Chapter 41

Zhang Hao knelt there, listening to Xu Jie's recitation of the imperial edict, and he couldn't understand it, and he didn't know how they wrote it. He knew what each word meant, but when they were connected, he was confused.

However, I vaguely heard some words such as rewarding Lu Anbo, Jinyiwei Qianhu, and walking in the palace, but I was not sure.

When Xu Jie read Qin's words, Zhang Rong immediately kowtowed and thanked him. When Zhang Hao saw Zhang Rong kowtowed, he immediately kowtowed and thanked him.

"Zhang Hao, Lu Anbo, please accept the order!" Xu Jie said as he looked at Zhang Hao with a smile.

"Ah?" Zhang Hao looked at Xu Jie in confusion.

"This, Xu Shangshu, my son's that..." Zhang Rong immediately explained, wanting to say that there is something wrong with his son's mind, but he can't say that.

"Haha, forgot, Duke of England, I'm so happy! The second son is now all the earls!" Xu Jie said with a smile.

"Thank you, thank you, hurry up, come in to have tea, please, please, please!" Zhang Rong greeted Xu Jie very enthusiastically.

Zhang Hao held the imperial edict in both hands, not knowing what he was doing, and then some officials came over with the things given by the emperor.

"Come on, have tea!" Zhang Rong asked Xu Jie to sit down, and a servant came to serve tea.

Zhang Rong made a gesture of invitation politely, and Zhang Hao was still holding the imperial edict. He was very annoyed. He had something wrong. No one told him how to put the imperial edict. He couldn't keep holding it, but his father didn't tell him what he meant at all.

"Come on, come on, everyone has it!" At this moment, Xu came over with some cloth bags and sent the wedding money to those who came to report the good news.

This is a convention, and it is all about the point. The Duke of England is not short of those small money.

"Duke of England, this reward is indeed surprising. No one expected that Zhang Hao would be able to be awarded the title. There was a big opinion outside. It would be better to be cautious." Xu Jie sat there, looking at Zhang Rong and said.

"Thank you for your reminder. I didn't expect that the emperor would give him a title. I thought that he would give Hao'er an official or something, but I didn't expect that he would become a thousand households of the Jinyiwei. The emperor's holy grace is unforgettable!" Zhang Rong hurriedly clasped his fists in the direction of Yuxi Palace and said.

"Well, however, the British father and son devoted themselves to the country and deserved this reward. By the way, do you know about Qiu Luan's affairs? Why did he suddenly treason? Is he really giving money to Tatars?" Xu Jie continued to ask.

This is the news that came out this morning, and Xu Jie couldn't believe it.

"It's true, hey, I'm confused, how can I do such a thing?" Zhang Rong nodded affirmatively.

"This...hey!" Xu Jie sighed when he heard this.

After chatting for a while, Xu Jie said goodbye and Zhang Rong personally sent it to the door of the mansion.

After they walked away, the servants in the mansion began to cheer.

"Congratulations to the Second Young Master!"

"Congratulations to Madam!"...

The servants were happy and shouted congratulations, knowing that there must be rewards today.

"Well, reward, today's grand reward!" Xu said happily.

Zhang Hao was a little unhappy at this moment. He was still holding the imperial edict and did not dare to give it up. Maybe he could make a charge of despising the emperor's grace, which would be troublesome.

"Mom, don't be busy and happy first. Tell me what to do with this imperial edict?" Zhang Hao asked with the imperial edict.

When Xu and Zhang Li saw his expression, they all laughed.

"Okay, Hao'er, put it in the incense room to offer it. This must be collected. By the way, the emperor has also rewarded a lot. It is estimated that there are land deeds, including the land deeds you have built a mansion, which must be!" Xu said, and took the imperial edict with both hands and went to put it away.

"Good, second brother!" Zhang Li was also very happy for Zhang Hao. Earl, it is difficult for the count of the Ming Dynasty to be granted, and his younger brother has given him a title.

"Hehe, I'll say, you have to listen to me!" Zhang Hao said with a smile as he looked at Zhang Li.

"You bastard!" Zhang Li hit Zhang Hao when he heard this.

"Well, bring those rewards in. They contain land deeds and official uniforms, which will be used then! It seems that we are going to build a mansion for Hao'er. Li'er, what do you think?" Zhang Rong looked at Zhang Li happily and asked.

"No, build, build according to the best construction!" Zhang Li said immediately.

My younger brother has been awarded the title, so I am willing to spend as much as I can.

"Well, okay, where are you?" Zhang Rong immediately looked at Ding Yu.

"I have no objection, listen to my father-in-law. Moreover, my second brother is awarded a title, which is a great joy. Of course, I have to build a mansion!" Ding Yu said immediately with a smile, and was also happy.

"I said, Master, it's time to find a marriage for Hao'er. Now my Hao'er is an earl, so it's easy to find a marriage? They used to despise my son, but I am the stupid son, and I am the one who is the Earl. They think they are smart, but nothing is it!" Xu said proudly at this moment.

Now Zhang Hao is already seventeen years old and has not yet been engaged. He really can't find a suitable one. He is a little better and does not want to be a little disabled person. He doesn't want to be wronged by his son. Now, he doesn't care anymore, he has to find a good one!

