"How is it possible? Are you really Taiwei Tong?"

Hearing Zhao Rong's scream, Tong Guan was stunned. Although his face did not show, a hint of unhappiness appeared in his heart. Huang Shang next to him was startled by Zhao Rong's scream and hurriedly shouted: "Zhao Rong, what are you doing? Why do you scream?"

"Taiwei forgives the crime, Master." Zhao Rong hurriedly bowed and apologized, saying, "I have lost my composure and deserve to die. But this cannot be blamed for being shocked. The main reason is that Taiwei Tong looks too similar to the person I dreamed of last night, and it is exactly the same, so the disciple screamed out in shock."

"Nonsense!" Huang Shang scolded: "How could you dream of someone who was exactly the same as Taiwei Tong in your dream?"

"Really." Zhao Rong shouted injustice and said, "Do you dare to swear to the sky. Last night, I really dreamed of a person who was exactly the same as Taiwei Tong, and I also dreamed that he led thousands of troops into Youzhou City and took back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in our Song Dynasty."

It was Huang Shang's turn to be stunned, but Tong Guan became interested and asked with a smile: "Is there anything wrong? You really dreamed of a person who looked exactly the same as me and led his army to enter Youzhou City."

"Caomin dares not deceive the Taiwei, it is true." Zhao Rong quickly swears and said, "Caomin can see clearly in his dream. The person who was born exactly the same as Taiwei, wearing golden clothes and golden armor, with countless tiger and wolf heroes, rushed into Youzhou City, which was occupied by the Khitan barbarians for nearly a hundred years, and the person who was born exactly the same as Taiwei, also personally inserted the banner of our Song Dynasty into Youzhou City, announcing that my Song Dynasty was a hundred-year national humiliation, and today it will be snowed!"

"Hahahahahahahahahaha!" Tong Guan stroked his beard and laughed so hard that he was extremely happy. Then he turned to Huang Shang with a smile and said, "Yanshan, did you teach this? Only you know what my greatest wish in my life is."

"No." Huang Shang quickly shook his head and said, "Doom, I can swear to the heavens that I have not only never taught him such words, but also never mentioned the greatest wish of your life in front of him."

"Taiwei, Caomin can also swear to the heavens. These words are really not what the master taught me. If there are any false words, Caomin is willing to be punished by God." Zhao Rong quickly fell to the ground and swore that these words were not what Huang Shang said himself, and then said: "Camin really dreamed about this last night. In his dream, he saw Taiwei, you led your army into Youzhou City and took back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun."

Tong Guan laughed again, first said in his heart that if this is true, it would definitely be a good sign, and then waved his hand to Zhao Rong and said, "Get up, there is no need to be too polite."

Zhao Rong thanked him respectfully, thanked him for his crime of misconduct, and then stood up. Tong Guan then looked at Zhao Rong up and down, and the result was still pretty good. He gave his father a good fortune to inherit genes. Zhao Rong was still red in lips and white in teeth, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes. He could barely be considered a handsome boy, leaving a pretty good impression on Tong Guan. Then Tong Guan smiled and said, "Your name is Zhao Rong? How old is this year?"

"Report to the Taiwei, Caomin is named Zhao Rong, he is 19 years old this year." Zhao Rong replied in a clear voice.

"Not bad." Tong Guan smiled and said, "This is the second time I have heard your name today. On the way home of Sanchao, someone mentioned you in front of me and praised you a lot."

Hearing this, Zhao Rong, who didn't know the inside story, was of course very strange. Huang Shang next to him was even more curious and couldn't help asking: "Doom, on the way to Sanchao today, someone has mentioned me as a bad disciple to you? Who is it? I didn't go home with you today?"

"It's the eldest son of Xianggong Cai, Cai You."

Tong Guan replied with a smile, and that he had just told Huang Shang about what happened this morning. Huang Shang was naturally even more surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly asked Zhao Rong: "Rong'er, when did you meet Mr. Cai You and Cai? Why don't I know at all?"

"Master, I forgive you. My disciple is Mr. Cai whom I met last night." Zhao Rong was then sure that the person he met last night was indeed Cai Jing's son. He hurriedly told Huang Shang about what he encountered last night, and then explained: "My disciple thought it was just a small matter, so he didn't report it to you, Master, but my disciple never expected that Mr. Cai would take the initiative to mention this matter to Taiwei Tong."

"So that's it." Huang Shang suddenly realized, and then cursed with a smile: "Little bastard, I'm lucky. I can actually meet Mr. Cai's eldest son in the vashe, and gain his appreciation, so that he can think of recommending you to be an official. This blessing is simply no one can compare to."

"Zhao Rong, I asked you." Tong Guan looked at Zhao Rong again and asked, "Since Mr. Cai is kind enough to recommend you Yin Bu as an official, why do you still refuse and refuse to accept his kind enough?"

