Chapter 370: Whoever is arrested and killed

In the martial arts hall, Zhao Ji, who looked down at the steps in the vast dragon courtyard in the depths, looked down at Zhao Ji, with his light and arrows, and his deep scrutiny made people feel heartbroken.

Zhao Ji looked at the officials who were kneeling down in the courtyard with a stern face. He was silent for a moment and said, "How could Chen Ao be called Wu Cun? Retrieving the four states of Yanyun is a merit in the world. What's wrong with me wanting to make him a public?"

Four officials below said one after another: "The warriors open the border and give titles. This is the rule set by the ancestors. Chen Ao is not a military official, so how can he be promoted? Besides, the Duke of the State is too high. With his achievements, it is a grace to be granted the Viscount of the State. Your Majesty is so willing to give titles, which is really a destruction of the ancestors' achievements."

Zhao Ji took a breath, his face covered with clouds, but he was speechless for a moment. These people took out the method of ancestors, which made him difficult for a while and said coldly: "Get back, I understand."

I know! These three words are very unreliable. Do you know whether he accepted the advice or refused?

Yang Jian, who was standing aside, was naturally happy in his heart. He lowered his head and secretly looked at Zhao Ji flipped over the interchangeable national letters on the imperial case. Each of the national letters was not simple. The Emperor of Liao called himself a younger brother to Zhao Ji. It should be noted that even when Taizu and Taizong were still alive, the Khitans had never been so humble. As for the tribute, they also changed the policy of monies in the previous year. Although the Song Dynasty did not gain much advantage, for the wealthy Song Dynasty, trading with the Khitans equally was a great luxury, let alone the horses were exchanged for.

It should be noted that because there was no pasture and it was difficult to raise horses in the Song Dynasty, even if it was kept in captivity, it was difficult to raise military horses for cavalry. With the ten thousand horses imported by the Khitans every year, the Imperial Army Cavalry Division was no longer just a false reputation.

The real benefit is the cemetery. Yang Jian clearly remembered that just a few days ago, Wu Wencai returned home first and presented the exchanged national letter. When Zhao Ji saw the last content of the national letter, he almost danced and summoned officials from the three provinces and the three yamen to the palace to discuss, and immediately decided to regain the matter. For this reason, the emperor, who had always been not passionate about state affairs, did not sleep all night and focused on the matters of dispatching officials and setting up Hebei East Road.

With this great gift, the officials were overjoyed, and Chen Ao was even more of a great achievement. Now that he was rewarded, although some people objected, Yang Jian knew that the officials would never treat Chen Ao badly. The more people opposed him, the more benefits Chen Ao would gain.

This principle may be very puzzled by ordinary people, but Yang Jian has figured out Zhao Ji's thoughts. The more people oppose it, the more the officials feel that they can't stand up to Chen Ao, and they feel that they feel that they are in debt. The emperor owes his ministers. Are these ministers still afraid that they will not have a day to become prosperous?

Yang Jian is a man who can do things. With this idea, what about it? He quietly called a few censors and asked the family members to impeach Chen Ao. They not only wanted to impeach Chen Ao, but also wanted to belittle him. Anyway, they just made his great achievements useless and said nothing. If they could scold him a few words, the family members would definitely take good care of you in the future.

This incredible thing is thanks to Yang Jian's ability. These censors have long been trying to flatter Yang Jian, but they have never found a way out. Now that Yang Jian wants to "revenge" Chen Ao, what else can I say? He rolled up his sleeves and finally waited for the court to discuss. Zhao Ji just mentioned the reward, and they couldn't help it. He stood up and said that Chen Ao didn't make much contribution, but he just used His Majesty's dragon power to scare the Khitans. The Khitans were not scared, so Chen Ao did not have any contribution this time.

Another person took advantage of the situation and secretly looked at Yang Jian ambiguously, stood up with a righteous face, saying, Your Majesty, Chen Ao is young and frivolous, and his lifestyle is very problematic, and his character is too bad, so there is no need to give this reward. Not only can he not give it a reward, but he also has to hit him. It is better to knock it to death with one stick. In this way, even if the unhealthy trend in Bianjing City is stopped, the people can live and work in peace and everyone can calm down.

