After teaching the five generals a lesson, Lu Xiangsheng said loudly: "Come on, Li Zhi, don't stand at the back anymore. You stand in the front row of the generals, behind the generals and deputy generals, and in front of the guerrilla generals!"
Hearing this, all the generals were stunned and looked at Li Zhi with envy. The Prime Minister has clear rewards and punishments. This is special care for Li Zhi, who has made great achievements, and allows Li Zhi, who has a low official position, to stand in the front row.
, being ranked with the deputy general and deputy general, what an honor is this? Let Li Zhi be ranked above the deputy general, which means that Li Zhi should be gradually promoted to the rank of deputy general or even deputy general!
A 19-year-old boy, a small defense officer, is about to be gradually promoted to deputy general and general, and his future is limitless!
Only Li Zhi, a man with strong military strength, could receive such care.
Seeing all the generals looking at him with red eyes, Li Zhi raised his hands and said to Lu Xiangsheng, "I don't dare!"
Lu Xiangsheng looked around at the generals and asked loudly: "I promote Li Zhi, are there any of you who are dissatisfied?"
All the generals put away their jealous eyes and said loudly: "Li Zhi has made outstanding contributions, and we all admire him!"
"If Li Zhi hadn't come to help yesterday, the outcome would have been unknown! We are sincerely convinced!"
"Although the deputy Qianhu officer is not very powerful, his strength is higher than that of our generals and guerrillas!"
Even Chen Zhibang, the Nanyang Ginseng general who ranked first among the rank and file, blushed and moved his position, stood a step back, and gave up his position in front of Li Zhi.
Li Zhi stood there and thought for a long time, and finally decided to listen to Lu Xiangsheng's words. He raised his hands to the envious generals and stood in front of several generals.
It felt different standing in front. Li Zhi felt that the generals looked at him with more respect in their eyes.
Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand towards Li Zhi and said: "Li Zhi, from now on you will be in the front row of the generals. Now you come with me to the side tent. I have something to tell you."
After Lu Xiangsheng said this, he opened the side door of the big tent and walked into the side tent next to it. Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, then quickly chased after him and walked into the side tent next to him.
The side tent is not big, only twenty square meters. There is a table and a chair inside. There is a landscape map of Ruzhou on the table. It seems to be the place where Lu Xiangsheng usually thinks about tactics and meets with the generals to give advice. Waiting for Li Zhi
When he walked in, Lu Xiangsheng was already standing there, with his back to Li Zhi, stroking his beard and saying nothing.
Li Zhi walked over, raised his hands and said, "Your Excellency, Prime Minister!"
Lu Xiangsheng did not look back, turned his back to Li Zhi and asked lightly: "Li Zhi, how many heads have you captured this time?"
Li Zhi thought for a while and said: "This time, General Ma has beheaded 6,570-level soldiers, including Tang Ma, who is 810-level, Old Thief, who is 5,370-level, and Hungry Soldier, who is 180-level."
Lu Xiangsheng saw that Li Zhi remembered the captured heads so clearly, and knew that Li Zhi was eager to get promoted through his military exploits. Lu Xiangsheng pondered for a moment, then turned around and said: "Our army seized 130,000 taels of silver from the bandit camp in Lao Huihui.
, six thousand one hundred pack horses, among which I will give you ten thousand taels of silver and one thousand pack horses as your capture!"
After Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng withdrew from the battlefield with nine thousand pond horses, they immediately ran back to the bandit camp and took away all the money and horses. When the officers and soldiers arrived at the bandit camp, they found nothing except women and children. However, Ma Shouying was beaten to death by Li Zhi.
His soldiers and horses were all routed and leaderless, and the army's scouts took advantage of the situation and occupied Ma Shouying's camp, seizing Ma Shouying's silver and horses.
Although these seizures were attributed to Li Zhi, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zhi could not privately appropriate the spoils, and they had to be distributed by Lu Xiangsheng. Lu Xiangsheng showed his goodwill to Li Zhi by giving so much silver and military horses to Li Zhi.
