Ning Chen came out of the room and told people to keep an eye on Kong Yongchun. He came to the deck, stood facing the wind, and thought to himself, can the evidence in his hand bring down the left prime minister? He is the emperor's assistant. He is the left prime minister who assists the emperor in handling all military and national affairs. He is in a high position and has great power! Stealing gold mines privately, treason, each of which is a serious crime punishable by execution of the whole family. But what he has in his hand now is all evidence. Ning Chen frowned, and went back to Beijing first to get the secret letter from Kong Yongchun, and then wait for an opportunity to act. A few days later, after passing through several continents, it was not far from the capital! On the way back, the big ship stopped in Lingzhou for a day. Zhang Yuancang and others were taken on board.
...... This day, early court. Emperor Xuan's face was not very good. First, it has been two months, and there has been no war report from the border. Ning Chen, this kid, didn't even know to send me a message, and I don't know how he is now? Second, the Nanyue Kingdom and Daxuan in the south have been in constant friction over territorial issues. I received a war report some time ago. Recently, Nanyue's actions have been more frequent... and Daxuan has been defeated repeatedly. After several battles, it has been defeated step by step. After several days of discussion, it was decided to negotiate peace. And yesterday, I received news that the Nanyue Kingdom's envoys were on the way. Emperor Xuan rubbed his eyebrows, feeling a little aggrieved. Nanyue was originally a vassal state of Daxuan. With the help of Daxuan, it has developed rapidly. I didn't expect that the former younger brother is now almost riding on the head of the elder brother. Emperor Xuan stared coldly at the civil and military ministers. General Chen is right. In recent years, Daxuan has been lazily prevalent. The children of the noble families have become wastes by letting hawks chase dogs and pursuing pleasure. Not only the civil officials, but even the military generals are now lacking blood. Among the civil and military officials, only a few people advocated war, and most of them advocated peace. In fact, Emperor Xuan himself was not a warmonger and did not like to start a war. Only General Chen, who was angry about the peace talks, could not eat for several days and lost weight.
Emperor Xuan frowned, and he felt even more upset when he saw that the civil and military officials were still attacking each other for trivial matters. He glanced at Eunuch Quan. Eunuch Quan was about to call for the court to be dismissed, but he heard the guards outside report: "Your Majesty, Lord Geng of the Supervisory Department and General Chen want to see you!" Emperor Xuan sighed, "Let them in!" Geng Jing supported General Chen miserably, and the two walked into the hall, their faces flushed, with unconcealed joy on their faces. "Your Majesty, I see you!" "Your Majesty, your old minister sees you!" Geng Jing knelt on the ground. General Chen leaned over, but he only had one leg and could not kneel down! "Stand up!" Emperor Xuan looked at the two excited people and was very curious. One was the purple-clothed General of the Supervisory Department. The other was an old general who had been in the military all his life. What could make these two people so excited? "Do you two have anything to report?" General Chen shouted excitedly: "Your Majesty, I just received a victory report from Beilin Pass!" Emperor Xuan's eyes lit up. Since it was a victory report, it must be a good thing! All the civil and military officials turned their heads and looked at him, with different expressions. Some were happy and some were sad. When the left prime minister heard the victory report from Beilin Pass, his eyes became sinister... Could it be that Ning Chen did not die, but made a contribution? Emperor Xuan hurriedly said: "Tell me quickly, but Ning Chen won the battle?" "Hahaha..." General Chen suddenly laughed out loud. This is considered a breach of etiquette in front of the emperor, which is disrespectful...But General Chen was so excited and happy at this time that he couldn't help laughing. Seeing this, Geng Jing hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, a great victory at Beilin Pass!" "Ning Chen led the army, killed through the Beidu Royal Court, and captured the Zuoting King alive." This sentence was like a scorched earth exploding in the ears of the civil and military officials, making their brains buzz and lose their ability to think on the spot, and everything went blank! The whole hall was silent.
