Chapter 135: How strange, are these really Japanese pirates?
"Lord Regent, how do you think I should reward Jiang Chen?"
After expressing his joy for a while, the emperor turned his gaze to the regent standing nearby.
Feeling the Emperor's gaze, the Regent turned around.
He walked to the bottom of the stairs and bowed to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, in my humble opinion."
"Jiang Chen's achievements this time are enough to elevate him to a higher rank."
As he spoke, the Regent's mind raced and he came up with a plan.
"Your Majesty, why don't you confer the title of second-class earl on Jiang Chen?"
When the Regent said this, all the civil and military officials were stunned.
Want to make a eunuch an earl? !
This is simply unheard of since the founding of the Xia Kingdom.
If they really did that, then those earls would no longer have any dignity left.
Is the Earl so worthless? !
Soon, someone in the hall stood up to refute.
"Your Majesty, in my opinion, this is absolutely unacceptable!"
Hearing this voice, the emperor sitting on the throne looked over with displeasure.
It’s that Master Yuan!
"Your Majesty, although Jiang Chen's achievements are worthy of such a reward."
"But he is just a eunuch after all. Since the founding of our Xia Kingdom."
"There has never been such a thing before. This precedent cannot be set!"
Without waiting for the emperor to speak, Yuan Taifu moved his old body and knelt on the ground.
He spoke loudly to the emperor.
After hearing what Yuan Taifu said, the emperor frowned.
He knew that these old ministers would come out to stop him from rewarding Jiang Chen.
That's why the Regent was asked to propose this difficult issue.
Originally, he thought that the regent, who controlled the government, would be more effective in speaking.
But now it seems that no matter who is speaking.
As long as it involves Jiang Chen's reward, these old ministers will come out to oppose it.
Thinking of this, the emperor became a little angry.
"If such a merit as annihilating the Japanese pirates is not worthy of being awarded the title of second-class earl."
"After that, who would be willing to sacrifice their lives for the Xia Kingdom?"
"But, Your Majesty..."
Seeing that the emperor had made the decision, Tutor Yuan wanted to say something else.
But before he could finish, the emperor interrupted him.
"But what but? I am the emperor!"
"If you think my words are useless, then you will be the emperor!"
As he said this, the emperor angrily slapped the armrest of the dragon throne and stood up.
Suddenly, all the civil and military officials in the hall felt a faint sense of pressure coming.
They trembled and knelt on the ground involuntarily.
Although the Xia Kingdom was weak, it was not known whether this emperor was the real fourth son of the previous emperor.
But after all, he has been the emperor for more than ten years!
He already had the majesty of an emperor.
When the emperor is angry, millions of corpses will float on the surface and blood will flow for thousands of miles!
This old saying is not just for fun.
Seeing the emperor's rage, the regent beside him calmly bowed to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, please calm down."
"In my humble opinion, why don't we confer the title of third-class earl on Jiang Chen?"
"Sir Yuan, can you and the Emperor each take a step back?"
Having said that, the Regent turned and looked at Master Yuan.
Upon hearing this, Yuan Taifu was shocked.
He didn't expect that the Regent had already made plans.
The reason why I first proposed to confer the title of second-class earl on Jiang Chen was to retreat in order to advance!
Don’t think that there is only one level difference between the second-class earl and the third-class earl.
But this level represents the size of the fiefdom and the number of fiefdoms.
A higher rank means more fiefdoms and fiefdoms!
It can be said that the Regent's tactic of retreating to advance just left Master Yuan speechless.
"Since Your Majesty has said so, it would be unkind of me not to agree."
Tutor Yuan shook his head helplessly, then bowed to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, I agree to confer the title of third-class earl on Jiang Chen."
"good!"
"In that case, come here, draft an order!"
"Jiang Chen has made great contributions in eliminating the Japanese pirates in Jiangnan. He is awarded the title of third-class earl and a thousand taels of gold!"
"Your Majesty is wise. Long live the Majesty."
After hearing the emperor's reward, all civil and military officials knelt down in unison.
"Resign!"
Seeing that no one wrote to him again, the emperor waved his sleeves.
With the help of several eunuchs, he announced the adjournment of the court.
At the same time, Huai'an City in Jiangnan.
After executing Shimakawa Neiku's entire family, Jiang Chen returned to the prefectural government.
At this time, in a small courtyard in the prefectural government.
The sloppy young man was waiting for Jiang Chen's arrival with Kawashima Kazuo.
"Hirakawa-kun, what on earth does your master want to see a Japanese like me?"
Kawashima Kazuo, who was getting impatient, turned around and asked the sloppy young man.
"I don't know either. My master just said he wanted to see you."
The young man lying on the recliner heard Kawashima Kazuo's voice and slowly opened his eyes.
After saying that, he closed his eyes again.
At this moment, Jiang Chen's figure finally appeared outside the courtyard.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."
Jiang Chen walked into the courtyard exhausted and spoke to the two of them apologetically.
"What are you talking about, sir? It's the wine that belongs to me."
"When are you going to cash it?"
Hearing that Jiang Chen had finally arrived, the sloppy young man remained unmoved.
Still lying lazily on the recliner, he said lightly.
"Hahaha, the wine is at Lao Ba's Secret Wine House in the east of the city."
"If you want your wine, you can come anytime."
Looking at the lazy and sloppy young man, Jiang Chen said with a smile.
Then he walked up to Kawashima Kazuo and looked him up and down.
We have to mention Kazuo Kawashima, who is a Japanese.
He is not as short as his compatriots like Shimakawa Neiku. Instead, his height is not much shorter than Jiang Chen.
You know, Jiang Chen's height of 1.85 meters is already considered very tall here.
However, Kawashima Kazuo, who is a Japanese, is over 1.7 meters tall.
From this point, Jiang Chen felt that Kawashima Kazuo might not be as simple as a Japanese.
With this question, Jiang Chen asked Kawashima Kazuo puzzledly.
"Are you really Japanese?!"
"My Lord Xia, I grew up on that island since I was a child."
"Everyone around me is our Japanese compatriots. Of course, I am Japanese."
In response to Jiang Chen's question, Kawashima Kazuo spoke in a poor accent.
As if he was afraid that Jiang Chen would kill him, he quickly continued.
"Don't worry, although I am Japanese , I have never killed a single Xia citizen!"
"My Lord, I will vouch for him on that point."
"This guy usually doesn't even dare to kill a chicken."
"Besides, if you ask him to kill someone, you won't have to doubt him."
Now, even the sloppy young man next to him spoke up for Kawashima Kazuo.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you."
"I just want to figure out some things!"
As he spoke, Jiang Chen laughed, which finally dispelled Kawashima Kazuo's concerns.
Then, Jiang Chen suggested if they could take a look at Kawashima Kazuo's back.
