Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 801 - 0801: Blessings in Disguise 5

Chapter 801: Chapter 0801: Blessings in Disguise 5

Feng Qingxue was originally lying on Lu Jiang’s body, but upon hearing these words, she involuntarily propped herself up on his chest with her elbows and raised her pale, jade-like little face, her eyes shimmering with surprise and delight as she exclaimed, "Promoted three levels at once?"

Above a brigade commander there’s a division commander, and only above that is the corps commander.

Even though there are commanders above the corps commander, the corps commander is the head of an entire army, the main military commanding officer, overseeing three divisions.

She had thought that with Lu Jiang’s hard work, it would take at least a decade or more to become the head of an army in peacetime, after all, Lu Jiang’s records were all documented.

Who would have thought that Lu Jiang would reach such a position at his age.

The annoyance brought by Cao Hongzhu and the others was long thrown out of the window because of this.

Compared with trivial life matters, getting promoted and wealthy is more important!

Lu Jiang kissed her on the chin, laughing, "Don’t you understand the meaning of ’temporary’? It means acting, and it’s acting as the deputy corps commander. I’m taking over the duties previously handled by Vice Commander Qi, and there’s no change to the salary and benefits."

The work is still that of a provisional division level, two hundred and five yuan a month, plus a twenty percent allowance.

Feng Qingxue still felt very happy, her smile blooming like a flower, "If you take your responsibilities seriously, maybe those ’acting’ words will be dropped before long! As for the salary and benefits, they are not that important to us."

Such cases were not unheard of.

In the military, there were many acting officers, mainly due to issues with military rank, and secondly, due to issues with merit and capabilities. However, many people got promoted in rank during their acting period, earned combat achievements, and their capabilities also caught up through experience, and quickly removed the ’acting’ label.

"Leading soldiers in training and in battle, I’m all for it, but acting as a corps commander, I’m young and inexperienced, and my military rank isn’t up to standard either. I’m truly afraid of not being able to command respect," Lu Jiang sighed. "From now on, we must be more cautious in what we say and do, and we must also study hard to make sure we don’t leave any handle for criticism. The recent investigations have left the troops unsettled."

Feng Qingxue said softly, "Live and learn, nobody knows how to be an official right from the start. Fortunately, you’ve served for over a decade as a soldier; you understand the ins and outs well enough that there’s no concern about fulfilling the duties of a deputy corps commander."

Getting promoted was, of course, a joyous event, but it also meant becoming extremely busy.

As an acting deputy corps commander, neither Lu Jiang nor Feng Qingxue dared to really carry themselves with the air of a deputy corps commander; the latter conducted her work as usual, without becoming arrogant or complacent due to this change.

"Well done, my boy!" After reporting his work, Zhao Yong clapped Lu Jiang on the shoulder.

The two fought side by side, advancing and retreating together; Zhao Yong was happier than anyone to see Lu Jiang’s promotion, feeling honored!

"I’m embarrassed, embarrassed. I’ll need Brother Zhao’s guidance even more in the future." Lu Jiang, currently overwhelmed with work arrangements, felt a little awkward, "I thought they would promote one of the several division commanders to temporarily take over Vice Commander Qi’s duties."

The unexpected promotion took him by complete surprise; it was something he had never imagined.

He was currently a brigade commander, and several division commanders in the military held higher ranks than him, including Su Junlin. Even though Zhao Yong’s rank was similar to his own, that didn’t overshadow the other division commanders’ merits, and they also had the advantage in terms of age.

Zhao Yong laughed and said, "Who would dare to promote you if the higher-ups didn’t agree? The position of corps commander is not something that you get just because someone lower down decides to promote you or chooses you. Didn’t you see the signed order? That came from the Capital, personally signed by the old leader. Your main task now is to earnestly and solidly carry out your duties."