Since Qin Wen had placed all the livestock, he received a military order from Zhang Hao and learned that the war in the north had ended. Zhang Hao ordered him to send the battle report to Luoyang along with Qiu Liju's head, the Khan's golden knife.

On the main hall of the Luoyang Imperial Palace, Qin Wen was reporting the battle situation and results of Pingzhou to Emperor Ling and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.

“…… In this battle, I annihilated more than 70,000 enemies in Pingzhou, and the general Qin Wen broke the camp of the mountain pool, and obtained more than 25,000 cattle and sheep and more than 5,000 horses. Under the tent, Zheng Meng, the commander of the tent, slashed the Wuhuan Khan Qiu Liju and won the first ......"

Qin Wen read the battle report, and was very excited in his heart, the general really didn't lie to him, and put his credit in the first place. In this way, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will know his great name of Qin Wen, and the whole world will know it from now on.

When he finished reading, he picked up the wooden box and golden knife in front of him and handed them to Zhang Rang, who came to take them. "Your Majesty, this is the head of the thief chief Qiu Liju, and his Khan Golden Knife."

To be honest, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have not yet reacted from this big victory. This imperial court did not send a single soldier, relying on Pingzhou's own troops alone, and solved 70,000 Wuhuan units? It's appalling.

A month ago, Zhang Hao had just sent someone to report to the imperial court that Wuhuan had entered Koupingzhou, and at that time, because Lu Zhi's words were verified, he also had a big quarrel with Yuan Kui in court, but in the end, Emperor Ling still did not send troops.

A month later, Zhang Hao sent someone to deliver the good news, in other words, no one would believe it, if it weren't for the head and the golden knife, everyone would think that this was Zhang Hao's false report of his military exploits and bullying the king.

You must know that Gongsun Zan has just returned to Youzhou at this time, and the war with the traitors Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju has not yet begun, and the Pingzhou side has already ended.

After the shock, everyone's focus was on the huge number of livestock, and as for the final battle damage of the soldiers and the casualties of the people, they directly chose to ignore it, and no one cared.

Emperor Ling was very happy, this Zhang Hao could really share the worries for the monarch, and he solved the trouble without spending a penny of food.

He didn't even look at Qiu Liju's head, picked up the golden knife and looked at it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it. To him, Qiu Liju was just a rebellious chieftain of Yidi, and he was not interested at all.

At this time, Lu Zhi stood up and bowed to the Spirit Emperor: "Your Majesty, since General Duliao has quelled the invasion of Wuhuan, then he should be immediately ordered to lead his troops into Youzhou to quell the rebellion. ”

Yuan Kui was still haunted by Lu Zhi's quarrel with him in court a month ago, regardless of his image, and when he saw Lu Zhi speaking at this moment, he also bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks what Lu Shangshu said is inappropriate.

Pingzhou has just ended the war, and General Duliao's war report also said that the war has led to tens of thousands of casualties, and the old minister believes that General Zhang should stay in Pingzhou at this time to calm the hearts of the people. ”

Emperor Ling nodded: "Well, Taifu is right, anyway, General Gongsun should also return to Youzhou, then this matter of counterinsurgency will be handed over to him." ”

Lu Zhi had no choice but to give up. He despised Yuan Kui very much in his heart, although the name of the fourth and third princes was loud, but this Yuan Kui was simply unworthy of virtue and had no name.

Emperor Ling turned his head to look at Qin Wen, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said with a smile: "Why is Qin Aiqing still kneeling, please get up quickly." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Qin Wen stood aside respectfully.

"Qin Aiqing has made outstanding achievements this time, even Zhang Aiqing has praised you, ranked you as the first meritorious, and recommended you to me."

"This is all thanks to Your Majesty's grace and General Duliao's love, and Weichen has today's credit."

"The so-called reward is not overdue, the punishment is not moved, and the soldiers of Pingzhou have to be rewarded for their hard work." Emperor Ling was happy, changed his usual habit of being greedy for money and stingy, and became very generous.

"General Zhang Hao, General of Jin Pingbei, General of Duliao, plus 1,000 households in the original food estate. The partial general Qin Wen sealed the Shating Marquis, with 800 households, and the commander Zheng Meng sealed the Qing Pavilion Marquis, with 500 households. ”

Qin Wen knelt down again: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

"Qin Aiqing, Zhang Aiqing highly recommends you, and I don't want to chill the hearts of loyal ministers. Zhongshan Taishou is vacant, so it's up to you to take this position," Emperor Ling said with a smile.

The original Zhongshan Taishou Zhang Chun is now in rebellion, and this position is naturally vacant.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Qin Wen bowed again.

At this time, a courtier stood up and bowed: "Your Majesty, Qin Taishou's outstanding achievements in battle are admirable. However, Weichen has something to ask Qin Taishou. ”

Emperor Ling motioned for Qin Wen to answer, and Qin Wen arched his hand to the courtier: "My lord, please speak, I must know everything." ”

"In terms of grade, Qin Taishou is higher, and he can't be called Taishou Adult." The courtier bowed, "What the lower officials want to ask is, Qin Taishou doesn't know what to do with the livestock?" ”

"I have General Zhang to deal with it, and I don't know the specifics." Qin Wen replied.

"How does this work?" The courtier shook his head, "Since it is a war capture, it should be returned to the imperial court, how can it be disposed of by the local officials themselves?" ”

"It makes sense, it makes sense." The ministers talked a lot and all agreed.

