During these few days of traveling around Youzhou, Zhou Zhiyu was the busiest. In addition to participating in the military meetings every morning, he also had to take time to visit the dignitaries of Youzhou, go to the offices of major military leaders to win support, and go to
The various judges in the Jiedu Prefecture joined the army, were engaged in gathering information, and had to make good friends with the old brothers they had met when they were working as bodyguards for the general. It was a non-stop process, and it was really hard work.
Fortunately, all the hard work was finally in vain. Yingzhou was now in his own hands, and his military rank was promoted to the fourth rank, General Mingwei. He commanded a large army in the Hebei camp established by the commander-in-chief. Although he was in charge of food and grass, he
army, but at least he Zhou Zhiyu has crossed the threshold of a state's military commander. From now on, the Zhou family will gain a status alongside the Gao, Wang, Li, Zhao and other powerful families in Youzhou City, and become the one that all military generals look up to.
Rich family! When I think of this, Zhou Zhiyu's composure, which he has developed over decades of experience, can't help but feel a little "unstable".
Looking back at Li Chengzhong who was following closely behind him, Zhou Zhiyu was quite satisfied. This officer who he had supported with one hand did not forget about it because of the sudden promotion of being in charge of one party. He always kept in step with him and stood outside the festival hall.
It is extremely rare for so many military generals to express their factional positions with practical actions without hesitation in front of them.
The two mounted their horses and drove slowly. Zhou Zhiyu looked at the residential lanes along the street, and suddenly felt that Youzhou was about to be in hand. He couldn't help being startled, and quickly gave up the idea, turned to look at Li Chengzhong, and said with a smile: "
Zicheng, now you are also a general and a fifth-grade officer. Looking back on the past year, it has not been easy. After the defeat at the gate of Weizhou last year, we only had a few hundred soldiers left. When we headed to Pingzhou, we left another one.
Most of the time, when I think about it, I was really embarrassed no matter how embarrassed I was at that time..."
At Zhou Zhiyu's age, he has reached such a high position that everyone is eyeing. Of course, he likes to "reminisce about the past" in front of young people. In addition to reminiscing about the glory of the past, I am afraid that the experience of falling to the bottom is the most favorite.
At that time, Li Chengzhong saw Zhou Zhiyu starting to "reminisce" and quickly joked: "Exactly. When I went to Pingzhou with the general as a humble servant, there were only about eighty people around me. Now these people have become officers. I'm afraid the lowest
It’s the gang leader.”
Zhou Zhiyu's status is no longer as simple as a state's military envoy, so Li Chengzhong changed his title from "Zhou's envoy of soldiers and horses" to "General Zhou". Li Chengzhong, who was already familiar with official positions in this era, called Zhou Zhiyu
Feeling very awkward, he decided to find an opportunity to ask Zhang Mao'an to see if he could communicate with the imperial court through the military supervisory envoy and give Zhou Zhiyu the title of imperial envoy.
Li Chengzhong added: "General, do you still remember Wang Dalang? He was the scout officer under me. Wang Dalang visited his friends from the same hometown these past two days. He was very proud when he came back. His fellow villagers are very envious of him, haha."
The fart left no trace when patted. Zhou Zhiyu found it useful, stroking his beard and smiling: "Wang Yibo is good, Zi Cheng needs a lot of cultivation."
Li Chengzhong responded quickly.
Suddenly I heard someone chasing after me on horseback. When I looked back, I saw it was Li Chengyue.
"I have met General Zhou. I have some private matters to ask Brother Zicheng. I wonder if it would be convenient?" Li Chengyue scratched his head and asked.
Zhou Zhiyu nodded and said to Li Chengzhong: "Let's go, Zicheng. There are a lot of things here, so you can just worry about yourself. After you are done, you can return to Liucheng as soon as possible and prepare the generals properly. Regarding the formation and pay of Liucheng Army and Yan County soldiers,
Regarding the matter, you can go to Jiedu Mansion to ask, and if things don’t go well, come back to someone.”
Zhou Zhiyu rode his horse ahead, leaving behind Li Chengyue and Li Chengzhong.
Li Chengyue scratched his head and didn't know what to say, but Li Chengzhong understood what he meant and said: "De Jian is quick-tempered."
Li Chengyue chuckled and said, "Brother Zicheng is about to return to Liucheng. I'm afraid I won't be able to say goodbye by then."
Li Chengzhong laughed: "Farewell is a small thing, but a lady is a big deal! Well... I have seriously considered Brother Dejian these days, but after much thought, it is definitely not feasible to make Lady Lan'er my concubine." He looked at it.
