Maoshan World: The young marshal starts!

Chapter 48 Entering the Provincial Capital
Northland;

the capital;

In the morning court hall of Bauhinia City.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Queen Mother. Long live your Majesty!"

On the throne in the main hall, Empress Dowager Longyu, who was in her thirties, sat upright in a phoenix robe, and next to her was the little emperor who was less than seven years old and dressed in a dragon robe.

In front of the hall, Prince Su led a group of civil and military ministers to bow and kneel in worship.

"Prince and my dear ministers, please stand up." said Empress Dowager Longyu.

"Stand up." Upon hearing this, the little emperor followed Empress Dowager Longyu's lead and said in a childish voice.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

Prince Su and all the civil and military officials bowed in thanks and stood up.

"I wonder what the prince and the other ministers would like to report today?"

After Prince Su and the ministers stood up, Empress Dowager Longyu spoke again. The little emperor sitting next to Empress Dowager Longyu was like a mascot, just looking curiously at the civil and military officials in front of him and the people around him.

The ministers present were not surprised by the little emperor's behavior and looked at Empress Dowager Longyu who was sitting next to the little emperor and Prince Su who was at the front of the group.

The young emperor was too young to govern the country. All the important court affairs were now presided over by Empress Dowager Longyu and Prince Su. One of them was in charge of the palace from behind the scenes, while the other was the regent who commanded the civil and military officials in the court.

"I have something to report."

After Empress Dowager Longyu finished speaking, Prince Su immediately stepped forward, bowed and spoke.

"I wonder what the prince has to report."

Upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Longyu also looked at Prince Su.

"Your Majesty, an urgent telegram came from Guangdong last night saying that the Guangdong warlord Guan Zongtang has defeated and eliminated Huang Hucheng and other Guangdong warlords and unified Guangdong. I implore the court to make a decision on this matter." Prince Su said.

"East Guangdong." Empress Dowager Longyu's expression changed when she heard this, but she didn't show much emotion. Because the world was in turmoil and warlords were everywhere, she had long been accustomed to it. There were also big warlords like the Guan family who directly controlled an entire province. What's more, East Guangdong was tens of thousands of miles away from the capital.

"What do you think, Prince?" Longyu asked Prince Su again.

"I believe that the most urgent task for our court is to eliminate the rebels. As for warlords like Guan Zongtang, we should first appoint them as officials to stabilize these people. After the rebels are eliminated, it will not be too late to deal with them later."

Prince Su suggested that the main reason was that the Qing court was now facing internal and external troubles. Even if they wanted to deal with major warlords like the Guan family, they no longer had the strength to send troops. Therefore, the best way was to temporarily stabilize the major warlords.

"Okay, then I'll do as Your Highness says. As for the specific official position, I'll let Your Highness decide."

"The Queen Mother is wise."
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A few days later.

Eastern Guangdong.

Cloud City.

"dad."

When Guan Shaoqing returned home from Renjia Town, the first thing he looked at was his father Guan Zongtang who had summoned him.

"Haha, Shaoqing is back."

When Guan Zongtang saw Guan Shaoqing coming back, he immediately laughed happily.

"Meet the young marshal."

The generals following Guan Zongtang bowed respectfully when they saw Guan Shaoqing. After this battle, they were convinced of Guan Shaoqing.

Guan Shaoqing also nodded slightly to everyone, then looked at his father and continued to ask.

"Dad, is there something wrong with calling me back this time?"

"There is indeed an important matter. Yesterday, someone from the imperial court came with an imperial decree from the imperial court in the capital, appointing me as the Governor-General of Guangdong East. I will be a first-rank official and will be in charge of Guangdong East. What do you think?"

"Oh." Guan Shaoqing was slightly startled when he heard this, then smiled and said, "The imperial court is currently facing internal and external troubles, and has no time to care about the major warlords. I think this move is to temporarily appease my father."

"But this is a good thing for us. Although the imperial court is corrupt and decadent, it is still legitimate in name only. If my father is granted the title of Governor of East Guangdong by the imperial court, my Guan family will be able to legitimately take over the provincial capital and completely unify East Guangdong."

"Father, why not accept this reward and nominally submit a petition to accept the imperial court's rule? This way, you can take this opportunity to directly enter the provincial capital."

"Haha, Shao Qing's words are exactly what I want. So I will accept the imperial court's appointment and go directly to the provincial capital tomorrow."

Guan Zongtang burst into laughter upon hearing this, and he felt quite high-spirited.

After all, having unified the entire province of eastern Guangdong, Guan Zongtang can now be said to be one of the most powerful warlords in the world.

"Congratulations, Marshal! Congratulations, Marshal!"

The generals present also congratulated him joyfully. Although the Qing Dynasty was already shaky, it had not collapsed after all. It was still orthodox in name. In this case, if Guan Zongtang accepted the Qing Dynasty's appointment, he would have a legitimate reason to unify Guangdong.

The governor was also the highest official of the Qing court in a province, in charge of the military and political power of the entire province, and could be described as a true frontier official.

In this way, as long as Guan Zongtang took the position of Governor-General of Guangdong, he would be qualified to take charge of everything in Guangdong.

