Chapter 235: Adding an official to the rank
After the main strategist was awarded, the next step was to reward some soy sauce officials. After all, if you want a horse to run, you have to eat grass for the horse. Zhu Hongsan couldn't do the dirty things like Zhu Yuanzhang who wanted a horse to run and then had to eat horse meat in the end.
Now the main officials in Guangdong include the governor, the Censorate and the Dushi. These three are deputy provincial officials and senior officials of the third rank. If they don’t appease them, they will be unable to sit steadily.
Fortunately, there are only two people in the Sansi now, including the position of the governor Wang Jikui, the censor Zhang Bingwen, and the Dusi.
Zhu Hongsan asked the chief assistant Feng Ruoshu's suggestions. After all, the old Feng had been the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi for more than a year and was very familiar with these two people.
Old Man Feng also knew what Zhu Hongsan meant. He was promoted and made money by himself. If outsiders didn’t give him a good position, who would have had to do with you? Old Man Feng thought for a while and said, “Responsible for the State, I think Wang Jikui can be promoted to governor of Guangdong, Zhang Bingwen can be promoted to minister of justice and acting as a minister of the Ministry of Justice. Is this possible?”
Zhu Hongsan had to admire the skills of the old bureaucrat Feng and his wife. Now the governor is Feng Ziyong, and the governor is your old man Feng. This governor is angry among you. As for Zhang Bingwen, the third-rank censor gave him a second-rank minister and acted as a minister. This is a complete high-ranking central official. I guess both of them will be happy to take office.
Now the three officials have fewer Dushi. Zhu Hongsan thought for a while and said, "The three officials asked Li Zhi, the patrol director, to serve as the general manager of the Guangdong Navy." Such a small official was worried about by the chief minister. Old Man Feng saw that Zhu Hongsan was optimistic about Li Zhi, but he didn't say anything.
Next is what to do with the other five prefectures and one prefecture in Guangdong? Chaozhou Prefecture, Shaozhou Prefecture, Nanxiong Prefecture, Huizhou Prefecture, Gaozhou Prefecture and Luoding Prefecture. The population density and commercial scale of Chaozhou Prefecture and Huizhou Prefecture are not inferior to Guangzhou Prefecture, and Nanxiong Prefecture is the northern gate of Guangdong. These places must be handled well.
Zhu Hongsan thought for a long time and said, "The officials of other governments have been promoted to one level, and the original positions are retained. The officials of the four governments under our control have also been promoted to one level. What do the Chief Supervisor think about it?"
"What the governor said is exactly what the minister wants to say."
After the civil officials solved the problem, the following generals were military generals. Feng Ruoshu had no say, and Zhu Hongsan could not listen to him. Fortunately, this team was led by Zhu Hongsan, so loyalty was absolutely fine.
Zhu Hongsan looked at the fourteen generals, and they all looked naked. These guys were not very knowledgeable, but they had heard a lot of commentary on various books and commentaries, and knew that the emperor would be promoted as soon as he ascended the throne.
Zhu Hongsan looked at them and cursed, "Don't think too much about you guys. There is a chaos in the north now, and you will be promoted in the future. The current position is too high, which will harm you. Don't say I'm stingy, do you know?"
Zhu Hongsan said this very seriously. Qian Yong and others immediately knelt down and kowtowed, not even shouting.
Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "Qian Yong and Zhao Guodong were promoted to third-rank gang generals, other regiment commanders were fourth-rank guerrillas, battalion commanders were thousands of households, company commanders were hundreds of households, and platoon commanders were the generals. Remember, this is only a temporary position. In the future, the title of marquis and generals will depend on your military achievements. If you are greedy for life and fear of death, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Qian Yong and his wife were overjoyed when they heard this. They used to be bandits, bandits, orphans, and they went south to make a living if they had no way to live. If they hadn't met Zhu Hongsan in Huguang, they might have died in a foreign land.
When I was at home, I saw a ninth-rank official kneeling on the ground and kowtowed. I didn’t expect that after just a few years, I became a third-rank and fourth-rank general. A few guys even felt emotional and cried loudly, remembering the sadness of their dead parents and brothers.
Zhu Hongsan waited for them to finish crying and said, "Okay, there is still important things in the next step. Now there is war in southern Zhili, so I decided to send troops north to rescue the people."
Before Zhu Hongsan finished speaking, Ma Mingyuan on the side was shocked. He was in charge of the overall situation for a long time and knew that Guangdong seemed to be prosperous now, but it was not strong enough to fully expedition the Northern Expedition. So when he heard Zhu Hongsan say this, he quickly stood up and dissuaded him.
"Guanguo, Guangdong is now prosperous, but money and food are needed everywhere, and a large number of refugees from the north are pouring in. If you make every effort to fight the Northern Expedition at this time, you will definitely lose sight of one thing. Please think twice about the situation."
Zhu Hongsan cursed in his heart, do you know that it is not the time? Then he insisted on placing me as a leader, and there is nothing he can do now. Since I have made a banner, what do people in the world say about me if I don’t do anything?
Zhu Hongsan was unhappy, but he didn't bring it out on the surface. Although Ma Mingyuan and the others had their own little thoughts, it was for their own good after all, so they still had to convince others with reason now.
"Master Ma, there is nothing we can do. We have already put forward the banner and do nothing to explain to the people of the world? But don't worry, Mr. Ma, I know the importance and this time I am not going to send all the troops. I just sent two regiments of 6,000 people north to make a move."
Hearing Zhu Hongsan say this, Ma Mingyuan got up and returned to the shift to stand, no longer opposing Zhu Hongsan's decision.
When the fourteen military leaders around him heard that they were going to fight, they all showed joy. They had basically been training for two years, and they were boring every day. This time they could go out and do something really good at gunpoint, so why not be brave enough to be the first?
The first one to stand out was Qian Yong. He said: "The country is the only one who will go to the war to get there. We are the one who will come down south with your commander."
Before Qian Yong finished speaking, Zhao Guodong shouted beside him: "Four treasures, are you the only one who goes south with the superior? Where are I going to Henan with the superior? What were you doing at that time? Aren't you raising pigs in your hometown?"
Zhao Guodong didn't open any pot, and Qian Yongqian's face turned green. He made a mistake and was left at home by Zhu Hongsan. Unexpectedly, Zhao Guodong said that he was a pig farmer? He could still bear this. The six team leaders behind him were so angry that they screamed because all six of them had raised pigs. Today, when Zhao Guodong revealed their scars, they were so angry that they were about to come up to fight with Zhao Guodong.
The six commanders of the second division here stopped working. Their first division relied on their long establishment time and had been with the King of Chu for a long time, and often bullied the second division. Today's battle is related to the honor of the entire second division, so it is difficult to give up easily? So these six commanders, together with Zhao Guodong, will perform a real-life pk in front of the King of Chu.
Zhu Hongsan now has 50,000 people and three divisions, Qian Yong of the first division, Zhao Guodong of the second division, and Wang Jinbao of Yong'anzhou. When Zhu Hongsan saw these guys going to attack in front of him, he stood up and kicked the table over and cursed: "Do you guys still have me in your eyes?"
Chapter completed!