Journey to Heaven: Kamen Rider’s Journey to Immortality

"Your Majesty, let's reward the heroes present first. "

It was none other than Sima Li, the prime minister of the dynasty, who had been refusing to let the emperor immediately reward him on the grounds that the treasury was empty at the beginning of the war and that the merits had not been fully counted, and that he was afraid that the merits would be omitted and cause dissatisfaction.

"This old fox, who has been pressing the credit book before, gives priority to his protégé and henchmen, and now it is estimated that he has a sense of crisis when he sees Brother Xinghe's return, and he wants to take advantage of Brother Xinghe's inability to go to court to receive the reward, so he will share the credit first. Chu Tianjiao's eyes rolled slightly, and he already had an idea in his heart: "Fortunately, Brother Xinghe has already had a plan, Sima Li will see how you take it."

"Father, I think what the prime minister said is very correct, now that the war has subsided, if the reward is not carried out for a long time, I am afraid that the people will lose their trust.

"Yes, if a person has no faith, he will not stand. The emperor nodded in agreement and said, "In that case, Emperor, I will leave this matter to you."

Although Sima Li was unwilling to hear this, it was obvious that the emperor was pulling favors from the prince, and even if his Sima family had prestige, he would not dare to trespass on this matter.

"Then there is His Royal Highness Prince Lao, Weichen has already counted the merit book, and asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to take a look. Sima Li unhurriedly took out a stack of merit books from his arms and handed them to Chu Tianjiao, then stepped aside and smiled secretly in his heart: " Hehe, Chu Tianjiao, I have already planned this merit book, basically either my protégé or I have negotiated with those generals to complete the transaction before, even if you reward them, they will only thank me for their support, and you have nothing to do with half a dime, of course, if you don't reward your merits according to my merit book, you will become the target of public criticism, as for Liu Xinghe, hmph, when we finish receiving the reward, the rest of the idle duties will be given to him. "

Hehe, as Brother Xinghe expected, Sima Li has already occupied some important positions, if I hadn't prepared in advance, I would really have been fooled.

Looking at the credit book in his hand, Chu Tianjiao trembled behind his back, this Sima Li is worthy of being an old treacherous and cunning, well versed in the way of officialdom, he gave some important official positions to his henchmen in advance, and at the same time used his merits to win over some neutral officials, of course, these people Sima Li had already built a good relationship before, whether Chu Tianjiao agreed or not, he took this favor. It's a pity that Chu Tianjiao didn't mean to drink this time, so he was waiting for Sima Li to make a move.

Chu Tianjiao took a cursory glance at the merit book, and then said to the emperor: "The father handed over the responsibility of dividing the seal to the sons, and the sons are naturally fair and just and never partial. After

that, Chu Tianjiao looked around at the ministers, and at this time, all the ministers were very excited, after all, who doesn't want to be a high-ranking official and glorify their ancestors.

In the end, Chu Tianjiao's eyes fell on Sima Li, and he arched his hand to Sima Li and said: "This time our army is victorious, the most important thing to thank is the prime minister, if it were not for the prime minister in the DPRK to mobilize the army grass and food to pay our army, there is no way to assemble so quickly, later, at the critical moment, the prime minister stabilized the army's heart, saw through the enemy's conspiracy to encircle the point and send reinforcements, ordered the army not to fight, and preserved the strength of our army, which is the decisive victory thousands of miles away in the strategy." "

What is Chu Tianjiao's idea?" In the face of Chu Tianjiao's praise, Sima Li's heart tightened, before, Chu Tianjiao was besieged and Sanjiang City, Sima Li deliberately prevented the army from going to the rescue, and even did not hesitate to give up his own winning army, but now Chu Tianjiao not only did not use this to make it difficult and punish himself, but praised, which made Sima Li instantly vigilant: "Don't dare, Weichen is only shallow in learning, and I really can't find the opportunity to go to support at that time, but fortunately, His Royal Highness is brave, and he will fight in the Holy Maiden Peak, and he is both wise and brave."

"The prime minister must not be humble, not to mention that the prime minister has worked hard for the country, the left general Sima Shao sacrificed his life for the country is really a big loss for my Jiang Chu, I decided to posthumously crown Sima Shao as a loyal and brave marquis, and his son will take over the title." Hearing

this, Sima Li's heart was sad, and his eyes gradually moistened, Sima Shao is Sima Li's eldest son, and his mother is Sima Li's wife, but unfortunately he died in childbirth when he gave birth to Sima Shao, so Sima Li has always been very fond of Sima Shao, and Sima Shao also lived up to expectations, became the mainstay of the army at a young age, and had a bright future, but he didn't expect to die on the battlefield. However, Sima Li has never held a grudge against Chu Tianjiao and Liu Xinghe because of this, after all, dying on the battlefield is the glory of a general.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the commendation, and thank you, Lord Long.

Sima Li finally couldn't help it, wiped his tears, and gladly accepted the reward, of course, this is what he deserves.

"Prime Minister don't have to be sad, isn't your second son Sima Yan already an adult, it just so happens that my imperial sister is not yet married, and this palace has discussed with my father and emperor to give the imperial sister to Sima Yan, what do you think?"

