Pei Yun was stunned. He didn't expect that the emperor would ask him to go to Nanman to borrow troops to fight Xiao Cheng.
It can only be said that there is a master in the court. Since a frontal attack doesn't work, they think of breaking through from the rear, and the reward is not bad.
Ten thousand taels of gold are of great use to Pei Yun. If converted into a balance, it would probably be over 100 million. The commander-in-chief is an official of the third rank.
He is just a thousand households now. In this era, thousand households have no rank. It is really exciting to be promoted directly from a thousand households with no rank to the third rank.
Of course, the prerequisite is to defeat Xiao Cheng.
"Master Pei, please accept the order."
Eunuch Cao saw Pei Yun standing there without moving and gave him a reminder.
Pei Yun then took the imperial edict, then pulled Eunuch Cao aside, and a bottle of perfume appeared from his sleeve, which he handed to Eunuch Cao.
He had watched those movies and TV dramas before. Whenever a eunuch came to announce an imperial decree, the person who received the decree would give some benefits to build a good relationship with the eunuch.
In this way, we can know what happens in the court first.
Although Pei Yun is still unsure whether he can serve in the imperial court, it is definitely a good idea for him to have a good relationship with Eunuch Cao.
"Master Pei, what is this?"
Eunuch Cao originally thought that he was going to be given some silver, but he was shocked when he saw the glass bottle in Pei Yun's hand. This glass bottle was so beautiful.
After he became a eunuch, he began to like these rare things and collected two or three glass bottles, but those glass bottles were nothing compared to the one Pei Yun gave him.
He had never seen such a crystal clear glass bottle, without any impurities at all. Even the palace's treasury did not have a glass bottle of this quality.
For a moment, Eunuch Cao's heartbeat quickened.
Pei Yun smiled and said, "Eunuch Cao has worked hard on the journey. This bottle of perfume is not a token of respect."
"perfume?"
Eunuch Cao was stunned.
Pei Yun opened the bottle stopper. "Just press here and the perfume will spray out. I have spent many years developing this. Spray a little and you will smell it for the whole day. Father-in-law, please smell it."
Pei Yun pressed it as he spoke, and the perfume immediately sprayed out. Eunuch Cao was immediately intoxicated. It was too fragrant, more fragrant than any perfume he had ever smelled.
Because eunuchs have been castrated, they always have a smell of urine on their bodies. Many eunuchs like to wear sachets on their bodies to cover up this smell, and Eunuch Cao is no exception.
But he had quite a few sachets on him, three in total, but the combined smell of these three sachets was not as good as the water that was just sprayed.
Eunuch Cao was immediately fascinated by this, this is a real treasure.
"Master Pei, are you really going to give this treasure to our family?"
Pei Yun smiled and handed the perfume bottle forward: "It's just a small gift, not a sign of respect. Your Excellency has worked hard and this little gift is nothing."
Eunuch Cao took it carefully, holding it with both hands as if afraid of dropping it, leaned in and took another deep sniff, his face full of intoxication, then he put it in his arms and put it away, smiling, "Master Pei, we have made friends with you."
Pei Yun smiled and said, "Eunuch, if you don't go to borrow troops, it won't be considered as disobeying the order."
Eunuch Cao was stunned. "How can we defeat Xiao Cheng without borrowing troops?"
He whispered, "Master Pei, although this is the first time we meet today, we feel like we've known each other for a long time, and I have some heartfelt words to share with you."
"Your Majesty is furious about the rebellion of the King of Bashu. What the court is most worried about is that the war will be delayed. If the northern barbarians learn of the civil strife in our court, they will definitely take the opportunity to move south, and then we will be attacked from both sides..."
Eunuch Cao paused meaningfully and said, "So your majesty means that the rebellion must be quelled within half a year. If it is delayed for too long... I am afraid that your merit of borrowing troops will be turned into a crime of incompetence."
The rebellion should be quelled within half a year, but it was not written in the imperial edict. If Pei Yun had not sent the perfume, Eunuch Cao probably would not have said it.
But Your Majesty thinks too highly of me, Pei Yun. Even your imperial army is helpless and wants me to quell the rebellion within half a year. I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve even if you borrow troops from the southern barbarians.
After all, Xiao Cheng has 500,000 troops, and the Nanman can only have 200,000 at most. Moreover, it is impossible to borrow all of them, only 100,000 at most.
In addition, the Nanman and the people of Yizhou already have a grudge against each other. Once the Nanman army arrives, the people of Yizhou will spontaneously resist without Xiao Cheng giving any orders.
Moreover, he now wants to establish trade with the Nanman. If he borrows troops from the Nanman to fight Xiao Cheng, a war will break out between the two sides and people will die.
This will undoubtedly intensify the conflict between the two sides again. It is best not to let the Nanman get involved at this time.
The imperial court wanted to quell the rebellion at the expense of trade.
"Thank you for telling me, sir."
After saying that, he handed over another bottle of perfume.
Eunuch Cao was stunned. He originally thought that there was only one bottle of such precious perfume, but he didn't expect that Pei Yun still had one.
Pei Yun smiled and said, "Perfume is a consumable item. Sooner or later, it will run out. If Eunuch Cao has used up both bottles, please write to let me know and I will have someone deliver them to Jinling."
Eunuch Cao was immediately moved. He didn't expect Pei Yun to be so generous. He really decided to make this friend.
After Eunuch Cao left, Xue Wenju said excitedly, "My dear nephew, I didn't expect the emperor to think so highly of you. If you can successfully suppress the rebellion, you will be a third-rank official, higher than me, your father-in-law."
Pei Yun smiled bitterly, "It's not that easy, and there's still a half-year deadline. If it doesn't work, I'm afraid there will be more failures."
Xue Wenju's face changed. Pei Yun and Eunuch Cao were talking just now, and he didn't hear the specific content. Now after hearing what Pei Yun said, he realized that this task was not so easy to accomplish.
"My dear son-in-law, what are you going to do?"
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