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Chapter 198 Nanyang
On September [-], the governor Xiong Guang died of illness, and the capital sent troops to escort him along the way.In the last two years of Xiong’s life, he did not have much sense of presence in Guangdong, but there is no one in Fujian and Guangxi who does not admire him. This famous anti-Japanese general who was born as a Jinshi fought against pirates and pirates for more than [-] times in his life, and made outstanding achievements repeatedly. However, it is a big event to protect the spirit and go back to the hometown. The governor has selected and sent people to Xiangshan to discuss, and asked the Xiangshan Banner Army to escort them along the way.

For nothing else, recruiting troops from all over the world are stronger than battalions, and battalions are tougher than guards. There are many soldiers in the camp, and it looks good to walk on the official road. No one in Guangdong knows about this.

Lou Qimai, who was promoted to deputy Qianhu and led Baihu, led his Banner Army of Baihu to return to Wuchang to protect the spirit of Governor Xiong.

The rewards from the imperial court are not insignificant. For the Xiangshan Institute with less than [-] staff members, nearly [-] people were sealed off at once, such as Commander Qianshi, Wei Zhenfu, and principal and deputy thousand households. There are hundreds of divisions, divisions, deputy officials, hundreds of principals and assistants, general banners, officials, etc. There are hundreds of them. As long as the old banner troops who fought bravely on the battlefield in the past survive, they are at least small banners.

In the next few days, news came out from Guangdong that Xiangshan County was promoted to Xiangshan Prefecture, which governs the five counties of Shunde, Xinhui, Xinning, Xin'an, and Xiangshan. The magistrate of Xiangshan County who has made great achievements in politics and dispatched goods during the previous war was selected. Zhou Xing was the first magistrate.

Zhou Xing, the magistrate, was not directly appointed by the imperial court, but was reported to the imperial court by Governor Zhang Han, and Zhou Xing acted as the magistrate for one year.

Due to the differences in natural conditions, traffic congestion, busy affairs, large population, long distances, number of cases, and good and bad customs in various prefectures in the Ming Dynasty, there were four types of "rushing, complicated, tired, and difficult", which contained all four characters. It is the most important missing, the one with three characters is the missing one, the one with two characters is the middle one, and the one with one or none of the four characters is the short one.

Jian Que and Zhong Que are generally given to officials who have served as magistrates for the first time or have not been serving as magistrates for a long time, especially for officials who have served for the first time like Zhou Xing.

Among the four characters, Xiangshan County is the only customs center, and it is still in the direction of military affairs, which has little influence on government affairs, so this official position is suitable for him.

Since Xiangshan was promoted to the mansion, it was logical that Xiangshan was promoted to guard later. The establishment of Nanyang Guard, in addition to the dilapidated Guanghai, governed Xinning, Xinhui, Shunde, and Xiangshan, and led the establishment of Tuen Mun in the southwest of Xin'an County. The five offices are combined into the Wei, and the Wei Ya is located in Xiangshan.

Zhang Han was extremely benevolent to Chen Mu, and he came with the news of the establishment of the Nanyang Guard, and asked him to select talents for the five guards under his command, and then choose to report vacancies.

This is equivalent to handing over some of the power actually delegated by the supplementary guards to Chen Mu. Not only is it a personal treat but also a support. As a commander, many guards under his command are all cronies, and things will naturally go smoothly. It is also easier to make another contribution.

For official positions below a thousand households, Chen Mu can choose the memorial, but for those with more than a thousand households, for example, the commander of the Nanyang Guard, Chen Mu can only mention a few names, and Zhang Han doesn't count all of them.

In the vicinity of Guangzhou Mansion, there are few people who can be nominated by Chen Mu to be a commander, such as Bai Yuanjie from Qianhu in Qingcheng, Deng Zilong and Sun Ao from Qianhu in Xiangshan, and Hu Liangpeng, the gatekeeper in the city of Guangzhou, and Youwei from Guangcheng. Zhang Shijue, deputy Qianhu, and Huang Dexiang, a new member of Qianhu with insufficient merit, are both talented enough to serve as commanders and acquaintances.