The Spirit Emperor also reacted. That's right, shouldn't this spoils of war be disposed of by the imperial court? Besides, it's not hundreds or thousands, but tens of thousands of livestock.

He calculated in his heart that if the 25,000 heads of livestock alone were all converted into money, it would be tens of thousands of gold. Tens of thousands of dollars, enough to spend a long time on yourself.

The more Emperor Ling thought about it, the more excited he became, and the more he felt that Zhang Hao was his lucky general, and other generals would only spend money on themselves when they fought wars, but Zhang Hao was making money for himself.

"Qin Aiqing, when you enter Beijing this time, why don't you bring those livestock with you? Did Zhang Aiqing tell you anything? ”

Emperor Ling asked, which made Qin Wen remember, and he also asked Fang Zhu Fang Changshi this question when he came. After all, these livestock were captured by himself, and it was a guarantee of his merits, so he would naturally ask about it.

As a result, Fang Zhu told him that now the livestock had to be placed in Pingzhou temporarily, and it was not appropriate to rush to other places, and he also explained the specific reasons.

Qin Wen bowed to Emperor Ling: "Your Majesty, there is a reason why the minister did not bring the livestock with him. ”

"Oh, what's the reason?"

"One of them is the Youzhou rebellion, and the rebels have the help of the Wuhuan thief chieftain, and there are Wuhuan cavalry in Youzhou. If a large herd of livestock is driven across the border, it will surely attract a large number of thieves to loot.

The second is that the minister also tried to ship livestock in Pyongju, such as transporting them by sea to Qingju and then to Gyeonggi. But as soon as the animals on board went out to sea, all of them died, without exception. ”

When it comes to money, Emperor Ling rarely listens very carefully. After listening to Qin Wen, he immediately asked, "Dead?" Why is that? ”

Qin Wen immediately replied: "Your Majesty, Gai grew up in the north because of this kind of livestock, and he has never been to the ocean, so he was tossed by the wind and waves on the ship, and died of fear for a while. ”

In fact, these were all told by Fang Zhu, and he had never tried whether cattle and sheep would be scared to death when they went to sea, but after listening to Fang Changshi's words, he felt that it was true.

So I took it as my own idea and used it directly, anyway, I'm not here, and no one will expose him.

He, the person who is at the border, doesn't know, and the Lingdi and the court, these high-ranking and unruly Gungun princes who don't eat fireworks in the world, don't know even more, and everyone believes it.

This makes them extremely resentful of Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, the two traitors. If they hadn't stood in their way, this herd of cattle worth 10,000 gold would have gone south by now.

And this animal is more powerful than a man, and eats only grass. When the time comes, talk to the protégés and old officials along the way, and when you pass by them, report that some livestock are sick and dead, old age or something, and you can get a lot of money.

The Spirit Emperor became very angry at this moment: "I swear to cut these two thieves with thousands of knives and shatter their corpses!" ”

What is obviously about to arrive, just because of two inconspicuous bastards, so much time has been delayed in vain.

This state of being seen and touched was very painful for the emperor, especially for such a greedy faint monarch like the Spirit Emperor, it was simply hellish torture.

"Your Majesty, since General Pingbei has defeated Wu Huan, it is better to order him to lead his troops to Youzhou to quell the rebellion and open up the road......"

"Shut up!"

Yuan Kui scolded, and the courtier who spoke immediately shut up and retreated. If others yelled at him like this in the court, he would have passed it a long time ago.

But this is Yuan Kui, the head of the Yuan family in Runan, the third prince of the fourth generation, and the protégé of the Yuan family all over the world. Unfortunately, he was one of his protégés and was promoted by him.

Although Yuan Kui was so disrespectful in the court, Emperor Ling couldn't speak ill of an old minister of this level, but asked patiently: "Why is Taifu like this?" I think this is reasonable, the sooner I put down the rebellion in Youzhou, and the sooner I can calm the people. ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has just issued an edict that General Pingbei will stay in Pingzhou to appease the people. Your Majesty's words are as they are written, and their words are constitutional, and they must not be changed overnight, otherwise your Majesty's prestige will be damaged. ”

Mainly because of the matter of letting Zhang Hao quell the rebellion, Lu Zhi mentioned it before, but he was opposed by himself. If Emperor Ling changed his words now, wouldn't it seem that he was old and stupid.

Lu Zhi kept brushing his beard on the side, and his face was full of smug magic. This made Yuan Kui even more resentful, and he was determined to stop the Spirit Emperor from changing his words. If you break your own teeth, you will swallow them even if you die.

"Besides, Gongsun Taishou is brave and good at fighting, which is praised by the general Zhang Wen, the general of the chariot and cavalry, and he will definitely be able to quickly quell the rebellion."

Yuan Kui, the head of the courtiers, had spoken, and no matter how much the others were dizzy, they would not refute his suggestion. After all, those things outside the body still can't be compared with the official hat on his head.

Since Yuan Kui was so categorical, Emperor Ling couldn't really change his order, anyway, the group of livestock was still in Pingzhou, and they wouldn't run away, so he agreed with his statement.

When Zhang Hao received the edict from the imperial court, he was still a little confused. I guessed wrong, this edict contains rewards and encouragement, that is, there is no order to let him go to quell the rebellion.

"I really don't know what the people in the court think."