Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

"Wang Erquan, come here!"

The man whose name was read froze and turned around, approaching Gu Yunji with a flattering smile: "...Mr. Gu, what are your orders?"

Gu Yunji squinted his eyes slightly, looked at him from head to toe, and said with a faint smile: "Wang Erquan, I remember you are a government servant in Shanyin County, right? Why do you come here to become a soldier?"

Wang Erquan's eyes were wandering and he did not dare to look directly at Gu Yunji. He smiled dryly and said: "My lord has such a good memory, he can still remember the villain's name... What, isn't this recruitment for the Anti-Japanese Special Army? The treatment is so good, I will I wanted to give it a try, but I didn’t expect that I actually chose it.”

Gu Yunji raised his eyebrows: "Why, the treatment in Shanyin County is not good enough?"

Wang Erquan swallowed his saliva guiltily: "...That's not true, but being a soldier is to serve the country after all. It's better to go to the battlefield and kill Japanese pirates than to sit around and drink tea in the Yamen. I also want to do my little bit for the court. Power."

Gu Yunji said: "Then you don't want to take the Shanyin County government errand?"

"...I have already been selected into the Anti-Japanese Special Army. Naturally, I can no longer work as a yamen official. I will resign tomorrow..."

Wang Erquan said, seeing Gu Yunji smiling and saying nothing, he quickly said: "Sir, your previous standards did not say that you cannot quit your current job to become a soldier. As the saying goes, when people go to high places, water flows to low places. , everyone is working for the imperial court, even though I have something to hide, you can’t stop me from earning my own future, right?”

Gu Yunji smiled: "That's not the case."

Wang Erquan just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Gu Yunji say again: "But you reminded me that there are loopholes in our recruitment standards. Now we have added a new one - we will not recruit people who have worked in the yamen."

"Wang Erquan, if you haven't passed our recruitment test, you can leave."

Wang Erquan was anxious: "Why! I didn't say I wouldn't hire anyone who had worked in the yamen before, but now I don't want to hire anyone. Sir, you are targeting me!"

Gu Yunji did not answer him in a hurry, but ordered the general next to him: "Re-screen the recruits who have passed the assessment to see if there are any who have worked in the yamen. If so, don't accept them... By the way, The length of the mile also counts.”

After saying that, he slowly turned to Wang Erquan: "I'm not targeting you now, am I?"

Wang Erquan was so angry that his face turned red. He held it in for a long time before saying unconvincedly: "...Then I won't do it! The standards that were not there just now cannot be added temporarily now. This is an afterthought! And why shouldn't you work in the Yamen? "

"My height, age, and background all meet the requirements, and I have practiced martial arts. Among these selected recruits, not to mention, I can fight three or four of them. I am also literate, can speak Mandarin, and can even write official documents. , Am I no better than them?"

Gu Yunji's smile faded, his eyes slightly cold: "It's because you are literate, able to type, and can speak Mandarin. You are much better than others, so we don't want you."

"We are selecting soldiers, not generals. What soldiers require is to be consistent with each other, so as to cultivate tacit understanding and cooperation capabilities. If you show a very obvious standout as soon as you arrive, it will gradually attract the soldiers who cooperate with you to You are the master, and in the long run it will be very detrimental to the anti-Japanese formation."

"Secondly, the reason why we have set up seemingly unreasonable requirements such as 'no children, no people with white skin' is to select people with honest character and who can endure hardship. You may be able to endure hardship, but do you have a realistic character? ?”

"You have a smooth tongue and a playful smile when you meet the officials. If you don't say anything else, just what you just said, if these new recruits from miners were to stand in front of me, they would be too nervous to say a word. Who can be like you?" Are you questioning me aggressively?"

"Based on my few brief contacts with you, you should be a person who is good at pleasing your superiors and is willing to flatter you. However, when Duke Dingguo gave the order earlier, if I observed it correctly, you deliberately behaved badly just for the sake of Make yourself look more gregarious." "Because you have been working in the yamen for a long time, you are familiar with the procedures of government operations, and you are more familiar with what kind of soldiers we officials want, so you deliberately hide your true personality in order to successfully be selected into the special army."

