Chapter 3 Ups and Downs (Fourth) The Imperial Court's Holy Purpose caught up with Yu Wenshiji and Li Xu on the north bank of Laishui River. When they saw the imperial envoy arriving, they quickly ordered the Xiongwu Camp to be stationed on the spot, set up a Chinese army, and set up an incense table.
Lead the soldiers under his command to listen attentively to the holy teachings
As soon as the first imperial edict was read, the soldiers in the whole camp became excited. In recent days, everyone has received rewards, but the court only made no mention of the merits of the chief general and the military supervisor. This abnormal arrangement has triggered a lot of speculation. Some people think that
, the imperial court will definitely give a big reward to the supervisor and general, so the imperial edict came too late. Some people think that the imperial court has never been fair in dealing with things, and they keep delaying the reward. Maybe they want to take away the credit of the general.
Take them all away, and reward them to any prince or grandson. It doesn't matter if all the credit is given to others. I'm afraid that all the credit will eventually go to Yu Wenshi and one person. In that case, if the supervisor and the general are at odds, everyone will have a hard time in the future.
At this moment, when they heard that one Yu Wenshiji and Li Xu had been granted the title of Marquis, and the other was promoted to earl, the stone in everyone's hearts finally fell to the ground, and they cheered endlessly.
"Don't worry, everyone, we still have two imperial edicts here!" The eunuch who delivered the edict glanced around, picked up the second yellow silk from the entourage, cleared his throat, and read loudly: "By God's blessing, the emperor
The imperial edict said: "I heard that those who are good at martial arts stingyly kill, and those who are able to fight stop violence..." The fourth paragraph of the article is extremely obscure and has more than 400 words. It is actually full of criticism and dissatisfaction with Yuwenshi and those who are used to this kind of battle.
Those who could smile in front of Li Xu, Zhao Ziming, and Murong Luo were so frightened that they were dripping with cold sweat and their faces turned earth-colored.
In an instant, the whole army was silent until the imperial envoy finished reading the imperial rebuke. Several of his close generals were about to step forward to defend their general, but the imperial envoy smiled slightly and took out the third imperial edict.
The imperial edict was written simply and straightforwardly. It was probably because His Majesty the Emperor felt that Li Xu was from a humble background and must have read few books, so he only had a hundred or ten words to tell Li Xu that the royal family appreciated his previous brave behavior.
He was specially given a gold medal to avoid death and three thousand pieces of silk to commend him for his loyalty and bravery.
Gold medal for immunity from death? Li Xu couldn't believe his ears and slapped the imperial court on conferring a title on him. He could barely understand that this was the emperor's way of controlling his ministers. Although he, a loyal and brave man, only had a third-class empty title, he didn't have it.
The food in the city is not even a little bit worse than that of Yu Wenshi and the Baixiang Marquis who lived for 500 households, but since his background is not as good as others, Xu Zi can accept his fate and be content with Chang Le.
He was completely stunned with happiness. You must know that the Sui Dynasty only gave a limited number of death-free gold medals to its heroes at the beginning of the founding of the country and when it wiped out Nanchen. Now, those veterans who have received death-free gold medals such as Yang Su and Gao Ying
, He Ruobi and others died of illness, and those who were punished were punished. Except for one Yu Wenshu, almost no one can enjoy such an honor anymore. Moreover, since the Holy Emperor came to the throne, he has never given anyone a gold medal to avoid death. The one given today is the first.
The face is the only face!
Xu Zi felt that the blood in her veins had been ignited. From the top of her head to her knees, her whole body was warm, as if it would float up like water vapor at any time. As the saying goes, heroes also grow old. If there is no wise king to appreciate it, many people will die.
It was a waste of time. Jiang Ziya became an official in his eighties. Later generations envied his young Li Guang, who was so powerful in the desert. Because he could not get the favor of the emperor, he could not be made a marquis in his life. Instead, he worshiped the general, made him an uncle, and gave him a gold medal to absolve him of crime. In just a few
During the month, it was like a dream, and she suddenly encountered this kind of opportunity. Xuzi could not imagine it before, but Xuzi is now filled with gratitude.
"I am waiting to thank His Majesty for your great kindness!" Yu Wenshiji extended his voice and shouted in Xu Zi's ear. Hearing the shouts of thanks from the brothers nearby, Li Xu came back to his senses from his stupor and loudly thanked His Majesty the Emperor for his gift.
At the same time, he signaled Zhang Xiu with his eyes and ordered him to quickly prepare Cheng Yi for the imperial envoy.
"The two generals are busy with official duties, so we won't disturb our family too much!" The imperial envoy presented the imperial edict and gold medals to Yu Wenshiji and Li Xu in turn, "I think the two generals understand what your Majesty meant. The war in the Eastern Capital is tense...
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"Eunuch Wen, please rest assured. Our Xiaoguo camp is mainly composed of cavalry. We will travel day and night. We will definitely reach Luoshui within half a month!" Yu Wenshi answered respectfully with both hands holding the decree and eyebrows raised.
"That's good, that's good." The imperial envoy surnamed Wen looked at Yu Wenshiji and Li Xu, and then at Zhang Xiu who hurried back with a lacquer plate in his hands. He smiled and warned: "In ancient times, all rebels were like bandits.
I think the people of Liyang are looking forward to Master Wang every day." After saying that, he actually refused to accept the gift from the two men. After delivering the reward items, he turned around and left.
Li Xu, Yu Wenshi and the other two were sent far away from the camp gate, and then they walked back and admired that among the eunuchs in the Chinese army, there were actually some who were not greedy for money. This was the third thing that surprised Xu Zi today. A series of shocks completely overwhelmed him.
Xinzhi followed Yu Wenshi and him. He walked into the big tent in a daze, sat on the commander's seat in a daze, and looked at the generals who came to congratulate him and the two copies in front of him.