Everyone was so shocked by the news that they turned into stone carvings and wooden carvings. After a long time, the officials came back to their senses, and then there was an uproar! Kill through the Beidu Royal Court and capture the Beiting King alive? Is this possible? The Emperor Xuan excitedly stood up directly from the dragon throne. "Geng Jing, is what you said true?" Geng Jing hurriedly said: "Every word I said is true. Ning Chen not only captured the King of Beiting alive, but also seized 5,000 war horses, tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, and 3,000 captives." "Also, General Liang led his army to defeat the 40,000 troops of the Tuoluo Kingdom and ensure the peace of the border... This is the victory report I just received. Please take a look, Your Majesty." General Chen said excitedly: "Old Chen also received the victory report!" Emperor Xuan was excited and urged: "Quansheng, quickly present the victory report to me." "Yes!" Quansheng walked down quickly with small steps and presented two victory reports to Emperor Xuan. Emperor Xuan couldn't wait to open it. I saw that his face was flushed and his breathing was rapid. Suddenly he said loudly: "Well, you are worthy of being the young genius I have chosen. You really didn't disappoint me." As he said, he opened another victory report. The contents of the two victory reports were the same. "Hahaha..." Emperor Xuan couldn't help laughing out loud, and the depression in his heart for many days was swept away. "This kid always surprises me...First the gold mine, and now he captured Zuo Ting Wang alive. How should I reward him?" Emperor Xuan said: "Quansheng, give these two reports to the ministers, read them and share the joy!" "Yes!" Quan Sheng held two letters of good news, one for the left prime minister and one for the right prime minister. Prime Minister Zuo looked at the contents of the victory report. He, who was very good at cultivating qi, couldn't help but look ugly, his eyes were cold, and his heart was twitching. Kill the king of Beiting and capture the king of Beiting alive. This is a great achievement. How did this little bastard do it? He did not doubt the content of the victory report, because no one would be stupid enough to deceive His Majesty with such a thing. Zuo Xiang was shocked and angry now. This King Zuo Ting is such a waste, how could he let a little bastard like Ning Chen be captured alive?
Fortunately, he didn't know about Kong Yongchun yet, and Ning Chen didn't write it in the victory report, otherwise he might have been angry to death on the spot. "Prime Minister Zuo, you don't seem to be too happy about such a great event... don't you?" After the right minister read the good news, he accidentally noticed that the left minister had a livid face and said something sinister. Emperor Xuan moved his eyes to look at Zuo Xiang. Prime Minister Zuo was shocked. He looked up at Emperor Xuan, a smile appeared on his fat face, and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, forgive me. I'm not unhappy, I'm just too shocked!" Emperor Xuan hummed and said with a smile: "It is understandable that when I saw the contents of the victory report, I was extremely shocked." "Killing through the Royal Court of Beidu and capturing the King of Beiting alive... This is a feat that has never been accomplished by anyone in the hundreds of years since the founding of Daxuan." The Prime Minister Zuo stood up and said loudly: "Congratulations to your Majesty, congratulations to your Majesty. It is your Majesty's blessing to have such a good general, and it is Daxuan's blessing." All civil and military officials knelt on the ground and said in unison: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Congratulations, Your Majesty!" Emperor Xuan's face was filled with joy and hearty laughter. As an emperor, he shouldn't be so rude...but he couldn't care less at this moment. However, he felt somewhat depressed. What does this boy Ning Chen mean? This good news should be sent directly to his dragon case. Does he have any scruples? But Emperor Xuan didn't think too deeply about it. He looked at the civil and military officials and said with a smile: "Ning Chen has made such great achievements and has a free and easy temperament. I plan to make him Xiaoyao Hou. What do you think, dear friends?" The whole hall was shocked! Marquis? Since Emperor Xuan took over, he has never been granted the title of marquis. The position of marquis is hereditary and cannot be replaced. The current marquis positions in Daxuan were all conferred by the late emperor. They have been passed down to the current descendants, and they only have the title of marquis without any rights. But Ning Chen is different. With his military exploits and his majesty's title of marquis, this right... I'm afraid he will be on an equal footing with the left and right prime ministers. You must know that the Marquis grade is far superior to the first grade. It is truly a super grade. A marquis without power is nothing. But Ning Chen has great military exploits and is a Marquis named by His Majesty, so this power is great. The most important thing is that Ning Chen is only fifteen years old. He was granted the title of Marquis at the age of fifteen. How can he be rewarded for his meritorious service in the future? "Your majesty is wise, with Ning Chen's merits, he is fully worthy of the title of Xiaoyao Hou!"
