Thief Emperor

Chapter 146 Fragrance coming out of your mouth
After a few days of field investigation near Qiantang County, Su Jing returned to Linshui County with Su Sheng and Li Yun.

Because Linshui County was not very big, and there were only about one or two thousand households left in the city, General Su took the initiative and, on the grounds of danger on the front line, temporarily relocated the people of Linshui, completely turning the county into a military town.

As for the people who moved out, Su Jing wrote a letter to the Xuanzhou government, asking the Xuanzhou government to take over temporarily.

Su Jing was the commander-in-chief of the army. The so-called commander-in-chief of the army meant that wherever the army went, no matter the state or county, all local military and political affairs were under the control of the commander-in-chief of the army, including local inspectors and recruiting envoys, not to mention local officials such as provincial governors and county magistrates.

Therefore, when he sent out official documents, the local government in Xuanzhou had to cooperate with him, so there was no need to worry about there being no one to resettle the relocated people.

After completing the relocation of the people, General Su sent a letter to Zheng Yu, the governor of the East Road of Jiangnan, requesting that Zheng Fugong come to Linshui to see him.

At the same time, he began to personally supervise the training of these new recruits, inspecting the barracks several times every day.

On this day, General Su was inspecting the military camp when the imperial edict of commendation from the court finally arrived in Linshui.

Because it was an urgent 600-li journey, most eunuchs could not bear it, so the one who announced the imperial decree this time was the postmaster of the post station. After seeing Su Jing, the postmaster took the initiative to hand over the imperial decree and documents, and said respectfully: "General."

Su Jing stood up, but did not take the imperial edict. Instead, he asked, "Who is the imperial edict for?"

The postmaster replied, "Major General Su Sheng, and... and Lieutenant Li Zhao."

"General, the angel from the court has not arrived, so the imperial edict will not be read out. General, please keep it for yourself."

Hearing these two names, Su Jing already had an idea in mind.

"How can this be possible?"

Su Jing waved his hand and said, "We cannot break the court's rules. You are here with the imperial edict, so you are the imperial envoy of the court. Wait, I will gather all the people to welcome the imperial edict."

General Su was a man of action. Not long after, he gathered a large group of people in the open space in front of the general's tent. Among them were Li Yun, Zhou Liang, Su Sheng and some new recruits who had performed well in training.

His intention is self-evident.

The general wanted to announce the court's commendation, or reward, to the entire army in this way.

The postmaster had no choice but to stand in front of everyone, unfold the imperial edict, coughed, and then spoke.

"The system says."

Everyone knelt on the ground, while General Su stood aside, looking at Li Yun and nodded slightly to him.

What I mean is that what I promised you has finally come true today.

Even Li Yun himself was a little curious at this moment about what kind of reward the court would give him.

Su Sheng, on the other hand, had a calm expression.

He did not have too many expectations, and even felt that the reason why the imperial edict included him this time was just because the court wanted to give face to his father.

The postmaster read the parallel prose for a long time, and finally read the important part. He coughed and said, "Captain Su Sheng, defeated hundreds of bandits and made great contributions in defending Linshui. He was appointed as General Guide and served as the deputy general to suppress the rebellion. He assisted his father, made great achievements, and pacified the southeast."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes turned to Su Sheng. Su Sheng himself looked at the postmaster in disbelief, and then looked at his father.

He made a scene and his face turned red.

General Su frowned slightly. He looked at the imperial edict and felt a little regretful.

You should take a look at it first!

The postmaster read on quickly.

"Li Zhao worked with Su Sheng to defend the city and also made contributions. I order Su Sheng, the general commander of the army, to be promoted to the rank of colonel at his discretion."

"Appreciate this."

When General Su heard this, his face turned red. He looked at the postmaster and his voice trembled a little: "Have you finished reading...?"

The postmaster was a little confused and quickly replied, "I have finished reading it."

Just when everyone was stunned and Zhou Liang and others had turned around to wait for Su Sheng, Li smiled and bowed his head and said, "Thank you, Shengen!"

After thanking him, he stood up.

Su Sheng also stood up, his face flushed. He looked at Li Yun with a guilty look at first, then said with shame and annoyance: "What's going on!"

