I'm actually an alchemist

Chapter 205 Fame and Fortune
The emperor put down the teacup, looked at Yang Qing and the three of them with a smile, and said to the old servant: "Give me a seat!"

The old servant immediately sent someone to move the three blocks.

After the three of Yang Qing sat down as promised, the old emperor looked at Yang Qing with a smile and said, "You are Yang Qing!"

Then, he looked at Agui beside Yang Qing and said, "Are you Agui?"

Yang Qing and Agui hurriedly bowed their hands.

The old emperor waved his hand and said: "There is no need to salute, and it is not in the court. I heard from Lin Qiu that your team played a decisive role in the victory this time. I am very curious, how did you rely on mere Thirty people disrupting the rear of the barbarians?"

Yang Qing glanced around, and found that both A Gui and Gongsun He were looking at him, waiting for him to speak.

Ok!

Yang Qing had no choice but to bite the bullet and get up.

After bowing slightly, Yang Qing said: "Return to Your Majesty! Earlier, the Caomin accidentally found a dredging bird that could distinguish women. Later, I heard that the shaman priests of the barbarians are basically women. So Caomin thought, Can you use this dredging bird to find those hidden shamans, so as to achieve precise killing of barbarian shamans. Later, Caomin shared his ideas with the marshal..."

At the beginning, Yang Qing was still a little nervous.

However, after seeing Lin Qiu's indifferent gaze, his mood gradually calmed down.

The eloquence who used to be a big fool in Nangong is not covered.

The useless oils are all hyped up by him, not to mention that this is something he has personally experienced.

Yang Qing talked vividly, how he joined the team, and how he and other brothers, under the leadership of Gongsun He, avoided the patrol of the barbarian cavalry all the way, and finally took advantage of the time difference to form a team of more than 30 people. He rushed all the way on the wild grassland like a gust of wind, attacked more than a dozen tribes of the barbarians in a short period of time, and accurately killed more than 20 shamans of the barbarians.

Yang Qing spoke vividly, and also described a wild scene.

The emperor listened to Nian Xu and nodded, fascinated leisurely.

"here you go!"

After hearing that the team had dealt with a tribal shaman cleanly, the emperor patted his legs and said excitedly.

Yang Qing leaned back slightly and continued talking.

He spoke of many people in the army and mentioned many names who had died.

"...He is a very shy child, but he likes to write poems, and he writes very well." Yang Qing's eyes were full of nostalgia, and he lowered his head and said softly: "Later, we were surrounded by the elite Baiyun cavalry of the barbarians. When he broke through, he led three people and rushed towards the Baiyun cavalry without hesitation..."

Having said this, Yang Qing fell silent.

Gongsun He and A Guihe also fell silent.

This is the battle they've been through together.

It's just that they are alive, and those people are dead.

The emperor also fell silent.

After a long time, he sighed softly and murmured: "They are all warriors of my Great Zhou!"

The emperor turned his head and said to the solemn old servant: "Have you written down the names of these warriors?"

The old servant quickly bowed and said: "I remember it all!"

The old emperor nodded, turned his head to look at Yang Qing and said, "And then, how did you come back?"

Yang Qing took a deep breath, suppressed the sadness in his heart, and continued: "After we broke through, we headed north all the way to the ice and snow forest in the extreme north of the mainland. But the barbarians also chased after us. Fortunately, God blessed me. The blizzard blocked the barbarian army for us! Later, we avoided the wildling tribe and came to the town of Daota in the northern part of the snow forest."

Yang Qing said with a smile: "...We teamed up with Black Stone and killed the great barbarian shaman Dema who was chasing us."

"Good kill!"

The emperor clapped his hands excitedly.

Seeing His Majesty being so agitated, the old servant at the side quickly reminded His Majesty to pay attention to his emotions.

"Before we left, we erected a stone monument in Dota Town!"

Yang Qing said softly: "We want to use this to commemorate those Da Zhou Erlang who died in battle on the wild grassland!"

After the emperor listened, he didn't speak for a long time. .

In the imperial study room, the sun is quiet.

After a long time, he slowly got up and walked out of the imperial study.

