Chapter 313: The Marquis in White
Half a month later, the capital, the Chaosheng Palace, the early dynasty, at this moment the sun rises in the east, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty have been separated on both sides: "The emperor has arrived!" "Long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!" With the eunuch's sharp voice like a male duck, a middle-aged man wearing a golden dragon robe and a majestic face wearing a crown slowly walked onto the dragon chair, and the crowd in the hall below bowed their heads and bowed.
The man with a majestic face in a dragon robe sat on the dragon chair and looked at the ministers below and said slowly, his tone was calm, but it gave people a faint majesty, it was Zhao Feiyu, the lord of the Wu Dynasty, and the ministers below also got up again when they heard this: "Your Majesty!"
Zhao Feiyu beckoned to the eunuch beside him again, and the eunuch bowed forward and respectfully handed a letterhead to Zhao Feiyu. Speaking of this, Zhao Feiyu's tone deliberately paused, and his eyes glanced at the many ministers below, and many of the ministers below were looking at each other, most of them showed puzzled expressions, but none of them spoke.
"I think everybody is curious about what this letterhead is about. Zhao Feiyu said again, and after speaking, he beckoned to the eunuch beside him, and handed the letterhead back to the eunuch: "Read out the content on the letterhead, and let the Aiqingmen listen to what happened....."
"Yes" The eunuch replied respectfully, and the ministers below who didn't know why were even more confused and cautious when they saw this, their eyes looked at Zhao Feiyu on the dragon chair and the eunuch next to him, and their ears pricked up: "Your Majesty personally enlightened, and the ministers of Hangzhou County guard Lin Qi ....."
The eunuch's mouth opened and he began to recite the content on the letterhead, which was the memo that Lin Qitong sent to the imperial court to report on Yang Quan's matter, but this memo was not written by him alone, but jointly written with Zhao Feixue, and many of them represented Zhao Feixue's meaning.
"At the end of November, on the 25th, Yang Quan, the anti-thief who was exterminated more than ten years ago, returned as a ghost king and rebuilt the Zhennan Palace...... More than 20 adults, including Lord Li, Lord Wang, and Lord Lu, along with their families, were all arrested and killed by Yang Quan, and more than 5,000 people were killed and injured.... Her Royal Highness the Princess was also arrested by Yang Quan....."
"Fortunately, when the princess was in danger, she was rescued by Meng Gongzi and was able to escape, and the ghost king Yang Quan was also killed by Meng Gongzi and King Pingnan and the mysterious monk to resolve the disaster..... The minister felt that this matter was grand, and after discussing it with Her Royal Highness the princess for the first time, he wrote this recital, hoping that His Majesty would personally see it....."
Thinking of this, the eunuch listened for a while, and there was silence below, and finally, it was quiet for a while, and finally someone spoke: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, I don't know who this Meng Changsheng is?" The one who opened his mouth was an old man with gray hair who looked more than sixty years old, but he directly asked about the specific identity of Meng Changsheng.
Zhao Feiyu glanced at the minister who spoke, and bowed slightly to the eunuch beside him, the eunuch saw this, took out another piece of paper under the letterhead, and said loudly: "Meng Changsheng, male, the word Liuxian, twenty-five years old, a person from Chen County, Langya, Jiangnan, a talented person, is now a student of Jiangnan Hangzhou Academy, his talent is amazing, he won the first place in this year's Jiangnan Poetry and Literature Club, and won the title of the first talent in Jiangnan...."
"In addition, Meng Changsheng is also a strong monk who has broken through the extreme of martial arts, the specific cultivation situation is unknown, but his strength is unfathomable, and in the battle of the ghost king Yang Quan, he showed a strength that is almost comparable to that of Yang Quan, the king of Pingnan..... The strength is so strong that it should be the top in the world, and it is rare among its peers!"
After reading the introduction of Meng Changsheng's life information on the paper, the eunuch stopped and pushed behind Zhao Feiyu, and the ministers below had different faces, but no one stood up to speak in a short time, Zhao Feiyu on the dragon chair looked at the important ministers below and said slowly.
"I don't think there is any need to verify the authenticity of this letter, everyone present, there should be someone who knows the authenticity of this letter better than me. Zhao Feiyu glanced at everyone: "Okay, don't talk nonsense, I am here today to disclose this letter, just to hear what you mean." ”
"The traitor Yang Quan has not changed his heart, and he will turn into a ghost king after his death, and he has simply been eliminated and resolved a crisis, but a large number of official vacancies in Hangzhou need to be filled urgently, and the people involved this time, how to reward and punish, I don't know if the secretary has and suggestions. Zhao Feiyu asked.
The ministers below, you look at me, I look at you, and finally, an official led by the left side of the hall stood up.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this time Dream Changsheng has made an indispensable contribution, and he should be crowned an official and knighted!"
When this person's words fell, everyone in the hall couldn't help but be stunned.
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In the afternoon, a dozen people of military armor came and stopped at the gate of Jinghu Villa: "The holy decree has arrived!" The leading cavalry commander shouted and turned over from his horse.
"Meng Changsheng takes the order!" Meng Changsheng took Li Jiaojiao and Nie Xiaoqian out of the door, bowed slightly, and said, the cavalry commander glanced at Meng Changsheng, and then at Li Jiaojiao and Nie Xiaoqian, when he saw the two girls, his eyes couldn't help flashing a trace of amazement, but he quickly covered it up, and spread out the holy decree in his hand: "Fengtian carrier, Your Majesty said...... Special Feng Meng Changsheng is a white-clothed marquis, living in the third grade, admiring this!"
The cavalry commander who passed the decree said a lot in front, but it was all some useless nonsense, only the latter sentence was the most useful, and after reading it, the cavalry commander's originally serious face instantly turned into a smile, and he handed the holy decree to Meng Changsheng as if flattering: "Master Hou, congratulations." ”
Meng Changsheng also accepted the holy decree with a smile, and at the same time, at the moment of receiving the holy decree, he handed the prepared money to the cavalry commander without leaving a trace, and said with the same expression: "Fortunately, a few people have suffered." The cavalry commander also took it with a smile, and the corner of his eye glanced at his hand, and when he found that it was two ingots of glittering gold, the smile on his face couldn't help but become even brighter.
"It's not hard, it's not hard, it's all a subordinate thing. ”
After a few polite words, Meng Changsheng didn't mean to keep these people more, but he got a lot of money, and the cavalry commander was also satisfied, so he didn't stay longer, and soon left with the cavalry behind him, Meng Changsheng put away the holy decree and returned to the mansion with Li Jiaojiao.
Outside world, the news of Meng Changsheng's sealing was also spread in Hangzhou City for the first time.
There are only two kinds of titles in the Wu Dynasty, no actual power, but they are a symbol of honor and status, one is the prince, the other is the marquis, and the current white-clothed marquis of Meng Changsheng belongs to the marquis, according to the status level, it is equivalent to the current three-grade officials of the Wu Dynasty, and even in comparison, compared to the official position, the title is more difficult to obtain.
"He has become a marquis, he should be very happy. ”
Guiyuan, Zhao Feixue was dressed in red, looking beautiful and noble, and when she got the news that Meng Changsheng was named the Marquis in White, she couldn't help but show a charming smile on her face, and the new maid next to her couldn't help but feel wonderful when she saw Zhao Feixue's sudden happy smile on her face, thinking that what was wrong with the princess, why she was still groaning before, and now she suddenly laughed.