"Your Majesty, the signal corps on the front line has arrived." The little eunuch at the door came in to report.

"Let's get it in." The emperor said excitedly, presumably something has happened to the front line.

"See the Emperor." The signal corps saluted.

"Hurry up! How's going on in the north? The emperor asked with concern.

"Congratulations to the Emperor! General Jinsheng raided the Xiongnu the night before yesterday, and has successfully captured Cangyue Pass, and the destruction of the Xiongnu is just around the corner! The signal soldier said excitedly.

Cangyue Pass is the first pass of the Xiongnu.

"Really?" The emperor couldn't believe it, it was really a great joy to break through two levels in such a short period of time.

"It's true, Your Majesty! Originally, the Xiongnu wanted to sign an armistice agreement again, but General Jinsheng accepted the emperor's instructions, thinking that he would break the contract in the future, and the Xiongnu army had basically been annihilated, and the rest were not in the climate, so he took advantage of his inattention to attack Cangyue Pass overnight. The signal soldier told him truthfully.

"Great! This step kite! Come to someone, spread my will, and enjoy a hundred taels of gold in the forest mansion! I also want to seal Lin Shangchen's mother as the third-grade lady, and the mother of the step kite was originally the second-grade lady, and now she is posthumously named the first-grade lady! The army must also be rewarded if it wins, and the heroes must not be treated lightly! The emperor commanded excitedly.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The little eunuch obeyed.

……

Mrs. Lin in the Lin Mansion excitedly received the holy decree that made her an edict, and her heart was full of incredulity.

She didn't marry a major minister in the court, and she didn't give birth to an important minister in the court, just because her son had no choice but to marry a kite, and she was simply a person lying on the bed and smashing her face with gold.

"Congratulations sister-in-law."

"Congratulations, aunt!"

"Congratulations, ma'am."

The Lin family came to congratulate them, and the Lin family has been in business for generations, and this edict can be regarded as further consolidating the status of the Lin family's business community, and also paving the way for future generations to enter the court as officials.

"You said that Yanbei Pass was also recovered, and the city of the Xiongnu was captured, should she also come back?" Mother Lin asked with concern.

The kite has been on the expedition for so long, and everyone in the Lin Mansion has been thinking about it.

"It's not so fast, didn't General Hongji defend it for three years after capturing Yannan Pass, it's easy to attack the city, it's difficult to defend the city, how to say it's a year or two to come back." The second sister-in-law explained.

She was originally the daughter of Jiangmen, and she was also familiar with the war situation in northern Xinjiang, and most of the Lin Mansion also got the news of the zither from the second brother and sister-in-law.

"Hey, it's really hard for that good girl, there is no one in the Bu family, and now all the rewards can only be received by us, to be honest, it's really a bit embarrassing..."Mother Lin blamed herself.

"Auntie, you don't have to worry too much, Xiaozheng married into our family, she regards you as a mother, and you treat her like your own daughter, she is also our Lin family now, and we can naturally afford it." The sister-in-law comforted beside her.

……

And the step kite, after capturing the Cangyue Pass, encountered problems one after another.

"How can our grassland boys be ruled by the stinky old ladies of Daliang! All we have to do is resist! We can't be dominated! Stand up! Boys of the prairie! ”

A bearded man in his forties began his speech on stage in a drunken manner.

However, only some of the people in the audience listened to his speech, the elderly, the young, the sick, the disabled, women and children.

Most of the men have gone to join the army, and now they can't come back, and the rest are just sick and disabled or greedy for life and afraid of death.

But the man on the platform couldn't figure out what kind of man he was. He was physically strong and had the courage to openly insult the kite.

Oh yes, there are still brave men below, but the stinky old ladies of Daliang heard that there was a speech here, and in order to follow the customs of the villagers as soon as possible, they led a group of soldiers to come over with a small bench to listen, and the picture was extremely funny.

A few of the soldiers were impatient, and when they saw that Buzheng was so wronged, they wanted to rush forward to reason with him, but they were stopped by Buzheng and asked them to listen carefully.

When the bearded man finished speaking, there was no thunderous applause in the audience that he expected, but only a group of soldiers led by Buzheng chirped and watched him laugh.

The kite casually "coughed", and the soldiers returned to their previous serious atmosphere.

This made the bearded man even more disdainful, thinking that those Central Plains soldiers were simply a disgrace to men.

