Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 232 Backer
I rested at home for a few days, and entertained the neighbors who came to visit every day.Finally, when the sky cleared and the wheat harvested, and no one had time to visit again, and they were all busy harvesting grain, he returned to the military camp.

"How are you doing in the camp these days?" Luo Cheng asked Qi Biao and the second school, Li Gui. They both live in Daxing City and work alone, so they call the camp their home.

"Very good. Everyone is happy to share the rewards and report their merits. Except for the brothers on duty who are in the camp, the rest have gone home to harvest wheat. This year's harvest is good. Fortunately, so many captives were divided into slaves this time. , otherwise I would be too busy."

"It's good that everything is stable. Let's wait until everyone has finished harvesting the wheat, and take a rest after harvesting the wheat before training."

Fatty Qi Biao told Luo Cheng a new news, "The Chief Shi of our military mansion will take office soon. He is a civil official. He was the county magistrate of Gong before, but for some reason, he is here as the Chief History of our mansion."

The magistrate of Gong County is the magistrate of Gong County. In the Sui Dynasty, not all county magistrates were called county magistrates. Some small counties had county magistrates instead of county magistrates. After the Tang Dynasty, the county magistrates were abolished, and they were all called county magistrates. make.The county magistrate is lower than the county magistrate, only from the eighth grade.Gong County is near Luoyang. It is indeed a bit strange that a county magistrate was transferred to the military mansion to serve as the chief secretary.

After all, Chang Shi is regarded as the deputy general of the military government, which should have been a military post.

"Do you know the long history?"

"My name is Chai Xiaohe. I seem to be from a powerful man in Henan. I seem to have served in the army before. He seems to be quite young, probably in his early thirties."

Luo Cheng nodded. The arrival of a new long history will undoubtedly have a great impact on him.For some reasons, Ying Yanglang of Changbai Mansion appointed Yu Zan as a name and could not take up the post. When Chang Shi was vacant, Changbai Mansion was actually controlled by him, Luo Cheng, the Sima.

Especially when Qi Biao and Li Bao are more cooperative, he has a strong control over the Changbai Mansion, but if there is a long history, it will be different.

The long history of Changbai Mansion is the seventh grade, which is much higher than him in grade, and his position is higher than him.If this Chai Xiaohe is someone who wants to take power, I'm afraid it will be very troublesome.

Luo Cheng is not willing to give up the control of Changbai Mansion.

Fatty Qi said, "We made such a great contribution to suppressing the bandits in Onozawa this time, and it was your long history that we were supposed to be promoted. I don't know what the higher-ups think."

Luo Cheng smiled and said, "Even if we want to award meritorious deeds, it won't be so fast. We have just finished suppressing the bandits, and the results of the battle have just been reported."

Li Bao said, "If you want me to say Sima, you are still too young. There are actually a lot of skills in this. It doesn't mean that you will be credited if you win the battle, and you have to have someone to visit."

He reminded Luo Cheng that although the suppression of the bandits was not insignificant this time, he could not just wait for the superiors to discuss the merits, he had to take the initiative.

"How about an active method?"

"Find someone to deal with it."

Luo Cheng understood clearly, it seems that it is the same in any era, those who can do things are not as good as those who can do things, and their achievements are not as good as those above.It's just that there is no one above Luo Cheng, and he doesn't know anyone except his teacher Zhang Xutuo.

"Let me remind Sima, don't you have a good relationship with Du Xianwei? Du Xianwei's grandfather was the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Gao Xiaoji, the minister of the Ministry of Officials, was his teacher. As long as you ask Du Xianwei to help you Say a few words to the higher-ups, and if you buy some more gifts, no one will embarrass you, otherwise, even if the military achievements are reported, there will be no good results in all likelihood."

For a person like Luo Cheng who has no foundation, so what if he made meritorious deeds?

Just like the two of Qi and Li, they were still born in the general family. Their family has been warriors for generations, but their relationship with the higher-ups was not strong enough. As a result, all of them had accidents, and their subordinates were also implicated.And the backing was not strong before. Although he made a lot of contributions at the border, he has always been stuck with the captain.

"When you hire someone to do something, don't be reluctant to give up money, don't be embarrassed." Fatty Qi reminded Luo Cheng specially.

Of course he knew this, even if it mattered, it would be difficult to do it empty-handed.I think he was able to confer the ninth-rank ministry at the beginning, and it all depended on Zhang Xutuo's support.

Now if you want to make progress, it seems that you can't rely on Zhang Xutuo alone.

In fact, there is no relationship. Isn't there a saying that people can be connected through at most six people.Just like him, Luo Cheng, and today's world, six people are actually enough.

No matter if he connected with Zhang Xutuo, or connected with Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, and Zhang Yichen, six people were enough to connect with the emperor.The key lies in whether others are willing to help you with this favor.

Luo Cheng is not the kind of pedantic person who would not just sit around and wait for the result.

On the same day, Luo Cheng went to Zhangqiu County to find Du, Fang, and Zhang respectively, each of them gave some things, directly explained the purpose of coming, and then each prepared a generous gift, asking them to help with packing.

Du Ruhui doesn't like this, but he also knows that Luo Cheng's background is no better than his, and he also knows that his worries are actually right.

Immediately nodded and agreed to help.

Zhang and Fang had the same attitude. They still valued Luo Cheng very much. Although Luo Cheng was no longer a member of the county government, Luo Cheng was still stationed near Zhangqiu after he became an officer of the Weifu.With the Changbai Army Mansion, Changbai Mountain will be safe, and Zhangqiu City will naturally be safe as well.

Back at the military mansion, Luo Cheng could only wait quietly. Although he spent [-] guan for a visit, it was worth the money.

After the autumn harvest.

The new chief, Shi Chai Xiaohe, has arrived.

This is a man who is not tall, with a dark complexion, and looks like Song Jiang played by Mr. Li Xuejian.He was light and easy, so he took two entourages to take office.

After verifying the complaint, Luo Cheng handed over the seal of Changshi to him.

Chai Xiaohe's first impression on Luo Cheng was that this person was a bit rigid, serious in his words and smiles, but very organized in his words and actions. He was a capable person, but such people were often not easy to get along with.

If it's someone who is incompetent, Luo Cheng has plenty of ways to make him stand up.

But now when he meets a nearly forty-year-old experienced official who has served as a magistrate of a county and joined the army in the Weifu, he can't act rashly and can only take the lead.

Chai Xiaohe was still very polite to Luo Cheng and other officers, and greatly praised the previous actions of Onozawa to suppress the bandits.

Then, what should the military government do next? It's still business as usual.Chai Xiaohe looked at the account books every day, checked the government treasury, watched the training of the soldiers in the government, talked to the officers, took time to inspect the military stations below one by one, and even went to the military station and the soldiers in the army. Check out the fields.

By the time this work is over, it will be the end of October in a blink of an eye.

Governments all over the country were busy sending messengers to urge food, and Luo Chengcheng took the time to go home.As an official, he does not need to pay land rent, but he needs to pay grain for free granaries, which is two liters per mu. In addition, the upper households pay five shi for grain. Luo Chengtian has a lot of land, and he paid more grain for free granaries this time.These grains must be transported to the county to be delivered to the granary by themselves, and they must be inspected. For example, if they are not dry enough, or if there is too much grain, they must be returned, which is quite troublesome.

After he finished handing in his own, he helped his father and Xiao Liu to hand in theirs, and when he returned to the barracks, he received two orders.

One good news, one bad news.

(End of this chapter)