Chapter 453 Chapter 351: Emperor's Power

At this time, when the Tiebi Marquis Fan Suiyang saw Huan Lingyue's face changed. He knew that he had said the wrong thing. He immediately regretted it and quickly changed the topic and said, "Fan'er, this time the good news from Shanhaiguan was probably already in Tianjing City yesterday. I just don't know if your Majesty will directly promote you to the Marquis of Military Affairs when you have made such a great contribution this time."

Situ Mengming also hurriedly echoed: "Yes, Brother Gu Fan, you have been the commander of the Yunyi tribe of the Imperial Guard. Let's go further. In the last battle of Shanhaiguan, you burned down the food and supplies of the Quanrong camp and forced the Quanrong army to retreat. His Majesty Xinghuang only gave you a handwritten inscription "Heroes are young", which suppressed your limelight. If not, your military merits last time should be enough to be promoted to the Marquis of Military Affairs."

Gu Fan smiled and shook his head and said, "Uncle Fan, Brother Situ, I guess Your Majesty will not let me be promoted to Marquis of Military Affairs this time."

"It shouldn't be." Tiebi Hou Fan Suiyang said after thinking for a while: "Overall, the situation in the government and opposition in Tianjin is quite beneficial to us. I heard that the Murong family has already joined forces with your Gu family. For this good opportunity, the Qingshu Hou Murong Qianhan will definitely lead the civil officials under the Murong family to mediate and promote this matter."

Gu Fan shook his head and said, "Uncle Fan, I don't think His Majesty will give the ministers a chance to discuss this time, and will issue an order directly."

"How is this possible!" Fan Suiyang, the Marquis of Tiebi, shook his head and waved his hand and said, "Fan'er, you are too young after all, and you don't know your Majesty's temperament. If the old Star Emperor is still arbitrary, your Majesty will definitely come to court to comment whenever there is a big event, and the ministers will discuss it, without exception."

Gu Fan shook his head and retorted: "Uncle Fan, this matter is not the case. Since the last time His Majesty decisively sentenced Eunuch Liu to death, I felt that His Majesty's current state of mind was very different from the previous one."

"Oh? How do you say this?" Tiebi Hou Fan Suiyang couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Your Majesty wants to seek stability and balance the power of all parties. I think the reason why I can rise so quickly is because the guy Dan Tai Ruoxie is standing in front of me... As the youngest military marquis in history, he was a young marquis, and he was powerful. He covered the sky with his hands in the northern border. But he was not a moderate faction, but he was against the civilian military marquis everywhere, and deliberately or unintentionally provoked conflicts between the two factions. I am afraid that these are not happy with the current emperor, so the emperor acquisitioned to me for the speed of promotion.

Du, I want to balance Dan Tai Ruoxie through me..." Gu Fan paused for a moment, and said, "But Your Majesty must be worried about overcorrecting the situation. Now, Uncle Fan and you have controlled the situation in the northern border. In the ruling and public affairs of Tianjin, there is a stable family like the Murong family as an ally. The people have a high reputation for me. If I am named Marquis of Military Affairs at this time, my voice will definitely be above Dan Tai Ruoxie." Marquis of Tiebi Fan Suiyang nodded and said, "Yes, Fan'er, your considerations make sense."

Gu Fan then laughed at himself and said, "Actually, I have one problem like Dan Tai Ruoxie, that is, like Dan Tai Ruoxie, I am against the noble military marquis everywhere and are also a dead-hard person. If I had been named the military marquis so early, I would be unstable in the court again."

"Fan'er, don't be so pessimistic..." Tiebi Marquis Fan Suiyang was about to comfort Gu Fan, but at this moment, a close-fitting guard walked up quickly and saluted to Tiebi Marquis Fan Suiyang and said, "Marty, the fine-crafted hummingbird from Tianjing City. Please check it out..."

Tiebi Hou Fan Suiyang smiled and stood up, took the semester hummingbird handed over by the guard, turned around and looked at Gu Fan and Situ Mengming and said, "It seems that the Majesty of Tianjing has made a decision. Fan'er, let's take a look. Which one is more accurate in my guess and you?"

"Uncle Fan, why not take a look..." Gu Fan said with a slight bow.

The iron-blocked Marquis Fan Suiyang unfolded the fine-crafted hummingbird, but his eyes were stunned for a moment, then turned around and said to Gu Fan, "Fan'er, it must be that your mother, Mrs. Yujue, often telling you about the affairs of the government and the country?"

"Oh? How do you say this?" Gu Fan asked with a faint smile.

"Otherwise, why did you guess so accurately? And you grasped Your Majesty's thoughts... Your Majesty did not allow the ministers to discuss it, and issued a reward and punishment order to us..."

"Wait, we have won such a big victory, it's fine if there is reward, but why are there any punishment?" Situ Mengming couldn't help but be confused. "What's going on?"

Tiebi Hou Fan Suiyang sighed and said, "I am about to give up the matter of causing more than 40,000 civilian casualties in Weiyuan City. I submitted the Ministry of War to request a surrender."

