Chapter 313 Rewards for meritorious deeds
On the fifth day of December, Zhenghe!
The whole country has been celebrating together for several days, and the imperial edict for amnesty was also issued. In addition to the serious crimes of murder, rebellion, etc., the other prisoners who committed crimes such as stealing, robbery and selling private salt were all released.
Originally, Empress Dowager Cao thought about exempting tax for one year, but was stopped by the court officials. Now that the war has just passed, all the remedial tasks of pension and reconstruction require a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources to maintain.
This time, nearly one million troops were dispatched. The war lasted for more than a year. The thousand taels spent was an astronomical figure. The national treasury had already seen the bottom. In addition, there were rewards for the heroes, which was another large amount of expenses. If taxes were reduced or exempted, I was afraid that the court would not even pay the salaries of officials for years!
This war is about a comprehensive national strength.
This day's grand dynasty meeting was also a day when the heroes of this war were rewarded.
But when you go to court, the first thing you do is naturally to pay homage to the little emperor and the empress dowager as usual!
Now the eight-year-old emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty is still just a child. There is a curtain on each side behind the dragon throne, and Empress Dowager Yuan and Empress Dowager Cao were seated respectively!
The Great Zhou Dynasty regarded the left as the supreme, so Cao was on the left and Yuan was on the right, and the Empress Dowager's chair was a little higher than that of the Yuan family, to show the difference in status between the two.
Moreover, in the affairs of the court, the Empress Dowager Yuan, usually doesn't speak, but the Empress Dowager who has the final say is the Empress Dowager. Even the jade seal that was deceived by the Grand Prime Minister Han Zhang used a trick to return to the Empress Dowager Cao.
Now the four words "The Empress Dowager" are the heaven in the Great Zhou Dynasty!
As for Emperor Zhenghe, who would care about what an eight-year-old child said?
After a ceremony, it was a reward for the meritorious ministers.
This war not only broke the Western Xia Dynasty that had dominated the northwest for more than a hundred years, expanded its territory for the Great Zhou Dynasty, recaptured the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which were also occupied by the Liao people for hundreds of years, and also the Great Wall, which was the boundary between the Ming and the nomadic civilizations in the north, were all of which were of great achievements. If the reward was too low, it would probably cause a mutiny from the army.
The person who announced the order was the close official Zhu Neiguan beside the empress dowager. Although this old guy is in his sixties, his body is not as strong as the young eunuch, but his voice is loud.
Holding the imperial edict stands on the jade steps and recites aloud.
The first one is naturally a flower-packed article that tells the achievements of this splash of heaven and comforts the ancestors of the Great Zhou and the late emperors of all dynasties.
Then it was a reward for the meritorious ministers.
Wei Yun, the current commander of the Jinyiwei, led his troops with a good reputation. He was appointed as the Marquis of Pingxi. He was inherited from generation to generation. He was given a letter of iron certificate and a coupon of the elixir. He was specially awarded Ronglu Dafu. He also rewarded two thousand taels of gold, one thousand pieces of silk, and one thousand acres of fertile land. He was given a house of the Marquis of Pingxi. He was a servant in charge of countless affairs. He was also a governor of Shaanxi and Gansu. He summarized the government affairs of the local government and promoted Wei Yun to the second rank and was given a python robe and jade belt!
Yuan Wenshao, the current magistrate of the Jinyiwei, made many military achievements and was named Wu Dingbo. He was also inherited. However, he lacked a single iron certificate and a guarantor. He was awarded a thousand taels of gold, five hundred pieces of silk, and five hundred acres of fertile land. He also gave him one Wu Dingbo Mansion and his official position was promoted to the second rank.
Even Ding Jian, who has always been responsible for logistics, was named Jiang Du Bo. The only difference is that he was missing a hereditary and killed for three lifetimes! He was not accorded.
There is also Liang Hao. This time, Liang Hao was also a one-step success. Although his contributions were not as good as Yuan Wenshao, he was also a powerful general who charged into battle. Not only did he even make a surprise plan, he also led the Feng army and the 100,000 border troops to make great achievements. He was also awarded the Guardian Army and was awarded the title of General of the State! Except for not being awarded titles, the rest of the last time were the same as Yuan Wenshao, and even the mansions he was given were next to each other!
