Shenxi had already sent people to inquire about the characteristics and preferences of the main figures in each prefecture.
It goes without saying that they also investigated Jianming Prefecture.
Tao Feng was greedy and embezzled a lot of military pay, which caused his soldiers to complain.
It's one thing to simply draw salaries without working, but even the salaries of existing soldiers are embezzled.
Even this month, no military pay has been issued. They said that military pay will be issued all at once in three months.
Ordinary soldiers also rely on their military pay to make a living. If they don't receive their pay for a month, their families will have a hard time.
With military pay paid only once every three months, some soldiers' families are struggling to make ends meet.
Discontent within the army was growing, but Tao Feng was completely unaware of it. Many of the officers below him were also unaware, or if they were, they turned a blind eye.
The ordinary soldiers could only complain a few times; if a mutiny were to break out, no one would dare to start it.
Unless someone starts a disturbance.
If you want to bribe Tao Feng, a little bit of gold and silver won't be enough to sway him.
However, Shenxi still has this money. After defeating Wang Datong, all the gold and silver treasures, regardless of their value, were used for expenses and to buy grain.
The money we have now was obtained by Zang Huatian.
Among them are some precious treasures.
Money should be spent wisely.
At this moment, giving Tao Feng a bribe would be a delicate matter.
She couldn't afford to disband her troops in the county. She even needed to recruit troops from other counties to serve her.
Tao Feng has this power, so why not use it?
Spending some gold and silver to acquire soldiers capable of fighting and control over the army is well worth it.
And who knows who will get all this gold and silver treasures in the future? Sooner or later, Jianming Mansion will be in her hands.
Shenxi really went all out, so much so that the gift he sent to Tao Feng made Tao Feng's drunken eyes suddenly gleam.
"Did this really come from Bian'ai County?"
Greed gleamed in the eyes of his soldiers; who wouldn't love gold and silver treasures? But he dared not touch them.
"Yes, Song Zhen, the acting magistrate of Bian'ai County, said that this is a tribute to the general."
Tao Feng's eyes never left the treasures, but her mind was still working. She asked, "He couldn't possibly have sent so many gifts just as a gesture of filial piety, could he?"
The sergeant looked away and replied, "He said there's only one small thing that only you can help with."
Tao Feng chuckled; he liked being flattered.
"What is it? Speak!"
He said that he has a relative who has brought troops to the prefectural city this time, and he hopes that you can take care of him.
Tao Feng immediately understood that although he was a good-for-nothing now, it didn't mean he was from the beginning.
When he first became a general, he was a young man full of ambition and aspirations. Unfortunately, after being immersed in the corrupting influence of the world for so long, he has long forgotten his original aspirations.
"I understand. Let his relative lead the men he brought. There's no need to assign him a captain."
He just wants to lead troops and make a name for himself, so give him a chance.
Tao Feng looked at the gifts again; they were numerous and valuable. Among them was a luminous pearl, the size of an egg, which was quite valuable!
"Also, allocate some scattered soldiers from other counties to that person, making a number comparable to the number of soldiers under the command of the captain."
This luminous pearl was obtained by Zang Huatian by chance, who intended to use it as a light source for Chenxi.
Shenxi knew that the luminous pearl had radiation hazards, so he was not happy about it, but he couldn't refuse his subordinate's sincere feelings.
Therefore, I collected it; such a valuable item must shine when necessary.
This time it worked.
This played a huge role, not only allowing the original team to be led by people from Shenxi, but also allocating some troops to form a new battalion.
In peacetime, a captain commands a battalion of no more than a thousand men. In wartime, however, the number can vary, sometimes reaching ten thousand.
This time, many young men were recruited into the army, and each captain commanded five thousand soldiers.
In other words, in addition to the three thousand soldiers in Shenxi, two thousand more soldiers will be allocated to form a battalion.
Tao Feng's soldiers were already used to it and passed on the order.
Of course, Tao Feng wasn't stupid; he wouldn't keep all the gold and silver treasures for himself. He would share some with his key subordinates.
So when these people received the gifts, they essentially accepted that the people of Shenxi were in charge of a battalion of soldiers.
When Shenxi heard the news, she was very happy. This time, she sent Zhao Peng to lead three thousand soldiers to report to the prefectural city.
Zhao Peng was more tactful than Zhao Rong, and his training these past few days hadn't been in vain; taking people to the prefectural city was just the right move for him.
At this moment, Shenxi is at the assessment site for grassroots civil servants.
The people who come to take the grassroots civil service exam are all kinds of people. Those who were previously employed will definitely take the exam, because if they don't take it, they won't have the chance to become civil servants again.
Many unemployed individuals, confident in their abilities, have also signed up.
But when everyone saw the test questions, they all gasped in shock.
The exam questions seem familiar.
This is natural. When documents are issued by Shenxi, the village chief, township head, and town mayor will call on people to convey them, ensuring that everyone hears or sees them.
Even if the test questions seem familiar, many people did not pay attention when reading or listening to the test materials.
Some village chiefs are not even very diligent; they simply have someone else transcribe the documents and post them on the bulletin board without doing much publicity.
Ordinary people are already exhausted; who has the energy to care about these things?
Therefore, some people are completely unfamiliar with the content of the exam paper.
Hearing the sighs that frequently came from the exam room, Chenxi couldn't help but smile.
Is that difficult?
You are lucky; the exam content is all from the previous documents.
Future civil service exams for grassroots positions will be even more diverse.
Furthermore, the selection of grassroots civil servants is not based on the score of the entire exam paper.
Because the exam paper was divided into several sheets, and the questions on each sheet covered a specific area.
For example, the agriculture section mainly covers basic agricultural knowledge. Another example is the infrastructure section, which focuses on knowledge about infrastructure development, and so on.
Those who score too low on the first test will be eliminated.
Because if you have some common sense, or are proficient in a certain field, or even know the law, your score won't be too low.
Then they will review the specific circumstances of those who were not rejected. If they are good at agriculture and have a particularly high score on agricultural knowledge questions, they can apply for agricultural positions.
This is based on different needs, applying for grassroots civil service positions.
There were standard answers, and the grading went very smoothly.
The exam papers were graded in one day, and the results were posted early the next morning.
Before the notice was posted, a large crowd gathered around it, whispering among themselves.
"Zhang Xiong, do you think you can pass the exam?"
A burly man with a very loud voice said confidently, "Of course I can pass the exam."
When the crowd saw him, they realized he was indeed worthy of the name Zhang Xiong. Some people recognized him and teased him, "How can you guarantee you'll pass the exam?"
"Hehehe, my mom keeps urging me to read the posted documents, and I can recite them from memory!"
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