Upon learning that the person who was delivering the imperial edict was about to arrive, Yun Zheng couldn't help but curl his lips.
have to!
The Holy Envoy arrived just in time and can bring back a gift for my father.
Just as Yun Zheng and his men were getting ready, the Holy Envoy had already arrived at the edge of the hill.
Still an old acquaintance!
Han Jin.
"Meet the Sixth Prince."
Han Jin didn't rush to announce the decree, but saluted Yun Zheng first.
In front of Yun Zheng, he didn't dare to act like a holy envoy.
Yun Zheng beat him up, and when he went back to tell Emperor Wen, he would probably be kicked by Emperor Wen again.
...
...
"Commander Han is a holy envoy, no need to be polite."
Yun Zheng smiled, thinking to himself that Han Jin was quite good as he did not act like a holy envoy in front of him.
Han Jin stood up and looked at Yun Zheng with concern. "We heard on the way here that His Highness seemed to have been assassinated. I don't know what happened..."
"Let's talk about this later!"
Yun Zheng waved his hand and asked again: "What is the emperor's will?"
Speaking of the imperial edict, Han Jin immediately straightened his clothes, then took the imperial edict from the person next to him and said loudly: "Sixth Prince Yun Zheng and all the generals of the Northern Army, listen to the order!"
Yun Zheng led the generals to obey the order.
Han Jin opened the imperial edict.
"The emperor has ordered..."
Han Jin read out the contents of the imperial edict aloud.
First of all, of course, we have to praise them.
After saying a lot of things, I finally got to the point.
Reward.
Emperor Wen granted Yun Zheng a mansion and had already selected a site in the imperial city to begin construction.
The main generals of the Northern Army were rewarded with beautiful armor, large amounts of land, and privileges such as being able to meet officials without having to bow.
As for the meritorious soldiers of the Northern Palace Army, after Yun Zheng presents the merit list to the imperial city, Emperor Wen will also order the Ministry of Revenue to allocate good farmland to these meritorious soldiers.
Listening to Han Jin reading the imperial edict aloud, Yun Zheng almost jumped up and shouted: Beautiful!
This move is so fucking beautiful!
Everyone’s rewards are basically within the pass!
His palace is also in the imperial city!
If you say there is no reward, there are so many rewards there!
Aren’t those lands, fertile fields and the like rewards?
In the Dagan Dynasty, for ordinary soldiers or lower-level generals, rewarding land is more reliable than rewarding gold and silver!
After all, no matter how much gold and silver are rewarded, it can never be too much.
But the land that is given to you as a reward is yours!
Moreover, most of the land awarded as a reward for military merit will be exempted from taxes for more than five years!
But if you ask me what reward I got, it seems like nothing.
If you want land and good farmland, then go back to the interior or the imperial city!
The key point is, is it possible for me to return to the imperial city?
Most of these soldiers of the Northern Army were settled in Shuobei, so it was naturally impossible for them to go inside the Great Wall.
Only a small number of soldiers were drawn from the interior, and their families were still in the interior.
The families of these soldiers should be able to obtain substantial benefits.
In addition, so many people were given the privilege of not bowing when meeting officials!
What this means is that the Northern Army doesn’t have to perform formalities when they see a prince like him!
Although it is called a reward, it is clearly a disguised way of weakening his prestige in the Northern Palace Army!
pretty!
This reward was given beautifully!
Yun Zheng really wanted to applaud.
Finally, Han Jin finished reading the imperial edict, and Yun Zheng received the edict on behalf of himself and the generals of the Northern Palace Army.
"Commander Han, are you guys in a hurry to go back and report?"
Yun Zheng asked with a smile.
“Ah… this…”
Han Jin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Your Highness, the Emperor has another order..."
Of course Han Jin also knew what this imperial edict meant.
However, this was not an imperial edict written by him!
If the Sixth Prince is angry, it is useless to vent it on him!
You're chasing people away before they can even take a sip of the water?
"What orders?"
Yun Zheng was puzzled.