All of these censors are masters who point to mulberry and locusts and locusts and horses. Scolding people is their job, and scolding people is one by one. Zhao Ji became angry when he scolded him. Although Chen Ao made great contributions, these people actually said so unbearable. Although they were doing their best, these people said calmly, but they said nothing but the other people said it without hesitation. It was really outrageous!

However, Zhao Ji did not get angry immediately. The censors took it as their duty to curse. As the emperor, it would be fine to ignore them. If they were serious with them, there would inevitably be people talking about them. Therefore, they were already calculating, but they still said indifferently - I know.

The hall was silent. When several censors saw that the official family was neither cold nor warm, they could only stop when they saw it and returned to the class awkwardly.

After being silent for a long time, someone suddenly reported from outside: "Teacher Cai, Master Chen, meet with him."

Zhao Ji couldn't help but stand up and said excitedly: "Transfer!"

Not long after, Cai Jing and Chen Ao came in side by side. Before they could salute, Zhao Ji raised his hand: "No need to be too polite, come and see the Grand Tutor and Shen Ao."

The two of them owed to sit down. Zhao Ji looked at Chen Ao. Seeing his dusty look, his heart warmed up. He couldn't help but think: "I guess he has arrived in a hurry before he even returned home. He has indeed worked hard in the past two months." He said, "Chen Ao, I ask you, what is the situation in the Liao Kingdom?"

Chen Ao said: "The country that has burdened eggs is no longer worth worrying about."

Zhao Jihe nodded and said with great enthusiasm: "Okay, you have made great contributions this time, do you want any reward?"

According to common sense, when the emperor asked the ministers this question, anyone who was mentally sound would immediately say, "It is the duty of the minister to serve the country and to be loyal to His Majesty. The ministers dare not take credit, nor dare to ask for rewards." Then the emperor was overjoyed and immediately gave him a lot of rewards.

This is almost a routine. Anyway, the emperor asked this, and the ministers answered this way, which was not new at all. Therefore, when Zhao Ji asked this, everyone did not agree with it and did not think it was strange.

Unexpectedly, Chen Ao looked stern and said, "I have no credit and hard work on this mission. I shouldn't have asked Your Majesty for credit. However, I have four virtuous wives in my family, and the cost of the whole mansion is very compact. Cough cough... All the people in the world belong to Your Majesty. Your Majesty's wealth covers the nine provinces and the four seas. It is enough for me to reward you with a little something."

Chen Ao paused and talked in the silent eyes of countless people: "So if Your Majesty can give this reward, I will be grateful and strive to make new contributions in the future, and use practical actions to create greater achievements. However, I have a small request. Can Your Majesty not reward cloth, silk, etc.? I am too lazy to receive these rewards and sell them in the market. Not only will I waste time, maybe I will talk about the price and lose my capital, so I will just give the money off, so I will make it easier for me."

“…”

Zhao Ji was silent for a while before laughing and said, "Okay, I will give you five thousand taels of silver according to you."

"Five thousand taels?" Chen Ao cursed in his heart. This emperor was even more stingy than Yelu Dashi. The local specialty of Yelu Dashi was equivalent to 50,000 taels of silver. When he arrived at the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, he only gave him a fraction of the money. He was very displeased, but he could not say anything he thought was too little, so he had to say, "Your Majesty, I will accept it."

Zhao Ji continued: "This time you have made great contributions to recapturing the four states of Yanyun. Is you satisfied with the title of Gaoyang Marquis?"

Gao Yang? Another cheating father. Gao Yang is a county town on the border of the Song and Liao dynasties. He is a second-rank county marquis. He has a good status, but he is a little depressed. I wonder if Gao Yang loses his fief, will he still have any income?

"Your Majesty, I will accept it." Chen Ao repeated the words just now. No matter what the emperor gave him, he continued first. Be kind, it's better to have it than not. The founding marquis is also a rare thing in this year, and it's not something that anyone can get. It's a second-rank title!

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "I also heard that the Minister of the Honglu Temple has retired. You can take his place as a replacement. You are doing some dealing with others. You can deal with the envoys of various countries for me."

