Chapter 65 Your Majesty, this minister thought that he should be promoted to at least the third rank.
At this moment, there was sudden silence in Zhangtai Palace, and Li Si and the other three were surprised. They did not expect that Luo Ji entered Zhao Shu, and he actually had such an identity.
However, this surprise only lasted for a moment. The descendants of Young Master Jichang and Ying Zheng were already very far apart. Without a thorough investigation by Heibingtai, they would not have interacted with each other.
But, this is a good thing.
Even though the bloodline of the royal family is thinning, he is still a member of the royal family and the purest Lao Qin people. Such people are worthy of trust.
Almost instantly, this idea appeared in the minds of Li Si and the others. Wang Wan was the first to speak, saying.
"Your Majesty, it is a good thing that Zhao Shu has such an identity. This further proves Zhao Shu's credibility."
Hearing Wang Wan's words, Ying Zheng also nodded. The appearance of Zhao Shu may be able to fill the talent gap in the clan.
Although Zhao Shu is a side branch, and an extremely distant side branch, these are not problems. As long as he says a word, Zhao Shu's identity can be solved.
In the final analysis, they are all descendants of Xian Gong.
As long as he issues an edict and Weiyang Lord Ying Xi comes forward to allow Zhao Shu to recognize his ancestor and return to his clan, the issue of Zhao Shu's identity can be perfectly solved.
"Li Si, what level of knighthood do you think is more reasonable based on Zhao Shu's military exploits?" After pondering for a moment, Ying Zheng asked the most important point.
Hearing this, Li Si was a little stunned and couldn't help but glance at Wei Liao. He knew clearly that although he was a Ting Wei, promotions due to such military exploits were generally decided by the Guo Wei Mansion.
He was a court lieutenant in charge of Qin's prisons and belonged to the civil service, while Zhao Shu's promotion belonged to the generals.
It's just that Ying Zheng spoke, and as a minister, he had to answer. After thinking for a while, Li Si spoke and said.
"Your Majesty, according to the news sent by Heibingtai, after Zhao Shu was given the title of Duke, he first served as the vanguard of the army to fight against Yan Ju's extraordinary troops, and cooperated with Xin Sheng to kill the Zhao army's cavalry general."
"Then he persuaded Yan Ju to surrender in Xindu, and later he stabilized the situation in Xindu and guarded Xindu. Judging from his merits, he must have been promoted to at least two to three levels."
"This is just my suggestion."
Ying Zheng nodded and looked at Wei Liao: "Guo Wei, promotion to title has always been a matter of Guo Wei Mansion, what do you think?"
Wei Liao was not surprised by Ying Zheng's inquiry. He spoke directly and said: "Your Majesty, I thought that I should be promoted to at least the third level of title."
"Zhao Shu only has the title of Duke now. Even if he is promoted to the third level, he will not change his title. With such a title, he can command an army of 50,000..."
Ying Zheng knew what Wei Liao meant. In the army, title is extremely important. People with low titles must salute when they see high titles.
Under normal circumstances, if the positions are the same, those with a lower rank should take orders from those with a higher rank.
If you command an army with a low rank, once there is someone with a higher rank than yourself in the army, it will be easy to cause problems when you are in command.
With thoughts swirling in his mind, Ying Zheng said in a deep voice: "It is very difficult for a low noble to command an army. This requires extremely strong personal abilities."
"It's just that Zhao Shu participated in the war not long ago. In just a short period of time, he has gone from being a white-robed man to being a knight, and now he has been promoted to at least three levels."
"As a result, problems are very likely to occur, which will be detrimental to his development."
"Zhao Shu is only fourteen now. He has just come of age. If considered as a prince of the royal family, he is still under adulthood."
"Back then, Mr. Wu An, at this age, was still forging swords and cooking in the army!"
Having said this, Ying Zheng turned to Li Si and said, "Li Si, write an edict to reprimand Zhao Shu."
"Tell him that if he leads the army to a great victory, I will continue to promote him to the title. If he loses, all the titles he has been promoted to will be revoked."
"This promotion to him is just to make it easier for him to command the army."
"promise."
Nodding in agreement, Li Si finally breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that since Ying Zheng had spoken now, it meant that the matter was over.
Unless Zhao Shu is defeated, Ying Zheng will never settle the score.
"Guowei will promote him to the third level of the title, and he will not change the title. As for the army he has recruited, it will be organized under Yang Duanhe's command and led by him personally."
"As for the position, he is General Bi, who has the power to fight alone."
"promise."
Wei Liao knew that Ying Zheng had expectations for Zhao Shu. The reward and title this time were just like that. After all, he was still under the public title and belonged to a low title.
What is really meaningful is that it gives Zhao Shu the power to fight independently.
This means that when necessary, Zhao Shu can break away from Yang Duanhe's command and lead 50,000 new soldiers into the war alone.
As long as Zhao Shu's performance is still as amazing as before, Ying Zheng's actions are basically giving Zhao Shu his military exploits.
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Xindu.
Zhao Shu did not stay in the official office. Now most of the problems have been solved. What is left is some trivial matters such as dividing the land. Xindu Ling can complete it properly.
Under such circumstances, Zhao Shu stayed at the school grounds. He watched Yasuo train the new recruits, and occasionally trained himself.
He spent most of the time in the shogunate, silently staring at a roll of maps he found in Yan Ju's mansion. In the shogunate, he piled a sand table with the mountains and rivers of Handan and Xindu on it.
Conquering Handan is the key to destroying Zhao.
However, he felt a little helpless. After all, he only had new soldiers in his hands. Xindu's treasury had sufficient weapons, but not many siege equipment.
Moreover, the equipment in Xindu was old and far inferior to that of Yang Duan and his equipment battalion. With such equipment, it would be difficult to storm Handan.
This time he privately recruited 50,000 troops, so he naturally had to win the battle. Otherwise, even with the endorsement of Li Si, Zhang Han, and even Yang Duanhe, the Qin King would not let him go.
Go beyond!
This is the most taboo thing for emperors.
"Surprise attack on Jingxing Pass?"
His eyes fell on Jingxing Pass, and Zhao Shu gave up after a moment. There was Li Mu, the famous general of Zhao State, there. There was no difference between him leaving and dying.
In the direction of Handan, Lian Po has left the field, and now the commander of the Zhao army is Han Cang, a fool who doesn't understand the army or war at all.
Zhao Shu's eyes were slightly bright, as if there was a fire burning, and his mind was running rapidly, and he was calculating the possibility of attacking Handan.
Half an hour later, Zhao Shu's face turned pale, and there was a hint of disappointment in his eyes. Lacking specific information about Handan City, he could only deduce the situation based on the scale of Wu'an.
Although there is a 50% chance of breaking the city, Zhao Shu is not at ease. Handan is the capital of Zhao State, so how can it be compared to Wu'an.
Zhao Shu wanted to deduce it based on Xianyang, but he had never seen the inside of Xianyang City in detail.
The most important thing is that in his deduction, he took into account the concerted efforts of Yang Duanhe and Huan Jue, and his actions were accurate.
However, such a situation is simply impossible to happen in reality.
At this thought, Zhao Shu shouted loudly and said: "Sima of the Chinese Army, contact Heibingtai. All the news and intelligence about Handan City, including the intelligence about the entire Zhao Kingdom, will be sent to the shogunate, no matter how big or small."
