No matter how stupid the Rongguo Mansion was, they realized how angry the emperor was now.
The terrified Duke Rong began to curry favor with the Prime Minister, hoping that the Prime Minister could have good relationships with both the upper and lower levels and protect the illegitimate son.
After all, although he was a bastard's son, it took a lot of effort and cost to train him to the second-rank position in the army. He was just dismissed like this. It is unknown how long it will take to train another person like this.
However, the prime minister did not accept those gifts.
The prime minister sent the gifts back with a message: "Reflect on yourself carefully."
When Duke Rong heard the news, his face turned pale.
At this time, General Zhang, who was in prison, was still hoping that the Rongguo Mansion would come to rescue him.
Even though he was punished, he remained stubborn and admitted nothing.
Zhao Ji went there in person and threw the memorial written by Duke Rong, who admitted that he had not taught his son well, in the general's face.
"Now that your father has admitted it, you can't be too stubborn. You should know that in the matter of falsely claiming military merits, it is not only you who can be convicted. Letting you speak up is actually giving you a chance!"
Seeing that his father had given up on him, General Zhang looked dejected, and finally he confessed his guilt.
Soon the emperor obtained the confession, the Rongguo Mansion was punished, General Tian was rewarded, and Zhao Ji secretly became a person that the emperor could use.
In the whole incident, only Rongguo Mansion and General Zhang were harmed.
After this incident, the Rongguo Mansion remained quiet for a short while, and even became very cautious in the court.
Zhao Ji looked at Duke Rong coldly and was no longer as attentive to the Prime Minister as before.
"People come together for profit, how can such a relationship last long?" Zhao Ji saw this scene and just sneered in his heart.
However, not long after, Duke Rong became glorious again.
This was because the white-robed cavalry in the north had won a victory, and the nomadic peoples on the vast grasslands in the north wanted to come to the Central Plains to negotiate peace.
This dynasty had five main armies, namely the four armies in the southeast, northwest, southwest and northeast, plus Wang Cheng's Black Iron Guards.
The white-robed cavalry in the north is led by a female general.
Her name is Yun Nishang.
Just by listening to the name, we can tell that he was once General Yun’s treasure.
It’s a pity that the Yun family is full of loyal and brave people who shed their blood and tears in the war against the northern nomads.
Even the youngest girl, Yun Nishang, was raised on horseback and sent to the battlefield since she was a child.
After her father and brother died one after another, Yun Nishang took over her brother's sword and guarded the north until today.
The Yun family is so fierce. After all, they are fighting against nomadic people, which makes people feel afraid.
Now they have taken the initiative to submit a memorial requesting peace, and are willing to come to the court to pay tribute to the rare treasures of the nomadic peoples, hoping to restore the friendship with the dynasty.
The emperor was naturally happy to know about this. There is no emperor who does not want to be worshipped and submitted to by those foreign races.
On the day he received the news, the emperor singled out Duke Rong and Minister of Rites Guo Yunchang in the court and ordered them to go and receive the delegation and arrange all the itineraries for the nomadic delegation.
The reason why Duke Rong was chosen was because the old Duke Rong was also a fierce general who had fought in the northern battlefield. Later, the Yun family took over this business and remained loyal to him until death.
The emperor might think that the current Duke of Rong is the son of the old Duke of Rong, and he should know something about the habits of the northern nomadic peoples.
As for the Minister of Rites Guo Yunchang, he was also considered a suitable person by the emperor.
Originally, the reception of such delegations was something that the Ministry of Rites should be concerned about. The reason why the assistant minister was chosen instead of the minister was because Guo Yunchang was a famous nobleman in the capital. It was rumored that he was gentle and elegant, had a good personality, and most importantly, was handsome.
The emperor felt that having the Minister of Rites receive these envoys would be a good opportunity to demonstrate the magnanimity of a great country.
Zhao Ji has been able to have some free time these days. After all, the nomadic envoys have come to visit, and it is not Zhao Ji's turn to work for the time being.
So Zhao Ji took this opportunity to practice the innate skills. It is now known that the innate skills can change the facial features and limbs. At the last critical moment, Zhao Ji also used the skills to disguise himself as a fake eunuch.
Moreover, the innate skills seemed to have a very strong healing effect. When he treated Yueying's injuries and cured the plague in Hua'an County, Zhao Ji became more and more aware of the power of this innate skill.
I have been practicing martial arts during this period to see if there will be any other unexpected surprises.
However, it seemed that it had reached a bottleneck. Apart from the fact that his martial arts skills had improved a lot, Zhao Ji didn't discover anything else.
At the morning court today, I don’t know what the emperor was thinking, he actually planned to let Yun Nishang, who was guarding the northern border, return to the court.
The imperial edict has been sent to the border at full speed.
Zhao Ji was somewhat curious about this female general.
Speaking of which, in such a patriarchal society, it is not easy for Yun Nishang to fight for the position of a female general by relying on her body as a woman.
This was all earned through great military achievements and blood.
You know, even though the north was the army that reported the most victories, the emperor still did not give Yun Nishang a very high position.
The army in the south was doing nothing every day, and the commanders leading the army were all generals of the first rank.
As for Yun Nishang in the north, he is still only a third-rank general.
Moreover, this position of third-rank general was only awarded because of the loyalty and bravery of the Yun family and Yun Nishang's prestige in the Northern Army.
Zhao Ji could also see that if there was another general in the army who could be supported, the emperor would definitely ask Yun Nishang to hand over the seal without saying a word.
Compared with the pedantic ideas of other ministers, Zhao Ji did not think that women could not fight in wars.
He was just a little curious about such a heroine.
However, Zhao Ji could also see that the emperor had to call people back this time, probably because he wanted to do something weird.
The envoys moved quickly and arrived at the dynasty in about half a month.
The envoys from the northern nomadic tribes were all tall, with blond hair, blue eyes, and hooked noses, and they looked very fierce.
During this period, merchants in the capital were very cautious. They were not unaware of the fierce reputation of the northern nomadic peoples, although this time they came to surrender and negotiate peace.
But just seeing these tall men carrying weapons entering the city made the merchants avoid them.
The leading envoy was called Gutali, the younger brother of the chief of the largest nomadic tribe in the north.
This time I came here, actually I also took this opportunity to see the prosperity of the capital.
"The capital is indeed prosperous. You have a lot of things for sale here that you can't even see on the grassland."
There was a light in Gutali's eyes that others could not understand. Guo Yunchang, the Minister of Rites who was in charge of the reception, smiled and said, "There are naturally countless treasures on the grassland, which are not common in my dynasty."
This is absolutely true.