Even though he was an outstanding person in Gao Qiu City, his expression changed after hearing Tong Guan's words.
It is said that civil and military affairs have not interfered with each other in the past dynasties, but now the Song Dynasty uses civil society to control military affairs. Even though he is the prince of the dynasty and holds the military power in the world. Even Tong Guan, the privy envoy, has no more power than him, but In front of Grand Master Cai Jing and Cai, he still had no choice but to bow his head and obey orders.
But soon, Gao Qiu frowned again: "This is impossible. How could Grand Master Cai be interested in a small seventh-grade military attaché?" Yes, nowadays the emperor is slacking in government affairs, and many court affairs are left to the Grand Master. To put it bluntly, how could he have the leisure to consider the official position of a small person like Sun Tu? The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Tong Guan was trying to use Cai Jing's tiger skin as a banner.
Tong Guan smiled at him: "Then why do you, the high-ranking imperial officer, have to embarrass such a low-level military attache? Last year, you tried to obstruct him in every possible way, but now you have taken action again."
"This... Lieutenant of course has my own considerations!" Gao Qiu immediately said with a fierce face. Of course, he could not tell the whole story in public, even if everyone present already knew it.
Tong Guan shook his head slightly: "Poor parents in the world, didn't you, Captain Gao, notice that Sun Tu's mission this time was for the Jiangzhou regiment training?"
"What does Jiangzhou regiment training have to do with this..." Gao Qiu said this first, and then his mind changed and he seemed to have thought of something: "Ninth Young Master is now taking office in Jiangzhou. Could it be that Grand Master Cai wants Sun Tu to use him? "The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this inference made sense.
Tong Guan also saw the other party's thoughts and continued: "Just a few days ago, the Grand Master sent people to my house, and they also listened to Sun Tu answer some of his thoughts about training in the local state capital. Gao Taiwei Are you interested in listening carefully? I can tell you in detail."
"No need." Gao Qiu interrupted the conversation with a wave of his hand, and a friendly smile appeared on his face again: "Since this is the person you, Privy Council Tong, want to use, I, Gao Qiu, should sell you this face. Moreover, This Sun Tu has indeed made several achievements since he became the capital of Kaifeng. According to the court rules, if more than 20 people are caught and stolen, he can be promoted. He was promoted from a ninth-grade super to a seventh-grade martial arts master. It's not like there's no precedent." As he spoke, he picked up the pen again and drew a circle on the transfer order, which was regarded as approval of the appointment of the Third Class Court.
It wasn't until Tong Guan saw that this transfer order was put aside in the memorandum that was about to be submitted to the emperor that he smiled and cupped his hand to Gao Qiu: "Gao Taiwei has indeed lived up to the trust of the emperor. In this world, he can do anything without evasion." There are not many haters, I admire you."
"Haha, as long as he is indeed outstanding in ability, let alone a seventh-grade military attache, if he has trained in a state regiment, he will be the governor of the capital, and the imperial court will also grant him the title." At this time, Gao Qiu had a righteous look on his face. , as if he wasn't the one who wanted to deny Sun Tu's future just now.
The two people at the top of the military attache system of the Great Song Dynasty looked at each other and smiled. After a few more gossips, Tong Guan just turned around and left. It wasn't until he saw him walking away that a close aide next to him looked at Gao Qiu, whose face turned gloomy again, and said, "Lieutenant, why did you let him succeed?"
"What do you know? This is obviously a consensus between him and Grand Master Cai. They both hope that Sun Tu will go to Jiangzhou to help the Ninth Young Master. I have also heard before that the Ninth Young Master has been in trouble since he became the prefect of Jiangzhou. He was constrained by others, and because he cared about his reputation, he couldn't borrow Taishi Cai's power. This time, Sun Tu went to Jiangzhou to cause trouble, which could help him open up the situation. The only thing I can't figure out is why Taishi Cai would do this. No
Opportunities for little people. "Tong Guan frowned deeply, thinking for a long time but finally couldn't figure it out.
"That said, the villain remembered an incident from the past. Last year when Sun Tu was still in Yuncheng County, Shandong Province, wasn't there a robbery case that happened on his birthday card? According to someone who later sent property to Beijing, that Sun Tu He was very helpful in this matter at the beginning, and he also formed a friendship with a military attaché under Liang Zhongshu of Daming Palace. Is it possible that this is why Cai Taishi left an impression on him?" As a useful person around Gao Qiu, this person Naturally, he had to keep in mind some small things that were usually not taken into consideration by Captain Gao, and at this time he gave his own thoughts.
"I'm afraid it's probably because of this matter." Gao Qiu exhaled: "It's really easy for him. I originally planned to find an opportunity to get rid of him when, anyway, the person I offended recently It’s too much, so no one will doubt me. That’s all, let him be proud for a while.”
Although he said this, Gao Qiu knew that Sun Tu's situation in Jiangzhou would not be very good. After all, the people there would not even show respect to the ninth son of the Cai family, and they would care about him, a small seventh-grade military attaché. ? And as long as Sun Tu made the slightest mistake there, his end would be even more bleak than in the capital.
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Although Gao Qiu had agreed to this arrangement and reported it to the emperor, due to the slow performance of the Song Dynasty court and the fact that it had already entered the twelfth lunar month, Sun Tu wanted to receive the official title and transfer order as soon as possible. But it’s not that easy.
