Chapter 132 A huge gift

The only thing Deng Qianqiu had to consider was to run this school.

Of course, the deeper reason is that Deng Qianqiu has other intentions.

As for people like Hu Weiyong, he didn't want to care about them, so why bother with them?

Seeing that the captain was still surprised, Deng Qianqiu said indifferently: "Go and call the secretary Wen Yuanji and tell him that I have something important for him to do."

After a while, Wen Yuanji arrived. He saluted as usual and asked, "What do you want, Captain?"

Deng Qianqiu looked at him and said, "Now that the 100-household unit has become the 1,000-household unit, there is a lot of work to be done. But in my opinion, don't recruit too many people easily for the time being, and wait and see! But having too few people is not good either, how about this, you go to the Wucheng Military Department and recruit a group of people, younger ones, it would be best if they can read and write."

"Captain, the Five Cities Military Department is full of corrupt officials... Why don't you recruit from the Guard Department..." Wen Yuanji was shocked and his face flushed.

The power has always been about personnel and money. Wen Yuanji did not expect that the captain would ask him to recruit people.

Deng Qianqiu smiled and said, "What do you know? We will give the recruits a half-year trial period. If they are qualified, they will be retained to join our Qianhu Division. If they are unqualified, they will be sent back to the Wucheng Bingma Division. If we go to the Gongwei Division to recruit people, how can those captains be willing to condescend to us?"

After hearing this, Wen Yuanji was amazed: "Trial? Wonderful, wonderful! Qian Hu is really amazing. In this case, these soldiers recruited from the Five Cities Military Department must do their best."

Deng Qianqiu continued, "After recruiting people, you will be responsible for teaching them to read and write, and not teach them those empty classics. You should formulate a set of rules and send it to me. For trial lieutenants, their cultural level and attendance should be examined. After half a year, as long as they do not make mistakes and can write and calculate, they can be officially admitted."

Wen Yuanji immediately said with great joy: "Don't worry, Captain. I know this very well. Just wait and see. I will not let you down. Captain, you are very talented. You can recruit people to raise Gu. This way, it will be difficult for them not to study hard and do their duty. With these six months, we will have sufficient manpower and recruit capable officials who are ten times stronger than us. If they can rise from a small soldier in the Wucheng Bingma Division to a captain in our Captain's Office, they will be very lucky."

After a pause, Wen Yuanji continued happily, "I am really ashamed that I underestimated you in the past. Today, just hearing your move, I can see that you are truly an extraordinary person. I admire you very much. Don't worry, I will never let you down even if I risk my life."

Deng Qianqiu smiled and said, "I believe you will not let me down. Now this Hundred Households Office has been upgraded to a Thousand Households Office. The former Censor who was in charge of the civil affairs has now become the Zhenfu of the Thousand Households Office. The Zhenfu is in charge of the civil affairs of the Thousand Households Office, and the subordinate officials are also clerks. Originally, according to your qualifications, you should have been promoted to Zhenfu, but the Censor also thinks that my idea is good, which shows that you and I are of the same mind. I have already reported to His Majesty that the Zhenfu of the Thousand Households Office will be temporarily on trial. You can serve as the trial Zhenfu. As for the other clerks, we will recruit them separately."

"Ah... no way." Wen Yuanji was determined to get the position of pacification officer in this station, but he didn't expect... that he was only on probation and would have to wait for more than half a year before he could take up the official position. Could it be that he was also a Gu?

Hey, how can I be on par with those small soldiers from the Five Cities Army?
Deng Qianqiu asked, "Does Wenshi Zhenfu have anything else to say?"

Wen Yuanji shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I am...officing."

Deng Qianqiu did this not out of deliberate effort to make things difficult, but because... he was in a big dilemma now.

That is, ordinary soldiers often cannot read or write, and the literacy rate in this era is really worrying.

Those who can read have a good future, and even if they are transferred to the Qianhu Suo, they are probably unwilling to be disciplined. Such people are always superior to others, and you can't expect them to work hard.

Then the only way is to use temporary workers!
Of course... as long as these new soldiers are eager to stay in the Qianhu Office, they must work hard on duty and study hard to pass the assessment. Within half a year, as long as they can roughly master reading, writing and simple arithmetic, Deng Qianqiu will naturally not make things difficult for them and will keep them all.

This is considered a no-op solution.

As for Wen Yuanji, it's actually the same. He needs Wen Yuanji to train these pawns. After all... he, Deng Qianqiu, needs to focus more on making money.

Whether Wen Yuanji can be converted to a full-time employee depends on whether he can devote his efforts.

Deng Qianqiu certainly didn't believe that a man like Wen Yuanji, who had seen the world, would risk his life for a pacification post. After all, it was just a promotion, but Wen Yuanji wanted to save face. If he couldn't even get a permanent pacification post after being a trial pacification post, Deng Qianqiu was convinced that Wen Yuanji would want to die.

In short, what Deng Qianqiu needs is a group of talented people, not a group of soldiers who only know how to charge into battle.

What he wanted to build was a government office with a completely new concept, which required training an extraordinary team.

