Chapter 236 New Kaiyuan
Outside Datong City, Wei Zheng and his party, who had brought a lot of money and property, had just walked to the city gate. Dozens of civil and military officials led by the governor of Shanxi welcomed them with complimentary smiles. This book is from
At this time, the governor of Shanxi did not wait for Wei Zheng to come and salute him with a arrogant look like the prefect of Datong. Instead, he led his subordinates behind him to walk directly to Wei Zheng who had already dismounted, clasped his fists and said respectfully.
"Congratulations to the third-class uncle, Shanxi general... Welcome the uncle back to Datong Mansion..."
Whether the other party was sincere or not, whether it was because of his identity as a general of Shanxi or his identity as a third-class nemesis, Wei Zheng accepted these compliments with peace of mind. Then, surrounded by these people, he forced himself to smile and return to the General Mansion of Datong.
No, at this moment, the Datong General Office has become the Shanxi General Office.
In the original court, Wei Zheng directly asked the court to transfer the Datong Prefecture in Shanxi to Datong Prefecture on the grounds of "defending Datong Prefecture and eliminating the bandits in Shanxi..."
After Wei Zheng, the Holy Family, made this opinion in the court, no one dared to touch Wei Zheng's brow at this time. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, there was the first time that the memorial of the ministers was passed unanimously without any discussion.
So Wei Zheng, who should have gone to Taiyuan, Shanxi, took office, and returned directly to Datong Prefecture to take office.
After a day of lively, the huge general's palace finally calmed down slowly.
Especially after a group of civil servants led by the governor of Shanxi left the General Office, the grand dinner ended directly under the order of Wei Zheng.
Not only that, several of their confidants, under the order of Wei Zheng, gathered in the study room where the General's Mansion was most vigilant.
Wei Zheng had just dragged his slightly tired body into the study. His subordinates seemed to have agreed. At the same time, they knelt on the ground with one leg and shouted to Wei Zheng: "Congratulations to the general for being promoted to Shanxi General, Third-class Nemesis..."
Wei Zheng waved his hand and sat in the owner's seat of the study. He said with a tired look: "Okay, we are all our own people, so I won't say much about these compliments... I believe everyone should have already understood the specific reason for leaving everyone behind. The military advisor went to the capital with me. Let the military advisor inform you about some of the situations that everyone doesn't know so that everyone can be prepared."
Under everyone's attention, Zhou Shuyuan, who had been promoted to Shanxi Xuanfu Envoy on the surface, but was actually the military advisor of the Tiger and Leopard Army, stood up and said: "Everyone, this time when you enter Beijing, in addition to the news that everyone knows now, the general was named third-class uncle by the emperor and became the uncle of our Ming Dynasty, there are several very important news."
"So that's it. These news concerns everyone among you..."
In just a blink of an eye, a few other people in the study, except Wei Zheng, focused their eyes on Zhou Shuyuan, waiting for Wei Zheng's following text with full of expectations.
Zhou Shuyuan did not ask everyone to wait too long. He continued: "In the process of entering Beijing under the order, under the repeated requests of the general, the court once again allowed our Tiger and Leopard Army to carry out a new round of military expansion..."
"According to the court's requirements, after the expansion of our Tiger and Leopard Army will be completed, the total force will be increased from 10,000 to 30,000. In other words, all the generals we are sitting in will be promoted..."
Zhou Shuyuan's voice had just fallen. Wang Feng, Zhao Yun and Zhou Yuhong, who commanded the Tiger and Leopard Army, showed an excited smile from the bottom of his heart.
At the same time, he focused his eyes on Wei Zheng and waited for Wei Zheng to agree.
With the expectant eyes of the triple pair, Wei Zheng nodded directly to express his affirmation. Then he ordered everyone with a slightly serious order: "What the military advisor said is true. According to our Tiger and Leopard Army's usual military expansion method, after the expansion is completed, the troops under each of you will be expanded to 15,000..."
"That is to say, after the expansion of the army is completed, the total strength of our Tiger and Leopard Army will become 45,000. If artillery and scouts are included, the total strength exceeds 50,000 will be no problem."
"Fifty thousand elites, plus the first round of harvesting of military farms, at that time, it will not be our tiger and leopard army who acts at the court's eyes, but the court who acts at the court's eyes."
"So, as long as the General Office's military expansion order is issued, you must fill in the gaps in your own troops in the shortest time. Then, in the shortest time, let the soldiers form combat power."
"However, there is one thing I must remind everyone that the entire military expansion process is definitely not as simple as everyone imagined. Not to mention that we do not have so many reserve troops to allow us to expand our military, just talk about the most basic equipment required for the army expansion, and with the current production capacity of our craftsman battalion, it is impossible to produce it for everyone in a short time..."
