Chapter 21 The Family of the Aristocratic Family

"Dear friends, Pojun camp has made such great contributions. Do you think I should reward them? Especially Chen Pojun, which is the first merit in the expedition of Liao this time. I must reward him well." After Yang Guang returned to the imperial throne, he stroked his long beard and looked at the ministers below and asked. At this time, he had lost his anger at all, and his heart was full of confidence in winning the Eastern Expedition of Goguryeo.

Pei Shiju and Pei Yun were both leaders of the Pei family. They looked at each other quietly and had an idea in their hearts. Pei Shiju stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that General Chen is not only brave in the three armies, but also understands military strategies. Such beautiful jade should be given a high-ranking position and often accompany your Majesty to protect Your Majesty. The old minister thinks that General Chen not only defeated the enemy's formation this time, but also captured nearly 20,000 enemies and captured a strong city. He also suppressed more than 200,000 precious food and grass for our army, and many weapons, and also captured a commander of Goguryeo. The old minister thinks that such a contribution to the sky should be the position of a golden and purple light and wealth master."

As soon as Pei Shiju finished speaking, several ministers in the account shook their heads, especially Su Wei, who was over 80 years old in his political tumbler, sighed in his heart. It seems that Chen Pojun, who made great contributions today, was jealous of others. This Jin Zi Guanglu Dafu is a third-rank official position. In terms of rank, it is the same level as the generals of the Twelve Guards and Four Prefectures. But in fact, everyone who knows it knows that it is not the same thing at all, and there are big tricks in it.

Most of the official system of the Great Sui Dynasty followed the Northern Zhou system. Officials with specific duties were called official officials, and those without specific duties were called sanguans. They were specially used to teach those civil and military officials with noble character and famous reputation, but these official positions were all in charge, that is, i.e. i.e. i.e. i.e. i.e. i.e. i.e. i.e.

In the third year of Daye, the emperor changed many official systems and merged the original 16th-rank official and 11th-rank official. The merged scattered positions were also divided into ninth-rank official, the highest was the first-rank Guanglu Dafu, and the lowest was the ninth-rank Li Xinwei. Now what Pei Shiju mentioned is the fourth-rank official, the third-rank official, with a good reputation, but no real position. In later generations, it was like a municipal party secretary who was very happy and suddenly promoted him to the province and became the deputy director of the provincial people's congress. One was a real position, one was a senior official, and the other was just a free job in nursing homes, which means he had retreated to the second line.

Pei Shiju's idea is this. I don't know if Chen Kefu can use it for him, so I temporarily kept him cold before he was promoted and surrendered. He went from a general who led troops to a consultant who could only follow the emperor every day. If they tame Chen Kefu and can do it for him, then let him go out to lead the troops.

Yuwen Shu always remembered this nominal subordinate, and he had been thinking about ways to win over Chen Kefu. Moreover, he had always been incompatible with the Pei family. At this time, when he saw Pei Shiju wanting to stumbling, he immediately stood up.

"Your Majesty, I think that although Chen Kefu made great contributions this time, he only won a victory. I think of the Emperor, the Emperor, who has made great achievements in martial arts, fought in the south and north, destroyed countless tribes and countries. Now Chen Kefu has just captured a small city. If His Majesty rewards him a third-rank high-ranking official, how will His Majesty reward him if he wins any more battles in the future? Moreover, Chen Kefu is only twenty-three years old this year, too young. Your Majesty might as well let him temper it, and he will definitely make new contributions to my Sui in the future."

Yuwen Shu was also very smart, and did not directly say that Jin Zi Guanglu Dafu is a free position. Instead, he said that the official is too high and the person is too young, which is not suitable. Let’s promote it slowly and give it a smaller official.

However, as soon as he said it, all the ministers understood what he meant. Yang Guang stroked his long beard and smiled, "The position of Jin Zi Guanglu Dafu is indeed not suitable. Does General Yuwen have any good suggestions?"

Yuwen Shu bowed, "Your Majesty, now that my army is fighting Goguryeo, we need a powerful general like Chen Kefu, a wise general. Just as one of the two left guards of the Left Guards of the Left Guards of the Left Guards of the Left Guards of the Left Guards, Chen Kefu is also a member of the Left Guards of the Left Guards. Why don't your Majesty mention him as the Left Guards of the Left Guards? This shows the great grace of the emperor and will not bury his skills. If Chen Kefu is my Left Guards of the Left Guards, my Left Guards will definitely make new contributions to Your Majesty."

When the ministers heard Yuwen Shu's words, they were all whispering. Although Pei Shiju just mentioned a third-rank official, no one took that seriously, because even if the emperor really rewarded Chen Kefu's official position, it would be just a dispersed official, and it would have no meaning except to receive more salary. However, the position of the General of Zuo Yiwei is not a idle position.

The four prefectures of the twelve guards of the Sui Dynasty were collectively called the Sixteen guards. Each guard had one general, two generals, four generals, and six generals of Wu Benlang. This general was equivalent to the commander of the military region, and was the third-rank general second only to the prime minister. The two generals were equivalent to the chief of staff of the military region and the political commissar, and were from the third-rank. General Wu Benlang, who was equivalent to the commander of the group army, was the fourth-rank general, and six generals of Wu Ya Lang, who were equivalent to the deputy military post, were from the fourth-rank general.