Imperial edict, a gold medal. He didn’t know what to say or what to do.
'If you don't meet him, he will be a hero when he grows old.' At this moment, he only thought about his luck in being able to meet his lord with a keen eye for talents when he was young. As for the pains he had experienced in the countryside, the arrogance of officials, and the harshness of government orders.
Gou, at this time, he was completely diluted by this series of happiness, and took the initiative to hide it in the depths of his memory.
"That Eunuch Wen is one of the most trusted eunuchs around His Majesty. He has been with you since he was the King of Jin. He rarely goes out." Seeing Li Xu's dazed look, Yu Wenshiji knew that he must be stupid.
Lower your voice and distract him with irrelevant gossip
"Yes, Your Majesty is so kind!" Li Xu sighed smoothly, his eyes still fixed on the gold medal, as if it would grow wings and fly away if he turned around.
"This person's surname is Wen Jiu, and the emperor gave him a sword with a small character. It is said that his literary talent is not inferior to that of Yu Shiji!" Yu Wenshiji smiled and continued chatting.
"Yes, His Majesty sent him here to read out the imperial edict, which shows how much he respects you and me!" Li Xu's answer was still true to His grace.
"Uh-huh! Uh-huh." Yuwen Shiji coughed loudly in anger, trying to get Li Xu to turn his head away from the gold medal. He coughed several times, but to no avail. He was so angry that he slapped the table hard and cursed in a low voice: "You
His Majesty was very angry about the things that harmed the Goguryeo people. I have never heard of such a long edict to reprimand a person!"
"Ah, really?" Li Xu finally pulled his soul back from the whirlpool of happiness and asked with wide eyes.
"You..." Yuwen Shiji clenched his fists, wishing he could step forward and slap Xuzi hard in the face to wake him up. "Idiot, do you know why Banzai sent you three consecutive edicts and why I gave you the reward?"
Keep it until today? If you don’t want to be fooled to death in the future, you’d better wake up to me!”
He was driven to panic by Li Xu's attitude, so he used extremely strong words. Not only did these words wake up Li Xu, but the other generals in the tent also looked awe-inspiring. Everyone was stunned by the happiness that fell from the sky today. General
He Jianjun was appreciated by His Majesty the Emperor, which meant that the future of all the soldiers in the battalion was bright. As for the imperial edict full of reprimands, everyone was still a little scared at first, but after seeing the gold medal, they had already forgotten about it.
Yu Wenshiji has no ill intentions towards everyone. This can be seen from Zhu Jiang's behavior of trying his best to obtain official positions for everyone. Regarding the officialdom situation, no one here has as much knowledge as Yu Wenshiji, so after Xuzi returned to normal, the first
One thing is to ask Yuwen Shiji for advice
"Please give me some advice from Supervisor Yuwen!" Li Xu cupped his hands and humbly asked Master Yuwen to shed some light on the mystery.
"If I guess correctly, the first imperial edict was issued after the court meeting. It represents the consensus reached by His Majesty's ministers after balancing our merits and demerits." Yuwen Shiji sighed and whispered.
He explained to everyone that he was unlucky to meet such a "stupid" general. If he made friends in the future, he would definitely make friends with someone whose family background was similar to his own, so as not to worry about so much for him, and he might not accept his friendship!
"Whether you or I admit it or not, the fact that the soldiers of the Xiongwu Camp set fire to and demolished houses in Goguryeo along the way was exaggerated by some people with ulterior motives, and it was enough to make you lose your job. So, you won the title, but I was not promoted in the military position.
Although he was promoted to a military position and received a title, I am afraid that most of the time it is because of his father's reputation rather than his own military exploits!" Yu Wenshiji's words were full of helplessness. This was not the result he wanted to see if the court rewarded people based on their actual military exploits.
Although he is not that thick, it can make him feel much better.
"What kind of fault is that? When did the Goguryeo people tell us about morality?" Li Mengchang curled his lips and asked dissatisfiedly.
"General Li Lang rose too fast and touched other people's interests. There is no way to make sure that others want to arrest him. Not to mention that our Sui army has always prided itself on being a teacher of benevolence and righteousness!" Yu Wenshiji glared at Li Mengchang and retorted, "
It’s not up to us to decide what is right or wrong. The right to judge is in other people’s hands, so you either don’t make a mistake, or don’t let others take advantage of you!”
"The purpose of this rebuke must be the impeachment of the ministers!" Li Xu nodded and drew inferences.
"Now the imperial court is in the midst of employing people, so I can't ask you and me to do it perfectly. Now that I have been promoted out of the ordinary, we have to let us know where we have done something that is not in line with the original intention of the imperial court. So, the edict of rebuke is issued first along with the edict of commendation.
Hold back!" Yu Wenshi nodded and responded.
"In that case, why did the emperor give General Li a gold medal?" Chief Shi Zhao Ziming took a few steps forward and asked in a low voice. Although he knew that the other party was doing this for Xu Zi's good, he still couldn't understand Yu Wenshi and his inscrutable painting.
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"This is the emperor's own wish. In fact, if the court wants to kill someone, giving him a gold medal will not work! Marshal Gao Ying has done this, and so has General He Ruobi." Yu Wenshiji pointed at the gold medal and smiled.
They ridiculed Gao Ying and He Ruobi, both of whom had their families confiscated and exterminated. The gold medal given by the late emperor was in their hands, but not even a single descendant could be saved.
"But by giving you the gold medal, the emperor is saying that he is optimistic about you. If someone deliberately finds fault with you in the future, it will be a disgrace to His Majesty! In the short term, Zhong Jian needs to think carefully about your future.
!" Yu Wenshi lightly pressed Shuai's case with his fingers, making a loud sound.