All the other generals of the Black Armor Army were promoted to two levels, and the vacant positions were promoted from the Black Armor Army to be confidently promoted. The Qing official department of the Jinyiwei first made a list and a record of the merit, and then submitted it to the Ministry of Revenue, where the court issued the corresponding gold, silver, jewelry and corresponding land contracts, and then handed it to the Qing official department of the Jinyiwei to issue unified distribution.
The British Duke Zhang Qianchong was not awarded the title, but was awarded the title of General Jinwu, who led the position of left governor of the Governor's Office of the Five Army, and was appointed as the guardian. At the same time, he was transferred back to Bianjing from the border to serve in charge. He was given a thousand taels of gold, silk without white skin, and 500 acres of fertile land.
Zhang Qianjun was awarded the title of General of the Cavalry, and was also appointed as the Guardian, commander of the Hebei commander and commander of the Great Wall Guard Army, responsible for the defense of the Great Wall generation. The reward was equivalent to Zhang Qianchong.
Guo Xiting, the commander of the Black Armor Army, also made an indelible contribution. Unfortunately, he did not join the battlefield in the northwest. Otherwise, he would have been able to earn a title and go back. Instead, he was only awarded the title of the commander of the light chariot and was promoted to the third rank, with 500 taels of gold and 100 acres of fertile land, and a mansion in the city of Bianjing!
There is also Gu Tingye. Now Emperor Yong'an has gone, and the court is in trouble. It is time to use people. Under the recommendation of a group of ministers, Empress Dowager Cao also generously returned the title of Ning Yuanhou to Gu Tingye. However, it was only Gu Tingye. The Gu family in the past has become a rebellious. As long as Wei Yun is still in power for one day, they will never have the possibility of rising again.
Moreover, Empress Dowager Cao also returned Chengyuan and Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion to Gu Tingye, but Ningyuan Hou’s title was no longer hereditary, and the iron coupons that were confiscated were not returned. If Gu Tingye wanted to get these things back, he would have to wait until he made new contributions in the future!
In the evening, everyone gathered in Fanlou and drank happily. When they were drunk, Guo Xiting blushed and his eyes blurred. He rushed to Wei Yun and hugged Wei Yun's thighs, and started crying.
Everyone naturally knew why this guy was crying, but seeing that Yuan Wenshao and others had obtained titles with Wei Yun, they all laughed to the sky, continued to drink happily, and talked loudly, but no one paid attention to this kid.
This can only be blamed for being unlucky. Who told him that he was transferred to Taiyuan Prefecture to support Zhang Qianzhong before the war began in the northwest? Although this kid made many military achievements in Yanyun, he personally led 50,000 cavalry to charge and seize the flag. He defeated the Liao army many times, but the key is that compared with destroying the Xixia, the contribution of recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and repelling the Liao army seemed a little small.
Moreover, if Wei Yun had not led a 500,000 army to suddenly arrive and join the battle, and caught the Liao army off guard with thunder, I was afraid that the troops of the two countries would still be exhausted in Yanyun's land, so how could the battle end so quickly?
Not to mention driving the Liao people out of the Great Wall and retreating north of the Great Wall!
Both brothers, Zhang Qianzhong and Zhang Qianjun, were very sensible, so naturally they had nothing to say, but Guo Xiting looked very smart, but when he got drunk, he was a good person. He held Wei Yun's thigh and refused to let go. He cried there, saying why he was so unlucky, so he received the imperial edict at this time and was sent to the north, thus missing the war in the northwest. While crying, all his tears and snot came out all of a sudden.
This is so great that Wei Yun's face changed immediately. He threw the boy out and hurriedly checked his clothes. He was relieved to find that he had not been dirty by the boy.
"Boy, drink when you drink, why are you crazy? This is the clothes my wife made for me by herself. This time I brought this one when I returned to Bianjing. If you get dirty for me, I will stuff you to the old camp to wash clothes for my brothers!"
"Wash the whole camp's clothes!"
Wei Yun pointed at Guo Xiting cursed and said, with a bit of gritting teeth.
