Chapter 463: On Merit [Seeking monthly votes! ]

Imperial City, Qinzheng Hall.

The sky was still pitch black, and the candles were relit in the Qinzheng Hall. Emperor Mu Bei, wearing a bright yellow robe, sat at the desk, looking at the news that came quickly from the south with a frown on his face.

Cao Wujiu brought him a cup of spiritual tea to wake him up.

After reading the whole article, Emperor Mu Bei breathed a sigh of relief. "The military town of Nanzhou has been at peace for too long and has been too lax. It almost let the rebels of Yihuo Sect attack it. If the military town of Nanzhou is lost, Yuezhou will be isolated and helpless for a short period of time, and the consequences will be disastrous. I am afraid that by then, the entire southern part of Yin State will be unstable..."

"The enemy has already fled and the crisis is over. I shouldn't have woken Your Majesty up at night. But this involves the Immortal Official Liang and the matter is urgent, so I had no choice but to disturb the palace." Cao Wujiu apologized.

"You are right." Mu Beidi drank the spiritual tea in one breath, and felt his mind suddenly clear. He put down the teacup and said, "Looking at this battle report, if Liang Yue had not discovered the conspiracy of the Righteous Fire Sect in advance and led the imperial army to help in time, the Nanzhou military town would have been broken. His contribution this time is far-reaching, even not less than the battle to capture the city."

At this point, he paused and said, "Put aside the decree to recall the crown prince for now."

"Your Majesty, do you want them to continue?" Cao Wujiu continued.

"The south..." Mu Beidi said solemnly, "It's time to clean up the situation."

He sent the prince to the south as an imperial envoy, originally to give Liang Yue a name to investigate the cases of Zhao Faxian and Bashan. As a result, they relied on the power of life and death of the imperial envoy to kill people in Yunlu City, targeting all the Nanzhou families, causing unrest.

Emperor Mu Bei naturally did not want to see a chaotic scene, but Liang Yue was a great contributor who had shortened his life for the country, so he could not be beaten or scolded, and force was definitely not acceptable.

His response was to ask Geng Shougong of the Liang Party to persuade him, and later to ask Liang Fuguo to write a letter to persuade him. After repeated attempts failed, he had no choice but to recall the prince directly. This move was equivalent to cutting off the firewood from under the cauldron.

As long as the prince with the status of imperial envoy returned, Liang Yue would not have the power to kill people at will if he stayed there. Even if he was a prison officer in a city, he would have to get the emperor's approval if he wanted to behead so many criminals. Then Emperor Mu Bei could drag him.

However, recalling the crown prince was equivalent to the emperor openly expressing his disapproval of Liang Yue's punishment of evildoers. Emperor Mu Bei did not want to bear this reputation, so he saved this trick until the end, always wanting to solve the problem with more subtle and gentle means.

Just last night, Emperor Mu Bei drafted the imperial edict before going to bed, and it was to be sent out early this morning.

But he received this news before dawn, which made him change his mind.

The chaos in the south is far more serious than imagined...

Is it really because of Liang Yue?

Whether it was Bashan or Yihuo Sect, if they wanted to develop to that scale in Nanzhou, they would have to collude with the local noble families. Now that Yihuo Sect was able to attack the military town, I wonder how many deals they had made with those noble families behind the scenes.

These aristocratic families have indeed been passed down for too long.

They even had some contempt for the dynasty, thinking that a country can be destroyed but a family can survive.

After thinking for a while, Emperor Mu Bei leaned back again and murmured, "He has made such a great contribution again, how should we reward him now?"

The rewards for the battle to seize the city had just ended not long ago, and the rewards for a fairy official had basically reached the top. Liang Yue had never entered the proper court official system, and if he moved up one level, he would be on an equal footing with Chen Su, which was even more unreliable, so Emperor Mu Bei felt a little embarrassed.

Cao Wujiu said, "I think that since he doesn't have much time left, it's better to give him a big reward. It doesn't matter if it's a little more. This will let the people of the world see that your majesty is clear about rewards and punishments, and it won't leave hidden dangers in the future."

