Chapter 85

It was absolutely completely different from the expectations and anticipation of a fool like He Jin.

But what if he saw it?

Did he dare not agree?

Just like the matter of lifting the Proscription earlier.

It was all a calculated strategy by the Yuan clan and other clans.

He had to agree even if he didn't want to.

Otherwise, those clans would absolutely sit by and watch the Huang Jin bandits continue to grow, or even allow them to invade the capital region.

At worst, they would just change the emperor afterward.

Preferably a young emperor, as that would be easier to control.

Were there few such examples in the history of the Great Han?

Therefore, although the Son of Heaven, Liu Hong, was extremely aggrieved and furious inside, he still had to nod and shout: "Granted!"

"Hmph! Court dismissed!"

Then, the Son of Heaven, Liu Hong, ignored everything else, stood up directly, snorted coldly, and left the great hall, flicking his sleeves.

"Court dismissed!!"

Zhang Rang sang out, squinted his eyes to glance at Yuan Feng and He Jin, then quickly caught up with Liu Hong and accompanied him away.

"We ministers respectfully send off Your Majesty!"

The officials saw this, bowed and sang out in unison, and only then turned to leave.

They naturally saw that the Son of Heaven was very dissatisfied with their coercion.

But so what?

This world was the world of the clans, not the world of Liu Hong.

Even if there was more dissatisfaction, Liu Hong had to hold it in.

Fighting against heaven is endless joy;

Fighting against the Son of Heaven is even more endless joy.

One day later,

"Su Xuan, receive the decree!"

"In the first year of Zhongping, the Son of Heaven, Liu Hong, decrees: Su Xuan, son of the Dengxian Magistrate Su Lie, is brave and resolute, and has merit in pacifying the Dengxian Huang Jin. He is specially appointed as Cavalry Commandant, in command of 5,000 troops. Continue your efforts, cooperate with the new Nanyang Administrator Qin Jie, and pacify the Nanyang Huang Jin rebels as soon as possible. Respect this!"

"I, Su Xuan, receive the decree!"

Su Xuan took the imperial decree from the hands of the small Huangmen, then beckoned to a personal guard nearby, had him fetch a money bag, quietly stuffed it into the small Huangmen's hand, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your trouble, my lord! May I ask how to address you?"

"Also, His Majesty ordered me to cooperate with the new Administrator to pacify the rebellion. Do I need to take orders from Administrator Qin from now on?"

If so, that would not be a good thing for him.

Being under someone else's control, it would not be so free if he wanted to lead troops to other places to participate in pacifying the rebellion and earn merit later.

"Hehe! The General is a clever person!"

The small Huangmen weighed the money bag, opened a small slit to look, and discovered it was actually gold, estimated at 50 taels. He quickly tucked it into his bosom, looking at Su Xuan with a beaming smile.

He felt this youth was pleasing to the eye no matter how he looked at him.

He had thought a talented youth like Su Xuan would be very arrogant, and like those disciples of great clans, would reject and loathe them, the eunuchs!

Unexpectedly, it was completely the opposite.

This Su Xuan seemed very friendly to him, a eunuch.

"Perhaps, this person can be won over!"

The small Huangmen thought to himself, then bowed with a smile: "The General can just call me Zuo Feng;"

"Regarding this point, His Majesty specially announced it in the court. The General and that Nanyang Administrator Qin Jie are independent of each other. As for the matter of pacifying the rebellion in Nanyang, you can discuss it yourselves;"

"In addition, His Majesty also specially instructed me to tell the General that he thinks highly of you and hopes you will not disappoint him, pacify the Nanyang rebel bandits as soon as possible, and then go to support other places;"

"As long as the General can earn sufficient merit, His Majesty will certainly not hesitate to promote you exceptionally."

"Furthermore,"

At this point, Zuo Feng paused, looked left and right, then leaned in and whispered to Su Xuan: "I am not afraid to tell the General that His Majesty originally intended to appoint the General's father as the new Nanyang Administrator;"

"But it was blocked and vetoed by officials led by Yuan Feng;"

"Afterward, His Majesty had no choice but to change the appointment to Qin Jie as Nanyang Administrator;"

"But His Majesty values the General's bravery and talent, and took the opportunity to promote the General instead;"

"Yuan Feng and the others had already defied His Majesty once, and coupled with the fact that the General indeed has merit, they had no choice but to compromise;"

"That is how the General's appointment came to be."

"I hope the General understands who is a friend and who is an enemy;"

"In addition, Attendant Zhang Rang, Lord Zhang, asked me to convey his greetings to the General on his behalf;"

"If the General earns more merit later, you might as well send someone to visit Lord Zhang's mansion. Lord Zhang would surely not be stingy about speaking well of the General before His Majesty."

This was truly not Zuo Feng talking nonsense.

Zhang Rang indeed had such instructions, telling him to investigate whether this person, Su Xuan, could be won over.

If he could, naturally leave the above words;

If not, there was no need to give Su Xuan any good looks.

Now it seemed, Zuo Feng felt Su Xuan could be won over.

This was a good thing.

If the eunuch faction grew stronger by one point, the clan faction would decrease by one point.

"Oh? Is there such inside information?"

Su Xuan frowned slightly upon hearing this, but quickly composed himself.

Then, he bowed to Zuo Feng with a grateful expression: "Many thanks for Lord Zuo's reminder, and many thanks for Lord Zhang's kindness;"

"Please convey my greetings to Lord Zhang on my behalf!"

"In addition, I have two boxes of local specialties here to be sent to Lord Zuo and Lord Zhang respectively. Please, Lord Zuo, convey the portion for Lord Zhang!"

As he spoke, Su Xuan waved his hand again to the personal guard nearby, signaling with his eyes.

The personal guard immediately left quickly with a few people.

Before long, a few people carried over two boxes, one large and one small.

"Lord Zuo might as well open them and see if these local specialties are to your liking?"

Su Xuan smiled and made a gesture of invitation to Zuo Feng.

"Oh? Then I must take a good look!"

Zuo Feng smiled faintly, and immediately opened the two boxes with some curiosity to take a look.

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