After passing the Jinshui Bridge, Li Zhi led his subordinates and followed the military attache's queue to the south of the Jinshui Bridge. They stood in line according to rank and waited for the sound of the whip. When the quiet whip sounded, all the officials crossed the bridge in order and walked to the Danbi in the Huangji Hall.
At that time, the civil servants were on the left and the military attachés were on the right. The two teams stood opposite each other, standing on both sides of the royal road, waiting for the emperor's arrival.
After a while, the emperor entered the Huangji Palace and sat down at the imperial gate. The whip sounded again, and the officials of Honglu Temple loudly sang "Enter the class". Officials of the fourth grade and above among the civil and military classes walked into the hall. The civil servants stood
In the east, the military attaché station stood in the west. Li Zhi walked into the hall, while Li Xing and other officials below the fifth rank stood outside the hall, facing the north.
Standing in the court for the first time, Li Zhi was a little nervous. He secretly glanced at the emperor on the golden platform, but saw that the emperor was only twenty-six or seven years old. He was wearing a dragon robe, with a medium build, a Chinese character face, and thick eyebrows.
, with a long beard.
When all the officials stood still in the hall, the officials of Honglu Temple sang loudly: "Salute!"
All the officials knelt down and sang loudly: "Long live my emperor!"
The emperor sang: "All the ministers are equal!"
After completing these rituals, the morning court ceremony begins.
At the beginning of the morning, before all the officials came to report, Li Zhi, who was standing in the queue of military attachés, heard the official of Honglu Temple shout loudly: "Fanjiazhuang guerrilla Li Zhi and the following eight military attachés came out to listen to the order!"
Li Zhi quickly walked out of the queue and stood in the middle. Li Xing and others also heard this, and quickly walked into the hall from outside the door and stood behind Li Zhi.
Seeing that the emperor had given Li Zhi a high reward as soon as he came, all the officials looked at Li Zhi with their eyes, sizing up this young military attache who had made meritorious service.
Zhu Youjian looked at Li Zhi curiously and said with a smile: "Li Qing turns out to be so young."
Li Zhi held up his dental plaque and sang: "My emperor has a clear warning!"
The emperor nodded and said with a smile: "In this Anqing war, your troops have made the most outstanding contributions. I have promoted you to the rank of second-level commander of the capital, and awarded you the rank of 'General Longhu'. I grant you the title of wife, and my mother is
I am the wife of the second rank. I will give you a son, Jinyiwei, who will be hereditary for hundreds of families." After a pause, Zhu Youjian said: "I have ordered you to serve as the general of Tianjin West Road, stationed at Fanjiazhuang."
Hearing the emperor's long list of rewards, Li Zhi kept nodding his head, feeling happy in his heart. Only after hearing the last words did Li Zhi realize that the emperor had asked him to be the sub-defensive general this time.
Although he is not a deputy general, the deputy general is in charge of the troops and horses, and has more power than the deputy general. The deputy general seems to have a high official position, but has little power. He only manages the troops and horses of his own camp. The only advantage is that the deputy general has more soldiers. But Li Zhibing
Ma relies on his own servants and doesn't care about the difference in military strength between the generals and lieutenants. Moreover, since the deputy garrison general is stationed in Fanjiazhuang, he can sit in Fanjiazhuang and manage the nearby military attachés.
Li Zhi knelt down and sang: "Thank you, Lord, for your kindness. The emperor's kindness is so great, I am deeply grateful!"
The emperor nodded and said: "I love you!"
Li Zhi stood up. The officials of Honglu Temple took out an imperial edict and read it, which was an edict to reward Li Zhi's eight subordinates.
This time, Li Xing was promoted from Deputy Qianhu to Qianshi by three levels in succession. The other seven subordinates were promoted by two levels, from Baihu to Qianhu. The eight of them knelt down and thanked them, then stood up and retreated.
Arriving at the military attaché train.
Next, the officials began to play. Li Zhi stood there and listened for a long time, but didn't hear anything interesting. However, Li Zhi understood the report from Yang Sichang, the Minister of War, and asked him to transfer the first battalion of the Xuanfu to join the general.
An Oqing supports Xiong Wencan. It seems that Yang Sichang is very worried about Xiong Wencan's lack of troops. Even if the situation is good now, he keeps organizing help for Xiong Wencan.
