Liu Chengzong also had a long-standing friendship with Wang Zheng.
He had read Wang Zheng's book and knew that he was an official who was very innovative and knowledgeable about machinery.
At the same time, when Wang Zheng was organizing the Loyalty Rebel Army in Sanyuan, he taught the craftsman Shi Chengga how to cast red barbarian cannons, which also provided him with great help in his campaign.
It's just that there are some problems with the Marshal's Mansion and Miyuan at the moment.
Years ago, the official office issued a document to all the governments in Shaanxi and Gansu, ordering each county to compile a list of officials, Jinshi, Juren, and scholars.
He also advertised in various places to recruit talented people, inviting talented people with civil and military talents and lofty ideals to come to Xi'an Prefecture to discuss important matters together.
The response from various places has been pretty good. Even in Hancheng, Zuo Maodi, there are people who are willing to serve as officials in the Marshal's Mansion.
Of course, the man from Hancheng was named Xue Xing, and he was a member of the clan of Xue Guoguan, the Minister of Rites at that time. The Central Committee of the Marshal's Mansion unanimously believed that this squinty-eyed monster was a spy.
But with the exception of Hancheng, all counties in Xi'an Prefecture responded poorly to the issue of official positions.
It is clearly the place with the most talents, but no one comes to the Marshal's Mansion to seek an official position.
At first Liu Chengzong thought that people were waiting and watching, but later he realized that in Xi'an Prefecture, everyone in the counties had a grudge against him.
Blood feud.
During the process of the Marshal's Army stationed in Xi'an Prefecture, the officials of various counties had a very weak attitude towards the Marshal's Army, and most of them sat on the sidelines or even acted in a semi-cooperative manner.
But among the people, gentry in almost every county organized regiment training and launched an attack on his marshal's army.
Those group training organizations that have sprung up are naturally trying to defeat the marshal's army.
Most of them were easily defeated when they encountered the Mongolian soldiers who were grazing on the graves. Those who could break through this line... were not considered a line of defense. Anyway, there were only a few who could fight against the marshal's army.
Therefore, in Liu Chengzong's case, the gentry group training in Xi'an Prefecture had almost no sense of existence.
The only group training organization with a sense of existence is from Miyuan.
Miyuan Tuanlian has excellent weapons and equipment, a mature organizational structure, carries Hongyi heavy artillery, and goes into battle with full enthusiasm.
Liu Chengzong was deeply impressed by them, mainly because the leader of this organization seemed to be an old friend.
It may be that when Wang Zuoguan attacked Miyuan, Wang Zheng led the loyalist armed forces to defend the city, which gave people confidence.
They actually used a poorly trained regiment to form a phalanx, and armed the red barbarian heavy artillery, and took the initiative to attack the large group of Mongolian cavalry in the plains.
Then they were easily defeated by Shunling's Mongolian cavalry.
That old friend was naturally the former Mongolian Khan who used his armored cavalry to ram into the camel city of Oirat, and Lin Dan, Hu Duntu, who lost all his family fortune in a wave of charge.
Liu Chengzong didn't think much about it at the time, but now that he thinks about it carefully, the Miyuan gentry armed forces should have been severely beaten.
The person who can organize team training must have a similar background to him at worst. In a place like Miyuan where business is booming, the person's background is probably better than him.
Scholars with martial arts skills love to do this kind of thing.
Really, Liu Chengzong thought to himself, if the Miyuan regiment can recruit two invincible Franco-style generals, they will not be beaten to the point where no one wants to serve.
But what they pushed was the red barbarian cannon.
The Hongyi Cannon is a good cannon. It has a long range and is powerful. It is extremely useful in defending and attacking cities. In field battles, it is also very effective against simple fortifications and defensive equipment.
But our Mongolian soldiers are all paupers. We don’t have any fortifications.
They disperse as soon as the fight begins. Defense relies entirely on movement and four hooves. Bombarding them with red barbarians is like using cannon to swat mosquitoes.
The regiment training infantry did not have good battle formation training. The cavalry rushed into two formations with their swords in hand, but they were afraid of breaking up. Even if there were some Wu Bian who were skilled in archers and horses, they would be unable to stand alone if they broke up.
What followed was a one-sided massacre.
This is equivalent to him organizing a strong people, and being beaten to death, people will send people to his home to ask his brother, old father, and fellow villagers if they are willing to serve as officials.
The answer is no need to think about it.
Who can rush into an official position regardless of blood feud and contempt of neighbors?
Liu Chengzong did not send people to Sanyuan in a hurry to ask Wang Zheng to serve as an official. Instead, he called the Chief Secretary Zhang Jinyan.
This was a demotion, and he was the magistrate of Miyuan County when he surrendered.
In order to reward him for his meritorious service in surrendering, he was promoted to the Chief Secretary of Shaanxi Province and gained experience in the post.
