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Chapter 262 - 262 258 Special Honor
Chapter 262 - 262 258 Special Honor
?Chapter 262: Chapter 258: Special Honor Chapter 262: Chapter 258: Special Honor The following decree began with praise for the Ruo Family’s generations of loyalty and integrity. It also acquitted the Ruo Family patriarch of past mistakes, posthumously conferring on him the title of Earl Yinyong, and bestowing upon Granny Lei the title of First-Rank Imperial Command.
Next, it recounted the achievements of Ruo Hai, who single-handedly led a thousand soldiers to burn the enemy’s grain stores and assassinated two of the enemy generals, forcing the enemy to retreat to Nanyu Island. Then, braving hurricanes and towering waves, he proceeded to Nanyu Island, killed thousands of enemies single-handedly, captured the pretender to the throne, successfully eradicated the remnants of the previous dynasty, and recovered Nanyu Island along with a substantial imperial treasury and a million bushels of grain.
After much praise for Ruo Hai’s unparalleled bravery and godlike military strategy, Eunuch Pan raised his voice, “Ruo Hai’s military achievements are grand, a rarity among military geniuses, hereby specially conferred the title of Fourth-Rank Loyal and Righteous General, awarded a General Residence, a hundred mu of fertile land, a hundred ounces of gold, and an assortment of gold, silver, jewels, and silk and satin fabrics, heed this decree.”
After Eunuch Pan finished reading the imperial edict, he said with a smile, “Loyal and Righteous Great General, please accept the decree.”
A Fourth-Rank General could indeed be called a Great General, as a Fourth-Rank official would just qualify to attend the morning court sessions in the Capital City.
That is to say, if Ruo Hai were to come to the Capital City for his duties, he would have just enough status to stand alongside all the civil and military officials of the Imperial Court!
Most importantly, he was still young, only in his thirties, and he had been promoted from Chiliarch to a Fourth-Rank official within just a few months of returning to the military camp.
Looking across the entire Imperial Court, there was no General who had risen through the ranks as quickly as him, including those who had fought alongside the late Emperor to establish the dynasty.
However, the military achievements that Ruo Hai had established in a few months were no less significant than the lifetime accomplishments of some of the veteran generals; therefore, many officials at the Imperial Court had reservations about The Emperor’s decree, but The Emperor was adamant in his decision.
Eunuch Pan understood why The Emperor had made such a decision—a General capable of resisting the raging sea waves was nowhere to be found. With General Ruo present, the entire ocean would belong to Xuanyuan Country! And General Ruo also had a formidable niece!
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