Chapter 2 Getting Official (Fourth) The weather is getting colder, and Li Xu's heart is getting colder day by day. In his heart, the real officer and soldier should be General Luo. A powerful and iron-blooded man like Bu Xiaowei should definitely not be around him.
Not only do these guys who are just waiting to die have no ambition to gain fame immediately, they even have no intention of learning how to hold a knife.
But the disappointment did not affect his daily inspection of the warehouse, nor did it affect his harmony with his superiors and colleagues. Liu Hongji taught well that day. If you don't have the power to change reality, you can only force yourself to adapt to Huaiyuan Town. Although it is not ideal here,
, it’s better than being a small soldier in other marches. Moreover, although the colleagues around me are a little lazy and a little perverted, they are not bad-hearted. At least they never engage in forced buying and selling, or bullying good people.
'March and cavalry are different!' After nearly half a month of pondering and consulting with Wang Shenjun and other veterans, Li Xu finally understood the outline of the Sui military system. According to the tradition since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country's troops and horses were divided into
There are four categories: the imperial army, the imperial army, the border army and the marching army. The imperial army is also called the inner palace. It is a place where only the descendants of second to fifth grade officials can join. The imperial army and the border army are the standing troops of the Sui Dynasty. After joining, the whole family can
As for the exemption from school service, as for the march, it was a temporary team that was raised only for large-scale foreign operations. Usually veterans of the government army served as team leaders and officers such as fire chiefs. The ordinary soldiers were all forcibly recruited civilians. They had armor, weapons and war horses.
They all need to be prepared by the soldiers recruited temporarily.
For this Eastern Expedition, His Majesty the Emperor recruited a total of 1.3 million people, and formed 12 marching armies with the government army as the backbone. Each army had troops ranging from 50,000 to 300,000 horses. Tang Gong Li Yuan was responsible for replacing all the troops in Huaiyuan Town.
The soldiers and horses prepare food and fodder, and are not affiliated with any march. His Majesty the Emperor specially gave him the position of fifth-grade treasurer and captain, with jurisdiction over 1,200 people, divided into four regiments and twelve brigades. He can be the fire commander, and the team is in charge.
, brigade leader, captain, almost everyone has their own background behind them
"To be honest, we brothers are just here to hang out for a few days, and we can earn some credit and go back to make our parents proud. Don't look down on them. They don't smile all day long. The tigers and knights are very powerful. We, the great Sui Dynasty, can only support the country.
There are five thousand people here, and they are reluctant to bring them with them even for such a big thing as the emperor's expedition to Korea. How delicate are you? My brother, you are just a captain. If you go there, you won't even be able to do it. Don't think about it.
Do it!" Wang Canjun comforted Li Xu while urging him to drink wine. He was born in the Wang family in Huainan. He had been a wealthy family for generations. Unfortunately, he was born in the wrong child. As a commoner, he could not rely on his family to become an official, so he had to go to the army to accumulate some achievements.
"You must have fun in life early, brother! Fame has been achieved since ancient times. This is true. But if you fail, you will become the one who helps the other party to gain fame. Look at it openly. With Tang Gong helping you, are you still worried about not being prosperous?
?" The person who said this was Qi Po Ning, the Sicang soldier who was in charge of swords, honor guards, thick clothes, and bedding. Everyone used to call him Lao Qi. He was only twenty-five years old, but he looked like he was thirty years old and Liu Hongji.
Similarly, this person was considered an official, and he was given the honorary position of Zuo Xunshi since he was a child. His family was not prosperous, and he had no brothers or sisters. In order not to die in battle, he took the initiative to join the army of Tang Gong and manage the warehouse for the army.
"Come on, at least we don't have to worry about food and clothing! It's also convenient to pass family letters!" Qin Ziying, who joined the army as a recorder, stammered in. He is the only child of the Qin family in Longyou, and he can write well, so he was assigned to work in the army by Li Yuan.
