Therefore, when deciding the list, the military commander must naturally be taken into consideration, even if it is only in name only.

Zhao Jun looked through the list again and decided to identify these six people first, and then Zhao Zhen would make the decision.

He originally wanted to cross out Wang Deyong. Wang Deyong has now retreated to the second line, but still serves as the envoy of the Southern Court of Xuanhui.

But after thinking about it, I decided to give up.

Wang Deyong participated in both the Song-Xia War and the Song-Liao War. He was the deputy general second only to Fan Zhongyan. He had also fought in the battles of Li Jiqian and Chanzhou before, and was a veteran of the battlefield for many years.

Not awarding a title to someone before he or she has fully retired is obviously a bit like getting rid of the donkey after it has served its purpose.

Cao Cong had been on the battlefield before and served as the commander-in-chief of the troops in Huanqing Road. Zhao Zhen was his deputy commander-in-chief. Later, he was transferred back to Bianliang to serve as the commander of the cavalry.

In terms of military achievements, it would be difficult for him to be promoted to major general without the Song-Liao War.

But who can blame him for having connections?

As for Li Yonghe and Li Zhaoliang, neither of them had ever been on the battlefield. One was Zhao Zhen's uncle, and the other was the youngest son of Li Jilian, the brother of Zhao Guangyi's wife. They were both royal relatives.

no way.

During the feudal empire period, these things had to be taken into consideration, and there were always concerns from all sides.

Therefore, the selection of generals has temporarily been decided on six people: Zhang Kang, Di Qing, Wang Deyong, Cao Cong, Li Yonghe, and Li Zhaoliang.

There are more people on the side of lieutenant generals.

There were a large number of senior generals including Ge Huaimin, Ren Fu, Liu Ping, Zhao Zhen, Gao Jixuan, Shi Yuansun, Xu Huaide, Wang Kai, and Fan Ke.

The Song-Xia War, the Song-Liao War, and later the war to destroy the Yue Dynasty and the war to destroy the Western Xia, produced a large number of meritorious military generals.

Except for a few such as Jingtai, Liu Hu, and Wang Xin who died of illness, most of the senior generals at the level of general manager and deputy general manager who participated in these wars.

Basically, as long as these people do not make any mistakes, they can be promoted to lieutenant general. The total number of them has reached more than 30.

There are even more major generals, more than a hundred of them.

Including Zhang Yu, Zhe Jimin, Zhong Shiheng, Zhou Mei, Wang Zhongbao, Li Shibin, Jia Kui, Wang Gui, Guo Zun, Zhang Ke, Yang Wenguang, etc., most of them were originally middle and senior generals in the army.

Such as the governors, deputy governors, supervisors, and guards of various provinces and cities below the governors and deputy governors.

Unless one has no military achievements, one can become a major general.

Among them were also brave soldiers or low-level officers who fought their way up to the rank of major general.

For example, Zhang Yu was a small soldier of the Yulongzhi Army who followed Di Qing. At that time, Di Qing was the squad leader, and he was a senior soldier under Di Qing.

There are also Zhe Jimin, Zhou Mei, and Yang Guangwen, who were all lower-level military officers but became major generals based on their military achievements.

After all, there were only a few people like Di Qing who fought their way up from a private to a general. There was only one Di Qing in the entire Renzong Dynasty. For the rest of the low-level soldiers and officers, it was already incredible for them to be able to reach the rank of major general.

Therefore, the entire rating process basically revolves around qualifications, official rank before rating, and military achievements in previous battles.

Judging from the current situation, the Ministry of War and the Privy Council have no major problems except that they downgraded too harshly, demoting those who should have been promoted to generals to major generals, lieutenant generals to colonels, and major generals to lieutenant colonels.

"That's it for now. There's still six months before the rank awarding, so we can discuss it further to see who's qualified and who has problems."

Zhao Jun closed the directory and said, "How are the statistics for the first half of this year?"

"The statistics department turned it in today. I've been talking about military ranks, but I haven't looked at it yet. I just took a quick look and it's pretty good."

Yan Shu pointed to the thick stack of documents on his desk and said, "The data is growing rapidly. The results are encouraging."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Zhao Jun laughed: "Let me see."

He then asked the clerk of the Imperial Decree Office to bring the document over and place it on his desk.