Chapter 3: Ups and Downs (Part 4)
The saint of the imperial court caught up with Yu Wenshi and Li Xu on the north bank of Laishui. When the two saw that the Qincha was coming, they hurriedly ordered the Xiongwu battalion to be stationed on the spot, set up a Chinese army, set up an incense case, and led the soldiers under their command to listen to the holy teachings.
As soon as the first decree was recited, the soldiers of the camp got up. In recent days, everyone has been rewarded, but the imperial court has not said a word about the merits of the chief general and the supervising army. This anomaly has already sparked a lot of speculation. Some people believe that the imperial court must give a great reward to the prison army and the general Lang this time, so the holy decree came too late. Some people think that the court has never been fair, and they have been delaying and not rewarding, maybe they want to take away the credit of Lang Jiang and reward it to which prince and grandson. If all the credit is given to others, I am afraid that all the credit will eventually go to the Yu Wenshi and one person, then the prison army and the main general will not be in harmony, and everyone will have a very difficult life in the future. At this moment, I heard that Yu Wenshi and Li Xu were made a marquis and the other was promoted to an earl, and the stone in everyone's hearts finally landed. The knife struck the iron shield, and the cheers did not stop.
"Don't worry, we still have two holy decrees here!" The eunuch who delivered the decree glanced around, picked up the second yellow silk from the hand of his entourage, cleared his throat, and read aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said." I heard that the good warriors are stingy, and the capable ones stop the violence...... "The text is four and six, and it is extremely obscure." More than 400 words were sprinkled, and the whole article was reprimanded and dissatisfied. Yu Wenshi is used to seeing this kind of battle, and he can still smile. Li Xu, Zhao Ziming, and Murong Luo were scared into cold sweat, and their faces were like earth.
In an instant, the whole army was silent. Finally, Lord Qincha finished reading the rebuke of the imperial court, and several confidant generals were about to step forward to defend their generals, but the Qincha smiled slightly and took out the third holy decree. This decree is written simply and straightforwardly enough, probably because His Majesty the Emperor thinks that Li Xu is from a humble background and must have read few books, so there are only 100 words to talk about. Tell Li Xu that the royal family appreciated his previous brave behavior, and specially gave him a gold medal to avoid death, and 3,000 horses to commend his loyalty and bravery.
Death-free gold medal? Li Xu couldn't believe his ears. He could barely understand that this was the way for the Son of Heaven to control his subordinates. Although he, the loyal and brave uncle, is only a third-class empty title, and he has no food, which is not a little worse than the Yuwen Shi and the 500 Baixiang Marquis who eats 500 households, but since his background is not as good as others, Xuzi can also be content and happy with his fate. But His Majesty the Emperor gave him a gold medal for forgiveness, but he was completely dizzy. You must know that the Great Sui Dynasty only gave a limited number of gold medals to the heroes at the beginning of the founding of the country and when they swept away Nanchen. Nowadays, those old ministers who have won the gold medal for avoiding death, such as Yang Su, Gao Ying, He Ruobi, etc., who died of illness, and those who were sentenced were punished, except for one Yuwenshu, almost no one can enjoy such an honor. Moreover, since the accession to the throne of the Holy Lord, no one has ever been given a gold medal for avoiding death. Today is the first and only side!
Asahiko felt that the blood in her veins was ignited, and from the top of her head to her knees, her whole body was hot, as if it would float up like water vapor at any time. As the saying goes, heroes grow old, and if there is no appreciation from a wise king, many people will have to spend their lives. Jiang Ziya was born in his eighties, and later generations envied his young strength. Li Guangwei shook the desert, and because he couldn't get the emperor's blue eyes, he couldn't be a marquis for life. And himself, worshipping the general, conferring the uncle, and giving the gold medal to exonerate himself, in just a few months, it was like a dream, and he jumped to the end. This kind of encounter, Xuzi didn't dare to imagine before, and Xuzi is now full of gratitude.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yu Wenshi stretched out his voice and shouted in Xuzi's ear. Hearing the shouts of gratitude from the nearby brothers, Li Xu came back to his senses from his state of silence. While shouting thanks to His Majesty the Emperor for his gift, he motioned to Zhang Xiu with his eyes, ordering him to hurry up and prepare Cheng Yi for the minister.
"The two generals are busy with official business, so we won't bother much!" Qin Cha held the holy decree and the gold medal to Yu Wenshi and Li Xu in turn, "The meaning of the saint, presumably the two generals can know that the war in the Eastern Capital is ...... tight."
"Gonggong Wen, but please rest assured, our Xiaoguo battalion is mainly cavalry, day and night, and we will definitely be able to reach Luoshui within half a month!" Yu Wenshi and his hands were raised and his eyebrows were raised, and he replied respectfully.
"That's good, that's good." The Wen surname Qincha looked at Yu Wenshi and Li Xu, and then looked at Zhang Xiu, who hurriedly ran back with a lacquer plate, and said with a smile: "The ancient rebels are like bandits, I want the people of Liyang, but I look forward to Wang Shi every day." After that, he refused to accept the gifts of the two, and after handing over the rewards, he turned around and said goodbye.
Li Xu, Yu Wenshi and the two of them were sent out of the gate to walk back to the Chinese army in admiration. There are actually some eunuchs who are not greedy for money, which is the third thing that Xu Zi did not expect today. A series of shocks completely crossed his mind, and following Yu Wenshi and him, he walked into the big tent in a daze, sat down in a daze, and looked at the generals who came to congratulate him and the two holy decrees and a gold medal in front of him. He didn't know what to say or how to do it.