"This ......" Sima Li was also confused for a while, and he didn't know what kind of medicine Chu Tianjiao was selling in his gourd.

On the dragon chair, Emperor Chu Qizhen looked at Chu Tianjiao with satisfaction, the so-called way of the emperor is important to balance, not to eradicate the rebellion, seeing that Chu Tianjiao did not suppress his enemies but chose to win over, this monarch was finally relieved: "Okay, Aiqing, this matter is settled."

"In that case, thank you Your Majesty and the Crown Prince.

With the emperor's dictation, Sima Li naturally didn't dare to say anything, but at this time, the other ministers began to waver.

"Strange, didn't you say that the prince and the prime minister were already on the same page, why did they still help to get married

?" "Before, Sima Li found me and said that the prince was jealous of the hatred that he didn't support before, and wanted to liquidate the ministers, why is the prince now marrying the culprit?" "

Damn, Sima Li said before that I offended the princelings and asked me to form an alliance with him, and now that he has become a relative of the emperor, he won't sell me."

"This prince really has great ambitions, and he has endured such a big grudge, it seems that our family's plan is going to change, so let's suspend the transaction with Sima Yimai." "

Above the court, all the ministers have their own ghosts, one by one secretly thinking about how to seek the greatest benefits after this, and then Chu Tianjiao rewarded some ministers according to the merit book, of course, these ministers are all Sima Li's family, and the other ministers are gradually a little dissatisfied when they see that they are all Sima Li's protégés, but they dare not whisper, they can only use eye contact, and Sima Li has a trace of uneasiness in his heart.

Sure enough, as Brother Xinghe expected, the ministers began to waver.

Looking at the itchy appearance of the ministers of the DPRK and China, Chu Tianjiao remembered the conversation with Liu Xinghe when he came to the court today.

"Brother Tianjiao, you remember, above the court today, it doesn't matter how Sima Li wants to grab the credit, and you have to take the initiative to reward Sima Yi.

"But wouldn't that make those ministers think that I was afraid of the Sima clan?

"No, the reason why Sima Li is able to unite his ministers to fight against you now is nothing more than two reasons, one is that when we were besieged before, there was no one to rescue, and the ministers were afraid of your retaliation, so they had to huddle with him Sima and his family to keep warm. As long as you show a generous mind and tell them that you don't care about past suspicions, then those ministers will naturally not risk their lives to follow the Sima clan. As for Sima Li's use of merit to promote and win over the minister, heh, Brother Tianjiao, you just need to follow the plan I set before.

"Alright, now that the foreplay is complete, it's time to start Brother Xinghe's plans. Chu Tianjiao raised his eyebrows slightly, and said to the emperor with a secret smile in his heart: "Father, the son has a book. "

Speak.

"Your Majesty, in this great war, thanks to my father and Emperor Hongfu, my sons not only defeated the enemy army and recovered the lost territory, but also occupied a lot of cities, which are all rich lands. "

The emperor has expanded his territory and made immortal contributions, which is worthy of praise. "

Emperor Xie, put aside the commendation in advance, but our army lost a lot of pillars in the previous war, and now although the war has been over, there are still people in the frontier eyeing it, and Xishu does not want to make a comeback all the time, and now it is urgent to seal the border officials to guard the border to calm the people's hearts." "

Well, the emperor is reasonable, do you have a candidate now?"

"Naturally, this is thanks to Prime Minister Sima Cheng's recommendation.

"Didn't the minister recommend anyone?" A

trace of uneasiness appeared in Sima Li's heart, and Chu Tianjiao's next words made him almost suffer a cardiac arrest.

Chu Tianjiao looked at Sima Li and smiled slightly: "Prime Minister Sima, aren't you the best candidates to guard the border pass."

"No, those few people have been in the court for many years, if they leave, what will happen to the government affairs of the capital.

"The prime minister doesn't have to worry, not to mention that there are still many ministers in the DPRK who can be promoted to fill vacancies, and I have also recruited a lot of talents in the people, and they have also made great contributions to become officials in the DPRK. "

What the prince said is very true.

Sima Li was about to refute, but there were some dissatisfied voices of ministers in his ears, and then Sima Li suddenly realized.

"I see, Chu Tianjiao, you deliberately only rewarded my protégé before in order to provoke others to be dissatisfied with me. If I don't agree, if I accept the reward but don't want to go to work, it will be tantamount to slapping Your Majesty in the face, and second, if my protégés are not transferred, other ministers will not be promoted, which is tantamount to blocking the path of other people's promotion, and I will be hated. If I let my protégés be transferred to the frontier, first, they are far away from the capital, and my power will be greatly hit, and secondly, hum, the feudal officials said it nicely, but the border passes are all your Chu Tianjiao's people, and my people are ostensibly ministers, but in fact they are constrained by others, and they are not even as good as magistrates. After communicating, Sima Li's heart sank: "Admire and admire, this conspiracy is really impeccable, it must be Liu Xinghe's strategy, I originally thought that this kid was not to be afraid, it seems that I underestimated him."

"Does Sima Aiqing have any opinions?" Although

he was unwilling, now Sima Li was also difficult to ride a tiger, so he could only knock out his teeth and swallow blood.

"There is no objection to this. "