The imperial court was naturally concerned about the victory of the Ghost Guards against Wuhuan, and this battle was so beautiful that it seemed like a legendary story. There was a formation called in front of the formation, and the generals singled out and killed the enemy generals with their own strength. Zhang Xiaowu's previous story
Coupled with the recent scenery, it is enough to write a novel and legend, but it is precisely because it is so popular that the imperial court does not know how to award it.
A commoner, in the name of a ghost general, commanded the remnant Qinglong army in the north of the Great Wall, defeated various dog barbarian armies one after another, and helped Emperor Dade expand his territory. Who can say what reward he should be given?
The Dade Emperor was also in a dilemma. According to the custom, Zhang Xiaowu should be rewarded as a third-rank marquis. Since Zhang Xiaowu was from Fuyun County, Hejian, Yongzhou, the Dade Emperor needed to reward him as a third-rank Hejian Marquis. Rewarding a marquis was not a deliberate suppression.
but for
It is convenient for the emperor to continue to reward him in the future. For example, Du Shan Bo turned the tide and saved the court and was promoted from the second rank uncle to the first rank uncle. And after the emperor gets married in September next year and marries Du Shan's granddaughter, the emperor will promote Ye Xiangdong to the third rank Dushan County Prince.
Zhang Xiaowu is young and has no family support. He has served the country for four generations and three generations. To be able to obtain the third-rank Hejian Marquis on his own is already breaking the practice of the holy Han. Therefore, jealous people are naturally unwilling to give in. Zhang Kuan, the Prime Minister of Zuo
After serving in the imperial court for forty-five years, he is now only a second-class husband. Why can Zhang Xiaowu, who is twenty years old, become a marquis?
So everyone tacitly suspended the rewards, saying that they would wait until the northern part of the Great Wall was completely pacified, especially since the Wuhuan army was not seriously damaged even though it failed in defeat. After the spring comes next year and the flowers bloom, Wuhuan is very likely to go south again. The emperor
He only ordered to reward the Ghost Guards with one hundred thousand taels of silver, and did not give too many rewards for the time being.
Because of Wuhuan's defeat, the agreement between the Shenghan Empire and the Wuhuan Empire was temporarily invalidated. Su Yu, who escorted Princess Luling and her entourage to the north, finally returned to Longdu.
In May, the imperial court decided to marry Princess Luling to Wuhuan Xiaowang Wu Litai, but Su Yu happened to encounter a flood while escorting her, so the convoy was blocked by the flood for a month. When the flood receded, Princess Luling missed her
His mother went too far and fell ill in Yongzhou. Su Yu was afraid that Princess Luling would die of illness, so he quickly invited famous doctors from various places.
By the time Princess Luling's condition improved, it was already October. Su Yu also learned about the defeat of Uzi and Tarta. He thought to himself, "Zhang Xianzhi is a good general." When the convoy arrived in Huizhou, he heard that Wuzi and Tarta were defeated.
Huan was also defeated. Su Yu was dumbfounded. Wuhuan was defeated. Is this a reconciliation or not?
Let's get married?
Marrying the princess to a defeated dog barbarian would be a disgrace to the court.
Not getting married?
You have already promised Fanbang, how can you break your promise?
After Su Yu hesitated for a while, he suddenly got a secret letter from the fourth prince. In the letter, the fourth prince said that Wuhuan broke his promise first, captured Jincheng and massacred the soldiers of Jincheng, so Ambassador Su could wait for the edict. So Su Yu
Yubian waited a little longer
On that day, as expected, a report was received. Because Wuhuan had broken the agreement, the Holy Han decided to stop the princess from marrying out, and ordered Su Yu to escort Princess Luling back to Longdu. Princess Luling cried with joy, and Su Yu also breathed a sigh of relief, finally no longer having to bear the burden.
Infamy.
From Longdu to Huizhou, Su Yu and others walked for a full five months. However, it only took them five days to return from Huizhou to Longdu City. After returning to Longdu, Emperor Dade rewarded
He took an idle official position from Su Yu, serving as the director of the vassal council.
