In the Imperial Palace of Jinling City, Li Chaoen walked into the imperial study room with a slightly shocked look on his face.

"Your Majesty, Li Xuan has the latest secret memorial."

Upon hearing this, the emperor immediately put down the brush in his hand and said a little hastily: "Is there finally any news from Qin Guan? How about it?"

"Your Majesty, Qin Guan has captured Xijin Mansion in Nanjing, Liao Kingdom. There is a detailed report here." He said and presented the secret report to the emperor.

The emperor was overjoyed and took the battle report and read it carefully.

After reading it, he burst into laughter, swept away the depression of the past few days, and said to Li Chaoen with a rosy face: "A few days ago, Li Xuan secretly reported that Qin Guan led troops to break through Zhuozhou City. I was already very surprised.

It has only been a few days, I really didn’t expect that he actually broke into Nanjing Xijin Mansion.”

"We also destroyed the surrounding cities of Miaoyin, Yongqing, Changping and Fanshan, killed the Liao border guard general Yelu Qicai, and wiped out more than 50,000 Liao troops."

"Qin Guanzhen is a genius who leads troops. Could it be that he was sent by God to assist me? Hahaha, good, well done."

Li Chaoen said with a smile: "After breaking through the Xijin Mansion, Qin Guan has cleared the way back and will definitely attack Tanzhou. As long as he crosses the Great Wall, there is a smooth road ahead, and he can go straight to the capital of the Liao Kingdom. I think now, the Liao Kingdom will

They will definitely be anxious, and by then, Yelu Chongxin and Xiao Chucai will be under more pressure."

The emperor was very happy and said: "For such a great victory, I want to reward him. Chao En, how do you think he should be rewarded?"

Li Chaoen thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, Qin Guan has been granted many titles one after another and is now the county official and the second-rank Zhenyuan General. I think the reward should not be too much, otherwise the people below will not know how to cherish it."

The emperor frowned, "With such a great victory, it would be inappropriate not to reward him."

Li Chao'en said: "Your Majesty, if you don't want to reward Qin Guan, you can reward his family. Qin Guan's father Qin Zhang is now a fifth-rank household doctor, his mother is Zhang, and his grandmother is He. Your Majesty can give him a royal title."

When the emperor heard this, he thought Li Chaoen's idea was a good one.

"The news of Qin Guan's great victory, the great defeat of the Liao Kingdom's Nanjing Xijin Prefecture, and the annihilation of 50,000 Liao troops was immediately announced to the whole country. I want everyone to know that our Zhao Kingdom is not without troops to fight, and we will destroy the invading enemies.

It’s just a matter of time, sooner or later, to boost the morale of the military and civilians across the country.”

"Give the officials an order to evaluate Qin Zhang's performance. If he does well, he can be promoted as appropriate."

"Qin Guan's grandmother, He, was given the title of fifth-grade Yiren, and his mother, Zhang, was named Mrs. Zhang, of the second grade."

To promote Qin Zhang, you can go to the official department. I believe the official department knows what to do. As for adding a imperial edict, it is just a matter of one sentence. An imperial edict is just a kind of honor. It has a guard of honor and a salary, but no real power.

The imperial edict can be applied to the official rank of the husband or son. Qin Guan's grandmother, Qin Zhang, can only be granted the fifth rank, but Qin Guan's mother, Zhang, can be directly granted the second rank to Qin Guan.

Finally, the emperor looked at Li Chaoen and said, "What do you think of this arrangement?"

Li Chao'en said: "Your Majesty treats Qin Guan so kindly, Qin Guan will definitely be grateful for your Majesty's grace."

The emperor nodded and smiled.

He picked up Li Xuan's secret memorandum and read it word by word. The more he read, the happier he became. Finally, he said: "Li Xuan did a good job. He is yours. You can make arrangements for yourself."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Jinling City, Hubu.

Minister Liu Chong pushed open the door, looked at Qin Zhang who was still writing, and said with a smile, "Servant Xu, you see, Yun Shang is really diligent." After saying that, he turned to Qin Zhang and said, "Yun Shang, this time

You’re in for a treat again.”

Qin Zhang stood up and said with a smile: "Shilang Liu, Shilang Xu, why do you have time to come to my place? It's easy to treat guests, but Shilang Liu has to give a reason."

Liu Chong said: "Does promotion count as a reason?"

Qin Zhang was stunned, "Who gets promoted?"

"Of course you have been promoted." Xu Shilang said.

Qin Zhang's thoughts moved, and he couldn't hide his excitement. He tried his best to pretend to be calm and said: "Shilang Xu, don't come to tease me. There is still a year and a half left for the civil service examination every three years. How can I be promoted?"

