Riding the Pheonix Chapter 459: On merit

"Emergency battle report."

When Lu Qian heard these four words, his heart tightened and he opened his mouth and said, "Bring it here."

He is the Prime Minister, and if he wants it, nature will give it to him first.

Lu Qian quickly opened it and read the entire battle report carefully from beginning to end.

The first time was joy. This battle was won. The border was pushed to Liangchuan, the Hu people were driven deep into the grassland, and the northwest border had peace for at least twenty or thirty years.

Such achievements are worthy of Emperor Taizu.

The second time he frowned. The battle report briefly described how to arrange the troops, but focused on describing the process of Yang Shu secretly training the elite soldiers with the double chain method, summoning the iron guards to respond, and breaking through the left and right wings of the Hu soldiers. And he said without hesitation that this was the key to the victory of this formation and should take the lead.

By the third time, Mr. Lu’s heart was sinking.

This battle report is in Zong Xu’s tone and Guo Xu’s handwriting. In other words, both of them agree with the result.

Lü Qian definitely didn’t believe those rumors had not spread to the northwest.

Zong Xu led his troops outside, so he always paid attention to the direction of the wind in Beijing.

In the previous battle reports, Yang Shu was mentioned in one sentence, which shows that the two of them knew the emperor's taboos.

Under the premise that they knew the emperor was not happy and heard the rumors, they still boasted about Yang Shu's military exploits. What does this mean?

They want to protect him!

Lu Qian took a deep breath.

Is this the result that Fu Jin wants him to wait for?

"Old Prime Minister, is the result bad?" an official asked cautiously.

Lu Qian raised his head, saw the eyes coming towards him, and handed over the battle report: "Read it for yourselves."

Battle reports are sent directly to the political hall, and there is no room for manipulation.

In other words, even if the emperor doesn't like it, Yang Shu's contribution is unquestionable.

Sure enough, when the others saw the contents of the battle report clearly, they celebrated wildly.

Some officials even jumped on their chairs laughing and dancing.

This is an unprecedented achievement in the forty-eight years since the founding of the People's Republic of China!

Just a year ago, the battle report of Zongxu's troops sent to the grassland was sent to the political hall, where a fierce debate started.

After forty-eight years of stability, many people are afraid of war.

With the Hu tribe in the north and the Chu state in the south, how could they accomplish the unification that even Taizu was unable to accomplish?

But there are also some people who strongly support sending troops. If we don’t take advantage of such good opportunities as Hu’s chaos, unification will really be a dream.

Finally, Lu Qian, the seventy-year-old prime minister, stated that the Hu people were brazenly attacking and sending troops was inevitable. The Northwest Army was trapped in the isolated city and still successfully defeated the enemy with an outnumbered enemy. It was difficult to shake the morale of the army.

So the war faction overwhelmed the peace faction, and even the emperor's wishes were rejected by them.

If Zong Xu cannot produce results, they, the main war faction, will inevitably have to settle accounts in the future.

Well now, Zong Xu not only achieved results, but also achieved a great victory in the entire war!

The northwest has been pacified! The boundary line is pushed to Liangchuan! This is a long-lasting achievement of opening up new territories and expanding our territory!

After the initial excitement, officials began to discuss what reward should be given to Zong Xu.

The Zong family has made great achievements in military affairs for generations, and Zong Xu has long been the Duke of the country. There is no reward for this title - you can't really make him a king, right? To be crowned a king with a different surname, one can only be crowned after death. Otherwise, no matter how great the military exploits are, this option is not available.

The only other options are to give him a job, to give him a royal title, to give him a female family member, or to change him to a more prestigious title, and by the way, he can also get married.

The discussion here was in full swing. Someone over there was looking at the battle report and interrupted the discussion of his colleagues: "Wait a minute, have you read the battle report carefully? Zong Xu didn't mention himself at all. The first contribution he mentioned was someone else. Such a person!"

Huh?