Old General Chen said loudly with a smile on his face. Geng Jing followed closely behind and said: "Your Majesty is wise!" Zuo Xiang turned around and looked at an official. The latter understood it and immediately stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I feel that something is wrong!" Emperor Xuan's face darkened slightly, he looked at him and asked, "What's wrong?" "Ning Chen just won a battle. If he is granted the title of Marquis, how can my Daxuan generals with great military exploits be convinced?" At this time, another official stood up and said, "I don't think it's appropriate to report this to Your Majesty... Ning Chen is only fifteen years old. If he is granted the title of Marquis, how should he be rewarded for his meritorious service in the future?" "I second the proposal!" "I also second the proposal!" More and more officials came forward to prevent Emperor Xuan from conferring a title on Ning Chen. Old General Chen was so angry that his face was livid, and he pointed at the officials and cursed angrily: "You are sour people, you want to erase Ning Chen's achievements as soon as you touch your lips. What are your intentions?" "We only won one battle. To put it lightly, Ning Chen captured the King of Beiting alive. This victory was better than a hundred others... let alone a thousand people. I will give you a hundred thousand troops. You go Capture King Youting of Tuoluo Kingdom." A civil servant couldn't help but said: "Old General Chen's words are biased. There are differences between civil and military officials. Each has its own duties... I am a civil servant, how can I go to the battlefield?" Old General Chen said angrily: "You are not a civil servant, you are a waste." "You...Old General Chen, this is the imperial court. How can you be so vulgar in front of His Majesty? You are disrespectful and disrespectful!" Old General Chen said angrily: "Did I make a mistake? In terms of essays, Ning Chen's poems are the best in the world. In terms of martial arts, Ning Chen rushed thousands of miles to kill the king of Beiting and capture the king of Beiting alive." "In what way are you comparable to Ning Chen? You are not good at literature or military skills, and you dare to use yourself as a civil servant to talk about things. Is it wrong for me to say that you are a waste?" "You're not good at papers. You're not good at martial arts. You're even less good at character... You're just a big loser who can only talk." Old General Chen has been holding back his anger for the past few days... The South Vietnamese country has been bullied to the extreme, and these losers actually proposed peace. The more he spoke, the more excited he became. Unable to hold back, he picked up his crutch and hit the other person on the head. The latter screamed in fright, stumbled backwards, and fell to the ground in embarrassment. Geng Jing saw this and quickly grabbed General Chen. This was in the court. "Old General Chen, you are so presumptuous... How dare you wield a sword or a stick in front of His Majesty? What kind of decency do you have? Do you still take His Majesty seriously?" The left prime minister finally couldn't help but stand up. anyway? He couldn't even look at Ning Chen as a marquis. General Chen looked at Emperor Xuan and leaned forward and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I know I was wrong. I will punish you if you want me to... But Ning Chen's contribution is worthy of the title of Marquis Xiaoyao." The Left Prime Minister hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Ning Chen's contribution is indeed great, but I think it is not enough to be a marquis." "Not enough to be a marquis? Lord Left Prime Minister, tell me, what is not enough?"
The Left Prime Minister was about to speak, but saw the Right Prime Minister stand up and said, "Your Majesty, I also think this matter needs to be discussed!" The Left Prime Minister was stunned. Obviously, he didn't expect the Right Prime Minister to speak for him?