"A big taboo among military strategists?" Di Qing's face was uncertain.
"Marshal, you are from the military. In the officialdom of the capital, there are civilian officials everywhere, so how can you have any allies?" Chen Ke said from the bottom of his heart: "The army goes deep alone, with no support from inside or outside. This is what military strategists call a desperate situation!"
"..." Di Qing was silent. How could he not know that Chen Ke was telling the truth? But he had his own obsession - I speak with real achievements, why can't I be the Privy Councilor? Is it because I am not?
student?
In a daze, he seemed to have returned to Bianjing twenty-five years ago.
On that day, the Royal Street was decorated with lights and colorful decorations. It was the day when new scholars paraded around to praise their officials. The number one scholar, the second best scholar, and the third most beautiful scholar, all wearing auspicious clothes and hairpins with red flowers, rode on tall horses from Donghua Gate.
The roll call came out. People in the capital rushed to watch, and the crowds crowded together, including a group of newly tattooed thieves.
Looking with envy at those peers who are proud of their spring breeze, proud of themselves, and boasting about the world, these young people who have been branded with shame and have a gloomy life are inevitably sad. Some of them lamented and complained to themselves: "Look at others, they are so tall."
We are above the clouds, but we are doomed to live in the mud all our lives.'
A group of soldiers all laughed bitterly. How could you tell the truth?
But suddenly I heard a clear voice: "Not necessarily, it depends on your future efforts!"
After everyone heard the words and looked around, they saw a handsome eighteen-year-old boy, holding his tattooed head high, staring hard at the new scholars who were swaying past. His eyes were full of disobedience.
determination!
In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed, and the tattooed boy has become famous in the northwest battlefield with his unparalleled bravery. However, he is still discriminated against, humiliated, and even bullied by the civil servants. Even the prostitutes in the civil servants' seats
, and also use a frivolous tone to make fun of the gold seal on his face.
Once, he couldn't bear it anymore, but he didn't dare to get angry at the banquet. So the next day, he ordered someone to beat the prostitute severely. ("")
This is reasonable and reasonable. What can I say? He is already a general with more than 100,000 soldiers in charge of all the troops and horses! How can he swallow his anger after being humiliated by a prostitute?
This seemed to be the truth, but it was completely wrong. A few days later, an old subordinate of his named Jiao Yong came to visit him. As soon as the two of them sat down to drink, they were suddenly arrested by the civil servant's men, and then they randomly arranged a
If you are guilty, you will be beheaded.
Di Qing knew very well that this was retaliation from his superiors. He did not dare to argue, so he could only plead: "Jiao Yong has military merit and is a good man."
Unexpectedly, the superior civil servant sneered and said: "The one who sings the name of Number One Scholar outside Donghua Gate is a good man. What kind of good man is this?"
Right in front of him, he killed Jiao Yong.
By the way, the name of the civil servant above him was Han Qi, and he was also the second-ranked official whom Di Qing saw outside Donghua Gate.
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Who stipulates that scholars are good men? A hero who fights for the country is not a good man? Who stipulates that only scholars can rule the world? Does this world belong to you scholars?!
Chen Ke couldn't understand that Di Qing had been pent up in his heart for many years, like a blockade in Wang Wu Taihang. He had endured so hard until today, and it was about to be over. How could he give up because of a joke with the young man?
"Not to mention, it is unlikely that I will be in power." Thinking of this, Di Qing let out a long breath and said: "But if the official family is really awarded, I am confident that I will be able to do so."
"marshal……"
"I appreciate Sanlang's kindness. You should change your request." Di Qing suddenly released a powerful aura and said without any doubt.
"Then it's gone." Chen Ke was treated as a donkey's liver and lungs with good intentions, and he got angry and said: "Nothing else, the student is leaving!"
"Wait a minute. ("")" Di Qing felt the other party's anger and apologized: "This time I have written all four of you brothers into the petition for meritorious service. You can return to Beijing with a certain route to meet with the officials.
, have a celebration banquet and receive rewards.”
"We don't care about those vain people." Chen Ke said with a straight face: "As for the reward, please ask the marshal to help you receive it on your behalf."
"That's fine, going back and forth wastes too much time and affects your studies." Di Qing nodded, stood up and walked to Chen Ke and said: "Sanlang, you said last time that the biggest regret this time is that you didn't see General Mian Nie with the bronze
Ghost face, disheveled hair, charging into battle."
"Yes." Hearing him mention this, Chen Ke said with a gentle expression: "However, I was at the scene of the great victory at Kunlun Pass, which is enough to comfort me for the rest of my life."
"Can I give this to you to make up for your regret?" Di Qing said, taking out a ferocious-looking copper mask from a rattan box, sending it to Chen Ke and saying, "Although it's not worth a few dollars,
But he has accompanied me in sixty battles, so he is somewhat famous."
"Marshal..." Chen Ke took it with both hands, and when his fingertips touched the cold metal, he could clearly feel the boiling blood and fierce murderous intent.
This is a good man from China!
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Three days later, Chen Ke and others left Yongzhou. Before leaving, Chen Xiliang finally relaxed and said that when he returned to Bianjing to receive the reward, he would visit the family's home to apologize and see if the marriage could be canceled.