Han Jin immediately replied, "The emperor sent a painter from the palace to accompany us and asked the painter to draw a portrait of Princess Jiayao for us to take back to the imperial city! The emperor also said that as a father, he must know what his daughter-in-law looks like..."
Oh!
Quite well prepared!
Have you brought all the painters in the palace?
"Okay, okay!"
Yun Zheng was too lazy to say more. "Since it is my father's request, I will order someone to take the painter to see Princess Jiayao! Princess Jiayao happens to be at the edge of the hill. You can take a short rest first, and when the painter finishes painting Jiayao's portrait, you can go back and report!"
“…”
Han Jin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Your Highness, we rushed all the way here and barely..."
"I'm really not chasing you away!"
Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled, "The main reason is that I want you to help me bring another head back to my father. If you don't hurry back to report, the head may go bad when it is sent to the imperial city..."
What?
Human head?
Han Jin was so numb that he looked at Yun Zheng with a sad face.
Giving away lives again?
You two, father and son, are fighting each other, so stop bothering us!
Last time, in order to deliver Hu Jie and his men’s heads back in time, they were almost exhausted from running.
It hasn't been long since he recovered and he's already giving away his life again?
Can’t someone else deliver it?
Han Jin wailed in his heart, knowing that he should not have come to Shuobei to convey the emperor's order.
Whoever comes to Shuobei to convey the imperial edict will be in trouble!
"I think my father would really like to see this head."
Yun Zheng stared at Han Jin with a smile, "We just dealt with the traitor Fang Yunshi from six years ago. His body is probably still hot. Commander Han, you should quickly send the head of this traitor Fang Yunshi back to the imperial city while the body is still fresh..."
“…”
Han Jin's face was filled with confusion. After hesitating for a long time, he nodded with difficulty.
"Someone, go chop off Fang Yunshi's head and put it away!"
Yun Zheng gave orders immediately.
Han Jin looked at Yun Zheng helplessly, groaning in his heart.
I will never come to Shuobei to convey your orders again!
Whoever wants to come can come!
Yun Zheng did not make things difficult for Han Jin and the others. He even sent someone to take Han Jin and the others downstairs to rest.
As soon as Han Jin and the others left, Dugu Ce came up to comfort them, "Your Highness is the governor of Shuobei after all, in charge of the military and political power of Shuobei. If the emperor continues to reward them with gold and silver, the ministers in the court will definitely oppose it fiercely..."
Jiedushi!
Who wouldn't be on guard?
Instead of rewarding him with a large amount of gold and silver, it would be better to directly appoint Yun Zheng as the crown prince!
"I understand."
Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled, "This is most likely the idea of the third brother! No, to be exact, it should be the idea of that old fox Xu Shifu! With the third brother's brain, he shouldn't be able to come up with such a beautiful move."
"ah?"
Dugu Ce was surprised and asked in confusion: "Then why is Your Highness still..."
"They really need to go back early." Yun Zheng smiled, "Father will definitely want to see Fang Yunshi's head! I really don't mean to chase them away. We can only blame their bad luck."
Bad luck?
Dugu Ce was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
Not to mention, Han Jin and the others really had bad luck.
Who asked them to happen to encounter this?
After confirming that Yun Zheng did not hate Emperor Wen, Dugu Ce felt relieved and said no more.
What he feared most was that Yun Zheng would misunderstand Emperor Wen and develop a grudge against him.
It would be good enough if the court and Shuobei could maintain the current situation.
The Northern Army did not want to go to war with the imperial court unless it was absolutely necessary.
Yun Zheng silently opened the imperial edict and read it again, a smile appearing on his face.
Why did he resent Emperor Wen?
He had never intended to ask for any reward from the court.
Except for the fact that he made Miaoyin his concubine.
This imperial edict was more for the third brother than for himself and the soldiers of the Northern Palace Army!
This is obviously a way to appease the third brother in a way that targets Shuobei!
It seems like the third brother is bound to be the scapegoat!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
