Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 389 Aspirations are hard to pay (please subscribe!)
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It only took Tong Guan more than five months to wipe out the giant bandit Tian Hu and his henchmen, and personally beheaded Tian Hu, making an incomparable achievement.

Zhao Ji has always been generous with rewards to his cronies, and immediately issued an imperial edict to promote Tong Guan as Tai Tuo and Duke of Jing.

Sangong is the three most prestigious official positions, and their status is only slightly lower than that of the prime minister.

Not to mention the Duke of the State, and then only the king is left, and the kings of the Song Dynasty were rarely conferred on living people, so the Duke of the State is basically the highest title that can be obtained by a different surname.

From Zhao Ji's reward to Tong Guan, it is not difficult to see Zhao Ji's joy in Tong Guan's extermination of Tian Hu's bandits.

Not only Tong Guan received a reward, but Tong Guan's direct descendants and Gao Qiu's subordinates also received generous rewards.

When it was the turn of Song Jiang and the others, Gao Qiu suddenly came out and said, "The thief Wang Qing broke through Wanzhou a few days ago. Yesterday, three places in Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and Ye County filed for emergency. Those three places are all The prefectures and counties of Tokyo are adjacent to Shenjing. Wang Qing, the thief, will attack Luzhou and Xiangzhou in the next step, and the next step will be to attack Zhengzhou and Yingchang. If this thief succeeds, Shenjing will be surrounded by this thief In this situation, it is in danger. At this time, it is difficult to guarantee that the thief will not attack Shenjing, and Shenjing may be involved in the flames of war. Weichen heard that Song Jiang and his Erlong Army are in charge of the rear this time. Counting the time, it should be almost After crossing the Yellow River, it is better to let them go directly to rescue Xijing and Wanzhou, and first break the siege of Wang Qing's thief on Shenjing."

Hearing Gao Qiu say that Wang Qing was about to surround Tokyo, Zhao Ji was shocked and said, "How dare Wang Qing be so bold?"

Gao Qiu said: "The officials don't know. When Taifu Tong suppressed Tian Hu's gang of bandits, Wang Qing became extremely vicious. He sacked cities and looted land, looted and murdered. Crossing Beijing Northwest Road, Jingxinan Road, Huainan West Road, Jinghu North Road, and Chengdu Fu Road Five Roads, if they are not wiped out, there will be a catastrophe. Please order Song Jiang and his Erlong Army to go straight to Xijing, and then teach Tai Fu led the army to expedite the conquest, saved the lives of the people, and protected the country without borders. The subjects are very fortunate, and the world is very fortunate!"

Zhao Ji said: "But Song Jiang and others are on the journey and have not been promoted. Is it inappropriate to let him wait to conquer Huaixi?"

Gao Qiu said: "Now the situation is extremely dangerous, we cannot allow us to delay, and Song Jiang and other former thieves, although they have made great achievements in suppressing the thieves, they can only redeem their previous crimes, and it will not be too late to reward them after Huaixi wins."

Zhao Ji felt that it was reasonable, so he wrote an edict according to Gao Qiu's intention, and ordered Su Yuanjing to receive rewards such as gold and silver, satin, robes, armor, horses, royal wine and other things. and others.

After finishing the miscellaneous matters, Zhao Ji was persuaded by Wang Fu and Cai You to go to Genyue for entertainment. The rest of the work was done by a group of capable officials. He, the emperor, had already done enough.

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Let's say that Su Yuanjing received the imperial edict and rewards for soldiers and other things, loaded thirty or fifty carts full, left Tokyo, and headed for Henan.

Speechless all the way.

As soon as Su Taiwei and his party reached the edge of the Yellow River, they bumped into the Qin Ming Department, the vanguard of the Second Dragon Army.

Qin Ming quickly reported Su Taiwei's arrival to Song Jiang.

After hearing this, Song Jiang didn't dare to neglect. He led Wu Yong and others to see Su Taiwei quickly, and ordered his subordinates to set up the Longting incense case in the large tent of the Chinese army.

Surrounded by Song Jiang and others, Su Yuanjing entered the big tent holding the imperial decree.

