It has to be said that Zong Ze in reality is exactly the same as Zong Ze in Li Yanqing's imagination. He is tall and mighty, majestic, with snow-white silver hair, sharp eyes, and orange-like skin that show that he has experienced many vicissitudes. Although he was also a Jinshi, he gives people the feeling that he is a powerful general.

Zong Ze only became the sixth-rank Dengzhou Tongzhe. He was two levels lower than the level of Zhong Shidao and ten years younger than Zhong Shidao. He met with him at the same time, but the two fell in love with him and soon became familiar with each other.

"Mizhi's greatest wish in his life is to be an official in the army and defend his country. However, since the sixth year of Yuanyou, he has never had a chance. It can be said that I have been waiting for this day for twenty-three years."

Zong Ze seemed very excited, and he also had reasons for being excited. He was already sixty years old and felt that his life had no future. Just when he applied to retire from his official position and was about to return to his hometown to spend his twilight years, fate played a big joke on him, which suddenly pushed the opportunity he had longed for for decades to come to his eyes.

Zhong Shidao pointed to Li Yanqing standing aside and smiled and said, "Brother Zong should thank Li for joining the army. If he hadn't recommended him strongly, I would never have thought of asking the court for someone."

Zong Ze glanced at Li Yanqing. The strange young army in front of him made him feel confused. He seemed to have never dealt with him. How could he know him?

Zong Ze couldn't help asking, "How could Li Chanjun know?"

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Don't Zong remember a young man named Tang Huai?"

Zong Ze nodded, "I know him, a martial arts scholar, from Tangyin County, and the young man is very smart and studious."

"He is my close friend who grew up with me. I learned about Zong Gong from him, but I failed to ask Zong Gong for advice, which has always made my younger generations feel resentful."

In fact, there are many loopholes in Li Yanqing's words and cannot stand scrutiny. He just has never seen him with a good friend's introduction. How can he draw conclusions at will? This does not conform to the principle of employing Master Zhong. If Li Yanqing said this before, Master Zhong would definitely be unhappy. However, he had already felt Zong Ze's innocent heart to serve the country in his short contact, so he no longer cared about Li Yanqing's unreliable explanation.

Zong Ze didn't think so much. He was still immersed in the excitement of finally putting on the robe and walking on the battlefield. He nodded, "It turns out that Li Zhanjun is also a martial arts scholar."

Zhong Shidao laughed, "Li Zhanjun is the third place in the imperial examination this year. He is not a martial arts scholar, but it is indeed related to martial arts. Two years ago, Li Zhanjun was still the first place in the bow and horse competition."

Zong Ze was so surprised that he couldn't stop talking for a long time. After a long time, he sighed softly: "It's rare to have both civil and military affairs. I didn't expect that Zhuang Shuai's men would have such a talent."

"Mr. Zong Gong has been awarded more, and Yanqing's experience is far from enough. I'll ask Zong Gong for advice in the future."

"Sure! Sure!"

At this time, Zhong Shidao gave Li Yanqing a wink, and Li Yanqing bowed and retreated. Only Zhong Shidao and Zong Ze were left in the tent. Zhong Shidao took a sip of tea: "Now there is still one and a half months left before the preparatory period stipulated by the government. Time is very tight. The training of the front-line army has basically been completed. If General Zong is asked to lead the first army at this time, I am afraid that time will not be enough, so I thought about it again and again and wanted to ask General Zong to temporarily take charge of logistics for me. In fact, the logistics army also has as many as 30,000 people, and the eight departments have complicated affairs. Most of the army are wing troops with weak combat power. This is also a severe test for General Zong. I wonder if General Zong can take over?"

Zong Ze stood up and said without hesitation: "Supervisor Zhong has an order, how dare Zong Ze not follow him? I am willing to share the worries of the general!"

The most lacking talent under Zhong Shidao is that he is both civil and military, who is in charge of logistics for him, so that he can escape from the cumbersome political affairs to command the army, but he cannot find a suitable person. Either the civil servants only understand government affairs and cannot command 30,000 logistics troops, or military generals can control the army but cannot handle the government affairs of the eight departments. If they are separated, the efficiency of logistics will be seriously reduced and the army in front of the enemy will be affected.

Originally, Li Yanqing was a candidate, but unfortunately he was too young and was too clear, so he still needed to train for several years. Therefore, although Li Yanqing served as the director of the record officer, the logistics chief was still served by Zhong Shidao, which consumed a lot of his time and energy and influenced his preparations. Zong Ze was a general who was born in a Jinshi, and his qualifications and experience were enough, so he was the best candidate.

Zong Ze's generous takeover made Zhong Shidao overjoyed. He smiled and said, "General Zong is settled first, and I will arrange a formal handover tomorrow."

