Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 678
Chapter 679: The Great Seal of All Officials
In the tenth year of Tiantong, on October [-]th, in Luoyang, in the Zichen Palace, Deng Sheng, Deng Hao, and Deng Huan's ancestors and grandchildren were discussing matters behind closed doors.

Now Xue Rengui is leading the main army to defeat Zhao and is on the way back to the court. Calculated according to the speed, it will take less than half a month to reach Luoyang City. Today, it is necessary to discuss the regulations for the award, otherwise it will be too late.

"Hao'er, if there are no accidents, this time the big award will be the last time during my reign, and it is even likely that there will be no more in the future, so for all the awards for meritorious officials, we must do it well. Be perfect, and strive to be worthy of everyone's achievements, to make people satisfied!" Deng Sheng said.

Since Deng Sheng inherited the throne of Deng, there have been two large-scale rewards for meritorious officials. One was at the beginning of his enthronement, in order to win people's hearts. Pulled back, the war to protect the country will definitely be a big reward.

The second time was ten years ago when he was proclaiming the emperor, he perfected Deng Guo's title system, and at the same time rewarded all the meritorious ministers.

This time is the third time, and it is very likely to be the last time. After all, this time the big reward was done because Zhao was destroyed and the world was unified. If you want to have such a big reward in the future, unless it is Deng When the country is in danger of subjugation, it is time to turn the tide.

Deng Hao on the side was in a bit of a dilemma. With the improvement of Deng's various systems, conferring titles is no longer as casual as when Deng Sheng ascended the throne. Every conferment of a title is justified, so Over the years, the only time that people have been criticized is when Deng Sheng's eldest daughter, the eldest daughter of Nanyang, Princess Deng Qian, married Chunping Jun Luocheng's second son, Luo Ping.

However, the most telling thing is that when Luo Ping had no achievements, he was bestowed a viscount. After all, although Luo Cheng was suddenly mentioned from a marquis to a monarch, Luo Cheng had also followed Deng Sheng for more than [-] years and had been in charge of Yan. Yun Shibaqi, who fought south and north, can be regarded as a generation with illustrious military exploits, and a monarch can be regarded as well-deserved.

But Luo Ping's Viscount is a bit unreasonable. Before marrying Deng Qian, Luo Ping was just a small general of the Habayashi Guard, and he had never even been on the battlefield. For Deng Qian's favor, the ministers didn't say much even if they complained, after all, it was just a viscount, Deng Guo had no one hundred and eighty.

Deng Hao and Deng Sheng think differently. Deng Sheng is the master of pioneering, while Deng Hao is a conservative king. He made great contributions, and Deng Sheng also gained the reputation of being kind to the heroes.

But it's different when it comes to Deng Hao. Deng Hao has to think more about Deng Sheng's death, and even his own descendants.

Although the title of Deng Guo is not hereditary, but if there are no major problems, a duke title can at least guarantee the well-being of more than a dozen generations of descendants, but the title on the head will be downgraded layer by layer.

Now these civil and military officers with titles are all meritorious ministers of Deng Guo, capable and ambitious, and able to serve the country, but what about their descendants?If there are no outstanding talents, wouldn't it be a burden to the country, a big cancer that cannot go away?

Therefore, Deng Hao is very strict about bestowing the title. It is conceivable that after Deng Hao succeeds to the throne, it will not be so easy to obtain the title.

But this time, after all, it is a big event that will stir the whole country, the unification of the world. This is something that no one has done in the past 300 years since Qin Shihuang. Now that it has been completed in the hands of Deng Sheng, it is impossible to be stingy about the title.

Deng Hao said: "Father, with regard to this award, I think that we should not only look at the merits and demerits of defeating Zhao Yizhan, but also go back to the previous merits and demerits, select some people with outstanding achievements, and promote them to the first rank, and the rest According to personal merits, they may be promoted to nobility, or to increase food, or to be promoted, or to give property to show their honor. In addition, since the establishment of the father, there are only 28 people in Lingxiao Pavilion. A batch of meritorious service entered the Lingxiao Pavilion."

Deng Guo has many ways to reward meritorious officials, not only conferring titles, but also increasing food towns, but the increased food towns cannot be confiscated. , after making meritorious service, it is possible to increase the food town continuously, no more than the prince's food town, but these additions are food towns, which will be taken back after death, that is to say, when the descendants seize the title, the food town will be restored. Will go back to five thousand households.

Then there is the promotion of titles. Deng Guo has eighteen ranks of official ranks, and the salary and status of each rank are quite different, but the ranks cannot be conferred.

The last thing is to reward property, which is also the simplest reward, just give some money directly.

Deng Sheng nodded in satisfaction. Obviously, Deng Hao was fully prepared for this award, so he asked again: "Do you have a proposal for the specific candidate?"

