Jokes are jokes, but there was a precedent for this situation in the Tang Dynasty. Because in the Tang Dynasty, if people who lacked a family background wanted to develop in their official careers, there were two main entrances: the imperial examination and the staff.

The former is considered a qualification examination for entering officialdom and can be officially recognized for its administrative ability; The latter is a political team cultivated by some powerful bureaucrats themselves, and if they perform well, they can often become official officials of the imperial court through the recommendation of these bureaucrats.

This is generally the case, but in the middle and late Tang dynasties, many officials had both the qualifications for the imperial examination and the experience of serving as staff members.

What this means is that both scientific research and staff can become officials, and it is best to have both.

Now Zhang Zhifang proposed to ask Zhang Wei to serve as Shi Xiong's deputy, this matter is not impossible, the question is whether it can be recognized by the officers and men in the army.

"This?" After listening to Zhang Zhifang's suggestion, Youzhou Jiedu made Zhang Zhongwu's expression immediately become serious, and his language was not so neat.

"Father, Shi Xiong is the old man of our Youzhou, and his prestige in the army is very high, and he should be able to serve the people if he leads the troops to chase down the remnants of Shanxi." Seeing that Zhang Zhongwu was silent, Zhang Zhifang said.

"Well--, this father can agree." Then Zhang Zhongwu turned to Zhang Wei and said: "Zhang Gongzi has not been in Youzhou for a long time, his qualifications are still shallow, and he has not established much military merit. ”

Defy?

This is the biggest obstacle for Zhang Wei to become a deputy general.

But then again, in history, there were staff members who were generals or even commanders, but that was also due to people's years of accumulated experience and prestige.

Experience cannot be copied, and Zhang San's experience may not be able to be used on Li Si. How long have you Zhang Wei been in Youzhou! Suddenly let you be the deputy general, do you take those Youzhou soldiers who exchange their lives for fame as fools?

People have worked hard and worked hard, but they have not become the deputy general in the army, and you Zhang Wei, a staff member who specializes in playing tricks, has just come to the army for a few days and wants to be our deputy general.

Dude, you are a lieutenant, I am not convinced.

If the soldiers in the army are not convinced, even if Zhang Zhongwu wants Zhang Wei to be the deputy general, it will not work.

Because the army is different from officialdom, officialdom talks about the background, no matter how big or small your ability is, as long as your background is strong, others can't accept it; It's not the same in the army, especially when it's on the march to fight.

To obey you is to obey you, no matter what you do, I will obey you; If you don't accept it, you don't accept it, no matter who you are, I'm not convinced, if there is pressure from above, the army will mutiny, once the army mutiny. Even if the emperor Lao Tzu himself came, the soldiers would pick up the knife and cut him down.

When Zhang Zhongwu raised this question, Zhang Zhifang also felt that it was still a little inappropriate to directly use Zhang Wei, "What my father said is also right. However, Zhang Wei Gongzi is indeed not the kind of person who only knows how to have fun, he has courage and knowledge, courage and strategy, and once led his troops to the Duji Department alone, and persuaded the leader of the Duji Department to submit to my Datang, and he has contributed to this matter. ”

Zhang Zhongwu had heard of Zhang Wei's role in subduing the Shanxi Duji Department, and through this incident, Zhang Zhongwu's impression of Zhang Wei was indeed changed, but as a person who led the troops to fight all his life, Zhang Zhongwu knew better that the army talked about ability and seniority and prestige.

After saying so much, Zhang Wei knew that he needed to express his position now, so he got up and said to Zhang Zhongwu: "Jiedu makes the adult, the small one is willing to follow General Shixiong to crusade against the remnants of the Shanxi army, as for the military position, the Jiedu makes the adult not have to bother, Zhang Wei is willing to start as a soldier." ”

Start as a soldier?

