In mid-January, the Ministry of War's order to reward him came down.
He Shishou sent someone to notify Li Zhi, and Li Zhi went to the governor's office to receive his waist badge, order, and official uniform.
He Shishou was very happy to see Li Zhilai and said loudly: "Official Baihu has been promoted to deputy Qianhu and serves as the defense officer of Fanjiazhuang. Hurry up and change your official uniform and show me."
He Shishou's servant had already prepared and handed over all Li Zhi's things. Li Zhi took the things with a smile and changed into his official uniform in the wing of the governor's Yamen.
Deputy Qianhu is a fifth-grade military attache. His official robe is blue. The chest patch is embroidered with auspicious clouds and waves, and a bear is embroidered in the middle. He wears a belt with silver flowers. He looks more elegant than Baihu's official uniform.
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Li Zhi looked at the waist badge again and saw that it was a gold-plated silver medal. Different from the Baihu waist badge that only had Su Yun tattooed on it, it had Yunlong and Fuhu tattooed on it, which was more imposing. The reverse side of the waist badge still contained the words of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and the front side still had the words of Ming Taizu.
It is engraved with the words "Li Zhi, deputy director of Qianhu, Tianjin Zuoweijing, Haiqianhu," which is Li Zhi's current official status.
After being promoted, Li Zhi was in a good mood and whistled in the side room.
Li Zhi changed his clothes and put on his black gauze hat, came out and walked back to the third hall. He heard He Shishou's laughter: "What a mighty military attaché of the Ming Dynasty!"
Li Zhi took a few steps, cupped his hands and said with a smile, "It's all thanks to the governor's support."
After saying this, Li Zhi took out a one thousand tael silver note from his arms and gave it to He Shishou.
Li Zhi's current relationship is all based on He Shishou, and he is naturally generous to He Shishou. He Shishou gave him the official position of Deputy Qianhu, and Li Zhi sent two thousand taels of silver to He Shishou.
There is a response. He Shishou has a good personal moral character. After receiving so many benefits from Li Zhi, he will naturally take more care of Li Zhi in the future.
With the governor's care in Tianjin, no one dared to harm Li Zhi.
He Shishou looked at the banknote, thought about it for a while, laughed and said, "Fu Qianhu is an interesting person! I heard that you are building a city wall and a new city in Fanjiazhuang?"
Li Zhi cupped his hands and said: "Xiaguan wanted to concentrate all his properties in Fanjiazhuang and manage them uniformly! So the city wall of Fanjiazhuang was expanded. Now the new city wall is six miles in circumference."
"Tsk tsk! Fu Qianhu is very ambitious. But it is also a good thing for young people to be motivated!" After a pause, He Shishou continued: "You build cities and walls, which are good things for the country and the people. If the superior officer makes things difficult for you,
Wherever you are, feel free to come to me!”
Li Zhi smiled and said: "With the governor taking care of me, the lower officials will have nothing to fear!"
Li Zhi chatted with He Shishou for a few more words, then stood up and left the governor's Yamen.
Li Zhi returned to Fanjiazhuang in his new official uniform. Before he entered the official hall, a servant came up and reported: "Master, You Huachao, the defense officer of Yunfang, is here to visit!"
Li Zhi has now been promoted to Fanjiazhuang Defense Officer, and You Huachao is no longer his superior. The two are now considered equals. Li Zhi has no good impression of You Huachao. He knows that he is a typical official ruffian and is not prepared to have a close relationship with him.
, secretly wondering what he is doing?
Li Zhi jumped off the horse and handed the reins to the servant. Just as he was about to walk into the official hall, he saw You Huachao walking out with his attendants. Seeing Li Zhi change into official uniform, You Huachao said loudly: "Congratulations to Li Xiandi on your promotion."
As Deputy Senhu Defense Officer, today is really a happy day!"
Li Zhi smiled and said: "Master Qianhu is so well-informed."
You Huachao smiled and said: "A few days ago, you went to suppress the bandits and won a great victory. I knew that you wanted to be promoted. Later, I heard someone said that you wanted to be promoted to the defense officer of Fanjiazhuang, and you would be on the same level as me. Today I happened to hear someone say
He said that you went to the governor's office, so I know that your reward has been reduced, so I came to congratulate you." After a pause, You Huachao said again: "Yesterday, Brother Xian was still a subordinate of Brother Fool, but today Brother Xian is my equal.
, Brother Xian was promoted so fast that it’s unprecedented!”
You Huachao took a box from the attendant and said with a smile: "This is a little thought from Brother Yu, it can be regarded as a gift to Brother Xian!"
Li Zhi knew that his promotion made You Huachao think more highly of him and come to make friends with him. Li Zhi secretly said that you didn't take care of me when I was your subordinate, but now that I'm on the same level, it's too late for you to curry favor with me.
But as the saying goes, don't hit the smiling person. If someone came to congratulate, Li Zhi couldn't drive him away. He opened the gift box and looked at it. Li Zhi saw that there was an old Liaodong ginseng in the gift box, which was worth about 20 to 30 taels.
Then he laughed and said, "It's a waste of money for Master Qianhu!"
"Brother Xian, what are you talking about? Brother Yu, it's just a thought!"
