hsntnovel Chapter 2360 Token.
Chapter 2360 Token.
Liao Deshang was a military officer of the Anxi Protectorate, one of the six military departments, and held a seventh-rank official position.
The seventh rank official position is not low, and it also occupies a place in the Protectorate.
Responsible for handling document processing for the entire Army.
Liao Deshang's official position was half a level higher than that of the military officer in Xizhou Prefecture.
He never expected that King Ji would dismiss his military officer. Didn't King Ji know that he didn't have this right?
Although Prince Ji is a prince, the country has its own laws and the family has its own rules. Although the prince has a noble status, his rights are still determined by his actual official position.
Otherwise, every prince could arbitrarily place his own people in important departments, wouldn’t that cause chaos?
"Your Highness Prince Ji, my position as a military officer in the Anxi Protectorate was bestowed by the imperial court. Your Highness Prince Ji has no authority to dismiss me.
I know that His Royal Highness Prince Ji is the acting governor of Xizhou Prefecture and can be in charge of the affairs of Xizhou Prefecture, but I am not an official of Xizhou Prefecture.
Only the Grand Protector has such rights."
Liao Deshang's expression was humble, but his words were neither humble nor arrogant. "You are only the governor of Xizhou Prefecture, and you have no authority over the officials of my Protectorate."
Although he was afraid of King Ji, since it concerned his own official position and interests, he had to fight even though he was afraid.
"Hehehe!" Li Shen sneered after hearing Liao Deshang's words.
After all this time, Li Shen finally met someone who dared to contradict him. This made him very happy. It was lonely at the top, and too much success was boring.
"Liao Deshang, it seems that you are not willing to obey my orders. Very good. I like people with backbone like you.
You're just a little stupid."
"What does your highness Prince Ji mean?" Liao Deshang was a little confused when he heard Li Shen calling him stupid.
"It's very simple. Do you think this king is young and frivolous? Or do you think this king is brainless and arrogant?
Don't forget, I am His Majesty's son. How could I be the kind of person who acts impulsively, arrogantly, and irrationally? "
Looking at Liao Deshang, Li Shen asked coldly.
"I dare not." Liao Deshang saluted hastily. The mention of His Majesty was mentioned here. But in his heart, he thought, "You are just such a person."
In his opinion, Prince Ji was brainless, arrogant, impulsive and unreasonable.
"It's okay, you can do it. Liao Deshang, I believe you should have read the court documents before I came here.
My first identity is the Grand Commander of the Kunqiu Road Army, and my second identity is the Governor of Xizhou Prefecture.
Neither of these two identities can control you, but I still have a magic weapon that I haven't shown you yet."
Li Shen said this and stretched out his hand towards Wang Xuance.
Wang Xuance quickly took out a token from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Li Shen.
This is the token given to Li Shen by Li Shimin. Li Shen usually carries it with him. He will only give it to Wang Xuance when Wang Xuance comes to Xizhou Prefecture to handle things for him.
If this thing was lost, Li Shen would probably have to give the entire treasure house of Prince Ji's Mansion to Li Shimin in order to avoid punishment.
So Li Shen was very cautious.
"Look what this is?" Li Shen threw the token over.
Liao Deshang caught it in a hurry. It felt heavy in his hand and the whole token was golden. But based on his experience, this token was definitely not made of gold, let alone iron.
It was a land neither gold nor silver, and it felt icy cold to the touch. Looking at the words above, Liao Deshang was horrified, his legs trembling, and sweat began to form on his forehead.
The token in his hand is oval in shape, with a large word "敕" on the front, on which is written the emperor's edict. Two dragons are carved on both sides, and auspicious clouds surround it.
The back is decorated with patterns all around, with the Emperor's Order written on top and "Live Long and Prosper, Mandate from Heaven" written below.
"What? Never seen it?" Li Shen asked playfully.
"This is Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Liao Deshang kept saying "Your Majesty" for a long time but couldn't utter the following words. He had never seen this token before.
As officials, the fishing charms they carry are also a kind of identity token.
This fish token is different from the fish token used to mobilize troops. It is a proof of their identity.
But it was almost the same, because their fish tokens were also divided into two pieces, one in their own hands and the other kept in the Ministry of Personnel.
They had never heard that the emperor had such a token, but Liao Deshang thought that it might be because his rank was too low that he didn't know about it.
"This is your majesty's token. There is only one in the world. It is made of meteorite iron from outer space and cannot be prevented.
You don't think I would pretend to be His Majesty's token just for a mere soldier like you, do you?"
Li Shen leaned over and said to Liao Deshang with a smile.
Liao Deshang saluted quickly and respectfully raised the token with both hands and handed it to Li Shen.
Li Shen saw that Liao Deshang's hands were shaking.
He was so happy, he was so cool.
He took the token and played with it in his hand.
This token is not simple. It was specially made by his father.
After the assassination attempt in the north, his father saw the uniqueness of the Ji Wang Mansion token, so he asked Li Shen to make one for him.
The style was decided after asking craftsmen in the palace to draw dozens of drawings.
It took a full month, and after continuous improvements and attempts by the research institute, various metals were fused together to produce it.
It is so hard that it can be chopped with Li Shen’s alloy knife without any damage.
This is not what he wants to do, it's because his father is too perverted, and he has to chop Li Ang's alloy knife more than ten times every time.
As long as there is a gap, Li Shen will be asked to go back and redo it immediately, and he may even have to call him a bastard.
In the end, Li Shen was almost driven crazy.
Li Shen will only make such a token once, and there will not be another one.
"I dare not question it." Liao Deshang returned to his original position and saluted respectfully.
"That's good. Before I came here, His Majesty granted me the ability to act at my own discretion. It was originally intended to handle the important affairs of Anxi.
I didn't expect it would be used on a small soldier like you. You should feel honored.
Do you have any objections to my order just now?"
Playing with the token, Li Shen said proudly.
"I have no objection. When I return, I will definitely discipline my rebellious son and make sure he doesn't dare to do evil again."
Liao Deshang bowed deeply.
"That's good, Liao Deshang. You should be thankful that your son is not in Chang'an City. Otherwise, given his behavior, he would have been beaten to death by the sons of nobles in the capital.
Rather than letting others discipline you in the future, it is better for you to discipline you now.
So as to avoid bringing great disaster to your Liao family in the future."
Seeing Liao Deshang's change of attitude, Li Shen also calmed down a lot.
“Your Highness Prince Ji’s reprimand is due to my negligence in daily discipline, which has led to his arrogance and domineering behavior.
It is his honor to be taught by His Royal Highness Prince Ji today." Liao Deshang is quite sensible.
He knew that what Prince Ji said was right. If his son were like this in Chang'an City, he would have been beaten to death by the playboys in the capital long ago.
(There is no information about the emperor wearing a token, but it is portrayed that way in TV dramas. This token is also made up by me.
I found out that only officials have identity tokens.)