Liu Chengzong paid close attention to him.
Zhang Jinyan has a clean resume. He was born in Weihui Prefecture, Henan Province, and was a Jinshi in the fourth year of Chongzhen.
As soon as Liu Chengzong left Yan'an Prefecture, he filled the vacancy of Qingjian and became the county magistrate.
Yu Linqi inquired about his past, and unexpectedly found that this man had done a pretty good job in Qingjian.
Of course, his performance is not outstanding. In his spare time, he feeds cats and rabbits, writes poems and paintings, and travels around.
This is the most amazing thing. As an official of the Ming Dynasty, this guy was able to travel around northern Shaanxi with ease.
It's hard to evaluate Liu Chengzong. If you say he was messing around, he was definitely messing around. But in Qingjian in those days, if he could mess around, he would be considered great.
Instead of killing the local peasant army wandering around, they allowed him to play outside and even provided protection.
The reason is that Zhang Jinyan relied on his status as a Jinshi to serve as the leader of the peasant army and as a teacher for the children. He also allocated land to the peasant army and organized the people to build canals and plant trees.
With his eloquent tongue, he told the local elders that he had to study at all times. The Ming Dynasty was not about to die, and the economy was prosperous, and several people were awarded Jinshi.
If the Ming Dynasty were to fall, the new dynasty would also have to use scholars, and the bandits would rob and kill them. What kind of way out would it be?
He seems to be a very competent parent officer.
No, this was just a way for Zhang Jinyan to report his merits to the court. At that time, Yang He was still in charge of Shaanxi.
He said that he recruited thousands of peasant troops and placed them all in Qingjian. He only served in Qingjian for a year and a half before he was promoted to Sanyuan County Magistrate.
Although they are both magistrates, Qingjian is a small county and Sanyuan is a large county. According to the rules of the Hongwu Year, Sanyuan magistrate is of higher rank than Qingjian magistrate.
After receiving the order, Zhang Jinyan slapped his ass and left on the spot without saying goodbye to the students.
Even now, the village elders in Qingjian still want to settle accounts with him. They make ridiculous claims and leave as soon as Shu Xiu has handed him over.
Why don't you take some of our children away to study?
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Really quit.
Moreover, he did not retreat after the entire county surrendered to Liu Chengzong.
Liu Chengzong had just led his troops to Xianyang and the Battle of Yuanyuan had just ended. Zhang Jinyan sent people to Qingjian to meet with his elders and explain that he had left in a hurry. After he took office in Sanyuan County, he sent a letter back, but the road was blocked by landmines. Until now,
to contact the students.
He took fifteen young students back to Miyuan on the spot.
At the same time, Zhang Jinyan also did two other things.
The first is to withhold taxes from Sanyuan that year and send the actual tax amount to Xi'an Prefecture on one side and Shanxi on the other.
The second is to send a message to his family in Weihui Mansion, Henan Province, asking them to move to Hancheng as soon as possible.
Hancheng, what a precise timing, what an essential location.
Zuo Maodi refused to surrender, and Liu Chengzong announced that he would be exempted from military conscription.
Then the magistrate of Miyuan County moved his family here.
In terms of character, Liu Shishi doesn't really like people who surrender uneasily.
For Zhang Jinyan to be promoted, for him, it was just pinching his nose. He had gained the experience of being promoted to Chief Secretary, and his rank was higher. However, in fact, it was better not to be promoted to this official.
Because there is no one in the Shaanxi Chief Executive Office of the Marshal's Office.
When Chen Qiyu opened the city and surrendered, the chief envoys, grain inspectors, and governors were all let go. The separate garrison troops were not in the city to begin with. After years of experience, there was a shortage of people. The entire Yamen was basically empty.
There is only one warehouse left, and besides that there are four other gates.
The four disciples are all young people who are distant relatives of Chen Qiyu. They have families and families. If they were moved to the city, they would not be able to support their families. Chen Qiyu had just arranged jobs for them.
After all, Chen Qiyu is also our river governor, and he is already shameless enough. There is no need for Liu Shishi to refute his face on this matter, so he did not send them away and continued to stay to look at the gate.
Zhang Jinyan is the second official of the Chief Secretary of Shaanxi Province.
My experience is actually in charge of document transfer. In the absence of a Chief Envoy, I am responsible for transferring the official documents reported to the Chief Secretary by each county to the place where they should go.
This position arrangement is very obvious that Liu Chengzong does not like him.
Zhang Jinyan knew it himself, so this former county magistrate now worked as a clerk in the mailroom without any complaints. He worked hard every day and really excelled at his job.
Although there are six people in the yamen and one donkey, there is not much work to do.
But Zhang Jinyan has a very full schedule every day.
At dawn, I would fetch water, wash myself, clean myself first, and then go to the yamen to sort out the documents, newspapers, and official documents over the years.
