Orders from All Heavens: Earn rewards by playing a guest role

Chapter 267 Cai Yan, Secretary Order

in the afternoon.

A young girl was brought into the palace by a palace maid.

"Your Majesty, the person has been brought."

A palace maid came to report.

Zhang Jiao waved his hand, telling her to leave.

"This humble woman, Cai Yan, greets Your Majesty!"

"Long live your majesty!"

Cai Yan stepped forward, knelt down, and bowed.

"No courtesy, stay on your own."

Zhang Jiao looked at the girl in front of him with curiosity.

She was Cai Yan, the daughter of Cai Yong.

She was graceful and beautiful, possessing both talent and beauty.

"I hereby appoint you as my Secretary, to accompany me and handle some affairs. Are you willing?"

Zhang Jiao asked in a gentle tone.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

Cai Yan was surprised to hear this, but still bowed gracefully.

"Someone, take the secretary to bathe and change clothes."

Zhang Jiao summoned palace maids to help Cai Yan bathe and change her clothes.

Cai Yan bowed her head in gratitude and then followed the palace maids into the inner palace.

About half an hour later, Cai Yan returned.

She changed into the official uniform of a secretary, giving her a heroic and dashing appearance, as well as a unique charm.

"Good, let's get to work."

Zhang Jiao nodded slightly and offered a word of praise.

Cai Yan stood beside him with her head down, and began to help him with some official business.

This was her first time participating in the administration of an imperial dynasty.

Cai Yan's heart was racing; she was a little nervous.

Noticing her nervousness, Zhang Jiao gently comforted her, "Don't be nervous. Show me your talent. I believe you can handle this job."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have noted it down."

Upon hearing this, Cai Yan suddenly felt strangely relieved.

She then diligently helped Zhang Jiao process the various official documents.

"Come here, I will tell you what to write."

Zhang Jiao held an imperial edict, thought for a moment, and handed it to Cai Yan, who was standing next to him.

Cai Yan was startled and quickly picked up her pen to listen.

"Zhaoji, I want to establish an imperial examination system, divided into male and female categories, so that both can participate in the examination. Those who are talented and outstanding can enter the court as officials."

"You decide how to write it; you write it."

After saying this, Zhang Jiao picked up the other memorials to examine.

Subsequently, some memorials were approved and sent out, some of which needed to be circulated throughout the land.

Some of them needed to be distributed to Cao Cao, who was below him.

After all, he had already been appointed as prime minister, and most of the work needed to be done by him.

The task of forming the cabinet was entrusted to Cao Cao.

"Your Majesty, I have finished writing."

At this moment, Cai Yan whispered a reminder.

Zhang Jiao took a look and his eyes revealed a hint of surprise and admiration.

"Indeed, Zhao Ji's writing deeply resonates with me."

He praised her with satisfaction, and then said, "Proclaim it to the world as you wrote it. Also, take this imperial edict and read it aloud."

After Zhang Jiao finished speaking, he stamped an imperial edict with the imperial seal and handed it to Cai Yan to read aloud.

"Yes!"

Cai Yan has already mastered this job.

Holding the imperial edict, she strode out.

As they arrived outside the palace, they saw Cao Cao pacing anxiously back and forth.

"Imperial edict has arrived! Cao Mengde, receive the edict!"

Cai Yan's clear voice rang out.

Cao Cao was startled and hurriedly stepped forward to kneel and receive the imperial decree.

"By the grace of Heaven, Cao Mengde is hereby appointed as Chancellor, and is ordered to begin forming a cabinet to assist Your Majesty in handling state affairs without error."

"By imperial decree, Prime Minister Cao, effective immediately, begin preparations for establishing a special imperial examination and a women's examination. All talented individuals, regardless of gender, are permitted to participate in the examination and serve as officials in the court. This is the imperial decree!"

"Your subject, Cao Mengde, receives the imperial decree and expresses his gratitude!"

Cao Cao respectfully accepted the imperial edict with both hands.

He looked up slightly and was surprised to find that the person delivering the imperial edict was actually his teacher's daughter, Cai Yan.

"Junior sister?"

Cao Cao was greatly surprised.

Cai Yan nodded slightly: "Senior brother, you should go now, and do not fail His Majesty's grace."

"Yes, Senior Brother understands."

Cao Cao nodded slightly.

Cai Yan didn't say anything more and turned to go back to the palace.

Looking at his junior sister's retreating figure, Cao Cao sighed inwardly, never expecting that his junior sister would become His Majesty's secretary.

And he transformed into the prime minister?

Suddenly becoming prime minister left him feeling somewhat dazed, yet also excited.

He was loyal to the Han Dynasty, but the problem is that the central government of the Han Dynasty has now been overthrown.

Zhang Jiao then began a thorough investigation of all officials, arresting those who had committed wrongdoings, oppressed the local people, and engaged in illegal activities.

One after another, the homes of powerful and influential people in Luoyang were confiscated.

The confiscated property was put to public use, and then the army was reorganized.

