Volume 1, Chapter 124: The Reward and Wrath of the Emperor of Zhou

In the Golden Palace.

All the military generals have come out and asked the Emperor of Zhou to reward Bai Qi, which made the Emperor of Zhou look very ugly.

He had planned to find an opportunity to deal with Bai Qi after the war with the Huns was over

. After all, he wanted to kill Bai Qi before.

But now Bai Qi has made extraordinary achievements. If he is not rewarded now, it is really unreasonable.

This will chill all the military generals.

Although the Huns have been defeated now, there are still Western Chu, Northern Liang, and Southern Barbarians.

The Great Zhou Dynasty needs military generals too many times.

The Emperor of Zhou glanced at the civil officials, wanting these guys to come out and oppose, but now the civil officials are immersed in great joy.

Because of this battle, too few people died, and the court did not need to spend money to support the soldiers, so they don’t want to care about the Emperor of Zhou now.

And if you speak out against rewarding Bai Qi now, you will definitely be sprayed by the people.

As cunning civil officials, they didn't want their reputations to be as bad as the Great Zhou Emperor.

The Great Zhou Emperor waited for a long time but no one jumped out to oppose. In the end, he could only pinch his nose and admit it, and said depressedly:

"Bai Qi has made great achievements in this battle, defeated the Xiongnu coalition, and killed 180,000 enemies."

"He captured two Xiongnu Khans and killed one Xiongnu Khan.

" "Therefore, I reward Bai Qi and promote him three levels!"

When the Great Zhou Emperor said this, a civil official finally came out to remind him.

"Your Majesty, Bai Qi is now a military general of the second rank."

"If he is promoted three levels, he has reached the point where there is no more title to be given!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone realized that Bai Qi had achieved this level in just one or two years.

The Great Zhou Emperor also looked depressed. Has Bai Qi no longer been given a title?

That's just right, he can be killed!

Thinking of this, the Great Capital Emperor smiled. He was just worried about how to deal with Bai Qi! I will make you the most powerful one now. This way, if I attack you again, no one in the court will object.

So the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty waved his hand and said generously:

"Since Bai Qi has made extraordinary achievements, he should enjoy the same honor."

"Since there is no more official position to be given, I will make an exception and promote Bai Qi to the position of Grand Marshal!"

"From now on, Bai Qi will be in charge of half of the military power of the Great Zhou Dynasty." As soon as

these words came out, the whole audience was silent.

General Cao Changqiu looked ugly. As a general, he was the chief marshal of the Great Zhou army and was in charge of the right to dispatch troops across the country. The emperor of

the Great Zhou Dynasty said this and directly cut off half of his power.

Although these soldiers may not obey his command, his power as a general is like this.

At this moment, Cao Changqiu's eyes changed when he looked at the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He thought, this guy is not going to kill someone with a borrowed knife!

The military officers also looked at each other in bewilderment. They did not expect that the emperor of the Great Zhou would play such a trick. If you use the means of checks and balances in the court to govern the country, how can you become a tyrant?

The civil officials smiled knowingly. It seemed that the emperor of the Great Zhou really wanted to take action against Bai Qi.

But it was also good. Now that the war with the Huns had ended, Bai Qi had no value. He could die.

So the civil officials stepped out one by one and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Just as the emperor of the Great Zhou was about to leave the court, another battle report came from outside.

"Report!"

The messenger who had captured the spoils of the war in the front came.

The emperor of the Great Zhou frowned and said unwillingly: "What's the matter with Yang Wudi? Why do we have to report the military situation in two groups?"

Then he asked someone to bring up the messenger and said impatiently: "If you have anything to say, please tell me quickly!"

The messenger immediately reported: "Your Majesty, after General Bai Qi won this war, he seized a lot of spoils!"

When they heard that a lot of things were seized, both the emperor of the Great Zhou and the civil and military officials in the court became interested.

Especially the civil officials, their eyes lit up.

You know, fighting is the most expensive thing. This time, the Great Zhou almost emptied its family assets. If they can seize a lot of things, they can get some blood back.

In this process, they can also get some benefits and exploit them layer by layer.

Isn't this an opportunity to make a fortune?

After all, in order to fight against the Huns in the past one or two years, these civil officials have become thin and hungry, and the maids in the mansion can no longer be replaced.