While recording things, I also did some chores such as helping junior officers write letters home, helping boring people like Wang Yuantong and Qi Poning write love poems for drinking flowers and wine, etc.
"Thank you, brothers. I was just asking casually. The reason why I mentioned the Tiger Riders is because I have an old friend who is a captain there!" Li Xu raised his glass, took a big sip, and said
He was deeply impressed by the advantage of it being convenient to pass family letters to his subordinates. Tang Gong was considerate of his subordinates and always turned a blind eye to some behaviors that pretended to be public and private. Therefore, the family letters of low-level officers were always transferred to official documents and were handled by postmen.
With this post delivery, it only takes two or three days to send letters from Huaiyuan Town to Shanggu County. Yi County is the seat of Shanggu County. Now the county magistrate is very polite to the Li family.
The reason why the county magistrate was polite to the Li family was that Tang Gong wrote a letter to the county magistrate in his own hand, telling him that Li Xu had been expelled by him as a good son of a good family. He had chosen to abandon school and go into business. It was a secret official duty in the military. Now the official duties are over.
I also asked the county guard to change my identity. The county guard felt that the matter was strange, and after carefully asking the messenger sent by Duke Tang, he found out that the Li family in Shanggu and the Li family in Longyou were from the same clan. Now Duke Tang had recognized Li Xu as this person.
Nephew, he was specially left to train in the army
Since he is Tang Gong's nephew, it is naturally impossible for him to actually go into business. Since he has already served as a captain in the army and may continue to rise, it is naturally impossible for him to be a deserter. The county guard and the county magistrate are both officials. Such reasoning
It was not difficult for them, so in less than half a day, Li Xu's affairs were successfully resolved. As a local parent, the county magistrate even wrote a four-character comment on "Excellent in Character and Learning" in his own hand, and handed it over to the person who sent it to Duke Tang.
My own recommendations for the virtuous people in this county
After receiving the news about their son, Li Xu's parents quickly asked someone to send a letter home to explain why their son suddenly left the Su Chuanbu and why their soon-to-be daughter-in-law disappeared. In the letter, the two old people did not ask any questions and just told Li Xu
Xu, everything is well at home. The property brought by two entrustees was received in full. The eldest brother heard that Li Xu had a future and specially invited old Li Mao to participate in family affairs. This time, his father Li Mao does not need to pay more.
Instead of paying incense money, like other eldest brothers and uncles, they can share a share of the incense money handed in by the younger generations every year.
"Tang Gong has been kind to you, and you will do your best to repay it. Don't think about your parents at home, absolutely!" At the end of the letter, the old father Li Mao repeated again. Whenever he sees these words, Li Xu will think of his parents.
The figure who was preparing his own luggage under the oil lamp last autumn, tying up the package over and over again, and opening it again and again, fearing that something important was forgotten...
Li Xu had already engraved the great kindness of Tang Gong in his heart. Although he was not deeply involved in the world, he also knew what Tang Gong's autographed letter meant to an ordinary farmer in the countryside. Without Tang Gong's letter, the county magistrate would not have known it.
Noting his "talent and learning", if he hadn't heard that he had become a team leader, the eldest uncles and uncles in the clan would not have thought of the fact that his father, Li Mao, was already old and should have enjoyed the support of the younger generation.
"In the first twenty years, you should respect your father and your son, and in the next twenty years, you should respect your son and your father!" Li Xu was patrolling the military camp after the first snowfall, thinking about Uncle Jiu's words when he left the country last year.
It all came true. Even for the respect his father received, he would continue to persevere in this cold military camp.
However, Uncle Jiu, who once taught him many principles of life in the simplest language, has never been heard from again. Li Xu sent a second letter home and specifically asked his father, but his father did not mention a word about Sun Jiu in his reply.