"What!" Situ Mengming couldn't help but be surprised and said, "Why do you have to report this matter? Besides, we gave up Weiyuan City just to use it as bait to surround the elite troops of the Quanrong and wipe it out in one battle. What's the fault of?"

Gu Fan seemed to have expected this and said to Situ Mengming: "Brother Situ, you and I naturally know that giving up Weiyuan City is to encircle and annihilate the elite Quanrong forces and lure the left-wing king Aogang to take the bait, but do others know? And there is a dog under our noses that likes to bite people..."

Tiebi Hou Fan Suiyang also nodded and said, "Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince has been at a disadvantage. He also has eyes in the army. There are some intelligence systems left by Dan Tai Ruoxie in the northern border, which makes it impossible to know the news. If he doesn't take advantage of the problem and slander, it would be strange." Tiebi Hou Fan Suiyang looked at Situ Mengming and continued, "If this information came to the memorial of Your Highness the Crown Prince, it would become that we disregarded the lives of the people, and we were so happy that we caused a large number of casualties in civilians, and even the public was resentful. We still concealed and did not report it, intending to suppress this matter... Are this matter a big deal?"

"This..." Situ Mengming was silent for a moment and continued, "Maybe the Marquis did the right thing, and sometimes he could get more generous treatment from the superiors. After all, there is still His Royal Highness under his nose, so it is impossible to keep it completely confidential. I just don't know what His Majesty Star Emperor's treatment of the Marquis?"

The iron-bridge Hou Fan Suiyang smiled and handed the note taken out of the Seike Hummingbird to Situ Mengming and said, "We have won such a big victory for the court, so it will not be necessary to punish me severely. Otherwise, the generals would have to carefully calculate the casualties of civilians everywhere in the future, and they would definitely have to defeat the war. But if it were not for the urgent situation, I would not have done it... The military achievements obtained in this way would have to bear too much debt."

Situ Mengming couldn't wait to receive the note handed over by the Tiebi Marquis Fan Suiyang, and after reading it, he handed it to Gu Fan and said, "It's reasonable to deal with it like this... After all, in name only, His Majesty the Star Emperor loves the people as much as his son. The Marquis sacrificed tens of thousands of civilians, and it's also worth it to be handled like this. Fortunately, it did not affect your real power in the northern border."

"Yes, I still have to do it..." Marquis of Tiebi Fan Suiyang said with relief: "You know, I have been ready to go back to Tianjing and work for free. But this time it is a good thing not to ask the ministers to comment..." Marquis of Tiebi Fan Suiyang put his hand on the shoulder of his armor and said in a self-deprecating tone: "Your Majesty punished me to deprive the commander of Yantian Army, but retained the position of military marquis, and still performed the function of commander, and made meritorious contributions to observe the future. At least, the Dan Tai family wanted to take this opportunity to drive me back to Tianjing, and then ruin the plan sent by Dan Tai Ruoxie... Everyone has a draw in the Tianjing court."

"It's Brother Gufan, it's so gratifying, it's so gratifying!" Situ Mengming couldn't help but look at Gufan with envious eyes: "Your Majesty has issued an order. Zhou Yafu, the commander of Yunyi's army, was transferred to Yulin Gufan as the deputy commander of Yaoguang's army. The word "Dai" in front of your position can be considered to be removed. Among the imperial guards, the one who was promoted to command at the age of 18, has been the only one of you, Brother Gufan, throughout the ages."

When Gu Fan heard this, he just smiled faintly, shook the letter from the fine-craft hummingbird in his hand, and said to Situ Mengming: "But Brother Situ, I think there is still something bad about it..."

"Yes... This is indeed a bad news..." Tiebi Hou Fan Suiyang put his hand behind him, slowly walked a few steps, turned around, and said to Gu Fan: "Fan'er, what do you think?"

"The good news is that we can finally send Xing Zhenxuan away, and we can also use our strength in northern Xinjiang in the future... Unfortunately, the bad news is that... Yunyi tribe is going to return to Tianjing City!"

"Yes, all 100,000 people from Yunyi tribe left?" Situ Mengming sighed, "Brother Gu Fan, it's a pity that we have just achieved the results, and you are leaving again... I just left the deputy commander of Yunyi tribe and went to Yantian Army to serve as commander. Then you came, and after you were promoted to Yunyi tribe, you were leaving again... It's really impermanent to gather and disperse!"

The Tiebi Marquis Fan Suiyang also said to Gu Fan: "Fan'er, it's a pleasure to congratulate. Although you have not been promoted to the Marquis of Military Marquis, you have become the powerful general who holds heavy troops in his hands. In this way, you will be one step closer to your father, Marquis of Pingyuan."

But Gu Fan shook his head and said, "But I really don't want to leave." Before Gu Fan walked to that place, they set up a map to surround Weiyuan City and make great contributions, he stretched out his hand and pointed to a point bordering the ice field in the north and said, "Everyone, do you know where this place is?"
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