The next morning.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair and showed a rare smile.

When he came up, he asked the eunuch to read out yesterday's battle report to the ministers.

Qin Guan won a great victory, penetrated 100 miles deep into Western Xia, and used a plan to ambush Zhang Wenxian's army, and annihilated more than 40,000 Western Xia cavalry.

Hearing this news, many people were shocked and sighed, Qin Guan is really like a god with soldiers, the previous two big victories, if Qin Guan has a luck component, this time he took the initiative to attack and annihilate the Western Xia cavalry, which has made everyone admit that Qin Guan is indeed a genius in commanding troops.

Just after the eunuch finished reading out the war report, Zeng Yu suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the ministers and Qin Guan did not listen to the order, wantonly launched a war, and provoked a war with the Western Xia when the war between our country and the Liao State was unfavorable, which is likely to put our country into a more unfavorable situation. ”

"The minister proposes to remove Qin Guan from all positions and take back the capital to be held accountable."

Zeng Yu heard the news of Qin Guan's victory last night, and he was also shocked.

Qin Guan has repeatedly made military exploits, and there are already signs of success, which makes Zeng Yu have a great sense of crisis, he feels that Qin Guan should be taken down immediately, otherwise he is afraid that there will be no chance in the future.

Lu Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Liu Kuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, stood up and reconsidered Zeng Yu.

Shen Zheng and the others knew at a glance that this was discussed in advance by Zeng Yu and his party, and he immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Qin Guan has no fault, and he has made great contributions to Sheji. ”

Shen Zheng turned to Zeng Yu and said: "The Ministry of War received information before, Western Xia suddenly gathered 40,000 cavalry, eyeing the front line of Hengshan, their wolf ambition is obvious, that is, they are ready to take the opportunity to invade our country, Qin Guan sent troops to fight him, wiped out Zhang Wenxian's 40,000 army, dispelled the arrogance of Western Xia, so that Western Xia no longer dared to invade our country, to Zeng Xiang's mouth, how did it become a wanton war." ”

Zeng Yu said indifferently: "The Western Xia border Chen soldiers, but they didn't launch it, sending Qin Guan in the past was just for defense, but Qin Guan did it directly, now the Western Xia has more excuses to send troops, this is not what it is to provoke a war." ”

Shen Zheng said angrily: "The plot of Western Xia, each of us knows well, otherwise why did he gather a large army on the border at such a time, we have had five wars with Western Xia before, could it be that Zeng Xiang still thinks about making peace with the enemy." ”

Zeng Yu said: "Our country and the Western Xia have long had peace talks, the good of the brothers do not invade each other, although there are occasional frictions on the border, but the general direction is still peaceful, Qin Guan brazenly provoked a war, and the responsibility is monstrous. ”

Shen Zheng sneered: "Prime Minister Zeng presided over the cession of six states to the Liao State, and paid tribute every year, and my Great Zhao and the Liao State also had an agreement before, and the good of the brothers would not invade each other, but now what, the Liao State has not raised an army of 400,000 to attack, trying to destroy my Great Zhao." ”

Zeng Yu's face was ugly when Shen Zheng said it, and just as he wanted to speak again, a majestic voice sounded in the hall.

"That's it!"

As soon as the emperor spoke, everyone immediately shut up.

The emperor glanced at his ministers, and suddenly had a feeling of excitement.

Before governing the court, he liked to use the number of balances, so that the ministers contained each other, although Zeng Yu was reused, but it would not let Zeng Yu dominate the court in the court, and there were also Shen Zheng and others to check and balance, the emperor sat firmly in the Diaoyutai, watching the courtiers arguing below, and felt very interesting.

But now that the state affairs are strong, they are still arguing here, but they can't come up with anything real to save the country, which makes the emperor a little annoyed.

"Sealed the rank of Yuanda General of Qinguan Town, commanded the war in the north, and crowned the Duke of Yong'an County."

With a word, the emperor expressed his attitude.

General Zhenyuan is a martial artist, and he is a second-grade official, and the county prince of Yong'an is also a second-grade official, and now Qin Guan is already a proper second-grade member and can wear a purple robe.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, the news in the Golden Palace quickly spread.

Qin Guan was promoted again, compared to others, the speed of his promotion was like riding a rocket, rushing upward, in two months, from the fifth grade to the current second grade.

In the Hanlin Courtyard, a group of young Hanlin gathered around to drink tea and chat, including Lin Yuan, and the others were also his friends.

Someone asked Lin Yuan, "You are good friends with Qin Guan, did you know that he was so powerful in using soldiers before?" ”

Lin Yuan put down the teacup and shook his head, sighing: "The first time I met Qin Guan was when we secretly competed in poetry in the Oiran Competition, and finally lost completely, and then the two of us met, and we were like-minded, and finally became friends." ”

"At that time, I only knew that he was good at poetry and writing, and later he was admitted to the Huiyuan and Champion exams one after another, and I knew that his talent was also so outstanding, and he couldn't see it at all.

"He is a person, the more you come into contact with him, the more you will find that there are many mysterious places in him, and his skills are endless."

Lin Yuan continued: "We all know why Qin Guan didn't enter Hanlin, we originally thought that he would be very hit, but he was very happy to go to Xiongzhou to take up his post. I originally thought that from now on he would be swept away by the torrent of the world, and become ordinary and not spiritual, but I was wrong. ”

"Since the Liao State invaded my Great Zhao, in addition to defeat, the only few victories were fought by Qin Guan, when I heard the news, I really couldn't believe it, but then I thought about it, what happened to Shaoyou, in fact, it is not strange."

Another Hanlin sighed: "You and I entered Hanlin, I thought it was the best shortcut, but look at Qin Zhuangyuan, it turns out that he took a shortcut, from the top of the exam to now, it has been less than a year, he is already a bachelor of the Guanwen Palace, a general of Zhenyuan, a prince of Yongan County, and a member of the second grade of the purple robe, which is really envious of others." ”

Lin Yuan shook his head: "This is all Shaoyou's desperate fight, ask yourself in the face of so many tribulations, in the face of tens of thousands of Liao troops, can we do Shaoyou like this, I definitely can't, so I don't need to be envious." ”

Great Zhao State Household Department.

Qin Zhang's door was knocked, Liu Chong, the household servant, came in, Qin Zhang quickly stood up and saluted, Liu Chong said with a smile: "I came here to say hello to Yun Shang." ”

Qin Zhang was stunned, "Where does the joy come from." ”

"I'm afraid you don't know yet, just now on the Golden Palace, the official family personally gave Lord Qin Guan Qin the title of General Zhenyuan and Duke of Yong'an County, and your Qin family is now a duke family." Liu Chong said.

Hearing the news, Qin Zhang was overjoyed, but then realized that it must be his son who has made some merits that the emperor will reward him so generously.

This time I have a military rank, but I am afraid that it is because of the war, and I am worried about my son.

"The squire knows the details." Qin Zhang asked.

Liu Chong immediately said everything he knew, when Qin Zhang knew that his son led troops into Xixia Baili and destroyed Zhang Wenxian's army, and heard that in the court, Zeng Xiang and a group of ministers all asked for severe punishment of Qin Guan, Shen Zheng defended Qin Guan, and finally His Majesty personally sealed Qin Guan, and there was also a layer of sweat on his body.