My Red Mansion Career

Chapter 176

June of the [-]th year of Changping

It was the hottest season of the year, and at this time, the officials in the court and the people in Shenjing suddenly began to become restless.

Because they have received news that the envoy led by Wang Zhijie and the returning army led by Jia Yu will arrive in Shenjing tomorrow.

Emperor Changping had issued a simile three days ago that all officials of the seventh rank and above in Shenjing would go out of the city to greet the envoys and the returning army. No one could be absent except those on leave and those on duty.

The next day, outside Desheng Gate in Beicheng, tens of thousands of people watching the excitement crowded the huge north gate, and everyone had excitement on their faces.

Chinese people love to watch the excitement. This is a gene engraved in their bones. Even if dynasties change and time passes, it cannot be changed.

In addition, there are few entertainment activities for ordinary people these days. Now that we finally encounter such a big event, we can't miss it.

As there were more people, some vendors became more active.

Many people started pushing carts or setting up stalls around the official road.

There are people selling sesame seed cakes, stinky tofu, performers, and jugglers. It can be said to be very lively.

This is what Emperor Changping saw after he climbed up to the gate tower of the North City.

Seeing Emperor Changping staring at the small traders outside the city, Dai Quan's heart skipped a beat and he whispered: "Your Majesty, do you want me to drive all those people away?"

"Need not."

Emperor Changping, who came back to his senses, waved his hand: "I have already made a clear statement. Today, all the people of Daxia can come to welcome the returning army.

It is rare for the people to be so happy, how can we dampen their interest? "

Seeing Emperor Changping's words, Dai Quan stepped back.

Later, a eunuch brought a stool and table for Emperor Changping to sit down, and then served him tea and several plates of snacks.

Emperor Changping held up the tea with one hand and tasted it slowly while placing his right hand on the table and tapping it gently.

Anyone who is familiar with him knows that whenever he makes this action, it means that he is in a happy mood at that moment, and the level of happiness is directly proportional to the speed at which he taps the table.

As a person close to Emperor Changping, Dai Quan was certainly aware of his master's habit.

With his head lowered, he secretly glanced at Emperor Changping's hand tapping the table, and then quickly took it back.

He began to make quick calculations in his mind, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that no one could stop Jia Sansi from flying into the sky.

As a person close to Emperor Changping, although I can't get too close to Jia Yu, I can still show appropriate goodwill, such as paying appropriate attention to General Zhaoyong's Mansion and Jia Mansion.

However, Dai Quan felt a little headache when he mentioned the Jia Mansion. As the head of the CRRC Mansion, he was very aware of the dirty things going on in the Ning Rong Mansion.

In his opinion, since Jia Daishan's death, none of the descendants of Ning Rong's second house have been able to take the leading role, and it is all supported by Jia's mother.

If this situation continues, as soon as Jia's mother dies, the entire Jia family will completely decline and disappear into the dust.

But now Jia Yu happened to appear. Although he was not a direct descendant of Ningrong's second house, he was from the twelfth house of Jinling after all, and he was married to Jia Yingchun, the eldest granddaughter of Rongguo house.

In this way, the fate of the Jia family is really hard to say.

"Why don't you remind Jia Sansi and ask him to pay attention to Jia Zhen from Dongfu?"

Just when Dai Quan was secretly calculating in his heart, he heard a cheer from the distance.

"Here they come...they are back..."

After a while, a young eunuch trotted all the way to Emperor Changping, knelt down and reported loudly.

"Your Majesty... spies from the front are here to report that Mr. Wang Ge and the army returning to the court are already two miles away and will arrive at Deshengmen soon."

After hearing this, Emperor Changping stood up and waved his hand: "Let's go...come with me to welcome our heroes who have returned in triumph."

After saying that, he took the lead to go down the city gate tower. Behind him were the serving eunuchs and a long list of civil and military officials.

"woo woo woo woo……"

Along with the sound of deep horns, it also heralded that the army returning to the court had arrived outside the city gate.

Soon a long dragon-like team appeared in everyone's sight.

Walking at the front were groups of musketeers wearing red and white military uniforms. They walked in neat steps, and the muskets on their shoulders shone coldly in the sun.

They were followed closely by pikemen and sword and shield soldiers. These men wore thick armor and held round shields, sharp blades and spears. They also had solemn faces.

Seeing the team appear, the people at the city gate cheered in unison.

The cheers of tens of thousands of people resounded over the entire North Gate, and many people's ears were buzzing.

Because the commotion was so loud, the soldiers responsible for maintaining order were frightened and quickly stepped up patrols, patrolling back and forth on both sides of the road to maintain order to prevent accidents.