"I guess Uncle Mazi didn't handle the matter properly!" Li Xu privately predicted that he would like to find an opportunity to talk to Jiancheng and see if Tang Gong could ask about the results of Sun Jiu's affairs. As soon as he proposed this plan to Liu Hongji, he was
The other party rejected it with one word
"Don't mention Sun Jiu again, and don't tell anyone that you learned archery from him. He is probably in big trouble!" Liu Hongji carefully closed the doors and windows and solemnly warned him.
"Trouble?" Li Xu exclaimed in surprise. This incident was originally caused by local officials bullying others. He had already paid for the solution, admitted his mistake, and entrusted others. Do the officials in Sun Jiu's hometown hate him so deeply?
?
"You silly boy, didn't you see the expressions on the faces of Mr. Tang and Brother Jiancheng when they talked about their mastership?" Liu Hongji was so angry that he hit Li Xu on the head and asked in a low voice.
"Tang Gong has ever paid attention to my apprenticeship?" Li Xu thought about it suspiciously for a while before he woke up. It was more than a month ago. When he first met Tang Gong, the other party asked him who he studied with.
He told three people about his archery skills. Tang Gong finally insisted that his master came from the Wang family in Jiangnan, as if he was afraid that he would be related to Uncle Jiu.
"Remember, your mentor is an unknown old man. He was born in the Wang family in Jiangnan and has nothing to do with Sun Anzu!" Liu Hongji held Li Xu's shoulders and said word by word, "If you don't want to ruin your future,
I don’t want to implicate my family, so I must say that Tang Gong has been an official for generations and has a wide range of contacts in the court. The trouble that can make him frown is definitely not a small matter!"
"Yes!" Li Xu nodded and agreed. He was very impressed by Liu Hongji's wisdom in dealing with people. Since the other party taught him this way, he had no reason not to appreciate it.
A few days later, Li Xu heard a rumor from Qi Poning, the treasurer who joined the army. A few months ago, Wang Bo, a native of Changbai Mountain (Zhangqiu, Shandong), was unwilling to join the army, so he led a group of people to rebel against the rebels and compiled a military song, which was circulated
"In front of the Changbai Mountain, Zhi Shilang, wearing a pure red cotton back and a long crotch reaching half of the sky, went up the mountain to eat deer with a round knife shining in the sun, and went down the mountain to eat cattle and sheep. Suddenly he heard that the officers and soldiers were arriving, he raised his knife and swung forward, for example, in Liaodong, he killed someone and killed him.
Why was the head injured..."
"These rebels are living a happy life!" Qi Po Ning obviously drank too much and praised in a treasonous manner.
"This is not absolute. A few months ago, a guy named Sun in Qinghe killed the county magistrate and rebelled..." Wang Yuantong, who joined the army, hugged a cooked pork shoulder and said while chewing: "Guess he gave it to himself
What is the name, hehe..." Wang Yuantong looked at everyone triumphantly, as happy as if he had picked up five hundred coins, "I can't guess, hehe, touch, touch the Sheep Lord! The King who stole the sheep!"
"Touch the Yang Gong!" Everyone burst out laughing, and the drinks from their mouths sprayed everywhere.
"Oh, oh, laugh, it makes me laugh to death. This rebel is so funny. Laugh, it makes me laugh to death!" Recorder Qin Ziying was lying next to the window, laughing and beating the wall of the restaurant.
"Touch the Yang Gong!" Li Xu sighed secretly, walked to Qin Ziying, reached out and opened the window
The north wind roared in with snowflakes on it, making his upper and lower teeth chatter.
"Uncle Jiu didn't steal other people's sheep," Li Xu silently told himself, "Absolutely not!"
Note 1: Sun Anzu, a native of Qinghe (the ancient city of Hebei Province) in the late Sui Dynasty, suffered a flood in his hometown in the seventh year of his great career. The government refused to ask for exemption from military service, so he captured his wife and children and forced them to kill him. Anzu was so angry that he killed officials and rebelled, and committed suicide.