On the left and right, Li Chengzhong whispered again: "Brother Dejian doesn't know, right? Zhang Jingshao, the general from Jimen, came to Zhang's house last night to propose marriage to the yamen, and he also asked Nalan'er to be his concubine..."
Li Chengyue was in a hurry: "Everyone in Youzhou knows what kind of person Erlang Liu is. Wouldn't it be a disaster if Lan'er went there? What happened next? Brother Zicheng...Brother Zicheng! Stop playing tricks on me. Come on.
Come on!"
Li Chengzhong was convinced, and then said: "Don't panic, the Zhang family has refused."
Li Chengyue breathed a sigh of relief, but felt that his palms were already sweating. He said with a bitter face: "Brother Zicheng, you promised a certain person, what do you think about this?"
Li Chengzhong thought about this matter seriously and said immediately: "What your family holds most is the sectarian view. To put it bluntly, I despise Lan'er's low status. I couldn't say anything before, but now that I am a guerrilla general, I can
Be more confident. Brother Dejian, if this is a good idea, I will accept Lan'er as my adopted sister..."
Before Li Chengzhong could finish speaking, Li Chengyue's eyes immediately shone and he nodded repeatedly: "It's the best! It's the best! Oops, brother Zicheng, Li is so grateful for your great kindness!" After saying that, he stood up immediately.
Bow down and bow.
Li Chengzhong thought for a while and then said: "But my foundation as a guerrilla general is still a little shallow. If I wait another year and a half, things may be different." Although he is now the military envoy of Liucheng and the governor of Yan County, he has a good reputation.
He has reached the rank of fifth-grade guerrilla general, but compared with the wealthy Li family in Youzhou, he is still not good enough. But he is full of confidence now. At this time last year, he was just a small soldier in the Jian soldiers camp, and now he has become a member of the Lulong army.
Chinese generals, who can say for certain what will happen in a few days?
Li Chengyue also understood that the status of a guerrilla general's adopted sister was still far from enough, but he was already very satisfied and said hurriedly: "In any case, I am deeply grateful for Brother Zicheng's help. By the way, Wan
Is Miss Zhi still in Mingyue Songfeng Pavilion? I first went back to ask the adults at home for marriage, and then went to find Shang Zhi at night to meet Brother Zicheng. Half of Mingyue Songfeng Pavilion is the property of Shang Zhi's family. With Shang Zhi,
Everything is easy to handle, let's go and take out the Wanzhi tonight!" Without waiting for a reply, Li Chengzhong spurred his horse and ran away, a ball of wind and fire burning.
Li Chengzhong pondered for a moment, and did not rush back to Zhang's house. He turned around and went back to Futang Street, where the Jiedu Mansion was located. All the offices of the Jiedu Mansion were lined up on this street, right next to the Jiedu Mansion. Envoys and judges,
The rooms for civil servants such as joining the army, signing for custody, and the inner chamber are located on the left side of Jiedu Mansion, while on the right side are the rooms for military attachés such as Sima, Yamen, Yuhou, General, Prison City, Guards, and Kongmu.
Li Chengzhong was dazzled and didn't know which temple he should worship. Later, he remembered that when Zhou Zhiyu chose his cousin name, the chubby Guo Bingcheng who came to watch the ceremony seemed to have a high status in Jiedu Mansion, so he decided to find him first.
Guo Bingcheng. He remembered that the fat man’s official title seemed to be the official title of both Yamen and General Judge, so he walked around Futang Street and found that there were two government offices.
I simply went to the nearest Yamen office and after asking, I found out that Guo Bingcheng's job was as a general judge, which belongs to the civil service series. The Yamen prison was an additional title given to him, which meant that he was given the treatment of a Yamen prisoner so that he did not have to work as a white-collar worker.
this salary.
Li Chengzhong went to the judge's room again and randomly stuffed a handful of money into the doorman's hand. The doorman hurriedly went in to inform him. After a while, Guo Bingcheng came out personally to welcome him in.
Guo Tongpan and Zhang Zaiji and Zhou Zhiyu were from the same hometown and had a very good friendship. It was Zhang Zaiji and Zhou Zhiyu who helped greatly in Lulong Jiedu Mansion. Guo Tongpan knew everything that happened in Pingzhou this year.
He was one of the persons in charge of the judge's office in Jiedu Prefecture. Several of Li Chengzhong's military victory reports were reviewed and forwarded by him. Li Chengzhong's personal report when he was appointed as the commander of the Pingzhou Army Front Camp was also drafted by him.
, and this time the Pingzhou Clan finally achieved full control of Yingzhou, and he played a great role in it. So Li Chengzhong was not familiar with him, but he knew Li Chengzhong very well.