Li, in the Fanliyuan, he is the only one other than Si Cheng. But Su Yu, an outsider, was ignored as soon as he arrived at the Fanliyuan. Si Cheng said that you can do whatever you want, which meant that you were best.
Don't do anything, just be a mascot.
Su Yu knew that he was a target of Du Shanbo, and Du Shanbo would never care about his future, so he did not seek help from Du Shanbo. After all, a fourth-grade vassal manager was already the end of his career for him.
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So Su Yu did not interfere with anything in the feudal court, and he was not even required to go to court. He received his salary every month, drank a little wine and boasted to others about how powerful he was. He was dissatisfied and full of anger. He looked at everyone
People were displeased, and they saw every minister as a rooster, dog, and robber, so he spent all day drinking and drinking among flowers.
Everyone knows that Su Yu was once the governor of Longdu and is now the manager of the Domain Council. Although they treat him respectfully, they don't respect him. After all, everyone knows that this is a person who lost his backer in the imperial dispute.
The seventh prince who caused the most trouble for Su Yu was the seventh prince Xuanyuan Zidong. But now the seventh prince has become wiser and does not take action himself. Instead, he sends some people to secretly cause trouble for Su Yu. They do not kill him, beat him, or scold him.
It disgusts him. For example, Su Yu went to a brothel to buy wine, and when he was paying, he suddenly discovered that his money bag was missing. After Su Yu came home, someone brought a bunch of dead cats and dogs, saying they were gifts, etc.
The attitude of the Su family suddenly changed drastically, because Su Yu provoked the royal family, and even his eldest brother asked him to leave the house independently, which made Su Yu angry and caused a riot in the Su family. Fortunately, Mr. Su made the decision and suppressed the issue of separation of the family.
The old man also understands that although the Su family is in trouble and encounters revenge from villains, the rise of the Su family still depends on Su Yu.
Suddenly one day I heard that someone was impeaching Zhang Xiaowu, so I asked about the reason and found out what happened. It turned out that Zhang Xiaowu was so popular that he defeated Quanyi many times and now defeated Wuhuan. The people in the Ministry of War thought that a civilian had done three things.
General Pin was already dead and had no reward, so he was ready to trouble him. So a petty officer from the Ministry of War impeached Zhang Xiaowu for not respecting orders and embezzling the pay of sergeants during the Sixth Regiment's Dead Soldiers Camp, and there was also a captain of the Dead Soldiers Camp.
Huang Sheng’s testimony.
Su Yu was very angry. Who is this Huang Sheng? How could he slander the innocence of others? The soldiers' salary of the dead soldiers camp has always been in Huang Sheng's hands. How could Zhang Xiaowu, as a colonel, have access to the military salary money? It's really ridiculous. However, he asked again, the Ministry of War
I'm really going to use this as a loan
Zhang Xiaowu was dismissed from the post of General of Saibei. What is even more strange is that when Huang Sheng went to the Ministry of War to testify, he suddenly died suddenly, so his testimony became an unsolved case. Some people say that when a person is about to die, he must tell the truth.
In other words, some people say that Huang Sheng is a villain who taints the innocence of others.
But the memorial to impeach Zhang Xiaowu was still sent to the emperor.
Su Yu was just an idle official now, unable to do anything about others slandering his friends, but he had nowhere to vent, so his anger turned into motivation. He decided to write behind closed doors, and wrote a book "Ghost" in three days.
The novel "General". Su Yu knew that this book would definitely cause dynasty
The imperial court and even the whole country reacted, so they sent their confidants to publish a hundred copies in other places, and then distributed them throughout Longdu. So far, every shop in Longdu has received "The Ghost General", and the story novel is so exciting that it feels like you are there.
The story is so ordinary that it immediately became the most popular reading book in the entire Long City.
Although Su Yu printed a hundred copies of "Ghost General", he printed tens of thousands of copies himself. Storytellers in Longdu City talked about this story one after another, which often attracted countless readers. Before Zhang Xiaowu arrived in Longdu,
Longdu is full of stories about him, and even he himself doesn't know how popular he is among the people.