After dealing with the prison army, Tang Yuan had to meet with several Flying Tiger generals again.

If you want to understand a person, you can't just talk about it, you need to understand it from the side. It's a huge amount of work, and it's not a one-day job.

The emperor asked Tang Yuan to maintain the size of ten divisions, and Tang Yuan took 15,000 people, plus the remaining 80,000 people of the Flying Tiger Army, which was exactly 100,000.

The appointment of officers of these ten divisions is a big issue and must be approached with caution.

Tang Yuan's troops were originally high-level troops, such as Chen Bao, Tang Hu, Nalan Xin, and Qi Cheng were already Zhonglang generals and could be directly appointed as the head of the division, but the appointment of others needed to go through procedures.

The first is the nomination of the composition of the Flying Tiger Army Commandery, Tang Yuan nominated Chen Bao as the deputy marshal of the Flying Tiger Army and the lieutenant general of the Flying Tiger Second Division; Tang Hu is the second deputy marshal and concurrently serves as the lieutenant general of the third division of the Flying Tiger; Qi Cheng was the grain supervisor and concurrently served as the lieutenant general of the Fourth Division; Nalan Xin is a general staff general and does not concurrently lead the division headquarters.

The nomination of the commander is vacant, pending direct appointment by the emperor.

Soon, the emperor's holy decree basically agreed to the composition of the commander's staff, but changed Qi Cheng to the Flying Tiger Supervisor, and the post of grain supervisor waited for the emperor to dispatch.

Hearing that he was changed to the Flying Tiger Prison Army, Qi Cheng made three twists and turns, asking the emperor to take back his order.

He watched Ma Butong being hacked to death by Tang Hu, he didn't want to go against Tang Yuan, in case there was any trouble in the future, and he would end up with Ma Butong, he had no power to resist.

But he didn't wait for the emperor's reply, but waited for the queen Tang Qi's reply, which is a literary essay, read it for a long time, and summarize the meaning: If you want to do it, you can do it, don't mother-in-law. The Overseer is the number two man in a unit. Promote you, and you're still whining. Can't be reused?

Qi Cheng slammed his cousin's letter on the table, stood up angrily, and muttered: "I can't be reused, I can't be reused, I'm already overwhelmed." What I am capable of, I know very well. If it weren't for you, the queen's cousin, I would be where I am today? But you also weigh my ability and let me be the Flying Tiger Supervisor, doesn't this push me into the fire pit? ”

It is rare for people to have self-knowledge.

Qi Cheng thought about it again and again, but still went to Tang Yuan and said, "From now on, I will be this annoying character, to be honest, I really don't want to be it." I also thought about it, I don't care about it from now on, you Tang Yuan can do whatever you like, if you want to rebel, you tell me in advance, I will hang myself, you don't need you to waste manpower. ”

Hearing this, Tang Yuan laughed and said with relief: "You can do whatever the prison army should do, let's have a brother, and I will also give you a deal." I, Tang Yuan, will never be a rebel and a thief, if I lose my trust with the emperor, I will leave the army, and I will not rebel with my soldiers. ”

Qi Cheng smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid that the emperor won't show it, whoever he wants to move, he can only use thunder means, and will not leave people with a chance to leave." Then I will be in trouble. ”

Tang Yuan and Qi Cheng made a gentleman's agreement, if there is really a day in the future, the two will help each other, leave the army, change their names and surnames, and fly away.

Is this kind of agreement credible?

Credible, not credible.

But now it seems that it is still credible, because Tang Yuan and Qi Cheng have always had a good relationship, and they know each other's character very well.

The commander is basically determined, and the next step is to nominate the lieutenant generals of each division.

In this regard, it is necessary to do a good job of weighing the situation, otherwise the officers who are not promoted will be very dissatisfied.

Among the nominations, several old comrades-in-arms of Tang Yuan's original army, Liu Zhan, Zhang Jing, Fu Ying, Yue Pu, Chen Kai, and Liu Tan were all nominated as lieutenant generals, and there were several lieutenants, so I won't go into details. Even the veteran Zhang Nu, the backward warrior Du Du, the guards Zhang Ga, Feng Chen, the male Jia Ren Nahetutu, the scout Feng Feima, Zhao Feixiao, Li Feiyu, Xu Feige and others were also promoted, and nothing was missed.

The first division is led by Tang Yuan personally, there is no lieutenant general, Liu Zhan is the deputy general of the first division, and he is usually in charge of the affairs of the first division.

The second and third divisions will be Chen Bao and Tang Hu at the same time, and there is no need to nominate them again.

The Fourth Division became the Supervision Division, and Tang Yuan did not interfere.

In addition, Zhang Jing, Fu Ying, Yue Pu, Chen Kai, Liu Tan, and He were all nominated as lieutenant generals of the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth divisions.

Ma Ben and Zhang Nu are the captains of the general's guards, Ma Ben is the captain of the cavalry guards, and Zhang Nu is the captain of the infantry guards.

His Majesty the Emperor was slightly displeased after reading the nomination, because it was obviously over-compiled. And I don't understand Tang Yuan's employment, how old is that Ma Ben, and that Zhang Nu is too old.

wanted to veto, but felt a little refuted Tang Yuan's face, and the emperor was uncertain, so he came to Queen Tang Qi.

Tang Qi looked at the list and said, "Tang Yuan has always been your military supporter, and even the only military supporter for a while, and now that he has taken over the Flying Tiger Army, you should help him establish his authority." How can you reject his request? If it is dismissed, not only will Ma Ben and Zhang Nu be affected, but Tang Yuan's prestige in the Flying Tiger Army will also be reduced. Also, do you want the Flying Tigers to maintain the size of 100,000 people all the time? Now Tang Yuan has set aside two lieutenant generals, also for the sake of the future, these two guards can be expanded into two divisions at any time. This is the back hand. ”

Hearing this, the emperor was relieved, and said: "Now that the position of Flying Tiger Army Inspector is vacant, I want to arrange a close person to go over, who do you think is the most suitable to arrange?" ”

Tang Qi said: "I think Tang Yuan is the closest person to you, what else do you need to arrange for someone close to you?" ”

The emperor was deflated, and the boss was not happy.

Tang Qi smiled and said, "Am I going against the dragon scales again?" His Majesty the Emperor is going to be angry? ”

The emperor couldn't cry or laugh, and said: "You better don't ridicule me, although I am quite familiar with Tang Yuan, but there is always a kind of estrangement in it, I hope to arrange a close person to his side, in the name of the grain supervisor, as a real supervisor." ”

Tang Qi thought for a while, "My nephew Zhao Chi is a shrewd person, although he is a little younger, he is very sensible. A few days ago, he came to the palace to be courteous to me, if it was only for me, I would not have noticed him, he actually went to greet the Queen Mother. That alone makes me wonder what kind of person he's a human being. ”

"He's not a fool, is he? At this time, go to meet the Queen Mother? "Zhao Ce is on fire.

At this time, anyone who dared to visit the Queen Mother was either a fool or a rebel, and if he touched the emperor's bottom line, he would not be able to live.

Tang Qi said: "Of course he didn't go directly to see the Queen Mother, he asked for my consent before going to see him." He didn't do anything, he didn't even see the face of the Queen Mother, he just kowtowed outside Cining Palace, and then sent some fabrics and snacks. to show care for the royal aunt. ”