Originally, Chen Kefu was General Yingyang Lang, who was a fifth-ranked rank, and was probably equivalent to the level of a division commander. He was far behind General Wuya Lang from the fourth-rank. Now, Yuwen Shu directly proposed to Chen Kefu as Chief of Staff of the Military Region, which was a third-level promotion. Moreover, such a position is generally equivalent to the reserve team of the general, and the next step is to transfer the position of General.

A third-rank Jin Zi Guanglu doctor is the kind who is drinking tea at home and waiting to die. A third-rank Zuo Yiwei General is the second-in-command of Zuo Yiwei, one of the sixteen guards in the country. His soldiers account for almost one-twelve of the country. Although he is not up to him, he is almost done.

If he was promoted to three levels in a row, if he was just a small official, then no one would say anything. After all, the emperor liked him. However, a fifth-rank official who was equivalent to the prefect of the Central County was upgraded to three levels at once, becoming an official of the same level as the chief secretary and secretary of the secretariat, one of the three central provinces. This made many officials in the big account who had been almost in their lifetime and never reached the third-rank official.

However, Yang Guang seemed to think there was nothing wrong with this place, and nodded, "What Yuwen Aiqing said makes sense!"

This time, everyone understood what the Emperor Emperor meant. Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, since the founding of the late emperor, the emperor has begun to constantly suppress the aristocratic families. Not only did he abolish the Nine-rank Zhongzheng system, but he created an imperial examination that would give all poor families the world a chance to become officials. Not only that, Yang Guang also often promoted some poor disciples from the poor family. For example, the sharp fruit of yesterday was not promoted by His Majesty to be a fifth-rank Wu Yonglang General. Now it seems that His Majesty had a heart to call this young man without any foundation this time. He just borrowed the mouth of Lord Yuwen. For a moment, everyone had nothing to say except for expressing envy and jealousy towards Chen Kefu, who had been lucky twice in a row.

Pei Yun and Pei Shiju were both unwilling to look at each other. If the matter was really settled this time, then Chen Kefu would definitely be resentful to them in the future, and maybe he would turn to his opponent Yuwen family, which was something they could not tolerate.

Pei Yun walked out and said, "Your Majesty, I think that although Po Junbasin made great contributions this time, my own casualties were more than one-third lost. I shouldn't continue to leave them outside to guard Xincheng. I think that in order to improve the meritorious soldiers of Po Junbasin, why don't Your Majesty let Guanglu Dafu? General Pei Renji, the General of the Left Wu Guard, leads troops to replace them, and ask General Chen Kefu to lead his troops to take the seized food and equipment back to the camp. Moreover, although General Chen Kefu is brave, he will eventually

Gui is too young. I think it is not appropriate to let him take the post of General Zuo Yigu. I think it is better to promote him to the fourth-rank Zuo Beishi Mansion Zhe Chonglang General, let him command Xiaoguo and guard the left and right guards, and he can also learn some military tactics and battle formations from Your Majesty, and to sharpen them for a few more years. If you feel that the reward is too light, Your Majesty can reward him with the third-rank Silver Green Light Lu Doctor, and give him more golden land slaves, which can further show the great grace of the emperor."

Pei Yun's mind was very simple. Even if he could not stop the emperor from rewarding Chen Kefu, he could not let him join his opponent's disciple. He directly promoted him to the general of Zhe Chonglang of the Zuo Beisen Mansion. Zuo Beisen Mansion was the imperial guard beside the emperor and did not command the military. This was also considered to prevent him and Yuwen Shu from coming together.

Yang Guang sat on the imperial throne and glanced at the generals in the tent, and was very satisfied with the proposal. In this way, Chen Kefu was completely by his side and could cultivate this powerful general with no foundation to become his confidant. Although Yuwen Shu was also considered his confidant, the Yuwen family was a bit too powerful now, and he had to be a little cautious. If Chen Kefu had not been born in poverty and aristocrats, Yang Guang would have considered marrying his second daughter, who was just thirteen years old, to Chen Kefu. However, thinking about Chen Kefu's background, Yang Guang gave up that plan. The emperor's daughter was more about the union of political interests, rather than so casual.

"Okay, Chen Pojun, the general of Yingyanglang of the Pojun camp, bravely enforced the three armies, and it is even more rare to be extremely intelligent. With three thousand defeated ten thousand enemies, he even won one big city, obtained tens of thousands of cattle and horses, more than 200,000 stones of grain, countless equipment, and tens of thousands of people. I am very happy. Now I will specially promote it as the third-rank silver and green Guanglu Dafu, the fourth-rank Zhechong Lang General of the Zuo Beisen Mansion, and the Dongdu gave the first seat to the palace, rewarding one thousand taels of gold, ten thousand stagnant of money, ten thousand stagnant of land, and a hundred slaves.

The command of the Po Junying Camp will escort all the prisoners in the new city, the population of Goguryeo, and military equipment, and food and grass back to the camp. All the soldiers of the Po Junying Camp will be promoted to the first level. The generals above the team will be rewarded with 500 stags of copper coins and 100 mu of land. The guards below the team will be rewarded with 100 stags of land and 20 mu of land. The meritorious guards will be promoted to the team commander and deputy. All three thousand soldiers of the Zuoyi Guard will be transferred to the Zuo Beisen Mansion and will still be commanded by Chen Kefu."
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