Thief Emperor

Chapter 398: Veteran Returns
After all, Li had studied for several years and had some understanding of the official system of Wu Zhou.

The Yinqing Guanglu Dafu was a third-rank civil official.

The guard general is a military honor and is also of the third rank.

In the past, being awarded an official position and honors by the imperial court was something that ordinary people would wake up laughing in their dreams.

But now, all the titles given by the court can be described in four words.

In name only.

Even if Li Yun was given the title of Jiedushi of Jiangdong, it would only be a nominal title and Li Yun would need to fight for it himself.

Not to mention, these two were already nominal officials and military honors.

Double in name only, it is really useless.

At best, it can only raise Li Yun's status.

Therefore, Li Yun was no longer excited about this. Being able to come out in person to receive the imperial edict was already giving face to the Emperor of the Great Zhou.

After sending away the two eunuchs who delivered the imperial eunuch's orders, Li Yun stretched himself lazily and returned to his study, where he continued to look through the documents and intelligence sent from various places.

Now he has to start transforming.

In the past, Li Yun led a group of rough men to fight with others everywhere. He didn't have to deal with too many things, nor did he have to deal with many written matters. But now, there are not many battles that require him to fight in person.

He also had to slowly shift from a military position to a "civilian position".

This is a necessary process.

Fortunately, with the presence of Du Qian and others, there are not many government affairs that Li Yun needs to handle personally. What he really needs to look at is actually the intelligence sent from various places.

As the backbone of a team, he must learn to summarize all the information he can receive, and then find the right direction from this information.

Li Yun stayed in the study for more than an hour before he finally turned to the last document. After reading it, Li Yun was stunned at first, and then he let out a long breath.

The remains of General Su were finally found.

At that time, General Su Jing led the Jiangdong troops into the Central Plains, but due to insufficient manpower, they were soon surrounded by the rebels who had almost exhausted their forces, and fell into a desperate situation.

Li Yun had never known the details of this incident. He only knew that General Su died at the hands of the rebels.

It was not until later, after he received some defeated soldiers in Luzhou, that he learned the details of what had happened from their mouths.

General Su was seriously ill at the time and was reluctant to send troops. The court kept urging him, and he had no choice but to let his deputy general Jiang Yan lead the troops. However, in the end, General Su was still worried, so he had people carry him into the military camp and take command of the central army.

At that time, General Su was already at the end of his life. As soon as he entered the army, he began to cough up blood from time to time. At the beginning of the battle with the rebels, he could still command based on his experience, but after five or six days of fighting, General Su kept coughing up blood and fell into a coma in the central military tent, losing control of the army.

Deputy General Jiang Yan took over the command and led the army into the enemy's encirclement.

At this time, Su Sheng was completely unable to command the army and was on his deathbed.

After the Jiangnan troops were surrounded, General Su passed away suddenly in the central military tent.

In other words, before the Jiangnan troops were completely defeated, General Su had actually died in the army.

Died on the battlefield of his heart.

Later, the entire Jiangdong army was defeated by the rebels and was forced to retreat step by step. Although Jiang Yan was a terrible commander, he was still quite careful in doing things. When the army was defeated, he ordered a battalion of colonels to escort the remains of General Su to break out.

And this captain's battalion eventually disappeared on the battlefield.

Afterwards, Li Yun sent people to track the whereabouts of the captain's camp, but for several months or even half a year, they found nothing.

He even thought that the captain's camp had been dispersed and trapped on the battlefield. At that time, the Central Plains battlefield was a huge battlefield with nearly 100,000 troops on both sides. It was extremely difficult to find the captain's camp.

Until now, the people sent by Li Yun finally found the trace of this colonel camp. There were 500 people in a colonel camp, but now there are less than ten people left. If Li Yun's people had not found them, they would still be hiding in that mountain and dare not come out, continuing to guard the remains of General Su.

Li Yun looked at the document and felt deeply moved.