General Su was too embarrassed to save face.

Originally, he wanted to take this opportunity to tell the entire army that he, the general, was fair and selfless and that the court was clear about rewards and punishments. However, the court's current arrangements were beyond his expectations.

Zhou Liang and other people from the anti-theft team stood up silently, looked at the father and son, clasped their fists towards Li Yun, and left silently.

This scene made General Su feel even more embarrassed.

He was almost furious. The postmaster also saw something was wrong, and after handing the imperial edict and documents to Su Sheng, he bowed to Su Jing, turned around and ran away, without even taking the small amount of "congratulatory money" that was normally required for an imperial edict of promotion.

Li Yun was very calm. He had never thought of becoming a high-ranking official in the court. Although he didn't know what was going on, he was relatively satisfied with the outcome of this matter.

After all, as long as Su Jing and Su Sheng still have some basic moral concepts, they owe me a huge favor.

Lieutenant Li clasped his fists towards Su Jing and said with a smile, "General, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave."

"you…"

Su Jing took a deep breath and gritted his teeth and said, "Wait a minute. This matter is most likely a mistake made by the court. I will write another memorial in front of you to find out the truth."

Li Yun shook his head and said, "General, this cannot be wrong. If it is wrong, will my merit in defending Linshui be enough for me to be promoted to general?"

"and…"

Li Yun thought for a moment and continued, "I was originally just a captain in Qingyang County, but I was promoted to a lieutenant. I think it's a seventh-rank military position, right?"

“It’s reasonable.”

General Su looked at his son and said silently, "From the seventh rank."

Hearing this grade, Li Yun's eyes rolled.

I wonder if we can find a new county magistrate after this battle.

But even if the county magistrate cannot be replaced, he is still a high-ranking one, which is enough for him to be the son-in-law of County Magistrate Xue.

This is enough for Li Yun.

Su Sheng couldn't help but ask, "Dad, what did you say in your memorial to the court?"

General Su was furious.

"What can I say? I just reported the Linshui incident truthfully. From beginning to end, I only mentioned that you also helped Linshui. I didn't say anything else!"

These two father and son are more miserable than each other.

Su Sheng felt uncomfortable because from today on, even if others in the army didn't say it to his face, they would definitely say behind his back that he was relying on his father's influence, and they might even say that he was taking credit for other people's achievements.

General Su's purpose of boosting morale through this was also not achieved.

If this gets out, his entire lifelong reputation might be ruined.

In comparison, Li Yun was the most relaxed one. He clasped his fists towards Su Jing and said, "General, if there is nothing else, I will leave now."

Su Jing grabbed his clothes and said with a dark face: "You can't leave!"

"We must sort this matter out clearly, otherwise how can I live as a human being in the future?"

Li Yun smiled dumbly: "General, there is no point in arguing with me about this matter. Besides, my contribution this time is not enough to be awarded the rank of captain. The rank of lieutenant is almost enough."

"At most, I'll give you some more money and property."

Li said with a smile: "On the contrary, it is the junior general. This step is very important. With this rank, it will be much easier to take over the position of the general in the future, so I think this is a good thing."

"General and Major General, don't mind."

Su Jing's face darkened as he cursed, "Stop being so sarcastic here!"

"If I were this kind of person, I wouldn't have been driven out of the court in the first place, damn it!"

Su Sheng, who was standing by, also blushed and shouted, "Who cares about this damn general?"

For a moment, both the father and the son lost their guard and started swearing.

After the two of them calmed down for a while, Su Jing pulled Li Yun's sleeve and sat down in the general's tent. He had a gloomy face. After a long while, he slowly said: "I will figure out this matter as soon as possible and give you an explanation!"

Li Yun smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether you give an explanation or not. General, please don't curse me in the future. I have a bad temper."

"I didn't curse your mother!"

General Su stood up, looked towards the direction of the capital, and spoke sweetly once again.

"I am scolding those bitches who are causing trouble!"

"The fruits of my hard work in training the soldiers for several months have been destroyed by them this time!"

　I modified it and it took a while~

　　
　
(End of this chapter)