Guo Xiting was drunk, but she was still awake when she was drunk. After Wei Yun threw it out, the wine immediately woke up a little bit. After listening to Wei Yun's words, the remaining drunkenness disappeared immediately.
Frowning, with a little bit of self-blame on his face!
If Wei Yun disliked him something else, Guo Xiting might have put it on, but it was the clothes made for Wei Yun by Zhang himself. Guo Xiting was scared. Others didn't know, how could he, Wei Yun's personal guard, not knowing! Anything related to Zhang is a big deal for Wei Yun.
And don’t think that Zhang is just a woman in the back house, but Zhang is very important in front of Guo Xiting, the old brothers of Wei Yun, especially Guo Xiting. His marriage with his wife Shulan is all about Zhang. Fortunately, Wei Yun’s clothes are fine, and although Wei Yun’s words are unforgivable, his eyes are not sharp at all. Guo Xiting then breathed a sigh of relief!
He held the wine pot and apologized and punished Wei Yun, and then he exposed the trouble.
Although Wei Yun revealed it, the big guy who drank together did not mean to let Guo Xiting go!
"Brother Guo! You can't drink enough, you're drunk so much, and you'll be so drunk. If you drive the brothers in your Black Armor Army tomorrow, they know that their commander was drunk and hugged their command thighs and cried, what would you say they would do!"
Zhang Qianjun, who had always been generous, came up and hooked Guo Xiting's neck, and also blushed and laughed loudly: "Hahahaha!"
Zhang Qianjun was holding a wine pot in his other hand, and even walking was shaking, and he didn't have any weight to do it.
As soon as Guo Xiting disappeared, his drunkenness immediately surged again. His already dark face turned red: "Take it, who can't drink enough? I'll just Zhang Qianjun? Come on! Let's compete!"
"Just compare!"
They are all martial artists who lick blood from the blade and earn fame on the horse's back. When drinking wine, they don't want to be as literary as literati. They also have to recite poems and essays to cheer them up.
Drinking a big bowl of wine, eating meat in big mouthfuls, like a whale swallowing a dragon and sucking it, and a cow drinks a horse and chews it is the true nature!
Moreover, the topics between men at the table changed quickly. As soon as the two of them tried to drink, everyone came over and made a fuss around them. They were so tired that the waiter in Fanlou came in and out, running around, adding wine and flesh!
It was another night and all night, drinking and carnival all night!
Wei Yun was the only one with a slightly red face, but he was always awake.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to get drunk, he doesn’t want to get drunk, but that he can’t get drunk!
Wei Yun is indeed full of flowers and has made great achievements now, but it is precisely because of this that Wei Yun has concerns in his heart!
Now the empress dowager Cao, who is in power in the Great Zhou Dynasty, may never wake up again when he falls asleep! The little emperor is only eight years old this year and is still an ignorant child. He has no way to take on the responsibility and take on great responsibilities.
But at this time Wei Yun made such a great contribution to the heavens. As the saying goes, the weak leader and the strong ministers are the way to cause disaster!
It’s hard to say in Gansu. In the past, the Western Xia nobles died and fled, and the only ones left became despaired dogs, but Shaanxi is different.
There are so many families in Guanzhong. I don’t know how much of their interests the new policies implemented by Wei Yun in Shaanxi have violated their interests. Although Wei Yun has been constantly starting trade and introduced various preferential policies over the years, the families of those families have earned more money.
But the hearts of the people in this world will never be satisfied!
I don’t know how many people secretly regard Wei Yun as a thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh. In the past, Wei Yun told Gu Tingye that he had been stabbed more than ten times, but not that he was lying nonsense, but that he was actually assassinated.
The more colorful Wei Yun is, the more he should not be careless. The higher he is, the more he is, the more he should be careful, because if one wrong step is, it is very likely that the abyss that greet Wei Yun is the abyss!
The first ray of morning light in the sky shone through the window and into the elegant room, which was a little dazzling. Wei Yun subconsciously raised his hand to cover his eyes, and his eyes swept across the people who were drunk all over the ground, and his eyes stayed on the sunshine falling from the sky into the house, with some dazzling sunshine.
Suddenly, I thought of a sentence from Mr. Qu Yuan: The road is long and arduous, and I will search up and down!
Chapter completed!