I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 286 Let the Flower of Conscience Continue to Bloom

After obtaining Yuan Feng's permission, Yuan Shu convened a meeting at the Yi Xin Hui headquarters that evening and invited the entire Yi Xin Hui leadership team to attend the meeting. About four hundred people gathered together to listen to Yuan Shu's arrangements for all subsequent matters.

From the construction of the Yi Xin Society itself, to the acceptance of new members and the assessment of old members, and then to the role and responsibilities that the Yi Xin Society needs to play after establishing this army.

Yuan Shu put forward the requirement to implement the ideas of Yi Xin Hui in this army, to root the idea of conscience in this army, and to make this army an army with "conscience", no longer an army fighting only for money and promotion, but an army fighting for conscience.

Everything is guided by conscience, and all methods of doing things are centered around the school's philosophy of "farming and fighting as conscience." We strictly observe discipline, stick to our original intentions, enforce discipline, and be invincible.

Since he had such an idea, Yuan Shu naturally had to make good designs for the internal construction of the army. The backbone officers of this army had to be selected from the members of the Yi Xin Hui, especially those who had accompanied Yuan Shu in previous expeditions and had made great contributions.

Moreover, because this army will be formally organized by the imperial court, all officers, big and small, will be formally organized, with official ranks, salaries, benefits, and sufficient channels for advancement. This is truly the best choice for the Yi Xin members who have been studying for a long time and are eager to make achievements.

So many people raised their hands and recommended themselves on the spot. Even Lu Zhi, who had already served as the captain of the city gate, wanted to take up a position in this army.

In principle, Yuan Shu did not object to any member's request for a position, but he also had to take into account the competence and reliability of those who stayed in Luoyang and held power.

It would take time for him to go north, and he would need to devote a lot of energy to the war in the northern border. It would be impossible for him to take care of the construction of Luoyang at the same time, so he would definitely need a capable assistant to devote himself wholeheartedly to the construction of the Yi Xin Hui headquarters.

At the same time, the positions and power that were fought for in the Luoyang court also needed to be controlled by someone and held firmly. These crucial powers must be controlled by the Yi Xin Hui, and they could not be allowed to be snatched away by others just because Yuan Shu went north.

Therefore, Yuan Shu needed a very capable political, military, academic and business team to stay and defend the base for him, and even continue to advance and gain greater power on the basis of consolidating the original power.

On the political level, Yuan Shu had arranged for Jia Xu and Cheng Li to stay behind to help him control the political power that the Yi Xin Hui Group had won. The administrative bureaucracy system within the Yi Xin Hui Group was built with these two people as the leaders.

In addition to the political level, the military level, the academic level, and the management level of the Isshin Society's own industry also require quite a number of capable people to stay and take charge of the overall situation and continue to develop.

Before this, Yuan Shu's way of taking care of the court, the army and the Yi Xin Society was to focus on himself. He spent a lot of energy dealing with these matters. When he had to go out, he would hand things over to Lu Zhi, his second-in-command. Anyway, he would not be away for long.

However, once we go north this time, it will not be a matter of a few months. If we blindly give all the power to one person, not to mention whether Yuan Shu can trust him, whether it will affect Yuan Shu's absolute leadership in the Yi Xin Society, and even if any problems arise, it will be difficult to deal with.

Therefore, Yuan Shu decided to divide the power left in Luoyang into four parts during his absence and give them to four teams to lead respectively, so as to minimize the possibility of problems that he did not want to see.

Yuan Shu absolutely could not accept the emergence of a faction within the Yi Xin Society that could affect his absolute authority, even if the leader of this faction was his original follower, most important assistant, and most trusted senior brother Lu Zhi.

He has always been very clear about this.

Therefore, he decided that at the political level, Jia Xu would be the main person and Cheng Li would be the auxiliary person, and all officials who were members of the Yi Xin Society would be included in their team, who would be responsible for maintaining and expanding the political power of the Yi Xin Society.

On the academic level, Yuan Shu previously served as the leader of Zhixing Academy and arranged many academic leaders under him. However, since there is a need now, Yuan Shu decided to promote sufficiently capable subordinates from the original academic team to take on the responsibilities.

After a brief review, Yuan Shu decided to let Wei Jia and Dou Yun, two of the Thirteen Guardians, take charge of the academic team leadership. Wei Jia and Dou Yun were among the first students to follow him in the Ma family school. They were both poor children who had struggled to study but were bullied by Ma's disciples. They followed him firmly because they were grateful for his help in academics.

They have a very high sense of identification with the School of Mind.

In terms of academic ability, these two have always been at the forefront of Yuan Shu's many disciples and students, and are also among the most famous debate experts in Zhixing Academy. In the traditional debate competitions within Zhixing Academy that have been passed down from the Ma clan school period, these two have always been general-level figures.

Therefore, Yuan Shu decided to appoint Wei Jia as the chief academic officer of Zhixing Academy, with Dou Yun as his assistant. The two of them would focus on academic work. Even if Yuan Shu was not in Luoyang, the flower of conscience would continue to bloom.

There is also the operational level.

Money is not everything, but without money, nothing can be done. Yuan Shu has never ignored the importance of money in a series of actions, so he has always cared a lot about money issues. And this time there is a plan to build 66 Liangzhuangs, which makes him pay more attention to it.

These matters were obviously to be handled jointly by the Logistics Department and the General Affairs Department of the Isshin Society.

Therefore, Yuan Shu decided to have Zhao Jun, director of the General Affairs Department, as the main person in charge, and Su Chu, director of the Logistics Department, and Ma Ran, deputy director, as the assistants, to jointly handle the construction work of the sixty-six Liangzhuangs.

The construction of these sixty-six Liangzhuangs is related to the basic foundation of the entire Yixinhui Group. When the construction of these sixty-six Liangzhuangs is completed, Yixinhui will have a completely trustworthy basic foundation of its own and will have unquestionable economic power. This economic power will in turn support the military strength, allowing the Yixinhui Group to have stronger execution and combat capabilities.

There are more than 20,000 farmers in Maoling Liangzhuang, and the number of farmers in Luoyang Liangzhuang exceeds 40,000. After the construction of the next 66 Liangzhuangs is completed, it will be able to provide the Yixinhui Group with a basic productive force of at least 2 to 3 million people.

In the more distant future, Yuan Shu also plans to continue expanding the number of Liangzhuang and build Liangzhuang everywhere, whether in densely populated areas or sparsely populated areas, to compete with local tyrants for agricultural productivity and squeeze them out.

At this point, Yuan Shu had arranged the leadership teams in the political, business and academic aspects.

As for the final and most important military aspect, Yuan Shu also has his own considerations.

The military armed forces controlled by the Yixinhui Group in Luoyang are not weak at all. Among the Northern Army, the Palace Guards and the City Defense Force, the Yixinhui has great power and influence.

For example, Fan Li, the captain of the Yue cavalry of the Northern Army, was regarded as a member of Yuan Shu's faction after this expedition.

There is also Dong Xuan, the General of the Tiger Guards, who has always been an old subordinate of Yuan Shu and is loyal to him.

In addition, Lu Zhi, who served as the captain of the city gate, has always held the power of the Luoyang city defense army. The Thirteen Guardians also previously served as the Thirteen City Gate Marquis and were also members of the imperial court.

Even General Duan Xing was in a sense a member of Yuan Shu's Yi Xin Hui group, but his status was too high and his experience was too long, and Yuan Shu's own position was not as good as his, so he did not think he could fully control him.

And now that someone is needed to take charge of military tasks, Yuan Shu will of course choose someone he trusts and who can control the situation.

(End of this chapter)