Zhang Zhongwu listened, was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Zhang Gongzi's words are inappropriate, the old man knows your ability, and more importantly, you are still a person specially arranged by King Yun, if you let you start as a small soldier, don't say that the old man is unwilling, even King Yun who is far away in the capital will blame the old man." ”

In fact, since Zhang Wei entered Youzhou, Zhang Zhongwu and Zhang Zhifang's father and son have always regarded him as a person from King Yun, and they have also treated him as a celebrity in the hands of King Yun.

King Yun is greedy for play, which the entire Tang Dynasty knows, and the person in front of him is particularly good at playing; King Yun will be the emperor in the future if he doesn't do his job, and the person in front of him will not only have fun, but also have wisdom and strategy.

With such a person by his side, can Zhang Zhongwu not be worried?

Now that King Yun's red man proposes to start as a soldier, do you really dare to let people start as soldiers?

Apparently impossible.

It depends on the owner to beat the dog, not to mention that Zhang Wei is still a capable person, today you offended people in Youzhou, and when they return to Chang'an tomorrow, you will have good fruits to eat.

Zhang Zhongwu thought for a while and said to Zhang Wei: "Zhang Gongzi's ability level, the old man has seen it with his own eyes and heard about it. I think that's the case, you can start with Captain Guoyi, and if you have established meritorious service in the future, the old man will definitely report to the court truthfully for reward. What do you think of this? ”

Captain Guo Yi?

He asked me to be the captain of Guoyi?

Zhang Wei didn't understand the official position of Captain Guoyi.

After all, he has only been in Datang for a few days, and he has not yet figured out the affairs of Zuo Xiaowei, and he has to understand the affairs in the court, and the various intricate relationships in the court have not yet been clarified, and he has come to the army again.

So many things are too difficult for a person like Zhang Wei who doesn't like to study very much, and there are too many of them to use his brain.

However, he is still very satisfied with the position that Zhang Zhongwu gave him as the lieutenant of Guoyi, no matter how high or low the position is, at least the name still sounds very loud.

Captains, captains, and lieutenants, all those who lead lieutenants in official positions should not be low. And Zhang Wei probably knew that Taiwei was the highest military commander of a country.

Since the Taiwei is the highest military commander in the court, how low can this Duwei go?

But this time Zhang Wei was mistaken, it is true that Taiwei is a big official; But the captain who is one word different may not be a big official.

Although Zhang Wei felt that it was already very good to be the lieutenant of Guoyi, Zhang Zhifang, as a recommender, did not feel much surprised, and in his opinion, there should be no problem with Zhang Wei's ability to be a lieutenant.

Of course, the deputy general proposed by Zhang Zhifang is not a deputy general in the real sense, his original intention was to let Zhang Wei serve as Shi Xiong's deputy position, if Shi Xiong is a general, Zhang Wei is a deputy general, referred to as "deputy general".

At this time, Shi Xiong's military rank was already General Xuanwei, a fourth-rank military attaché. Zhang Wei has to give a five-grade military attaché.

What's more, Zhang Wei is still the person of King Yun?

But this Captain Guo Yi is only a petty official from the sixth rank, which is too low.

You must know that under normal circumstances, the position in the army is higher than that of the official position in the court, and the beginning is a military attache of seven or eight grades.

Let the celebrity of the Yunwang Mansion be just a petty official from the sixth grade, how can this work?

Although Zhang Zhifang was unhappy, he didn't say it, he knew that his father could give Zhang Wei this Guoyi Lieutenant because he had considerations.

"The last general will thank the Jiedu envoy for his promotion, and he will definitely do his best to defend Youzhou." Zhang Wei got up and said to Zhang Zhongwu.

Although his position is not high, from now on, Zhang Wei will be regarded as a middle- and lower-level military attache in Datang, and he will no longer have to call himself a "villain" or a "subordinate". No matter how big an official is in the army, he can call himself the "last general", and when he returns to the DPRK, he can also call himself a "lower official".

