The Ultimate Prodigal Son - Chapter 1046

[Chapter 1046 Handing in the Rabbit Talisman]

The emperor rolled his eyes at Lin Tian, looking very helpless.

Lin Tian didn’t come to court every day, and even if he did, he was always late. So, if Lin Tian didn’t have something to do, he simply didn’t come.

Before, the emperor just turned a blind eye and didn’t say much. Now, the emperor has sent someone to pass on a message to Lin Tian, but Lin Tian is still late.

Before, Lin Tian was not noticed by the emperor, so the emperor didn’t blame him.

But since Lin Tian invented those strange things, many miracles and incredible things have also happened to Lin Tian.

Lin Tian has become a meritorious official in the court. The emperor wants to punish him, but he is afraid that it will chill the hearts of others, so he dare not punish Lin Tian.

“My dear Lin, please stand up. Tell me, given our current situation, what should we do?”

The emperor said to Lin Tian.

“Yesterday, General Gan Mao has completely annihilated the Qi army that besieged the imperial city, so we are safe now. Now we have two plans to deal with the current situation.”

Lin Tian analyzed to the emperor and told other officials at the same time.

Since the emperor was injured the night before yesterday and woke up yesterday morning, and did not attend court yesterday, Gan Mao did not report the battle situation in front to the emperor in time. He

just wanted to report it today, but seeing that the emperor was the first to ask about the situation in front, he felt that it would be more believable to say it in person. But he did not find the right time, so he kept delaying it until now.

After hearing Lin Tian’s words, the emperor looked at Gan Mao.

“I was just about to say it, but you didn’t give me a chance.”

Gan Mao scratched his head awkwardly and said softly.

Gan Mao’s civil and military officials, even the emperor, knew that General Gan Mao was illiterate. He was afraid of being laughed at, so he basically did not send this memorial, either sending someone to say it, or going directly to say it himself.

“But what Lord Lin said is not true. I just resisted the attack of the Qi army with my soldiers. It was not me who annihilated the Qi army.”

Gan Mao continued to add.

“It wasn’t you who did it? Then who did it?”

After hearing Gan Mao’s words, the emperor asked curiously.

“It’s Lord Lin. Lord Lin found an army from nowhere. They are all very skilled, just like martial arts masters. Only a thousand people have annihilated countless armies

of Qi.” Gan Mao roughly described what happened last night and day.

Lin Tian originally planned to expose this army in the open after this war, so he didn’t plan to hide it anymore.

“These are some new soldiers I trained according to a certain method. They just joined the army last year, but they were not incorporated into the army.”

Lin Tian said to the emperor.

The emperor knew about this. When recruiting soldiers last year, Lin Tian suddenly ran to the emperor and said that he needed a group of new soldiers to guard his house.

At that time, the emperor thought that Lin Tian had just entered the court as an official, so it was normal to need some subordinates, so he didn’t take it to heart.

But he never thought that Lin Tian would train them in his own way, and there are the current results.

Lin Tian roughly described what happened, but it shocked all the civil and military officials in the court, and even the emperor was stunned.

“According to what Lord Lin said, this is simply a strange army.”

After hearing Lin Tian’s introduction, the emperor couldn’t help but praise Lin Tian.

Usually, as the ruler of a country, the emperor would still know some information about the dead soldiers, but after hearing the descriptions of Lin Tian and Gan Mao, this army was even more terrifying than the dead soldiers.

“In Lord Lin’s opinion, should we take the initiative to attack and recover the lost territory, or hide in the imperial city here to recuperate?”

The emperor thought of the fact that Qi had already conquered most of the cities of Yan, and now they have such an army, which is capable of fighting Qi head-on, so he asked Lin Tian.

“The army sent by Qi to besiege the imperial city of Yan has been completely annihilated by us, and I believe that there will not be too many troops left in other cities. We should take the initiative now and recover all our lost territory.”

Lin Tian thought for a while, then analyzed the situation of Qi and Yan, and finally made a suggestion.

“Who do you think is the main candidate to lead the army?”

The emperor asked again.

“General Gan Mao has been on the battlefield for a long time and has rich combat experience. He is naturally the best candidate. However, if General Gan Mao leaves the imperial city, I am afraid that there will be thieves who will harm the imperial city.”

Lin Tian thought of Gan Mao’s previous combat command. If it were not for his lack of guessing the enemy’s psychology, he would be a perfect person to command the army.

“Then let General Gan Mao take charge and choose a day to collect the lost territory.”

Although Lin Tian mentioned that someone might harm the imperial city, it seemed that the emperor had planned it in advance and directly said that Gan Mao would take charge.

“Although General Gan Mao is brave and good at fighting, he is not invincible. Therefore, we need some soldiers trained by you to assist General Gan Mao.”

The emperor thought for a while and said to Lin Tian with a bitter face.

“Your Majesty, this is the rabbit talisman to control this army. Now I will give them all to Your Majesty, and it is entirely up to Your Majesty to dispatch.”

Lin Tian took out the rabbit talisman that he had made long ago and gave it to the eunuch on duty.

Lin Tian knew that privately training the army was a manifestation of rebellion, so he handed over the rabbit talisman without hesitation.

“Good.”

Seeing Lin Tian so straightforward, the emperor slapped his thigh and was very pleased.

“There is one more thing, that is, Prime Minister Zhao has now reached the age of retirement and returned to his hometown. He submitted a memorial the day before yesterday and left the imperial city overnight.”

The emperor did not want others to know that Prime Minister Zhao was already in his seventies, but was unfortunately assassinated and died. Therefore, he said this to the civil and military officials, and at the same time, his face was full of regret.

“What? Prime Minister Zhao retired and returned to his hometown?”

“Now, Yan State is in a time of reconstruction, why did Prime Minister Zhao retire and return to his hometown at this time?”

“I said why I didn’t see Prime Minister Zhao.”

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After hearing the emperor’s words, the civil and military officials in the hall talked about it.

“Now, the position of prime minister is vacant, what talented people do you recommend?”

The emperor spoke again and did not let them continue to discuss, otherwise something unexpected might happen.

Sure enough, although the civil and military officials were successfully diverted by the emperor, they started to discuss again when they heard the emperor’s words that he was going to select another prime minister.

Lin Tian had just handed in the rabbit talisman, and although he still felt a little distressed, he hadn’t had time to step aside when he heard the emperor say this. Lin Tian felt something was wrong.