Chapter 12 Imperial Decree
The wind and snow in Lanting in the year are much heavier than before, but this is also the late autumn that Lanting people are used to, and the heavy snowy Lanting City is much more depressed than before. Lanting, which used to be open, now only has a few small doors for a few merchants who have not yet completely withdrawn to walk. This is to reduce some wind and snow. Most merchants have to return to their families before the Spring Festival. A small number of merchants will choose to stay in Lanting City to accompany Lanting people through this cold autumn and winter. Of course, once the New Year is over, they will exchange the best goods in Beiting at the lowest price.
Ma Xiong was taking people to inspect various towns in the northwest, and at the same time mobilized local garrisons to help the people shovel away the excess snow in the city. This was already a routine activity that Zhao Fu had taken over the Northwest Guardian's real power. It not only received unanimous praise from the people in the northwest Guardian, but also was very supportive of the army. Zhao Fu met with the team that shoveled the most and fastest snow in the name of the Northwest Guardian and gave a huge reward to the team with the seal of the Governor.
Zhao Fu actually didn't know that his family was so rich at first. He always thought that he was highly valued by the emperor and loved by the military and civilians. His father should be a very "integrity" person. However, when he learned that the largest "reselling and smuggling group" in Lanting City was actually his Zhao family, he was confused when he knew that the family with the most wealth in the Lanhe Empire was actually the Zhao family. It was like a beggar who was told that he was the son of the richest man in the world for many years, and now he was asked to inherit the family business...
Later, the housekeeper Cao explained that the Zhao family was divided by our Zhao family, Lanting Zhao family, which was a small branch divided from the Zhao family in Lanhe. Its business scope was just a small area like Lantingcheng, and the Zhao family in Lanhe was a real giant, a family that was rich enough to rival a country. In the eyes of Lantingcheng's Zhao family, such a big business, it was just a small wealth given to the branch.
Although he was only responsible for the transaction of goods in Lantingcheng, Lantingcheng had a large population and the garrison was the largest among the towns in the northwest. Zhao Yicheng was even more guarded by the northwest. Therefore, the military's non-military demands but daily demands were almost all the caravans of the Zhao Mansion. Now Zhao Fu seems to be a typical case of abuse of power, but everyone thinks that this is a very normal thing, and even the emperor knew and acquiesced. This was called family industry at that time, not collusion between officials and businessmen. To be precise, the officials at that time were businessmen.
Zhao Fu's family is now full and the whole family is not hungry, and the court has never owed money and grain to the northwest. Therefore, Zhao Fu waved his hand and took out most of the money. He should provide disaster relief and poverty, and the soldiers who have meritoriously rewarded them as much as possible. He even renovated many people's livelihood projects that have been disrepaired in Lanting City.
The people were shouting "small guards and small guards". If Zhao Fu's previous title of "small guards" was more of a memorial and joke about the old guards, then the current "small guards" is the real guards, but it is just a little smaller.
Although Zhao Fu never regarded himself as a child, he would still use the convenience of age. For example, Lanting now gathers the most commander in the northwest. He is the one who has the greatest voice in Lanting City, who is the one who has the most commanders in the northwest. He will not be restricted by big or small age because of his age: if he does good things, people will praise the merits of guarding the small town, and if he accidentally does bad things, people will soon forgive and forget them because they are still young.
Just today, an order from the capital was passed to Lanting: First of all, it was naturally congratulations on Zhao Fu's old-fashioned words such as killing enemies on the frontier, and then it was to let the new city moat Qin Shangxi take over the Northwest Guard Office. Zhao Fu and other generals of the Northwest faction were not angry and lost because there was a more shocking promotion and appointment later: appoint Zhao Fu as the New Northwest Guard, succeeding his father's business, and guarding the frontier!
This will is actually very simple, and it can be said to be an imperial edict that everyone is happy: Qin Shangxi was able to take over the military hub of the northwest, and Zhao Fu also took over his father's position and became the real guard of the northwest.
Now Zhao Fu and Qin Shangxi's relationship has been much more relaxed because Qin Zhirou has, Qin Shangxi also understood that the military affairs in the northwest were not completely taken over by his Majesty's appointment. After seeing Xia Yingyang's strength and Zhao Fu's many benevolent political affairs, strange political affairs and even Yuezheng, he had a different view of the northwest Lanting. He put down his reservedness from the capital and did his job steadily.
Zhao Fu was very dissatisfied with this order. After all, he looked glorious. He was thirteen years old. Now Zhao Fu is fourteen years old. He is fourteen years old! That is a position that many people cannot do at the age of forty. However, Zhao Fu began to command the soldiers and horses in the northwest at the age of fourteen. Soon this became a topic of conversation before and after meals in the entire Lanhe Empire.