Yang Qing and others also walked out of the imperial study.

Standing outside the Imperial Study Room.

The emperor looked at the resplendent and resplendent imperial city, at the bustling Chang'an, and from a distance he saw the beautiful mountains and rivers of the Great Zhou, as well as the wildness in the north.

He seems to have seen those bloody sons.

The emperor turned around and cupped his hands and bowed towards the north.

"His Majesty!"

Gongsun He and A Gui burst into tears of excitement.

……

An hour later.

Yang Qing and Agui came out from the imperial city.

When they entered, they were all white.But when they came out, both of them were already nobles.

A viscount, a knight of honor.

With a title, there is a fief.

However, the fief has not yet been decided, and it is said that there will be a notice in a few days.In addition, Yang Qing and Agui also have a lot of wealth that they can't spend all their lives.

In addition, those comrades who died in the battle that Gongsun He missed were also found.

His Majesty rewarded them with land and a large amount of property.

But they had died in battle, so their glory went to their immediate family.

Outside the imperial study room, Yang Qing put the seal he just got into his pocket.

"Go, grab a meal!"

Yang Qing waved his hand and said to A Gui with a smile.

Take Agui and walk towards the outside of the palace.

However, as soon as they left the palace, they were stopped by a carriage.

The car curtain was raised, revealing an old but smiling face.

"Why, don't you know?"

The old man asked with a smile.

"God seat?"

Yang Qing asked in surprise, "When did you come back?"

The person in the car was the one who had had a candle-lit night talk in the army before, and later recommended Yang Qing to enter the temple.

At this time, he was like an ordinary old man in Chang'an, wearing a very ordinary gray robe, sitting in the car, looking at Yang Qing with a smile.

"I came back with Marshal Lin, but he is entering the palace, and I am entering the palace!" Lie Yanshen smiled slightly, looked Yang Qing up and down, smiled and nodded with his beard: "Yes, I am already a wizard!"

Yang Qing cupped his hands and said, "Your badge is still amazing!"

Lie Yan Zuo laughed, waved his hands and said: "Don't stand still, get in the car, let's go eat!"

……

Piaoxianglou, the best restaurant in the imperial capital.

In the box next to the window on the second floor.

A plate of pork head meat, a plate of sauced beef, a plate of peanuts, and a pot of old wine.

The three of Yang Qing sat together, drinking and eating with a smile.

Lie Yan Zhan smiled and listened to Yang Qing's previous visit to the temple to participate in the assessment.

However, when he heard that someone was going to test Yang Qing's combat effectiveness, he frowned slightly and his face became uneasy.

But when he heard Yang Qing say that he burned the wizard to black and black, Lie Yan Zuo couldn't help laughing.

"here you go!"

Flame God seat patted the table and praised.

A Gui on the side filled Yang Qing and Shenzuoman's glasses with wine.

Lie Yan Zuo took a sip and drained the wine in the glass.

After wiping the wine off his beard, Lie Yan Zou pouted, looked at Yang Qing and said, "By the way, I just saw that you came out of the imperial city, what did His Majesty ask you for?"

"Give us titles and official positions!"

Yang Qing said with a smile: "I heard that he is a local official, but the official position has not yet come down!".

Before I knew it, I became an official.

Moreover, he is still an official with huge sums of money.

Yang Qing shook her head and sighed softly in her heart: I have become the person I hate the most.

Hey, what money, power, I hate it the most.

"Official position?"

The God of Flame frowned upon hearing this.

Although he does not participate in politics, it does not mean that he does not understand politics.

Da Zhou's official position is not empty with titles.

Especially local officials, they control all military, political and judicial powers in the local area, similar to the vassal states in ancient times.In addition to being unable to recruit troops without restrictions, they seem to be local emperors.

This is a naked bribery temptation!

After living for so long, he has experienced countless battles between imperial power and theocratic power, and he can see the clues at a glance.

It would be fine if Yang Qing was the only one.But what if more wizards were involved...

He took a sip of the wine, smashed his mouth and thought for a while, then said in his heart, "Your Majesty is going to move the cake of the temple. I don't know how the Pope will react."

However, he doesn't care about these.

