Chapter 59 Edict
Half a month later, the Military Capital Mountain Camp.
"Zuo Gong, is it you here?" Looking at the angel sent by the court, Ye Zhao smiled and welcomed Zuo Feng into the central army camp.
"Oh, why didn't this matter get angry before us?" Zuo Feng shook his head, and under Ye Zhao's leadership, he entered the tent, and looked at Ye Zhao helplessly and said, "This matter was not wrong. Macheng attacked, and the county magistrate was even more royal relatives. You mobilized the Wuhuan lieutenant to expel the Hu people and even killed the Xianbei Shanyu. This was a great achievement, but you shouldn't have mobilized the troops from the Wuhuan lieutenant to go out of the frontier without authorization."
"This is a serious matter?" Ye Zhao frowned.
"It's not serious. After all, you won a great victory, but it's bad that you didn't inform me in advance, leaving us unprepared." Zuo Feng sighed, "Do you know that the most taboo thing about Your Majesty is that the generals are arbitrarily usurping the troops. No matter how great the credit is, if Your Majesty is suspicious of you, you will be done. What's more, although you are a scholar, you have insufficient connections. In the court, except for your teacher's disciples and old friends, no one speaks for you, and we have not learned the news in advance, how can we speak for you?"
"I wonder what your Majesty wants to deal with me this time?" Ye Zhao frowned.
"You are demoted to Suiyang County Magistrate. On the day of the edict, you will immediately step down from the military position. You must take office within three months and no mistakes are allowed. You can go and see the others yourself." Zuo Feng handed the edict to Ye Zhao and sighed.
Zhang Rang attaches great importance to Ye Zhao. After all, the Ten Constellations seem to be powerful, but in fact they are completely thanks to their favor. If the emperor is gone, the current status and power of the Ten Constellations will disappear immediately. Therefore, Zhang Rang really wants to cultivate a general who can be used as a foreign aid.
Ye Zhao was obviously very suitable. However, although Ye Zhao had been quite close to Zhang Rang and others in the past three years, he had never been loyal to him. The reason why he transferred Ye Zhao, a general who was good at fighting in the border army, to the Central Plains to be the county magistrate was that Guo Xun, Liu Yan and others worked hard, but the Ten Eunuchs were not really unable to help Ye Zhao, but they hoped to take this opportunity to suppress Ye Zhao and let Ye Zhao know that only by following them can one have a future.
"Okay, Suiyang is a big county, located in the Central Plains, and it is better to be in this remote place." Ye Zhao smiled. He had already obtained the merits that could be obtained in the village here, and it would be meaningless to continue to stay. If the state patriarch system has not been reopened today, even if it is a major general in the border area, it is not very meaningful. Even if there is no such thing, he will find an opportunity to leave and go to the Central Plains. This time he went to Suiyang, which is considered as his wish.
"You, I don't know how many people in the court are jealous of your merits and have gone to the Central Plains. This is definitely not a good thing for you." Zuo Feng glared at Ye Zhao with dissatisfaction.
The Central Plains is not as good as the borderlands. It is impossible for Ye Zhao to act recklessly in Macheng first, and then make a big fuss in the grassland without anyone to restrain him. If Ye Zhao dares to do things like he is now in the Central Plains, he may not be able to cause trouble in a long time.
"If you don't talk about these, the left and right can no longer change. Zuo Gong worked hard all the way, and he has prepared a welcome banquet for Zuo Gong. I hope Zuo Gong will give you a look." Ye Zhao smiled and spread the topic.
At this moment, Ye Zhao asked Qiu Chi to send someone to prepare a banquet. In order to avoid Guan Hai's indiscriminate speech, Ye Zhao directly asked him to inspect the fortress.
Don’t look at this place as a bitter and cold place, but Ye Zhao is not a clean official. Half of the interests on the grassland were trapped and sent to the court to the ten regular attendants, and almost half of the remaining half was taken into his pocket. For life, Ye Zhao still knows how to enjoy it. Regardless of the specifications and grades, it is no less than the family banquet of princes and nobles. After a banquet, it is also a joy for the guests and hosts.
Zuo Feng did not stay in the border village for a long time. As Zhang Rang's confidant, Zuo Feng had to return to Luoyang as soon as possible to report his life. He just stayed in Jundu Mountain for two nights and left in a hurry. Before leaving, Ye Zhao ordered people to carry a cart of property and hand it over to Zuo Feng to take it back together. Part of it was for Zuo Feng, and the other half was used to respect Zhang Rang and others.
Although Ye Zhao did not want to get too close to these eunuchs, this connection may not be unused in the future. Ye Zhao was quite generous in spending money. Now he is still accumulating his foundation, and now it is not the time to control one side. Therefore, when scholars cannot find their own way out, Ye Zhao will never mind taking the Ten Constant Staff.
"Lord, just leave like this?" After Zuo Feng left, Ye Zhao asked someone to pack his luggage and summoned Zhang Yue and other personal guards, Ding Li, Guan Hai and others who came with him at the time. These people belonged to his family and could be taken away. Guan Hai looked at the craftsmen who packed their luggage and looked at Ye Zhao with some reluctance.
"The court has issued an edict. If we disobey orders, let alone other troops of the court, the soldiers under our command will capture us as soon as possible!" Ye Zhao shook his head. In peacetime, his generals were in a somewhat awkward situation. The emperor was guarding you. There were countless officials around him monitoring your every move, which was quite restrictive. Either they were like Zhao Rong, guarding the border for a lifetime, or just like him now, working for a while, and just achieved results, they were immediately transferred by the court, and there was not much freedom.
"But..." Guan Hai felt a little uncomfortable. If you want to talk about the credit, although Ye Zhao had not been an official for a long time, his credit was absolutely significant. He governed Macheng and strengthened Macheng. He once became the first city in this village. His popularity was even greater than that of the prefecture. Not to mention moving to the Wuhuan Captain, he killed Helian and severely damaged Suli. With a population of 5,000 people, there were 30,000 Hu people who had been killed one after another. If the Hu people who were killed while working in Macheng were probably enough forty thousand.
These merits were enough for Ye Zhao to be promoted to the position of general, but now he was transferred by the court to be a county magistrate. You should know that as the lieutenant of Wuhuan, Ye Zhao was ranked as 1,600 stones, which was only half a level lower than the governor of a state and could even talk to the governor of the state. Now he has no prefect and is regarded as a county magistrate. How can these retainers of Ye Zhao be able to be satisfied?
"No, but." Ye Zhao looked at everyone and said, "The imperial edict has been issued. I know that you are unfair. If you don't want to continue to follow me, Ye will not force others to do so."
"What are you saying?" Guan Hai raised his chest and looked at everyone and said, "If there is no lord, how can I wait today, who dares to take the lord!"
"Guan Hai!" Ye Zhao frowned and his tone became heavier.
Guan Hai couldn't help but retreat in disappointment when he heard this. Ye Zhao looked at Ding Li, Qiu Chi and others and said, "Don't worry about him, what I said just now still works."
Chapter completed!