Liu Chong said with envy: "Who told you to have a good son?"

"In the morning, people from the Ministry of Civil Affairs came, and the ones I hosted came specifically to collect your performance appraisal. They said that the official ordered it personally, so they asked you to treat me. This is not to get a promotion or something."

"I also found out from their mouths that Qin County Duke led 40,000 troops deep into the Liao Kingdom and won a great victory. He defeated the Liao Kingdom's Nanjing Xijin Prefecture and killed more than 50,000 Liao soldiers. It was very impressive.

, Yun Shang, just for this great victory, the reputation of Qin County Duke will spread throughout the Zhao Kingdom. No, before, he destroyed 40,000 Xixia troops, and now he has destroyed 50,000 Liao soldiers. The reputation of General Qin

It will spread throughout the world."

Xu Shilang said: "Oh, this achievement is comparable to that of the champion."

"Yun Shang, you are jealous of me for waiting. No, I want to treat you. Yue Yunzhai wants the best food and wine at noon today. We won't be comfortable without spending hundreds of dollars on you."

Qin Zhang's face had already turned into a smile, and he quickly said: "No problem, just Yue Yunzhai, the best food and wine."

In the afternoon, Qin Zhang heard more detailed news, which came from the palace. Not only was he going to be promoted to an official, but the emperor himself also granted two royal titles to the old lady of the Qin family and Mrs. Qin.

Qin Zhang was a little drunk, but he knew in his heart that he had taken advantage of his son.

Hangzhou, Qin family.

The Qin Mansion received a notification from the government that a decree-announcer came over and asked the Qin family to prepare. Mrs. He and Mrs. Zhang must be present when the time comes.

The Qin family did not dare to neglect and immediately prepared the incense table.

The announcer came over, and the Qin family all knelt down to receive the order. In front of it was Chen Chang's formulaic article. Finally, the announcer read out, conferring the title of Qin He's fifth-rank Yiren, and conferring the title of Qin's Zhang's second-rank wife, and the Qin family's faces suddenly showed

A look of surprise.

After the edict was announced, the palace officials presented two more sets of Imperial Lady's attires. Qin Wei quickly invited the edict-declarer to the living room for tea, and secretly stuffed thank-you gifts into their sleeves.

The old lady and Mrs. Zhang returned to the backyard with the Imperial Lady's uniforms. The maids hurried forward to help put them on, then crossed their heads and worked for half an hour before they came out.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wearing imperial robes, we came to the incense table again and kowtowed respectfully to the imperial edict placed on it. Only then did the whole ceremony end.

Not long after, the news that the two ladies of the Qin family had been granted imperial titles spread throughout the city of Hangzhou, and countless ladies and women were filled with envy.

After paying homage to the ancestors, Mrs. Zhang helped the old lady back to her room.

The old lady sat on the kang, touching the fifth-grade Yiren clothes on her body, with a smile on her face, and said softly: "I am contented in this life. My son passed the Jinshi exam, and my grandson passed the exam. Now I have become the top scholar again."

The Duke of Great Zhao, a second-grade purple-robed official, this is the blessing of the ancestors of my Qin family."

Mrs. Zhang added next to it, "And Daozu will bless you."

The old lady smiled and said, "Guan'er said that he was blessed by the Taoist ancestors. From the time he started to take the exam for the number one scholar, he had a smooth journey. He was elected to the imperial examination, became the number one scholar, became the prefect, became the bachelor of Guanwen Pavilion, became the general of Zhenyuan, and became the Duke of Yong'an County. Oops, he said

Get up, maybe my grandson is really attracted by Daozu, otherwise how could he have such great luck?"

"So my daughter-in-law is planning to go to the Taoist temple tomorrow to burn incense for the Taoist ancestor and bless my son's safety," Mrs. Zhang said.

"You should go. My wife will go with you tomorrow."

"Speaking of which, I am now a fifth-grade imperial magistrate. When the old man died, he was only an eighth-grade county captain. My current official position is higher than his. I wonder if he will be unhappy when I see him in the future."

The old lady said with a smile.

Mrs. Zhang smiled and said, "My father-in-law is not happy enough to see that the Qin family is prosperous."

After saying this, she looked at the second-grade imperial uniform on her body and thought happily that now she was second-grade and the master was fifth-grade. She wondered what the master would think.

Thinking about it, it feels quite interesting.

At this time, the Great Zhao Kingdom had announced to the world that Qin Guan had a great victory over the Liao Kingdom, captured Xijin Mansion in Nanjing, the capital of the Liao Kingdom, and killed 50,000 Liao soldiers.
Chapter completed!