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Chapter 756 - Chapter 756 Deploying Talent

Chapter 756: Deploying Talent Chapter 756: Deploying Talent Editor: Atlas Studios Mu Shi set off earlier than Qi Haoran and the others.

The day after the Crown Prince’s conferment ceremony, Qi Xiuyuan gathered all the feudal officials in the palace for a symposium.

At the symposium, Qi Xiuyuan expressed his trust and expectations for them and hoped that they could continue to shine at the borders and serve the country, especially the young General Yuan Zhao, who represented General Yuan in coming to the capital.

Qi Xiuyuan repeatedly emphasized the contributions of the Yuan family’s army in the war against the Jin Dynasty and hoped that he would convey the Emperor and Great Qi’s profound respect for General Yuan when he returned.

Also, the generals who were summoned to the palace saw that the Emperor had no intention of killing them after they had outlived their usefulness.

In addition, the Emperor vaguely expressed his desire to nurture Great Qi’s troops in hopes of reclaiming their previous homeland that was now occupied by West Xia and Great Jin.

Everyone felt a sense of heroism rise and was extremely excited.

In fact, they wished they could immediately kneel down and express their willingness to sacrifice themselves for the Emperor.

Satisfied with the situation, the Emperor mentioned the common situation of loafers in the Imperial Court and withhold the soldiers’ wages in the army.

He said, “The soldiers are the foundation of the army.

You are all generals who have risked your lives with me and have also been soldiers once.

You should know how hard it is for soldiers.

Great Qi has just been established, and we’re just starting to build our foundation.

If anyone dares to loaf around, withhold the soldiers’ wages, and destroy the foundation of Great Qi, even if they are my brothers who have risked their lives, I will not show mercy!” After the Emperor finished speaking, he smashed the wine glass in his hand with a bang.

The ministers immediately knelt down in the seating area.

Qi Haoran also knelt respectfully and said, “Your Majesty, we will definitely not let you, Great Qi, and the soldiers down!” “We will not let Your Majesty, Great Qi, or the soldiers down!” The voices resounded through the clouds and echoed in the palace corridor.

Qi Xiuyuan stood up and picked up another glass of wine, then raised it and said, “As long as you don’t let me down, I won’t let you down either!” The generals who knew that Qi Xiuyuan was a person who would honor his promises were rather excited.

Although they did not know if Qi Xiuyuan had changed after becoming the Emperor, he had always kept his promise.

Especially now that he had just made such a promise in front of the officials and asked the historian to note it down in the court journals, there was an 80% chance he would live up to that promise.

How could they not be excited?

What were generals most afraid of?

Firstly, that there was no war, as they would have no opportunity to display their talent.

Secondly, that after the sly rabbit dies, the hunting dog would be boiled to eat.

Historically, how many generals had been dealt with by the Emperor after the establishment of the new dynasty?

There were countless such examples.

Which Emperor didn’t make promises before ascending the throne?

There were naturally people who lived to a ripe old age, and there were naturally people who implicated their entire clan.

However, be it those who had established meritorious service or those who had a good relationship with the Emperor, very few Emperors continued to rely on those meritorious generals after the establishment of the new dynasty.

Mostly, deputy generals or newcomers were promoted to distribute the power of the existing generals.

Why did Prince Rong bring so many generals to guard Lingnan alone?

Wasn’t it to nurture new generals?

However, from the looks of it now, the Emperor might indeed have the intention of promoting new generals, but he did not have the tendency to shelve the existing generals.

Instead, he seemed to be nurturing more soldiers for the purpose of recovering Great Qi’s homeland.

Although money was great, it was not as important as power.

After gaining power, there were many ways to fish for money.

The Emperor was right, too.

If the soldiers caused chaos because their wages were withheld, not only would they not be able to protect themselves, but even their families would be implicated.

As long as the Emperor was willing to use them, was there a need to worry about money?

Moreover, Great Qi was poor.

Other than the soldiers’ rations, there was really nothing worth eyeing in the army.

Surely they could not siphon off the military supplies?

After all, they were guarding the border, which was not quite stable yet.

If they siphoned off the military supplies, it would be equivalent to committing suicide.

The generals who had been worried that this trip to the capital would be a Hongmen Banquet1 cheered up and expressed their loyalty to the Emperor.

