The next day, two of Li Zhi's new subordinates came to Fanjiazhuang to visit Li Zhi.
After the chief officer of Fanjiazhuang was promoted to the conduct officer, two nearby defense officers were placed under the jurisdiction of the conduct officer of Fanjiazhuang. The two thousand households were originally Li Zhi's equals, but now they have become Li Zhi's subordinates. The news that Li Zhi was promoted to their superior officer has long been reported.
After the notice came, two thousand households heard that Li Zhi had returned to Fanjiazhuang, and hurriedly came to Fanjiazhuang to see Li Zhi.
Both of the two thousand households are wearing official uniforms of the fifth grade. One of them is an acquaintance of Li Zhi. Qianhu of Jinghai Qianhu serves as the defensive officer of Yunfangli, You Huachao. The other Qianhu is Tianjin left guard.
Su Gong, the former Qianhu Station Qianhu, served as the defense officer of Stone Fort. Stone Fort was also very close to Fanjiazhuang. Li Zhi had heard of Su Gong before, and was said to be a distant relative of Master Bingbei.
You Huachao was all smiles as soon as he entered the command hall. When he saw Li Zhi, his slightly fat face was so sweet that it could drip honey. He knelt on the ground and sang loudly: "The next
Guan You Huachao has met Master Cheng!"
Another Qianhu Su Gong looked a little dull, with no expression on his face. He lowered his head to the ground and said, "Your Majesty, Su Gong has met Mr. Cheng!"
Li Zhi said calmly: "No courtesy!"
Two thousand households got up and handed over the gift list.
Li Zhi first looked at You Huachao's gift list. It contained nothing more than some silk tonics and other items, worth about thirty taels. This You Huachao was a ruffian with the most discerning eyes. Now Li Zhi has been rising to the limelight.
Jin, he naturally knew how to curry favor, and it was not stingy to take action. Li Zhi nodded and accepted.
"You Qianhu spent a lot of money!"
You Huachao hurriedly said: "A little thought, not to mention a waste of money!" After a pause, You Huachao said flatteringly: "Last year at this time, the master who commanded Qianshi was still a sixth-rank Baihuli, but now he has made rapid progress and is already a fourth-rank official.
It’s time to take command! You are truly a young hero!”
At this time last year, Li Zhi had just set out to exterminate the bandits in Guoshankong, and You Huachao was still Li Zhi's superior. A year later, You Huachao was already Li Zhi's subordinate and wanted to bow down to Li Zhi.
Although You Huachao praised Li Zhi, there was still a hint of resentment in his words.
Li Zhi smiled, ignored You Huachao, and opened Su Gong's gift list, but saw that there were only a few taels worth of silk on it, and he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy. It's not that Li Zhi lacked these dozens of taels of silver, it was just that in the late Ming Dynasty
The officialdom of the late Ming Dynasty had its own unspoken rules. To give such a small gift to pay homage to Li Zhi, the conduct officer superior, was to look down on Li Zhi.
Although Li Zhi has never made money from his official position, Li Zhi has also been a defense officer, so he naturally knows the benefits of a defense officer: a defense officer has more than a hundred soldiers, and he can make dozens of taels a month by deducting soldiers' pay and eating empty pay.
Coupled with the filial piety of the subordinates' garrison troops and the income earned from using soldiers to cultivate private fields, it is common to earn seven or eighty taels a month. What's the point of paying a visit to your superiors with a gift of a few taels of silver?
Just because Li Zhi is not greedy does not mean that his subordinates can despise him.
If Li Zhi doesn't get angry, he will be looked down upon by Su Gong in the future, and Su Gong won't take Li Zhi's explanations to heart.
Li Zhi closed Su Gong's gift list and gave it back to Su Gong, and said calmly: "I don't think you need to give me gifts anymore! I'll return this gift list to you!"
Seeing that the gift from Su Gong made Li Zhi furious, You Huachao was overjoyed and put on an expression of watching the excitement.