After finishing the work, in the afternoon, I went to work in the garden of the Yamen's back house. I moved the bamboo forest to both sides of the front verandah and asked the doorman to help move eight pine trees.
When it gets dark, I let my disciples buy wine. I don’t drink too much, and I write poems after just two drinks.
The empty government office still has a sense of life.
Of course, on the third day after taking office, the warehouses were checked and the Ambassador Cang who had not escaped was found to be corrupt, so he was imprisoned. Zhang Jinyan concurrently served as the Chief Secretary of the Ninth Grade Prison, and asked students to deliver meals to Ambassador Cang every day.
It only took two days to deliver meals. On the sixth day, Liu Chengzong arranged for the warehouseman to go on his way.
Not killed.
The Xi'an treasury of the corrupt Ming Dynasty is not the warehouse of his Chief Secretary. Moreover, the crime does not lead to death. According to the law, he must be kept in prison until next fall for trial.
Liu Shishi thought that all this effort would be in vain, so he was sentenced on the spot to a three-thousand-mile ban and sent to the Taimeng Guards.
Someone took him to Lanzhou. When Chu Hu'er returned home, he met up with other Tianshan tour groups and sent him to see Sunday Qiang.
Liu Chengzong has read the poem written by Zhang Jinyan.
The four chief secretaries are very shrewd.
Zhang Jinyan was doing and writing every day, and Chen Qiyu and his family members went to the Prince of Qin's Mansion that night to inform Lang Guan.
There is a poem called "Severe Drought", which is very cleverly written. People don't write about Shaanxi, but write about both sides of the Yellow River.
There is a lot of rain in Henan, but the soil beside the road is not sprinkled in Hebei. There is no traffic on the road, and people living on the roadside do not cook pots. The wheat bread is not enough to cure the old and hungry, so why are the officials in front of the door so angry? When the officials are angry, no one is home, Hou
There was singing and dancing everywhere at the door.
Although this person looks quite calm and normal.
But Liu Chengzong concluded that, just like when he was the magistrate of Qingjian County, this thing was beginning to highlight his personality.
But it doesn't matter.
Liu Shizi has realized from Zhang Jinyan's resume that this man is indeed a top choice for his intelligence and ability.
He served as an official for two terms, with some deceitful achievements, but no major problems.
And changing flags is very smooth.
The whole person is very stable, and seems to be able to handle this kind of thing with ease.
But his character is poor.
Not to mention the baggage, there is no morality at all.
Anyone can coax and deceive anyone to get a promotion. Apart from his personal future, the relationship between the emperor and his father, as well as the relationship between master and disciple, are all external things.
Liu Chengzong was not wary of Zhang Jinyan at all.
There is nothing to be wary of with this kind of person. As long as the Marshal's Mansion does not go downhill and he is given the opportunity to show his talents, he will be very loyal.
If the Marshal's Mansion starts to go downhill, then Liu Chengzong will have too many people to worry about. Even Zhang Jinyan, a civil servant, cannot be ranked among them.
Zhang Jinyan was in his early thirties, dressed in suede and mink fur, and entered the lobby of the military government office neatly.
Liu Chengzong looked at his mink fur and said with a smile: "Has the winter coat been worn down?"
Zhang Jinyan lowered his head and touched the fur robe, and responded happily: "Yes, I got it from the Li Yamen three days ago. Thank you very much, Commander-in-Chief, for your kindness."
There is no special material for official robes in the Marshal's Mansion, only dark gold sword pattern material for war robes.
The thing Zhang Jinyan was wearing was brought from Lanzhou along with the winter clothes of the Marshal's Army.
It's just that the materials of fur robes are different for different grades.
For example, in the piece worn by Zhang Jinyan, only the fur collar is made of mink, and the rest is made of wolf fur.
The full mink fur robe is a treatment only reserved for generals or prefects.
As for the commander-in-chief, commander-in-chief, and governor-general level, they all wear lynx furs that are both warm and lightweight.
But in fact, whether it is mink fur or lynx fur, these things are not scarce in the Marshal's Mansion. Anyway, the demand is very small compared to Oirat's output.
The uniforms of ordinary soldiers are divided into three types.
One is the newly-made iron armor and armor made by the Juerwan Arsenal. With the huge fur stock, fur materials can be used wherever fur materials are suitable, such as the top of the armor, the cloth cover of the cloth armor, and the lining of military boots.
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Old style cotton jacket and cotton trousers.
Just like the khaki leather-inlaid cotton-padded jacket that Liu Chengzong made earlier because he didn't have dye.
The style is relatively old, but the cotton material is sufficient.
The three brigades stationed in Xi'an Prefecture mainly supplement the above two types.
The third type is relatively trendy, a sleeveless short jacket made of lambskin.