"Report to the Taiwei." Zhao Rong replied without thinking: "Caomin is the Taiwei, you asked the master to write a letter to summon you to Kaifeng. Since Caomin is here to visit you, how can he serve under the command of others because of the kindness of others? Wouldn't that be stranger? If you have milk, you are a mother? So let alone just a official position, even if Shi Xueshi Cai agreed to let Caomin be a local official, Caomin would never dare to accept his kindness."

Tong Guan smiled, smiling very relievedly, and then Tong Guan turned to Huang Shang and said, "It's worthy of being a disciple trained by Brother Yanshan. It's true that he is powerful and powerful, and he cannot be moved by poverty and humbleness. If it were someone else, he would definitely have followed Mr. Cai to the mansion of Xianggong Cai today and kowtow to Xianggong Cai."

"Dorf praises." Huang Shang said with great satisfaction: "This little bastard finally did not embarrass me. If he had accepted the recruitment of Master Cai last night, I would probably have no shame to see you, Tong Daofu in this life."

"You have a good vision." Tong Guan smiled and said, "I will be satisfied even if there are 30% of the people under my command who can be like him."

"Doer praises." Huang Shang quickly was modest, and then shouted to Zhao Rong: "Rong'er, have you heard it? Taiwei Tong is praising you, why don't you say thank you?"

Zhao Rong agreed and quickly thanked Tong Guan again. Tong Guan waved his hand and said, "Forgive, as long as you can continue like this in the future and continue to work hard, it is already my greatest thanks to me."

Zhao Rong hurriedly swears and promised that he would never forget that he was Tong Guan's accomplice, and then respectfully presented the gift box and said, "Taiwei, Caomin first met Taiwei, and he had no respect. He only brought a genuine painting of Li Cheng, so please accept it with a smile."

"The authentic works of Li Cheng?" Tong Guan laughed again when he heard this and asked Huang Shang: "Yanshan, is it your idea? I know that I like these things, so I asked your disciples to meet my preferences."

Huang Shang smiled awkwardly, as if he was accused of it. Tong Guanze smiled again and said, "Well, since this is your master and apprentice's kindness, I'll accept it and let it go."

Zhao Rong agreed and quickly placed the gift box respectfully on Tong Guan's desk. Tong Guan closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then picked up a pen and wrote a note, covered it with his private seal, and handed it to Zhao Rong and said, "Zhao Rong, you are still young now and can't promote you too high at once. Be a deputy lieutenant of Xuanjie in the imperial guards first. Take this note to meet Wang Zhao, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and he will arrange it for you. When something happens in the frontier in the future, I will send you to the army to experience it, and then continue to promote it."

Zhao Rong quickly thanked him, and then respectfully took the note given by Tong Guan. Huang Shang was a little worried and said, "Doom, Zhao Rong has never had any military experience. You promoted him to Deputy Captain Xuanjie at once. Isn't it too high?"

"What are you afraid of?" Tong Guan replied arrogantly: "Who dares to ask a little more questions for the person I want to use?"

Huang Shang had no choice but to thank Tong Guan for his disciples. As a result, at this moment, someone suddenly came to the door to report that it was the inner court who issued an imperial edict and announced the imperial edict to Tong Guan and reported it to the palace. After Tong Guan agreed, Huang Shang hurriedly stood up and said, "Daoist, since it was the inner court summoned me, I dare not disturb your major event. I will bring this disciple to kowtow to you and thank you later."

"Go." Tong Guan said casually: "Drink together next time."

Huang Shang agreed and hurriedly took Zhao Rong away with him. Then when he returned to Huang Shang's residence in the same car, Zhao Rong could not wait to ask Huang Shang: "Master, how big is the Deputy Captain Xuanjie, who was granted to me by Taiwei Tong,?"

"Military rank eighth rank."

Huang Shang's casual answer made Zhao Rong very excited. He didn't expect that he had just met Tong Guan and got the eighth-rank military position that was only one level away from the seventh rank. Then Zhao Rong quickly asked again: "Master, how powerful does this Deputy Captain Xuanjie have?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, there shouldn't be."

Huang Shang's answer made Zhao Rong dumbfounded, and then Huang Shang explained: "Deputy Lieutenant Xuanjie is a scattered official with an official title but no official position. Unless there is something to make arrangements for the top peak, you can only take charge of the temporary position. Otherwise, you can only live at home and receive only salary. You are so young and have no foundation in the imperial guards in the imperial guards in the capital. There are many generals and officials in the imperial guards in the capital. There are so many monks and few porridges in the imperial guards. How could the Palace Commander's Mansion give you a real position? So as a teacher, you can basically be sure that at most you go to the Palace Commander's Mansion to register a title, and then you will be sent home to wait for the call. You only receive salary but not any real power.."