It has always been like this in the court. Young people who have made great contributions always receive less rewards.

It's not about seniority, it's actually about the fear that there won't be enough rewards in the future. If a person is made a king or a prime minister in his teens or twenties, then there will be no room for advancement in his long life. What else can he do except think about rebellion?
So you have to suppress him a little bit and leave some space for him to slowly climb up, so that you can be safe. But Liang Yue doesn't have this worry now. Anyway, no matter how high the reward you give him, he will still die in another month.

Emperor Mu Bei nodded, "That makes sense. I will reward him generously this time."

……

In this world of magical powers, news spread quickly. When Emperor Mu Bei was discussing the rewards overnight, the melee was not yet completely over.

There were tens of thousands of Yihuo followers, and they were scattered everywhere after fleeing, making it extremely difficult to catch them. However, in order to prevent them from causing chaos in the surrounding areas, the Nanzhou Army and the Imperial Guards still pursued them relentlessly, and they would not stop until all the Yihuo followers in Nanzhou were wiped out.

At daybreak, Liang Yue returned to Yunlu City.

He did not participate in the subsequent cleanup, because he was only there to put out the fire, and it was not his responsibility to deal with the aftermath after the fire was extinguished. He needed a rest after a busy night.

But even if he didn't say anything about such a big thing, rumors would inevitably spread from the outside world. Soon, the news spread throughout the streets that the Yihuo Cult attacked the Nanzhou Military Town at night. Lord Liang discovered it in advance and urgently dispatched 300,000 troops to rush to the Nanzhou Military Town to defeat the Yihuo Cult!
Everyone who heard the rumor was dumbfounded.

Three hundred thousand?
Turtle.

Is Lord Liang so powerful?
Some people who knew about the military town system expressed their disdain on the spot. How could they bring so many people? A military town had at most 100,000 soldiers. Excluding some logistics and entourage, the main combat soldiers were only tens of thousands.

How could he have such great power to call out all the soldiers from three military towns at once?
Even if it was the Minister of Wu'antang, it would be impossible.

But people who understand the officialdom will refute him, what do you know!
It is impossible for ordinary people, but do you know what the relationship is between Lord Liang and Liang Fuguo, the left prime minister of the dynasty? Do you know that Liang Fuguo is in charge of the three departments of military, criminal justice, and labor?

It only takes him a word to summon soldiers that others cannot!
In short, when Liang Yue woke up, he found that the way everyone in the Criminal Justice Department looked at him had changed.

Before, they looked at me normally as Shangguan, but after I declared war on the Nanzhou noble families, there was a bit of respect in their eyes... Now, after experiencing this battle, the people in the Criminal Justice Department looked at me as if they were worshiping a god.

The look of those glowing eyes made Liang Yue a little scared.

"Sir Liang, yesterday you said that the murder outside the city was related to the Nanzhou Military Town, but we didn't believe it. I didn't expect you to save the Nanzhou Military Town in the blink of an eye." Liu Dashan said with admiration, "You are simply amazing!"

"Not really." Liang Yue smiled modestly, "I just found some clues and went over to help a little."

Before he finished speaking, someone from the gatehouse came to report: "Sir Liang, the great general Chen Daoguan from the Nanzhou military garrison is here to visit you and is waiting in the front hall."

When these words were spoken, the people in the Criminal Justice Department were even more surprised.

He is a divine general. There are only eighteen of them in the entire Yin Kingdom. He is the pillar guarding the Kyushu!
He actually took the initiative to visit a small prison officer, and was so humble, waiting obediently outside the door.

Normally, if a divine general wants to see a prison officer, wouldn't he just send you over? Even if he just comes by on the way, he will have to notify you and ask you to go out to the street to meet him in person. How can you just sit in the hall and wait for him?

If Liang Yue hadn't saved his life last night, how could such a great general condescend to do so?

Liang Yue could only shrug his shoulders and said with a smile: "This General Chen is too polite."

(End of this chapter)