All the generals below Song Jiang bowed in order to the north.

After worshiping, Su Taiwei announced the decree: "Song Jiang and others traveled across the mountains and rivers, crossed the dangers, and made great contributions to the suppression of the captives. I really appreciate it. Now I give you gold and silver, robes, satin, famous horses, armor, and imperial wine. To show your merits, here is Wang Qing, a strong thief, who made chaos in Huaixi, overthrew the city, robbed the people, worshiped Liu border, and shook Xijing. Now Song Jiang is the vanguard of Pingxi Capital. When the edict comes, he will command the army and horses of the headquarters , Xingchi rescued Xijing and Wanzhou, you and other officers and men worked together to be loyal, and the achievements were smooth, and the rewards are fixed, and I hereby give an imperial edict."

Song Jiang and others shouted long live, and then paid thanks to Xie Enbi. Su Taiwei presided over the rewards of gold and silver, robes, satin, famous horses, armor, royal wine and other things.

Song Jiang and Wu Yong personally sent Su Taiwei, who was running all the way, to rest.

Along the way, why didn't Wu Yong keep on insinuating, why didn't he accept them?
Su Taiwei didn't hide anything, and told Song Jiang and Wu Yong what Gao Qiu had reported.

Farewell to Su Taiwei, Wu Yong said leisurely: "The court can't do meritorious service rewards, and there are punishments, I'm afraid the brothers will be dissatisfied."

Although Song Jiang was disappointed that the imperial court did not give him an official promotion, Song Jiang still said: "The situation is critical, and there are reasons to forgive."

Wu Yongdao: "We are the only ones who have not been promoted. Marshal Tong's direct descendants and Taiwei Gao's subordinates have all been promoted."

Song Jiang made excuses for the court, saying: "I'm only one day away from Xijing, and it takes too much time for the teacher to return to the court and come back again."

Wu Yongdao: "It only takes one imperial decree to be promoted, and it doesn't take much time. It is clear that someone is blocking my way to be promoted."

Song Jiang remained silent, he is not a fool, how could he not understand the reason?
Wu Yong said again: "It's fine if I don't get promoted, Geng Gong, Bo Sen, An Renmei and other new recruits, if they don't get promoted, they will definitely be alienated from us, and maybe they will turn against us again in the future. "

Song Jiang also knew the seriousness of it, and said, "Then how should we deal with it?"

Wu Yong said: "There is no other way, the only way to do it."

Song Jiang said angrily: "Hey, what is the difference between us and those corrupt officials?"

Wu Yong was silent for a while, and said: "In this imperial court, otherwise, it would be difficult to move an inch."

Song Jiang's eyes are full of resentment!

He hates corrupt officials for obstructing the audience, so that those who are loyal to the emperor and patriotic have to join forces with others!
After struggling for a while, Song Jiang said: "Just one thing, all the gold, silver, money and silk we were waiting for were taken away by Li Yan. Although I made some money later, it cost seventy dollars to buy soldiers, horses, and manage Xin Xingzong." Seven or eight, where is the money and silk to get some more?"

Wu Yongdao: "Borrow some from the brothers, and pay them back double when Xijing is conquered."

Song Jiangdao: "The military division means that we also intercept and seize it?"

Wu Yongdao: "Let him do what the Western Army does, and let me, the Second Dragon Army, follow suit."

Song Jiang remained silent.

Seeing this, Wu Yong persuaded him: "Brother will have to run up and down frequently in the future, so that we can get a normal promotion. Without money and silk, even if we make great achievements, it will be difficult to get promoted."

After hearing this, Song Jiang sighed, and then said: "Please tell the military master to tell the brothers about this on Song Jiang's behalf. Song Jiang really has no face to borrow from the brothers for their hard-working money."

Wu Yong said: "Okay, Xiaosheng will talk about it."

Song Jiang turned his head and looked in the direction of Bianliang in Tokyo, his ambition was unrewarding: "When will I, Song Jiang, be able to clean up this smog and make Da Song a bright and bright world?"

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(End of this chapter)