"Is it all over? After that, it's my turn, hurry up and give it to me! ”

Finally, when the bearded man finished farting, the kite hurriedly went up and talked about it, and he still had a lot of things to say to the people in the city.

As soon as Buzheng came to the stage, the audience burst into thunderous applause that the bearded man wanted but didn't.

The atmosphere was set to a certain extent, and the kite waved his hand to signal them to stop.

The men in the audience were also very obedient, and they put their hands directly as if they were listening to the leader's lecture.

"Ahem," Buzheng cleared his throat.

"Hello to all the fathers and fellow villagers here!" Buzheng greeted everyone very politely.

The Hun people in the audience did not make much of a sensation, but the soldiers of Daliang screamed and applauded one by one in the audience, cheering for their leaders and supporting the scene.

The kite waved his hand again, and they fell silent again.

"Why did we attack Cangyue Pass this time, you must also know, it is because of you Huns, no, now it is their Huns, and you are now the people of Daliang, it is because of their Huns who have repeatedly broken the contract, have you ever thought about it, who will pay for the war provoked by their breaking of the contract? It's not you ordinary people! They increase taxes, they forcibly conscript, and how many of you have just lost their husbands, sons! They may have died by my sword, but the real culprit is your government! If they had kept to themselves and did not harm our compatriots in Daliang, how could we have made a fuss and fought each other now! ”

The Xiongnu people under the stage were a little restless, they belonged to the border city here, if the war broke out, they must be the first to suffer, so they all advocated peace.

"You may hate me, but I ask you to put yourself in your shoes, and if someone invades your territory and deceives your brothers and sisters, will you not resist? What's more, we have been stationed at the city gate for the past two days, and have never touched your stitches, you must know that the Huns slaughtered the city when they captured Yanbei, Yannan, and Yanhai! Don't we hate? But we don't know that the young son and the old man are innocent, so we are not angry with you, we still treat you kindly, and I hope you can accept our arrival, thank you. He bowed when he finished speaking.

"Good! General Zheng said it well! ”

As soon as the words of the step kite fell, the soldiers in the audience applauded and cheered one after another to show their support.

"Hmph, we were born in the grassland, so we should win the world with riding and shooting! And when it comes to riding and shooting, it has to be the world of our men! Like you, who are just a few, how can you let us prairie men willingly surrender to you as a woman! The bearded man was very disdainful after listening to Buzheng's words, and deliberately made trouble.

"I dare not say that my martial arts are the best in the world, but I will never be inferior to the men here, because I have followed my father to practice martial arts since I was a child, and I am used to seeing all kinds of occasions. Most of their time is nothing more than being tied up by their families, bound by you men! You still dislike their daughters for not being able to ride and shoot and hunt like you men, which really chills your mother's wife and daughter! Buzheng retorted.

"That's right, we have to do laundry, cook, and take care of the children every day, how can we have time like you men." A woman spoke dissatisfied.

"Yes, yes!"

"It's, it's..."

More and more people agreed, they seemed to support what Buzheng said, and Buzheng was very relieved to see that they finally reacted slightly.

"Hmph, no matter how clever you are, it is also an indisputable fact that there is a difference in the strength of men and women, unless you can break this structure, I have nothing to say." The bearded man said disdainfully.

"Physical strength is not able to determine success or failure, just like the number of our soldiers is obviously about the same as the Xiongnu, not to mention that the Xiongnu is a country on the grassland, and the cavalry and archery are above our Central Plains soldiers, but they still lost two levels in just one month, so only brainless people will only think about winning or losing with strength."

If it weren't for the newcomer who was able to convince people, Buzheng wanted to rush down and beat him up, so that he knew what would happen to him if he wanted to convince people with strength.

"There is also good news, you are already my people of Daliang, and the imperial court will soon send officials to manage it, Daliang has always attached importance to culture and education, so there are also respected teachers who come with these officials, rest assured, our emperor said that women can also enter the hall, if there are some adults who also want to study in the school, it is not too late, we are warmly welcome!!" Kite informed.

After a half-day speech, the hatred and fear of the people in the city for the step kite have weakened, and some people even openly support Daliang in the city to destroy the Xiongnu, so as to avoid further wars in the future.

This also made Buzheng breathe a sigh of relief, after all, the people here are not familiar with the place, and they must not lose the hearts of the people.

Of course, in addition to this speech, the more important thing is that the kite took the gold that had just been rewarded to the people in the city and made a lot of points, which was naturally more loved by the people in the city.