The prime ministers all went over, put their heads together, and read the battle report from beginning to end again, and then discovered the content behind the victory report.

Yang Shu!

Zong Xu said that the first contribution should be made by Yang Shu, a descendant of the Yang family of the Bolinghou Mansion and the pastor of Gaotang!

The political hall fell into an eerie silence.

After a long while, someone finally said: "Zong Xu, are you kidding me? Reporting military exploits to a shepherd supervisor? Or is it the first meritorious service?"

Someone also replied weakly: "He is the commander of the army, and it is his duty to report military exploits to anyone. Besides, the war is urgent, and it makes sense for the pastoral supervisor to be temporarily recruited to the battlefield..."

Zong Xu admits it like this, what else can they say?

If this battle is successful, Zong Xu's reputation will reach its peak. Even the emperor will not be able to refute his face at this time.

What's more, such a great victory must be reported to all the government offices. Zong Xu was determined and they could only admit it.

It's just that everyone present is the emperor's close ministers, who doesn't care about the emperor's thoughts?

They couldn't help but sneer, is Zong Xu crazy? If you go against the emperor's will, no matter how great your credit is, you will be liquidated sooner or later.

That's all, they will have to find reasons to control the clan in the future. Since he has given a ready-made one, let's keep it for now.

So this battle report was sent to the imperial court that day. ..

In front of all the ministers, the emperor was naturally happy.

The happy emperor ordered a banquet on the spot to celebrate such a great victory.

The news of the great victory in the northwest quickly spread to the market, and the entire Yunjing was rejoicing. Rich families distributed wedding money wantonly, and small vendors gave discounts.

People were discussing the details of this war as if they had seen it with their own eyes.

The Third Young Master Yang, who left Beijing in despair, returned to their sight with such an attitude, he was completely reborn.

Compared to General Zong, who has always been famous, a profligate nobleman who was expelled from the capital and returned to war two years later has become a much more talked about person.

As a result, people in teahouses and restaurants who had not forgotten this past began to talk about the former Young Master Yang, saying how ridiculous and romantic he was, how he was wild and debauched, and how he was in a state of desolation when he was exiled from Beijing.

Even the prostitutes who once had **** scandals with Young Master Yang~IndoMTL.com~ have gained a lot of status due to the influx of customers...

After the banquet was over, the emperor returned to Mingguang Hall.

Only a few candles were lit on the candlestick, and the palace guests were dismissed by the emperor.

A chamberlain holding a fly whisk hurriedly entered the hall and bowed respectfully: "My servant Liu Shuangxi has met His Majesty."

The emperor was sitting on the dragon chair, lost in thought. When he heard the voice, he moved his eyes and asked in a dumb voice: "How is it?"

Eunuch Liu lowered his head and replied: "There is no news from Night Bat."

After a breath of silence, the emperor suddenly became furious. He raised his sleeves and swept away all the memorials, pens and inkstones on the imperial case.

Eunuch Liu hurriedly knelt down: "This servant is incompetent, Your Majesty, please calm down."

The emperor sneered: "My Imperial City Division can't even complete such a task, so what are they still doing? Do they still have the nerve to call themselves Night Bats?"

Eunuch Liu lowered his head and said nothing.

He knew that no matter how much he argued at this time, it would be useless.

The emperor was even more agitated.

Opening up new territories is a lifelong achievement. His reputation in the history books will definitely increase greatly because of this incident.

Among such happy things, there was something disgusting.

Like a lump in the throat, like a awn on the back.

I can't spit it out or pull it out.

The emperor took a deep breath and asked: "With such military exploits, it seems that I can only be granted a title of marquis, right?"

At the banquet, he heard the ministers discussing the title closure.

Eunuch Liu knelt even lower: "I don't understand this."

"Hehe, hehe!" The emperor kicked the imperial desk for the last time and walked back with a livid face.

But he had only taken a few steps when Wan Dabao's voice came from outside again: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Lu wants to see you."