The morning court lasted for an hour and then ended. The emperor left the Jintai and retreated, and all the officials left the Huangji Hall and walked outside the imperial city. Li Zhi walked to Lord Dan and talked to his eight subordinates who were in high spirits.
Li Xing said excitedly: "Brother! Now I can be regarded as someone who has been to court and met the emperor!"
Li Zhi smiled and said: "This is even better than being a scholar!"
Li Xing laughed heartily and said: "Brother, it turns out that the emperor has a face with the Chinese character for it!"
Zhong Feng smiled beside him and said: "The emperor is so young, his beard is very long."
Everyone was laughing there, and Li Zhi heard someone calling him from behind.
"Is this the new Tianjin West Road Branch Guard General?"
Li Zhi turned around and took a look. It turned out that the person talking to him was Yang Sichang, Minister of the Ministry of War. He quickly bowed and saluted.
"Li Zhi has met Lord Shangshu!"
Yang Sichang was very affectionate to Li Zhi. He came up to help Li Zhi and said, "No gift." After thinking about it, Yang Sichang said: "It turns out that Xiong Wencan wrote to me and asked me to set up a deputy general in Fanjiazhuang. I was about to report to the emperor, but there was no news.
I thought that the emperor had made his own decision and made you the sub-general. Speaking of which, this sub-general is more powerful than the deputy general!"
This sentence of Yang Sichang not only explained his position, but also spoke for the emperor's arrangements. It can be said that it is watertight.
Li Zhi cupped his hands and said, "Li Zhi has made Grand Sima worry about him. Even if he was promoted to the rank of sub-defensive general, Li Zhi is also very happy!"
Yang Sichang laughed loudly and said: "It is not easy for a general to know how to advance and retreat at a young age." After a pause, Yang Sichang said: "The general made great achievements in An0qing and opened up the situation for the suppression of the enemy. Good generals are rare.
Tomorrow I will host a banquet at home for Baoding Governor Ding Kuichu, and the general will also come with me, how about that?"
Hearing Yang Sichang's words, Li Zhi was stunned, and secretly thought that Yang Sichang wanted to win over him? Now that he has repeatedly made military exploits, he has attracted the attention of the big shots in the court, and even the Minister of War has begun to take the initiative to get close to him?
When Li Zhi's eight subordinates saw that Shangshu was going to entertain Li Zhi at a banquet, they all looked honored.
Li Zhi cupped his hands and said, "It is better to obey orders than to be respectful. Li Zhi will go to Da Sima's house tomorrow to cause trouble!"
Yang Sichang laughed and said: "The general is a cheerful person, so I'll see you tomorrow!"
After saying this, Yang Sichang left happily.
After walking out of the imperial city, Li Zhi took eight of his subordinates to the official office of the Ministry of War to get the seal letter. When they got there, they met the doctor. The doctor hesitated, but Li Zhi had no choice but to give him another fifty.
Two silver coins. When the doctor got the silver, he smiled brightly and said, "I have been waiting for the general for a long time!"
He then called people to the warehouse and handed over the official uniform seals of Li Zhi and more than seventy of his subordinates to Li Zhi. The clerk who took the official uniforms also found the flag and five-party seal issued to Li Zhi from the warehouse.
The flag was handed over to Li Zhi.
The three flags read "Commander of Shandong Dusi", "General Guarding Tianjin West Road" and "General Longhu". After Li Zhi took the things, he left Zifangsi and asked his subordinates to hold the flags.
Holding the flag, he walked towards his yard. Along the way, the people in the capital looked at the flag and moved to both sides of the road.
When he arrived at the yard, Li Zhi distributed the official uniform seals to his subordinates, and then looked at his things.
The official uniforms of the second-level official are the same as those of the second-level Congzhi, both of which are the crimson official robes of the lion. The material of the waist badge of the commander of Nadu is also the same as the original waist badge of commander Tongzhi, which is made of ivory.
However, the big characters on the front changed to "Li Zhi, Commander of the Shandong Dusi Command".
From now on, Li Zhi will be the general guarding all the way. Li Zhi put on a new waistband and looked at the dress mirror in the room.
