Volume 1 Chapter 80 Rewarding Skills and Pills
The Minister of Rites jumped out and yelled, "How can Duke Qin be so frivolous? You resigned as the Marshal, so who will help the Great Zhou suppress the Western Chu?"
Duke Qin shrugged his shoulders and said with a look of fear: "Do I dare to fight again? If I accidentally kill the ruler of Western Chu next time, will you also behead me?"
The generals burst into laughter when they heard this.
The civil officials all turned pale. This Duke Qin was much more difficult to deal with than General Cao Changqiu.
The emperor was also anxious at this moment. The Qin soldiers were not only going to suppress the Western Chu State, but most importantly:
On the northern front.
Whether it is Yang Wudi’s army or Yue Shenqiang’s army, a large part of them are old Qin people.
If Duke Qin Zheng of Qin really evacuated all the old Qin people, the entire northern defense line would be lost.
So when the King of Zhou thought of such a terrible consequence, he stood up from the dragon throne and said anxiously:
"Duke Qin, if you do this, the Xiongnu may trample across the Central Plains and directly attack the capital!"
You know, the Great Zhou once had such a tragic experience. Back then, there was a foolish ruler who indulged in sensual pleasures all day long, and then was directly attacked by the Northern Liang Kingdom and went to the capital.
This is how Yue Shenqiang's father came into being. He almost destroyed the Northern Liang Kingdom, and the Emperor of the Great Zhou at that time conferred a title of king on Yue Shenqiang's father.
The Emperor of the Great Zhou originally thought that he could use the country and the people, and righteousness to persuade the Duke of Qin, and that the Duke of Qin would definitely give up such thoughts.
But Duke Qin bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, aren't you and the Xiongnu brothers?"
"Your Majesty, don't you want to be brothers with the Huns?"
"If the Huns really attack the palace and take possession of your concubine, you two will become real brothers!"
“This is simply cause for celebration.”
"Then I will have to congratulate your majesty and get what you want."
"I think the Xiongnu will also take into account the brotherhood and take good care of your concubine for Your Majesty."
you!
The Emperor of the Great Zhou was almost angered to death by the Duke of Qin.
He thought about what would happen to his concubine if the Huns broke through the imperial city.
Even a fool can figure it out.
Duke Qin then smiled at the civil officials and said:
"Of course, there are also your wives and daughters. The Xiongnu will definitely take good care of them."
"When the time comes, you hospitable officials should invite more Xiongnu people to your homes."
"As the saying goes: There are three kinds of unfilial behavior, and the worst is to have no descendants. The Huns have invaded, and they will fulfill your filial duties on your behalf. Have you all been looking forward to this day?"
Duke Qin's words were like loud slaps in the face of the civil officials.
Whenever they thought of the various things that happened to their families when the Huns broke into the imperial city, the civil officials felt as if there was a green grassland above their heads.
No man can accept this.
The Emperor of the Great Zhou was so angry that he slammed the table, but he had no way to deal with the Duke of Qin.
After all, Duke Qin was following his wishes.
And since the Duke of Qin said so now, he will definitely dare to do so next time. The old Qin people are so stubborn!
Duke Qin looked around at the Emperor of Zhou and his officials with a sneer, and said calmly:
"Who wants to be brothers with the Huns now?"
"Now, do you think Bai Qi has done something meritorious or guilty?"
"You'd better think it through. Once I leave the palace, there will be no turning back. When I return, I will immediately take 300,000 Qin soldiers back to their hometowns. In the future, don't recruit soldiers from Qin for war."
"I'll give you a quarter of an hour to think about it."
After saying this, Duke Qin closed his eyes and rested in the hall.
At this time, the generals came out collectively.
"If Bai Qi is guilty, we should also retire! We should not fight this war anymore. If we continue to fight, not only will we lose our heads, but we will also be framed as criminals."
"We are all good citizens. We don't do anything illegal."
If so many generals resigned at the same time, the entire Great Zhou army would be completely paralyzed, and the consequences would be incalculable.
It is possible that the country will be destroyed in an instant.
The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty was sweating coldly. He wished he could kill Duke Qin directly, but he knew that Duke Qin must not be touched.
If he killed the Duke of Qin, the 800-li Qin territory would be completely destroyed.
Just when the Great Zhou Emperor was at his wit's end, a calm voice suddenly rang in his ears. It was the voice of the Three Priests:
"Your Majesty, don't worry. What if you reward Bai Qi?"
"Bai Qi, there is no way you can return to the Great Zhou alive, what are you afraid of?"
"The Blood Wolf Temple will definitely take action, so why worry about it?"
