Chapter 965 Promotion
"Immediately send a pigeon message to Luoyang and Chang'an. Be sure to ask about this matter clearly. This will be very important for next year's war." Huangfu Chaobo said sharply;
Shi A was startled and immediately took the order and turned around to leave. He wanted to send the pigeon message as soon as possible and ask Xu Shu in Luoyang and his own master in Chang'an about this matter.
One day later, Chang'an's reply arrived. After many twists and turns, Zhao Rui and others finally figured out the situation. It was not that there was no reward edict from Kong Niao, but that they were from the same team as Huangfu Chaobo's reward announcers. When they heard the news , Huangfu Chaobo and Xun You breathed a long sigh of relief. However, neither Zhao Rui nor Shi A knew anything about it. They only vaguely knew that Huangfu Chaobo had been promoted to a higher rank.
Even so, it reassured the two of them.
Afterwards, Huangfu Chaobo inspected the Qingdao dock again and saw that everything in the dock was operating normally. After chatting with the Guo family for a while, he left Qingdao and embarked on the journey back to Luoyang. However, this back and forth took him nearly a month.
By the time he and Xun You rushed back to Luoyang, it was already mid-November.
At this time, the emperor's envoys who came from Chang'an to announce the decree had already arrived in Luoyang. Since Huangfu Chaobo, the person in charge, was not there, Tian Feng and others placed the emperor's envoys and his party in the post station, waiting for Huangfu Chaobo After Bo rushes back, he can ask the angel to announce the decree.
Because this was not the first time he had received an order, Huangfu Chaobo was very familiar with the process. After bathing and changing clothes, Huangfu Chaobo gathered everyone, set up a table and burned incense, and then invited the eunuch who announced the order to come forward. Huangfu Chaobo He led Anton's army and the others to kneel down in rows.
The eunuch who announced the edict coughed slightly, took the imperial edict wrapped in Huang Ling from the person beside him, unfolded it gently, and read: "By God's blessing, the emperor's edict says: Cangtinghou and Anton general Huangfu Chaobo are diligent in the king's affairs. ."
After listening for ten minutes, the eunuch turned the topic to the matter that Huangfu Chaobo was most concerned about: "I specially decree that Huangfu Chaobo be conferred the title of Marquis of Wenxi County, with a settlement of 2,000 households, and be promoted to the second rank of General Zhengdong, Governor-General Qing Yan. Xu Yang is in charge of the military affairs of the four states, and he is in command of Sizhou Mu! "
"Your Majesty, Huangfu Chaobo, accepts the decree to express my gratitude. May my emperor live forever!" Huangfu Chaobo finally breathed a long sigh of relief and bowed down.
Afterwards, Huangfu Chaobo ordered the eunuchs who announced the decree to be sent back to the inn. However, the eunuch who announced the decree asked Huangfu Chaobo in a low voice when he left, which made Huangfu Chaobo stunned: "Your Majesty asked the old slave to ask the Marquis, has that thing been found?"
As he spoke, he quietly made a stamping movement with his hand.
Huangfu Chaobo quickly reacted, shook his head and said: "No, but I heard that before Shouchun City was broken, Yuan Thief once sent someone to send something to Cao Cao's camp. It is said that it was this thing, but Cao Cao didn't He didn’t admit it anyway, so General Sun Ce almost had a fight with him.”
After saying that, Huangfu Chaobo whispered again: "Many soldiers from the four families have seen this matter. Your Majesty will find out if you ask."
When the eunuch heard this, he nodded knowingly: "Our family will report this matter to His Majesty truthfully. Lord Marquis, our family will retreat first!"
"Envoy, please go slowly. Someone will send some specialties to the inn later. Envoy, please don't refuse!"
The eunuch understood and said: "Then our family would like to thank Lord Marquis for the reward!"
After finally sending the envoy and his party away, Huangfu Chaobo sat on the main seat and accepted the congratulations of the generals.
"We congratulate your lord!" Everyone bowed in unison;
"We are all happy, everyone, please get up!" Huangfu Chaobo said with a smile: "If it weren't for all the soldiers fighting to the death and all the gentlemen working hard at the rear, we would not be as happy as we are today. Chaobo would like to thank you all! "With that said, Huangfu Chaobo stood up and saluted everyone.
"This is what we should do. We dare not accept the Lord's gift!" Everyone who had just sat down quickly stood up and returned the gift.
"Okay, don't go back and forth. The military merit awards will be handed over to Xu Bingcao and Lu Canjun, and they will be confirmed within a month. It's already mid-November.
It's just in time to implement this matter before the end of the year, so that everyone can have a good New Year with peace of mind. "
"Also, all the pensions for injured and dead soldiers must be confirmed. Please help Tian Biejia and Xun Zhizhong to confirm and sort them out. They must be handed over to me for approval as soon as possible. All of them must be distributed before the year. "
"No!" After hearing this, the four of them stood up and took the order;
"Do you have anything else to report?" Huangfu Chaobo asked again;
Tian Feng came out and said: "My lord, I have something to report to my subordinates!"
"Sir, please speak!"
"Since my lord entered Sizhou, our army has been fighting for many years. My lord has been away from home for many years. Although the people of our Eastern Expeditionary Army are currently at peace, my lord has not made any inspections since the surrender of Hedong and Weijun. "The war against Cao will start again next year. Before that, I would like to ask my lord to inspect the counties to calm the hearts of the people in Hebei counties."
Huangfu Chaobo was stunned. Is this old man saying that I am warlike and unconcerned with the people? However, after thinking about it, Huangfu Chaobo also felt sweaty. It seemed that he was still like this. For example, Hedong County has never set foot on the land of Hedong since he pacified Hedong two years ago before his son was born.
As for Wei Jun, when Han Fu surrendered to him, he went to Yecheng to Jizhou to appease the people in Jizhou, and then he seemed to have never dealt with it again.
Let alone these two counties, I don’t go to Henei County very often, but I go to Qingzhou County almost once or twice a year. This is indeed a bit unsatisfactory.
Think about it, there is still more than a month until the New Year, and there should be basically not much to do. There should be some time before the expedition next year, and I should visit the counties under my jurisdiction.
But is it really good for you, old man Tian Feng, to say this about your lord? Can't you be a little more tactful? When he turned his head to look at Guo Jia and Pang Tong, he saw that the two guys were laughing with their mouths covered. Huangfu Chaobo glared at the two guys for a few times, and then turned to Tian Feng.
"Well, Mr. Yuan Hao is right. Shi A should make arrangements to inspect the three counties of Hebei before the New Year and rush back to Luoyang before the New Year. Before the New Year, let's rush back before the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month before the New Year. At the same time, order the chief officials of each county and the commanders of each camp to rush back to Luoyang on the 24th to participate in the meeting."
"Yes!"
After thinking for a while, Huangfu Chaobo said: "Let's take Dian Man, Hao Zhao and Huangfu Li with us on this tour. Dian Man will have his coming-of-age ceremony next year, so it's a good opportunity to take them all out to broaden their horizons."