has something to say and Gao Si is being a companion, Li Zhongyi does not feel bored when he is waiting for the bride to arrive.

"Brother Huang, you are also on an errand in the Guards?" Gao Sizheng subconsciously began to get to the bottom of it.

Li Zhongyi smiled and said, "Yes, he was an errand boy in the Guards. However, the subordinate officials are small, and they don't mix well. ”

Gao Sizheng took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "As long as you have military merits, you won't have to worry about not being able to climb up, I have a bad chance, and I have fewer combat merits." ”

Li Zhongyi nodded secretly, military merit is one of the most important criteria for promotion to official positions, and no one is treated equally, there is no difference.

In the forbidden army of the imperial court, without military exploits, it is impossible to have a knighthood, let alone be promoted, which is a basic principle.

Unlike other armies, the promotion system of the imperial forbidden army is decided by the Department of Suppression, the Department of Military Justice and the military commander. Among them, the military commander does not have the right to make a final decision, but only the right to make suggestions.

To a large extent, this avoids the drawbacks of one person having the final say, so that military talents can smoothly stand out.

Those who can go up, those who can't go down, this is an iron law, and it is also the institutional guarantee for the imperial court forbidden army to move from victory to victory.

Li Zhongyi likes to mingle with petty officers and soldiers, and only when he gets acquainted with them can he know the actual situation that is not in the paper report.

In addition to the high salary and social status of the military, Li Zhongyi also needs to grasp the first-hand front-line situation anytime and anywhere, so that he can revise the regulations according to local conditions.

The army's regulations are not immutable and must be revised to keep pace with the times.

When the sky was getting dark, Sun Hou received the bride and was leading the team to pick up the relatives, blowing and beating towards the wedding room.

This is not the first time Li Zhongyi has participated in the wedding of his old subordinates, but Sun Hou's wedding is quite special.

The particularity is mainly reflected in the fact that in the bride's dowry, there is actually a subset of scriptures and histories.

Even if the status of the forbidden army of the imperial court is higher, generally speaking, the little lady of the official eunuch family is not willing to marry vulgar military men.

Xiangfu County Cheng is obviously from a scholar's background, and he made a separate list of books in the dowry he gave to his biological daughter, which made Li Zhongyi look at it rarely.

In the backyard, the movement of killing pigs and sheep is really not small. Li Zhongyi obviously felt that Sun Hou was fully prepared for today's wedding?

Just when Li Zhongyi grabbed a handful of melon seeds in his hand, he saw that Zhang Sanzheng was actually here too, and he couldn't help but smile slightly, Sun Hou is not a simple person.

Zhang Sanzheng is not an ordinary officer, he is the deputy commander of the Guards Army and the commander of the Qinya Battalion, which shows that Sun Hou's contacts are not extensive, and his connections are also unusually deep.

Among today's visitors, Zhang Sanzheng has the highest status, he was surrounded by everyone and walked into the courtyard, and there were always people who got up to greet him along the way.

"You all go and get busy, I'm so thirsty, just find a place to sit down and have a hot cup of tea." Zhang Sanzheng waved his hand and drove away the people around him.

Zhang Sanzheng's friendship with Sun Hou is not ordinary, he arrived at Sun Hou as if he was at his own home, which seemed extraordinarily casual.

Suddenly, Zhang Sanzheng saw Li Zhongyi, with Zhang Sanzheng's familiarity with Li Zhongyi, not to mention that he just had a sticky beard, even if it was burned to ashes, it was impossible to admit his mistake.

"The Emperor...... Brother Huang, why are you here? Zhang Sanzheng hurriedly ran to Li Zhongyi's table and greeted him cautiously.

Li Zhongyi deliberately arched his hands and said, "The tea tastes good, sit down and taste it." ”

Zhang Sanzheng glanced at Li Anguo and everyone present, no one was stupid, under Zhang Sanzheng's gaze, someone immediately got up and gave up his seat.

Li Anguo also followed the example of everyone and moved his seat, so Zhang Sanzheng sat down next to Li Zhongyi unceremoniously.

"Brother Huang, ...... you" Zhang Sanzheng was very worried about Li Zhongyi's safety, Li Zhongyi saw what he meant, so he shook his head slightly and said, "It's okay, you look at the surrounding area, almost all of them are officers of the forbidden army." ”

"But ......" Zhang Sanzheng still wanted to persuade again, but Li Zhongyi deliberately put his face on the board, "Come on, knock melon seeds." ”

Zhang Sanzheng was very helpless to take the melon seeds handed by Li Zhongyi, but how could he have the heart to knock the melon seeds?

After about a quarter of an hour, Sun Hou took the bride into the cave room, changed her clothes and came out to toast.

Li Zhongyi looked at the big fish and meat on the table, and he really didn't have much appetite, but he pretended to move a few chopsticks and bacon to fry Bai Xiang.

Zhang Sanzheng really wanted to stop Li Zhongyi from moving his chopsticks, but he knew Li Zhongyi's temper, and at this juncture, he would definitely not be able to stop it.

For poor families, it is already a good life to be able to eat a mouthful of meat a month.

