After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 29 About Meritorious Service
Haijiao was a little hesitant.

He could understand the painstaking efforts of his grandparents, and he didn't want to do anything that would make them worry, but if he wanted to improve his status as soon as possible, he had to go to the battlefield to gain military glory.In the frontier, there is no way to rise faster than this.When he became a civil servant and had to do accounting, paperwork and other tasks on a daily basis, he could only slowly pass the qualifications. God knows how many years it would take before he had a decent enough status to be able to help his benefactor?
He can only leave himself four years at most.As soon as four years pass, the benefactor will be in trouble.Even if he can have a high official and a generous salary in the future, he will not be able to make up for this regret!

Hai Liao was in a dilemma, but Haitang felt that he was thinking too much.

She said: "Grandpa and grandma hope that you can be safe and sound, and it is for your sake. I also hope that my brother can live a long and safe life, and not leave early like my parents. Even if you serve as a civilian in the border army, it does not mean that you will not have the opportunity to make military achievements." Well, why limit yourself too much?"

Hai Jiao raised his head and looked at her: "If I do some accounting and drafting documents in the border army, how will I have the chance to perform meritorious service on the battlefield? Let alone be promoted! I am not old now, and I don't have much time to begin with... "

Haitang interrupted him: "Who said you have to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy in order to achieve military merit? Don't you have the credit for the third Hu Ren prince who was just captured, and those spies? You can still capture them even if you don't go to the battlefield. Spy, snoop for information. As long as you can think of your past life experiences, and then put together a reasonable-sounding excuse, you can win the trust of the generals. With real achievements, they can still reward you based on your merits because you are a civilian. I missed you?"

Hai Jiao paused and his expression softened: "That's true...but, as a civil servant, I spent all day in the yamen burying my head in papers and had no time to run out. I was afraid that if I said I had found a spy, others would not Will believe it."

"It depends on what excuse you find to win people's trust." Haitang smiled, "We can study this kind of thing slowly. Now let's consider another more important thing."

Hai Jiao was puzzled: "What else is more important than this?"

Of course there is.

Haitang moved closer to her little brother and lowered her voice: "Didn't you hear it? Grandpa has decided to stay in Suzhou City for two or three more years in order to allow you to smoothly join the army as a civilian. General Gu wanted him to agree to return. Wei Suo also tried to persuade him about his promotion. According to the plan that grandpa told grandma, he planned to be promoted to the sixth rank before becoming an official. As for whether he would go from the sixth rank to the sixth rank, it would depend on luck. With grandpa’s qualifications , as well as his current connections and achievements in the border army, he feels that there is no problem in achieving this step. Brother, don’t you think that grandpa will be promoted faster than you? Instead of expecting you to officially join the army in the future, brother, Look for opportunities to make meritorious deeds and slowly climb up the ladder. Wouldn't it be easier to help grandpa get promoted?"

Hai Xiya has many qualifications and connections. In the past, because he wanted to protect Xie Wenzai and others, he deliberately kept a low profile and would rather let it go even if there was an opportunity for promotion. Therefore, after serving in the army for 30 years, he only stayed at the eighth rank.But both General Wednesday and General Gu obviously believed that he deserved better treatment, and they promised him a promotion without hesitation.If Hai Xiya could have reached the sixth level or from the sixth level in three years, then if Hai Jiao helped him find an opportunity to make meritorious deeds, how high could he reach?

Wouldn't it be easier for Hai Xiya to become an official of fifth rank or above, and for Hai Jiao to rely on his grandfather's official status to act again than for him to rise to the same rank in just four years?Even if it is a fake act, as long as it can achieve the goal, it will be no problem.

Hai Jiao quickly understood the meaning of his sister's words, and his eyes couldn't help but shine, but he soon thought of the key point: "Grandpa's martial arts skills are extraordinary...I can do those opportunities to make meritorious deeds, but Grandpa It may not be possible.”