After a pause, Zhong Shidao remembered something and said with a smile: "I'm afraid there will be no time tomorrow. We will hand over the day after tomorrow. General Zong might as well go to the provincial school with me to participate in the interview."

Before dawn the next day, Li Yanqing brought several soldiers and dozens of soldiers to the prefecture.

At this time, the marking of the Ministry of Education has ended, and the written test score list was released yesterday. One hundred and twenty scholars stood out among more than two thousand scholars and will participate in the second round of interviews. The final candidates for military participation will be produced among them.

However, the plan is not as good as change. As the court increased 50,000 troops to the Hedong Army, a large amount of food and food were heading north through the Fen River, the logistics pressure suddenly doubled, and it was inevitable to increase the number of people joining the army.

Zhong Shidao finally decided to increase the number of people admitted to this interview to 30, and the Military Division and the Intelligence Division each recruited fifteen people, and the number of people admitted reached 4 to 1. This is indeed good news for the 120 scholars who stood out in the written test.

The person who received Li Yanqing and his party was Liu Qian, the deputy teacher of the Prefecture School. He was about fifty years old, with a thin face and a pair of slender goatee beards. He had a distinctive appearance, so the students of the Prefecture School called him the Sheep Teacher behind him.

This time, the provincial school provides venues, organizes invigilators, and organizes professors to mark papers. It is time-consuming and laborious, but does not receive a penny. In their words, this is also a practical action to support the army in counterattacking Xixia, which is truly respectable.

When Liu Qian and Li Yanqing saw the ceremony, they asked with a smile: "Since we are going to recruit the Eighth Division to work today, why not see the head of the Eighth Division joining the army?"

Li Yanqing pointed at himself, "I am also a director of the Basi to join the army."

"Ah! So that's it."

Liu Qian quickly apologized, "I don't know. I always thought that Li Zongjun was the head of the Intelligence Department. I don't know that Li Zongjun also served as the director of the Eighth Department. I'm really sorry!"

"Teacher Liu doesn't need to apologize. In fact, the real interviewer today is Da Zheng and General Zong, who is newly responsible for logistics. I am just the organizer of the interview."

"Is Zhuang Shuai coming too?"

Li Yanqing nodded, "The Grand Marshal will come here later. May I ask the teacher, have all the scholars who participated in the interview arrived?"

"Everything has been arrived, and I am currently resting and waiting in Ren Auditorium. Interviews can be conducted at any time."

"Thank you for your hard work during this period."

"Where! Where! We can do our best for the country. Although it is a little harder, we also feel honored. We hope that this battle against Xixia will be a great victory and will give everyone a strong anger!"

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "This is also the common wish of the soldiers of the three armies."

Half an hour later, it was finally dawn and the interview officially began. There were 120 scholars who participated in the interview in the Renli Outside Hall. Each of them was very nervous. They were holding a note in their hands. This was the order they had just drawn. The scholar who sat in the first seat was particularly pale. Unfortunately, he got the number one and was the first interview.

Zhao Wen, who was inspecting, found that the first scholar's legs were trembling slightly, so he walked up to comfort him and said, "Actually, you should feel lucky. The first one will leave a first impression. If you perform well, then the possibility of admission is higher than that of others. If it were me, I would rather be the first interview!"

Zhao Wen's comfort calmed his heart a little. He nodded silently, and his legs no longer trembled like before.

At this time, a soldier shouted: "The interview begins, please ask Zhang Ke No. 1 to enter."

The scholar stood up slowly, took a deep breath, and plucked up the courage to walk towards the inner hall.

There were long rows of tables in the inner hall, and behind the officials were attending the interview. In the middle was the Hedong Army commander Zhong Shidao. On the left was Zong Ze, a veteran in charge of logistics, and on the right was Li Yanqing. Li Yanqing was the deputy director of the military, who served as the director, belonging to Zong Ze, but the Intelligence Department was not. The Intelligence Department directly belonged to Zhong Shidao.

Last night, Zhong Shidao had already talked with Li Yanqing. In order to speed up the operation and effectiveness of the Eighth Division, Zong Ze will be in charge of logistics and will also serve as the director of the Eighth Division. Li Yanqing will resign from this position and be in charge of the Intelligence Department. The Intelligence Department will be divided into internal departments, external departments, intelligence battalions and logistics battalions. The Inner departments are responsible for monitoring officials and arresting Xixia fine works, while the Foreign Department is responsible for receiving and analyzing the information of spies from various military camps. At the same time, they are responsible for managing the dispatched Song army fine works, and the Logistics Department is responsible for supporting them.

Li Yanqing was the chief of the Intelligence Department, and Wu was the commander of the Intelligence Battalion. He no longer managed the Eighth Division, which would make the Intelligence Department more rapid and powerful.
Chapter completed!