In fact, Zhao Fu was already considered a guard in the northwest. Even if he could not transfer the troops in the northwest by himself, with Feng Yu and others, the entire 100,000 regular troops in the northwest were obedient. This imperial edict seemed to have benefited the most, but in fact, Zhao Fu was already the "guard in the northwest". When Qin Shangxi was transferred to the office, his appointment of the city moat had not been taken out... This was a "commendation" by the court to the northwest, just like the emperor gave the moon to the greedy ministers as a fief.
The imperial edict actually brought not praise, but the will of the capital: the northwest can continue to let your Zhao family guard it, but I cannot watch it in the northwest without my people!
Zhao Fu only read it once and asked Cao Zhongqing to throw the imperial edict into his father's study room. This was not what he was interested in, because not only an imperial envoy who announced the edict, but also secretly sent a leader from the Night Wolf army.
The Night Wolf Force is not the main army of the Lanhe Empire, nor is it a military post similar to the imperial guards, but a real underground army that does not exist in history books. The Night Wolf Force is a unit built in the previous dynasty, and its original purpose was to supervise the war team. Lin Fengyi is the highest commander of this unit. It can be said that the soldiers of the Lanhe Empire yearn for the most is not the Imperial Guard, but this underground army with brilliant achievements.
Yelang is the hunter in the dark. Although it is not the longest and brightest knife in the Lin royal family, it is definitely the sharpest knife. Although this army has been very low-key recently, its shocking power is even far higher than the laws of the Lanhe Empire.
Zhao Fu was very curious about this mysterious special forces, so he threw the imperial envoy to Feng Yu and asked Feng Yu to entertain him.
"What's wrong with your Majesty sending you here?" Zhao Fu met with the night wolf leader in a secret room. The other party surprised Zhao Fu... Zhao Fu was a little indescribable. In Zhao Fu's heart, the person who was really walking in the dark should be his clothes that were torn and ragged. He could be mistaken for a beggar at any time, but this... the person in front of him was clearly a noble young man!
It's possible that the pervert is still there! The man in front of him was wearing brocade clothes and was drinking tea very elegantly. If he hadn't had his hair tied up and his long sword was tied around his waist, it would be difficult for people to think that this is a professional soldier.
"Lin Hanyu." The night wolf first signed up for himself. "I'm very happy to see the youngest guard in history."
"I'm also very happy to see you... Brother Yelang."
"What? Don't I look like?" Lin Hanyu was also well-educated, and he just smiled at Zhao Fu's suspicion.
"Seldom believe that people from the royal family will be a night wolf." In the secret room, Zhao Fu showed the calmness of a boy who was definitely not a fourteen-year-old.
Lin Hanyu still smiled, but this smile revealed a creepy murderous aura. The Night Wolf troops are extremely secretive troops, and the Night Wolf troops must have royal families inside is a more secret secret. Even the Empire Emperor Lin Haoyan only realized after ascending the throne that he actually had a cousin as the leader of the Night Wolf troops.
Zhao Fu's reaction was even more intense than Lin Hanyu. He drew his sword directly. Lin Hanyu reacted very quickly and immediately drew his sword to fight back. The small secret room was soon occupied by the loud noise of the fight.
Lin Hanyu's combat experience is not comparable to that of Zhao Fu, but Zhao Fusheng has a strong inner breath as the foundation, and the two of them are not even in line for a while.
But it was only this time. The next moment, Zhao Fu's sword was shaken away by Lin Hanyu, and Lin Hanyu's sword slashed towards Zhao Fu's neck - Lin Hanyu is a very important secret. If it is passed outside, it will definitely shake the foundation of the Lanhe Empire more than a guard who is dead. Therefore, Lin Hanyu hopes to solve Zhao Fu here.
But the sword was stuck outside Zhao Fu's neck, and he could not find any money. Although Lin Hanyu was surprised, he was not discouraged and was about to withdraw the sword and cut it again. Zhao Fu took back the shaking knife with his backhand, and easily put it on Lin Hanyu's neck, and then closed the knife with a smile.
Lin Hanyu couldn't guess what Zhao Fu wanted to do throughout the whole process. Zhao Fu first used the knife, and then Zhao Fu first used the knife. What does this mean... He couldn't understand at all.
"Don't worry, this is a secret, I won't tell you." This time it was Zhao Fu's turn to drink tea elegantly. "I just wanted you to know that you can't kill me, but I can kill you, and it's easy."
"What do you mean?" Lin Hanyu asked.
"It's not a big meaning. I just want to remind you that I can guess it, and others may guess it. Lin's family is not a big surname in Lanhe. I want to suggest you change your name, Brother Yelang." Of course, Zhao Fu knew that Lin Hanyu was not asking this, but he just didn't say it. Could it be that he wanted to tell Lin Hanyu, "Actually, I just don't like your high-profile style"?
"I've been taught... Yu doesn't use his real name on weekdays..." Lin Hanyu thought of being a person in the military system, and the other party was the youngest guard in history. He could only show respect if he expressed his real name. Unexpectedly, Zhao Fuyi guessed the identity of the royal family.
"Uh...ahhh, anyway, that's the reason, just understand." Zhao Fu was embarrassed.
Chapter completed!