Chapter 540

In the Han dynasty, the titled Training Officers occupied a very splendid chapter in the historical records.

Zhang Huan, Duan Jiong, Ban Chao, and Geng Gong are all well-known Fierce Generals skilled in battle.

Chen Wuji actually prefers the title General, pulling out those miscellaneous generals of antiquity to use; just hearing it sounds like someone serious getting things done.

But as a Military Governor, using the title Training Officer with reference to precedents from earlier dynasties could barely be justified; however, using the title General would be more than a mere overreach.

Once such an overreach is committed, even if he is an emperor-appointed Regional Inspector Commander, others will still call him a traitorous minister.

He dare not do it; he really dares not do it at all.

"Appoint Yang Pojun as Commander‑Training Officer of the Qiang, Chen Wu Yin as Commander‑Training Officer of the Five Earths, and Qian Fugui as Commander‑Training Officer of West Mountain." Chen Wuji pondered briefly, then issued the order.

Yuan Dingcheng, this secretary, has already begun his official duties.

He immediately picked up his brush and wrote down the few people Chen Wuji had arranged.

"What's next?" Chen Wuji asked.

Chang Jingxuan said: "After that comes the Army Commander, who directs a specific unit; according to former dynastic convention, these are usually the left and right wings, vanguard, and central army."

Chen Wuji nodded; reaching this point, he was considered a mid‑level officer under a Military Governor.

"Assign Qian Yong as Vanguard Army Commander, Wu Bu Yong as Left Wing Army Commander, and Chen Li as Central Army Army Commander." Chen Wuji filled the posts as if filling in a blank, quickly assigning personnel, and said, "Continue!"

As a combat unit always ready for campaign, to maintain fighting strength, Chen Wuji did not intend to break up the existing organization at the critical moment when war with Qingzhou was about to break out.

Of these three Army Commanders, only Chen Li currently corresponds to the assignment.

Qian Yong and Wu Bu Yong are currently under Qian Fugui's command; to actually compare them would be somewhat nominal.

But this problem is not a major difficulty at present.

Perhaps after the battle with Qingzhou, these people will truly live up to their titles.

Yuan Dingcheng's brush flew like dragons and snakes, the shaft whipping through the air.

He almost wanted to exclaim, "My ancestors!", for it was the first time he saw someone appointed to office faster than the pen that writes documents; but, joke aside, he understood the principle.

Their brand‑new Military Governor knows every one of these military officers under his command inside out.

Who should be placed in what position—perhaps Chang Jingxuan already had a draft in mind before he spoke.

"Sir, next are the Army Commanders of the various armies, as well as the ten generals or the various generals." Chang Jingxuan said.

Chen Wuji rubbed his brow, giving it serious thought for a long while.

Having reached this post, he needed to seriously consider who should go where.

"Leave one Army Commander vacancy, send orders to Yang Pojun in Guangyuan Prefecture to have him report himself." After long thought, Chen Wuji issued the order: "As for the ten commanders, each shall lead two thousand infantry, beneath them a Negotiation Colonel, then a Guoyi Commandant; let the armies report their selections according to merit."

Chen Wuji now commands forty thousand troops, but when it comes to these lower‑level officers, he is not really familiar with them, nor does he know their conduct at all.

Rather than guess blindly, it is better to let Yang Tiejiang and the other two report themselves according to their achievements.

Chen Wuji trusts them, and believes they will pick a suitable candidate.

Yes!

Chen Wuji stretched his waist, removed the Negotiation Colonel rank from his head, and that office instantly restored to its proper authority.

If this isn't done, when the new recruits are incorporated, it will truly become stimulating.

He might then see a Brigade Commander overseeing five or six thousand men.

How to manage this, Chen Wuji himself could hardly imagine.

Yuan Dingcheng presented the freshly written document to Chen Wuji; after looking it over, he said, "No problem, just issue orders to the whole army in this manner, detailing the specific duties of the various commanders."

Yes!

Having just taken office, not even knowing where the government office is, Chang Jingxuan and Yuan Dingcheng have already begun toiling like oxen and horses.

The two fleshed out the specific duties of the various commanders, left Qinzhi Hall holding the document, asked around until they found the relevant bureau, and then, amid the astonished gazes of the bureau officials, had these military orders block‑printed, affixed the seals of the Military Governor and Hezhou Prefecture, and distributed them to the armies.

After the civil officials of Hezhou Prefecture above and below had re‑established the offices, the military officers also finally completed their transformation.

Now they have truly stepped onto the proper track.

This time, in adding offices, only one person was omitted: Xu Zengyi.

For this great strategist, Chen Wuji really did not know what office to give him.

The post of Army Commander‑Strategist had him wavering between Xu Zengyi and Chen Bushi for a long time, but in the end he chose Chen Bushi.

Old Xu, you might as well just be a chief strategist.

Chen Wuji considered that placing his authority at a position equal to that of the Army Commander‑Strategist would suffice.

Taking Old Xu's character into account, Chen Wuji specially wrote him a letter, explaining the matter of Hezhou's re‑established offices, and symbolically solicited his opinion.

Although the matter has already been decided.

But Old Xu's face still needs to be given.

After writing the letter, Chen Wuji flicked the brush and slumped into his chair.

Today's affair has been a bit taxing on the brain; he doesn't want to move.

"Eleventh Uncle, send someone to deliver this letter to Guangyuan Prefecture and hand it to Xu Zengyi." Chen Wuji lounged shrunken in his chair, "No, I think I forgot something…"

He got up, flipped through it, then curled back up, "Never mind, just send a verbal message: ask our great strategist when he will return. Also remind him that Guangyuan Prefecture is about to leak like a sieve, with defeated troops running rampant everywhere; let him find a way to settle this."

Chen Li responded with a gentle smile, stepped forward, took the letter Chen Wuji had left on the desk whose ink was still wet, blew the ink dry, attached an envelope, placed it in the tube, and left the room.

When he had finished arranging this and returned to Qinzhi Hall, Chen Wuji was snoring loudly in his chair; Chen Li shook his head, gave a light chuckle, gently covered Chen Wuji with a large cloak, and stood guard at the door holding his sword.

That afternoon, Chen Li recalled the day half a year ago when he helped Chen Wuji build a house.

Back then, the young people in the house, aside from thinking about earning silver, were preoccupied with the Chen clan's hidden secret, constantly trying to figure out what exactly this group had hidden.

Under the mottled light and shadow of the eaves, Chen Li suddenly felt a bit dazed.

Who would have thought this was only half a year ago.

Everything has already changed—people and things are no longer the same, to the point it feels like a dream.

But he likes this situation.

This is what countless ancestors of the Chen clan have longed for.

And all of this is what that young man in the house managed to bring about by exerting all his strength...

Although the contributions of these clansmen are also not to be overlooked, compared to what Chen Wuji did, they are ultimately somewhat insignificant.