As he spoke, Gu Yunji commented on him unceremoniously: "If you join the army, you will be the best soldier to stir up trouble, question superiors, and be cunning. Our anti-Japanese army does not need you."

The military of this era is different from that of previous generations. To put it simply, ordinary soldiers are required to maintain a certain degree of "ignorance." This is also the fundamental reason for formulating so many complex recruitment requirements.

They are honest and can endure hardship, but they also lack the spirit of resistance and questioning. They will only subconsciously obey the orders of their superiors. If they are given generous rewards on this basis, they will be easily satisfied and will willingly work for the superiors.

On the contrary, there are people like Wang Erquan who don't have enough ink in their stomachs and don't have enough ink in their stomachs. They only jingle half a bottle of water. They put themselves first in everything and cannot look at things from the overall situation, which brings troubles and obstacles to the army's operations and the command of the commander.

If the superior needs to send a scout to investigate the situation ahead of the large army, a soldier who comes from a miner or farmer background will want to complete the task assigned by the superior. At most, he or she will try his best to do a good job and strive for an early promotion and fortune.

What people like Wang Erquan might be thinking is: Being a scout is so dangerous, why not send someone else there?

Especially those who have worked in the yamen, are familiar with the operation of the government and the rules of the court, and lack awe of the superiors, so they are more likely to become the "thorns" in questioning everything.

Being told his thoughts mercilessly, Wang Erquan's face turned red and white. Seeing that he still refused to leave, Gu Yunji added lightly:

"If you leave now, at most you won't be able to become a soldier of the special forces. But if you continue to linger, I have reason to suspect that you have a bad attitude and are disrespectful to the superior. Then you may not be able to keep your job in the Shanyin County Government."

Wang Erquan's expression changed when he heard this. After several struggles, he finally lowered his profile and confessed to Gu Yunji, and then left in a hurry.

People like Wang Erquan, who are good at planning, were caught out, and the people behind them did not dare to play tricks, for fear that their deliberate performance would displease the superiors. They all acted honestly, and the recruitment went smoothly.

Time came to evening, and today's recruitment ended. After a day of screening and assessment, more than 120 people finally successfully entered the Anti-Japanese Special Army.

Su Qi sighed: "We have set the standard so high. There are more than 100 people in Qingyuan Town who meet the requirements. And this is only the first day. At least 500 people can be selected later. Yunji, yours It’s really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger under the rule, so coming here to recruit troops is indeed the right decision.”

Gu Yunji smiled and said: "Qingyuan Town is such a big place, and it can only recruit five or six hundred people at most. If you still want to find miners, you have to go to the adjacent Jinhua Mansion. They have many miners and can recruit more than three thousand people." There is absolutely no problem with the army.”

Shen Baiyi was anxious to wipe out the Japanese pirates and said worriedly: "We have been busy for a day and only recruited more than 100 soldiers. Wouldn't it take nearly a month to recruit [-] soldiers? Just the recruitment process is so troublesome, and the training formations later will be difficult." I don’t know how much time it will take, and the efficiency is too low.”

Su Qi said: "Take your time, don't worry about the trouble of recruiting soldiers, but this step is the key. Only by selecting good-quality soldiers will things go more smoothly. And we can train and recruit soldiers at the same time. I am ready Recruit [-] soldiers for training first, so that we can not only test the effects and adjust strategies in time, but also allow veterans to lead new recruits, speeding up training overall."

Gu Yunji said: "Yesterday, I heard from my senior brother that we have some idea about Tao Lian's recruitment. Maybe it won't be long before we start negotiations. If we can train an anti-Japanese army with strong combat effectiveness at this time, then the negotiations When the time comes, you can take the initiative in your own hands, and your waist can be straightened."

Su Qi said with a smile: "When the time comes, we will have to rely on you civil servants to smooth out the negotiations. Mr. Shen is good at reasoning. As for the training of soldiers, leave it to me. As long as you give me enough time, it will take less than three months to take care of you." Then your back will be straight!"