Chapter 189 First Rank Eunuch
In fact, it can't be blamed that Xiao Chen doesn't have the emperor in his heart, the main reason is that the distance is too far away, so it's okay for him to get close first, right?
The place where Li Wanjiang was standing was above the underground imperial mausoleum, and when he fell to the ground, the ground immediately collapsed.
All the Ouchi guards around him fell into it, but he was really lucky. He grabbed a stepstone on the ground with both hands, and his body dangled in the big hole that collapsed.
As the earthquake became more and more intense, the stepping stone was also crumbling!
When he was in danger, suddenly a strong hand tightly grasped his arm, and then his body rose into the air and landed firmly on a person's back.
The man jumped up and down with him on his back, and quickly ran out of the dust and mist. When his eyes suddenly became clear, he recognized that the person who rescued him was Xiao Chen.
"Your Majesty, are you alright?" Xiao Chen rushed to an empty grass field where Murong Danqiu and the others were, and put him down panting.
"I..." Li Wanjiang was still in shock.
"What the hell are you all running around? The emperor is here, don't dare to roll over to escort him! Ling'er, Xiao Ye, quickly find some horses, let's escort the emperor back to the palace first!" Xiao Chen Although he was sweating profusely, panting and embarrassed, he still commanded himself.
A dozen Jinyi guards were summoned, and the emperor and queen Li Shi rode on the two flatterers Duan Linger had found. Regardless of the chaos there, they escorted them back to the city.
After checking the casualties, it can be said that the loss was heavy. A total of more than 300 people were buried for the prince. Trampled to death...
The imperial mausoleum, which took more than two years to build, was completely destroyed. The coffin of the crown prince was found, but it had been compressed into a two-dimensional state. Inside was a piece of muddy meat wrapped in satin and gold and silver treasures. The real prince?
This incident made Li Wanjiang very embarrassed.
This is an extremely ominous sign, and it seems to have foreshadowed the future outcome of Da Zhou, and it just collapsed like this.
In a fit of rage, he captured and beheaded all the sorcerers who were in charge of looking at the geomantic omen of the imperial mausoleum, and killed more than a dozen officials from the Si Tianjian from top to bottom!
What the hell, you watch the astrology all day long, but you didn't see such a big change, what's the use of not killing you?
Several officials of the Ministry of Industry who were in charge of building the imperial mausoleum were also killed. Ma Wuming, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was not in charge at the time, and he was not in charge of the project, so he was exempted from punishment, but was scolded.
At the height of the crisis, Ouchi's guards and Jin Yiwei's escorts were ineffective, and dozens of them were killed. Even Pingyang Marquis Zhu Xiaochuan was fined three years' salary.
Everyone was at fault, only Xiao Chen made another great contribution.
Because at the critical moment, it was Xiao Chen, a frail scholar, who stepped forward and carried the emperor out of danger all the way!
By the way, he also rescued the prince, queen and noble concubine...
Damn, is Xiao Chen the only capable minister by my side?
Li Wanjiang didn't know that Xiao Chen was not a frail scholar, his martial arts was so high that he couldn't be said to be the best in the world, but in Fengyang City, no one could compare to him.
In addition, when Xiao Chen was saving him, he actually hesitated, should he save this man, or just kick him down and let their father and son reunite underground?
In the end, he chose to save him.
Because at that time, several big inner guards rushed to him, and if he didn't save him, Li Wanjiang couldn't die either.
And there were many people watching, it would not be appropriate to kick Li Wanjiang down.
Besides, Li Wanjiang's death may not be a good thing, because Fengyang King has not arrived yet, if the emperor dies now, it must be Li Shi who ascends the throne. Li Shi is more difficult to deal with than Li Wanjiang.
Maybe the first thing he did when he ascended the throne was to kill Xiao Chen!
So weighing the pros and cons, it is still necessary to save and make contributions.
Young master, I have saved your life, do you still have the nerve to harm me in the future?
Let's not talk about harm or harm, this time you are so serious that you reward me for a while.
Li Wanjiang was quite interesting this time, and directly ordered Xiao Chen to be promoted by two ranks, and be named a first-rank eunuch!
It is said that since ancient times, no eunuch has been able to achieve the first rank, and the maximum is the third rank. For example, the chief eunuch Gong Shouli, who is in the hands of the chief inspector of ceremonies, but this third rank is just a false title, and he cannot even wear a third rank court dress.
But Xiao Chen was different. At the same time as Li Wanjiang issued the decree, he also ordered the Shangyi Supervisor to rush to make a set of official first-grade official uniforms patched with lion patterns overnight and give them to him.
According to the regulations of the Great Zhou Dynasty, officials were divided into nine grades. The clothes of civilian officials were embroidered with birds, while the clothes of military officials were embroidered with beasts.
The first rank is the crane, the second rank is the golden pheasant, the third rank is the peacock, the fourth rank is the swallow, the fifth rank is the white pheasant, the sixth rank is the egret, the seventh rank is the grebe, the eighth rank is the oriole, and the ninth rank is the quail.
So as long as you look at the patterns embroidered on their official uniforms, you will know what kind of birds they are.
Military officers of the first and second ranks embroidered lions, tigers and leopards of the third and fourth ranks, bears of the fifth rank, tigers of the sixth and seventh ranks, rhinoceros of the eighth rank, and seahorses of the ninth rank.
So if you must say that these civil and military officials are beasts, you have said it too...
Because Xiao Chen was about to send troops to fight after he got his command seal, so Li Wanjiang named him a first-rank military officer.
In fact, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, no matter how great a man is, they all value civility over military affairs, because civil servants have to be civil servants to govern the country. No matter how good you are as a military officer, no matter how great your contribution is, you will not be able to enter the center of the court.
And our Xiao Chen should be regarded as capable of both civil and martial arts, and his literary talent is better than martial arts, and he has already achieved the position of governor, logically speaking, he should be named a first-rank civil official.
But when did the emperor reason with you?
Even if Xiao Chen saved him, he still didn't take back his life, and he urged Xiao Chen to leave as soon as possible, because the latest battle report showed that the Xianbo cavalry showed signs of gathering in the north of Yanyun Mountain, and they might launch an attack on Yanyun Pass.
But for the sake of saving his own life, he promised to give him an extra thousand cavalry, this time it was not old, weak, sick and disabled, but elite soldiers.
He was also given a privilege, allowing him to go to the barracks under the command of the imperial army and the nine admirals to choose.
Maybe Li Wanjiang is a little shaken now.
Because sending Xiao Chen to the northern border clearly meant to send him to his death, and with this kid's intelligence, it's impossible not to know.
But not only did he accept the order without hesitation, but what he did during this period was not as if he was going to die, but wanted to fight a war very seriously.
I won't say whether this kid will lead soldiers, but he must be a lucky general. How many miracles did he create on the way to send Liu Ruyun to visit his relatives?
It stands to reason that he is bound to die, but every time he narrowly escapes death.
Save the day.
I really don't know how capable this kid is?
Could it be that he really descended from an immortal like the legends of the common people?
But I don't know whether he was sent by God to assist me, or to destroy me.
This is a problem.