From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 171

The greatest happiness of a person is the happiness that reflects the dignity of personality.

The humbler the person, the more he desires to be respected.

These thirty-odd soldiers, even all the soldiers of the North City Military Division, have never been respected.

Now Zhou Yuan has come and given them respect, which is what they most desire but cannot get.

So they are willing to sacrifice their lives.

"I am willing to die for you! Go through fire and water! I will do anything!"

"From now on, as long as you give an order, we will never frown even if we are in a sea of ​​fire and swords."

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and said, "Go down, work hard in the future, this is what you deserve."

Then he looked at the countless excited soldiers under the scorching sun below.

He shouted: "As the commander-in-chief of the North City Military Division, I, Zhou Yuan, want to guarantee that I will never delay your salary, always be fair, reward according to merit, and give everyone the opportunity to be promoted and stand out."

"I will never let you be bullied. If anyone dares to bully you, I, Zhou Yuan, will be the first to stand up for you!"

"Roar!"

The crowd below roared, their blood was boiling!

Zhou Yuan continued: "And as my subordinates, you also have things you have to promise!"

"You must be loyal! You must abide by the law and the terms of the military department! You must maintain high morale and perseverance!"

"You must have outstanding abilities!"

"I don't want to see your scattered formation like today, and I don't want to see you retreating in the face of the enemy!"

"The North City Military Department does not support cowards! We don't support turtles! We are all brave warriors!"

"Your dignity! It's up to you to prove it!"

In this atmosphere, such words undoubtedly ignited the flames of blood, and everyone shouted, and their faces flushed.

Zhou Yuan shouted, "Let me tell you! There are still four deputy commanders in our North City Army Division that are vacant, and they are now temporarily held by four clerks!"

"As long as you are good enough and have made contributions, you can take these four positions!"

This is the actual hard stuff. As a leader, it is necessary to draw cakes and give chicken blood, but hard stuff must also be given. Only by taking both approaches can we inspire fighting spirit.

Sure enough, the people below have begun to see stars in their eyes. Who doesn't want to get promoted and make money!

Zhou Yuan shouted, "Where are the four clerks!"

"I am here!"

Four people stood up quickly!

Zhou Yuan said coldly, "Ten days! I will give you ten days! I want to see all the soldiers in the North City Army Division completely renewed, both in terms of team and momentum!"

"Yes!"

The roar shook the world.

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and said, "Disperse! Go down and make a training plan! Patrol plan! Start tomorrow!"

He strode off the stage and came to the office building before saying, "Where is the governor?"

The governor's eyelids were twitching, and he had already formed a stress response. He was really afraid that Zhou Yuan would call him!

Zhou Yuan said, "Cao Ning embezzled a lot of public silver. Go and have him try him and have him sign and seal. I want the Cao family to pay compensation."

"Also, go to the Shangshu Mansion and meet Lord Wu and ask him to allocate this year's public silver."

"Ah?"

The middle-aged governor was dumbfounded.

You want me to do something that offends people? Mr. Zhou, are you still a human being!

Zhou Yuan frowned and said, "Why? You can't do it? If you can't do it, just say it. I'll see if anyone else is willing to be the governor."

"Yes! Yes, yes!"

The middle-aged governor hurriedly said, "I...I will definitely complete the task."

He said it honestly, but in his heart he cursed all of Zhou Yuan's ancestors.

After he left, Zhou Yuan began to look through the materials and files of the North City Military Department.

As a department established at the founding of the country, the North City Military Department actually has a long history. At the beginning, its responsibilities and powers were very broad. In addition to fire protection, sewage disposal, and urban appearance and market, it also had to arrest thieves, arrest criminals, manage prisoners, and even handle some criminal issues.

But this department is now in decline. The powers and responsibilities granted by the law have been constantly encroached upon. Now it seems to be just a simple fire department and urban appearance and sewage disposal.

Arresting thieves, arresting criminals, and handling conflicts, such cases were gradually taken over by the Jinyiwei and the government.

Therefore, if you want to make achievements in the North City Military Department, ordinary officials really don't know how to start.

As a modern person, Zhou Yuan knows this very well.

In the final analysis, by establishing a mechanism, assigning responsibilities to individuals, and supervising at all levels, the city appearance and the market can be completely renewed.

Especially in the area under the jurisdiction of the North City Military Department, a large number of outer city markets are dirty and messy, and the stench is overwhelming.

On the left, there are people selling vegetables, on the right, there are cows shitting, monkeys shitting, and performers shitting. People can't stay in such a place.How to do business?

Due to the long-term lack of supervision, there are even a large number of evil people who collect protection fees. The people at the bottom are miserable, and the officials above are exploiting them.

This outer city of Shenjing needs to be changed.

Although no one usually asks about these phenomena, once you have an opponent, your opponent will untie your scars.

This is a contest.

Zhou Yuan believes that Cao Ye will definitely take action, report and expose, or organize people to gather and make trouble, or even deliberately set fire.

Anyway, it's not surprising to make trouble for you and force you to death.

After forcing you to step down, you will be sent to deal with you. Zhou Yuan has experienced this method countless times.

Fortunately, before taking office, a detailed investigation report was made, so there was a strategy to deal with it. Otherwise, if you come to office naked, there will inevitably be loopholes.

"Dayong, go and ask four clerks to come."

Zhou Yuan planned to start deploying defenses.

Soon, four clerks came to the office building.

"Greetings, sir!"

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, sit down and talk."

He looked at everyone and said in a deep voice, "I have checked your information. You are all veteran soldiers for more than ten years. It is not easy to get to where you are today. If it weren't for Cao Ning, the dog, blocking the way, you might have already become the deputy commander."

The four looked at each other and couldn't help but lower their heads. They had been oppressed in the past and had no place to complain.

Zhou Yuan said: "Let's not talk about the past. Now the four of you are temporarily serving as deputy commanders, but it is a part-time position after all. If you want to officially take this position, you need to have merits."

"Now that we have offended Earl Yong'an, he must be trying to trip us up secretly."

"Of course we will not sit and wait for death. Do you dare to follow me to fight them!"

One of them said immediately: "Sir Zhou, to be honest, although we are afraid of Earl Yong'an's power, we have had enough of it for so many years. Besides, now we have your support, we are afraid of nothing!"

"Yes! We are afraid of nothing! At worst, we will risk our lives!"

"Sir, what do you say, we will do!"

The other three also shouted.

Zhou Yuan immediately took out the map and said in a deep voice: "Look, this is the jurisdiction of my North City Military Division. Six of the streets are markets. I have made an investigation in advance. It is dirty and messy here, the order is chaotic, and there are evil elements who rob and collect protection fees."

"If the Earl of Yong'an wants to attack us, he must start from here, collude with gangs, increase the intensity of oppression of the people, and then report us."

"Each of you leads a team, disguised, and visits incognito. Whenever you encounter people who oppress the people and collect protection fees, no matter their identity, you don't need to argue, just arrest them directly."

"Catch one by one, bring them in first."

"If you encounter resistance, you can suppress it."

"Our soldiers have been idle for too long, it's time to move their muscles."

The four clerks heard this, their faces serious, and nodded immediately.

Zhou Yuan said: "Remember, this is a contest, we cannot lose. The North City Army has been despised for many years, we must take back the lost dignity."

"Whether the soldiers under your command can do the job depends on your ability."