Power is hierarchical.

Appointments of power from the top are very different from appointments of power from the bottom.

The power appointed from the highest can make the most of the original power of this position, while the power appointment from the bottom must also abide by various restrictions on the source of power, and when it comes to his hands, there is basically no power.

This is a norm in officialdom.

It is also the reason why Li Chengxiu wants to make himself a mere seven-rank servant captain through the mouth of the emperor.

Servants are soldiers in wartime, and can only restore their original appearance in their leisure time, and if the prisoner cannot make meritorious service, because he participated in the war, he can be reduced by two degrees, and if there is military merit, he will immediately become a free man.

The son-in-law will be in trouble, no matter what he has done and how much credit he has made, when the war is over, his only reward is that he can enjoy the love that belongs to the son-in-law, and when the next time the court goes to war, he is still the highest priority for requisition.

According to the Tang people's view of criminal prisoners and sons-in-law, criminal prisoners are just killing a handful of people, robbing some things, and harming a few women.

It's bad to have a son-in-law, a nest that doesn't even want ancestors and grandchildren, it's better to be a better woman, such a person dies early and takes care of his life, see if he can not be a son-in-law in the next life, there is no hope in this life.

Lee Seung-su likes to be a son-in-law...... Of course, he also likes prisoners, mainly to drive such a group of people to the battlefield, he has no psychological burden, and can use any conjecture he has about the war.

Soldier - to obey orders as a vocation!

Soldier - the purpose of everything is only to win!

Soldier - a cruel and magnificent business.

Perhaps only at the moment of the soldier's death can they truly understand all the mysteries of the soldier.

That's right, Li Chengxiu's education since he was a child is like this, and most of the education comes from Li Ji.

If you expect a super military strategist like Li Ji to pity a group of servants who lack a sense of existence, it is purely a dream, just like when money arrives in a casino, it is no longer money, so when people arrive on the battlefield, don't treat themselves as human beings.

When a servant captain is full, it is 1,200 men, and if the battle ahead is tight, the number of servants under the command of the servant captain will even increase to 3,000.

They are used for many purposes, such as attacking the city first and consuming the enemy's long-range weapons, or in dangerous areas, sending servants to test whether there is an ambush here, or, when fleeing for their lives, the ground is too muddy, so let the servants lie on their backs with dirt or something else to serve as a bridge for the cavalry, so that the cavalry can run out of the encirclement first......

Yun Chu was in the Western Regions, when he was fighting in Liaodong, he did not call for servants in this way, and the number of servants in his army has always been very small, and he is mainly responsible for digging ditches, transportation, and camping and setting up villages.

This was not because he was soft-hearted and worried that the servants would be damaged too much, but because he felt that the servants were a group of burdens, not to mention the consumption of a large amount of military rations, and would seriously slow down the flexibility of his army.

Li Chengxiu is different, he has taken a fancy to the new field of servants.

Ying Gong was suspicious of the emperor, which was not a secret in the Tang Dynasty, and it was very difficult for Li Chengxiu to gain his place in the regular army, and even said that there was basically no chance.

Even if everyone knows that he is a general with unparalleled wisdom, the better commanders will use him as a fierce general, and the worse ones will even directly use him as cannon fodder.

If Li Chengxiu wants to get ahead, the first thing to do is autonomy, even if he is the main general of the servants, it is a rare opportunity for him.

The emperor agreed to Li Chengxiu's request, and before the will was given, he could only wait.

Li Chengxiu was also willing to wait, and when the emperor found out what was going on and found out that this matter was his own idea and had nothing to do with Aya, he could give him a fair chance.

After a game of chess, Gentle lost, played another game, Yun Chu lost, and more than half of the third game, Gentle and urgent...... When I came back, I didn't look at the chessboard.

"Are you going to teach Li Cheng the art of war? You are far inferior to Yinggong on this road. ”

"No, Yinggong is responsible for planting trees, I am responsible for repairing this tree, as the saying goes, trees don't grow straight if they don't repair, people don't repair stalks, I have a ability to make a tree as I want it to be.

If I do it well, I won't need a carpenter to make a chair in the future, and I can grow a chair tree. ”

"So, Li Chengxiu's biggest enemy in the future is actually you?"

"That's right, the people of Li Ji's family are like steel that has just been baked, if you want to become a famous sword, some need to be annealed, some need to be quenched, and then after a thousand tempers, you can show it."

"How many years are you going to temper Li Chengxiu?"

Yun Chu closed his eyes and whispered, "Ten years of sharpening a sword, the frost blade has never been tried." Who has a grievance today? ”

After listening gently, he sighed and left.

Li Zhi ate a few very sweet apricots in the morning, but he still fell into the poisonous trick of apricots, his teeth fell out, it was a little difficult to bite tofu during lunch, and the giant bear's teeth were finished, but its mouth was big and its throat was thick, so it could be swallowed.