Seeing that You Huachao was so enthusiastic, Li Zhi couldn't drive him away after accepting his gift, so he and You Huachao entered the official hall and sat down in the second hall separately for the guests and the host.
You Huachao asked: "Brother Xian has been promoted to defense officer. His boss is the commander of the TJ left guard in the acropolis, Master Luo Lizong. Does Xian brother know the preferences of the master of defense?"
Li Zhi was not sure about this, so he answered honestly: "I don't know about that!"
You Huachao clapped his hands and said proudly: "Brother Yu, Brother Yu will teach you this! Mr. Guard loves calligraphy the most and is keen on collecting famous calligraphy. If you find a good copy and send it to you, he will definitely treat you differently."
Treat each other with eyes.”
Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, and secretly wondered where I could find famous calligraphers. He was a little anxious for a moment. But Li Zhi also thought that he had a relationship with the governor, so he didn't need to be too flattering to the guard. He could just give him some ordinary gifts.
After making up his mind, Li Zhi was not too enthusiastic about You Huachao. After saying a few words, Li Zhi sent You Huachao away who came to flatter him.
The next day, Li Zhi prepared an ordinary gift of one hundred taels and went to Tianjin Acropolis to meet his superior Luo Lizong.
The garrison office of the Acropolis is located in the south of the Acropolis, inside the TJ Left Guard Command Department. It is not very eye-catching. However, this Acropolis garrison is the military attache who commands all the soldiers of the TJ Left Guard, and is quite powerful.
Li Zhi presented a name card at the door. After a while, a sergeant came and took Li Zhi to the second hall of the official hall. In the second hall, Luo Lizong, a guard wearing the official uniform of a third-grade guard commander, was already waiting for Li Zhi.
Li Zhi looked up and saw Luo Li Zongsi, fifty years old, with a long beard on his pointed face and a slender figure. He looked more like a scholar than a military attache.
When Li Zhi saw the officer, he quickly went up and saluted: "Your Majesty, Li Zhi pays homage to the Lord Guard."
Li Zhi was just a fifth-level defender since he was young, and he was just a loser in front of the third-level defenders. However, Luo Lizong seemed to know Li Zhi's background and did not support Li Zhi in front of him. He stood up with a smile and helped Li Zhi.
, said: "If you are the Deputy Qianhu, why do you need such a big gift?"
Li Zhi stood up and handed the gift list to Luo Lizong and said, "This is a little thought from me!"
Luo Lizong looked at the gift list, accepted it, and said with a smile: "Deputy Qianhu spent a lot of money! Sit down!"
Li Zhi got the order and sat on the chair.
Luo Lizong also sat down, thought for a while to find a topic and said: "I heard that Fuqianhu was building a new city in Fanjiazhuang, and there was quite a lot of noise. How long was the city wall built by Fuqianhu? What is the result now?"
Li Zhi answered honestly: "I am building a city wall with a circumference of six miles. Now the earthen wall is almost completed and is being covered with bricks."
Luo Lizong Fu Xu said: "It is unprecedented for a thousand households to use private money to build a public wall. Even I admire it."
Li Zhi replied: "My lord Miao Zan, I am ashamed of myself! Now all my property has been moved to Fanjiazhuang New City. Building the city wall is also to protect my private property."
Luo Lizong said: "No matter what, we built the city and defended the territory, which is worthy of praise!" After a pause, Luo Lizong said: "I heard in the governor's office ten days ago that the merit documents of Deputy Qianhu were submitted. I didn't expect this.
We are coming down soon. It can be seen that the governor attaches great importance to Deputy Qianhu!"
After saying this, Luo Lizong glanced at Li Zhi with a smile, his eyes were very kind.
The garrison officer was a high-ranking official in front of Li Zhi, but he was not popular in front of the governor. The governors were in charge of government envoys, prosecutors, deputy generals, etc. It was difficult for a garrison to even go to the governor's office.
Luo Lizong suddenly said that he learned the news in the governor's office. This was hinting to Li Zhi that he had a personal relationship with the governor. If he had a personal relationship with the governor, he and Li Zhi were on the same line.
Li Zhi was not stupid. Of course he heard what Luo Lizong was saying. He nodded and said, "It turns out that Lord Guard also often visits the governor's office!"
Luo Lizong laughed and seemed very proud of his relationship with the governor. After thinking about it, Luo Lizong asked: "I heard that Deputy Qianhu is a relative of the governor?"
When Li Zhi heard this, he chuckled and did not answer.
Seeing that Li Zhi didn't answer, Luo Lizong couldn't figure out what Li Zhi was doing, but everyone knew that the governor helped Li Zhi everywhere, so he treated Li Zhi as a relative of the governor.
This Luo Lizong liked to be arty, so after talking to Li Zhi for a while, the topic turned to poetry, calligraphy and painting. Li Zhi had no research on these things, and he couldn't get along with Luo Lizong, so their conversation was a bit empty.
A military attaché was fond of poetry, calligraphy and painting, so what could he do to resist the Tatars? Li Zhi didn't understand Fengyue, so he was a little slanderous.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit empty, Li Zhi did not stay long and left with a few polite words. However, Luo Lizong was very enthusiastic and took Li Zhi all the way to the entrance of the official hall.
