The appointment of power from the top is very different from the appointment of power from the bottom.
The power appointed from the top can make full use of the original scope of power of the position, while the power appointed from the bottom must abide by various restrictions on the source of power. By the time he gets it, he will basically have no power.
This is a common practice in officialdom.
This is also the reason why Li Chengxiu wanted to use the emperor's mouth to make himself a mere seventh-grade servant military commander.
Servants serve as soldiers during war, and can return to their original appearance when they are free. If a prisoner cannot perform meritorious service, his crime can be reduced by two levels because he participated in the war. If he has military merit, he will immediately become a free man.
The son-in-law is in trouble. No matter what he has done or how much contribution he has made, when the war is over, his only reward is to enjoy the love that belongs to the son-in-law. When the next time the court starts a war, he will still be the top priority for recruitment.
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According to the Tang Dynasty's view of convicts and son-in-laws, convicts just killed a few people, robbed some things, harmed a few women and other trivial matters. As long as they were not beheaded by the court, they would not be beheaded after they were released from prison.
He is a good man.
It's terrible to have a son-in-law. A useless person who doesn't even want his ancestors or descendants is worse than a better woman. Such a person will die early and take care of his children. Let's see if he can be a son-in-law in the next life. There is no hope in this life.
Li Chengxiu likes his son-in-law... Of course, he also likes criminal prisoners. The main reason is to drive such a group of people to the battlefield. He has no psychological burden and can freely express any conjecture he has about the war.
Military strategists - it is their bounden duty to obey orders!
Military strategist - all the purpose is victory!
Military strategist - a cruel and magnificent profession.
Perhaps only at the moment when a soldier dies can they truly understand all the mysteries of military strategy.
Yes, this is the kind of education Li Chengxiu received since he was a child, and most of his education came from Li Ji.
If you expect a super military strategist like Li Ji to pity a group of servants with insufficient sense of existence, it is purely a dream. Just like money is no longer money when it reaches the casino, so when people reach the battlefield, they should not treat themselves as human beings.
Saw it.
When the number of servants under the command of a captain is one thousand two hundred, if the battle ahead is tight, the number of servants under the captain's command may even increase to 3,000.
They have many uses. For example, when attacking a city, attack first to consume the enemy's long-range weapons, or in dangerous areas, send servants first to test whether there is an ambush here, or when escaping, the land is too large.
If it is muddy, let the servants lie down in the mud with mud or other things on their backs to serve as a bridge for the cavalry, so that the cavalry can run out of the encirclement first...
When Yunchu was in the Western Regions and fighting in Liaodong, he never used servants like this. The number of servants in his army was always very small, and they were mainly responsible for digging ditches, transporting, and setting up camps.
This is not because he is soft-hearted and worried that the servants will be damaged too much, but because he feels that the servants are a burden, not only consuming a lot of military supplies, but also seriously slowing down the flexibility of his army.
Li Chengxiu is different. He has taken a fancy to the new field of servant soldiers.
It was no secret in the Tang Dynasty that Duke Ying was jealous of the emperor. It was very difficult for Li Chengxiu to get a place in the army, and it was even said that he had almost no chance.
Even if everyone knows that he is a general with unparalleled wisdom, a good coach will use him as a fierce general, and a bad coach will even use him as cannon fodder.
If Li Chengxiu wants to get ahead, the first thing he needs to do is to have autonomy. Even being the leader of the servants is a rare opportunity for him.
The emperor agreed to Li Chengxiu's request. The decree had not yet been issued, so he could only wait.
Li Chengxiu was also willing to wait. When the emperor found out the whole story and found that the matter was his own idea and had nothing to do with Aye, he could be given a fair chance.
After one game of chess was played, Wen Wen lost, and then another game was played, and Yun Chu lost, and more than half of the third game was played, Wen Wen felt urgent... After coming back, she stopped looking at the chess board.
"Are you going to teach Li Chengxiu the art of war? You are far inferior to Ying Gong in this way."
"No, Mr. Ying is responsible for planting the tree, and I am responsible for repairing the tree. As the saying goes, a tree will not grow straight if it is not repaired, and the stem will grow long if a person does not repair it. I have a skill that can make a tree according to my wishes.
Become whatever I want.
If I do it well, I won’t need carpenters to make chairs anymore, I can grow a chair tree.”
"So, Li Chengxiu's biggest enemy in the future is actually you?"
"That's right, the people of the Li Ji family are like steel just out of the furnace. If they want to become a famous sword, some need to be annealed, some need to be quenched, and then they can be shown to others only after they have been tempered for many times."
"How many years do you plan to train Li Chengxiu?"
Yun Chu closed his eyes and chanted softly: "I have sharpened my sword for ten years, but I have never tried the frost blade. I show you today, who will have any injustice?"
After hearing this, Wen Wenwen sighed and left.
Li Zhi ate some very sweet apricots in the morning, but he fell into the poisonous trick of the apricots. His teeth fell down, and it was difficult to bite the tofu during lunch. The giant bear's teeth were also ruined, but its mouth was too big and its throat was too big.