Now it is about to enter early summer, and it is noon. Guo Bingcheng keeps shaking his fan to drive away sweat, and his back and collar are wet. But although the weather is getting warmer now, it is far from this point. Li Chengzhong
Looking at Guo Bingcheng's round and chubby flesh, he couldn't help but worry: "Does Guo Tongpuan always sweat like this?"
Guo Bingcheng shook his head and said: "It has never been like this before. Since this year, I don't know why, but I always feel too hot. But it doesn't matter, I just sweat more, and there is nothing else."
Although Li Chengzhong was not skilled in medicine, he was born in later generations and knew that this was a physical problem. He tried hard to recall that it seemed to be the cause of physical weakness, but he didn't know whether it was true or not, so he didn't dare to say anything. He just reminded: "Tongpan
It’s better to seek medical advice and check your pulse.”
Guo Bingcheng didn't take it seriously: "It doesn't matter." However, he was still very grateful to the upstart in the military for his kindness and said: "Thank you, General Li, for your concern. By the way, I also want to congratulate the general on his new promotion to a high position!"
A young civil servant happened to knock on the door and came in, holding a pile of files for Guo Bing to read. After hearing this, he said to Guo Bing: "Guo Tongpan should go for a consultation. Even General Li saw that something was wrong.
.General Li, I have made suggestions many times, but Guo Tongpan didn’t listen, so I asked the general for more advice.”
Guo Bingcheng lowered his face and said: "I still have something to discuss with General Li. You go and find Wanduzhi and ask for the grain and fodder stock in Yongji Granary in April." This seemed to be a taboo, and Li Chengzhong couldn't persuade him any more.
The civil servant had no choice but to go out.
Although Guo Bingcheng didn't like others talking about his health problems, he admired the civil servant very much. After the civil servant went out, he said to Li Chengzhong: "This young man is called Liu Shenjiao. He was originally a Peking official. He is very good at public affairs and government administration."
My experience is that I just transferred him to Jiedu Mansion a month ago, and he can do things very quickly. He just likes to make fuss out of molehills, which makes the general laugh."
Asked again about Li Chengzhong's purpose, Guo Bingcheng said: "Jiedu Mansion has no special regulations on the formation of the Liucheng Army and the Yan County Guards. It only has a quota for the Yingzhou Army. Yingzhou has the same regulations as Pingzhou.
There are two thousand five hundred people, but Jiedu Mansion currently does not have this amount of food and salary, and Pingzhou needs to raise it itself. Judge Liu means that the Liucheng Army and Yan County Guards Seocheng are under the control of Zhou Haowen, and a Yingbing army
Then he came out from the Yingzhou Army."
He opened the door and took a look. After closing it, he lowered his voice and said, "You are asking for help to bring out the soldiers. I also treat you as my nephew. Zicheng, to tell you the truth, Judge Liu is very fond of the soldiers from various states."
Opinions have always been suppressed. So you can’t even think about getting money and food from Jiedu Mansion. However, you don’t need to be constrained by the establishment of soldiers. As long as you Pingzhou, um, Yingzhou can afford to raise and recruit
You can levy as many as you need. To tell you the truth, Guizhou and Jizhou have already exceeded the quota approved by the Jiedu Prefecture, but everyone is just keeping it secret. If Bianzhou doesn't tell them, we Jiedu Prefecture will pretend that they don't know.
Of course, I have another suggestion here. Yingzhou is newly restored, and I believe that money will be used in all aspects. You should write a letter and apply for exemption from the money and food that should be paid to the Jiedu government this year. I will talk about it again with the Jiedu government.
It’s accurate.”
This is what I say from the bottom of my heart. Who said that Guo Bingcheng and Zhou Zhiyu have a good relationship? It is said that "someone in the court is good at being an official." With Guo Bingcheng, Zhou Zhiyu and Li Chengzhong knew what they were doing and gained a lot.
Li Chengzhong was very grateful, and finally said shamelessly: "Since Guo Tongpan regards me as his nephew, then I will treat you as my uncle."
Guo Bingcheng shook his fan and said with a smile: "It should be done! It should be done! If you have anything to say, just tell me and I will help you if I can!"
Li Chengzhong hurriedly said: "My nephew has just regained Yingzhou, and there is a shortage of people to take care of the people's livelihood. Can you recommend some civil servants to me? Uh...for example, Liu Shenjiao just now?"
Guo Bingcheng was startled, then smiled bitterly: "This...hehe...well...well...hehe...Zi Cheng really trusts someone."
Li Chengzhong said respectfully: "Who told Guo Tongpan to be my uncle!"