Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 467 Thanks to the Handsome (please subscribe!)

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"Come on, sit down here, you are the commander in chief of this battle."

Looking at the chair on which Li Yan lowered his head, even though he was as calm as Liu Kai, his chest could not help heaving!
Liu Kai is not a rough guy who has never seen the world.

The special growth experience makes Liu Kai's knowledge wider than that of his peers, and even those of the same status.

When Liu Kai was in his early twenties, he served as the commander of the four chambers of the bodyguard, the horse army, the dragon god and the guard, and it can definitely be said that he was in a high position at a young age.

Li Yan, Zhao Ji's chief internal officer, once made a bet with someone in a public place: "If someone Liu doesn't become a privy envoy within five years, our family will goug out his own eyes."

After Yang Jian's death, Li Yanji became the head of the house, and he was one of the closest people around Zhao Ji, even comparable to Tong Guan and Liang Shicheng. He dared to bet with others with his own eyes, which shows how much Zhao Ji admired Liu Kai.

A few years ago, Liu Kai went to the capital with a young man's ardent ambition for fame and a strong sense of professionalism.

Before that, Liu Kai had heard that the Forbidden Army of the capital had been extremely corrupt over the years, especially after Gao Qiu became the commander-in-chief. They had to be vigorously eliminated and renewed in order to regain their strength and become a powerful force in the country.

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, Liu Qi really wants to rectify the imperial army and build a strong army for Zhao Ji, especially after Zhao Ji showed his appreciation for him.

Liu Kai is a very smart person. He knows that in order to realize his own dream, he must seize a high position.

Therefore, according to what Zhao Ji likes, Liu Qi cultivates his appearance, pays attention to his conversation, is capable and flexible, and is not humble to his superiors or arrogant to his subordinates.

Plus, Liu Kai's powerful back.

Liu Kai soon became the actual controller of the yamen called in charge of the world's cavalry.

At that time, Liu Kai knew that this yamen had already existed in name only, and its actual duties were only to manage Zhao Ji's huge guard of honor and an incomplete cavalry unit left in the capital.

It took Liu Kai more than half a month to write a rectification plan full of thousands of characters and hand it over to Zhao Ji.

After Zhao Ji read it, he praised Liu Kai's articles and calligraphy, thinking that Liu Kai was a bit inferior to being a military officer, and he should obtain fame and become a civil servant. At the end, he said, "You can discuss this matter with Gao Qiu."

In Liu Qi's view at that time, the reason why the Imperial Army reached that point was because of Gao Qiu, so no one could discuss with Gao Qiu.

But just as Liu Kai wanted to make a statement to Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji said: "I'm going to have morning class, Aiqing, go down, I'll report something later."

In this way, Liu Kai, who had done countless homework, was dismissed by Zhao Ji, who had to do morning class practice.

Later, Liu Qi gradually learned that Gao Qiu recruited "specialized" soldiers of the Imperial Army but not soldiers of the Imperial Army who were able to fight, mainly for Zhao Ji, because Zhao Ji needed a large number of craftsmen to help him with construction projects.

Liu Qi did not give up.

The royal relatives, dignitaries and dignitaries in Tokyo City followed Zhao Ji's trend and also had a good impression of Liu Kai, and some even turned it upside down to flatter Liu Kai and please Liu Kai--Zhao Ji's direct brother, the official worship of the great Zongzheng Yan. Every time Wang Zhaosi held a family banquet, he invited Liu Kai to participate. Even the powerful and powerful Dazai Wang Fu, Cai You of Xuanhedian University, and Gao Qiu, the palace commander, deliberately befriended Liu Kai.

Liu Kai wanted to use those relationships to reform the Forbidden Army.

After everyone heard about the reform of the Imperial Guard, they put on a gesture of admiration, and then said kindly to Liu Kai: "The rectification and reform of the guards and other military plans you suggested are very necessary and feasible. Yes, I support it, and I will definitely speak to the officials when I have the chance."

But those people promised to agree, but none of them did it.

Liu Kai couldn't help urging them.

As a result, they all shirked in various ways. When Liu Kai left the capital for Seoul, no one helped Liu Kai submit the army consolidation plan that they all thought was necessary and feasible to Zhao Ji.