Jia Yu, who was dressed in armor, was riding his red date horse and looked at the plaque with "Desheng Gate" written on it not far from the city gate with emotion.

A few months ago, he personally led the army from Andingmen, but when he came back, he entered the city through Deshengmen.

From the name, we can see Daxia's good expectations and instructions for the expedition.

Taizu Taizu of Great Xia personally set the rules: when the army goes out for battle, those who must return to the court in victory are not allowed to enter the city through Deshengmen.

Just when Jia Yu was looking at the plaque on the city gate, a voice rang beside him:

"General Jia, please come to your senses quickly. Your Majesty's dragon attack has arrived. Please don't behave inappropriately before you."

Jia Yu looked back and saw that it was Wang Zhijie who was looking at him with a smile.

He cupped his hand and said, "It turns out to be Mr. Wang, who has lost his composure at the end."

Wang Zhijie looked at him with a complicated expression. He stroked his beard and sighed: "Don't call yourself the junior general. I'm afraid after today, I will have to salute you first when we meet again.

After this battle, General Jia's name should be known to everyone in Daxia.

Given the high regard your Majesty has for you, it is only a matter of time before you are knighted. I only hope that the general will put national affairs first in everything in the future.

We must not let down the expectations of His Majesty and the people. "

It stands to reason that if Wang Zhijie, as the chief civil servant of the cabinet, said such words with such earnestness and sincerity, if he had been an ordinary official, he would have been moved to tears and hastened to express his loyalty.

But Jia Yu shook her head, "Master Wang is serious, the final general is no more than the commander of a small five-city army and horse division.

There is an old saying among the people that you should sing whatever song you go to on the top of the mountain.

The general only needs to be responsible for the security of Shenjing. The general cannot take care of other things, and he doesn't want to. "

Wang Zhijie frowned slightly, how could this Jia Yu be so slippery and careless, without any sense of responsibility?

But he couldn't accuse him of this, because since ancient times, the officialdom has been about not being in charge of the government.

Jia Yu said that he only cares about his one-third of an acre of land and doesn't want to worry about other things... Is this wrong?

Helpless Wang Zhijie could only glare at Jia Yu and stopped talking.

Jia Yu didn't care and just smiled.

He knew very well that all his rights came from Emperor Changping, and he did not need to please anyone except Emperor Changping.

Moreover, Wang Zhijie was the chief minister and the leader of the civil service.   And he is a military commander, and since ancient times, the interaction between civil and military forces has been a taboo, and he does not want to be feared by Emperor Changping.

After walking for a while, Emperor Changping's dragon came to the team and stopped.

Then he heard a burst of melodious music, and Jia Yu knew that it was the King of Qin's formation-breaking music specially played by the court to welcome the returning victorious soldiers.

Jia Yu quickly dismounted, came to Long Chu and knelt down on one knee: "General Zhaoyong, Commander of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, Jia Yu pays homage to our emperor. Long live my emperor!"

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

After Jia Yu finished speaking, Wang Zhijie, the envoys, all the soldiers and the surrounding people all knelt down, and everyone shouted long live.

Emperor Changping's face glowed red, and he got off the Dragon Boat Festival with Dai Quan's support.

He walked up to Jia Yu and tried to help him, but Jia Yu was naturally not stupid enough to let the emperor help him up, so he immediately stood up.

Emperor Changping looked at Jia Yu for a while, and then nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad... He has become much more energetic after not seeing you for a few months, and he is also a little darker.

Today, I am very happy because my General Zhaoyong is here!

He returned with a victorious army. "

Emperor Changping grabbed Jia Yu's hand, raised it high, and said loudly to the people around him: "A few months ago, one hundred thousand Mongolian Tatars invaded our border, and Xuanfu and Tongguan fell one after another.

Zhaoyong General Jia Yu was ordered to buy time for King Qin's army and led an army of [-] to Tongguan to stop the enemy.

Ten thousand versus one hundred thousand, everyone knows that this battle is very dangerous.

Before leaving, I asked him if he had anything else to say to me.

Jia Aiqing said, "It's hard to predict whether we will win or not."

If you can win, you will come back alive to see me. If he were defeated, he would die on the battlefield, his body anointed by wild leather.

One day our army will drive out the Tartars. As the emperor, if I personally come to the place where he fought the bloody battle with the Tartars to worship the heroic spirits of the soldiers, he will turn into dust all over the sky and come to see me.

It can be seen that Jia Yu was determined to die at that time.

Now, not only did Jia Yu come back to see me alive, but he also defeated [-] Mongolian Tatars, forcing the Mongolian Tatars to sign the armistice treaty.