Although there are many problems facing the expansion of the Tiger and Leopard Army, it is impossible to change the Tiger and Leopard Army's upcoming expansion of the army. Therefore, the excited and excited facial expressions on the faces of the three people, including Zhou Yuhong, did not change from beginning to end, and did not change at all because of Wei Zheng's reminder.
Compared with the excited expressions on the faces of the three, Zhang Wu and Wang Peng, who were allowed to attend such a meeting for the first time, showed disappointment and calm facial expressions on their faces respectively.
As a military general like Wang Feng and others, Zhang Wu also longed for promotion, rather than staying in the position of Deputy General of Datong. So, when he saw Wang Feng and others being promoted with Wei Zheng, a look of disappointment appeared on his face. However, she didn't say much, after all, she really joined Wei Zheng later.
As for Wang Peng, who was sitting at the end, he showed a calm expression.
Although he was also eager to be promoted, he could see it very clearly in his heart. You should know that he was a seventh-rank county magistrate who was about to be dismissed more than a month ago. If he had not faced the vanguard, he would not have become a fifth-rank magistrate who was in charge of hundreds of thousands of refugees.
Of course, Wei Zheng will not forget these two talents and dare to take the initiative to serve him.
Under Wei Zheng's instructions, Zhou Shuyuan directly turned his gaze to the two people and spoke.
"The next one is General Zhang... Under the repeated requests of the general, the court has promoted General Zhang to Deputy General of Shanxi, and continues to assist the general in commanding all local garrisons in Shanxi..."
"According to the report of the Shanxi General Office in the Ministry of War, the total number of local garrisons in Shanxi is 55,000. However, in order to ensure large-scale bandits in Shanxi and ensure local stability, the general allowed the Shanxi local garrisons to secretly expand their troops to 45,000 more...."
"General, this is all true..." Zhang Wu asked back with an incredible face.
Wei Zheng nodded and affirmed: "It's all true. The remaining 45,000 garrisons are all assigned to the troops for training in the future. As for their military pay, they are the same as other soldiers in the garrison..."
"In addition, the local garrisons are not the Tiger and Leopard Army. After the imperial court's order arrives, you immediately take my hand to the military camps of garrisons in various places in Shanxi to investigate the real situation of all garrisons in Shanxi..."
"You should be clear about my principles, and we have the imperial edict, so during the inspection process, you should take action if you should take action, and you must not show any mercy. I will give you a month, and I will give you an elite army in the camp. You must understand the real situation of all the garrisons in Shanxi, and then I can prescribe the right medicine."
"Please rest assured, General, I promise not to let down the general's high hopes and lead the troops of Datong Prefecture..." Facing Wei Zheng's longing gaze at him, Zhang Wu immediately felt a sense of a soldier dying for his confidant, and he promised loudly to Wei Zheng.
Just when Wei Zheng nodded with satisfaction, Wang Peng knew that it was his turn next.
So, unconsciously, Wang Peng had already straightened his body.
Sure enough, Zhou Shuyuan, who had a smile on his face, turned his gaze to himself without realizing it.
Under Wang Peng's gaze, Zhou Shuyuan said, "Mr. Wang, this time I entered Beijing, the general has brought you good news."
"After the general's pursuit and request, the court agreed to transfer Li Wenxuan from the Datong Prefecture. And you, Wang Peng, will take over as the Datong Prefecture, and be responsible for our military farming in Datong."
"Not only that, under the repeated requests of the general, several counties such as Huairen and Shanyin that had been burned to ruins by the rebels were all incorporated into Datong Prefecture and you will be in charge of the jurisdiction."
"Anyway, you will be here in two days if you take over the imperial edict of the Datong Prefect."
"So, I hope you are ready. At that time, you must not only manage Datong Prefecture, but also manage the military farms in Datong Prefecture."
Although he knew that he would be promoted, what Wang Peng did not expect was that he was promoted from a fifth-rank Tongzhi to a real-powered fourth-rank Datong Prefect. It is certain that his promotion speed was definitely one of the best in the Ming Dynasty.
After taking a deep breath, Wei Zheng suppressed his excitement and promised loudly: "Please rest assured, the subordinates will definitely live up to the general's high hopes and be the governor of Datong..."
At this time, Wei Zheng spoke again.
Not only that, the smile on his face just now disappeared and was covered by seriousness from the bottom of his heart.
"Everyone, it can be said that from now on, it will not only be a new starting point for Wei Zheng, but also a new starting point for everyone. As long as we make good use of this opportunity, what awaits us will surely soar into the sky."
"Today's meeting, I just want to give you a briefing so that everyone can know. As long as the imperial edict issued by the court about everyone, we will start to take action..."
Chapter completed!