One thousand pack horses are worth about thirty taels, and one thousand pack horses is more than thirty thousand taels of silver. Plus ten thousand taels of silver, the total is a huge fortune.
Li Zhi didn't know what Lu Xiangsheng meant, so he quickly raised his hand and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister!"
Lu Xiangsheng looked into Li Zhi's eyes and said slowly: "But the heads you captured will be distributed to other military towns!"
Li Zhi was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that this was what Lu Xiangsheng was going to say. He asked slowly: "Why should the head of the subordinate be divided?"
Lu Xiangsheng patted Li Zhi's shoulder with his hand and said: "Deputy Qianhu, this is also the rule in the army! You don't know!" After a pause, Lu Xiangsheng said: "All the officials in the court think so: If
Your lone army has gained too much, and the other troops have gained nothing. Aren't the other troops very incompetent? The relationship between the generals is intricate, and they are all figures of our Ming Dynasty. Naturally, they cannot be such incompetent people, so they must be careful in allocating heads.
It is also a tradition in the military to distribute the captured heads according to their official positions, and it is not specifically aimed at you!"
Li Zhi did not expect that the Ming Dynasty's military would be so corrupt, and military attaches who did not capture their heads would have to divide their military exploits.
Lu Xiangsheng asked the generals to apologize to him, and then asked him to stand in front of the generals to give him face. It turned out that he was promoting first and then suppressing, and he came here to share his head.
However, Lu Xiangsheng is the Prime Minister, and he cannot twist his thigh with his own arm, so he can only listen to him.
Li Zhi took a breath and asked angrily: "How many heads do I need to give up?"
Lu Xiangsheng said calmly: "I will protect it with all my strength. You will leave a thousand heads for you, and I will help you keep the merits of Zhen Zhan Lao Huihui. The other 5,570 levels must be given away."
Li Zhi's face turned red and he was about to speak when Lu Xiangsheng said again: "Although you only have one thousand levels left, you are just a fifth-grade deputy Qianhu who serves as a defense officer, and your number of regular soldiers is only over one hundred. Now you have
These thousand heads are also a great achievement. If you report your merits, I will guarantee that you will be promoted to three levels in a row. When the time comes, a full fourth-grade guard commander will serve as the ethics officer and you will not be able to escape!"
The practice of the Ming Dynasty: promotion and transfer of local military attachés below the rank of general should be reported to the local governor and commander. Above the rank of general, they must be submitted to the Ministry of War for approval. After approval by the cabinet, they will be issued by imperial edict. Li Zhi's current official position is low, and his promotion is basically
All were reported by the governor. Lu Xiangsheng held the title of Minister of the Ministry of War and was the superior officer of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War. He reported to the Military Selection Department that Li Zhizheng's fourth-grade official position was obtained, and Li Zhi could obtain this official position.
After hearing this, Li Zhi's face looked better and he was thinking.
Lu Xiangsheng said again: "Deputy Qianhu, you are still young, and it is not a good thing to be promoted too quickly. Now you have won a thousand heads, and you have been promoted to three levels in a row, which is enough to make other officials look at you. If you insist on being promoted again,
It will inevitably arouse the jealousy of other officials, and it will be difficult to guard against hidden attacks!"
Although what Lu Xiangsheng said made sense, Li Zhi still had room to bargain.
Although Lu Xiangsheng wanted to ask Li Zhi to give up his head in accordance with official rules, but if Li Zhi refused to accept and made the matter bigger, the court could still investigate the matter clearly in front of so many soldiers. Of course, if Li Zhi did that, Lu Xiangsheng and others would be offended to death.
The generals, and the court may not punish Lu Xiangsheng in the end, but this means that Li Zhi still has room for bargaining.
After thinking for a while, Li Zhi said: "It's okay to separate the heads, but I have two requirements!"
