Big Song Xiaohou Ye

Chapter 35 Promotion and fortune (Second watch for collection)

Chen Yaozuo is not in the army today, but in his Jinglue Mansion. Li Ce came to the Jinglue Mansion, entered the door and found the main hall door was open, and heard Chen Yaozuo roaring from a distance. It seemed that Chen Yaozuo was losing his temper. He Can't help frowning, it seems that the old man is not in a good mood.

At this moment, Chen Yaozuo was walking back and forth in the hall, and there was another person beside him, dressed in a dark red long gown and a black gauze hat, his body was a bit fat, but his complexion was very fair, and he seemed to be an official.This person stood aside and clasped his hands obsequiously, keeping his head down and not speaking.

Chen Yaozuo just turned around, and when he saw Li Ce, his face seemed to be better, and he forced a smile and stepped forward to call Li Ce to come in.

Li Ce didn't know why Chen Yaozuo was so angry, so he asked cautiously: "I don't know why my lord sent me here today?"

Chen Yaozuo sighed and said: "Oh, it was a good thing at first, you see now..." Speaking of this, he turned his head and glanced at the middle-aged man standing there, his eyes seemed not very friendly.

Chen Yaozuo continued: "That day when the Liao bandits invaded, you single-handedly stopped the Liao soldiers and saved the dangerous city. You made great contributions. I will ask you for your merits. This is not the reward from the imperial court today."

Li Ce was overjoyed when he heard that, and hurriedly said, "This is a good thing."

Seeing Li Ce's happy face, Chen Yaozuo sighed and said, "Alas, I'm actually to blame for this... I thought that the imperial court would confer you a rank eighth Xuanyi Lang, or even a ninth rank Chengfeng Lang. , but who knew he was actually a commanding envoy!"

Li Ce asked suspiciously, "What rank is the commander?"

Chen Yaozuo shook his head and said: "It's a position in the army, and the official position that was conferred is Captain Zhiguo."

Li Ce didn't understand these ancient official positions, so he blinked his eyes and asked embarrassingly: "This...can you explain in detail, my lord?"

Chen Yaozuo sighed again, and explained: "The military organization is based on the commander and the army. 500 people are a commander, and the chief is the commander. Is Zhiguo Xiaowei? It's a loose official. To put it bluntly, it's just a reputation."

Li Ce was very happy when he heard it: "Isn't this higher than that Lao Shizilang's official position? Why are you sighing and dissatisfied?"

Chen Yaozuo looked at Li Ce with a complicated expression, paused for a while and said, "You don't know, this commander is a military officer. Although Captain Zhiguo is a seventh-rank official in terms of rank, but in the Song Dynasty, since the Taiyuan Since the founding of the dynasty, the ancestors have always emphasized literature and suppressed martial arts, and there is even a saying in Beijing that "military officials are three levels inferior to civil officials", which shows that military people are not welcome."

"Oh, there is still such a relationship, then...in name, it is not an official position, but this is Zhiguo Xiaowei Gao, so that's it, I am quite satisfied. From a white body, I became a seventh-rank official all at once, haha ..." This guy said happily, he didn't know much about the bureaucratic system in the Northern Song Dynasty, and he didn't see it as thoroughly as Chen Yaozuo. He only knew that he was an official, and he was still a seventh rank, so he was very happy in his heart.

At this time, Chen Yaozuo looked at Li Ce as if he was looking at an idiot. He smiled helplessly and said: "You are free and easy, don't you know that you have been branded as a warrior from now on? In the future, those noble literati in the court may not be Willing to accept you."

"Oh, Chaotang, that's a long way off. As a seventh-rank official, I never thought about seeing the emperor. I don't care about martial arts or literati. If you want me to say that I don't care about white cats and black cats, as long as I can catch mice. Cat." Li Ce blinked and said solemnly.

Chen Yaozuo's eyes lit up, and he laughed and said, "It doesn't matter if the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat. If you say something rough, you don't need to be rough! Cough cough...you really are different."

Li Ce's original intention of saying this was, don't care about civil and military officials, as long as you are an official, you can benefit from it if you are an official. This seems to be different from what Chen Yaozuo understood...

Chen Yaozuo swept away his gloomy expression, patted Li Ce, and laughed heartily.

Seeing that Chen Yaozuo's face turned better, the fat man next to him hurriedly stepped forward with an apologetic smile and asked tentatively, "Master Chen, will the miscellaneous family announce the decree?"

As soon as this person spoke, his voice was extremely soft but sharp, like a woman's. Only then did Li Ce realize that he was an eunuch, no wonder he always felt a little awkward.

It was the first time for him to see a real eunuch, so he couldn't help but take a second look, carefully looked at it, and thought to himself: That's all, the missing things can't be seen, the appearance looks the same Well……

This person's name is Sun Desheng, and he is an eunuch in the palace to declare the decree. This time he was ordered to come here to announce the decree and reward. The benefits were not reaped, and he was threatened to be dragged out and beaten with army sticks.

Sun Desheng knew that Chen Yaozuo had always been one-sided, and he didn't know where he offended him. Just now, he was obsequious and held his breath so that he didn't dare to speak. Only now did he gradually understand what was going on.

Seeing that Chen Yaozuo didn't seem to be as popular as before, he boldly stepped forward to speak. After all, he came here to announce the decree. His Majesty didn't kill him, there's no way the butt is more important than the head.

Chen Yaozuo glared angrily and said, "What is Xuan Xuan? Are you in such a hurry to reincarnate!?"

Sun Desheng hurriedly smiled and said: "Where, where, how dare the miscellaneous? You say, you say first..." After speaking, he obediently stepped aside, while carefully looking at Chen Yaozuo, secretly observing his face.

Seeing this situation, Li Ce hurriedly persuaded him: "My lord, father-in-law is also destined to do so, so let's not make things difficult for him, shall we?" At the same time, he thought in his heart: There are so many dreams in the night, don't let Chen Yaozuo make trouble for himself The reward has been refunded, who will I cry to at that time?
Chen Yaozuo shook his head and said dejectedly: "That's all, that's all, let's announce."

Sun Desheng first cast a grateful look at Li Ce, then held a roll of thick yellow cloth, took a step forward with his head raised, and said in a drawn voice: "Chen Yaozuo, Li Ce accepts the order."

I just heard Sun Desheng read in a clear and precise way: under the door (the inherent format of the edict of the Song Dynasty), the Liao soldiers raided our Zhending Mansion the day before yesterday. Among them, I was very happy, and I specially gave Chen Qing 100 taels of gold, 500 taels of silver, and 50 mu of land in the northwest of Beijing as a reward.In addition, I heard that during the Liao invasion, Li Ce made outstanding military achievements. As a reward, he was specially promoted to be the commander, named Zhiguo Colonel, and rewarded with 100 taels of gold and [-] taels of silver. I hope he can continue to fight the enemy bravely.Sergeants on the Hebei West Road rewarded three taels of silver each, and rewarded the army for three days...

After that, there are big clichés such as the emperor's grace and the destiny. Li Ce can't remember anything else. The purchasing power of silver is not very clear, but in general, there is a figure. So much gold and silver can be converted into RMB 50.

So you said you got out of poverty instantly? !The emperor of the Song Dynasty is really generous, haha... Suddenly with so much money, Li Ce's first thought was that he could finally experience the feeling of a local tyrant.Oh, now I can be regarded as a person with official position, and I can also eat the emperor's food, marry such a beautiful lady, hire a few little maids, haha, that happy little life seems to be in front of me...

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