, under the mediation of Li Kaifang, everyone just did a good job, but they were all right.

In Tianjing City for several months, the six departments are very busy, the king of the west with a stroke of the pen, the six departments of the palace and the six departments of the west hall were merged, each palace has a separate set of administrative system has been completely canceled, in the future there will only be a set of administrative systems of the six departments of the kingdom of heaven, no longer as before, each palace has its own Shangshu, prime minister and so on.

The civil official system of the Kingdom of Heaven was completely transformed, and under the two prime ministers were the six Shangshu, and then there were the county guards and the officials of the various departments. The King of the West retained the old official titles such as inspector and prime minister of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but these official titles have become honorary titles and no longer have specific powers, but this virtual title can enjoy an additional salary.

I have to say that Xidian has already done this in Sufu Province, and at this time Wei Zhijun understood that Lu Xian was holding the title of Prime Minister of Xia Guanzheng but doing the errand of the Ministry of Officials. As the name suggests, the Elective Division is the department that assesses the expertise of officials and assigns official positions, and at the same time, this department is also responsible for running various training courses for officials. To be an official in the West Palace, you must get the corresponding official training before you can take office, Wei Zhijun has also participated in several such training courses in the past few months in the capital, and he has seen many familiar faces in the training courses. These training courses are mainly to explain the various policies implemented by the Kingdom of Heaven, as well as some administrative case studies that may be encountered, which are very helpful for officials to come to specific posts.

Wei Zhijun admired the civil official positions and titles implemented in the West Palace, in the words of the King of the West, this is called high salary and honesty, and what should be given has been given to you officials, but if you still want to use your power for personal gain, don't blame the law of heaven for being unkind!

At the same time, Wei Zhijun also realized how prominent he was as a Zhaoxin uncle, from the two Sima titles enjoyed by ordinary officials to the inspection and prime minister, the king of the west joined the title of the fifth rank of the prince and the prince, and the last was the prince. After the Yan King Qin Rigang was killed, there were no other princes in the Kingdom of Heaven at this time except for the King of the West and the King of Wings, and there was a Zuo Zongtang with the title of Duke Yiyong, and then Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan with the title of Marquis, and there were few people on the remaining earl titles, only Wang Minyun of the Shanghai Military Political Department, Zhu Changling of the Department of Commerce and a few other people had titles, which shows that Wei Zhijun's earl is still extremely favorable.

Although it is a time of war, civilian officials rarely get military merits, and all rank promotion evaluations are not only merit and political achievements, but you also have to pass a series of assessments, which means that it is very difficult to be promoted. In this way, there will no longer be a situation like in history, when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom reached the later stage, the princes walked all over the streets, and the prime minister was not as good as a dog.

Compared with the civilian system, the army has adopted a new military rank system, and there is a difference of more than ten or twenty levels from private to generalissimo, and the treatment enjoyed by the corresponding military ranks is also different. The separation of the army and the administration also makes people's eyes shine, which also shows that the military power is no longer as chaotic as in the former Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the military generals are not allowed to interfere in the local and central administration, and the generals of the Heavenly Kingdom are no longer all-round players who govern the army and manage the people, and it also prevents the military generals from sitting on the local side.

This time, the Ministry of Military Affairs has also taken another action, that is, the township military department and the police department, which were originally under the jurisdiction of the military department, and other departments that control local troops, have been transferred from the military department and placed under the criminal department, and the role of the township soldiers and police officers as local law and order maintenance and army reserves has not changed, but in the future they will be under the command of the local chief executive. This solved the dilemma that the local administration did not have some military strength, and also solved the problem that the local garrison was too large. In other words, the armies of the kingdom of heaven will henceforth be armies, local security and reserves will be under local control, and a delicate balance of force will be reached between the generals of the local garrisons and the local administrators.

Wei Zhijun had to admire these arrangements of the King of the West, he could see at a glance that the Kingdom of Heaven was chaotic in terms of official positions, powers and power systems, and under the drastic reforms, it retained the characteristics of the Kingdom of Heaven, which did not make people feel uncomfortable, but instead gave many virtual officials who had been prime ministers and inspectors but had no actual positions in the past.

Several months have passed, and in the blink of an eye it is time for the beginning of spring, and Xiwang has recruited military and political dignitaries from all over the country to report on their work in Beijing, and at the beginning of the year, all departments have drawn up plans and plans for this year, as well as the necessary money and food budgets, and today's meeting is ready to discuss these matters. (To be continued......)