"It turns out that he is just a free official." Zhao Rong cried out and said to himself: "I thought I could lead troops to manage the troops, and like Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others, they trained an elite soldier."

"At the beginning, I was the eighth grade, are you not satisfied?" Huang Shang scolded: "Do you know that although your master is the top scholar, even if I pass the exam in the country, the first official I became after entering the government was just a seventh grade Dali Temple judge, who is only one level higher than you now."

"And," Huang Shang added: "Thanks to your firm will and did not accept Cai You's recruitment. Otherwise, you would probably not be a 8th-rank official in your life."

"What does Master mean?" Zhao Rong asked curiously: "I just arrived in Kaifeng and knew almost nothing about the officialdom and had no understanding. Please ask Master to say it carefully."

"It is true that the official career is the right path." Huang Shang explained: "But even if Mr. Cai gets a quota for you from Xianggong Cai and asks the court to support you as an official, according to our dynasty system, you can only be granted an official position of ninth rank. There are countless restrictions on promotion in the future. It can be said that if you take this path and enter the official career, you can only walk a path of slut in your life. Unless you have great opportunities like Mr. Cai and have a backer like Xianggong Cai, you can often see the official family invites favor and flatter it, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve great development."

Speaking of this, Huang Shang paused a little and added: "But the official positions that the Dover has given you are different. There is no limit on promotion. The promotion of military officers is much easier than civil servants. There is still a chance to transfer from military officers to civil servants and enter the ranks of civil servants, and the future is even more limitless."

Zhao Rong finally understood the reason and secretly glad that he had stood in the right position. Zhao Rong hurriedly thanked Huang Shang again: "Thank you, my teacher. If it weren't for my teacher's personal relationship with Taiwei Tong, there would be such an opportunity for the students to become the eighth-rank military rank as soon as they came up."

"Have it slow." Huang Shang patted Zhao Rong on the shoulder and said, "Although Deputy Commander Xuanjie is a free position, Dover just said it very clearly. As long as he has the chance, he will put you on the frontier to experience it. Then, as long as you survive for a few years, Dover will naturally arrange some military merits for you, and then you will have hope of being promoted."

"How many years?" Zhao Rong, who promised to become a seventh-rank official within one year, was a little worried and asked hurriedly: "Master, is there any quicker way to get promoted?"

"It depends on your luck." Huang Shang smiled and said, "If you are lucky and catch up with something in the border in a short time, and our Song army will win successfully after arriving at the border. Dover will arrange some credit for you, so of course you will have hope to rise soon."

Zhao Rong was frowning and said to himself: "What if my luck is not good? Also, I am weak Song and weak Song. Even if I am lucky, I will get the opportunity to gild the border in a short time. What should I do if the Song army cannot win a battle? If I am less than a seventh-rank official within a year, my wife will marry someone else."

Worrying that it was useless, according to Huang Shang's arrangement, Zhao Rong could only rent a small yard near Huang Shang's residence and got a fixed residence in Kaifeng City. Then he rushed to the Ministry of War with Tong Guan's notes and gifts to meet Wang Zhao, the current Minister of War. Then he was fine. After spending some time to deal with Wang Zhao's subordinates, Zhao Rong soon met Wang Zhao. While presenting generous gifts, he handed Tong Guan's notes to Wang Zhao in person.

The note written by Tong Guan was naturally very effective. After reading Tong Guan's note, Wang Zhao immediately called his clerk and forged a military resume for Zhao Rong as a person in front of Zhao Rong, claiming that Zhao Rong joined the imperial guards on Liangzhe Road as a good son at the age of 17. Because of his high martial arts skills, he directly served as a low-level officer who did not need to be tattooed on his face. More than a year ago, he made contributions to suppressing bandits at the sea and was named the ninth rank accompanying Rong's rank. A year ago, he personally captured three Jiang bandits alive in Jiangyin and promoted to the eighth rank deputy lieutenant of the Imperial Insurgency. Then he trained his soldiers and promoted him to the Imperial Insurgency. Recently, he captured a water bandit ship in Taihu Lake, and killed two water bandits, promoted him to the deputy lieutenant of the Xuanjie, and transferred the imperial guards from the capital to listen to it!

After reading the promotion resume forged by the Ministry of War of the Song Dynasty and receiving the defense documents sent to him by the Ministry of War, Zhao Rong was not only not particularly happy, but also smiled bitterly on his face and said to himself: "This is the officialdom of the Song Dynasty. I, a person who has never touched the knife, became a grassroots general in his resume in just two strokes, and he was still a 8th rank. Countless real soldiers tied their heads to their belts and worked hard for the rest of their lives. I am afraid that they would not be able to become a 8th rank general."
Chapter completed!