He implemented these measures one by one, and the entire Luoyang region came under his firm control.

"Someone, summon the thirty-six regional commanders."

Inside the palace, Zhang Jiao issued an order.

The leaders of various factions who had just arrived received the imperial edict and excitedly went to the palace to see Zhang Jiao, their great and wise teacher, and the Heavenly Emperor.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"

Soon after, all thirty-six commanders arrived.

Zhang Niujiao, Chu Feiyan (Zhang Yan), Huang Long, Zuo Xiao, Yu Digen, Zhang Baiqi, Liu Shi, Bai Que, Yang Feng, Yu Du, Zhang Mancheng, Bo Cai, etc.

All thirty-six commanders knelt before him.

Zhang Jiao, expressionless, scanned the crowd one by one.

Many of them carried a sense of resentment, clearly having done something that violated the new religious rules along the way.

"I have said that the new religious rules must be followed. It seems that some of you have ignored my words."

Zhang Jiao said these words with a cold smile.

"Your Majesty, you are the Heavenly General."

"We overthrew the Han Dynasty, you ascended the throne and became emperor, shouldn't we also enjoy some of the benefits?"

"That's right, General Tiangong, we've followed you all, shouldn't we enjoy the fruits of our labor after conquering the world?"

One by one, the commanders shouted.

They were completely unaware that the Zhang Jiao in front of them was no longer the Zhang Jiao they knew.

Moreover, even Zhang Jiao in the past would never have allowed anyone to speak to him like that.

“If you have violated the religious rules, then let Huang Tian judge your crimes.”

Zhang Jiao remained expressionless and raised his hand to shake hands.

Boom~~

Thunderclouds immediately surged within the main hall, looming over the heads of the thirty-six commanders.

A dense, interwoven pattern of lightning flashed and trembled, causing all the commanders to kneel in terror.

"General of Heaven, spare my life!"

"We were wrong~~"

The commanders who had just been talking back turned pale and knelt down in terror, begging for mercy.

The other commanders knelt there, their heads buried in the ground, too afraid to get up.

"Whether someone is guilty or not, it's up to Heaven to decide."

Zhang Jiao spoke calmly, and with a wave of his hand, the thunderclouds descended.

Boom~~

"what..."

Thunderclouds rolled, and screams of agony echoed through the air.

The hall quickly fell silent.

When the thunderclouds dispersed, revealing the people below, almost half of the thirty-six commanders were gone.

Only half of the people remained, kneeling there trembling, their entire bodies soaked in sweat.

"Of the thirty-six tribal leaders, only fifteen are able to abide by the new doctrines. It seems you all believe that what I said is a lie?"

Zhang Jiao no longer refers to himself as "I" (朕), but as "this seat" (本座).

This shows how much murderous intent he harbored.

Cai Yan, standing to the side, stared wide-eyed at the ball of thundercloud in his hand.

The lightning flashed, how amazing!

"We know our guilt, Your Majesty, please forgive us!"

The remaining fifteen commanders begged for mercy in terror.

Zhang Jiao snorted coldly and said, "I'll give you one chance. Go down and reorganize the thirty-six forces. How to deal with anyone who has violated the new doctrine is up to you."

"If you don't do a good job, don't come back."

His tone was icy, carrying a chilling killing intent.

"Thank you for your grace!"

"Your Majesty, we will certainly fulfill your wishes."

The fifteen commanders hurriedly kowtowed in thanks, and then obediently withdrew one by one.

This time, we'll teach them a profound lesson.

Do you really think Zhang Jiao is easy to fool?

They killed most of them upon meeting them, all because they were struck by lightning and turned to dust for violating the new religious rules.

Such a way of dying filled all the leaders with immense fear.

I truly witnessed Zhang Jiao's powerful methods and terrifying magic.

"Zhaoji, do you wish to become an immortal?"

Zhang Jiao asked with a smile.

Cai Yan blinked: "I dare not presume to do so."

"I will pass on a cultivation technique to you; cultivate it diligently."

After he finished speaking, he pointed a finger at Cai Yan's brow and transmitted to her a cultivation technique.

"Your Majesty, I thank you for your grace."

Cai Yan was both surprised and delighted, and hurriedly knelt down to express her gratitude.

"No need to be polite, just get up."

As soon as Zhang Jiao raised his hand, Cai Yan was lifted up by a gentle force.

Her feelings were complicated, and she didn't know how to describe them.

"Alright, it's time for you to go home."

After Zhang Jiao finished speaking, he waved his hand and turned to walk towards the inner palace.

Cai Yan stood there blankly, looking completely bewildered.

get off work?

Isn't the Secretary-General supposed to stay close to the Emperor at all times?

Cai Yan left the palace in a daze and rode in a royal carriage towards her home.

A group of heavenly soldiers escorted her back.

As soon as Cai Yan arrived home, she saw her father sitting there with a worried look on his face.

"Daddy?"

Cai Yan called out.

Cai Yong then came to his senses and hurriedly went forward to ask his daughter how she had been in the palace that day.