Yuan Zhao also raised his head and secretly glanced at Qi Xiuyuan, who was sitting at the main seat.

From the corner of his eye, he glanced at Qi Haoran.

Seeing that he was still kneeling respectfully with his head lowered, he sighed slightly.

Fate really made fools of people.

Who would have thought that Qi Xiuyuan, who had to respectfully call him Brother Yuan Zhao when he saw him back then, could become the Emperor?

With his own prestige and Qi Haoran’s support, there wouldn’t be any problems in Great Qi for the next 30 years.

What about him?

Was he destined to stay in General Yuan’s territory for the rest of his life?

As a general, it was only right for him to guard the country.

However, when others were guarding the country, they could still make contributions that left a mark on history.

On the other hand, he was only guarding the country.

He was the son of General Yuan of the Yuan family’s army, but who still remembered that he was also the assistant commander of the Yuan family’s army?

Yuan Zhao clenched his fists and lowered his head deeply.

Hence, he did not see Qi Haoran raise his head slightly and look at him strangely.

After the banquet, the generals bade farewell to the Emperor and returned to the camp one after another.

Although the deputy general and many assistant commanders were around to hold the fort back at the army camp, they still could be away for too long.

Qi Xiuyuan allowed them to leave one by one, and Mu Shi also had to take his leave.

He led the Military Advisor and more than ten guards to leave first.

As Shu Wanniang and the others would only set off two days later, they were escorted back slowly by the guards.

Along the way, there were garrisons in the various regions to help them, so there was no concerns about their safety.

What worried Mu Shi was Mu Bowen’s marriage.

This time, when he brought Mu Bowen to the capital, the couple even had the idea of finding a wife for him.

After Shu Wanniang settled the matter with the Shu family, she also went out to sound out the situation.

However, when she mentioned her son’s marriage, very few people were willing to speak up.

It was only when Mu Yangling asked someone to secretly find out the reason that she realized what was going on.

Those who were willing to marry into the Mu family mostly took a fancy to the Mu family and Mu Yangling’s power and status.

Otherwise, it was because the children in those families had problematic personalities.

On the other hand, none of the girls that Shu Wanniang took a fancy to were willing to entertain the idea of marrying into the Mu family.

The Mu family’s current status was not low, but their foundation was after all shallow.

Although Mu Bowen was the eldest son of the first wife, he took the academic path.

Looking at his physique, it was obvious that it was impossible for him to inherit his father’s career in the future.

If the son of a general was to become a civil official, it meant that Mu Bowen would most likely have to rely on his own hard work in the future.

In the bureaucracy, one who had to rely on themselves would definitely be much worse off than those who could count on the support of their clans.

Moreover, even though it was said that Mu Bowen was talented in literature and was very impressive, he was only a xiucai at the moment.

Although an 18-year-old xiucai was also considered very impressive, only those who had passed the juren examination were qualified to enter the bureaucracy.

Seeing as some people might take 20 to 30 years just to accomplish this, those families really did not dare to take the gamble.

However, the Mu family was indeed a rare marriage partner.

Putting everything else aside, becoming in-laws with the Prince’s estate was a great temptation in and of itself.

Regardless, everyone had their sights set on the twins who were younger than Mu Bowen.

In addition to being a good-looking girl, Kejia’s mother was gentle and amiable, and her sister was from the Prince’s wife.

Considering all those factors, people felt that she shouldn’t be much inferior to her sister and mother.

As for Mu Bosi, everyone fancied him even more.

Although he was only ten years old, he had already displayed very high military ability.

It was said that he had single-handedly defeated the young men of the Shu family who were between ten and 20 years old.

Also, his equestrian skills were also number one among his peers in the capital.

If nothing unexpected happened, General Mu’s connections in the military would belong to him in the future.

Furthermore, with a brother-in-law who controlled half of the military forces in the Great Qi Kingdom as his backing, his future was limitless.

Hence, everyone overlooked the gentle and cheerful Mu Bowen, and instead had their sights on the young Mu Bosi.

Feeling guilty, Shu Wanniang held her eldest son’s hand and said, “If I had known earlier, I wouldn’t have stopped you from taking the Imperial Examination two years ago.

If you had obtained the status of a juren long ago, things wouldn’t be so difficult now.” However, Mu Bowen was very glad.

He said with a smile, “I still have to thank Mother for stopping me at that time.” a banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest

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