Chapter 127 I Promise You Two Dukedoms

“Thank you, Your Majesty!”

“Your Majesty, according to the conventions of our dynasty, the commander-in-chief of the Five Military Commands Office does not hold military power.”

“I would like to resign from the post of commander of the Beijing camp.”

Under the envious and jealous gazes of all the civil and military officials in the court, Jia Cong bowed and accepted the order.

Then he raised his head and said.

In an instant, a murmur of discussion was heard in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Everyone looked at Jia Cong with strange expressions.

Since ancient times, officials have served in the court.

Which one is not a struggle for power and profit?

This is the first time I see someone pushing his real power away.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Shunde immediately smiled.

He exchanged a glance with Xia Shouzhong, and a look of “I was right, right” appeared in his eyes.

Then pretend to ask.

“Oh? The old commander of the Five Military Commandery doesn’t hold military power?”

“Xia Shouzhong, does our dynasty still have such a custom?”

“Your Majesty, I am well versed in the laws of Daqian. This law does not exist in our dynasty.”

Xia Shouzhong bowed and replied: “When Emperor Taizu established the Five Military Commandery, his original intention was to better manage the troops of the world.”

“Since there is no such law… I guess Jing’an Hou is too tired after returning from suppressing the rebellion and wants to take a rest.”

“Where is the Minister of War?”

“Chen is here!”

The Minister of War whose name was called stepped out.

“I want to ask you, is there any suitable general in the court who can take the position of commander of the Beijing camp?”

“Your Majesty, the generals in the court are either too old or lack the experience. Those who are qualified to be the commander of the Beijing camp are already guarding a place outside.”

“I really can’t spare any manpower.”

I thought of the oral instructions from Emperor Shunde that Xia Shouzhong came to convey yesterday.

There was no way around it. The Shandong rebellion was put down several times more smoothly than the officials in the court had expected.

The military expenditures saved alone amounted to at least tens of millions of taels of silver.

Emperor Shunde was in a very good mood, so he did this.

The emperor has issued an order, and the ministers can only obey it.

The Minister of War answered against his conscience.

Originally, I saw Jia Cong resigning from his post and focusing on the Kaiyuan lineage.

Several noble generals who had no real power were ready to step forward and nominate themselves to compete for the position.

Finally, the Minister of War finished his words.

Everyone knows that this is a double act with Emperor Shunde.

I had to pretend nothing happened.

“My dear minister, you have seen it. It is not that I do not sympathize with your hard work in suppressing the rebellion. It is just that the court cannot find a suitable person for the time being.”

“so……”

“I will allow you to inspect the Beijing camp once every two weeks, and Niu Jizong will assist you for the rest.”

Emperor Shunde said to Jia Cong with a smile on his face.

“Thank you, Your Majesty!”

……

After the awards were given, the matter of today’s grand court meeting was concluded.

After Emperor Shunde encouraged his ministers for a few more words, he announced the adjournment of the court.

“My Lord, Princess, please stay.”

“His Majesty has summoned the Marquis and the Princess to the Imperial Study.”

Jia Cong had just walked out of the hall, surrounded by the generals of the founding dynasty and those who had suppressed the rebellion.

He was stopped by Xia Shouzhong who came quickly.

So he took Jia Cong to the imperial study.

“My Lord and Imperial Master are here!”

“Xia Shouzhong, please take a seat!”

As soon as he entered the door, Emperor Shunde asked Xia Shouzhong to bring a chair first.

“Jia Cong, don’t blame me for rejecting your resignation today. There is really no one available in the court right now.”

Emperor Shunde came up and played the emotional card with a wry smile.

The key to martial arts practice is accumulation.

Ordinary people have limited energy. If they want to make achievements in martial arts, they don’t have much time to study military tactics.

In the same way, those who excel in military tactics often find it difficult to make achievements in martial arts. There are many people with innate martial arts skills in the army of the nine important towns, but what is lacking is a marshal who can lead the troops.

A person with a natural talent for martial arts can serve as a vanguard, commanding tens of thousands of soldiers to clear the way for the main army.

But he was unable to command a large army of hundreds of thousands of people into battle.

At that time, the retired Emperor Kaiyuan personally led several expeditions to the north, but to put it bluntly, there was still a lack of suitable generals to lead the troops.

After the Kaiyuan heroes were old, Daqian’s attitude towards foreign races became mostly defensive.

And the strategic thinking that Jia Cong displayed in suppressing the rebellion in Shandong.

It made Emperor Shunde feel as if he saw a rising star.

He was even more reluctant to let Jia Cong resign from his official position and return to practice Buddhism.

“I am willing to share your Majesty’s worries.”

Jia Cong maintained his personality as always, and his words were quite reluctant.

“Okay, let’s not talk about this for now.”

“I called you here today to ask you what you think about the title of the Rongguo Mansion.”

“Don’t rush to answer, let me finish.”

“I know that the Jia family is indeed not decent. I originally built a mansion for you according to the regulations of a duke, just thinking that it would be convenient for you after you separate from the Rongguo Mansion in the future.”

“I just didn’t expect that Jia She and his son…”

“It was my own decision, and the Imperial City Officer stabbed those two people to death with my token.”

“Don’t blame me, my dear.”

In name, Daqian ruled the world with “filial piety”.

According to the current mainstream Confucian thought, a son should not speak of his father’s faults.

No matter how wrong the parents are, children cannot blame them.

But if Jia Cong were to reply like this.

Is Jia She worthy of it?

It was good enough that the ghost soldiers didn’t capture him and take him to the Criminal Law Department of the City God’s Palace to torture him day and night.

“I am a cultivator with a cold personality. How can I blame Your Majesty?”

Jia Cong cupped his hands in response. If these words were seen by others, they would definitely cause an uproar.

How can an unfilial person be an official?

The impeachment memorials from the court will surely flood the cabinet like a tide.

But Emperor Shunde just smiled and said nothing after hearing this.

how to say.

If it weren’t for the report from the Imperial City Bureau, the sisters in the Jia family would now be eating, dressing and living more luxuriously than the princesses.

Emperor Shunde took it seriously.

In the eyes of Emperor Shunde, Jia Cong is a great scholar.

It seems to be inconsistent with Confucian standards.

But no matter what, it is still a character that repays kindness with kindness and repays evil with evil, and a character that values ​​friendship very much.

“Ru Hai submitted a secret memorial to me, asking for a favor and a marriage between you and the daughter of the Lin family in a few years.”

“But I thought…”

“I just appointed you as my Imperial Master. You can’t be my concubine…”

As he spoke, Emperor Shunde looked at Baochai and nodded.

“Besides, the title of Rongguo Mansion was bestowed by the former Taizu, and I do not want to revoke it.”

“Finally, it was my father who gave me an idea.”

“In the future, there will no longer be cases of people with different surnames being crowned kings. My dear minister, you hold two titles.”

“If you make further contributions in the future, I will grant you two dukedoms.”

“It just so happens that in the future, whether it’s the daughter of the Ruhai family or my imperial teacher, they will have children.”

“Each of them has their own government, which is quite comprehensive.”

Baochai blushed slightly when she heard this.

Even though she is a god, Baochai has never thought of competing with Daiyu for anything.

But which girl would want to marry and become a concubine, even if it’s just in the eyes of the world?

What Emperor Shunde said is indeed the best outcome.

However, Baochai did not say anything, nor did she express any opinion to Jia Cong.

Everything still depends on Jia Cong’s plan.

“It’s all up to His Majesty.”

Noble or not.

Jia Cong naturally had no objection.

The royal family did this simply to leave room for future rewards.

(End of this chapter)