Chapter 252: Promoted to the Third-Rank Champion General

Chapter 252: Promoted to the Third-Rank Champion General

Everyone in the entire military camp knew that Yin Zhengnan's fiancée, Gu Zixuan's biological sister, directly took out all the annual income from her shops and farms to support the Northwest. This also triggered a wave of support within the court, and many people generously donated money to support the war in the Northwest.

With Gu Suiyu taking the lead, the Hexi Su family has spared no effort in contributing money, manpower and manpower. Now the entire Northwest military and civilians are united, and the entire war has become positive and smooth.

To quote a literati, with the right time, right place and right people, why worry about not winning?

He Bi was full of confidence, but what shocked him even more was that when Gu Zixuan placed the head in front of everyone, some people realized that this leader was actually the favorite son of the Xiongnu Khan.

In other words, this is the next Hun Khan!

"You kid, you can do it!"

Even Liu Cong couldn't help but look surprised. When the reward and punishment report was submitted this time, Gu Zixuan would surely be promoted again.

This is the prince of the Huns!

Gu Zixuan, killed the Huns' prince, hahaha!

For a moment, the tent was filled with surprise and joy, but Gu Zixuan just nodded calmly and said loudly: "I am willing to lead the troops to advance, defeat the Xiongnu, and seal the Wolf's Lair!"

What a great strategy!

In ancient times, a famous general conquered the Wolf's Lair at the age of 22, but now Gu Zixuan is only 18 years old!

"well!"

He Bi couldn't help but feel excited, he had been guarding the border for several years and knew best how ferocious the Huns were. He guarded the border every year and invaded every year, but these people didn't fear life or death at all, they would just run away after grabbing something, just like the annoying mosquitoes in summer, you can't catch up with them, you can't kill them, and when you lie down comfortably, they will come to harass you again.

He Bi also hated the Huns, but his duty was to guard the border. Without the imperial court's order to attack, he could only stay inside the pass. Last year, the emperor had finally made up his mind to wipe out the Huns. It would be best to take advantage of now and make a final push to attack Huanglong!

"But this matter still needs to be considered carefully." Liu Cong was still rational after all, and said, "We need to be fully prepared."

Fighting a war is no joke. Even the famous general in ancient times went to war at the age of 17 and conquered the country at the age of 22. War is like walking, and it has to be done step by step.

"yes!"

Gu Zixuan responded calmly, without a trace of unhappiness on his face. Liu Congduan watched for a long while and found that he couldn't see through an eighteen-year-old boy. It was really...

Forget it. Liu Cong admires capable people. In the entire Yong'an Marquis Mansion, there is only Gu Zixuan who is barely worthy of his attention.

Soon, the battle report was submitted to the court. Zhao Jingcheng was very happy to see the report, and the promotion edict was quickly issued to the northwest.

Gu Zixuan was promoted to the third-rank champion general, Yin Zhengnan to the third-rank guide general, Song Yingjie was promoted to the fifth-rank commander, and the rest had various promotions, most of whom were soldiers under Gu Zixuan.

After the imperial edict was issued, everyone knew about it. Even Su Bingzhi, the elder of the Hexi Su family, heard about it. Su Xilin and others were proud of Gu Zixuan, but Su Bingzhi, the old fox, was sober and said calmly: "You only saw Gu Zixuan, but you didn't see Yin Zhengnan behind him."

Look, every time Gu Zixuan was promoted, he would be followed by a follower. The emperor might really want to promote Gu Zixuan, but he would definitely not jump two levels each time. The reason why Gu Zixuan was able to take advantage of this was mainly because Yin Zhengnan was following him. The emperor wanted to promote Yin Zhengnan, but was afraid that everyone would gossip about Yin Zhengnan, so he used Gu Zixuan to take the lead to prevent Yin Zhengnan from being criticized.

"This..." Su Xilin couldn't help but frowned: "Brother Xuan, will he be criticized by the civil officials of the court?"

Su Xilin was still very worried about his grandson. In short, he was worried about his daughter's family, except Gu Changqing and the Yong'an Marquisate.

However, Su Jin had just been conferred the title of sixth-rank official by the emperor, while Gu Changqing had been demoted to the seventh rank. Su Xilin's concerns about Su Jin had decreased a lot. At least, Gu Changqing's position was low, so he still had some concerns.

However, Su Bingzhi did not react at all. He just calmly flipped through the book in his hand and said lightly, "What is there to criticize? Sui Yu contributed a year's income, including silver and food, and she is the leader. Without her, the war in the northwest would not last for a few days, and the court would be able to drag itself down. Moreover, our Hexi Su family is also contributing manpower and effort. The Hexi Su family does not pursue official careers, and Sui Yu cannot be appointed as an official. The emperor can only transfer these to Gu Zixuan. If others want to criticize, they can also contribute a year's income, and then the family will fully support them. If anyone can do it, feel free to criticize!"

Su Bingzhi's words were very confident. Su Xilin thought about it and realized that this was the case. He finally calmed down and said nothing more.

But the clan elder Su Bingzhi glanced at Su Xilin slowly. Seeing his calm expression, he finally couldn't help but said, "You should worry about Su Jin."

"Ah?" Su Xilin was a little confused: "What is there for Jin'er to worry about? She is now a sixth-rank Siyuan, and Gu Changqing doesn't dare to mess with her."

"Oh……"

Su Bingzhi laughed. The old man was in good health. He could get up every morning to practice boxing and was in good spirits.

"Have you ever thought about why the emperor suddenly appointed Su Jin as the sixth-rank Siyuan?"

"this……"

"There are so many famous ladies in the capital, and every three years, everyone is scrambling to send their daughters to the imperial palace. Su Jin is a divorced woman in her thirties with three children. Why should she get the chance to be the daughter of Si Yuan, huh?"

There are too many ways in the capital.

But the most important thing in life is to remember that there is no kindness without reason in this world. If someone is suddenly nice to you, then he or she definitely has some ulterior motive.

Su Bingzhi knew this very well, but Su Xilin just couldn't understand it at all.

“Isn’t it because of the soap business??”

Isn’t this what the emperor wrote in his edict?

Su Bingzhi sighed and said, "Alas, let's choose someone else to be the next clan elder. Su Xilin is really not good enough."

At this moment, in the capital.

Su Jin also knew that Gu Zixuan had been promoted to the third rank.

Gu Sui Yu also bought a lot of things and the whole family celebrated together.

Oh, there are only three of them in the family, and Gu Changqing has nothing to do with them.

Halfway through the celebration, the eldest princess arrived and brought a gift.

"I know you're not short of money, so I brought some good things."

Zhao Yingqiao looked at Gu Suiyu with a smile. One could only say that this girl had a kind of magical power that made people like her more and more the more they looked at her.

"Let me show you this glass cup sent as tribute from the west..."

The so-called wall glaze is glass. The ancient Chinese could make anything except glass. This thing has become popular in Europe, just like porcelain is popular in China.

What Zhao Yingqiao brought over was a set of wine utensils. The wine glasses and wine jugs had a very European feel. In short, it was a full European set.