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"It's not too low."

Ye Cheng lowered his head, took a sip of his wine, and said, "When I came back from the north, I was just a minister of the Ministry of War. When you were your age, I was just a corps commander."

After drinking a few sips of wine with Li Xin, Old Man Ye turned and went to his own room. Not long after, he brought out a large stack of ancient books, many of which had yellowed paper and even smelled rotten.

Ye Cheng held these books in front of Li Xin, and said.

"This is the art of war written by the sages. There are 36 volumes of "Martial Arts" and [-] volumes of "The Art of War".

Li Xin stood up and stared at the books dumbfounded.

"Master Ye, are you serious?"

Ye Cheng blew his beard and stared: "I have never accepted an apprentice in my whole life because I was afraid that people would ruin my reputation. Now I have no choice but to accept you kid. Naturally, I have to train and train him well, otherwise I will die in the future and leave you in this world without learning and doing nothing." Wouldn't that ruin the old man's reputation?"

As he spoke, he opened his mouth and said, "These books are rare treasures. Don't let the old man ruin them. Remember to return them after reading them by heart."

Li Xin glanced at the old lady faintly.

"Master Ye, as far as I know, when you were sick and fought in Beizhou...you couldn't read all the words."

Old man Ye blushed and was not out of breath.

"so what?"

"You didn't know how to read when you were fighting, why do you want your disciples to..."

"Because this old man is your master."

Old man Ye held his head up, confident and confident.

Chapter 383

Since he wanted to borrow old man Ye's reputation, the first thing to do was to create momentum.

The date of Li Xin's apprenticeship has not been set yet, and this matter has been publicized by Emperor Taikang. In just a day or two, Li Xin wants to apprentice... Oh no, it was the news that Chen Guogong wanted to accept Jing'anhou as his apprentice It has spread throughout the ruling and opposition parties.

This time, not only the court, but the entire capital was discussing this matter.

A piece of boiling.

Because of his status, Li Xin could often see Ye Cheng, even whenever he wanted, so he didn't have a clear understanding of Ye Cheng's status.

Whether it is for the common people in the capital or for the officials in the capital, Ye Sheng is a legendary existence.

Because of this fierce old man, he wiped out Bei Zhou all by himself!

Northern Zhou, a colossal monster that occupies half of the world.

In comparison, although Li Zhijie who conquered Southern Shu was equally dazzling, he was inferior to Ye Cheng. After all, in terms of national power, the Northern Zhou Dynasty was far superior to Southern Shu.

Therefore, this Chen Guogong was regarded as the God of War by the whole country, and had unparalleled popularity throughout the Great Jin Dynasty.

To give a good example, in the entire Great Jin Dynasty, some people may not know who the new emperor is and what his name is, but there is absolutely no one who does not know who Chen Guogong is. Everyone in the Great Jin Dynasty knows Ye Sheng's name. name.

The stories of Ye Sheng back then are still being sung in various places.

Therefore, the news of Ye Cheng's acceptance of disciples has a very great influence.

This represents that the Great Jin God of War has a legacy.

Ye Sheng's eldest son Ye Ming, although he is also a dragon and phoenix, but this Ye Shaobao has never had any great achievements, so people always feel that he is a bit meaningless.

In fact, now that the world has been unified, even if Ye Ming is ten times better than his father, it is impossible to match Ye Cheng's original record.

Regardless, things were sensational.

The sensation was so great that when Li Xin went to report at the Yamen of the Ministry of War, the current head of the Ministry of War, Xie Jun, was very polite to Li Xin.

This Xie Jun was originally from Prince Qi's mansion, that is, from the fourth prince's side. The reason why he was not liquidated later was because Emperor Taikang did not settle accounts on a large scale, and there was really no one to take care of the Ministry of War, so Let Xie Jun, the "veteran of the military department", be the left servant of the military department.

On the other hand, keep him to give Li Xinteng a place in the future.

As for the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, it was Li Shen, Marquis of Pingnan who hadn't heard from him for more than half a year.

The power structure of the Ministry of War is divided into four departments, namely the Military Selection Department, the Staff Party Department, the Driving Department Department, and the Treasury Department Department.

Among them, the military selection department is in charge of evaluation, selection, military examination, dispatch, etc. This is the most important function in the Ministry of War. .

The other three are relatively less important.

The Zhifang Division is in charge of the national map, city defense, Fengsui, etc., the Driving Division is in charge of the national horses, and the Kubu Division is in charge of the national weapons.

Each of the four divisions has a doctor as the chief officer, Yuanwai Lang as the deputy, and the left and right assistants are each in charge of two functions, and finally they are all under the jurisdiction of the Shangshu.

However, Li Xin, the right servant of the Ministry of War, was absent for a long time, and Li Shen, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was also absent. Xie Jun, the left servant of the Ministry of War, was supposed to lead the Fourth Division and became a veritable minister of the Ministry of War.

Now that Li Xin is back, he is about to hand over half of his authority.

This servant Xie is very polite.

He pulled Li Xin to his class, poured a cup of tea for Li Xin, and said with a smile: "Li Shilang, you haven't come back from the outside for more than half a year, and Master Shangshu also said that you can't get sick. Brother Yu is suffering alone in the Ministry of War." Support, it's so embarrassing, now that Li Shilang is finally back, brother Yu can also breathe a sigh of relief."

He glanced at Li Xin secretly, and asked cautiously: "Li Shilang has not done anything in the Ministry of War. What Brother Yu means is, first hand over the Department of Driving and the Department of Treasury to Li Shilang, and wait for Li Shilang to get familiar with the affairs of the Ministry of War." , how about we redistribute it again?"

Among the four divisions, several divisions have the least oil and water.

Because the position of the right servant is slightly lower than that of the left servant, according to the original rules of the Ministry of War, the right servant should be in charge of the party department and the treasury department, and the left servant should be in charge of the military selection department and the driving department. Wrong team, dare not follow the rules with Li Xin, can only carefully discuss with Li Xin.

Li Xin bowed his head and pondered for a moment, and finally said with a smile: "Xie Shilang, my younger brother wants the staff and treasury department."

Frankly speaking, Xie Juan is quite capable, and he didn't commit any crimes at the time. After all, His Royal Highness King Qi was enshrined as Minister of the Ministry of War by the late Emperor. helpless.

Therefore, Emperor Taikang did not embarrass the original Qi royal party. For example, the minister Xie, although he is now a little more cautious, is still in charge of the military department after all.

For more than half a year, he even acted as Minister Zuo on his behalf.

Xie Jun glanced at Li Xin in surprise.

"Does Li Shilang know the duties of the Ministry of War?"

Li Xin grinned and said, "Little brother knows, I asked someone before I came here."

Xie Jun breathed a sigh of relief.

The most important thing in the Ministry of War is the Department of Military Selection. As long as the Department of Military Selection is still in his hands and the minister of the Ministry of War is "absent", he is still acting as the Minister of the Ministry of War.

"Since Li Shilang knows all about it, Brother Yu will arrange for colleagues from the Staff Party Division and the Treasury Division to meet Li Shilang."