For many big figures who are keenly following this war from behind, the distribution of benefits after the war is definitely a top priority. How much benefit he can get from it is even more important than the fact that Haihan defeated the Ming Dynasty and captured Nanjing.
Anyone with a little knowledge can imagine that after Haihan's victory, there will be a large number of vacant official positions in the newly occupied areas waiting to be filled. This is a very rare opportunity.
Although Shi Diwen is on the front line in Nanjing, there are quite a lot of people who have found him through various channels in recent days.
Except for a few people who recommended themselves, most of them recommended their nephews, students and other descendants to Shi Diwen in the name of old friends, partners, close subordinates, etc., hoping that he would take care of them for the sake of personal friendship. Arrange a position in the newly occupied territory obtained after the war.
Hundreds of vacant positions may seem like a lot, but if you want to meet the needs of people from all walks of life, there will still be a situation where there are too many people and there is too little. Shi Diwen still needs to weigh the pros and cons and select the candidates he thinks are suitable.
However, this is much better than in the early years. At least there is room for selection in terms of candidates. There will no longer be a situation where no one is available and local officials of the previous government have to stay in office for a long time.
"Look, these letters, greeting cards, and gift lists are all from people who came to me to run for office."
After having dinner together, Shi Diwen invited Yan Chujie to his temporary study room and showed him various objects he had recently received.
Yan Chujie looked at the thick pile on the table and couldn't help but laugh: "It seems that your place is really busy recently!"
Shi Diwen said: "Those who stay in Hangzhou may have more visitors than I do here. It is estimated that their doorsteps will be trampled down!"
Yan Chujie nodded and said: "After all, it is much more convenient to go to Hangzhou than to come here... So have you received any recommendations from Hangzhou?"
Shi Diwen smiled bitterly and said: "Of course there is! Those few are not saints, they still have relatives and all kinds of connections that cannot be avoided."
If you want to get an official position in the newly occupied area, it is obviously the safest way to take the upper-level route. And Shi Diwen is in a war zone. It is difficult for outsiders to go to the front line to visit Shi Diwen in person at this time. However, there are several other members of the executive committee in Hangzhou. In the eyes of the outside world, their words are equally effective, and they will naturally become praying gods. The object of worship.
Shi Diwen said: "Lao Yan, if you have any recommendations for candidates, you might as well say so. You and I are our own people, and I will try my best to arrange what I can."
Shi Diwen knew that the other party's discussion of this topic with him was not without purpose, and he was probably using this as an excuse to recommend several candidates to him.
Yan Chujie was exposed to Shi Diwen's intentions, so he stopped beating around the bush and suggested several candidates to him. However, the ones recommended by Yan Chujie were all young officers, all military students who had been assigned to the Donghai Region in the past two or three years.
After Shi Diwen listened silently, he nodded and asked, "Are they all your students?"
Yan Chujie did not deny: "They are indeed students I taught in the military academy. They are of good quality. I hope you can give them more opportunities to display their abilities."
Shi Diwen said: "Then why didn't you mention it to me before the war started?"
Yan Chujie said: "You haven't accomplished anything yet, why do you need special treatment? If I told you in advance, but these people perform poorly on the battlefield, wouldn't that be a slap in my face?"
Shi Diwen said: "So, the performance of these people should be satisfactory to me." Shi Diwen knew that Yan Chujie was relatively conservative and rarely took the initiative to recommend talents to him, but since he said this, Then these people should also be worthy of attention.
Go back and check the performance of the people recommended by Yan Chujie in recent battles. If they are about the same, it will not be difficult to be a favor and arrange to be a local garrison commander. If there are really capable people, it would not be a bad idea to recruit them into the staff department and train them slowly.
In the blink of an eye, it was already the end of May, and the frequency of fighting near Nanjing became increasingly low. The Haihan army has formed a siege on the city. It is difficult for the Ming army from outside the city to get close to the fifty miles surrounding Nanjing, let alone carry out reinforcements.
The negotiations in Hangzhou were still in full swing. At this time, the Haihan army was no longer in a hurry to attack the city. They fired several cannons at the top of the city every now and then, as long as the Ming troops and officials in the city were not allowed to escape.
After several failed attempts to break through the siege, the city's defenders knew that they had no hope of escaping from Nanjing. However, they did not receive any other orders, so they could only stay behind closed doors and wait for the situation to change.
The messenger sent by Wang Chengen took the clipper arranged by Haihan and traveled from Hangzhou to Tianjin in just three days. Chen Yixin then personally arranged a carriage and sent it outside Beijing.
Wang Chengen had already agreed to the Executive Committee in Hangzhou and would persuade Emperor Chongzhen to give up resistance and surrender to the Haihan Army in Kaicheng in the memorial. However, Wang Chengen certainly did not dare to guarantee whether Emperor Chongzhen would adopt this suggestion, so the Haihan Army outside the city was still ready to continue fighting.
Compared with Nanjing, which is adjacent to the Yangtze River, Beijing, which is located inland, is more difficult to implement a complete blockade. Even if Chen Yixin mobilized most of the combat troops from Liaodong and Shandong, he could only ensure that the east and south directions of Beijing city were sealed.
Therefore, during the armistice, Beijing's material supply was not completely cut off, and reinforcements even arrived one after another from the west.
"Sir, we have stopped here, but the Ming army has not stopped. They have been sending more troops to the city these days... If the negotiations in Hangzhou don't work, then won't this become a tactic for the Ming army to delay the attack?"
At a routine combat preparation meeting, Sun Bing raised his doubts about Chen Yixin.
Sun Zhen, who was next to him, also echoed: "Sir, I think the emperor has no intention of surrendering at all. Things will change later, so we have to attack the city as soon as possible!"
Chen Yixin responded coldly: "The truce is an order from the Executive Committee. Military orders are like mountains and cannot be disobeyed!"
Sun Zhen asked: "Sir, do you think this battle is over?"
Chen Yixin said: "I hope so, but the man in the city may not be willing to do so. After all, he still has so many Ming troops in his hands who have not yet finished fighting. If he opens the city and surrenders like this, wouldn't it be a waste of martial arts?"
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Sun Zhen's eyes lit up and he asked: "Sir, do you think the emperor will fight again?"
Chen Yixin said: "A lot of reinforcements have arrived from the opposite side in the past few days. If you don't have any intention of counterattack, then why bother sending more reinforcements?"
Sun Bing said anxiously: "Then if the opponent takes the initiative to start a war, would it not be considered a violation of the executive committee's order if we accept the fight?"
Chen Yixin smiled and said: "Of course not! If they dare to launch a counterattack, I will beat them hard. I must beat them into submission!"