From Cao Yao, he ate too many lambs and sent them to Hu Zhishen, the governor of the capital, who mobilized Gansu military craftsmen and aunts to make a pile of lamb pelts.
The standard is three, one size fits all, sleeveless, short jacket.
So it can be made into any kind of shape, including round neck, cross-neck or even high collar, and the colors can be dark or light.
However, three standards determined that anyone could wear it, and it could be worn over the Yuanyang War Jacket, which was very warm. Gansu distributed it to the Yanqing and Longxi brigades, but they had not yet collected enough, so they only replenished three-quarters.
Liu Chengzong asked Cao Yao why the winter clothes made by Gansu military craftsmen were not given priority to the two Gansu brigades.
Cao Yao said it was too ugly and didn't like wearing it.
There are some veterans of the Marshal's Army in Gansu, and many of them are former Ming frontier troops. They also guard their homes and have relatively sufficient clothing and armor, so they have aesthetic pursuits.
Now Gansu is making new ones.
At the Military Government Office, Zhang Jinyan was obviously in high spirits after learning that Liu Chengzong had the idea of recruiting Wang Zheng.
He realized that the opportunity to show his talents had come!
He said on the spot: "Commander, I think that because of the local customs in the Sanyuan Jingyang area, many gentry are unwilling to serve in the Marshal's Mansion. If a senior member of the Marshal's Mansion comes forward, I'm afraid it will be counterproductive."
Liu Chengzong frowned and said, "Is it possible that if I go to invite you personally, you still won't be invited?"
He did have this plan to visit Wang Zheng's house.
Because Shicheng said to me, this old man is already very old. Instead of letting others do things that may not be successful, it is better to go and see for yourself.
However, when Zhang Jinyan heard what he said, he hurriedly recommended himself and said: "Why should the Generalissimo condescend to be condescending? Besides, Wang Zheng is not the only talented person in the Sanyuan Jingyang area."
"If the commander-in-chief can write a letter and ask Miyuan's parents for help, I will be able to invite Wang Zheng for the commander-in-chief within a month at most."
"Not only him, but also Jiao Yuanpu, the governor of Datong who was living here at this time."
Liu Chengzong raised his eyebrows.
This Zhang Jinyan is indeed smart. The most interesting thing about his self-recommendation is that he asked Ye Ding, the magistrate of Sanyuan County, for help.
Liu Chengzong knew very well that Ye Ding could not do anything, he was just a seventeen-year-old child.
Ye Ding was from the Hehuang chieftain family, and his origins were exactly opposite to those of Zhang Jinyan.
When Liu Chengzong attacked Hehuang, his father Ye Guoqi set up a flag in the small town of Binggou Racecourse to resist. His uncle Ye Bingqian started at Liu Chengzong and was sent back to deliver the ultimatum.
The two brothers refused to persuade him to surrender many times. When Mo Yujing surrendered, he ordered Ye Ding to recognize Mo Yujing as his adoptive father, thus handing over the chieftain's descendants to the Marshal's Mansion.
After the city was captured, the two brothers begged for benevolence. They wore armor and held swords in the official office, rushed towards the heavy musketry unit of the marshal's army, and died in the smoke of gunpowder.
Liu Chengzong admired the brothers' loyalty and personally arranged their graves, wrote their epitaphs, and later removed the names of the chieftains of Hehuang.
Ye Ding was raised as a chieftain since he was a child. He was talented in literature and martial arts. He studied at Juerwan Academy for two more years.
His adoptive father, Mo Yujing, took great care of him. This year, he and his nephew Mo Fuli, who had a reputation as a scholar, were recommended to enter the Yulin Camp through the back door.
Liu Chengzong was interested in trying his ability to make a tripod, but he was not willing to leave his descendant, whose father and uncle died at his own hands, at the door of his palace.
Taking advantage of Zhang Jinyan's promotion, there was a vacancy in Sanyuan County Magistrate, so he filled the post of County Magistrate for Ye Ding.
But after all, he is still young, so Liu Shizi’s attitude is to just do it first, and then replace him if he doesn’t do well.
Liu Chengzong had a complicated attitude towards Ye Ding.
However, in Zhang Jinyan's view, Ye Ding's age and experience clearly meant that he was favored by Marshal Liu. He was definitely a direct celebrity in the Marshal's Mansion.
That's why he said that he wanted Ye Ding to cooperate, which meant that if I succeeded, Magistrate Fenye would definitely share the credit.
Liu Shizi could clearly see this little thought.
But it seems that Zhang Jinyan really thinks he can promote this matter.
If this guy is good at recruiting knowledgeable people, Liu Chengzong would be happy and relaxed, and asked with a smile: "Is this true?"
For Zhang Jinyan, this is tantamount to giving him a chance to perform.
The former county magistrate was serious and excited. He immediately clasped his fists in salute and said, "It's absolutely true!"