After seeing off Xiao Jinrong at the Qingmang Army Camp, Feng Xiu seemed particularly depressed. Lin Ye knew what he was thinking, but Lin Ye didn't tell Feng Xiu what he was thinking.
He just asked Feng Xiu to return to the General's Mansion to continue staring at the sand table, and then Lin Ye went directly to Zhenyuan Palace.
"Why are you here again!" Xin Yanque felt dizzy when he saw Lin Ye. Because as long as Lin Ye comes to him on his own initiative, nothing good will happen.
"I come to ask for power."
"What other rights do you want?" Xin Yanque looked into Lin Ye's eyes and said, "If it's about going south this time, I've already said it, and you have full power to make the decision. What else do you want from me?" Lin Ye said. : "I only want a slightly higher power than full power to make decisions, not much, just a little bit." Xin Yanque narrowed his eyes and looked at Lin Ye carefully, as if he wanted to learn from Lin Ye's eyes. I can see some conspiracy in it.
Lin Ye said: "Your Majesty, please stop guessing. I will tell you directly. Liu Tingsheng is a second-rank official. According to the rules, I have no right to directly execute officials above the second-rank official." Xin Yanque said: "Even if you ask me for it now, I can't Here you go, even if you capture Liu Tingsheng alive, you must bring him back to Geling." Lin Ye said: "Is there no room for negotiation?" Xin Yanque said: "You should know that Liu Tingsheng is different from Wang Luoshen. If he doesn't die, , even if I find a place to circle in Geling City, other people will look at it and feel that they have a way out, and some people who feel that they are not as guilty as Liu Tingsheng may surrender directly."
"You won't be able to solve the Jiangnan matter unless you kill all the officials and families." He exhaled slowly.
"I was still thinking carefully yesterday. If the emperor were here, what would he do with Liu Tingsheng and Guo Geming?" Xin Yanque walked to the side and sat down: "If the emperor was here, he would not let you kill Liu Tingsheng directly. They will even ask you to treat each other with courtesy, and then you will find a reason to kill him when there are almost all those who can successfully surrender." Lin Yexin said, Your Majesty, you are the biological brother of the Supreme Saint, but you don't understand him so well. If he, the Supreme Saint, heard it, he would probably call you a fool.
"Let's do this." Xin Yanque looked at Lin Ye and said, "Except for Liu Tingsheng, you can handle officials below the third rank by yourself. You don't have to ask for orders or discuss with anyone. You can kill them if you want." Lin Ye thought about it. I thought, agreed.
"I obey the decree." Xin Yanque was visibly relieved when he agreed.
"Let's do this." Xin Yanque said: "I will give you another power. Behind Liu Tingsheng there are Baiman and Greenman. These two small countries outside the border, I will leave it up to you how you want to deal with them." His voice He lowered his voice and said, "I know that when you were leading troops in Northern Xinjiang, you liked to seek some benefits for your cowardly soldiers. When you galloped in Northern Xinjiang, you distributed all the gains to your subordinates. If those small countries outside Southern Xinjiang You're not honest either, you can distribute the income by yourself." Lin Ye smiled.
Xin Yanque became angry when he saw Lin Ye's smiling face. This smiling face shows that this person is greedy, because this smiling face does not mean that Lin Ye is satisfied, but it means that the guy has some greedy thoughts in his heart after hearing this sentence.
Sure enough, the guy stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Liu Tingsheng, if I can't play to my heart's content, if there are disobedient small countries outside the territory, can I, the monarch..." Xin Yanque: "Get out of here. , I don’t want to hear it.” Lin Ye smiled again.
He clasped his fists and said, "I know, I will definitely live up to your majesty's great trust." Xin Yanquexin said that I am trusting you with nothing, and you may cause some trouble during this trip south.
However, Lin Ye left happily, as if he had really obtained some great treasure. Early the next morning, during the court meeting, Xin Yanque announced two things.
The first thing is that Lin Ye will lead the cowardly army south to patrol in place of the emperor. The second thing was that he asked Lin Ye to go to Yunzhou, invite Xiao Jinrong back, and go south with Lin Ye.
These two things are connected together. Do the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty still know who the new king is pointing his sword at? So they all understood that when he was the prince, Xin Yanque's out of tune behavior was actually exactly the same as when the Supreme Sage had just ascended the throne. It was all just an act.
The ambition of this new king seems to be no less than that of the Supreme Saint King. So at this time, they understood why the Supreme Sage was able to give up his seat and continue to travel in a down-to-earth manner.
But they didn't dare to think that Taishang Shengjun had gone a little far this time. At this moment, he had left the winter moor and headed towards Dayu's fateful enemy, Lou Fan.
Perhaps it was God's will, or perhaps it was coincidence, Zong Zhengshiquan came to Geling, but the Supreme Saint passed him by.
At the court meeting, Lin Ye made another request in public. He said that Feng Xiu, the general of the cowardly army, had made great contributions and had good conduct. He had done many things for Dayu over the years but had never been greedy for credit. Such a good minister should be rewarded.
Lin Ye had mentioned this to Xin Yanque before. What Xin Yanque meant was that after the Cowardly Army came back from the south, he would directly give Feng Xiu a big reward.
But today at the court meeting, Lin Ye killed first and then reported the matter. When he mentioned the matter in front of all the civil and military officials, Xin Yanque thought that Lin Ye might have other intentions, so he nodded in agreement.
After a brief discussion, Ning Weimo proposed that because Feng Xiu had made great contributions during the Northern Expedition, this time in quelling the rebellion in Geling, Feng Xiu would also lead his troops to annihilate the rebels outside the city.
It is not an exaggeration to be granted the title of Marquis. So Xin Yanque issued an edict to grant Feng Xiu the title of Marquis of Yongxin, which was a first-class marquis and could not be replaced by hereditary.
Previously, Feng Xiu's military position was promoted to the fourth rank, with a salary of the third rank, and he exercised power on his behalf. Today, he was promoted to the third rank, and received a salary of the second rank.
In fact, all the civil and military officials in the dynasty did not understand. Lin Ye's behavior was really a loss of character. He was already a very popular minister, and if Feng Xiu's status was raised, the cowardly army's weight would indeed be too much.
If this kind of thing spreads, there may be many people saying that Lin Ye is arrogant because of his power, putting pressure on the emperor, and wants to monopolize power.
At that time, the people at the Yushitai were ready to make a move. If Ning Weimo hadn't asked his second assistant Yao Xinyuan to move over and talk to the people at the Yushitai, they would have immediately attacked Lin Ye.
Yao Xinyuan told the people at Yushitai that the general is about to go south. This matter is important and involves the country. If you have any questions, please wait until the general comes back.
When the time comes, no matter how you scold you, the office will not care. At that time, if the general's merits were great, His Majesty would no longer be able to reward him. If you take this opportunity to give him a copy, Your Majesty would take the opportunity not to reward him, and he would have nothing to say.
When the people at the Yushitai heard this, they immediately became energetic. If they force Lin Ye to play now, His Majesty will side with Lin Ye, because His Majesty is still counting on Lin Ye to lead his troops south.
And if Lin Yeruo really comes back from a great victory, then he will participate in each book one by one. Your Majesty, can't you enjoy it?
The adults at Yushitai felt excited when they thought of this. At the same time, I have to sigh, looking at it this way, Yipin is still bad, because there are really no good people.
But they saw that it was Zaifu and Cifu who whispered a few words, and Cifu came over to greet them.
A person who can get along with such bad ideas immediately, and a person who can arrange things in such a calm and relaxed manner, you think, how insidious can this person do?
They also had to admit that if they could not be a first-class official, it was not just bad luck but also lack of foresight.
In addition to the title of Xiu, because Xiao Jinrong's return this time made His Majesty particularly satisfied and because of his heartache, Xiao Jinrong was also awarded a reward. Xiao Jinrong was originally a first-class Changxing Marquis, and His Majesty gave him a false position as a military officer.
