Late Tang

Wang Zhong had a smile on his face. He had just arrived in Dengzhou not long ago. He was originally just a Captain of the Ninth Rank, but now he has been promoted to a Captain of the Ninth Rank.Moreover, in addition to being promoted to two loose ranks, he was also promoted by Ce Xun and awarded the rank of seventh-rank Wuqiwei.

Although at this time in the late Tang Dynasty, the initial scattered ranks and honors lost their original meaning. Because of the rise of feudal towns, the Jiedu Commander's Mansion had the right to open a mansion and appoint staff members, so the Jiedu Marshal's Mansion appointed a large number of staff members.Most of the official posts appointed by the Marshal Jiedu's Mansion are temporary posts on the surface, and they are not formal official posts under the imperial court system.But in fact, the imperial court's original honorary officer system has long existed in name only, and even the imperial court's nine-rank and thirty-rank official system has no practical significance.But even so, for a low-level military officer like Wang Zhong, the honors of Captain Renyong at the ninth rank and Captain Yunqi at the seventh rank are of great significance.With the titles of Captain Renyong and Martial Cavalry, Wang Zhong's next real job promotion is a matter of course.

Wang Zhongzhong walked up to Li Jing, patted Li Jing on the shoulder kindly and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Brother Li, no, it should be called Li Yuwu now. Yuwu has surpassed the ninth level of Liuwai, and has been promoted to six levels in one fell swoop. Being promoted to the eighth-rank Imperial Martial Arts Captain, I really admire and sigh. Congratulations, congratulations, my brother will go straight to Qingyun in the future, please remember to support me more."

Wang Zhong's expression was a bit complicated, he was happy that this brother who had fought side by side was rewarded, but he also had some small concerns about Li Jing's sudden jump over him, surpassing him by two ranks.After all, when he first met Li Jing, he was already a captain from the ninth rank, and Li Jing was just a white farmer who had just been recruited from the countryside at that time.But now, after a short period of time, Li Jing has become an eighth-rank Yuwu school lieutenant, surpassing him by two ranks.

Zhang Hong also immediately surrounded him. He had just been conferred as the deputy lieutenant of the nine ranks. Although he was only the lowest level of loose ranks, he actually had a rank.Zhang Hong failed the imperial examinations for many years. He originally thought that he would no longer have the opportunity to be an official in this life, and could only become a petty official. Unexpectedly, he finally went to Qingning Township to recruit a united army, which made him meet bandits and win Li. Jing presented him with a military head, which allowed him to jump up to the martial arts rank from the ninth rank.

"Congratulations, Brother Li, you have been promoted to the rank of Seventh Rank Yunqi Lieutenant." Zhang Hong's tone was full of gratitude to Li Jing, but also with a hint of envy.It is the seventh grade, which is equivalent to the grade of a county magistrate.

More and more people gathered around and congratulated Li Jing one after another, and Li Jing gradually regained his composure.

While nodding to express his gratitude to the congratulators, he recalled in his mind the long list of rewards and rewards in the official document that Song Wen just recited.

Li Jing was first promoted to the rank of eighth-rank Wu San rank Yuwu school lieutenant, and then promoted to the rank of seventh-rank Yunqi captain by Ce Xun.Then, Ziqingping Lu Jiedu Commander-in-Chief actually awarded Li Jing the first general on the left of Dengzhou Unity Army Wendeng Battalion.In addition, Li Jing was also awarded 300 mu of Xun Tian equal to the title of Zheng Qipin Yunqi Wei, 4 mu of real-time job land, 75 guan monthly salary, 10 shi of Lumi per year, and miscellaneous benefits. Service and other subsidies money [-] Guan.

As the seventh-rank officer of Yunqi Wei, Li Jing's family is exempt from tax.

Of course, in addition to these, there are also four 50 taels of silver collars awarded by Jiedu envoy Song Wei, totaling 200 taels.

