Don't move, this child bride is not easy to mess with.

On the eve of the award, Yu Shangshu specially invited Xie Chengan to his residence to ask for his opinion.

Other civil and military officials are easy to talk to, but Xie Chengan is a little special.

First of all, his official position was still the magistrate of Anlan County, and the grain supervisor was only a part-time official. After the grain and fodder were delivered, the post of tongzhi was terminated. Then he was temporarily appointed as a guerrilla general by Yu Shangshu.

But this is also a temporary leadership position. Now that the war is over, the guerrilla general's seal has been handed over to the Ministry of War.

Yu Shangshu needs to know whether Xie Chengan is willing to continue serving in the army, re-employ in the local area, or stay in the six departments in the capital.

If he wants to continue to stay in the army, he can either serve as a staff general at the border or as a commanding officer at the local guard post. These are all third-level military positions, second only to the commander-in-chief, deputy commander-in-chief, and commander-in-chief of each place.

And based on the performance of the sentry horse camp, it is not impossible to become a marquis. In this dynasty's system, civil servants are not allowed to be ennobled. Yes, civil servants already control the court, and if they obtain a hereditary title, wouldn't it mean that they will form a family official and then control the court.

As for military attachés, they can be knighted, but they won't be able to govern the court, so that's no problem.

It's just that when the war is over, the noble and the military become inferior. Yu Shangshu suggested that he stay in the capital and serve in the Sixth Department.

Because dozens of court officials died in the war in August, there were a lot of vacant official positions in the Six Ministries. There are also some officials who are on the wrong team and have been marginalized. If Xie Chengan is willing, Yu Shangshu is prepared to retain the position of doctor.

Although among the six doctors, they are only of the fifth rank, they are in charge of general affairs. It is easy to get promoted if they have real power. After three to five years of experience in this position, it is not difficult to become a minister.

The former official, Ning Shilang, was demoted to the capital because he was in the wrong team. Although he is still a minister, everyone knows that Liudu is a place for retirement.

Ning Shilang was in his prime, and his career came to an abrupt end, which was a huge blow to him. After all, the powers of a minister in the capital are very limited.

If Xie Chengan does not want to serve in the court, he can be promoted to the prefect of Qingyang. The former magistrate of Qingyang was old and had long written to the court requesting him to become an official.

Whether in the military or in the court, Xie Chengan is actually the best choice. However, he still chose to take up a local post, but recommended Zhao Jingzi to continue to lead Shaomaying.

Yu Shangshu sighed deeply and did not persuade him.

After being recommended by the Ministry of Personnel, Xie Chengan was the first candidate and was indeed promoted to the prefect of Qingyang by the new emperor Zhu Bi. Although he was too young and his tenure as magistrate of Anlan County was short, he made an exception because of his military exploits.

There is a shortage of officials in the six ministries, and a group of local officials have to be selected. There will also be a large number of vacancies in local official positions. Therefore, the court plans to open Enke next year.

Yu Shangshu regretted that Xie Chengan was a talented general, so he advised the new emperor and gave him the hereditary official title of Qingyang Commander.

Although the so-called commanding officer is only a false title, he only receives a salary and does not actually lead troops. However, in times of war, the generals can be directly assigned to lead a battalion of thousands of border troops, or a guard of officers and soldiers.

The key is hereditary, that is, if Xie Chengan gives birth to a son or grandson, he can command Qianshi and join the army for generations.

Zhao Jingzi was also officially appointed by the Ministry of War as the Shao Ma Ying Qian Hu. Although he had worked as a Qianhu in Gaoyang Mountain before, this Qianhu was not that Qianhu.

The local thousands of households are nothing more than militiamen, while the sentry horse camp is the establishment of the Beijing camp, the emperor's personal army! Happiness came so suddenly, Zhao Jingzi was surprised and happy.

He was not a fool. He had no backers in the capital, so he naturally knew that it was Xie Chengan's hard work that allowed him to sit in this position. Zhao Jingzi was extremely grateful to Xie Chengan, so he didn't mention it.