Hahaha, hahaha, that's the benefit of being out.

If he stayed in Chang'an all the time, if a person like Zhang Wei wanted to become an official, there would be no other way to go except for the imperial examination.

But Zhang Wei is a person who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to learn, and he gets dizzy when he mentions the exam.

Once this is sent to Youzhou, the situation will be different immediately, he can become a military attache at the upper and lower levels without taking the imperial examination, although the level is a little lower, but in any case, he can be regarded as an official of the Tang Dynasty, at least he has entered the ranks of the official system, and his personal identity has changed qualitatively.

"Okay, so be it." Since Zhang Zhifang has no objections, and Zhang Wei is also willing to be the captain of this Guoyi, what else can Zhang Zhongwu, as the envoy of the festival, say, so he happily said to Shi Xiong and Zhang Wei: "In this case, the two of you will quickly lead the troops to Hengzhou to pursue the enemy, the enemy is current, I don't know how many people will be killed if we delay for a day, and I can't afford to delay!" ”

Shi Xiong and Zhang Wei got up and said together: "The last general has an order, so I will lead the troops to Hengzhou to pursue the enemy." ”

"Someone! Prepare wine, and the handsome will toast the two of them with a glass. Zhang Zhongwu ordered.

"No--" The servant quickly served the wine and the glass.

Zhang Zhongwu and Zhang Zhifang got up, picked up their wine glasses together and said to Shi Xiong and Zhang Wei: "This handsome person respects you two with a glass, I wish you a victory,"

The four of them took their glasses together and drank them dry.

Then Shi Xiong and Zhang Wei said goodbye and walked out of Zhang Zhongwu's Jiedu Envoy's mansion.

On the way, Zhang Wei asked Shi Xiong: "General Shi, how many rank officials is I, Captain Guoyi?" How many soldiers can you lead? ”

After all, he is an official, so of course Zhang Wei has to care about his rank and authority.

"Brother Zhang Weixian, I don't know how much you know about my Tang Dynasty's military system?" Shi Xiong asked.

"General Shi, you know that I have just come to the army, and I have been a staff member of the Xiangguo Mansion before, so I can be said to know nothing about the affairs of the army."

After listening to Zhang Wei's words, Shi Xiong said: "What you said is also the truth, then I will give you a few more words." Previously, the army of our Tang Dynasty implemented the government military system, and the imperial court divided the army of the whole country into more than 600 Zhichong prefectures. Each Zhichong Prefecture has a principal position named Zhichong Duwei and a deputy named Guoyi Duwei. Under normal circumstances, the Commander of the Folded Chong is the fifth grade, and the Captain of Guoyi is the sixth grade. Therefore, you, the captain of Guoyi, are officials from the sixth grade. ”

From the six pins?

I thought it was a very small official position, but I didn't think that I would suddenly become a military attache from the sixth grade.

"Wow--, I'm actually an official from the sixth grade, hahaha, hahaha, I am so happy that there is such a good thing in the world." Zhang Wei couldn't hide the joy in his heart anymore, and shouted happily.

Looking at this shouting Zhang Wei, Shi Xiong didn't understand what was there to be happy about a small military attache from the sixth grade? "Isn't it just a little military attache from the sixth grade? What is there to be happy about, if you become a general in the future, you will not have to die of happiness! ”

"Hahaha, hahaha, I'm so happy." Facing Shi Xiong's puzzled expression, Zhang Wei still couldn't hide the joy in his heart, and said to him happily: "General Shi doesn't know, when I was in Chang'an, my friend Li Shangyin was mixed up for most of his life, and in the end he only got a salt and iron promoter from Jiupin. I started this as a Guoyi Lieutenant from the sixth grade, I don't know how many levels higher than his old man, can I not be happy? ”

Among the official levels of the Tang Dynasty, although the sixth rank is not high, for a person like Li Shangyin, this level is also a height that is difficult for him to reach in his life.

High enough, content.