Chapter 100: Divided into Levels
After teaching the five generals a lesson, Lu Xiangsheng said loudly: "Come, Li Zhi, don't stand at the back in the future, you stand in the front row of the generals, stand behind the deputy general of the general army, and stand in front of the guerrilla generals!" ”
Hearing this, all the generals were stunned, and they all looked at Li Zhi with envy on their faces. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Prime Minister rewards and punishments are clear, this is a special care for Li Zhi, who has made great contributions, let Li Zhi, who has a low official position, stand in the front row, and rank with the deputy general, what kind of honor is this? Let Li Zhi be ranked above the generals, which means that Li Zhi will be gradually promoted to be a general or even a deputy general!
A nineteen-year-old boy and a small defensive officer will be gradually promoted to a deputy general, and his future is limitless!
Only Li Zhi, who is fierce and strong, can be taken care of like this.
Seeing the generals looking at him with red eyes, Li Zhi arched his hand at Lu Xiangsheng and said, "The last general doesn't dare!" ”
Lu Xiangsheng looked around at the generals and asked loudly: "I promoted Li Zhi, do you have any dissatisfaction?" ”
The generals put away their jealous eyes one after another, and said loudly: "Li Zhi has made outstanding achievements, and we are all served!" ”
"If it weren't for Li Zhi's help yesterday, the outcome is unknown! I'm so convinced! ”
"Although the deputy Qianhu official is not big, his strength is above the guerrilla attack of our generals!"
Even Chen Zhibang, the South 0 Yang General who ranked first among the generals, moved his position with a red face, took a step back, and gave up his position in front of Li Zhi.
Li Zhi stood there and thought for a while, but finally decided to listen to Lu Xiangsheng's words. He bowed his hand to the envious generals and stood in front of several generals.
Standing in front of me felt different, and Li Zhi felt that the generals had a little more respect in their eyes when they looked at themselves.
Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand at Li Zhi and said, "Li Zhi, you will be in the front row of generals in the future." Now come with me to the side tent, and I have something to say to you. ”
After Lu Xiangsheng said this, he lifted the side door of the big tent and walked to the side tent next to him. Li Zhi was stunned, hurriedly chased after him, and also walked into the side tent next to him.
The side tent is not large, only twenty square meters. There is a table and a chair inside, and there is a map of Ruzhou's landscape on the table, which seems to be the place where Lu Xiangsheng usually thinks about tactics and teaches the generals face-to-face. When Li Zhi walked in, Lu Xiangsheng was already standing there, his back to Li Zhi and he was silent.
Li Zhi walked over and arched his hand and said, "Your Excellency! ”
Lu Xiangsheng didn't look back, turned his back to Li Zhi and asked lightly: "Li Zhi, how many heads have you captured this time?" ”
Li Zhi thought for a while and said, "The last general Ma beheaded six thousand five hundred and seventy levels this time, including eight hundred and ten Tang horses, five thousand three hundred and seventy old thieves, and one hundred and eighty hungry soldiers. ”
Lu Xiangsheng saw that Li Zhi remembered the captured heads so clearly, and knew that Li Zhi was full of desire to be promoted by this military merit. Lu Xiangsheng pondered for a moment, and then turned around and said: "Our army seized 130,000 taels of silver and 6,100 pack horses in the thief camp of Lao Hui, and I will give you 10,000 taels of silver and 1,000 pack horses as your capture!" ”
After Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng withdrew from the battlefield with 9,000 horses, they ran back to the thief camp as soon as possible and took away all the silver and horses. However, Ma Shouying was killed by Li Zhi, and all his soldiers and horses were scattered, and the scouts of the official army took advantage of the situation to occupy Ma Shouying's camp and seized Ma Shouying's silver and horses.
Although these seizures are Li Zhi's credit, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zhi cannot privately occupy the spoils of war, and they must also be distributed by Lu Xiangsheng. Lu Xiangsheng gave so much silver and military horses to Li Zhi to show favor to Li Zhi.
A thousand pack horses are worth about thirty taels, and a thousand pack horses are more than 30,000 taels of silver, plus 10,000 taels of silver, which is a huge fortune.
Li Zhi didn't know what Lu Xiangsheng meant, so he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister!" ”
Lu Xiangsheng looked at Li Zhi's eyes and said slowly: "But the head you captured, you have to share some of the profits to other military towns!" ”
Li Zhi was stunned, he didn't expect Lu Xiangsheng to say this, and asked slowly: "Why do you want to be divided into the lower ranks?" ”
Lu Xiangsheng patted Li Zhi's shoulder with his hand and said, "Deputy Qianhu, this is also the rule in the army!" You don't know! After a pause, Lu Xiangsheng said: "All the officials in the court think like this: If you have a lone army that has gained too much, and the other military horses have nothing to gain, wouldn't the other military horses be very incompetent?" The relationship between the generals is intertwined, and they are all my Ming figures, so naturally they can't be such incompetent, and they naturally have to take care of the matter of assigning the head. It is also a tradition in the army to distribute the heads of the captured according to the size of the official position, not specifically for you! ”
Li Zhi didn't expect that the army of the Ming Dynasty was so rotten, and the military attache who did not capture the first rank had to distinguish people's military exploits.
Lu Xiangsheng asked the generals to apologize to him, and let himself stand in front of the generals to give himself enough face.
However, Lu Xiangsheng is the prime minister, and he can't twist his arms around his thighs, so he can only listen to him.
Li Zhi took a breath and asked stupidly, "How many heads do you need to give up?" ”
Lu Xiangsheng said lightly: "I will try my best to keep it, you will leave you a thousand heads, and then help you keep the credit for the return of the old man, and the other five thousand five hundred and seventy levels will be let out." ”
Li Zhi's face turned red, and he was about to speak, when Lu Xiangsheng said again: "Although you only have a thousand levels left, you are only a defense officer from a five-rank deputy thousand households, and the number of regular soldiers is only more than a hundred, and now having this thousand heads is also a great achievement." The merit will be reported, I will guarantee that you will be promoted to three levels in a row, and when the time comes, a commander of the fourth rank guard will be able to serve as a conduct officer, and he will not be able to escape! ”
The practice of the Ming Dynasty: the promotion and transfer of local military attaches below the rank of general were reported by the local governors and commanders. The generals and above must be submitted to the Ministry of War for approval, and after the approval of the cabinet, they must be issued by holy decree. Li Zhi's current official position is low, and his promotions are basically reported by the governor. Lu Xiangsheng has the official rank of a squire of the Ministry of War, and is the official of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War. He reported to the Wuxuan Division for Li Zhizheng's official position of Sipin, and Li Zhi could get this official position.
Hearing this, Li Zhi's face looked better, and he was thinking there.
Lu Xiangsheng said again: "Deputy Qianhu, you are still young, and it is not a good thing to be promoted too quickly. Now that you have won a thousand first-level formations, you have been promoted three levels in a row, which is enough to make other officials look sideways. If you are more demanding about promotion, it will inevitably attract the jealousy of other officials, and it will be difficult to prevent it when the time comes! ”
Although Lu Xiangsheng is reasonable, Li Zhi still has room for counteroffer.
Although Lu Xiangsheng wants to let Li Zhi give up his head according to the officialdom, if Li Zhi is not satisfied and makes the matter bigger, the imperial court will still be able to investigate the matter clearly in front of so many soldiers. Of course, if Li Zhi did that, he would offend Lu Xiangsheng and the generals, and in the end, the imperial court might not punish Lu Xiangsheng much, but this means that Li Zhi still has room for bargaining.
After thinking about it, Li Zhi said: "It's okay to divide the head, but there are two requirements below!" ”