Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 14703: Shangzhuguo

After using the magic circle, Zuo Qiuwen went straight back to the palace. It would take a lot of time for that person to turn into a undead. Zuo Qiuwen didn't have time to wait. He had to return to the palace because the morning court was about to begin.

Not long after Zuoqiu Wen returned to the palace, it was time for the morning court. Zuoqiu Wen had already sent people to inform all the ministers that there would be an additional court today. After all, the morning court was not held every day. Today was not originally a day for the morning court, but because such a big thing happened, it was normal to have an additional court. When the morning court time came, all the ministers came to the palace on time, but their faces did not look very good. On the contrary, Xu Kang and others also came to the palace, and they all had happy expressions on their faces.

At this moment, three whip sounds were heard, and then all the ministers lined up to enter the hall. After all the ministers stood in line, Zuoqiu Wen walked into the hall and sat on the dragon throne. After all the ministers bowed three times to Zuoqiu Wen, they all shouted "Long live the emperor".

Zuo Qiuwen looked at them, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, no need to be so polite." Everyone responded and stood up.

Zuo Qiuwen glanced at the people below and continued, "Last night, Prince Rui rebelled and attacked the palace, but was stopped by the palace guards. Then General Xu and several other beloved ministers, with their children, attacked from outside, and joined forces with me to defeat Prince Rui. Prince Rui was ambushed. Today, I call you all to court for this matter. Virtue and talent, announce the decree."

Decai responded, then stepped forward, took out the imperial edict, and said loudly: "The Emperor, by the Mandate of Heaven, decrees: Xu Kang, Tai Le, Congjun, Lai Dechang, Tu Ling and others are loyal to the emperor and love the country, and have the courage to shoulder the national crisis. They are specially promoted to the positions of Prince Taibao, Pillar of the State, and Minister of War. This is the decree!" The imperial edict was not very long, and the content was very simple. It was nothing more than promoting Xu Kang and others, but the positions promoted this time were different. The Prince Taibao and Minister of War were actually honorary positions now, but they had already shown their status. The position of Upper Pillar of the State was different. This position was very complicated. In the Star Empire, Upper Pillar of the State was a title, and it was a hereditary title. You must know that in the Star Empire, titles could not be inherited. Only a few titles could be inherited. Ordinary titles could not be inherited. Although the major families are powerful, almost none of them have hereditary titles. They have titles, but these titles are decreasing, that is, they will be downgraded by one level with each generation. The reason why the major families have always been so powerful is that they have people in high positions in each generation, and then they keep the titles. Some big families have not even kept their titles, but can only keep their positions, which is already very good. But now the Xu family and several other families have the hereditary title of Shangzhuguo, which is definitely a good thing for them. In the future, the status of their families will definitely be higher than that of other families. After all, the title is the same as the country. As long as the country exists, they can continue to receive salaries with titles, and their status will remain unchanged. It can be said that this title directly widened the distance between Xu Kang and other families.

The other families had no way to object, because Xu Kang and his family had made great contributions in saving the emperor. The reason why it was not mentioned in the imperial edict was that this was a rebellion within the royal family after all, and it would be embarrassing to tell others about it. Therefore, the imperial edict only briefly mentioned their contributions and said nothing. However, the title was real.

When the people from Xu Kang's family heard about this reward, they were all so excited that their faces flushed. They immediately stepped out of the line and shouted, "We accept the order and thank the Lord for his grace!" After that, they kowtowed respectfully to Zuo Qiu Wen.

Zuo Qiuwen said in a deep voice: "No need to be polite, just stand up." After thanking him, several people stood up and walked into the court again.

Zuoqiu Wen glanced at the others and then said, "Prince Rui is a prince himself, and I don't want to make things too embarrassing. I have decided to grant him white silk. As for the garrison, I have other appointments. Let's adjourn the court." After saying that, Zuoqiu Wen stood up and turned to walk to the back hall without saying a word to the other ministers. Those ministers also knew that they could not say anything now, because they did not come to rescue the emperor last night, and Zuoqiu Wen did not punish them directly, which was the greatest kindness to them, so they had no right to say anything now. At the same time, they also understood that Zuoqiu Wen was going to use This time, they have the opportunity to firmly grasp the garrison army in their hands, and they will not be qualified to interfere in the future. Moreover, no matter who Zuoqiu Wen appoints to lead the garrison army this time, they have no right to object. Even if Zuoqiu Wen gives up his life to lead the garrison army, people from all departments must agree. If they dare to disagree, Zuoqiu Wen will think that they are in collusion with Zuoqiu Zhi, and then there will be no need for an excuse to deal with them. It can be said that the major families' sitting on the sidelines this time is definitely the most unprofitable business, and they have no way out because they made the wrong choice this time.