The Minister of the Honglu Temple, Chen Ao's eyes lit up. Compared to the founding Marquis, he was most interested in this official position. This was a serious third-rank official position, which was only one rank different from the ministers of the six ministries. He also received envoys from various countries and even had the right to govern merchants from various countries. Although this position was a bit biased, it was not as powerful as the Minister of Justice, the Minister of the Dali Temple, and the Minister of Revenue, but the richest. Since the envoy came, he had to provide gifts. How could the gifts be missed?

This is just a small head. The real big head is merchants from all over the world. Merchants who can conduct international trade are not wealthy and have to pay their respects to local snakes. In their eyes, the ministers of the Honglu Temple are the biggest local snakes, so all kinds of rare and antiques are indispensable. You must not refuse to accept them. If you don’t accept them, you will not give others face and look down on international friends. If international friends hurt their self-esteem, wouldn’t it hurt the decency of the Song Dynasty? The decency of the Song Dynasty is very important, so Chen Ao can only make it difficult.

That's fine. The most important thing is that the biggest advantage of this position is that it can make money without psychological burden. Anyway, it's not greedy for the people. It's foreigners who are both furious and foreigners who are all furious. There's really no pressure at all.

"Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness, I am grateful to you." I just received it, but now I am grateful to you. From this, it can be seen that Shen Dacaizi was really happy this time. This trip to Liao Kingdom did not waste time.

As soon as Zhao Ji finished speaking, the ministers in the hall whispered to each other, their eyes full of surprise. A county magistrate entered the Honglu Temple directly, which was something that had never happened in history. The speed of promotion could no longer be described as soaring into the sky, so someone stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think it's not possible. Although Shen's student has made great contributions, he is still young and needs to experience one or two..."

Halfway through this man's words, Chen Ao had interrupted: "My Lord protects my mind. The lower official understands it very well. However, although I am young, I have a lot of experience. The position of a temple minister is as heavy as a thousand pounds. But the lower official knows that as long as he has a loyal and patriotic heart, he will have great difficulties. The lower official is as confident as he can be competent. After talking for so long, it's better to take a break."

“…”

Then someone said, "Your Majesty, although Mr. Chen has made great contributions, he has only been a county magistrate and has appointed him as the Minister of the Honglu Temple. I am afraid it is inappropriate."

Chen Ao shouted, "What's this about this? What's wrong with the county lieutenant? Didn't you start with the county lieutenant? Sir, tell me clearly, are you deliberately discriminating against the county lieutenant and looking down on me? Humph, as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, you are a high-ranking official, but you discriminate against me. It's really hateful. If I don't mean that the millions of county lieutenants in the world seek justice from you today, I won't be Chen!" He walked over and grabbed the sleeve of the Minister of Revenue and said, "If you say it clearly, I won't be clear, I will be irrelevant with you. It's okay if you bully me, but the county lieutenant is a ministry established by Emperor Taizu. Do you look down on the county lieutenant, and do you look down on the Emperor Taizu? I represent all the county lieutenants in the world, Emperor Taizu, and the moon. I will destroy you today!"

"..." The Minister of the Assistant had never seen such a difficult person. His face turned pale. Qiqi said aloofly: "Master Chen...Master Chen... I have something to say, don't move... "

Zhao Ji didn't say anything, Chen Ao was making trouble. The hall was suddenly noisy and everyone came to slam. This person grabbed Chen Ao and advised: "Sir Chen, don't care. Mr. Liu is also kind-hearted. I hope you can practice hard and take on greater responsibilities in the future." The person said: "Yes, yes, you can't say anything well. In front of the official, what kind of errand will it become in this court."

Chen Ao said: "Do you mean that it will not be too late for me to care about him after the court?"

“…”

What's more, I don't know when I stuffed a tooth tablet to Chen Ao. This tooth tablet was used by officials to record things when they went to court. A long board was really a good material for making weapons. But...

"Who gave it to me?" Chen Ao was very annoyed and couldn't find anyone. He just played the show, just scaring those who opposed him as an official. The official who stuffed the teeth to him must be the enemy of Mr. Liu. I wish Chen Ao beat Mr. Liu for him. This official is so fucking cruel.
Chapter completed!