Slowly, the clever Liu Qi actually understood that the imperial court painstakingly selected four soldiers with tall stature and dignified beards from the imperial army. Holding symbolic weapons made of gold and silver, they stood at the four corners of the main hall. People called them the "Generals of the Palace", and Liu Kai's horse army commander Shen Longwei was the commander of the four chambers. Like those four "generals", they are just decorations in the court.

In those two years, what Liu Kai did most was to act as a guard of honor and organize dragon boat races.

For some people without ambitions, that kind of life is actually not bad, but for Liu Kai, that kind of life is a kind of suffering.

It wasn't until Li Yan asked him by name that Liu Kai escaped from that torment.

Of course, as a loyal subject, Liu Qi repeatedly suggested to Zhao Ji through various channels before leaving that he should never agree to Li Yan's deal, because Li Yan wanted all the excellent seedlings in the Western Army, and he wanted all The future of the Western Army.

But Wang Fu, Cai You and others said with a smile: "I have 80 imperial troops in the Song Dynasty, and I am still short of one or two hundred generals?"

Zhao Ji called Liu Kai to do Liu Kai's work in person, saying: "I know that Aiqing doesn't want to go to that bitter cold place, and I don't want to be able to bear the talent of Aiqing, but now is the time when the country is in crisis. Have the spirit of sacrifice for the country... Actually, Aiqing can still serve the country when she goes to the Anton Governor's Mansion."

Liu Qi understood that Zhao Ji was asking him to do the work carefully.

At that time, Liu Kai was very angry - he was angry that Zhao Ji did not listen to his advice and sold a lot of talents to Li Yan, and also angry that Zhao Ji was overqualified and let Liu Kai work as a spy!
With that indescribable anger, Liu Kai left Tokyo with a large group of low-level demoted students who hurried over from the Western Army, and then went to Seoul.

After that, Liu Kai saw a completely opposite regime, orderly, efficient, and full of vitality. People around him occasionally made a suggestion or two, and there was an answer soon, some on the spot, and often. See Li Yan's personal reply.

Li Yan's handwriting is far from being comparable to Zhao Ji's, but Liu Kai feels comfortable watching it.

Moreover, Li Yan was generous in his work, and did not guard against them because they came from the Song army. Not only that, but he also used them very much.

It didn't take long before he started leading troops.

Bring more and more.

Now it has brought 6000 people.

Liu Qi often compares Li Yan and Zhao Ji, and it is very painful.

Later, Liu Kai began to think about these things.

The period of joining the Liangshan Army was the most comfortable period for Liu Kai. It was simple and fulfilling, allowing him to express his ambitions.

So much so that Liu Qi even forgot the disgusting task that Zhao Ji gave him.

At this moment, seeing that Li Yan solemnly worshiped him as the commander, he didn't just ask him to be a commander in chief. All the bits and pieces of the past flooded into Liu Kai's mind in an instant, and Liu Kai immediately shouted in his heart: "This is the reuse of me, Liu Kai, instead of just letting me, Liu Kai, be a puppet or a decoration!"

After a while, Liu Kai suppressed all his emotions, then knelt down and worshiped Li Yan three times and nine times, then got up and said: "My minister Liu Qi has surpassed." Then he sat down on Li Yan's head.

In the Song Dynasty, high-legged seats (stools, chairs) completely replaced short-legged seats, and sitting upright was discarded. As a by-product of sitting upright, "kneeling ceremony" also changed its taste, making the etiquette of prostration appear asymmetrical—the person who sits stands tall, The kneeling person throws his body to the ground, bowing at the feet of the sitting person.

In the eyes of people in the Song Dynasty, this was full of humiliation.

Therefore, in addition to worshiping ancestors and heaven and earth, it is only used when surrendering and confessing sins.

Heaven and earth monarchs, relatives and teachers only need to kneel down to the second place, and even if they meet the monarch, they only need to bow, not to mention the relatives and teachers behind them...

Therefore, kneeling is a symbol of extreme respect. Kneeling expresses inner sincerity. Kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times is almost the greatest courtesy, expressing very, very respect and sincerity in the heart.

Liu Qi used such a big gift to worship Li Yan, which made Li Yan unexpected.

(This also establishes a rule. In the future, when Li Yan pays homage to the commander, the other party must first kneel down three times and kowtow nine times.)
Liu Kai didn't care what others thought of him, but took a deep breath, and said loudly, "Promotion!"

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(End of this chapter)