Deng Hao replied: "Returning to my father, my son thought that all the heroes who are currently in the Lingxiao Pavilion and are still alive should be promoted to the first rank, and the rest of the heroes will be rewarded according to their merits. However, if there is no General Wei Although Deng Zhong was only a marquis, he forced his surrender to Jinyang City and achieved the first victory in destroying Zhao. In addition, Deng Zhong also made great achievements in destroying the Southern Kingdom many years ago. Looking back on his previous achievements, he can surpass the monarch and directly mention it to the county prince. .”

Deng Zhong's performance in this battle against Zhao was really eye-catching. Although there are some suspicions of picking up leaks and picking peaches, no one has to admit that it was Deng Zhong who forced the surrender to Jinyang City, and captured the Emperor of Zhao and the clan. The courtiers are still Deng Zhong. In this regard, no matter how many other people kill enemies on the battlefield or attack cities and villages, they can't compare.

In addition, the most important point is that besides being a marquis, Deng Zhong is also the son of the prince of Runan County. He will inherit the title of prince of Runan County in the future, and his sons will all be dukes of the state. No one can inherit Deng Zhong Therefore, after Deng Zhong's death, this title will be taken back by the court.

"That's very good. You negotiate with the six ministries of the three provinces and list all the ministers who have made meritorious service in the process of Deng's domination of the world since I ascended the throne. They will be rewarded according to their merits. In addition, those who are above the duke will submit the list to me. Give it to me, and I will draw up the title." Deng Sheng said.

"Here!" Deng Hao said happily, the list of awards was drawn up by him in consultation with the six ministries of the three provinces, which gave him a chance to win people's hearts.

"Grandfather, Sun Chen has something to say!" At this time, Deng Huan, who had been silent by the side, said, "Sun Chen thinks that rewards alone are not enough to reflect the achievements of meritorious service and the court's respect for meritorious ministers."

"Oh? I don't know Huan'er, what suggestion do you have?" Deng Sheng looked at Deng Huan with a smile. Since Deng Huan was established as the grandson of the emperor and allowed to travel to the three provinces and six ministries, every time Deng Sheng discussed matters in the Zichen Palace, he would refer to Deng Huan. Huan brought it, but every time Deng Huan was just being a loyal listener and rarely expressed his opinion.

Deng Huan said: "Grandfather, as the saying goes, learn civil and martial arts and sell to the emperor's family. Civil and military careers in politics and the army not only hope to stabilize the country and realize one's ambitions, but also hope that through their own efforts, they can seal their wives and sons and make their names go down in history. Titles and food cities only gave status and wealth to heroes. Among the 28 heroes in Lingxiao Pavilion, Li Wang Caifeng, Ding Wang Huangbiao, Xin Wang Li Tianhu, Yong Wang Suhong, and Yang Wang Chengyu, although they have died for many years, they are listed in Lingxiao Pavilion. Because of this, his deeds are still talked about today."

"Then Huan'er, what do you think should be done so that the people of the world will remember the deeds of these heroes?" Deng Sheng asked.

Regarding Deng Huan's statement, Deng Sheng felt that it was very reasonable. If nothing else, just talk about Huang Biao, Cai Feng, and Li Tianhu. Why do people still miss them decades after their death?You must know that Deng Guo has established the country for three hundred years. Among them, the prime ministers, generals, and hussar generals who have appeared are not ordinary, and there are not a few who are stronger than Cai Feng, Huang Biao, Li Tianhu and others. Biao and Li Tianhu entered the Ling Xiao Pavilion and were respected by the people, so that their deeds can be passed down to the world, while others, with the same status as the three, can only find a few words in the history books.

Deng Huan thought for a while, and said: "Sun Chen once heard from Uncle Qi that when the former Han Dynasty in Guanzhong was founded, there were two famous figures, Xiao He and Cao Can. , but few people know about Cao Shen. Sun Chen believes that the reason why Xiao He can be remembered by the adherents of the former Han Dynasty is because he was once called the Three Heroes of the Han Dynasty by Liu Bang, the king of the Han Dynasty. Heroes with both talent and virtue can emulate the three heroes of Kaihan."

Deng Sheng heard that he agreed with this very much. In later generations, basically every dynasty will have a group of such heroes, such as the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty, the eleven heroes of Qilin Pavilion, the 28 stars of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the five generals of the five tigers of the Three Kingdoms, the five good generals and the four. The British generals, the 24 heroes of Lingyan Pavilion in the Tang Dynasty, the 24 generals of Huaixi in the Ming Dynasty, and even the Republic has ten marshals. These people can be remembered even after countless years have passed.