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Outside the Qianhu Office, Hu Weiyong sat upright in the spacious carriage. After waiting for a while, he looked through the curtains and did not see Deng Qianqiu coming out to greet him. Instead, the captain who went to report had returned.

"Mr. Hu, my captain said... he has something to do and doesn't want to see you..."

Hu Weiyong was immediately furious. He was in a good mood today and happened to be passing by here to meet his "young friend" Deng Qianqiu, but he had no idea that this guy would refuse to see him.

"Mr. Hu..." "Humph!" Hu Weiyong snorted coldly and pulled down the curtain heavily, ignoring the captain who had reported the incident.

The carriage then moved slowly, and Hu Weiyong, who was sitting in the carriage, had a gloomy face.

Deng Qianqiu, you are so rude.

I respect the wise and humble myself to others, how dare he do this?

Returned to the mansion.

However, a friend of the aide came hurriedly and saluted Hu Weiyong.

"Hmph, Deng Qianqiu is shameless." Hu Weiyong shouted angrily.

This friend had actually known the news a long time ago, but he said calmly: "Mr. Hu, I have something to say."

"explain."

The friend asked, "Why is Deng Qianqiu like this?"

As soon as these words came out, Hu Weiyong's anger suddenly disappeared. He began to calm down and said, "Sir, please continue."

"Who in the world doesn't know the name of Lord Hu? And Deng Qianqiu, through the two marquises, has also received a lot of favors from you, Lord Hu. If Deng Qianqiu was just an ordinary reckless man, it would be fine, but... according to what Lord Hu said, this boy is actually quite trusted by your majesty, and he has done many things well. Such a person is definitely not a fool who is ignorant of the world."

Hu Weiyong nodded.

"This person is not stupid, and it is impossible for him to want to offend Lord Hu. Moreover, he has received a favor from Lord Hu... He is not simple, really too simple. This Deng Qianqiu... is indeed a man of great talent."

"Ok?"

The aide said ecstatically, "Putting aside the fact that this person despises Lord Hu and is unwilling to associate with him, I think the biggest possibility is that this person considers himself to be Lord Hu's confidant. Given his relationship with Lord Hu, it doesn't matter if he offends him. But he is suddenly trusted by Your Majesty so much, so he must be suspicious and worried... If he is too close to Lord Hu, it will bring trouble to him. He does this not only to help Lord Hu's reputation, but also to test him."

"Test?" Hu Weiyong narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.

The assistant continued, "Of course, he just wanted to test whether Lord Hu really regarded him as a confidant as he thought. If he really was a confidant, then he would definitely not blame him. But if he did, then Lord Hu would be too narrow-minded. Secondly, he also wanted to do it for others to see, so that Lord Hu would not suspect that this was Lord Hu's doing because of his recent fame. He is doing this to avoid suspicion for Lord Hu."

Hu Weiyong's eyes became suspicious.

In fact, putting aside the fact that someone dares to offend him, this explanation is indeed... the most reasonable.

From another perspective, who in the world, except for the surname Zhu, would dare to offend Hu Weiyong? Hu Weiyong was not only the Vice Minister of State Affairs, but also involved with all the meritorious officials of Huaixi.

The anger that Hu Weiyong had been holding in his heart dissipated, and he laughed: "What you said is not without reason. If that is the case, then how should we deal with it?"

"Then pretend nothing happened. In addition, prepare a generous gift and send someone to deliver it. Don't say why you are sending this generous gift. Don't say anything else. Everything is self-explanatory. This way, it can prove that Mr. Hu has regarded Deng Qianqiu as his confidant and does not care about those red tapes. Secondly, this also shows Mr. Hu's magnanimity. The so-called prime minister's magnanimity can hold a boat, that's the truth."

After hearing this, Hu Weiyong pondered and said, "What you said is really enlightening. Deng Qianqiu is very interesting. I like to deal with smart people like Deng Qianqiu and you. It seems that it is time to prepare my generous gift."

The friend was surprised and said: "The generous gift that Mr. Hu mentioned..."

Hu Weiyong said with a smile: "The most important thing in the world is nothing more than a high position and generous salary. However, Deng Qianqiu has just been appointed as a thousand households, so it is not appropriate to seek an official position for him. The second most important thing in the world is a place to live. Outside the city of Nanjing, someone once gave me a thousand acres of land. Oh... I am a prime minister and respected by the people of the world. If this land is placed in my name, it would be disgraceful. Why not, just do a favor, what do you think?"

The scene viewer was shocked. That piece of land was not small, and it was given away right away?
But if you think about it carefully, this land does not belong to Mr. Hu. Over the years, Mr. Hu has made friends with many people and maintained favors with them. Which of the generous gifts he gave out belonged to his Hu family?
I admire you so much.

The friend could not help but silently say in his heart, Deng Qianqiu is really too smart, his words and deeds are really incredible, really hard to predict, only I can guess a little bit. And isn't it the same for Mr. Hu? His ability to borrow flowers to offer to Buddha, his ability to give away a fortune at will, isn't it a sophisticated and unfathomable method?

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Asking for a monthly ticket.

(End of this chapter)