Su Gong took the gift list, with a panic on her face, and finally put on a smile and said: "Master Chengshou, it's not that I'm trying to instigate you. I really don't have any money. Master Chengshou, you are so rich."
, you don’t care about this little gift from me, right?”
Li Zhi said calmly: "Okay, Su Gong! Then I will go to Stone Castle with you in the afternoon to check whether you are eating empty wages and drinking soldiers' blood, and whether you are occupying military fields privately to serve as soldiers? If you are one of these items,
If you haven't committed any crime, I will definitely report it to the governor and promote you greatly!"
After a pause, Li Zhi said again: "If you commit one of the crimes, I will not be polite to you!"
Hearing Li Zhi's words, Su Gong's face gradually became a little frightened. He knelt down with a bang and said loudly: "Master Chengshou, I have two bedrooms, concubines and seven children. The expenses are really huge and I can't make ends meet!"
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Hearing Su Gong's words, You Huachao who was standing aside burst out laughing. You Huachao secretly scolded this bastard who only drank the blood of soldiers to feed women, and his brain was so bad - your concubine is so expensive and well-behaved
What does it have to do with adults? Do you think adults should help you raise women and children?
Li Zhi said coldly: "What do you mean?"
Su Gong, who was kneeling on the ground, finally understood when he heard Li Zhi's cold tone. He dug into his arms and took out another gift list, which he sent to Li Zhi together with the gift list just now.
Li Zhi looked at the new gift list, which listed more than forty taels of gifts. When he closed the old gift list, there were a total of fifty taels worth of gifts.
It turns out that this Su Gong just tested Li Zhi, and if the test failed, he still had a backup plan. Perhaps he thought that Li Zhi must be easy to fool because he was so young. The idiotic remarks just now were all just an act.
Li Zhi took the two gift lists and thought about it for a while: If he forced Su Gong to give him gifts like this, Su Gong wouldn't say that he blackmailed him and forced him to give him heavy gifts, right?
Fortunately, the amount of the gift was very small, just a few dozen taels, which was just a meeting gift. Even if Su Gong went out and said nonsense, others would not take it seriously. But now that he thought about it, Li Zhi felt even more disgusted with Su Gong.
Zhi secretly thought that he must punish Su Gong no matter what, otherwise he would be too disrespectful to himself.
I heard that Su Gong is a distant relative of Lord Bingbei?
So what? If Li Zhi really wants to make things difficult for him, it will be difficult for him to save the fire that is close by even if the troops are prepared even though the water is far away.
"Su Gong! I will take the time to go to your stone castle once this month to inspect the military situation! If someone stops my horse and files a complaint against you, I will definitely investigate and deal with it seriously!"
Hearing Li Zhi's words, Su Gong, who was kneeling on the ground, had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead. He began to regret his temptation to Li Zhi and said loudly: "I will definitely greet Master Cheng in front of the fort gate and accompany Master Cheng to inspect!"
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Li Zhi glanced at Su Gong who was kneeling on the ground, and did not ask him to get up. He just said loudly: "Okay, let's get down to business! You two have probably heard of my style, and I have no requirements for you two.
Very simple!"
Li Zhi still didn't want to get involved in other camps outside Fanjiazhuang. The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was involved all over the world, and all kinds of relationships were complicated. If someone ruined other people's jobs, it would lead to all kinds of retaliation. Li Zhi didn't want to cause trouble. But for his subordinates,
Basic requirements still need to be made.
"First, eat and look good, and don't cause a mutiny or a civil uprising! If trouble is caused, I will definitely investigate all your actions!"
"Second, you can only have more grains in the fields! If there are less grains, I will find out why there are less grains!"
"If I meet these two requirements, I will never make a mistake! If I fail to meet these two requirements, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
After some testing, the two knew that Li Zhi was not easy to get along with. At this time, they were already very respectful to Li Zhi and quickly replied:
