"Li Kuan, the son of Marquis Wu'an, has made great contributions to rescuing the emperor. He is awarded the title of Prince Consort and is promised to marry Princess Zhuang Ning... I appreciate this!"
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After confirming the news brought by Zhong Feng, Li Fan rushed to Daming Palace without stopping and met in Hanyuan Hall.
As a result, Emperor Delong ascended to the imperial court for the first time in more than twenty years. He was convening civil and military officials and announced the previously agreed marriage in front of the palace.
He was taking this as a reward for himself, and at the same time, he was also officially announcing to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty that the Wu'anhou lineage had become members of the royal faction!
In the eyes of insiders, this was something that had been confirmed before, and there was nothing surprising about it. However, more people were not so well-informed and couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Du Dao Wu'anhou and his son, Holy Scroll Zhenglong, are now doing something with the royal family. My in-laws, success is just around the corner.
Sure enough, after Li Ao received the edict to express his gratitude, he immediately received the second imperial edict.
"Li Xin, Marquis of Wu'an, was promoted to the commander of the Demon Suppression Department, and also headed the Law Enforcement Hall and the Wind Catching Hall. The Prince Consort Li Chuan was promoted to the commanding officer, and the head of the Shadow Catching Hall..."
Previously, Li Fan had already been promoted from the fourth rank to the chief officer of the Ministry of Health and the governor of the town of Wei. Now he has been promoted to the rank of commanding the general affairs. It seems like an ordinary and unremarkable upgrade.
But in fact, this is a key step in promoting from "middle-level and senior-level" to "senior-level". Ordinary people without background will not be able to cross it in their lifetime.
Because what he faces is not a problem at one level, but a whole class level.
That is the ceiling of life!
However, Li Ao took the position of a senior executive in the Demon Suppression Division before he was even in his prime years and had not even met the formal conditions for joining the official position.
This is a gap that is simply incomparable.
At this time, he was only the leader of one of the six halls, but in terms of power and position, it was far beyond what ordinary hall leaders could compare to.
Even if Du Zhi and Xiong Li were resurrected, they still had to avoid their sharp edges when facing such young colleagues.
At this moment, everyone understood that the Demon Suppression Division was really going to be handed over to Wu Anhou and his son.
To be precise, Emperor Delong has completed his layout in the department and successfully turned the people in charge of power, Wu Anhou and his son, into his own. Therefore, it is necessary to expand the power in their hands and effectively control this. part.
In addition, Emperor Delong also announced the third imperial edict.
As expected, this time it was a collective promotion and salary increase.
The apparent legitimate income of the Wu'an Marquis Mansion is the salary and salary of 1,000 dan brought by the title. In the 42nd year of Delong, a special salary of 1,000 dan was given. Now with the additional salary, it is an annual salary of 3,000 dan.
Li Fan also had a salary of 1,200 stone per year because of his status as the Prince Consort and his role in rescuing the emperor, as well as his first contribution to solving the giant disaster.
This is the income that does not include official salary.
Of course, most of Li Chuan, his son, and other officials do not rely on these salaries to live. What everyone really values is the distribution of some rare treasures and the control of authority outside of public announcements.
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But those are not so easy to put on the table. There may also be some mysterious secrets that have been sealed for a long time.
Therefore, everyone quickly turned their attention to another matter, that is, the original assistant Yan was promoted to the first assistant.
In addition, it is the decision to fully relax the control of strange information and expand the recruitment of demon-suppressing people.
"Now that the resurgence of weirdness has arrived, the imperial court should change accordingly and recruit more talented people. Therefore, I order Wu'an Hou and his son to be responsible for recruiting strange experts and reorganizing the Demon Suppression Division!"
After announcing this matter, Emperor Delong directly announced his withdrawal from the court, leaving everyone to discuss on their own.
"Marquis Wu'an, Consort Li, congratulations!"
"I didn't expect that His Majesty, out of gratitude for his role in rescuing me, would marry His Highness the Princess. This is a rare honor."
"When the wedding banquet is held, don't forget to wait for me..."
A group of mid-level courtiers who did not know the truth congratulated Li Fan and his son, completely confusing the cause and effect of the incident.
Li Xin and Li Fan dealt with everyone, and it was mainly Li Xin who took Li Fan to get to know the officials, and officially introduced him to the senior officials of the Daqian court.
After a while, everyone separated, but the Prince of the East Palace came over with Zhang Jingheng and others.
"Marquis Wu'an, Prince Consort Li."
There was a bit of inexplicable melancholy on the prince's face, but he still greeted them very solemnly.
"On the wedding day, I will personally come to congratulate you."
Li Fan quickly expressed that he was flattered, but secretly sighed in his heart.
Everyone in the world likes to follow others' influence, and indeed, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not exempt from vulgarity.
But to be honest, they still have to be cautious when making friends with the prince now.
From a long-term perspective, joining the prince's party has both advantages and disadvantages. It can also be regarded as buying insurance for the future.
But the evil emperor Delong cultivated the treacherous way and sought the evil immortal of the evil way.
It seems that it has already achieved quite a lot, and has achieved good results secretly.
His Royal Highness has been the Crown Prince for almost 40 years, and I don’t know if he can still stand up to His Majesty.
Every time the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty thought of this kind of thing, they would secretly feel a headache and be in a dilemma.
They were not like the uncle's family. They had already been tied to the prince and had to decide to leave.
So...business is done in a formal manner, everything should be done according to the identity on the table, and etiquette should ensure that no one can make any mistakes.
After that, Guo Tunan, the Duke of Zhenguo, also came over to congratulate him with a normal expression. However, after the congratulations, he left in a hurry with a group of nobles and did not stay to discuss with Li Xin the matter of suppressing the Demon Division.
Logically speaking, he is in charge of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, the superior department of the Demon Suppression Division. In terms of his job title, he can be called the Governor.
He should be in charge of personnel changes and job title adjustments in the Demon Suppression Department.
But this time...
Li Xin looked at his leaving figure, his face slightly condensed, but he didn't say much.
Li Ao was vaguely aware of the disharmony here, and didn't say much.
The next era is the era of strangers.
Traditional forces and sides are no longer as important as the power in hand.
The successive appearances of the evil groom and the giant made everyone, including Li Chuan, realize for themselves that the description of "comparable to gods and demons" in the classics is true. The pursuit of powerful power will become a brand new eager.
Next, my father and son, as well as those nobles, powerful men and senior officials, may become competitors.
All you need to do is maintain the etiquette on the surface and fight without breaking.
There is no need to be polite or even to be polite.
After leaving the court, the eunuchs in the palace deliberately left Li Fan and his son behind, saying that His Majesty had an edict.
Sure enough, Emperor Delong summoned them in their temporary residence near Longshou Pond.
"My dear friends, you don't need to be too polite. The previous rewards, taking into account the court etiquette and past practices, are not enough to express my heart. Now I will give you the real reward in private, a golden elixir for each of you. This is why the gods do this. Daxiangye, hence the name, Daxiang Pill!"
Under Li Fan's inexplicably wary gaze, the eunuch Huang Jin personally carried a tray with two jade plates, each with a golden and round elixir placed on it and presented it to them.
"Exotic treasure (demon inner elixir)"
"The external elixir is refined from the flesh and blood essence of many great demons. It uses the energy of the golden essence to support the body and make it immortal."
