This time, Li Zhi's 16 battalion commanders were basically promoted to 100 households, and all of the more than 50 company commanders were promoted to the general flag. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Li Zhi's subordinates were assigned a new official uniform waist card, and they were all excited to become bigger officials. Dozens of subordinates put on new official uniforms and stood in the courtyard, looking all together.

Li Zhi asked people to buy mutton, pork, vegetables and soju, and hired a cook from the restaurant to cook the food, and everyone had a big meal in the evening to celebrate.

After thirty years of drinking, Li Xing was drunk, put his arm on Li Zhi's shoulder and said: "Big brother, I never thought that I could be a big official of the fourth grade, it really scared me to death!" At that time, the family didn't have the Xiao family's money, and I thought that the rest of my life would be the life of a servant! Raising his head and looking at the night sky in a daze, Li Xing said: "It's all the big officials of the fourth grade!" It's time for me to find a daughter-in-law, big brother to help me get one? ”

Li Zhi said: "I don't know who has a good girl, you can find a matchmaker yourself!" ”

Li Xing looked at Li Zhi and asked, "Big brother, will you be promoted in the future?" ”

"Soon it's going to go up again!"

Li Xing muttered: "Then I have to find the right person." ”

Second uncle Li Dao took a bite of the dish in his mouth, and said Kankan: "Li Xing, you are right! Be cautious when marrying a wife! As soon as this wife marries, if she marries a woman again, she is a concubine, and a girl from a serious background is unwilling to marry a concubine! I can't marry a good one if I want to! If I knew that I would be promoted so soon, I wouldn't marry the one in my family, I should find a more beautiful one! ”

Li Dao's words caused a burst of condemnation from everyone, and everyone said that this was not right, and the bad wife should not be abandoned! and punish him for drinking. Especially Zheng Kaicheng, who shouted the loudest, asked Li Dao to drink three cups of soju.

Li Dao squinted at Zheng Kaicheng and scolded: "Zheng Kaicheng, do you dare to say that you have no regrets?" If you knew that you would rise to a thousand households so quickly, would you marry your daughter-in-law? Don't want to find a better one? ”

Zheng Kaicheng said: "I would have planned to follow the adults today, and everything was planned when I married my daughter-in-law!" How can you ride a donkey and find a horse like you? ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, wondering if Zheng Kaicheng was so high-spirited? What is said is true or false.

Zheng Yuan took a sip of soju and said with emotion: "Follow the adults!" I couldn't have imagined the days I had ever imagined! My daughter-in-law is pregnant again! Maybe I'm going to have both children this time! I'm not afraid of everyone's jokes when I say it, my family used to be poor, and I didn't dare to share a room with my daughter-in-law. Married for ten years without children! ”

Zheng Kaicheng chirped: "Now that you are a thousand households, you can not only share a room, but also marry a concubine!" ”

The crowd laughed again.

Xue Sanku, who had just been promoted to a hundred households, raised his glass and said to Li Zhi: "Commander, I used to be the poorest one in the family, and I never had the money to marry. Now I follow you, now I am the most prominent one in the family, my daughter-in-law has been found, and my relatives envy me. Teacher, I salute you! ”

Li Zhi covered the wine glass and said, "Don't! Drink yourselves, don't respect me! ”

Xue Sanku didn't let go of Li Zhi and said, "Master, you drink half a cup, I'll drink a cup." ”

"Half a cup burns my stomach!"

In the end, Li Zhi was still toasted by his subordinates for dozens of glasses, drank a lot of wine, and slept until noon the next day.

The next night, Li Zhi cheered up again and went to the banquet of Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

Yang Sichang's house is in an alley in the west of the city, and there are Zhumen Huawu houses near that area, and Junyu carved walls, which are obviously the residences of high-ranking officials. Li Zhi found Yang Sichang's house and handed over the name post, and was taken into Yang's mansion by the doorman and went to the main hall.