Chen Ke was very sorry for the trouble he had caused his father. He patted his chest and said, "No matter if your sweetheart in Beijing is a dominatrix or a black widow, I will be as filial to my biological mother!"
"Fuck you, you brat!" Chen Xiliang suddenly said in embarrassment: "Is it itchy again?" This scared Sanlang away. He came to Wulang, looked up at his son's overly mature face, and sighed: "
Do you like someone, or does someone like you?"
"No." Wulang shook his head and said angrily: "Women are afraid of me."
'Hey, poor baby...' Chen Xiliang smiled bitterly in his heart and said warmly: "Then you can study and practice martial arts with peace of mind, and leave the marriage to your father. Don't imitate your third brother, that makes people worry!"
"I understand." Wulang nodded and said nothing.
"Okay, let's go. See you in the capital!" Chen Ke and the others got on their horses and galloped away along the official road.
As a reward for earning Kunlun Pass, Di Qing asked each of them to pick a war horse. Each horse has an identity document stating the way to obtain it, as well as the official and military seals... In the words of later generations, it means that the certificates are complete.
, allowed to go on the road!
Seeing the four horsemen and horses turning into small black dots and disappearing from sight, Chen Xiliang laughed loudly and said: "Boys, you are so powerful!" Then he turned the horse's head and galloped back to the camp.
In early August, the army set out to return to the north. On the march, Di Qing and Chen Xiliang learned that the imperial court had really implemented heavy punishments and generous rewards this time... Privy Councilor Han Qi was responsible for the corruption of the Guangdong and Guangxi armies and was demoted from the capital to Caizhou.
; Except for those who have made meritorious service in the war and are spared, the pacification envoys, transshipment envoys, execution envoys, and even state and county officials in Hunan and Guangxi are all severely punished...
Officials have the responsibility of guarding the land, which means that when the city is there and people are there, people will die when the city is broken. But on the two roads of Guangnan, except for the civil and military officials of a few cities who died abroad, the rest of the people ran as fast as they could and as far as they could.
How far can you run? Now that the accounts are being settled after the fall, the officials will show no mercy and all will be severely punished. At the most, they will be demoted to serve the people, and at the most serious, they will be sent to Salmon Island... In the Song Dynasty, scholar-bureaucrats were not killed. This was already the heaviest punishment.
If you take stock at this time, you will be horrified to find that the civil and military officials of Guangnan and Guangnan before the war were dead, demoted, and almost uprooted... Many lamented the cruelty of the war, but only a few
Only the top figures know that the emperor's wrath is hidden behind this.
However, at this time, people paid little attention to the so-called "heavy punishments" because the imperial court generously rewarded meritorious personnel. The number of recipients and the weight of the rewards were unheard of since Taizu.
All meritorious civil and military personnel were promoted to official positions and titles, those with lower statuses were promoted to three levels in a row, and those with higher status were promoted to one or two levels, one or two sons... Even non-combatants like Chen Xiliang were promoted from the eighth rank to the rank of Prime Minister or County Magistrate.
Afterwards, he was promoted to the seventh rank, Zuo Si Jian.
Let me say one more thing, although this official position is not big, it is used to control allegorical and admonishing matters. Whenever the court fails, major issues are disputed, and minor matters are discussed, it cannot be said that it is high and powerful, but it is amazingly lethal and plays a decisive role... Of course.
It also depends on who became the official. Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi all made their fortunes from here...
Of course, no one cared about this small character who was promoted to a mid-level official. Everyone's attention was focused on the reward for Di Qing.
It's just that the imperial court has yet to make an announcement.
Difficult childbirth was inevitable, because Di Qing was already the deputy privy envoy before he sent out troops. If he was promoted to a higher level, he could only remove the deputy and become the privy envoy, the chief minister of the West Prefecture - which is commonly known as the 'ruling'.
Although the Privy Council governs the military, it is an institution controlled by civilians. A military commander is the end of his career as deputy privy envoy. If he wants to go one step further and become a governor, there is an insurmountable gap in the middle.
Unsurprisingly, the ministers raised various reasons and fiercely opposed it. Even Pang Ji, who had strongly recommended him at the beginning and guaranteed his command with his life and property, was firmly opposed to granting him the position of 'governing'.
Another prime minister, Chen Zhizhong, also strongly opposed it, and the officials finally agreed - instead of being promoted to Privy Councilor, he would be promoted to the rank of Jiedushi of the Shang Dynasty, the Grand Tutor of the School, and his four sons would be promoted to several levels in a row.
Plus countless rewards, everyone seemed happy.
However, just when Di Qing was about to return to Bianjing, the officials suddenly summoned the ministers of the two governments and issued a rare direct edict - to promote Di Qing to the rank of privy envoy. There was no room for negotiation and it was to be implemented immediately!
Di Qing came back with great achievements. The two ministers were very passive to begin with. Now seeing how determined the officials were, they had no choice but to no longer object...
Once the news spread, the whole country was excited. People were even more excited than when they heard that Guangnan was pacified. Because they witnessed with their own eyes the birth of a miracle from a criminal to a general, and from a general to a ruler!
The country finally has clear rewards and punishments!
Based on this, everyone believes that as long as we ordinary people and soldiers work hard in the future, it is possible to get ahead!
Winning people's hearts actually means clear rewards and punishments...
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There’s another update, I’ll watch it tomorrow morning