A military Sima sent by Zou Jing to greet the army came over and said to Lu Peng: "Lord Lieutenant, please hand over the army to the general, and then you and Mr. Guan will go directly to the Taishou Mansion to meet the Taishou." ”

Looking at this military commander, the upper and lower armor is shabby, the clothes on his body are ragged, and the boots on his feet are holes, and a dignified military Sima is mixed like this, it seems that the situation of this official army is really disappointing.

However, if it comes, it will be safe, Lu Peng smiled in return, took out a small gadget and stuffed it into Sima's hand, and said politely: "Then there is Master Lao Sima." ”

As soon as this captain came up, he got the benefits of Lu Peng, and he was overjoyed at that time, and his good impression of this future colleague was greatly increased, and he hurriedly smiled and said: "Don't dare to work hard, in the future, you will be a general in the same army, and you will have to help each other." ”

Lu Peng was humble again, and then turned around and ordered Xi Zhen and Zhang Yan to follow this Sima to settle the army.

From the situation of Sima who led the way, he saw the embarrassment of the official army, he had just arrived, so he didn't want to disappoint the soldiers, so he asked Xu Jie to directly take a group of people and horses to buy the needs of his army on the streets of Youzhou, and specially ordered that he must buy and sell fairly, and he must not oppress people with the army, which ruined his reputation.

Xu Jie agreed and took someone to do it.

He waved his hand and called a dozen brothers who followed him, and carried two boxes of jewels to meet Lord Taishou.

was taken to the familiar courtyard behind the Taishou Mansion by the little guy again, but saw the Taishou and Zou Jing, who came back first, standing under the eaves of the corridor and waiting, seeing Lu Peng come in, Liu Yan laughed and stepped down the steps, and directly pulled up Lu Peng, who was kneeling down.

The dignified feudal official, to a white body to descend to greet him, this is a great grace, so Lu Peng showed absolute flattery, no matter how Liu Yan pulled him, Lu Peng went through all the etiquette in a proper manner, and then sincerely said that he was grateful for the old grace, before returning to serve, at that time this sentence made Liu Yan feel very relieved, thinking that Lu Peng is a real man with affection and righteousness, which made Liu Yan's good impression of Lu Peng directly capped.

followed Liu Yan into the study. Lu Peng ordered his entourage to show the gifts he brought to Liu Yan, of course, the gifts to the civil officials were full of antique paintings and calligraphy, which was really elegant and couldn't be more elegant. So Liu Yan happily accepted it, and the guests and hosts were very happy.

After inquiring about the process of the expedition, Liu Yan couldn't help but feel that Lu Peng's credit was great, the treatment of the court was unfair, and the ten permanent servants were hateful and should be killed, and finally discussed with Zou Jing: "We don't care about Han Qiang's contribution under Zhu Wei, but the credit in the battle of Youzhou and the battle of rescuing Qingzhou is big enough, I want to make Han Qiangquan (acting) the position of captain, what do you think?"

Of course, Zou Jing nodded in agreement, so in front of Lu Peng, Liu Yan personally wrote the recital, and Zou Jing acted to recruit Lu Peng as the lieutenant of other departments in Youzhou, and he was given 2,000 stones.

Du Wei is equivalent to the deputy commander of the military region, in Youzhou, he is the first person under Zou Jing, this is also the right to determine strength, now Zou Jing in Youzhou is only 7,000 old and weak people, and Lu Peng is 4,000 elite soldiers, of course, you have to give a relatively equal position to convince Lu Peng, so that Lu Peng can work hard for everyone.

Du Wei actually has no actual military power, so he added another department, which is to master military power, as for how much his subordinates control, it depends on his own ability, whether the top is not capped, the bottom is not guaranteed, the discretion is very generous, and it is also suitable for the current strength of Lu Peng.

"That Xi Zhen under you, and what Zhang Yan is, is also recruited as Sima of other departments, Xu Jie is a civil official, and he joins the army and leads his headquarters." Zou Jing suggested again that when he always wanted to break Lu Peng's dog's legs, he should fight for some benefits.

Sima is a military position, with a thousand men and horses, and is the third rank of the Youzhou Army after the captain and the captain, but Xi Zhen and Zhang Yan each bring two thousand tigers, which is beyond their authority, so adding another department in front of Sima is equivalent to the same discretion, how many soldiers you are capable of.

Joining the army is a civilian officer of the army, at the same level as Sima, and it is also the best placement for Xu Jie.

The two of them discussed, Liu Yan called his cronies, brought letters, and at the same time selected ten pieces of antique jewelry from Lu Peng to bribe the ten permanent servants, and then let him go to Beijing non-stop.

The last few times I asked the court for Lu Peng's merit, I didn't ask for an official position, and now it is a direct appointment, which is considered a conquest, in the dynasty at that time, the appointment of officials was found and hired by the method of inspection and requisition, and the local Taishou had the right to directly requisition, as long as it was signed and recognized.

For such an official position, Lu Peng and his gang can be said to have ascended to the sky in one step, which is much stronger than the position that Liu Bei waited for more than a year before he was given the position of Anxi County Lieutenant, Guan Zhang is just the head of the horse, and the official can not be smaller.

But in this way, Liu Bei will add these when he takes out his business card in the future.

But the good times didn't last long, these three brothers, who were used to making trouble, beat the leader of the boss's inspection team, and a proud official who looked down on this fart asked to leave his post, and he had never had an idea, so he could only hang him up.

And Lu Peng is just two boxes of jewelry, one does not forget the old kindness, so he pleases Liu Yan, and directly gives a position as the lieutenant of another department in Youzhou, which is really a world of difference.

Lu Peng's subordinates Xi Zhen, Zhang Yan and Xu Jie were also arranged as Sima of other departments, and they all rose to prominence for a while.

Such an official position, to be honest, is still Zou Jing, who came back one step earlier, directly reported the results of his inspection to Liu Yan, talked about Lu Peng's ability to Liu Yan, praised Lu Peng's military strength, and then discussed with each other, at this time, Youzhou urgently needs Lu Peng's service, and the official given is small, it seems that he can't drive, the most important thing is that this strong army also wants Lu Peng to fight wild food by himself, so the official position given is too low, and I am afraid that Lu Peng has no enthusiasm in doing things. So he had this official position, and at the same time saw Lu Peng's two boxes of elegant things, which made Liu Yan even more happy, and Lu Peng's nostalgia for the old heart, he happily recruited the appointment.

Since then, Lu Peng and others have entered the ranks of middle and upper bureaucrats and entered the system.

At this time, Liu Yan was a little embarrassed and said: "The official position is like this, the Xiangyong under your command has also become an official army, but there is no military salary supply for a while, and I hope that Han Qiang will overcome the difficulties and wait for the financial improvement in the coming year, and then give Han Qiang a supplementary payment." ”

When he said this, even Liu Yan felt blushing, this is to ask the horses to run, and the horses not to eat grass, but there is no way, this fact is there, the treasury has no money, and he has to take out the money to raise soldiers for the country, Liu Yan is not noble to that extent.