It's thick and can be swallowed.
Wu Mei watched Li Zhi break open the hard-boiled egg, leaving the yolk and throwing the egg white into the giant bear's open mouth, and whispered: "Your Majesty opened a hole for the British army in the army."
Li Zhidao: "People follow the rules, so I naturally have to abide by the rules. What's more, these rules are all for me, why don't I abide by them?"
"I always feel that Your Majesty is being plotted against."
"The calculation is good. My position itself is used for calculation. The person in the world who wants to scheme the most is me. No one is exception. Anyone who can benefit from me is also an extremely smart person.
If the benefits I get are used in the Tang Dynasty, it will increase the national power of the Tang Dynasty, and I will be happy to see it happen.
If it is used in a bad way, I will take it back. At that time, the price he calculated on me will be revealed.
When I was chatting with Yun Chu in the cotton fields on the outskirts of Chang'an, he once told a joke that a landlord liked to entertain guests the most, and he didn't ask for money. When others asked him why, he said, these people eat me.
Grain will always come out... I have a lot of land, no matter how far he travels, he will eventually leave fertilizer in my land, and I will be able to harvest more grain next year...
I think this story is very inspiring. Those people are scheming and scheming on my land. In the end, they don’t want to keep all the benefits in my land.”
Wu Mei looked at the down-to-earth emperor in front of her and couldn't help but said: "Yun Chu is going to accept Li Chengxiu as his disciple, and the Yinggong has already let the wind out."
Li Zhi glanced at Wu Mei and said, "I agreed in the apricot forest."
Wu Mei sat up suddenly and said hurriedly: "Yunchu will get the mantle of Yinggong."
Li Zhi waved his hand and said: "You are worrying too much. If Yun Chu wanted to inherit the mantle of Ying Gong, he could have done it five or six years ago. Over the past few years, the core of Yun Chu and the others has been Hong'er, not Ying Gong.
On the contrary, Yinggong tried several times to get close to the prince through Yun Chu and others, but Hong'er politely refused.
He is unwilling to contact the army prematurely. I think Hong'er is right to do this. I can allow Hong'er to show his talents in farming. Even if he establishes hundreds of farms across the Tang Dynasty, I can still tolerate it.
Because this is Hong'er's way of laying the foundation for his future and preparing for a rainy day.
Exposure to the military is different.
At this point, whether it is the lack of 60% of the crown prince's sixth title, or whether Yun Chu would rather be a county magistrate than join the Sixteenth Guards as a general, it can be seen that Hong'er respects his father, and Yun Chu also respects his father.
Respect his father.
However, military power is still an unavoidable thing for the prince. After all, the Eastern Palace needs some generals who purely belong to the Eastern Palace. They are unwilling to recruit them from me. The most appropriate way is to start cultivating them on a small scale from now on.
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It was obvious that Hong'er had taken a fancy to Li Chengxiu, and also to the military forces after the death of the British Duke. They were slowly plotting what to do at what time. It seemed that they were thinking very clearly...
Moreover, judging from their current actions, Hong'er has Qiang Ye Sheng Zu's thoughts."
Wu Mei said: "Aren't you on guard?"
Li Zhi glanced at Wu Mei and said, "Aren't you here?"
Wu Mei sighed and said: "Your Majesty only needs to be wise and powerful..."
Li Zhi nodded and said: "This is also what I want..."
Under Li Ji's urging, Li Chengxiu's official position of Servant School Lieutenant was quickly obtained. However, his post as Servant School Lieutenant was in Chang'an, which was the place where almost all Servant School Lieutenants dreamed of going.
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Li Ji was very dissatisfied, and Yun Chu also complained about it.
In another place, Li Ji would definitely be able to give Li Chengxiu great support, and Yun Chu would be able to give him enough convenience.
Only Chang'an failed.
Chang'an Fugui Township cannot raise the kind of servants Li Chengxiu needs who treat their lives like mud.
On the way to Penglai, Li Ji, who was riding alongside Yun Chu, suddenly said: "Your Majesty has no intention of giving Cheng Xiu a good future."
Yun Chu smiled and said: "A good future is always something one strives for, not something awarded by others."
Li Ji looked at Yun Chu's profile and said, "You have changed a lot over the years."
Yun Chu smiled, touched the mustache on his lips and said, "I think so too. Over the years, the anger in my heart has slowly dissipated, and I no longer have the desire for quick success. I always feel that as long as the direction is right, the goal will always be achieved.
If Duke Ying is in a hurry, you can actually find Pei Xingjian or Xue Rengui to be your master. They are also famous generals and can get along better with Duke Ying's relatives and friends in the military."
Li Ji shook his head and said: "Although I am not going to live long, I will not do anything rebellious as my life is getting worse. Let him be taught by you. At least, he can live a long life."
Yun Chu smiled happily, and after thinking for a moment, he said to Ying Gong: "Back then, I asked Fei Jiu to place some people around Xu Jingye. Would Ying Gong want to take over these people?"
Li Jida said: "How many?"
Yun Chu said sheepishly: "One hundred and twenty-eight..."