And in this time and space, although there are no three heroes of the early Han Dynasty, Liu Bang still selected the three heroes of the Kaihan, that is, Xiao He, Chen Ping, and Zhang Liang. As for Han Xin, although he made great contributions to the establishment of the Han Dynasty, but because of Later, when the country was established independently, it was regarded as rebellious by the Han people and excluded.

"Okay, Huan'er, I will leave this matter to you. You select a group of meritorious ministers for Deng, and submit them to me." Deng Sheng said.

"Sun Chen leads the decree!" Deng Huan responded.

Ten days later, the army led by Xue Rengui had already arrived in Hanoi County, and was about to cross the Yellow River.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on October 26th, Deng Hao and Deng Huan presented the lists in their hands to Deng Sheng one by one at Zichen Palace.

Deng Sheng first opened the list that Deng Hao handed over and looked at it. These are all those who need to be promoted to Duke or above, and there are quite a few of them, but most of them are people from the Lingxiao Pavilion.

In addition to the group of people in the Ling Xiao Pavilion, there are also Liu Bowen, Xun Yu, Xun You, Wang Meng, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, Zhang Liao, Murong Chui, Ma Chao, Guan Yu, Zhang Liao, Lu Feng, Li Jing, Wang Yanzhang, Gao Siji, Wu Yunzhao, Luo Cheng.

These people, together with the people in the Lingxiao Pavilion, all need to be promoted, and after being promoted, they are basically above the county magistrate.

Among them, Cui Hao, Jiang Wan, Zhang Bin, Yue Fei, Chang Yuchun, Yang Yanzhao, Xue Rengui, Li Siye, and Murong Ke were originally the Dukes of the state, and after they were promoted, they became King Xun.

Hu Weiyong, Kou Zhun, Fan Zhongyan, Li Xiucheng, Qin Lie, Li Cunxiao, Zhang Fei, Zhu Sheng, Chen Qun, Bao Zheng, and Yao Guangxiao are all county princes. Although Ma Chao, Murong Chui, Guan Yu, and Lu Feng did not enter the High Heaven Pavilion, they are also Dukes of the county, and they are also Dukes of the state after being promoted.

Wang Yanzhang, Gao Siji, Wu Yunzhao, and Li Jing were the county princes before, and the county princes after being promoted.

Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Wang Meng, Liu Bowen, Xun Yu, Xun You, and Luo Cheng had different titles before, some were marquises, some were monarchs, but Deng Hao felt that it was reasonable to mention county magistrates based on the achievements of these people. So they all reported it.

After Deng Sheng read it, he didn't have any comments. Deng Hao's list was basically consistent with what he had guessed, so he said, "Hao'er, I have no other comments on this list!"

"Since father thinks there is no problem, please ask father to draw up a title!" Deng Hao said.

Deng Sheng thought for a while and said: "First of all, the new King Xun, Jiang Wan was named King Cheng, Zhang Bin was named King He, Cui Hao was named King Shun, Yue Fei was named King An, and Chang Yuchun was named King Yong , Yang Yanzhao was named King Zhong, Xue Rengui was named King Qing, Li Siye was named King Yu, and Murong Ke was named King Ying."

Deng Hao took out a pen and paper and continued on one by one.

After talking about King Xun, Deng Sheng began to confer titles of dukes, saying: "Hu Weiyong was named Duke Shen, Kou Zhun was named Duke Zheng, Fan Zhongyan was named Duke Qi, Yao Guangxiao was named Duke Xu, Bao Zheng was named Duke Xia, and Chen Qun was named Duke Yu Guogong, Zhu Sheng was named Han Guogong, Li Xiucheng was named Xu Guogong, Qin Lie was named Yue Guogong, Li Cunxiao was named Zeng Guogong, Zhang Fei was named Ji Guogong, Zhou Yu was named Lu Guogong, Zhang Liao was named Xin Guogong, Murong He was granted the Duke of Wei, Ma Chao the Duke of Liang, Guan Yu the Duke of Liao, and Lu Feng the Duke of Tai."

After talking about the Duke of the State, the next step is the Duke of the County. Deng Sheng said: "Li Jing was granted the title of Duke of Chen, Wang Yanzhang was granted the title of Duke of Qinghe, Gao Siji was granted the title of Duke of Pingyuan, and Wu Yunzhao was granted the title of Duke of Wuwei."

Then there was the county magistrate, who said: "Liu Bowen was named Shangcai County, Pang Tong was named Jiangling County, Zhuge Liang was named Nanzheng County, Xun Yu was named Wuyang County, Xun You was named Liyang County, and Wang Meng was named Ji Yang County Duke, Deng Zhong as the eldest son County Duke, and Luo Cheng as Nan'an County Duke."

