Behind the splendor and glory of every undertaking lay hardships, painstaking effort, and even sordid deeds unknown to the world!
Even as Zhuge Manor suffered the calamity of clan extermination, becoming a hell on earth and a bloody slaughterhouse, the Great Huan Dynasty's Nine Dragons Imperial Capital was holding a magnificent, glorious imperial-dynasty-level enfeoffment ceremony amid grand fanfare, jubilant songs, and nationwide celebration. As they celebrated and offered congratulations, who could have imagined that the Huan Emperor, busy investing his civil and military officials, was simultaneously directing a group of experts from afar to exterminate the Zhuge Clan on fabricated charges?!
"By the mandate of Heaven, our king decrees:
Effective immediately, in addition to the Three Excellencies and Nine Ministers, the Great Huan Dynasty shall establish another department... the Martial Department, divided into the Martial-Pacifying Office and the Great Huan Office, commanding the Martial-Clad Guard and the Huan-Clad Guard respectively. They shall answer directly to our emperor, overawe all beneath Heaven, and oversee the realm.
Lan Ge, wise and discerning, whose might awes the martial world, whose achievements are outstanding, and whose service has benefited the realm, is hereby invested as Martial-Calming King, granted the Lord King Grade Fruition Rank, a royal seal with silver ribbons, command of the Martial-Pacifying Office and the Martial-Clad Guard, and authority to overawe all martial affairs beneath Heaven. His hereditary fief shall be Yongping (a place name);
Jiang Yao, perceptive and farsighted, versed in the affairs of the world, vigilant over the Four Seas, and meritorious in assisting the state, is hereby invested as Greedy Wolf King, granted the Lord King Grade Fruition Rank, a royal seal with silver ribbons, and one Nine Dragons Martial Huan Gold Medallion. He shall head the Great Huan Office, command the Huan-Clad Guard, and oversee the realm;
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