It has to be said that there are some people in this world who are born with strong personal charm. Even though General Su only led these Jiangnan soldiers for one or two years, there are people willing to die for his remains.

"Meng Hai."

Li Yun shouted.

Meng Hai walked in with his head lowered, bowed and said, "Envoy."

Li Yun handed him the document and said, "Send someone to Qiantang County as soon as possible and hand it over to Captain Su. Ask him to go and welcome General Su's remains first. I will also leave in a few days to welcome the general's remains together." Meng Hai lowered his head and responded, "As you command!"

He held the document in his hand and left with his head down.

Li Yun sat alone in the study, silent for a long time.

After a long while, there was another knock on the door: "Envoy, Envoy Du is here and wants to see you."

This is the voice of Zhou Bi, Li Yun's younger brother on Cangshan Mountain, who is also running errands for Li.

Li Yun stood up, rubbed his temples, and walked out of the room. As soon as he reached the front yard of Li Garden, he saw Du Qian coming towards him with a smile on his face.

"Congratulations, ambassador. Congratulations, ambassador."

Du Qian bowed his head slightly and said with a smile: "Now, the envoy is also a noble lady."

According to the system of the Great Zhou Dynasty, officials above the third rank are eligible to wear purple robes. Now, Li Yun can wear purple robes with full justification.

Li Yun did not respond, but noticed Du Qian's address and said with a smile: "It's just some empty names. How come the address has changed, Brother Shouyi?"

Du Qian said sternly, "The Silver and Green Guanglu Doctor is a third-rank official, higher than me, so the title must be changed."

He smiled and said, "With this imperial decree, the envoy does not need to rush to choose a courtesy name. At least in this Jiangdong area, there are few people who are qualified to call the envoy by his courtesy name."

Li Yun was still a little uncomfortable with it, and said dumbly: "This address is too distant, Brother Shouyi, please call me as you used to."

"Besides, isn't there a third-rank governor? We are almost the same."

Du Qian still shook his head and said, "The governor of a state or the prefect of a prefecture is of the third rank, and I am the governor of Yuezhou, which is a fourth rank."

He looked at Li Yun and said seriously, "Now that your business is big, you still need to distinguish the primary and the secondary. Otherwise, it will not be appropriate for outsiders to hear it."

Li Yun was speechless.

This Du Shiyi is really a weird person. He strictly judges people's status according to the rank of the court.

After thinking about it, he said, "Okay then. From now on, when there are outsiders, I will address you as Brother Du does. If there are no outsiders, I will address you as before."

Du Qian smiled and nodded, but found that Li Yun was not very interested, and was a little curious: "Promotion and awarding honors are a happy event, why does Erlang look a little unhappy?"

"Having an official post without a job is meaningless."

"Besides, I just received a message."

He told Du Qian about General Su. Du Qian's expression became serious after hearing what he said. He sighed and said, "General Su was famous all his life, but who would have thought that he would end up like this in his later years."

After sighing for a few words, Envoy Du suddenly looked up at Li Yun and said softly, "Erlang, this time when we welcome General Su, we can make it bigger. The bigger the better."

"Then spread the story of General Su widely, and then give him a grand funeral."

Li Yun thought about it, then shook his head and said, "The general sacrificed his life for the country. At this time, shouldn't we disturb him anymore..."

“This is not a disturbance.”

Du Qian said softly: "The general has made great achievements, no matter how you receive him, he deserves it."

"Besides, if the event is held with greater fanfare, General Su will be happier."

Of course Li Yun understood what Du Qian meant.

No matter what era, reputation is very important for entrepreneurship.

If you become famous, you can gather tens of thousands of people to follow you and rebel.

And welcoming General Su with great fanfare is naturally a very proud thing.

Li Yun touched his chin and said slowly: "I have no objection to this matter."

"However, I'll decide after meeting Brother Su."

"This is natural."

Du Qian said softly.

"General Xiao Su will definitely be happy with it."

(End of this chapter)