The general meaning is that Xiao Jinrong is the first staff member of the army going south this time and has the power to participate in military affairs.
Feng Xiu's eyes became a little red after going to court. Several times he wanted to talk to Lin Ye, but Lin Ye always found a random topic and suppressed his grateful words.
"No need to say anything more. When I come back from southern Xinjiang this time, I will do something for you again." Lin Ye patted Feng Xiu on the shoulder: "I remember that your home is not far away. Now that you have been promoted to an official position, I will give it to you. Take two days off, go home and show off." Feng Xiu: "This..." Lin Ye kicked him on the butt: "This fart, go ahead as you are told, don't think about anything all the time. If you keep a low profile and don't show off the rewards given by His Majesty, His Majesty will not be happy if you find out." Feng Xiu had no choice but to agree.
But Lin Ye knew Feng Xiu's character too well. Even if this person returned home, he would not be able to keep a high profile. Half an hour later, we arrived at the office.
Lin Ye took the hot tea handed to him by Ning Weimo, smiled and said, "I know Master Ning wants to scold me. This time, I directly asked Feng Xiu for a reward in the court without asking for an order. It is indeed too much." Ning Wei He said at the end: "It's good that the general knows it himself. If I hadn't asked Mr. Yao to suppress it, the people in the Yushitai would have been jumping up and down and scolding you on the spot." Lin Ye said: "These adults in the Yushitai, When I come back, will you still be jumping around and scolding me?" Ning Weimo: "What do you think, General?" Lin Ye said: "I think you taught me." Ning Weimo: "Bah, in your heart , Is this the kind of person I am?" Before Lin Ye could say anything, Ning Weimo nodded: "You're really good at judging people." Lin Ye said, "Let's get down to business. Going south this time is even more difficult than going to Northern Xinjiang. I have to make it clear to Master Zaifu that you have to do your best to support him." Ning Weimo: "If you want people, give food, give food, if you need money... give it if you can." Lin Ye: "Even Are you so cautious and conservative when you are bragging?" Ning Weimo said: "If you are cautious and conservative, it is definitely not bragging." Lin Ye said: "In that case, how many people will you and I need?" Ning Weimo asked: "Who? Lin Ye said: "Master Xumi, the second assistant." Xumi, who was sitting next to him, sat up straight and looked sideways at Lin Ye, with a look like a general on his face, please stop.
Lin Ye said: "I can't trust anyone to hand over logistics matters. I can only rest assured if Lord Xumi takes care of it personally." When Xumi Pianruo heard that it was a logistics matter, he nodded: "I can handle it. "Ning Weimo said: "Since Lord Xumi has agreed, I have no reason not to agree." Lin Ye said: "There are two people in Yushitai, and life should not be easy after returning. After all, it is a new person replacing the old one. People, they should not be welcomed in the Yushitai." Ning Weimo naturally knew who he was talking about, one was named Nie Lingshan and the other was named Zhu Xiaozhu.
These two people were originally sent by His Majesty to work in the Cowardly Army, but because of Wang Luoshen's case, these two people returned to Geling City. After Lin Ye went on a killing spree, these two people went directly back to Yushitai. Over there, they were probably afraid too.
Ning Weimo said: "Just give it to you. After all, those are the people that the Supreme Saint has given to you a long time ago. If you want these two, they can't be unwilling." On the other side of the Yushitai, Nie Lingshan connected I sneezed several times and my back still felt cold.
Zhu Xiaozhu asked him: "I thought, scolded and muttered, you sneezed more than a dozen times, what do you mean?" Nie Lingshan counted with his fingers, shook his head and said: "I seem to have caught a cold, I think I should go get some medicine. Eat it, wrap it in paper and bring it back. Think about that paper bag. Does it look like you are in charge of the money I borrowed?" Zhu Xiaozhu: "It looks like my daddy... ah sneeze, ah sneeze, ah Sneeze!" After saying this, he sneezed three times in a row.
"It seems...something's wrong."
