Chapter 27: Promotion
It was an unforgettable Lantern Festival, at least unforgettable.
I sat on the edge of Yumei's bed, looking at her beautiful pale face, I had almost never slept all night, why did I say almost all night, because, occasionally, I dozed off.
The next day, as soon as the sky was slightly bright, I quietly sneaked back to the Yang Mansion, because today I was going to enter the palace to face the saint.
Very early, Yang Guozhong knocked on the door and told me to get up. I freshened up, then followed him out the door to the palace.
When I arrived at Xingqing Palace, Yang Guozhong couldn't go in with me, because he was not summoned by the emperor. I walked into the Xingqing Palace, saw that the inside was magnificent, resplendent and splendid, passed through several doors, went up and down hundreds of steps, and finally arrived at the Xingqing Hall of the last dynasty.
I knelt under the stone steps of the Xingqing Palace, and after about ten minutes, I heard Gao Lishi standing on the stone steps and saying: Xuanjiang Dazhi enters the temple to face the saint.
When I heard this, I said in a loud voice: Thank you, Emperor Wu.
Then, get up, walk up the stone steps, walk into the Xingqing Palace, the Xingqing Hall is very spectacular, the ministers of civil and military affairs are divided into two classes, Tang Xuanzong sits on the dragon chair, and Gao Lishi stands on one side.
When I entered the main hall, I knelt on the ground and shouted: Caomin Jiang Dazhi, see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live.
Tang Xuanzong: Jiang Aiqing, please get up quickly and sit down.
I am overjoyed in my heart, the emperor has given me a seat, and there must be a big official position now.
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After a while, two eunuchs came over with a chair, and I sat down.
Tang Xuanzong: Jiang Aiqing, thanks to your timely escort this time, otherwise, I am afraid that I would not be able to see the rising sun today.
Me: The emperor is blessed with all the sky, how can a few thieves hurt the emperor's dragon body.
When Tang Xuanzong heard me say this, he was in a good mood, and a smile appeared on his face, and he said: This group of anti-thieves of the bowl of porridge sect has caused trouble all these years, and I don't want to, but now I have come directly to Chang'an to make trouble, this time we must kill them all and kill them all.
I thought to myself: This Tang Xuanzong is really ruthless, he doesn't blink his eyes when he says something killing.
Me: A bowl of porridge is a great rebellion and must be completely eradicated.
Tang Xuanzong: Jiang Aiqing's words are very much in line with my intentions, I specially appointed Jiang Aiqing as the chief inspector of the rivers and lakes, and gave me a gold medal, only obeying my orders, and I ordered you to completely exterminate a bowl of porridge.
I hurriedly knelt on the ground to thank him and said: Thank you for the emperor's grace, the ministers will do their best, and they will inevitably wipe out all the bowls of porridge.
Tang Xuanzong: Jiang Aiqing, no courtesy, sit, what else does Jiang Aiqing want me to reward? Despite the opening.
As soon as I heard this, I thought to myself: This is a good time to go back to He Xiangxue. I was just about to speak, but suddenly I felt that it was inappropriate, and I couldn't talk about it for the time being, otherwise there would be some unnecessary trouble.
Me: Your Majesty, the ministers still have some difficulties.
Tang Xuanzong: Speak.
Me: This bowl of porridge is secretive, and there are many rudders, and it takes a certain amount of time and manpower to investigate.
Tang Xuanzong: Fight the snake and hit the seven inches, capture the thief and capture the king first, I will give you enough time, you must find out the location of the nest of the bowl of porridge sect, and bring back the head of the person who is the leader, I will hang it on the city gate, and give these thieves some color to see, in addition, I give you a gold medal, you can directly mobilize the local army, no need to ask for instructions, so as not to delay the fighter.
Me: Thank you for the emperor's grace, the minister must complete this matter, otherwise the voluntary military law will deal with it.
Tang Xuanzong: Okay, Jiang Aiqing doesn't want me to reward anything?
Me: The minister's military exploits are still shallow, and I dare not invite rewards.
Tang Xuanzong: Jiang Aiqing, you are too polite, I will reward you with a mansion and two maids, what do you think?
Me: Thank you for the emperor's grace, and the minister is really grateful.
Tang Xuanzong: Okay, I have specially arranged a royal banquet today, Li Linfu and Chen Xuanli are also here, Jiang Aiqing must eat well and drink well.
Me: Thank you for the emperor's grace, and the minister is grateful.
Li Linfu: Thank you for the grace of the emperor.
Chen Xuanli: Thank you for the grace of the emperor.
Tang Xuanzong: Okay, let's retire from the dynasty.
Colliers said loudly: Retreat.
The ministers of civil and military affairs slowly withdrew from the Xingqing Palace, and as soon as I walked out of the gate of the Xingqing Palace, Gonggong Gao walked over.
Colliers: Congratulations to General Jiang.
Me: I want to thank Gonggong Gao, and I hope that Gonggong Gao will take care of Weichen more in the future.
Colliers: Don't be a minister in front of me, you and I are ministers in the same hall, and it is right to take care of each other.
Me: Thank you, Grandpa Gao.
Gao Lishi: General Jiang, the emperor is waiting for you to eat, please.
Me: Grandpa Gao, please.
I followed Colliers and came to a pavilion, the pavilion was built on the shore of a lake, the scenery was very beautiful, I looked up at the words on the pavilion, it seemed to be: Agarwood Pavilion. After all, it's a traditional character, and I'm not so sure.
After a while, Li Linfu and Chen Xuanli came.
Li Linfu: Congratulations to General Jiang.
Me: Thank you, Prime Minister Lee.
Chen Xuanli: General Jiang, congratulations.
Me: Thank you, General Chen.