After Deng Hao recorded the list one by one, he handed it to Deng Sheng for a review. Deng Sheng checked it and confirmed that it was correct, and said: "Submit this list to the Zhongshu Province to draft an edict, and on the list, the titles are above the Duke of the county. All of them will enter Lingxiao Pavilion."

"Here!" Deng Hao responded.

Afterwards, Deng Sheng opened the list drawn up by Deng Huan, and Deng Huan's list was diversified. In addition to kings and dukes, there were also marquises and earls.

Among them are 20 civil officials, namely Jiang Wan, Cui Hao, Su Hong, Zhang Bin, Cheng Yu, Hu Weiyong, Kou Zhun, Fan Zhongyan, Chen Qun, Bao Zheng, Zhuge Liang, Wang Meng, Pang Tong, Xun Yu, Xun You, Liu Bowen, Zhu Sheng , Yao Guangxiao, Zhao Yuan, and Pang Ji, among these people, most of them are people with the title of county prince or above, the only difference is Zhao Yuan and Pang Ji.

Among them, the one who impressed Deng Sheng the most was Zhao Yuan. Zhao Yuan was the first talent Deng Sheng personally recruited, and he was the first servant of the Commerce Department.

"Hao'er, what are the rewards for Zhao Yuan and Pang Ji?" Deng Sheng asked Deng Hao.

Deng Hao couldn't remember it for a while, and after thinking about it carefully, he said: "Returning to my father, Pang Ji was originally Uncle Qingping. Yuan, was originally Nan Hebo, but he retired before his father became emperor, and the title of earl was conferred when his father became emperor, so this time the ministers only added one hundred households to him."

The earl has [-] households in the food town, and an increase of [-] households will result in [-] households, which is already a lot for an earl, but Deng Sheng doesn't think so.

I saw Deng Sheng shook his head and said: "You don't understand, although Zhao Yuan's position and official title are not high, his contribution to Deng Sheng is not just what you see. Except for the late Yongwang, you don't know many things. Although he has been in office for ten years, I can't forget that after returning, he re-drafted Zhao Yuan's rewards, promoted him to the first rank, and awarded Shu County Marquis. "

When Zhao Yuan was in charge of the Commerce Department, he secretly helped Der Spiegel to establish bases in various places while carrying out commercial activities. It can be said that Der Spiegel would not have developed so fast without the Commerce Department, but there are many things about Der Spiegel. It can't be advertised to the outside world, otherwise it is enough to enter the Lingxiao Pavilion.

"Here!" Although Deng Hao was puzzled, he was nothing more than a marquis, so he didn't say anything.

After talking about Zhao Yuan, Deng Sheng took the list that Deng Huan handed over and nodded in satisfaction. In addition to Deng Huan's seriousness in doing things, what made Deng Sheng more gratified was that Deng Huan's eyes were not only Put it on Wenwu who is famous all over the world, otherwise he would not have discovered the existence of Zhao Yuan.

As for generals, Deng Huan selected 30 people, namely Yue Fei, Chang Yuchun, Yang Yanzhao, Xue Rengui, Li Siye, Murong Ke, Deng Ai, Deng Qiang, Li Xiucheng, Qin Lie, Li Cunxiao, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Zhou Yu, Murong Chui , Zhang Liao, Ma Chao, Lu Feng, Li Jing, Gao Siji, Wang Yanzhang, Wu Yunzhao, Deng Zhong, Luo Cheng, Yue Yun, Pound, Zhang Hao, Gao Shun, Li Dingguo, Gan Ning.

After reading the list submitted by Deng Huan, Deng Sheng said with a smile: "Huan'er is still very serious in his work. I am very satisfied with this list, but the list of Su Hong, Cheng Yu, Jiang Wan, Zhang Bin, Cui Hao, Yue Fei, Chang Yuchun, Yang Yanzhao, Xue Rengui, Li Siye, and Murong Ke have the most meritorious service, and they are all honored kings. For the fifteen ministers of Anbang, the remaining 11 generals are designated as the 11 generals of Tiantong, and their portraits, books, and biographies are passed on to future generations!"

"Here!" Deng Hao and Deng Huan responded.

After finalizing the regulations for the award, Deng Sheng said to Deng Hao: "Hao'er, Xue Qing has sent someone to write a letter to me, saying that the army will arrive outside Luoyang City in three days. You represent me and Huan'er Together, we will lead all the civil and military officials out of the city to greet you, and that night, I will have a banquet for all the officials in the Jiaotai Hall."

"Your servant leads the order!" Deng Hao responded.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on October 29th, Xue Rengui led the Zhao army and arrived ten miles away from Luoyang City. The crown prince Deng Hao and the emperor's grandson Deng Huan personally led all civil and military officials to line up to welcome them!

(End of this chapter)