My Court Has No Place for Talent

Another half month passed, and the Jiang Qi water bandit rebellion was completely quelled.

Bai Dingshan led his troops back to court.

Yan Shou began to think about how to deal with these meritorious heroes.

As an emperor aspiring to be a fatuous ruler, he certainly couldn’t reward merit.

If there was guilt, he would exterminate your nine generations, highlighting his jealousy of talent and intolerance of the virtuous.

But if he didn’t reward them, someone would definitely ask, and how should he deal with it then?

After calmly analyzing, he came up with an answer.

In the end, it was still because Bai Dingshan didn’t act like a subject, it would have been better if he had honestly returned in defeat.

But he had to win, making it difficult for him!

Punish him to guard the door!

And that troublemaking Earl Cangting, did a near-grandmaster Thunder Law Celestial Master have nothing better to do all day long?

What were you doing mixing with your brother?

He had to find a reason to send him to the provinces as well.

Didn’t you like making friends?

Then just run around for him in Great Yan.

His court couldn’t tolerate talents like you two brothers.

…

The Jiang Qi rebellion suppression army returned triumphantly.

Bai Dingshan and Earl Cangting were in the front, followed by the Imperial Guards escorting a long line of water bandits, and behind them, a group of Jianghu heroes in various costumes.

As a fatuous ruler, how could he not be extravagant and wasteful?

Therefore, Yan Shou held an over-the-top welcoming ceremony, with ten miles of red carpet.

This army was very unconventional, but it also looked so… unique.

Wherever this triumphant army passed, many people cheered.

How should he put it?

Those heroes who participated in the bandit suppression had friends and family, and these people had all come to Baizao and were among the crowd watching the ceremony.

With more people, the news spread more widely.

Under various coincidences and fermentations, now all the people of Baizao knew that the new ruler had sent General Bai Dingshan to defeat the Jiang Qi bandit rebellion, not only protecting the territory but also winning a hard-won victory.

Their own master had made a great contribution.

Of course, they also knew that Yan Shou secretly raised these three thousand death warriors!

You ask why their clothes were different, their sects were different, and their appearances were different, and why they didn’t know before?

Did you know what secret training was?

Of course, it couldn’t be done openly.

Did you know what death warriors were?

How could he let you know easily?

It was very normal for people to look different!

You ask why everyone didn’t know before.

If people knew, what would it be called secret training?

The bloodlines of the True Dragon family were all scheming.

Don’t talk nonsense, be careful of getting into trouble.

Some of the heroes’ families were very puzzled, and then they suddenly realized.

Ah, so the useless master of the house before was His Majesty’s close follower.

No wonder he was useless.

How could someone who was selected by the Emperor be useless?

So this was all a disguise.

In short, the soldiers and civilians were all overjoyed.

“Greetings, Vice Minister Bai… Vice Minister Bai, a great general of all time.”

Some people along the way actually prostrated on the ground and shouted loudly in the direction of Bai Dingshan.

“Vice Minister Bai, a thousand ages!”

Many people, with red eyes, stared at Bai Dingshan.

“Why are you cursing me?”

Bai Dingshan was dumbfounded.

Saying that he was of a thousand ages, who wanted to harm him?

No, that was wrong.

Was His Majesty building momentum?

It must be.

After all, he had been hiding for three years, and now he was taking off and spreading his wings, he would definitely soar to the sky.

He was an important part of it.

Of course, Bai Dingshan didn’t know that Yan Shou in the palace wanted him to be defeated, so he didn’t send any reinforcements.

But the people didn’t know that, they only said that the new ruler was considerate of the people’s feelings, thinking for the people, without wasting money and manpower.

Vice Minister Bai’s military strategy was extraordinary, and the enemy surrendered upon hearing his name.

Moreover, the rumors in the palace had already spread, and they were extremely mysterious.

It was said that a member of the Qilin family said it while drunk.

It was said that the new ruler had seen in the hall at a glance that Vice Minister Bai had a majestic aura, with purple energy soaring to the sky, and was an unparalleled minister and general.

He had appointed him to lead the army despite the pressure from the Grand Tutor and Grand Commandant.

Now that he looked at it, wasn’t it true!

His face was gentle and refined, and he looked like he had great wisdom.

The Qilin had a calm gaze and great perseverance, and no one dared to look him in the eye.

Looking at his imposing head and horns, he was clearly a famous general on the battlefield.

This steady and relaxed demeanor in the central army was simply a born leader.

Wearing golden armor, he was dazzling and radiant.

If he didn’t become a general, who would become a general?

The Qilin family was gifted!

The people were extremely respectful and heartfelt.

Bai Dingshan began to doubt his life.

He… a great general of all time?

Was His Majesty trying to harm him?

Could he just let him be low-key?

Was he trying to make him fight the Grand Tutor and Grand Commandant?

Were you not happy if you didn’t kill him?

Earl Cangting, who was sitting next to Bai Dingshan, was moved by this scene.

While observing, he raised his head and said to Bai Dingshan, “In this way, the people now respect you and His Majesty as gods.”

“Ten miles of red carpet to welcome the general, just as we expected… His Majesty; is not bad!”

Bai Dingshan was speechless.