After making the decision, Guan Zongtang first summoned the Qing court envoys to express his willingness to accept the appointment and obey the court. Then he began to reorganize the army and prepare to set off for the provincial capital early the next morning.

Although the Guan family had swept away and unified all the warlords in eastern Guangdong, including Huang Hucheng, during this period, they had not yet officially entered the provincial capital, because the provincial capital was the dragon and tiger land of eastern Guangdong. Not only were there direct officials of the Qing court stationed there, but there were also colonies of foreign powers, etc. The complexity of the relationship was far beyond the comparison of other cities and places in eastern Guangdong.

If the complex relationships in other places in eastern Guangdong are basically limited to the province, then the complexity of the relationships in the provincial capital of eastern Guangdong has directly jumped from the level of a province to the global level.

Even with the Guan family's current power, they would have to be a little careful after entering the provincial capital of eastern Guangdong, and it would be difficult for them to do as they please.

Of course, if the Guan family enters the provincial capital with its current power, even if it cannot do whatever it wants, it will definitely be one of the top forces, and it is also the largest local tyrant in eastern Guangdong, with home advantage.

The next afternoon.

The provincial capital of eastern Guangdong.

"Trample! Trample! Trample!—"

Accompanied by the sound of footsteps echoing through the streets, the Guan family army, led by Guan Zongtang, officially entered the provincial capital of eastern Guangdong.

On the wide streets, tens of thousands of troops were moving forward slowly, and pedestrians on both sides were dodging and retreating.

Guan Shaoqing also rode a white horse and followed closely beside his father as the second-in-command of the army. His handsome face and military uniform made him look extraordinary and powerful.

"It's the Guan family's army. The Guan family has taken control of the provincial capital."

"The one leading the group should be General Guan Zongtang. He is indeed a big shot, with such a powerful aura."

“I just don’t know whether it’s a blessing or a curse.”

"The guy next to Guan Zongtang should be Guan Shaoqing, right? I didn't expect him to be so young. I heard that it was him who sneaked into Huicheng alone and beheaded Huang Hucheng. That's how the Guan family took down the Huang family in one fell swoop. It's incredible."

"The young man is as beautiful as jade, and the white horse smiles in the spring breeze. This Guan Shaoqing is truly a great man of his generation."

"For many years, warlords in eastern Guangdong have been fighting each other, but today a great figure has emerged to unify the country. This is a good thing."

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The crowds on both sides of the street stopped to avoid and discuss in low voices, especially those who looked at Guan Zongtang and Guan Shaoqing, father and son, who were at the front of the army, and could not help but talk.

Soon, a group of soldiers appeared from the other end of the street to greet Guan Shaoqing and his group. Leading them was a high-ranking official of the Qing court wearing a dragon robe, who laughed loudly from afar.

"Haha, I'm Wang Ruhai, and on behalf of the imperial court, I welcome Governor Guan to the provincial capital."

"It turns out to be Lord Wang."

Upon hearing this, Guan Zongtang immediately smiled and greeted Wang Ruhai. He naturally knew Wang Ruhai. He was a high-ranking official and the Qing court's minister in Guangdong. For many years, he had been in charge of all the military and political affairs of the Qing court in eastern and western Guangdong, and his status was extremely high.

In Guangdong and Guangdong, Wang Ruhai could be said to be the highest-ranking official in the Qing court, and he was definitely not someone that ordinary people could come into contact with.

However, today Wang Ruhai appeared here in person to welcome Guan Zongtang, and he seemed very polite.

Because Wang Ruhai knew that although he was of extremely noble status and was the highest official of the court in Guangdong and Liangyue, Guan Zongtang was now appointed Governor-General of East Guangdong by the court, and his official rank was no lower than his, not to mention that the Guan family now had an army of more than 50,000 soldiers and horses to unify East Guangdong.

This is something Wang Ruhai cannot ignore at all.

Behind Wang Ruhai followed a Qing court minister who saluted Guan Zongtang.

"Your humble servant, Nalan Yuanshu, pays homage to the Governor-General."

As he spoke, Nalan Yuanshu couldn't help but glance at Guan Shaoqing and Wu San who were following closely on Guan Zongtang's left and right sides, because he felt threatened by both of them, especially Guan Shaoqing, who gave him a feeling of being unfathomable.

This made Nalan Yuanshu feel a little uneasy, because you have to know that his current cultivation level has already reached that of a martial arts master, and the fact that he felt threatened meant that Guan Shaoqing and Wu San were at least martial arts masters as well.

But martial arts masters are so rare, but two of them suddenly appeared in the Guan family. Especially since Guan Shaoqing is so young, no wonder he was able to behead Huang Hucheng.

Martial arts master.

Guan Shaoqing and Wu San also looked at Nalan Yuanshu, and also sensed Nalan Yuanshu's strength.

It seems that there are still many experts in the Qing court.

Guan Shaoqing thought to himself, and at the same time felt that Nalan Yuanshu's appearance and name were somewhat familiar, as if he had heard of him somewhere.

Guan Shaoqing soon remembered.

Nalan Yuanshu.

Wong Fei Hung!
(End of this chapter)