After shaking his head, he threw out these messy thoughts.He cared more about Yang Qing's practice progress than those intrigues.

Afterwards, he looked at Yang Qing expectantly and asked, "By the way, how is your elemental affinity training?"

Yang Qing smiled slightly and put down his chopsticks.

I saw him lightly raised his hand.

Countless tiny fire elements suddenly appeared on the wine glass.

Then, the strong wine in the celadon wine cup was ignited, and the blue flame was beautiful and dreamy.

The God of Lieyan looked at the cluster of flames obsessively, his eyes were full of relief.

……

The next day, the emperor announced the rewards for the soldiers of the Northern Expedition in the court hall.

The generosity of this reward is astounding.

Of course, it also made the people in the household department panic: Your Majesty, the war has just ended, and the treasury is empty. Your ministers cannot do such a large-scale reward.

However, they only mentioned a few words.

But seeing the emperor's resolute attitude, the household department was afraid that the emperor would miss his own life by checking the accounts. In the end, everyone in the household department could only hold their noses and admit it.

Come on, everyone was very happy when they took it before, now let's make some blood together.

In addition, the rewards of the generals are even more eye-catching.

This time, the emperor established thirteen new vassal states in one fell swoop.

As the key figure in this victory, Lin Qiu is also the biggest contributor.The emperor was not stingy about rewarding her, and directly gave her three thousand miles of wilderness. At the same time, he also named her the northern wilderness envoy to control all the new nobles in the northern wilderness.

In this way, Lin Qiu directly jumped to become the most powerful feudal official and great lord in the empire by virtue of his vast fiefdom.

Lin Dong, who had no interest in power, never thought that when he was old, he would realize his youthful dream and become a marquis as he wished.

Wang Bo and Gongsun He also received the title of Marquis.

As soon as the news came out, the whole people cheered.

Knowing that she also belongs to Lin Qiu's restraint, Yang Qing thought cheaply: Qiuqiu, I will be yours from now on, you have to be responsible for me!
……

A few days later, the imperial court once again promulgated a major national policy.

This national policy, like a bomb dropped into a deep pool, suddenly stirred up the changes in the Great Zhou.

With this great victory, all the vast northern wild grasslands were included in the territory of the Great Zhou.

In order to effectively govern the north, the emperor decided to grant titles and official positions to all the wizards who participated in the battle with the army. In addition, other wizards in the empire who did not participate in the war but have grades can also apply to the imperial court and local governments to become The nobles of the empire and get a certain number of fiefs.

The wizards who have titles and official positions not only mean that they have huge wealth and power, but also mean that they have the responsibility to guard the land.

In this way, the wizards who had been wandering around the imperial power were directly tied to the imperial chariot.

Shortly after the end of the court meeting, the current acting pope of the temple went directly to the palace to face the holy.

However, I heard that the talks between the two parties were very unpleasant.

The Acting Pope walked out of the imperial city with a dark face.

It wasn't long before the temple responded.

If you accept the imperial court's reward and want to become a wizard of the imperial nobles, the temple will no longer recognize his wizard status and suspend all benefits.

After the news came out, the whole country was in an uproar.

However, this still cannot stop the wizard's eager pursuit of power and wealth.

Countless low-level wizards who had no hope of promotion in the temple left the temple and chose to accept the imperial court's reward instead.

In the months that followed, the matter intensified.

Later, some wizards who held important positions in temples in various places also began to choose to leave the temples, accept the imperial rewards, and become nobles of the empire.

In the end, the Temple of the Witch God seemed unable to stop this wave of momentum.

If this continues, I am afraid that the Temple of the Witch God will be split.

In desperation, the red pope who had retired for many years finally came forward and admitted the dual identity of the wizard.

They can accept the imperial court's reward and become nobles of the imperial court, but at the same time, they are still wizards of the witch temple.

This shows that the previous decision of the Temple of the Witch that the wizard can only choose one of the two is invalid.

This time, after the defeat of the Witch God Temple's guardian cavalry, in the struggle between theocracy and imperial power, the imperial power finally regained a victory.And hit the nail on the head!

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(End of this chapter)