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After leaving the Zhao Family Teahouse, Gu Qianfan came looking for him.
"Reporting to Lord Marquis, everything has been settled. The Qiantang County Magistrate has been escorted back to the capital.”
Jia Huan nodded. In the face of absolute strength, everything was too simple.
"Also, the matter with Yangzhou's salt administration has been settled. Those salt merchants who committed crimes have been punished.”
"This time, the total amount of silver obtained was thirty million taels. The new salt has already been distributed. In the future, salt trading will be carried out under the supervision of the Imperial City Department.”
Gu Qianfan looked at Jia Huan with admiration. How long had he been in Jiangnan?
Whether it was when he opened the sea ban without permission, or the night banquet map and salt policy, they were all in Jia Huan's hands.
In fact, Jia Huan was so relaxed because he had signed in the bad guys. Otherwise, it would have taken some time to investigate so carefully.
"Since the matter has been resolved, let the Snow Dragon Cavalry escort the stolen money to the capital.”
Hearing Jia Huan's words, Gu Qianfan nodded and suddenly smiled.
"Right, Lord Marquis, the southwest army is about to return to the court, and General Ling will be back as well.”
"You must know that before Lord Marquis, the person I admired the most was General Ling. Perhaps the two of you will become good friends.”
Jia Huan was stunned. Who was General Ling?
Gu Qianfan thought for a moment and said.
"I've forgotten that Lord Marquis has only recently entered the court. It's normal that he doesn't know about General Ling. After all, he hasn't returned for many years.”
After a pause, Gu Qianfan continued.
"General Ling is the current Emperor's adopted son. Because the Emperor and the Empress do not have any children, this General Ling practically enjoys the treatment of a prince.”
"However, General Ling is a capable person. Just like Lord Marquis, he was able to go to war at the age of eleven or twelve.”
"This time, I led the southwest army to attack South Yue Kingdom. After fighting for several years, I finally took South Yue Kingdom and once again expanded the territory of our Great Zhou.”
"You have to know that this is the first time since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty that we have expanded our territory. This time, a large number of martial merits will appear in the southwest army.”
Gu Qianfan said seriously.
Jia Huan immediately understood. So this so-called southwest army was the new generation of military exploits that the current Emperor had nurtured for himself.
They went to the southwest to fight and expand their territory in order to establish meritorious service and to build an army that belonged to the emperor himself.
"What's the name of that General Ling?"
Jia Huan asked curiously.
"Ling Buyi!"
Hearing Gu Qianfan's words, Jia Huan immediately knew who it was.
"So it's him!"
Jia Huan smiled helplessly. This world was really strange. The style of Xing Han World clearly looked like the Qin and Han Dynasties.
Because they still used bamboo slips, but the Zhou Dynasty had already used paper.
However, when he thought about how this world had integrated so many movies and television shows, it did not seem unacceptable for there to be some changes.
"In that case, can we meet Cheng Shaoshang?”
Jia Huan's heart inexplicably had some expectations, because he felt more pity for this girl, Cheng Shaoshang.
"In that case, let's set off for the capital tomorrow.”
Early the next morning, Jia Huan and the others set off for the capital. This time, the matter was successfully concluded, although they had yet to obtain the night banquet map.
However, Jia Huan had already made arrangements. He had already sent people to keep an eye on Xiang Ke. The night banquet map would definitely not be leaked.
Either Jia Huan took it back or Zhao Pan 'er took it back personally.
Along the way, Jia Huan and Gu Qianfan led the eighteen cavalries of Yanyun and finally arrived at the capital.
"The capital is just beyond the mountain in front.”
Gu Qianfan said to Jia Huan.
Jia Huan nodded. At the same time, at the entrance of the capital, an army dressed in black armor was heading towards the capital.
At the gates of the capital, the officials had been waiting for a long time. Looking at the huge Ling flag in the distance, the officials present did not look very good.
"In the past, there was Ling Buyi, and now there is Jia Huan. The power in His Majesty's hands is becoming more and more terrifying!”
Previously, the person they respected the most was Ling Buyi because he was the Emperor's adopted son and a loyal member of the Imperial Faction.
However, before they could think of a way to deal with Ling Buyi, Jia Huan came out. He came from the Jia family of four kings and eight dukes, but he was close to the Emperor. This made them feel helpless and even more furious.
Now that Ling Buyi had returned with the merit of destroying the country and Jia Huan, the Emperor was probably going to take complete control of the court.
"General Ling, listen up!"
The eunuch stood up and began to read out the imperial edict loudly. There were two reasons why Ling Buyi had not been conferred a title of nobility.
Firstly, he was the Emperor's adopted son, and he might have the chance to be conferred the title of King in the future. After all, as the Emperor's adopted son, it would be much easier for him to be conferred the title of King than for others.
Secondly, Ling Buyi's identity was complicated. The name he was currently using was not his real name. His current identity was the son of the Duke of Chengyang.
However, in reality, he was an orphan of the exterminated Huo family.
Because of this identity, he was the heir of the Duke of Chengyang, so he could not be conferred a title of nobility for a long time because the officials would use this to block him.
In any case, he could inherit the title of nobility in the family in the future, so it was not appropriate to reward him.
All in all, Ling Buyi's background was very pitiful. He had been fighting all these years. Other than wanting to end the troubled times and fulfill his parents 'wishes, his biggest goal was to accumulate more battle achievements and obtain more power for the Emperor. Only then would he be able to make a move on the Duke of Chengyang.
One had to know that Duke Chengyang was the person with the most military merits in the court before Jia Huan's arrival!
"Please report to Your Majesty that I won't be attending the banquet in the palace. I still have something to deal with here. After I'm done, I'll go and apologize to Your Majesty!”
After saying that, Ling Buyi suddenly turned around and left with the black armored guards behind him. These were Ling Buyi's personal guards and also the most elite troops of the Great Zhou Dynasty. There were 10,000 of them, and they had fought for Emperor Jing De and made great contributions.
He was going to investigate the military equipment. Coincidentally, when Ling Buyi was rushing to the Cheng family's manor, Jia Huan and the others happened to pass by.
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