Twelve officials were promoted and their titles were elevated.

  From today on, be a happy person.

  Enjoying oneself, squandering, muddling along until death.

  From tomorrow on, care about making money and beautiful women.

  I have a mansion located in Chang'an, magnificent and grand.

  Starting from tomorrow, I will socialize with every wealthy person and sell them my products.

  The happiness and joy in my heart, I want to tell every person who cares about me.

  Go be a noble, give each brick and tile, each flower and grass, each pet, a warm name.

  As he listened to the imperial envoy sent by Emperor Li Er reading out the edict of reward, a strange phrase suddenly emerged in Su Ning's heart, as if it had been hidden there for a very, very long time...

  "There is a man of the Su family, Ning, who is young and brave, with exceptional talent... He was appointed as the Zhengwu Five-Pin Upper Three Yuan Kaifeng County Viscount, sealed as the Dingxiang Road Military Governor's Long History, granted 800 mu of Yongye fields, fed 500 households, actually sealed 150 households. Respect this!" The eunuch who read out the imperial edict spoke for a long time, roughly about half an hour, and the entire sacred edict did not contain any repeated words or sentences. It is unknown whether it was written personally by Emperor Li or embellished by the imperial writers, but in short, Su Ning expressed his sincere admiration for the vocabulary and lung capacity of the ancient people.

  An imperial edict like this, which can be summarized in a few sentences, was dragged out to an hour-long speech. How could it not make Suning feel admiring? However, compared to those so-called government work reports that came later, it's still far behind.

  The essence is actually the last sentence, San Yuan County son, Dingxiang Road military long history, was awarded 800 mu of Yongye land, and actually sealed 150 households, which means that Suning has officially left the identity of a poor civilian, and became a three-haves excellent feudal young man with a title, official position, and land, which means that Suning is no longer a commoner, but a noble.

  In the Tang Dynasty, there was a distinction between nominal and actual fiefs. According to ritual law, the eldest son of a first-rank duke had a fief of 500 households, but in reality, he only had 150 households. Su Ning understood that this was already a favor granted by Emperor Taizong, and that as a junior member, having a fief of 150 households was not bad at all. In the early years of the Zhenguan era, even Li Jing had only 400 households, which is now no more than 600 households.

  What a noble title, and he himself is just a small viscount, Suning was very satisfied.

  When did he become a viscount of the Great Tang Empire after coming to the Great Tang for only one month? At this time, the title of viscount was added with two characters "opening country", which made it more honorable; especially at this time, the world had been settled, and the court was very cautious in granting titles, but Su Ning was granted the title of Count of San Yuan County due to his merit in a surprise attack. Even if Su Ning was just an inexperienced young man, he understood that Li Jing had made great efforts for him, and without Li Jing's help, he might not have gotten the title, let alone the title of San Yuan County.

  Actually, the skill of sneaking and escaping was honed from helping an old man steal horses. As for leading everyone to escape, it was cultivated during high school evening self-study sessions when I would sneak past teachers' strict line of sight and cold camera surveillance as well as security guards' terrifying presence to climb over the authoritarian walls and rush towards the internet cafe's freedom...

  And Suning still clearly remembered that Li Jing was a native of San Yuan!

  He sealed his own territory in Li Jing's old home, what does this mean, do you need to say it? It clearly shows that Emperor Li Er is giving face to Li Jing, and also understands Li Jing's small mind. Su Ning also more or less understands Li Jing's thoughts and Emperor Li Er's thoughts, although he doesn't understand the official way very well, but in the ten years of following his master, he still learned some things.

  Although very happy, at this time, Su Ning's heart was inexplicably filled with a melancholy emotion. All of this, the parents who had high hopes for their child couldn't see it. It's just like wearing brocade at night, what's the point? In fact, they didn't know that he would never admit defeat. Although in front of them and many people, he appeared to be shameless and heartless, but his true self had never admitted defeat before. He had secretly done some things that they didn't know about. As long as he had time, why worry about not being able to make money? Why be so particular about education and school?

  Li Jing suddenly understood, but he also smiled slightly. Your Majesty is doing this to tell yourself not to worry, go ahead and kill the enemy and make achievements, I won't move you, don't be afraid of what others do, I understand your thoughts, rest assured, devote yourself to the great Tang Dynasty, follow the Li family imperial court, follow Benming Jun, as long as there is meat to eat under Benming Jun's rule, you will not be allowed to drink soup!

  The emperor generally doesn't make any promises, but once he says something, it means that as long as you don't rebel, nothing will happen to you or your family while you're alive, and even after death, nothing may happen if you didn't rebel. Compared to this, Suning being granted the title of viscount is an unexpected delight; originally thought that His Majesty would only grant this young man a baron or no title at all, but unexpectedly he was made a national viscount.

  "This kid is blessed with good fortune, it seems that Your Majesty has also taken an interest in him, what a great kid! This kid has excellent qualifications, as long as he continues to cultivate himself, he will surely be able to achieve even greater heights than myself. However, why did he show such resistance when I proposed letting him become a school lieutenant and take command of a battalion? Even going so far as to threaten to run away?"

  Li Jing was well aware that if this young man had made up his mind to escape, he wouldn't be able to stop him even if he stationed soldiers to guard his tent tightly. What was going on in this young man's mind, he couldn't see through...

  So let him be an office worker then!

  "Congratulations to Duke Su, felicitations to Duke Su! At such a young age, he has already been granted a title. Who knows, maybe one day he'll become a marquis or even a prime minister! As the ancients said, 'Heroes emerge in their youth.' Today's events are proof of this, haha!" The eunuch walked over to Su Ning and handed him the imperial edict, bowing his head in congratulations. Su Ning understood that this was just a routine procedure, and it was normal for people to ask for lucky money on such occasions. Nobody thought anything was amiss, except perhaps Su Ning himself...