The words of the third priest made the Emperor of Zhou's eyes light up.
What he wanted was to kill Bai Qi. If Bai Qi was doomed to die, why would he become the bad guy?
So the Great Zhou Emperor coughed lightly, attracted everyone's attention, and then said:
"Just now, I believed the nonsense of the Minister of Rites and almost wrongly accused a meritorious official."
"Bai Qi killed Shaboluo, the first Khan of the Xiongnu, and made great contributions to the country. In order to commend his merits, I will give him a promotion."
"From the original seventh-rank military officer, he was promoted to a sixth-rank military officer, a three-level increase in military rank."
"Duke Qin, do you think that's enough?"
Hearing this, Duke Qin sneered, then said two words lightly: "Not enough!"
"you!"
The Emperor of the Great Zhou was so angry that his face turned blue. I've already made concessions, and you're still asking for more?
The Minister of Rites angrily rebuked: "Duke Qin, although Bai Qi killed the first Khan of the Xiongnu, he did not weaken the overall strength of the Xiongnu much."
"Hunnu, just change the first khan."
"Your Majesty has promoted Bai Qi's military rank three levels in a row. This reward is already sincere enough. Do you still want to be picky?"
Duke Qin's eyes turned cold and he slapped the Minister of Rites, sending him flying.
Qin Zheng cursed:
"I have no interest in Bai Qi's military rank being promoted a few levels, as long as you think that killing the first Khan of the Xiongnu is a merit."
Moreover, the Duke of Qin also felt that it would not be a good idea to raise Bai Qi's military rank too high at once. What if Bai Qi soon reached the point where he could no longer be promoted for his military merits?
That will be even more difficult.
He felt that it was best to gradually promote Bai Qi's military rank.
but!
Duke Qin said coldly:
"I didn't say enough because I didn't deal with you!"
"The soldiers are fighting bloody battles on the front lines, and you, a shameless person, are throwing mud at the soldiers and turning their military achievements into crimes."
"This is simply confusing right and wrong."
"You are still the Minister of Rites for someone like this?"
"What manners and decency do you have in your head?"
"Please punish this man and give justice to my millions of soldiers!"
The generals below were also excited and said:
"Please ask the emperor to punish the Minister of Rites and return my millions of soldiers to me, that would be justice!"
"If we don't kill the Minister of Rites, we won't be able to appease the anger of the soldiers!"
Just as the Minister of Rites was about to speak, a burly general among the generals jumped up and kicked him in the face.
He kicked the Minister of Rites' two front teeth off.
Seeing this, the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty immediately passed the buck, slapping the dragon throne and angrily saying:
"Originally, I also thought that Bai Qi had made great contributions to the country, but the Minister of Rites spread rumors and misled the people, confusing me."
"Come here, drag the Minister of Rites away and give him fifty lashes of the cane."
The Minister of Rites wanted to argue further, but the military generals had already come over and attacked him. One of them even kicked the Minister of Rites directly between his legs.
The crisp sound of eggs breaking was heard.
The Minister of Rites rolled his eyes and fell to the ground like a shrimp.
If the guards in front of the hall had not come and dragged the Minister of Rites to be executed, he might have been beaten to death by the military generals in the hall.
Soon, screams like a pig being slaughtered were heard from outside the hall. The Minister of Rites was beaten to death after only 20 hits with the board.
Because the Imperial Guards are also an army, it would not be good for them if they were not rewarded for their merits, so they just took action.
10 days later.
At the rate Bai Qi and his men were marching, they would be able to reach Honghua City in a few days.
At this time, a horseman came running over, holding a scroll of the emperor's edict in his hand.
"The emperor has issued an order. Bai Qi has made great contributions to the country and will be promoted three levels!"
The soldier who read the imperial edict did not waste any words and directly stuffed the imperial edict into Bai Qi's hands, then saluted Bai Qi and said:
"Duke Qin told me to have the general return to Great Zhou as soon as possible and be careful of the Blood Wolf Hall coming to retaliate."
At this moment, a wonderful system prompt sounded in Bai Qi's mind.
[Congratulations to the host for completing the task of promotion to military rank, with his military rank promoted three levels in a row. 】
[The rewards are as follows:]
[Host promoted to the seventh-rank general, reward: two-star lower-grade internal force technique "Six Yang Return to Spring"]
[Host promoted to sixth-rank general, reward: two-star lower-rank body-refining technique "Rongmu Gong"]
[Host promoted to sixth-rank general, reward: two-star low-grade elixir, beast blood pill]
[The rewards have been distributed. Would the host like to collect them? 】
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