"Jie Shuai regards you very highly. This time, with your military achievements, it is impossible to rise to such a high level all at once. However, Jie Shuai has always employed people who are only talented, and he especially likes young generals like Li Xiaowei. The 200 taels The money was given to you by Song Jieshuai out of his own pocket, thank you very much Jieshuai." Seeing that there were fewer people congratulating Li Jing, Song Wen walked over with a smile.

"Jie Shuai was cultivated with the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Song Dynasty, and I will never forget his post. I also ask the Marquis of the Song Dynasty to tell the Marquis that he is willing to be a pawn of the Marquis in the future. He will look forward to everything with the Marquis of the Marshal, and he will go through the fire and water if he knows the kindness he has met. I don't hesitate." Song Wei praised him so much, of course Li Jing knew how to answer, at this moment, Song Wen was most willing to listen to words that were too sincere to express his loyalty.

Sure enough, after Li Jing finished his blatant thigh-hugging talk, Song Wen's eyes narrowed into smiles.He also reached out and patted Li Jing's arm, and said with a smile: "Just remember it in your heart, just remember it. By the way, you see that just now I was too busy talking, but I forgot one of the most important things.

As he spoke, Song Wen took out a piece of golden flower and five-color satin paper from his bosom, handed it to Li Jing and said, "I almost forgot just now, this is your official resignation."

Li Jing took the golden flower and five-color satin paper and opened it to look at it.I saw that there was a beautiful cursive script on it, and the first sentence was: Imperial Order: The army is the sword of the emperor, and the generals are the backbone of the country.If the country is stable, the army must come first.If you don't have good generals, how can you stabilize the country?Yuwu School Lieutenant Yunqi Lieutenant Li Jing of the Dengzhou Unity Battalion killed the four bandits with extraordinary courage.Loyalty Festival, Zhenguan Military Model.Join the army and serve the country.Static special by its square, using it is called suspense solution.But once there is one, it will be true to all nations.He can be ordered to serve as the first general on the left of Wendengying of the Dengzhou United Army, and he will remain unchanged according to the formerly awarded honorary rank. "The back is stamped with the seal of Shangshu's Ministry of War.

After reading this letter, Li Jing felt a little shocked, because it was actually a letter sealed by the Shangshu of the Ministry of War in Chang'an, and what was written in it did not seem to make him a general, but rather to make him a prime minister.

Facing Li Jing's surprised expression, Song Wen smiled and said, "Don't worry too much about it. Originally, the officials appointed by us in the Tang Dynasty passed the examination and were first approved by Shangshu Pushe, and then reported to the subordinates. After reading the examination results, the servant of Huangmen inspected it, and after the examination by the servant, it was reported to the emperor, and then the competent department implemented it. All those who conferred officials from various sources and even public officials were given credit, and the text was stamped as "Shangshu Libu sue The "seal" seal is called "reporting body", and the military officer is awarded by the Ministry of War. However, this was all a few years ago. More than 20 scribes kept copying the report day and night, all in the same format, but the name of the official was left blank. Then it was sent to the Fangzhen Jiedu Commander's Mansion below, and each Jiedu envoy had almost a few Hundreds of blank confessions with stamped letters. In this way, when the next officials are promoted, they don’t have to report to the court and go through a series of troublesome procedures. So don’t be surprised when you read the above words. Actually, Those are all clichés, no matter whether it is a big or small official, in fact, the report is the same, but the official title and name are different."

Hearing such an explanation, Li Jing couldn't help feeling the urge to laugh.How important it is to appoint an official, but now the imperial court has completely handed over this right to the local vassals, while the imperial court ministers and other institutions that were originally responsible for the appointment and dismissal of officials have become a rubber stamp.

"By the way, this is the letter of appointment for the official position of San General granted to you by Marshal Jie." Song Wen finally took out another official appointment document from his bosom.Li Jing took over the opening, but Li Jing was awarded the post of general by Lu Jiedu Shuaifu in Ziqingping.