Wu Mei watched Li Zhi break the boiled egg, leave the yolk behind, and throw the egg white into the giant bear's gaping mouth, so she whispered: "Your Majesty has opened a hole for Ying Gong in the army." ”

Li Zhi said: "People come according to the rules, I naturally have to abide by the rules, not to mention, these rules are all for me, why don't I abide by them?" ”

"The concubines always feel that Your Majesty has been calculated."

"Good calculation, the position I am in itself is used to calculate, the person who the subjects in the world want to calculate the most is me, no one is an exception, who can calculate the benefits from me, that is also a very smart person, if the benefits I get are used in Datang, it can make my Datang's national strength soar, and I am happy to see it happen."

If it is used in a bad place, I will take it back, and at that time, the price of his calculation will also be revealed.

When he used to talk with Yun Chu in the cotton fields on the outskirts of Chang'an, he once told a joke that a landlord likes to entertain guests the most, and he doesn't want money...... No matter how far he runs, he will eventually leave the fertilizer in Lao Tzu's land, and he will be able to produce more food next year......

Lao Tzu thinks this story is very uplifting, those people are calculating and calculating in Lao Tzu's land, and in the end, they don't want to leave all the benefits in Lao Tzu's land. ”

Wu Mei looked at the very down-to-earth emperor Lao Tzu in front of her, and couldn't help but say: "Yun Chu is going to accept Li Chengxiu as a disciple, and the wind has already been released from Yinggong's side." ”

Li Zhi glanced at Wu Mei and said, "I agreed in the apricot forest." ”

Wu Mei sat up and said anxiously: "Yun Chu will get the mantle of the Ying Gong." ”

Li Zhi waved his hand and said: "You are too worried, if Yun Chu wants to inherit the mantle of Ying Gong, he can do it five or six years ago, and in the past few years, Yun Chu's core is Hong'er, not Ying Gong."

On the contrary, Ying Gong tried to get close to the crown prince through Yun Chu several times, but Hong'er politely refused.

He was reluctant to contact the army too early, I thought that Hong'er was right to do this, I could allow Hong'er to show his strengths in farming, even if he established a hundred and ten farms all over the Tang Dynasty, I could still tolerate it, because this was Hong'er's laying the foundation for his future, and it could be regarded as a way to prepare for a rainy day.

Contact with the army is different.

At this point, whether it is the prince's sixth rate that has been short of sixty percent, or Yun Chu's preference to be a county commander rather than enter the Sixteen Guards as a general, it can be seen that Hong'er respects his father and the emperor, and Yun Chu also respects his father.

However, military strength is still an unavoidable thing for the crown prince, after all, the East Palace needs some generals who belong to the East Palace purely, they are unwilling to dig from me, the best way is to start small-scale cultivation from now on.

Obviously, Hong'er took a fancy to this Li Chengxiu, and also took a fancy to the military forces after the death of Duke Ying, they were slowly trying to do what kind of things when they wanted, it seems that they are thinking very clearly......

Moreover, judging from their current actions, Hong'er has the intention of being a strong master and winning the ancestor. ”

Wu Mei said: "Aren't you guarded? ”

Li Zhi glanced at Wu Mei and said, "Aren't you there?" ”

Wu Mei sighed and said, "Your Majesty only needs to be wise and martial......"

Li Zhi nodded and said, "This is also what I want......"

Li Chengxiu's official position as a servant captain was urged by Li Ji to come down quickly, but his servant lieutenant's place of service was in Chang'an, which was almost the place where all servant captains dreamed of going.

Li Ji was very dissatisfied, and Yun Chu also complained about it.

In another place, Li Ji will definitely be able to give Li Chengxiu great support, and Yun Chu can also give him enough convenience.

Only Chang'an can't.

Chang'an Fugui Township can't raise the kind of servant soldiers who use their lives like mud that Li Chengxiu needs.

On the way to Penglai with the army, Li Ji, who was riding a horse side by side with Yun Chu, suddenly said: "Your Majesty does not plan to give Chengxiu a good future. ”

Yun Chu said with a smile: "A person's good future is always earned by himself, not rewarded by others." ”

Li Ji looked at Yun Chu's side face and said; "You've changed a lot over the years."

Yun Chu smiled, touched the mustache on his lips and said: "I think so too, the anger in my heart has slowly dissipated over the years, and I don't have the heart to rush for quick success, I always feel that as long as the direction is right, the goal will always be achieved."

If Ying Gong is in a hurry, he can actually find Pei Xingjian or Xue Rengui to be the master of the repair, they are also famous generals, and they can get along better with Ying Gong's relatives and friends in the army. ”

Li Ji shook his head and said: "Although the old man will not live long, but he will be poor in the twilight, and he will not do perverse things, let him be taught under you, at least, he can live a long time." ”

Yun Chu smiled very happily, thought for a while, and said to Ying Gong: "Back then, I asked Fei Jiu to install some people around Xu Jingye, does Ying Gong want to take over these people?" ”

Li Jidao: "How many? ”

Yun Chu said embarrassedly: "One hundred and twenty-eight ......"

(End of chapter)