Haitang asked him: "Can you give me an example? If it is for catching a spy or something, you just need to tell grandpa the news about the spy and let him report it to the generals, just like this time when you caught the Hu spy. By doing this, wouldn’t Grandpa be able to make a great contribution?” Hai Jiao sighed.Where in the world are there so many spies to catch?In his previous life, he worked as a horse slave for three years at the horse farm of a merchant named Sun, and he just escaped back to Suzhou.It can be said that his understanding of what happened in Suzhou City in those three years was limited. He relied entirely on hearsay from others while doing odd jobs to earn travel expenses three years later. He could not even guarantee the time when specific events occurred. , how can you easily rely on this to achieve meritorious service?
He could remember only one piece of information related to spies, which was that in the next summer, the Hu people planted several spies in the city. One of them was accidentally discovered and his identity was revealed. He killed several people in an attempt to escape. Suzhou Wei's The man was chased all the way outside the city before he was shot to death.

In his previous life, he recognized the son of one of the deceased. It is said that the other person once passed by the murderer who had just committed the murder and narrowly escaped with his life. Afterwards, he always regretted that he failed to discover the true identity of his father's murderer in time and missed the opportunity to personally kill him. A chance for revenge.

Hai Jiao knew the day and place where the murder occurred, and also knew the identity of the murderer when he was lurking. Now when he runs back and forth on Bell and Drum Tower Street every morning, he pays close attention to the movement of that house, waiting for the Hu spies to move in. .When the time comes, he will be very confident whether he finds a reason to arrest the person in advance or pretends to accidentally break through and catch the murderer.He was quite confident in his martial arts and felt that he could do it.But if it was Hai Xiya who had mediocre martial arts skills and was old, he had no confidence.

He was afraid that Hai Xiya would not be able to subdue the murderer, but would be harmed by the murderer and become one of the victims.

But if he didn't subdue the murderer and just provided clues to the Suzhou Guards so that others could catch the criminal, even if Hai Xiya could get a share of the credit afterwards, it might not be enough for him to be promoted.When Hai Jiao thought about it, he couldn't help but feel that it was not cost-effective to give up this good opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

Haitang frowned slightly when he heard this: "Brother, it makes sense to think so. Such a small amount of credit is really not enough. Or we let grandpa directly report that the murderer is a spy planted by the Hu people, without waiting for the murder to happen? Finding the spy is also a failure. It’s a small contribution, so you don’t have to give up the majority of the credit. Apart from that, are there any other opportunities to make meritorious deeds? It doesn’t matter if you catch spies.”

Hai Jiao thought for a while: "The other one is a gangster who fled to Suzhou..."

This group of criminal thieves once robbed the treasury and killed officers and soldiers. After taking the money and escaping, they disappeared without a trace.Their sea arrest documents are everywhere in the country, but no one knows that they have fled to the border town, disguised themselves as ordinary people, and opened a shop.During the Mid-Autumn Festival next year, one of the thieves born in Suzhou felt homesick and went to buy cakes from the only pastry shop owned by Suzhou natives in the city, but was recognized.He killed the shop owner and customers on the spot, escaped out the door, and was stabbed by a passing Baihu.When his accomplices were all arrested, the government discovered that they were the wanted thieves.

Hai Jiao knew the exact time when the murder occurred. All he had to do was find this group of people in advance. The government would know their details when they checked the arrest documents. He could get the credit without any effort.

However, just like the previous case of catching spies, Haixi Ya may not be able to do what he can do. The latter has no reason to pay attention to Ganzhou's sea arrest documents, and may also wonder how Sun Tzu knew the news. .Hai Xiya may have a way to win the trust of Suzhou Wei, but Hai Jiao is not sure that he can win the trust of his grandfather.

Hai Jiao looked at Hai Tang and smiled bitterly: "When I think about it, I feel...instead of persuading grandpa to do these things, I might as well do it myself."

(End of this chapter)