'If you don't meet, you'll be a hero.' At this moment, he only thought of his luck to meet a discerning lord when he was a teenager. As for the various pains he had felt in the countryside, the arrogance of the officials, and the harshness of the decrees, they were all diluted by this series of happiness at this time, and they were actively hidden in the depths of his memory.
"That Gonggong Wen is one of the most trusted internal eunuchs around His Majesty, and he followed him when he was the king of Jin, and rarely went out." Seeing Li Xu's blank appearance, Yu Wenshi knew that he must be stupid, so he lowered his voice and distracted him with some inconsequential gossip.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Xu sighed in passing, his gaze was still fixed on the gold medal, as if it would grow wings and fly away as soon as he turned around.
"This person's surname is Wen's name, and the emperor gave him a knife in small characters, and it is said that Wencai is not under Yu Shiji!" Yu Wenshi smiled and continued to gossip.
"Yes, Your Majesty sent him to read the holy decree, which shows the importance of you and me!" Li Xu's answer is still not far from the grace of God.
"Uh-huh! Uh-huh" Yu Wenshi coughed loudly in anger, trying to make Li Xu turn his head away from the gold medal, and coughed several times, but to no avail. He was so angry that he slapped the table hard and scolded in a low voice: "Your Majesty is very angry about your harm to the Goguryeo people." I have never heard of such a long decree against a man!"
"Ah, really?" Li Xu finally pulled his soul back from the whirlpool of happiness and asked with wide eyes.
"You ......" Yu Wenshi clenched his fists, eager to step forward and slap Xu Zi a few times to wake him up. Idiot, do you know why Banzai issued three holy decrees to you and me. And why did you keep the reward to this day? If you don't want to be played to death in the future, you'd better sober me up!"
He was forced by Li Xu's attitude, so he used extremely heavy words. As soon as these words came out, not only did Li Xu scold him soberly, but the rest of the generals in the tent also looked awe-inspiring. Everyone was stunned by the happiness that fell from the sky today, and the main general and the supervising army were appreciated by His Majesty the Emperor, which meant that the future of all the soldiers in the battalion was also very good. As for the holy decree full of rebukes, everyone was still a little scared at the beginning, and after seeing the gold medal, they had already forgotten about it.
The Scholar Yu had no ill will towards the group, which can be seen from the fact that he tried his best to obtain official positions for the group. As for the officialdom, none of you here has as much knowledge as Yuwenshi, so after Xuzi returned to normal, the first thing he did was to ask Yuwenshi for advice.
"Please advise Yuwen Jianjun!" Li Xu arched his hand, humbly asking Yu Wenshi and dialing the maze.
"If I'm not mistaken, the first decree was issued after the court. It represents the agreement reached by His Majesty's ministers of the humerus after offsetting the merits and demerits of you and me. Yu Wenshi sighed and explained to everyone in a low voice. When he encounters such a "stupid" master, he will be considered unlucky, and if he makes friends in the future, he must make friends with a family background similar to his own, so he will not have to take care of so much for him, and he may not admit his friendship!
"Whether you and I admit it or not, it is a big mistake for the soldiers of the Xiongwu Battalion to set fire to and demolish houses in Goguryeo along the way. Being exaggerated by some people with ulterior motives is enough to make you lose your official position and dismiss your post. So, you get a knighthood, but you don't get promoted. Although I have been promoted to both the military and the knighthood, I am afraid that nine times out of ten it is because of my father's face, not on my own military exploits!" Yu Wenshiji's words were full of helplessness, this was not the result he wanted to see. If the court rewarded him according to his actual military exploits, although it would not be so generous, it would make him feel much more comfortable.
"What kind of fault is that, when did the Goguryeo people talk to us about morality!" Li Mengwei pursed his lips and asked dissatisfiedly.
"General Li Lang has risen too fast, touching the interests of others. There is no handle, and people still want to catch him. What's more, my Great Sui officers and soldiers have always prided themselves on being benevolent and righteous teachers!" Yu Wenshi glared at Li Mengwei and retorted. "Right and wrong are not up to us, the judgment is in the hands of others, so you either don't make mistakes, or don't let people grab the handle!"
"The will of this rebuke must be the impeachment of the ministers!" Li Xu nodded and drew inferences.
"At this moment, the imperial court is at the time of employing people, so I can't ask you and me to do it perfectly. Now that we have been promoted, we have to let us know what we have done that does not conform to the original intention of the imperial court. Therefore, the decree of rebuke comes with the decree of commendation. Raise first, then suppress!" Yu Wenshi nodded and responded.
"In that case, what did the emperor do with General Li's gold medal?" Changshi Zhao Ziming took a few steps forward and asked in a low voice. Although he knew that the other party was doing this for the good of Xuzi, he still couldn't get used to Yu Wenshi and that unfathomable appearance.
"This is the emperor's own meaning, in fact, if the court wants to kill a person, it won't work if you give a gold medal! Marshal Gao Ying has had this thing, and General He Ruobi has also had it. Yu Wenshi pointed to the gold medal and sneered. Gao Ying and He Ruobi were both exterminated by their families, and the gold medal given by the emperor was in their hands, and they didn't even keep a descendant.
"But the emperor gave you a gold medal, which is equivalent to saying that he is optimistic about you. In the future, if someone deliberately picks bones in eggs, it will be tantamount to sweeping His Majesty's face! In the short term, it will be a blessing to you. What will happen in the future, Zhong Jian himself has to think about it carefully!" Yu Wenshi and his fingers lightly buckled the handsome case, and there was a sound of tuk.
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