Throughout the many years, he had already claimed all his merits and communicated about most of the things. Today, he was here to talk with the had of education with which he had talked previously already via letters.
Every head of any department in the military had the rank of a Marshal, which is comparable to the High Eunuch. Theoretically, he and the two elder brothers of Ji Li were of the same status, but from conversation with his brothers, Ji Li knew that they were closer to the next rank than him, so naturally they had a higher status.
As the nominal representative of the Eunuch Ceremonial Hall, Ji Li was naturally somewhat qualified to talk with him. Since Ji Li did good work, the head wasn’t averse either and thought of Ji Li as a talent worth making connections with.
Soon, the receptionist took Ji Li and his group and led them to the office of the Head of Education. Naturally they would have to visit him, etiquette was never something Ji Li despised.
It didn’t take long before they arrived in front of a huge door, guards stood in front of the door. The receptionist introduced Ji Li, the guards were already informed, and they entered.
Ji Li and his entourage instantly cupped their fists “We greet the mighty Head of Education, Marshal Hei Yu!”
“Junior Ji Li, why are you so formal! We have spoken so often; you can call me senior!” The voice came from a stern-looking buff man.
“I don’t dare call the Marshal Senior!”
With a head shake, the marshal refuted and insisted “I have been reading the reports you send throughout the years, if you aren’t worthy of calling me senior, then even my disciple will call me marshal!”
“Haven been taught by marshal; I will have courage and call him senior!”
“Junior Ji Li, you might be lacking some things, but I doubt it’s courage!”
With a few more flattering words, both Ji Li and Hei Yu became more ferocious. “Junior, come have a seat. Have you brought the recordings?”
Although Ji Li and Hei Yu were somewhat close, Ji Li didn’t dare sit across the marshal, so he kept standing but took two steps forward, then took out the recording crystals produced by Lu Wei.
He presented them to the marshal, who didn’t care about the politeness of Ji Li and used his spirit sense to inspect the recordings. A true spirit sense only materialises into the outside world in the Materialisation cultivation rank, the marshal was naturally even higher than this, so he was able to quickly look through the recording.
With a smile even more ferocious, he nodded and praised “This training method of yours is truly great! We have had similar ones, but none of our teachers had so much patience, experience and expertise! I want to ask you formally, Eunuch Ji Li of the Eunuch Ceremonial Palace, would you like to take upon a position as a teacher in the headquarters?”
This was a great surprise for Ji Li. Becoming a teacher for the military wasn’t something impossible per se. With his position, it would be easy for him to gain this role. But the marshal didn’t say it was a teacher somewhere else, he meant a teacher in the capital headquarters! This wasn’t as simple as a teacher anywhere else. Anyone who is accepted there is minimum a Talent Refiner, and those are the ones that come from inside the military.
If any outsider wanted to become a teacher in the main headquarters, then they would have to be a Materialisation cultivator, in comparison this would be a Palace Eunuch. The reason why the requirements were so high wasn’t only because you would teach the future generation of generals and marshals.
No, the payment and resources one would gain were numerous! Additionally, to that, you would also get a budget to use for the cultivation of your students and a whole lot of more things, this was a position many wanted to have but barely anyone would gain.
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Let’s not mention anyone else, even eunuchs, the faction that is closest to the military, barely gets a few positions offered every year! But those only get lower positions as a teacher. Ji Li was offered a position directly by the head of education, who is second only to the principal of the military academy.
He and the principal are two sides of the same coin. The head of education is often positioned in the regional headquarters and teaches recruits en masse, while the principal is stationed in the capital and teaches the future high ranking military officials.
Don’t think they are not much. Their position and strength might only be on the level of a marshal, but their status in the military is the highest below the grand marshal rank. In the emerald brilliance empire, the future of the empire was always treated well.
“If senior Yu truly things I am worthy, then I am in no position to reject!” Ji Li happily replied. In all honesty, he had no real position back in the capital. Now that he wanted to go back and calm his mind for the next few years, as well as cultivate slowly, there was no need for him to reject.
The marshal laughed out loud “I didn’t see wrong! Alright alright, give me a copy of all the recordings you have, let me look at them in a while.”
As he said that, he took out a stamped and closed letter “This is my recommendation letter. When you arrive in the capital and settled down, you can take it to the academy. You will get an appropriate position. I have written in there that they should not treat you less than a colonel! Although that is lower than your position as an envoy, I hope you don’t fault me. As long as you work well, you promotion is not out of question.”
“How could I blame the marshal? I am beyond grateful for your work!” Ji Li once again respectfully cupped his fists, took the letter and stored it in his sleeve as he waved his hand towards Qianyu and Shixuan.
“These are my two younger brothers, Ji Qianyu and Ji Shixuan. I hope I can take them as assistants when I teach? Senior must have seen that without them, I am greatly weakened. After all, no single person can reign great, only when they have an army behind them will they work best!”
The marshal looked at them and nodded approvingly “Junior has good luck for having two diligent assistants, naturally it’s best if you take them with you. Every teacher may have up to three assistants, so there is no issue, even if you include the little fox!”
“Haha, I forgot to introduce Lila to senior. Lila is also a companion of mine and she will surely help me with the younger students. After all, it’s better to have some motivation!”
A few more words were exchanged before Ji Li said a last word “I hope senior can take good care of Lu Wei. He was my assistant for a few years, I am sure senior has already seen the records of my that is the case. I have talked with him, and he felt appreciated in the military.
I think a talent such as his should be greatly supported! It’s best if there are even more talents similar to his in the military.”
“I agree” the senior nodded “We indeed have some with similar auxiliary talents, but there is always a lack of them. I have to thank the junior for sending him our way.”
“We eunuchs keep guiding the officials into the right direction, you might call it inherited behaviour! After all, it’s best if everyone is used to the most of his capabilities, we don’t want any diamonds to hide behind stones!”
Last words were spoken, and Ji Li left with his group. They didn’t stay any longer and directly left the reception and headed towards the capital all together.
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Inside the office of the head of education after Ji Li left, a side door opened, and someone entered the room through it as he looked towards the main door. It was tall man with strong stature and cold eyes. The head of education stood up from his seat and cupped his hands.
“Little Yu, why are you being so formal? Didn’t you just say that people that know each other shouldn’t be overly polite with each other?”
“How dare I say that in front of the Commander!”
“Now you are just acting coy in front of your uncle!”
The head of education smiled and said flatteringly “If I don’t at least greet Uncle Lian well, then Aunt Ning will scold me again! I don’t dare, I don’t dare!”
Hei Lian shivered internally at the mention of his wife, the Grand Duchess Shu Ning from the Grand Duchy of War. Equality of inheritance and position has been the standard in the empire for thousands of years. It would have been embarrassing if they gave non-humans more rights than women, so naturally everyone had to have the same rights. The position of Grand Duke is even higher than that of Commander, since it is heritable.
“That young eunuch…” the commander began to speak “is indeed a good seedling. He emphasized that he is a eunuch. Not lacking in neither boldness nor talent, a good hand with people, and still secretive in front of a higher up.”
“Secretive?” the head was somewhat confused.
“This fox… has the bloodline of that old fox from the beastkins.”
The head’s eyes opened with great shock “How can this be! Uncle, should I get him back?”
A fist landed on the heads’ head “Didn’t you see that the fox was intentionally hiding? Clearly, he and the fox have a relation. Don’t be so nosy. Alright you did well, you can support him, but he won’t stay in the academy to get a promotion. Someone like him will only stay for some time till he goes out again, just build a good connection with him and in the future, you might reap the favour you sowed today.”