"Well, I need to find out, madam, then you can find out who has the right girl and has not been married yet!" Zhang Rong said seriously as soon as he heard this, this is an important matter.

"Okay, you still need to be the master at that time!" Xu said happily.

"Dad, can't I find it myself?" Zhang Hao stood there, listening to them talking about his marriage, and said casually.

Now I am only seventeen years old, so don’t be so anxious, right? In my previous life, I was almost thirty and had not yet gotten married. Now, it’s still early.

"I'm talking nonsense again, how could I find a marriage for myself?" Xu said with a smile and pointed at Zhang Hao's forehead.

"Hao'er, oh, my baby grandson!" At this moment, a thick voice came from outside. When Zhang Hao heard it, he knew it was his grandfather Xu Pengju.

"Oh, is your father-in-law here?" Zhang Rong immediately welcomed him, and Xu and Zhang Li followed behind him.

"Brother-in-law, have you heard the news so soon?" Zhang Rong asked with a smile.

"Who doesn't know yet? Hao'er, haha, my good grandson, the count!" Xu Pengju said happily as he patted Zhang Hao's shoulder.

"Thank you grandpa!" Zhang Hao said with a smile.

Xu Pengju is also very good to Zhang Hao. Although he was stupid before, he has always favored him.

"Okay, okay, my grandfather was worried before, what should I do in the future, my grandson? Now, I won't worry anymore, I won't worry anymore!" Xu Pengju said happily.

"Dad, go and sit inside!" Xu said with a smile.

"Yeah, let's go!" Xu Pengju said as he arrived at the living room, pulling Zhang Hao and sitting next to him.

"You are self-reliant. This time Hao'er is awarded a reward. I heard that the civil servants have a lot of opinions. They say that any fool is awarded a title. But they did not award this honor for the Ming Dynasty, so they were very dissatisfied!" Xu Pengju looked at Zhang Hao and said.

"Brother-in-law, don't worry about them. They don't know, but the emperor knows that Hao'er has made great contributions, so the emperor rewards this way. It's just that some of the contributions cannot be said yet." Zhang Rong explained to Xu Pengju.

"Who is not convinced?" Zhang Hao sat next to him and asked.

"What do you want to do?" Zhang Rong immediately stared at Zhang Hao and asked.

"I'm not convinced if I beat him to death?" Zhang Hao said arrogantly.

He defeated the Tatar army and protected the capital, but he had no credit? With this credit, he could not be named an earl?

"Stop talking nonsense!" Zhang Rong said with a fierce glaring at Zhang Hao.

"Master, Master, the mansion of Ge Yan sent someone to send a gift!" A servant ran in and said.

"Hmm?" Zhang Rong was surprised when he heard this.

"In addition, ministers such as Master Lu also sent congratulatory gifts!" the servant continued.

Zhang Rong stood up immediately.

"Go!" Xu Pengju said to Zhang Rong.

"Brother-in-law, you sit here. We are two of us drink tonight! I'll go outside to see!" Zhang Rong bowed to Xu Pengju and said, then leaving the living room, while Zhang Hao and Zhang Li accompanied Xu Pengju to speak.

At noon, many ministers came to their homes to give a lot of gifts, and they were all sent to Zhang Hao's warehouse. These were all from Zhang Hao.

In the evening, Zhang Hao returned to the small yard, and Jin'er still served Zhang Hao to wash.

"Young Master, you are so awesome!" Jin'er said as Zhang Hao wiped his back.

"Hehe, you will be the count's concubine by then. Are you happy?" Zhang Hao said with a smile and pinched Jin'er's cheek.

"Happy! Hehe!" Jin'er said very happily.

She knew that she had served Zhang Hao since she was a child and was the closest person Zhang Hao would not treat her badly.

But in Ding Rukui's mansion, Ding Rukui was very unhappy. Did Zhang Hao grant him a title? If he beat him up, he could still grant him a title, which means that the emperor did not want to punish him at all.

"Dad, the memorials for resigning from office have been written, you can read it!" Ding Rukui's eldest son Ding Yunsheng took the memorial and handed it over to Ding Rukui for review.

"Yes!" Ding Rukui picked it up and took a closer look.

Now there is nothing I can do, my face is gone. As a civil servant, I still have this backbone. Since the emperor does not want to punish Zhang Hao, I will resign and stop doing this.

"Okay, I'll send it to the cabinet early tomorrow morning!" Ding Rukui closed the memorial and said with a dark face.

"Dad, should you be more cautious and ask Master Yan what he meant?" Ding Yunsheng reminded Ding Rukui and said.

"No, I have to do this for my own face!" Ding Rukui said with a decisive attitude.

"But there is news outside that Qiu Luan was beaten by Zhang Hao. Zhang Hao was fine, but Qiu Luan's house was scouted. Now, many people say that the outside of the city was destroyed like this by Tatar soldiers because you were afraid of fighting, and you were incompetent. The child was worried. Once this resignation is sent, what should I do if the emperor approves it? Or the emperor thinks that you are deliberately uneasy for the emperor, and then Long Yan is furious, but what should I do?" Ding Yunsheng was more cautious and looked at Ding Rukui and said carefully.

Ding Rukui gradually calmed down at this moment.
Chapter completed!