I heard a voice behind me say: The emperor has arrived.
We quickly fell to our knees and shouted long live.
Tang Xuanzong walked over, sat in the pavilion, and said, "Everyone Aiqing, no courtesy, come and sit."
I saw that Li Linfu and Chen Xuanli both got up, so I also stood up, and I waited until the two of them sat down before I sat down.
Tang Xuanzong: I specially prepared a program for Aiqing.
After Tang Xuanzong finished speaking, Gao Lishi walked out, and after a while, a group of women came, playing, singing and dancing.
Tang Xuanzong: This is a piece composed by me, how do you feel about Aiqing?
Li Linfu: Back to the emperor, it's really a heavenly sound.
Chen Xuanli: I don't understand the rhythm, but I think it's good.
Me: The minister doesn't understand the rhythm of music, so the emperor laughed, but this song is really good.
All we said was compliments, and Tang Xuanzong was very happy to hear it.
Tang Xuanzong: Jiang Aiqing, your task this time is arduous, I wish you success.
I hurriedly raised my glass and said: The emperor is mighty, and the ministers will definitely live up to their mission.
Tang Xuanzong was very happy, and after drinking, we walked out of Xingqing Palace.
I bowed my hand to Li Linfu and said: Prime Minister Li, please first.
Li Linfu: General Jiang, you can come to the house and sit down when you have time.
Me: Thank you Prime Minister Li Cheng for your kindness, and I will definitely visit you another day.
Li Linfu got into the carriage and went home.
Me: General Chen, let's meet again, it's really fate.
Chen Xuanli: General Jiang, I really didn't expect that we would be ministers in the same palace so soon, it was really fate, and I had time to sit in the house.
Me: I must come and visit General Chen.
I said goodbye to Chen Xuanli.
Yang Guozhong had been waiting for me at the door, and when he saw me off Li Linfu and Chen Xuanli, he walked over.
Yang Guozhong: General Jiang, is it a general?
Me: What kind of general is a hard worker.
Yang Guozhong: General Jiang is cheap and obedient, Yang wants to do this hard work and has no chance.
As soon as we wanted to leave, we heard Gao Lishi's voice behind us say, "General Jiang hasn't left yet."
I turned around and said, "Meet Grandpa Gao, where is Grandpa Gao going?"
Colliers: Let's go, you can go with you, take a look at your new house, I'm here to help you clean up the house.
Me: I'm really grateful to Grandpa Gao for this.
We followed Colliers' carriage all the way north of the city, and after half an hour's walk, we arrived at my new mansion.
Colliers: This is General Jiang's new house.
I took a look, and although it was a little shabby, it still looked magnificent. Gao Lishi motioned for the minions to go in and work, and I said, "Grandpa Gao, let's find a place to drink some tea, it will take some time to work."
Colliers: Okay.
The three of us found a teahouse.
Gao Lishi: As long as General Jiang can exterminate a bowl of porridge this time, his future is immeasurable.
Me: In the future, please ask my father-in-law for more advice.
Yang Guozhong: Yes, Grandpa Gao must give me more advice.
I took out the one hundred taels of silver that I had brought with me and gave it directly to Colliers, who smiled when he accepted the silver.
Colliers: General Jiang said it too politely.
The three of us drank for a while, and presumably the minions had cleaned up, so we left.
Come to my new mansion.
Gao Lishi: The emperor personally mentioned the word "Jiangfu", and has instructed the craftsmen to build it, and General Jiang can move to a new house in three days, and he must treat him to a drink when the time comes.
Me: Please also be sure to come here.
Colliers: Let's just say that, farewell, General Jiang.
Me: Father-in-law Gao, you go slowly.
When Colliers is gone, we will go back to Yang's Mansion.
Wang Lung, as soon as they heard that I was a general, their faces bloomed with joy.
Me: Don't be too happy, it's not easy to exterminate a bowl of porridge sect, if you are not careful, your head will fall off, from now on, everyone think about what method to use to exterminate a bowl of porridge sect.
Wang Long: Brother Jiang is right, we must come up with some perfect strategy, this bowl of porridge is so powerful that even the emperor dares to assassinate us.
Me: Brother Long's analysis is very reasonable, we must think of many problems and look farther, so as to avoid being killed.
As soon as I said this, everyone fell into deep thought.
Me: Let's go back to the room to rest first, think slowly, anyway, the emperor doesn't set a time, everyone take your time.
Yang Guozhong: Brother Jiang's words are extremely true.
We went back to our rooms.
I sat in front of the window and thought to myself: this is a great opportunity, but there is also a great risk, and in the end, I decided to do it, because only high risk can have high rewards.
Once I figured this out, I had no fear in my heart.
I don't have to worry about the rain sister, I haven't watched by her side for most of the day. I'm afraid that something will happen to her, of course, I'm even more afraid that after she wakes up, she will say goodbye without saying goodbye, and then I won't lose a lot of money. I was going to see her, so I found Wang Lung.
Me: Brother Long, I'm going out to do some things, these things are very important and confidential, it may take a few days, in the few days I'm away, don't worry about anything, when I come back, let's do it again.
Wang Long: Okay, Brother Jiang, you must pay attention to safety, I am worried that there may be a bowl of porridge in Chang'an City, so you must be careful in everything.
Me: Brother Long, don't worry, my light skills are so high, I can't beat them, and I will definitely run them.
Wang Long: Okay, Brother Jiang, take care.
Me: Okay, remember what I said.
Wang Long: Remembered.
I walked out of Yang's mansion, and when I came to a corner, I flashed in, and secretly looked around, to see if anyone was following me, and I found that there was nothing abnormal, so I started the wind speed, all the way to the inn where Yu Mei was.