Obviously, the Liang family really didn't want to worry about this matter. In fact, if it weren't for the emperor and the Qu family being involved in the capital, she would have to go there.
Otherwise, Li Hao's marriage alone might not be able to persuade her, so when faced with Li Hao's inquiry, Liang refused and asked Li Hao to prepare it by himself.
As for any problems encountered in the process, you can ask the elders at home and ask them to help, and then send Li Hao away.
If Liang doesn't want to take care of things, then Li Hao definitely can't leave. This time he has to give up on actual combat training after the autumn.
Of course, actual combat can't be done, but the training that should be done needs to be strengthened. After all, now that he has become an official, he naturally has to consider the subsequent development.
There are only two conventional promotion routes. One is to cultivate reputation and reputation. In this era, moral reputation can really help you get promoted into an official position. After all, recruitment and recruitment are now the mainstream method of selecting officials.
As long as you can really be famous all over the world, the Yuan family can openly find people to recommend you, and everything will be reasonable.
For Li Hao, he naturally has an advantage in this regard. After all, where does this reputation come from?
Li Hao holds the weapon of blank paper, and it is easy to gain fame from it, but this will block Yuan Shen's way.
It's not that the Yuan family is unable to promote two people into official positions at the same time, but due to Emperor Wen's idea of restricting the gentry, forcibly recommending them would be half the result with twice the effort, so it would be better to leave the opportunity to Yuan Shen.
This path is to take the route of accumulating merit. As long as the actual things are done well, the opportunity for promotion will naturally be there. Among these merits, the most important thing for Li Hao is military merit.
After all, if you want to achieve meritorious service by doing other things, the time period is too long, and there is no immediate result like military merit. It just so happens that Li Hao also has experience in leading troops in battles, so he is naturally willing to spend some effort on it.
Moreover, there will be two subsequent battles to conquer Longyou and pacify Shuzhong. As long as Li Hao can get involved in them, he can achieve some military exploits.
When the court has people like Xiao Yuehou, Cuihou and others helping to say a few words, it will not be a problem to get promoted to a position of real power, at least it will definitely be better than Cheng Shi's.
But when it comes to this, Li Hao can't help but complain a few words. According to history, the Battle of Longyou should have been fought before the pacification of Shu, and the same was true in Zaizhong. This is also the origin of Longwang Shu.
But in the TV series, right at the beginning, Ling Buyi pacified Longyou and returned to the capital to be sealed. Before that, the Shu territory had been recovered by Wan Songbai and his men.
Then these ten thousand pines and cypresses are a bit powerful, because the normal attack on Shu usually starts from Longxi, or attacks from the north and south.
But if Longxi has not been recovered, then the battle of Wansongbai and Shu can only be attacked from Jingzhou. The basic march route will be almost the same as when Liu Bei entered Shu later.
But Liu Bei was able to conquer Shu because Liu Zhang was unprepared in the early stage and handed over some of the checkpoints to Liu Bei for defense. In addition, Liu Bei deliberately bought people's hearts in Shu for more than a year, and many local nobles secretly joined him.
Moreover, what was the configuration of Liu Bei's men at that time? The literary ones included Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Fazheng, and the military ones included Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong. It took three years of fighting to capture Shu, but Liu Zhang himself didn't. Only if you are willing to stick to it will you succeed.
How could Wan Songbai and He De have this ability? At least Li Hao didn't see it during his interactions with him. Of course, it is also possible that Shu was too weak at this time, or that Ling Buyi's victory at Longyou was just a small rebellion after the recovery.
It can be said that according to the reward given to Ling Buyi by Emperor Wen, Guang Luxun, deputy lieutenant, commanded the left cavalry battalion of the Yulin Guards. He also commanded the Yueqi lieutenant of the five schools of the Northern Army. He was promoted to an official and a servant, and he could enter the ban and receive special orders. If you go to the palace with swords and shoes, you will not go to court, and you will not be praised and worshiped.
Let's not talk about his official rank. Anyway, his rank is only two thousand stones, three levels higher than Li Hao's current level, and he is in charge of the military power of the capital.
On the contrary, he went to the palace with swords and shoes, went to court without following, and received privileges without paying homage. This was not something ordinary people could obtain, and it didn't look like he had quelled a small rebellion.
Therefore, Li Hao was really curious about how Wan Songbai would fight the battle against Shu in the future. It was just enough to satisfy his curiosity and make some military achievements.
Anyway, there were no clear boundaries between civil servants and military generals in the Han Dynasty. Military generals often served as local county governors and state shepherds. They used this as a stepping stone for promotion. After they were promoted, they could consider their subsequent paths.
Therefore, in order to meet the needs of follow-up operations, Li Hao must have a strong army that can fight and fight hard. In this way, training only during slack periods will not be able to meet the needs.
Of course, with Li Hao's current family background, it would be no problem to support one or two thousand retired professional soldiers, but Li Hao had to consider the actual impact. After all, according to the establishment of the Central Government, the Yueqi School Lieutenant Department that Ling Buyi later took over only had officers. One hundred and twenty-seven men, seven hundred soldiers.
There is a difference between professional soldiers and ordinary soldiers. Too many soldiers will definitely arouse suspicion, so Li Hao only plans to maintain a strength of two hundred people to use as a trump card.
In order to select these people, Li Hao organized a competition to select the best after the autumn harvest. After they were integrated into a team, he sent them to Yuan Pei to experience actual combat.
Of course, those who stay will not be idle, and the necessary training must continue to maintain a certain level of combat effectiveness so that they can be used at critical moments.
After finishing all these things, it's almost October, and there are only four months left before the scheduled wedding date. Among them, gifts and welcome letters need to be delivered, and the collection, appointment, and personal welcome need to be carried out.
Because the two parties were not held in the capital this time, the recruitment and the subsequent personal reception required traveling from Jiaodong to Linyi and then back again, which was quite time consuming.
For this reason, preparations for the betrothal gift had already begun. This time it was a formal offer, and the things required were much richer than the one in the capital.
In order to deliver the betrothal gift safely, Li Hao mobilized half of his men and servants, and also invited four well-off members of the clan to send it to him.
The follow-up application process is a complete process, and then only after the New Year, Li Hao can set off to Linyi to welcome the bride.
However, before the New Year, Emperor Wen first sent an edict from the capital, which contained the word "Zi Yang" given to Li Hao.
It means many talents and ingenuity, which sounds okay. However, Li Hao always felt that Emperor Wen was playing tricks on himself.
In addition, in addition to the arrival of this edict, Yuan Shen also returned to Jiaodong before the New Year, and Li Hao personally greeted him.
It's just that Yuan Shen's talk hasn't stopped after several years. The first thing he said when he saw Li Hao was: "It's so pitiful. I haven't seen you in the past few years. I didn't expect that you would get married and experience the sufferings of this world."
As he spoke, he shook his head with regret, looking like he really deserved a beating, so Li Hao said: "Brother is now becoming more and more famous, I think he has made great progress in the art of archery.
Why don't you and I compete here first, so that I can see my brother's style? "
Then he made a gesture to step forward and take action. After seeing this, Yuan Shen immediately remembered the scene of him being beaten by Li Hao before. He took a few steps back and said quickly:
"My mother is still waiting at home. How can we waste time here? We should go back home quickly."
After saying that, he was about to leave. How could Li Hao agree? He stepped forward and grabbed him: "Brother, don't worry, my mother should be in the ancestral hall at this time. Brother will have to wait when he goes back. It's better to take advantage of this time. You and I, brothers, practice and practice to increase the bond between brothers."