  Actually, if he had money in his pocket, there would be no need to worry. Suning has never been very concerned about money. He likes making money but not saving it. He likes spending money. Money just sits there and doesn't multiply on its own!

  It's not like a red Mao and a green Mao can stay together for a long time and give birth to a blue Mao, so Suning might as well just get a pile of money and play matchmaker every day, sitting there waiting for the money to breed more money. But unfortunately, money doesn't have reproductive abilities, so this idea is just a dream; however, the current situation is pressing, because Suning doesn't even have a single cent, not even a copper coin...

  Eating Li Jing's, drinking Li Jing's, living in Li Jing's, using Li Jing's, everything is borne by Li Jing, everything is borne by the army, no need for money! Moreover, there is no place to use money! Not to mention that I don't know how to address the eunuch, at least it shouldn't be "gong gong" this time, so, there's no money at all! After receiving the imperial edict, Su Ning was stunned and didn't know what to do...

  The tent flap was lifted, and Niu Geng walked in with a tray of money: "Thank you for your kind words, it's a trouble for the inner attendant to rush thousands of miles. Your Excellency, having received this good news, how can we let the inner attendant return empty-handed? This is just a small token of respect, I hope the inner attendant won't despise it."

  So it was calling for an imperial eunuch!

  Su Ning didn't know, only eunuchs with official positions could be called that way, other eunuchs had different ways of being addressed; but at this time, there was no need to discuss this issue, the eunuch smiled and took the money, also understanding Su Ning's awkward situation, saying: "Thank you for the reward, Your Excellency! You don't have to worry about others, we are all doing things for His Majesty, just loyalty is enough." After finishing speaking, he bowed to Li Jing and exited the tent.

  Li Jing waved his hand, and all the unrelated people left, leaving only Li Jing and Su Ning. Li Jing looked at Su Ning and smiled: "Su Gongzi, how is it? How does it feel to be conferred as a national viscount? You are no longer an ordinary citizen, but a great Tang official, a great Tang earl! Such status is not low, from now on, you can stand up straight when meeting people."

  Su Ning rolled her eyes, compared to you, I'm not much different from a small ant? You can crush me with just one little finger? Boast about my title in front of you? Hehe, Su Ning isn't stupid enough for that. Moreover, who knows what you're planning next? Spreading the idea of loyalty to the king and love for the country?

  "Uncle can stop being cold towards his nephew now. If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't be where I am today." Su Ning said calmly.

  Li Jing was somewhat surprised. Anyone who had been granted a noble title would not be unaffected, especially a white body, who had experienced such things in a short period of time, and yet was so clear-headed and rational, so calm and composed. He himself had underestimated him. What he and his master had learned together, he wasn't sure, but this temperament and this composure were absolutely not something that ordinary people could possess. Although this young man was really infuriating in some ways...

  "Is that so? It seems you also understand, if it weren't for me putting in a good word for you, you wouldn't have gotten this title. Since you know that, then use this to repay me?" Li Jing's eyes bulged, the veins on his neck stood out, and his tone was extremely unpleasant. He held up a document that had been reviewed by Su Ning, with a large, flamboyant "reviewed" character on it...

  Actually, when Li Jing first saw this document, he was attracted by this word. This word is really elegant and lively, full of a fresh meaning, and contains an inexplicable feeling that cannot be expressed in words. Such calligraphy really made Li Jing a little dizzy. Although Li Jing is a military general, he also has a relatively deep cultural foundation, so he also has a preference for calligraphy. At first glance at this word, Li Jing was somewhat surprised. This young man's calligraphy is excellent? This word looks almost as good as Yu Shinan's!

  Fortunately, Li Jing was a military man and didn't pay much attention to calligraphy. However, not everyone is like him, so Su Ning's calligraphy later stirred up a huge wave...

  How would Su Ning know? He only knew that in the ten years of following the old man, what he learned was absolutely not just a culinary skill. Otherwise, with Su Ning's temperament, it wouldn't have taken ten years for him to learn everything the old man had to teach. Ten years had passed, and Su Ning still didn't know how much the old man knew.

  "Uncle, please take a closer look at this memorial, what's written on it that you haven't seen?" Suning said with great frustration; Li Jing was taken aback, he was only attracted by the words, and then anger, a document that only had one review? Li Jing looked up: The old man of the Zhang family in the west of the city has given birth to an eight-year-old son at the age of sixty, the government congratulates him and gives him a pig and three hundred dollars... followed by a bunch of clichés...

  Alright, such a memorial to the throne indeed only needs one word of approval, but what is the extent of this young man's talent? What are its contents? These are all unknown to himself, how much learning does he have, and how strong is his ability? In these days, he has handled the government affairs of Dingxiang in an orderly manner, completely unlike an ordinary youth. The things he learned from his master are absolutely not ordinary.

  But he's too lazy! This kid is too lazy! He's so lazy that he's reached this point, almost no one who joins the army doesn't want to lead troops, but this kid is an exception!

  Suning also found it strange, why these seemingly complicated government affairs were so easy to handle by himself. Wasn't his IQ very high? Or were these problems too trivial? It was simply not a problem!

  Just send a few people to ask, or a team of soldiers to be dispatched, simple and rough, without choosing means, it will be solved quickly. According to the words of those corrupt Confucians, what's the point of being so troublesome? As he was handling things, Suning suddenly felt like a capable official, doing things without any delay or hesitation. Was this also something that old man had entrusted him with?

  Why don't I feel anything?

  Old man, what exactly did you teach me? Why do I only now feel that what you taught me was more than that? Who are you, really?