In the main hall, Yang Sichang was already waiting there. Seeing Li Zhi, Yang Sichang stood up to greet him. Li Zhi saw that the secretary of the military department was so polite, so he hurriedly went up and saluted Yang Sichang and sent the gift list.

Yang Sichang took the gift list and looked at it, and saw that there were nearly 1,000 taels of goods on it, and said with a smile: "For a banquet at home, why do the generals need to spend so much?" ”

Li Zhi smiled: "A little heart, not respect." ”

The two sat down and gossiped. The second time they met, the two were not very familiar with each other, and they only talked about scenes, but there was nothing to do. After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Ding Kuichu, the governor of Baoding, also came.

The three of them then entered the banquet and began the dinner.

The dinner was very sumptuous, with shark fin soup, roasted clams, sake lees cockles, roasted venison, etc., which made Li Zhi very appetizing.

Yang Sichang and Ding Kuichu are more familiar, and their words are more content. Ding Kuichu is a very good talker, and he patted Yang Sichang's ass around the bush on the seat, which made Yang Sichang very happy. Ding Kuichu said that the recent victory of An 0qing, put all the credit on Yang Sichang's strategy, and ignored the general Li Zhi who was sitting on the side.

Li Zhi didn't care about this, and buried himself in eating. He ate for a long time, and suddenly heard Yang Sichang ask: "It is really majestic for the general to lead the troops to fight, and the old man admires it." The general thinks that in the current situation, how can the Quartet be pacified? ”

Li Zhi was stunned, swallowed a mouthful of shark fin, and said after considering the words: "Now the military attache is corrupt and has no intention of improving his combat effectiveness. It is necessary to straighten out the general atmosphere, select suitable clean officers to lead the troops, let the military attaches eat less empty salaries and drink less blood, and let the soldiers be able to concentrate on training and fighting without worry. At the same time, it is necessary to change the bad habit of privately dividing military exploits among the military, so that outstanding generals can stand out. Only in this way can the combat effectiveness of the army be enhanced, and the thieves will be relieved of slaves. ”

Hearing Li Zhi say that he opposed the private division of military exploits in the army, Yang Sichang looked at Li Zhi thoughtfully, and was silent for a long time before saying: "What the general said is reasonable, but there are many obstacles to rectifying the atmosphere, and it will not be achieved overnight. What about the lack of wages now? ”

Li Zhi thought for a while and said, "I want to ask for money from merchants, gentry, and clans. Now the poor bear the taxes of the whole country, while the merchants do not pay taxes, and the gentry do not pay the taxes. The traitors all 'trickedly' the land property in the name of the gentry clan, and they did not accept the land endowment. And all the land endowments that should be handed over by these treacherous fields are pressed on the honest peasants, which makes the poor even more miserable. If this continues, not only will the imperial court not be able to collect taxes, but it will also force the poor to become thieves. ”

"The country is rich only if the merchants are allowed to pay taxes. It is necessary to let the gentry and the clan pay together, so that the land endowment can be fair, and the poor people can escape the fate of bankruptcy and no longer be thieves. ”

Yang Sichang heard Li Zhi's words, smiled, and said: "What the general said is reasonable, but letting the merchants pay taxes and let the gentry pay the taxes is even more difficult to run!" ”

Li Zhi arched his hand and said: "This is the matter that the Great Sima and the princes of the court should solve." ”

Yang Sichang laughed and did not speak.

Li Zhi smiled: "I'm talking about a joke on the wine table, and Da Sima will forget it after hearing Fu Yi's laughter." ”

After saying this, the three of them stopped talking about state affairs. Li Zhi toasted Yang Sichang and Ding Kuichu a few more glasses, and then got up to say goodbye. That Yang Sichang looked up to Li Zhi very much, and sent Li Zhi to the door before going back. Li Zhi was also very happy to see that the military department Shangshu attached so much importance to him, and said goodbye to Yang Sichang. (To be continued.) )