A group of people looked at the messenger with sparkling eyes. Someone asked eagerly, "How much did they seize?"

The messenger swallowed his saliva and said word by word, "First, General Bai Qi seized a total of 50,000 war horses!"

"Oh my!"

The generals were excited. War horses are the most scarce resource.

The war horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty often have to be bought.

Only Yang Wudi in the northwest can form an iron army composed entirely of cavalry.

Duke Qin's fiefdom is in the northwest, and he can also have a large number of war horses.

The remaining generals still have mainly infantry soldiers under their command, and not too many cavalry. Even

Yue Shenqiang, that is a war horse borrowed from Duke Qin and Yang Wudi.

It can be seen how important war horses are.

Fifty thousand war horses can completely form an elite cavalry!

Then the civil officials were also ecstatic. This is a considerable income! But soon they were no longer interested. After all, the war horses must be kept in Honghua City.

It is said that Yang Wuji ate up all the war horses in the last war.

One civil official felt that there was no advantage to be gained, so he said impatiently: "Is that all? It's just such a small thing, is it worth making a fuss?"

He also glanced at the military generals.

The military generals sneered, you know nothing!

Before there were no war horses, you couldn't catch up with the Huns, and now you think war horses are useless? Idiot!

At this moment, the messenger was also unhappy, thinking that we are fighting bloody battles in the front, but you are here to point fingers.

I will let you know how powerful General Bai Qi is later. He said proudly: "Our general also seized 70,000 scimitars and 60,000 longbows."

The civil officials were ecstatic.

Scimitars and longbows are basically not used in Honghua City, so they must be shipped back. This is all money.

Especially scimitars, which are iron tools.

Salt and iron are both very important strategic resources. They can make a lot of money by reselling salt and iron casually.

What's more, these are 70,000 scimitars.

Maybe we don't even need to recast it, we can just sell it to the Xiongnu in the future and make a fortune.

This business can be done!

There is profit!

The civil officials even thought about how to smuggle with the Xiongnu.

The emperor of the Great Zhou was not interested, because he felt that it was not worth anything. He yawned and said impatiently: "Is that all? Then you just don't communicate with each other. I have to go back to the palace first."

He just stood up, and the messenger continued: "General Bai Qi looted the grassland dragon court this time and got a total of gold and silver utensils, countless silks and valuables, and a discount of 800,000 taels of silver."

The steps that the emperor of the Great Zhou had just taken stopped immediately, as if he was petrified and fixed in place.

Then, without caring about the emperor's majesty, he rushed down with a brisk step, and said with surprise: "800,000 taels of silver? Did I hear it wrong?"

The emperor of the Great Zhou stared at the messenger, as if he saw a peerless beauty.

Money!

This is money!

The civil officials around him were also stunned.

800,000 taels of silver, that is equivalent to the military expenditure of the Great Zhou for 4 years, which is an unimaginable huge amount of money.

If corruption is rampant, everyone will be rich.

Three generations can live without worries.

The messenger said proudly: "Your Majesty, it is indeed 800,000 taels! Not a tael less."

This has been appraised many times. It

is even underestimated.

After all, many gold and silver utensils were calculated by the price of gold, not the price of the utensils.

If calculated by the utensils, the value would have to go up.

"Then hurry up and bring it back! I will reward Yang Wudi handsomely this time!" The emperor

of the Great Zhou Dynasty was so excited that he was spinning in place, and even thought about whether to give Yang Wudi a title of a prince or something like that.

It was the kind that could not be inherited.

Anyway, it was nothing for Yang Wudi to be crowned a king, and he stayed in Honghua City all day.

Just when he was happy, the messenger said: "It is estimated that it can't be brought back. General Bai Qi and General Yang have spent 400,000 taels to provide relief to the soldiers and people in Honghua City."

What! ?

The eyes of the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty instantly turned blood red.

It felt like someone had robbed his concubine.

That's 400,000 taels of silver! How could they have spent it all?

"Great, great, great Bai Qi, great Yang Wudi!"

The Great Zhou Emperor was furious, and then issued an order: "Pass on my order, Yang Wudi failed to defend the city, and used the seized silver without authorization, and he will be immediately removed from his post as the Grand Marshal of the Anti-Xiongnu Campaign, and taken back to the capital to be tried by the three courts!"