As for the names of the five thousand households, it is easy to say. Deng Zilong, a thousand households in Xiangshan, Sun Ao, a thousand households in Tuen Mun, Shi Qi, a thousand households in Xinning, Huang Dexiang, a thousand households in Xinhui, and Shao Tingda, a thousand households in Shunde, are basically fine. Mainly serve as deputy thousand households, and subordinate fifty hundred households, one hundred general banners, and five hundred small banners.

These 150 people were all selected from the meritorious persons of the Xiangshan Institute, and spread their branches to the Five Thousand Households Institute.

Shao Tingda has nothing to worry about, he needs people, and Chen Mu can send people to fill all the grassroots guards under his command in a blink of an eye, and they are all familiar faces from the Xiangshan family.

Letters were exchanged back and forth, traveling fast and fast. It took only two days to go back and forth from Zhaoqing to Xiangshan, Guangzhou, and they brought back Zhang Han's reply to Commander Chen's letter. Zhang Han pressed the button and said that the court would send someone else to serve as a co-prefect.

A deputy doesn't matter to Chen Mu. With Nanyang Wei's seal in his hands, no one else can affect the overall situation.What's more, he doesn't mind the imperial court sending others. In this fourth-rank official position, the chance of meeting mediocrity is already very small. It is a good thing to have helpers.

In October, Chen Mu participated in the Guangdong Wuju Township Examination, and his volley shot was ten out of five, which was not average, but his essay on "Seven Things About the Near Sea Guards" was selected as the first official in the examination, um, the chief official Not Zhang Han.

It was chosen by Zhang Han.

Commander Chen, as a military officer of the third rank, honorably obtained the military officer diploma of this era, a military officer.

In fact, this year's Guangdong Provincial Examination, let alone Chen Mu's martial arts exam, even if he took the Wenju exam, he would still pass the Wenjuren's official status, but he would not get the first place.

Because this year Guangdong recruited examiners from outside the province and selected from the Jinshi in previous years, Li Tao, the official of Quanzhou Prefecture, was just transferred to be the head of the inner curtain.

Chen Mu only found out about this when he asked Li Tao to come to Guangdong and invited him to drink, but at that time the provincial examinations were over—Yangui Chen competed with Wu Sheng as a third-rank commander and general Zhaoyong, and it became a joke in Guangcheng .

Even if you try to get Wu Jinshi, the imperial court will fill in the gaps for a thousand households of the fifth rank. If you are lucky and encounter a war, you may give a deputy commander with hundreds to thousands of soldiers, and make military exploits to quell the war. Lose a command post.

Master Chen, who was born in a wild way, made many military exploits all the way to become the youngest Zhaoyong general in Guangdong. However, he turned around and fought against Wu Sheng. People speculated that his experience in the next year's test might not be good.

What kind of official position can the court give him if he is admitted as a Wu Jinshi?
Those uncles in Beijing would not be happy to see this situation.

Chen Mu's prestige is much greater than he imagined, and so is the power of silver. In late October, Chen Mu served Li Tao a farewell wine on the Yangui boat. The army came at a gallop and shouted loudly on the bank of the river.

Chen Mu, who was slightly drunk, beckoned the boat to stop, and waited for the flag army to come up and asked, "What happened?"

"General, Zhou Yunxiang was found, and Deng Qianhu led someone to detain him, and he was in Haojing."

This matter is ready, fast, much faster than he imagined!

Chen Mu stood up unsteadily and handed over to Li Tao, "Brother Li, I have something important to do in the Xiawei Yamen, so let's make amends first. Su Sanniang, Li Tuiguan only likes to listen to some songs, and take good care of Chen. Tomorrow Chen Wait at Xiangshanao, send troops to see you off!"

(End of this chapter)