All the ministers came out of the hall, all of them had gloomy faces. On the contrary, Xu Kang and his family were all excited. They all walked home quickly. It was obvious that they wanted to bring this good news back home. Although each of their families suffered some losses in this battle and some family disciples died in battle, these family disciples died in exchange for a hereditary title of Shangzhuguo. For them, it was definitely a profit, and a big profit. Of course they were happy. In fact, other families were also very regretful now. If they had gone to rescue the emperor yesterday, they might do the same now. Not to mention the death of a few family disciples, even if their head of the family died in battle, as long as they could get this hereditary title, they would be willing to do it, because people with such hereditary titles are often the most likely to be valued by the royal family. A hereditary title means that you will live with the country forever. In other words, as long as the country exists, your title will generally not be taken away. If your family has this hereditary title, it means that you are one with the royal family. As long as the royal family exists, your family's title will always exist. In this case, you are often the most loyal to the royal family, because once the dynasty changes, your title will be gone. For the sake of your own title, you must also be loyal to the royal family. This is the advantage of a hereditary title.

If the major families run out of talents in the future and fail to hold high positions in the court, then their family titles may really not be preserved, and their family status may also not be preserved. Therefore, hereditary titles and non-hereditary titles are two different things.

When Xu Kang and his companions returned home, they told their family members directly about the fact that they had been conferred the title of Shangzhuguo. Naturally, this caused cheers in the family, but those families were not so happy. However, they had no choice. They knew that Zuoqiu Wen was very angry at this time. If they dared to show up at this time, Zuoqiu Wen would definitely use them as a scapegoat. Even if he did not destroy their family, he would demote them. If he really demoted their positions, it would be a bigger blow to them. Therefore, at this time, they were not qualified to oppose Zuoqiu Wen's will. It can be said that the major families suffered a great loss this time.

They did not expect that Zuoqiu Wen was well prepared, nor did they expect that Zuoqiu Zhi would suddenly take action without being prepared. This made them make the wrong choice, but there was no way. This choice was made by themselves, so they must bear the consequences. Therefore, this situation is normal. They are bound to suffer a loss this time.

After Zuoqiu Wen returned to the palace, he first released Zuoqiu Zheng and the others back to the mansion, and then he went directly to the Imperial Beast Garden. This time, there were some losses in the Imperial Stables, but fortunately, the losses were not very heavy. The combat effectiveness of Wei Xianchen and the others was no joke, and with the giant beasts they tamed, their losses were not very large, not to mention that Zuoqiu Wen was able to turn all the eunuchs into undeads, so the Imperial Stables did not suffer any losses.

By the time Zuoqiuwen arrived at the Beast Garden, those people had all turned into undead. They all put on new clothes and wrapped their whole bodies. Then Zuoqiuwen directly ordered those people to return to the garrison's space fortress in batches and take over the space fortress. As for the person who would lead the garrison, it would be Luo Jiaying, who was now also a undead. As for the other generals in the garrison, the original generals would be used. Anyway, they were now loyal to Zuoqiuwen, so of course Zuoqiuwen would use them. Zuoqiuwen saw the battle last night. These undead people were really fearless and absolutely obeyed his orders during the battle. Of course, he absolutely trusted these people.

Of course, Zuoqiuwen also found some random names and gave them names. He couldn't let them use their original names. If he did that, wouldn't it arouse suspicion from the major families? Now even if the major families were suspicious, they would only think that Zuoqiuwen had already made preparations and sent some people who were originally guarding the palace directly to the garrison. They would not think that these people were originally garrisons. After all these were done, Zuoqiuwen wrote a letter to Zhao Hai, telling Zhao Hai that he could come back.

In fact, Zhao Hai knew the situation in the palace very clearly. He knew very well what the palace looked like now. After all, all those who participated in the war were from the Undead clan, and the Undead clan was like Zhao Hai's eyes. Zhao Hai certainly knew what happened in the palace, and he was not surprised at all about this situation. Being in the imperial family, such things were really not surprising.

What Zuo Qiuwen didn't know was that the eunuchs who followed Zhao Hai to the Poison Mars had already become undead, but from the outside, you couldn't tell that they were undead, and Zhao Hai certainly wouldn't let them know, so when Zhao Hai received Zuo Qiuwen's order, he took the eunuchs and went directly back to the Beast Garden. As soon as he got back to the Beast Garden, Wei Xianchen came up to him. Obviously, he had been waiting for Zhao Hai. As soon as Zhao Hai saw Wei Xianchen, he immediately saluted and said, "Greetings, Eunuch Wei."