Concubine Hanhan's Concubine Gongdou

Chapter 636 Bestow Loyalty and Justice
Xue Ping began to bow down.

The people around who came here specially to wait for Xue Ping to be on duty were suddenly at a loss and panicked.

Where have they seen such a big scene, most of them have only heard the imperial decree for generations, but have never seen the real appearance of the imperial decree, let alone seeing the imperial decree read out in public.

They knelt down after being reminded.

All of a sudden, a group of people knelt down.

The eunuch delivering the decree glanced around and was satisfied when he saw that there was no one standing in the line other than his side, which was delivering the decree on behalf of the Lord Long Live.

He unfolded the imperial decree and read aloud: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said, Xue Ping, the Minister of the Household Department, has been an official for many years, loyal and loyal, and I am very comforted. Chao Gang, you have made great contributions, your loyalty is commendable, and you are bestowed upon him as the Earl of Loyalty..."

Xue Ping became more and more confused after listening to the eloquent and long piece of praise.

Hearing the words of Su Qing Chao Gang's great achievements, before he had time to think about it, when he heard "Give the Lord of Loyalty and Justice", he heard a "buzz" in his head, and the pot exploded. Don't care about the rest.

He didn't take any action until the eunuch who passed the decree finished reading and reminded him to accept the decree. He accepted the decree respectfully and instinctively, and asked the eunuch who passed the decree to drink a glass of wine according to the rules. Great reward.

He couldn't care less about how the people around him reacted.

All he knew was that he had been given a title, and it was still the title given by the current emperor.

In this dynasty, it is as difficult as ascending to the sky to obtain a noble title. Back then, the founding emperor, Gao Zu, was trained to reward those who had not made outstanding achievements.

The only surviving princes and earls can be traced back to the capable ministers and generals who raised troops together with Gaozu and made great contributions.

The Zhenyuan Hou Mansion back then was the home of the founding heroes. Because of crimes committed by side branches, they were deposed as marquises and their homes were confiscated during Emperor Taizong's time.

Even a foolish and free-spirited person like the late Emperor closely followed this admonition and never conferred a title on anyone.

It is conceivable how rare and extraordinary the title is.

Now it happened to Xue Ping, he felt like a pie had fallen from the sky, and it hit his head on his sky cap, knocking his whole body into a daze, and he was so dizzy that he didn't know what year it was.

Sending the eunuch away, his hand holding the imperial decree trembled slightly, and it took him a while to react, and when he looked up, he realized that he was surrounded by people around him.

He heard congratulations from all around him, as well as the words of shame and self-blame from the people, and the voices of the generals apologizing to him with fists cupped, and he finally came to his senses.

Feeling the real touch of the imperial decree at his fingertips, a huge ecstasy surged in his heart, overwhelming and overwhelming him.

What a wise monarch Yu Chizhao is, what an honor it is to be bestowed a title by him, it will definitely be recorded in the history books, and it will last forever.

Moreover, the imperial decree uses "Zhaoyue" instead of "Zhiyue", which is an announcement to the world. Soon he won the honor of the earl, and the whole world will know it!
When he humbly dismissed the people outside the mansion "disregarding previous suspicions", and walked in the mansion holding the imperial decree, along the way, the servants and girls in the mansion saluted and congratulated him with excitement. Finally, I couldn't restrain myself anymore.

He slowly showed a smile, high-spirited, as if he was a few decades younger, and his temper was unprecedentedly good. He smiled and nodded to everyone.

Xue Ping deserved to be Xue Ping. After the ecstasy, his sanity quickly returned.

As he was walking, he suddenly felt something was wrong, and he stopped.

Why was he knighted?

Thinking of this, he suddenly became uneasy, hurriedly opened the imperial decree, and looked at the reason for the canonization. He didn't even care about the butler reminding him that there were many people watching.

After seeing clearly the name on the imperial decree, he instinctively felt that something was wrong.

He had someone expose Zhao Zhong, but not in his name. This was all tacit, and he never thought that he could hide it from the emperor.

It's just how could Lord Long Live use this name to confer title on him?
Regardless of trying to figure out the deep meaning, thinking about Zhao Zhong's matter, a thunderbolt struck in his mind, and he shouted: "Come on, what is Changgui, come on, let him come back quickly!"

Keep people under the knife!
Leave the lives of Zhao Zhong's son and Xia Lei's relatives!
If these people are all dead, those who follow him in the future, those who want to cooperate with him, whoever dares to trust him, will probably be afraid that he will stab him in the back!
These days, being overwhelmed by those generals, I just want to cut the weeds and eradicate the roots, get rid of the entanglements, leave no traces, but I don't think about the consequences at all.

Originally, it was nothing to kill these people, but in his opinion, as long as they are secret enough, and the world knows you and me, but the world does not know, killing them is the best choice.

But once the emperor's imperial decree came out, the nature was completely different.

He got a high official and rich salary, while Zhao Zhong, who followed him, came to a disastrous end. The contrast between the two is huge, won't it arouse everyone's suspicion?

Especially under the watchful eyes of the public, the imperial decree commending him for his meritorious deeds will soon spread. I am afraid that those who follow him, including those who cooperate secretly, will definitely think that he has betrayed Zhao Zhong and asked for high officials and rich salary.

Wouldn't this chill those who followed him and make those who cooperated with him full of suspicion?
Who dares to follow a treacherous person in the future?Who dares to cooperate?

Thinking of this, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat, holding the imperial decree, ignoring his manners, shouting loudly at people, sending people out again and again, rushing to stop Xue Changgui from killing people.

He is very fortunate that Zhao Zhong's matter was not specifically mentioned in the imperial decree "revealing meritorious service". As long as he entrusts Zhao Zhong to his son to protect him well, he can fully explain that Zhao Zhong knows that he can't be good, and Tuogu and him will take the initiative to replace all of them. charges!
At the same time, he also wanted to shape himself into a man of love and righteousness, willing to take over such big troubles as Xia Lei's relatives entrusted to him by Zhao Zhong, so that those who followed him would be more convinced of his words and feel at ease working for him. If you succeed, you will gain fame and wealth, even if you lose, you don't need to worry about what will happen to you.

With such an operation, he believes that his prestige will not decrease, but will increase, making those who secretly follow him more loyal.

If you keep the person, there is still room for change. If you kill the person, it will really be over!

Xue Ping still didn't realize at this time how powerful the vague sentence "revealing meritorious service" in the imperial decree had produced. He was only thankful that this sentence did not specify the target, which gave him a chance to solve the unfavorable situation.

Unexpectedly, there was a group of people who did good deeds without leaving their names, and attributed all the criminal evidence of many aristocratic minions collected over the years to him, making him like a raging fire cooking oil.

This group is the inner guards.

If the son wants to take it, he will give it first. All this is within the calculation of the emperor, and the bestowal of the title is just to speed up Xue Ping's demise.

(End of this chapter)