Second year of Tianwu, September 18th.
It had been five days since the Tingzhou tax case ended.
Zhang Chen was patrolling the streets when Ye Qingxian came looking for him in a hurry.
"Why are you still patrolling the streets? After His Majesty's reward, the female official who delivered the edict is waiting for you at the Ministry of Justice's yamen!”
Zhang Chen was stunned for a moment. He smiled and said," Counting the days, the court should be stable. Your Majesty finally remembered me?"”
Ye Qingxian rolled her eyes at Zhang Chen and said unhappily,""Quickly return to the yamen to receive the decree! I've never seen someone like you. You're about to become a high-ranking official, but you still carry a wooden sign out to patrol the streets every day.”
"When a monk strikes the bell every day, there might not be a chance to live like this in the future." Zhang Chen said leisurely.”
After saying that.
Zhang Chen walked toward the yamen.
"Tsk! Why would a warrior pretend to be a scholar? He even reminisced about it…What's so good about patrolling the streets every day? Is there something wrong with your brain?" Ye Qingxian mumbled a few words and walked towards the yamen.
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" The Emperor has issued an edict saying: Zhang Chen, the wooden card constable of the Ministry of Justice, is loyal and intelligent. He bravely solved the Tingzhou tax and silver case. Jin granted you the title of four-grade patrol case envoy, instead of me to supervise the nine regions of criminal prison. In addition, he was rewarded with 1,000 taels of gold, 1,000 bolts of high-quality silk, 30 beautiful women, and a mansion. He was allowed to enter the court without walking quickly, to praise and worship without calling his name, to see the official without bowing, and to go to the palace with a sword and shoes. I hope you will continue to work hard and not let me down. Respect this!"
After the female official read out the imperial edict, everyone present, regardless of their official positions, was dumbfounded.
"Hiss! His Majesty actually treats Zhang Chen so well?"
"Rank-4 Inspector! He was actually a fourth-grade official? From a wooden badge constable to a Rank Four official, it was truly a leap to the heavens!”
"To supervise the Nine Regions Prison on behalf of His Majesty is to divide the authority of the Ministry of Justice!”
"With such a high official position and such heavy authority, it's fine! But what did it mean to enter the court without walking, to praise without bowing, to see officials without bowing, and to go to the palace with swords and shoes? Treat him as a powerful and favored minister?"
Li You's eyes were red with envy. He had only taken up the position of Minister of Justice after Emperor Wu ascended the throne. It could be said that he was the earliest trusted aide of the Emperor.
But even so, he did not receive such treatment.
As for Zhang Chen? He only handled a Tingzhou tax case and received such generous treatment? How could Li You not be jealous?
Li You thought about it carefully and finally shook his head and sighed. He understood the Emperor's thoughts.
The Tingzhou tax and silver case was delayed for more than a month and could not be solved. No one in the court could solve this matter. Emperor Wu did not know how much anger he had suffered and how much anger he had lost.
The harder he pressed, the stronger the rebound.
It wasn't easy for someone to stand up for her. How could she not express her gratitude?
Thinking deeper, the reason why Emperor Wu gave such a generous reward was probably to make the officials jealous of Zhang Chen and divide them from Zhang Chen.
In this way, Zhang Chen could only be a lone subject and could only rely on the Martial Emperor forever.
Li You felt much better after thinking about this. He looked at Zhang Chen with sympathy.
Being a lone official meant that he had no colleagues to speak up for him when he encountered problems in the imperial court.
Perhaps Zhang Chen would have a lot of power in the future, but that was it. As long as he lost power, he would never have a chance to turn things around.
However, how could Li You know that Zhang Chen didn't care about the official position at all?
Ever since he found out that there was an expert in this world who could kill a ferocious tiger with a palm strike from a thousand feet away, Zhang Chen only had one goal left: to become an invincible supreme martial artist!
All the fame and fortune in the world had to serve this goal.
Therefore, it did not matter to Zhang Chen whether he was an official or not.
The important thing was whether being an official could help him improve his martial arts.
There was no doubt that the rank four Patrol Envoy conferred by Emperor Wu was exactly what Zhang Chen wanted.
With this official position, he could intervene in all the cases in Great Xia without being restricted by the type of case.
With such convenience, why would he need to worry about not having a case to investigate?
He was still worried that he wouldn't be able to catch the criminal and improve his martial arts?
"Lord Zhang, congratulations on your promotion!”Li You congratulated him with a smile.
"Thank you for your care in the past, Minister." Zhang Chen nodded.”
Li You shook his head slightly. I didn't take care of you in the past. Everything that you have today is all because of your ability. The younger generation is formidable!"
Zhang Chen smiled but didn't say anything. Li You was right. They didn't even know each other in the past, so how could they talk about taking care of each other?
After exchanging some pleasantries with the crowd, Zhang Chen followed the female official to the residence bestowed by the Martial Emperor.
When they arrived, they found out that the manor that the Emperor had given them was the former Minister of Personnel's Mansion.
Zhang Chen felt a little regretful,"Why isn't it the Ning Imperial Residence?" How can the Minister of Personnel's Residence be better than the Imperial Residence?"
Gold, Silk, and Meiji were all in the courtyard.
The 30 beautiful women were fighting together, making Zhang Chen's eyes dizzy.
He wasn't lecherous, but he was more or less excited.
Ye Qingxian looked at Zhang Chen and said sarcastically,""Hehe, thirty peerless beauties, you're really lucky!”
"Why does it smell sour?" Zhang Chen was stunned for a moment. Are you jealous?"
Ye Qingxian turned her head and snorted. You wish!"
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