On the surrounding seats, the guests frequently moved their chopsticks, eating and drinking, and applauded, "Okay, the food is good, and the meat is full of fish." ”

"Brother Huang, Sun Hou's parents died early, and it was his eldest brother who raised him. Alas, it's a pity that when Sun Hou had a chance, his eldest brother fell ill and died in a hurry, which is really a pity. Zhang Sanzheng introduced Sun Hou's family history in detail, and sighed again and again.

Li Zhongyi nodded, in his team, there are by no means a few cases where both parents died. After all, in this era of lack of medical care, the average life expectancy is only in the thirties.

Just as Li Zhongyi sighed, Sun Hou held the wine glass and walked quickly in front of Zhang Sanzheng.

"Brother Zhang's arrival is really making Pengbi shine, and a certain family is inscribed." Sun Hou's words made Li Zhongyi nod frequently.

Export into a chapter, this is the quality of a forbidden army officer who has learned culture!

Li Zhongyi was here, how dare Zhang Sanzheng take it, he turned his eyes to look at Li Zhongyi, and saw Li Zhongyi nodding slightly, so he grabbed Sun Hou's arm, leaned into his ear, and whispered: "The emperor is also here." ”

"Ah......" Sun Hou was stunned on the spot, the wedding of the deputy commander was blessed by the emperor in person, what a blessing this is?

Li Zhongyi smiled and tore off the beard glued to his cheeks, and Sun Hou immediately recognized his identity.

"The deputy commander of the first army battalion, the minister Sun Hou, knock to see the emperor."

Without waiting for Li Zhongyi to stop it, Sun Hou had already bowed and kowtowed three times.

Li Zhongyi understands Sun Hou's mood at this moment, Sun Hou's parents died early, and the eldest brother who regarded him as his father has passed away, Li Zhongyi, the monarch's father, has become his only elder Sun Hou, how can he be disrespectful?

"Oh, this is a congratulatory gift from me alone, don't be too little, a little heart." Li Zhongyi took out a red paper envelope from his cuff and handed it to Sun Hou.

Sun Hou stretched out his hands to take the red envelope, and said with red eyes: "Minister, the minister never dreamed that the emperor would ...... You're really here. ”

This is a bit of a taste of joyful nonsense, but Li Zhongyi didn't mind at all, he said with a smile: "When did I not do what I promised?" ”

With Li Zhongyi's identity revealed, the officers present, as long as they had entered the martial arts hall to study, also recognized Li Zhongyi.

"Wait, knock on the mountain chief!"

"Wait, knock on the emperor!"

The officers above the team have all entered the martial arts hall to study, so they all know that Li Zhongyi likes the title of mountain chief very much.

"That's it, it's all, today Lao Tzu is here to drink happy wine. To hell with those empty barricades. Li Zhongyi stood up and pressed down with his hands, "Sit down, sit down, come, let's toast together, I wish the groom a noble son as soon as possible." ”

Under Li Zhongyi's call, everyone raised their glasses together to congratulate Sun Hou on his new marriage.

"I wish the groom an early and noble son!"

"Come out early."

"Dry ......"

"it......"

Li Zhongyi's personal attendance added endless glory to Sun Hou's wedding.

Sun Hou grinned widely, happily exposing his mouth full of yellow teeth, but he didn't know it.

"Today, I came to attend Sun Hou's wedding, because more than a year ago, during the Northern Expedition, I promised him that as long as he lives, I will definitely attend his wedding." Li Zhongyi raised the wine glass in his hand, stood up, and said loudly, "Come, for the groom, this toast!" ”

Li Zhongyi drank three cups in a row, and then raised his hand to pat Sun Hou's shoulder, and said with a smile: "I still have something important to do, so I'll leave first." ”

"This ...... Congratulations to the emperor. Sun Hou felt particularly honored, and sent Li Zhongyi out with a red face.

The news that Li Zhongyi fulfilled his promise and personally attended Sun Hou's wedding soon spread throughout the military camps of Kaifeng City.

As a soldier, receiving the blessing of the supreme commander at the wedding is more glorious than the ordinary promotion of an official to a knight!

After coming out of Sun Hou's house, Li Zhongyi did not take a carriage back to the palace, but walked slowly along the side street.

Zhang Sanzheng followed closely out of the door, and when he saw the relatives hidden around, he breathed a sigh of relief.

In Kaifeng City at night, the small merchants and vendors who set up stalls to sell food, as well as the diners who eat, crowded the entire street on both sides.

Li Zhongyi walked and watched, stopping from time to time to buy something to eat.

A few years ago, when Li Zhongyi seized the Zhou Dynasty, because Zhao Lao Er took the initiative to dedicate the city, the entire Kaifeng City and outside did not encounter military disasters.

In the past few years, Kaifeng City has become more and more prosperous, not only with more vendors, but also with more diners.

According to Li Zhongyi, due to the continuous increase in income, the citizens of Kaifeng City have become accustomed to eating three meals outside.

The continuous expansion of the citizen class has made the commercial atmosphere in Kaifeng City more and more intense.

The logic is actually not complicated. No matter which dynasty or generation, the big city citizens with money in their pockets are the main consumer force of commercial prosperity.

However, although Kaifeng City is becoming more and more prosperous, Kaifeng City is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and it is difficult to supply through Cao Yun in winter, which is a great disadvantage that the capital of a country cannot have.

The capital was moved to Jiangxia, the thoroughfare of nine provinces, and once this idea hovered in Li Zhongyi's mind again, it always lingered!