Fortunately, within a few days, Tong Guan had called him to his house again and gave him a reassurance.
Seeing each other this time, Tong Guan's attitude was more cordial and cordial than before. He looked at Sun Tu with a smile and said: "Qianli, your performance that day was indeed good, especially the few sentences you answered were to the point. No It makes me feel embarrassed."
In fact, after these few days, Sun Tu had vaguely guessed the whole story behind it, but at this time he still pretended to be confused: "I am a stupid official, who in the government can make things difficult for you now..."
"Although I am a privy envoy, my power is not enough after all. If someone hadn't taken a fancy to your ability, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to promote you to a seventh-grade martial arts master this time, let alone arrange a Jiang for you. The state regiment training sent them out.”
This time, Sun Tu's face really changed due to surprise. After his body was shaken, he just came back to his senses. He stood up and bowed his thanks: "Thank you so much, Commander Tong, for your cultivation, Commander..." If you really want to be able to Becoming a prefectural regiment trainer and mastering the local soldiers would be the starting point for his long-cherished wish.
"Haha, you don't have to thank me in a hurry. Get up and talk first." Tong Guan was very satisfied with Sun Tu's performance, so he stood up and came to him and helped him up with his own hands: "As long as you get to Jiangzhou and do your job properly. If it is done, training more soldiers and horses for the imperial court will be the greatest reward for me."
As he spoke, his expression suddenly became solemn again: "One more thing, the reason why I asked you those words that day was actually to let you show off in front of Taishi Cai's confidants. You did a good job, that's why you are here today. Perfect result, do you understand what I mean?"
Sun Tu was stunned for a moment, but he quickly understood: "Xiaoguan knows, I will not let Tong Shuai and Master Cai down. Now that I am going to Jiangzhou, Xiaguan will do his best to solve problems for the court and Master Cai."
"Well said, as long as you remember this, I can assure you that becoming a seventh-grade military attache is just the beginning. You are still young. Maybe you will be able to rise to the top and sit on the throne at some time.
To my current position. "Tong Guan said, patting Sun Tu's shoulder vigorously as encouragement.
Sun Tu immediately prostrated himself gratefully again, looking like he was bursting with gratitude and his heart was filled with tears. But in fact, there was a sneer in his heart. Despite his young age, he had been promoted from a ninth-grade official to a seventh-grade official. But in fact, this was not a miracle at all in the army of the Song Dynasty. On the border battlefield, like this Super promotions are common. As long as you make contributions in the battle with the Liao people or the Xixia people, you can be a lowly soldier today, but you can become a military attaché of the sixth or seventh grade, or even higher tomorrow.
But these people are still powerless. As long as they make a small mistake due to negligence, they will be knocked down again and become nothing. As for wanting to reach such a high position as Privy Councilor, it is even more wishful thinking. In the more than 100 years since the Song Dynasty, apart from the founders, only Di Qing has been the Deputy Privy Councilor, and he was always suppressed and ridiculed by Han Qi. , the days are like years.
As a court that treated military generals as tools but had no trust at all, how could the Song Dynasty allow military generals like him to really have a chance to succeed? Unless someone like Tong Guan is not considered a man at all, has no worries, and meets an emperor like Zhao Ji who is not very popular, he will be allowed to serve as the privy envoy. But even so, he still has a queen on his head. Wei Gaoqiu.
Of course, all this is still too far away for Sun Tu. What he has to do at this time is to go to Jiangzhou after accepting the transfer order, and then serve as a knife in the hands of Cai Jing or Tong Guan to help them eradicate dissidents!
Although Sun Tu, who was well aware of his fate, looked moved at this time, he had already made plans in his heart. So when Tong Guan asked him if he had any other ideas, he took the opportunity to propose that Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi and others They were all brought into the army to help themselves maintain their foothold in Jiangzhou.
In fact, Tong Guan also intended to transfer these team members who defeated the Liao people into the army for use. However, he was sternly pushed back by the clear-minded people in the court, which made him feel very uncomfortable. Now that Sun Tu proposed this idea, he simply made a favor and nodded in agreement: "These few people, I can help arrange it, and they will serve as your generals as members of the ninth grade and third squad. It's up to you." Let’s go to Jiangzhou together. However, the monk named Lu Zhishen has to return to secular life. The court can’t use a monk as a military attache, right?”
Sun Tu was naturally overjoyed when he heard this and quickly thanked him again.
He originally thought that it would be difficult to ask for family background for Lu Zhishen and the others. After all, he had been able to obtain the status of a military attache through the imperial examination before, but now it seemed that things were far less difficult than he thought.
In fact, he did underestimate some of the methods in the Song Dynasty court. As Tong Guan, it was easy to get the Third Class Court to issue several sets of official titles. As long as the person was not in Tokyo City, the civil servants could not pursue him. As for Sun Tu, it was because Tong Guan wanted to use him that he allowed him to move up step by step. Such benefits will always pay off in the future.
Following Tong Guan's explanation, Sun Tu knew that he had finally made it through the countercurrent, and had achieved his wish. He would soon be able to leave Tokyo with a new identity and go to Jiangzhou to take up his post!
(End of this volume)