"Your Majesty, please punish Li Wangchen severely!"
This time, nearly half of the officials in the court made such requests.
Even Fan Zhuguo, Ouyang Shengwu and others did not say anything to protect Li Wangchen.
This scene made the brigade commanders under Li Wangchen who did not understand government affairs extremely sad, angry and aggrieved.
They obviously came back victorious, but when they came back they were criticized and criticized. How could they not feel chilled?
But compared to them, Xiang Chen understood the truth.
This time Xiang Chen did not retort sharply, waiting for the Eternal Lord to speak.
The Eternal Lord said in a deep voice: "General Li, do you have anything to say?"
Xiang Chen saluted, and then said: "Your Majesty, I really shouldn't hide my personal relationship with Yuchi Chong and secretly use the power of the Forbidden Land forces to enter the Yinghuo Star Territory."
"But if I don't do this, we can't even protect the entire Yinghuo Star Territory. As for Hong Jichen, in fact, Hong Jichen can only be killed by the people in the Forbidden Land who have the main strength. In the end, Hong Jichen was taken away by them and will be unable to recover him."
"In terms of these two points, I do have serious faults. Please punish me."
After he finished speaking, he bowed again.
The Eternal Lord closed his eyes and said nothing, and the atmosphere in the palace seemed extremely solemn.
Such an atmosphere made the brigade leaders under Xiang Chen feel a sense of suffocation, which was even stronger than the sense of suffocation when a battle was about to begin.
Maybe this is the pressure of the Lord of Destiny
After more than a dozen breaths, the Eternal Lord slowly said: "Li Wangchen temporarily takes over as the battlefield commander of the Yinghuo Star Territory, reverses our army's defeat in the Yinghuo Star Territory, and leads the entire army to capture the territory of the Yinghuo Star Territory.
The contribution is huge and indispensable!”
"However, Li Wangchen contacted the forbidden land army without the approval of the Ministry of War and without reporting in advance, leading foreign troops into the border, and failed to retain the captive Hong Jichen, who committed a major negligence crime."
"The merits and demerits balance each other out, and the merits still outweigh the faults. I would like to retain the rank of General Li Wangchen. He will be promoted to a second-star general on the basis of his original one-star general. He will step down from the post of interim commander-in-chief and enjoy the treatment of a second-grade third-grade general!"
"I will grant you a third-grade Cave Heaven Mansion, a special merit record, a set of Heavenly Wolf Emperor Armor, ten million taels of high-grade Hongmeng Amethyst, the top divine magic of Heaven and Earth, or a volume of its Taoist scriptures."
"The rest of the generals of the Heavenly Mandate Army will be rewarded by the Ministry of War according to their merits."
In the end, the Eternal Lord made the final decision. Xiangchen was not demoted from his position, but he was not promoted too much. His military rank was raised by one star, and he also received a series of rewards.
However, the temporary position of commander-in-chief is no longer available.
Also, it is impossible for such a high position to always give Xiang Chen an emperor, and he cannot suppress such a high position.
As for the Heavenly Wolf Emperor Armor, it belongs to the level of Heavenly Emperor.
In Eternal Heaven, the Heavenly Emperor-level treasure armor is divided into several levels.
Dragon, dragon, tiger, wolf!
There is only one set of Heavenly Dragon Emperor Armor in the entire Eternal Heaven, and only one person can own it, the Eternal Lord.
Heavenly Dragon Emperor A, a king with a different surname, the prince's son and grandson can be rewarded for their great achievements.
Tianhu armor is usually worn by commanders.
The Heavenly Wolf Emperor Armor is the strongest armor reward that a general under a commander can receive.
This Heavenly Wolf Emperor Armor is currently the most precious to Xiang Chen among the things in it, because it can neutralize a certain amount of attack power from a strong person with the Heavenly Emperor level.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward. My emperor is blessed with great blessings!"
Xiang Chen and a group of generals under his command quickly expressed their gratitude.
The Eternal Lord nodded, let them join the court procession, and then continued to hold the court meeting.
This court meeting mainly talks about the future development of the Yinghuo Star Territory and the garrisoning of troops.
The court meeting lasted for two hours before it ended, and hundreds of civil and military officials dispersed.
Fan Zhuguo and Fan Shuyuan took the initiative to come to Xiang Chen. He put his hands in his sleeves and looked extremely lazy. He was wearing a bright red Qilin official uniform and was a first-class official.
"Senior brother——" Xiang Chen saluted.
Fan Shuyuan said with a smile: "You have obviously made so many great achievements and turned the situation around, but when you came back you were criticized by a group of people and insulted. Do you have any resentment in your heart?"
Xiang Chen's expression remained unchanged: "Senior brother, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"
"How do you tell the truth? How do you tell lies? Tell them all and let me listen."
Xiang Chen looked at the bustling ministers around him and said calmly: "To be honest, such a show of force can really chill people, and if it is passed down, it will also disappoint the soldiers."
"Tell lies, this is all His Majesty's training on me."
Fan Shuyuan laughed and said with a smile: "Senior Brother, I think it may not be a good thing for you that they criticize you like this."
"You have excellent abilities, but if you stand too high, there will be many people who are jealous and covet you. Your strength and cultivation cannot stop the many open and covert attacks at that height."
"The harsh criticism from the ministers may not be a bad thing for you. When your cultivation level is high enough, you can bear the burden brought by those glory light tubes to you, and you will get whatever is due to you."
Xiang Chen nodded: "Junior brother understands."
"You will understand. In the future, you should focus on improving your cultivation level. Two-star general. You are a sub-third-level officer but your cultivation level is in the middle stage of the Emperor Realm. It is indeed too low."
Fan Shuyuan patted Xiang Chen on the shoulder, and he disappeared.
After Fan Shuyuan left, Wang Xiaoji, Xia Houwu and others came over.
Xia Houwu sent a message: "I think today's posture is probably arranged by that old bastard Gu Gentian."
Xiang Chen smiled with a smile on his face and nodded in response to many of the officials who looked at him in good faith. At the same time, he sent a message to Xia Houwu and others: "It must be this old guy. The typical emperor's balancing technique is all a routine."
"The censor who just joined the imperial court gave us a harsh rebuke in order to intimidate us and make us lower our attitude."
"The second wave of criticism is to lower our merits. I am just an emperor, and you are just a group of new recruits. You have made so much merit without making any mistakes. How should we be rewarded?"
"If the reward is big, what kind of reward can we get in the future? If the reward is small, it will chill countless soldiers. They can only catch our mistakes, trample on them, and then reward us."
"It can make us feel fear and awe, and it can also make us feel the mighty benevolence of the emperor, and the countless ways to control people, but in the end, it is still a combination of grace and power."
"Isn't that what happened this time? First he hit us with a big stick twice, and then gave us sweet dates to eat. In a series of times, the eternal Lord was going to beat us."
"Fan Shuyuan and the others also understood, so they didn't express their position at all, and they didn't say anything good to us before."
When Xiang Chen explained this, everyone suddenly became enlightened.
Wang Xiaoji said: "Brother Chen, you wrote in the battle report that you handed over Hong Jichen to the forces in the Forbidden Land. Isn't it intentional? Did you let them catch you on purpose?"
Xiang Chen looked at Little Chicken in surprise: "Hey, Little Chicken, why did you suddenly get the idea? How did you think of it?"