For this reason, the Mongolian Tatars also compensated our Daxia cattle and sheep forty thousand, five hundred thousand taels of silver, one hundred thousand sheep and cow hides each, and thirty thousand kilograms of wool.

With such a great victory, how could the imperial court be worthy of the soldiers who threw their heads and blood and fought bravely on the battlefield if they did not reward them heavily?

Dai Quan... read out the imperial edict! "

"Here!"

Dai Quan stood up, took the edict from the little eunuch behind him, opened it in front of everyone, and read it loudly.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said:

I have often heard that when a country is in trouble, it misses a good general, and when a patient is sick, it misses a good doctor.

The Tatars violated the customs and faced a national crisis. General Zhaoyong and the commander of the Five Cities Army and Horses Division, Jia Yu, bravely took the lead, regardless of life and death, and led his troops to fight the enemy in a bloody battlefield.

Today we are returning in triumph after a great victory. I, Daxia, have always been rewarded for my merits and punished for my faults.

In order to show his merits, I promoted Jia Yu to the rank of General Longhu, and named him Dingyuan Bo, hereditary.

He separated the army he led from the Wucheng Army and Horse Division and built another battalion, named Huben Camp, with Jia Yu serving as the commander-in-chief of Huben Camp.

This is a compliment, I appreciate this!

The third day of June in the thirteenth year of Changping! "

"boom……"

After the imperial edict was announced, everyone became excited.

Jia Yu would definitely be rewarded heavily by the emperor. This was expected by everyone, but no one expected that Emperor Changping would reward him so heavily.

Jia Yu was knighted, which did not surprise everyone.

The titles of the Great Xia Dynasty were generally divided into five levels: Duke, Hou, Bo, Zi, Nan.

As for the prince, since the beginning of the founding of the country, after the four kings were granted the title, Taizu decreed that in the future, except for the children of the royal family, there would be no one with the same surname as king, so for all officials, the duke was already at the top.

Among the five titles of Duke Bo Zi Nan, Viscount is the first rank, and Baron is the second rank.

These two lowest-level titles are consolation prizes. Therefore, both the common people and court officials believe that only the title of earl and above is a serious and superior title, and only the title of earl and above is considered to be the official entry into the knighthood. Expensive ranks.

Otherwise, a little baron who prides himself on being a noble all day long will be laughed at.

Of course, Emperor Changping made Jia Yu an earl, which was beyond some people's expectations, but it was still within the acceptable range of everyone. But if you add the four words "hereditary" and "displaced", it will be completely different. .

This means that as long as Jia Yu does not commit treason and other heinous crimes in the future, his title will be passed down from generation to generation and will never decrease.

In other words, as long as the Great Xia Dynasty lasts, Jia Yu's Dingyuan uncle will always exist.

What does it mean to share the same sentiments with the country? This is sharing the same sentiments with the country.

This alone has surpassed [-]% of the nobles in Shenjing City.

Let's put it this way, just with the words "hereditary" and "replaceable", even a prince who was demoted to a higher rank would not change.

Hearing this, let alone others, even Jia Yu felt his ears buzzing.

Are you going to give me a hereditary and irreplaceable title?

In other words, from now on, my descendants can all be rice insects of the Great Xia Dynasty... No... Nobles of the Great Xia Dynasty?

Because the surprise came so suddenly, Jia Yu didn't react for a while until Dai Quan in front of him reminded him in a low voice.

"Master Jia...Sir, it's time for you to thank me!"

"oh oh……"

Jia Yu, who had just woken up from a dream, realized what he was doing. He quickly held the imperial edict in both hands and shouted to Emperor Changping: "Your Majesty, Jia Yu, accepts the edict to express my gratitude. Long live my emperor!"

Emperor Changping, who was standing in front of Long Chu, naturally saw Jia Yu's gaffe, but he just smiled knowingly.

He walked up to Jia Yu and comforted him warmly: "This time Aiqing leads the troops to fight on the battlefield.

I can see everything that can turn the tide before it falls, and hold up the building before it collapses.

I also deserve this title. I only hope that I can continue to work hard and make new contributions to Daxia and the court. I will not be stingy with rewards! "

Jia Yu said in a trembling voice: "I will bear in mind His Majesty's teachings, and I dare not die without surrendering!"

Seeing Jia Yu's moved expression, Emperor Changping nodded with satisfaction, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, then walked to Wang Zhijie, patted his arm and said to him and the officials of the envoy behind him.

"Mr. Wang Ge and all your dear friends have had a hard time negotiating with Tuotuo Buhua. I will give you a reward later."

"Thank you, Your Majesty Ron!"

Everyone thanked them together again...

(End of this chapter)