What could he say?

He was also very helpless.

Yan Shou was also very helpless.

He had laid ten miles of red carpet, but there was no fatuity value at all, and no one scolded him for being a fatuous ruler.

Who could he tell?

He was sad.

The army stopped, and Bai Dingshan and Earl Cangting led several meritorious heroes into the palace.

In the Nine-Room Hall, Yan Shou had summoned hundreds of officials and waited for the meritorious officials for a long time.

After entering the hall, Bai Dingshan led everyone to salute Yan Shou, and after the ceremony, he raised the more detailed battle report in his hand:

“Your subject, Bai Dingshan… has returned from quelling the rebellion, greetings, Your Majesty.”

His voice was very choked up.

He had previously thought that he was an abandoned pawn used by the new ruler to show his determination to seize power.

Upon careful thought, it was impossible.

He had a hundred Imperial Guards personally trained by the new ruler.

Bai Dingshan’s life was not valuable, but what about these hundred Imperial Guards?

Although these Imperial Guards were not necessarily all His Majesty’s people, His Majesty still disregarded his personal safety and gave these people to him.

Those were all Imperial Guards!

He gave them to him, Bai Dingshan.

What great trust was that?

Of course, if he failed, it was not ruled out that these people would take his head back to court.

But the result was good, so everyone was happy.

If he was still alive, he shouldn’t think about death.

He would think about the things after death when he was dead.

Yan Shou raised his hand, and everyone stood up.

He looked at Bai Dingshan, who was much darker, and Earl Cangting, who had a face like jade.

It was only a moment of daze.

Thinking that when the fatuity value was settled in the future, the few remaining 10 points of fatuity value might become negative because of Bai Dingshan’s actions, a tear actually slid across his eye unconsciously.

Did the Qilin family seem upright, but in fact, each of you were brainwashing yourselves?

You even created so much momentum, for fear that people wouldn’t know that he was a wise ruler, that he had arranged for you, Bai Dingshan, to lead the army.

In fact, it wasn’t Bai Dingshan’s fault, it was the Qilin family’s fault for wanting to improve too much.

Yan Shou’s eyes were filled with tears.

He slowly walked down the steps, personally holding Bai Dingshan’s hand, wishing he could throw him out of the hall.

“Come, our great meritorious official… has returned… This wine is still warm, you should drink a cup!”

Yan Shou barely squeezed out a smile and said with gritted teeth, but when he reached this point, he suddenly choked up.

His fatuity value!

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty must not…”

Bai Dingshan and others, especially those heroes who followed him into the hall, were even more terrified and at a loss.

His Majesty treated them so kindly and was so worried about them.

The chariot official next to Yan Shou hurriedly reminded him cautiously.

This meant that His Majesty should be careful not to lose his composure.

“What is losing composure?

Change to big cups, I want to drink with you all.”

Yan Shou hurriedly used his long sleeves to dab at the corners of his eyes and ordered the official of the Ministry of Rites to change to big cups.

The king of a country, drinking heavily in the hall and losing his composure like this, how could he not be a fatuous ruler?

He had to find a way to earn fatuous value again.

Yan Shou sighed in his heart, but he didn’t forget the business.

“The great merit of quelling the rebellion is commendable and congratulatory.

Bai Dingshan personally led the tiger-like troops to fight fiercely with the rebels in Jiang Qi.

The Jianghu heroes also bore the country’s grace, and all were loyal and righteous!”

“Such a great victory makes him feel comforted.

You have made unparalleled contributions, and this is his good fortune, the people’s good fortune, and the country’s good fortune.

From today onwards, he would bestow Bai Dingshan with title of Marquis of Jiang, commanding these three thousand personal troops.

Earl Cangting could enter the court without hurrying, wear swords and shoes in the hall, not name when he was praised, and he would bestow a million gold coins to reward the entire army, and he would bestow it all with being relieved of their armor and returning to their fields to support them in their old age.”

Randomly giving rewards was also a part of the fatuous ruler’s behavior that had to be tasted.

As a fatuous ruler, Yan Shou certainly wanted to follow his nature.

The civil and military officials were all surprised when they heard this.

What did this mean?

Bai Dingshan was already equivalent to a high-ranking administrative official and a released general.

It was just bandit suppression, so how could there be such a big reward?

It was just a million gold coins, how could a fatuous ruler not do something to sprinkle money?

However, the courtiers didn’t think so.

Earl Cangting’s strength was close to that of a grandmaster, but he was not yet a grandmaster.

What was His Majesty going to do by giving him such special privileges?

If there were disputes in the future, was he going to let Earl Cangting use Thunder Law to compete with the Grand Commandant and Grand Tutor in the court?

Whoever won would be listened to?

Also, were these three thousand people, who were just rewarded, going to be relieved of their armor and returning to their fields?

These Jianghu heroes, who had just won the battle and were the first to contribute, were going to be allowed to go home and farm?

What did this mean?

Shouldn’t they be recruited for use?

Although the civil and military officials hoped that these people would really go home to farm, when they saw Yan Shou really doing this, they began to wonder if there was anything worth being vigilant about in this.

Suddenly, there was a lot of discussion in the hall.