When Xie Chengan, Jiang Ruiyan, and Su Mulan left Beijing, Zhao Jingzi and eighty-one old brothers saw each other off for eighteen miles. A group of grown men actually said goodbye reluctantly, and many of them even shed tears.

Of the original three hundred horse thieves, after so many battles, only these eighty people remained.

Fortunately, after the imperial court awarded them, all of these eighty-one people were awarded the honorary title of school lieutenant, and most of their official positions were grassroots officers such as Xiaoqi, Zongqi, and Baihu.

More than 20 people were disabled and returned to Anlan County for retirement. It is worth mentioning that Lao Shiba and Ye Sanlang did not stay in Jingying, but chose to return to Gaoyang Mountain.

The Gaoyang Mountain Thousand Households Office was rebuilt, Lao Shiba was appointed as the Thousand Households, and Ye Sanlang was appointed as the Deputy Thousand Households, under the control of Xie Chengan, the prefect of Qingyang.

The dead brothers received pensions from the court, and the living ones also received generous silver rewards.

As a rule, if the imperial court's silver reward is transferred to the army, 50% or even 70% of it will be intercepted by a group of officers. However, neither Xie Chengan nor Zhao Jingzi were greedy people, so they distributed all the reward money in full.

In this way, ordinary soldiers will receive at least three hundred taels of silver. The old subordinates of Zhao Jingzi's direct line were each given a thousand taels of cash.

After all, in every battle, these old subordinates are the ones who rush to the front and suffer the most casualties, so they deserve more silver rewards.

Xie Chengan was naturally rewarded with silver, but it was only a thousand taels of gold. Originally, he planned to distribute the silver reward to Shaomaying, but when he saw that the imperial court rewarded him with gold, he kept it.

Just because Xie Chengan knew that Su Mulan liked gold the most!

Su Mulan was naturally happy to accept it, but she also took out 20 million of the copper coins in the space and asked Xie Chengan to distribute them to the soldiers of Shaomaying. These copper coins are also worth twenty thousand taels of silver.

After finishing the work in the capital, the three of them returned to Anlan together with Lao Shiba and others. The journey lasted more than a day. When they returned to Anlan County, it was already November 15th.

The happiest among the three of them were Jiang, Yu, Su Xiaobai and Su Xier.

Originally with the intention of narrowly escaping death, the three of them went to Beijing with no intention of coming back alive. Even the aftermath has been explained.

Xie and Jiang were the Jiang family's only support. Ever since they left Anlan, they had been worried all day long.

Su Mulan was the anchor of the Su family. After she left, the Yu family and the two young children of the Su family would cry together every time they thought of her misfortune.

Fortunately, now that everyone is back, I can finally let go of my worries. As for getting promoted and getting rich, it's just the icing on the cake, it doesn't matter anymore.

Especially Su Xi'er, who hugged Su Mulan and refused to let go. We laughed and cried for half an hour before we stopped. Su Xiaobai hadn't seen her for more than two months, but she was more calm and didn't cry.

Just because Su Mulan confessed before leaving that he was the only male in the Su family, from now on the Su family would have to rely on him alone to support it. Although Su Xiaobai is young, there have been many changes in the family in the past few years, and he has matured early.

Mrs. Yu was also crying with true feelings beside her. Although she abandoned her children back then, she has long regretted it over the years.

What is more realistic is that, following her three siblings, she also lived the life of a rich wife. Although she didn't know how much money the family had, she knew that Su Mulan had spent one hundred thousand taels of silver to buy food!

Now there are dozens of mothers-in-law, servants, and girls in the family, and Yu has already lived the life of a wife. Especially when the Yu and Su families signed a personal contract and took refuge, Yu felt very proud.

Her brothers, nephews, and nieces, as well as her husband's eldest brother-in-law and second brother-in-law, who didn't take her seriously in the past, who didn't act based on her look?

All of this was earned by the eldest daughter, Su Mulan, from scratch!

If such a useful baby girl doesn’t feel pain, then who should?