Seeing this appointment, he smiled slightly, but he didn't know what it meant.

Li Jing's promotion this time, the official rank is the eighth-rank Shangyuwu Xiaowei, the honor is the seventh-rank Yunqi Lieutenant, and his real position is the left first general of the Dengzhou United Army Wen Dengying.However, among these official titles, since almost all of them are in name only, they don't even have much practical significance.In terms of locality, in fact, each feudal town has already had another set of civil and military official position systems.

However, since the feudal towns are still under the rule of the Tang Dynasty on the surface, most of the official positions under these feudal towns are in the name of envoys, that is to say, they are all temporary official positions on the surface.Such as Jiedu envoy, observation envoy, defense envoy, etc., are actually various temporary official positions appointed by the central court of the Tang Dynasty.These central courts and vassal shogunate established hundreds of various envoys, but on the surface, these official positions were of no rank or rank, and the rank of these official positions had to be based on the rank of the official.

The so-called official rank means that you must have other official official positions in the court. For example, Jiedu envoys generally serve as governors, or Tongping Zhangshi and other official positions.Under the shogunate, in order to distinguish the order of the upper and lower official positions, the official positions of these shogunate also have a complete set of official positions in the nature of rank officials.

The general position that Li Jing got now is actually an official position in the nature of a rank official. In a sense, it is the same in nature as his Imperial Martial Officer.

Sansho's rank is the fourth from last among the 27 ranks of shogunate military ranks, and his corresponding Jiedu shogunate's official position is exactly the first-level general's official position.With this casual shogunate official, it already means that Li Jing has officially entered the army sequence officer under the command of Ziqing Pinlu Jiedu Commander.

Song Wen patted Li Jing on the shoulder, lamenting in his heart that this young man's luck is indeed very good.I have never seen such a young man who was just a farmer one moment, but enlisted in the United Army the next moment. Not only was he okay when he met a bandit on the way, but he made a great contribution to killing the bandit.As soon as he arrived in Penglai, he was accepted as a disciple by the governor and Yu Yu, and now he is valued by the Jiedushi. This kid's luck is indeed a little bit better, even so good that he is a bit evil.It's just that such a person just doesn't know whether Fuyuan can bear this continuous good luck?

"Originally, I planned to hold a banquet in the mansion tonight for you officers and soldiers who have been promoted, but I heard that your old commander Yu Gong has been promoted to the defense envoy of Fengzhou Metropolis. You must have a good celebration with your brothers. Then I will not disturb your happiness for the time being. After a while, I will set up a few tables in the mansion when I have time, and you come over for a meal."

As soon as these words came out, all the officials and soldiers around were envious.No matter how nice Song Wen was to Li Jing before, it could be seen as a scene.But now these few words, the attitude and tone are the tone of the elders and juniors, everyone is envious, this kid is very lucky, unexpectedly so many big people value him so much.

Li Jing also felt flattered, nodded quickly and said, "I'm going to pay you a visit sometime later!"

ps: Military position in the feudal towns in the late Tang Dynasty (with the nature of rank officials): Zuo Ban Capital Head → Right Ban Capital Head → Left Ban Du Tou → Right Ban Du Tou, Left Du Ya → Right Du Ya → Left Du Ya → Right Ya Yamen → the same Yamen, the left wing knows the soldiers and horses envoy → the right wing knows the soldiers and horses envoy → the left wing the soldiers and horses → the right wing the soldiers and horses → the same soldiers and horses → the deputy soldiers and horses → the scattered soldiers and horses → the same scattered soldiers and horses, the left Du Yu Hou → You Du Yu Hou → Zuo Yu Hou → You Yu Hou, Ten Generals → Tong Ten Generals → Disperse Generals → Tong Disperse Generals → Deputy Generals → Disperse Deputy Generals.

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