Nanming Engineer

Chapter 271 Uncle Pingliang

Qu Shixi said loudly: "The Emperor Taizu of this dynasty said: Rewarding meritorious deeds is a common law in the country. Since the Hongwu Dynasty, military merits have been rewarded and punished differently for hundreds of years, but there are three kinds of rewards for extraordinary merit, first merit, and concurrently. The two victories of victorious and small victories have been continued. According to this rule, anyone who can bravely climb the front, break the front and fall into the battle, and achieve something will be ranked first in terms of extraordinary achievements; Merit; if you can kill the enemy and get the head, you can go side by side."

He looked at Wang Yingxiong and Wang Huan who were kneeling on the ground, and continued with a smile on his face: "And this time, Xueshi Wang was able to conquer Sichuan and Gansu provinces and recover hundreds of thousands of people. According to the rule, he should be promoted to two ranks in a row, and he should be rewarded and hereditary title; Class, bestow title, hereditary one son."

At the end, Qu Shixu bowed long and bowed, and said to Yongli: "How to award the specific reward, after the censor meeting, please ask the emperor to judge!"

Yongli was full of smiles, took out a few memorials from his sleeve, and said happily: "No need! In the Northwest Great Victory, there are already Jinyiwei, Metropolitan Procuratorate, Sichuan Province, and Shaanxi Province. , It is said that the great victory is true, I believe it! If you wait until the censor meeting, it will be a waste of time, delaying the time to discuss meritorious deeds and rewards, and it will inevitably chill the hearts of loyal and brave soldiers. Reward!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a eunuch wearing a python robe trotted up from the high platform, holding a scroll in his hands. Judging from its color, it should be something like a yellow imperial edict.

This move of Yongli shocked the audience, no matter the princes and ministers sitting on the embroidered ground, or Wang Yingxiong and Wang Huan who were kneeling on the ground, they all looked surprised and bewildered, dumbfounded, and no one reacted for a while. The sound, the banquet hall fell into silence.

Because this is too abnormal, too unexpected, but there are rules for the imperial court to award military merits. Generally, it must be verified by the Ministry of War first. Four, four, six, six, take a clear inventory of the entire battle situation. After checking, how many heads have been beheaded, what kind of victories have been achieved, and how much you have lost, you must also accurately figure out, form a complete report, submit it to the cabinet, and the cabinet will seal it to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Six Division Censor , The censors carefully checked to see if there were any false omissions. If there were any, they would be impeached immediately. If not, they would seal the report back to the cabinet again and write the results of their own inspection.

After the cabinet got it, the academicians finally put forward specific reward opinions, and submitted them to the emperor. The emperor swiped his pen and stamped the imperial approval.

When Yongli came out like this, it completely subverted the usual routine. Everyone was stunned. A few clever ones immediately looked towards Qu Shiqi, the first shop owner, only to see the old man standing there with a confused look on his face, as still as a piece of wood. Looking at Yongli, he immediately understood that even the first shop didn't know about this.

Wang Huan knelt on the ground, his heart turned. Although he traveled here, he didn't know much about the rules of this era, but along the way, Wang Yingxiong was afraid of him doing bad things, and told him a lot about the system, so Wang Huan also knew how to announce rewards. It shouldn't be as hasty as Yongli.

There must be a demon in everything, Wang Huan frowned slightly, looked up at Emperor Yongli, and vaguely felt that this seemingly weak and incompetent emperor suddenly seemed to be covered with an impenetrable veil.

"Wang Kun, declare the decree!" Emperor Yongli said to the eunuch in boa robe with a smile.

The eunuch Wang Kun, the chief inspector of ceremonies, bowed deeply, said yes, then stood up straight, took two steps forward, stood on the edge of the high platform, glanced at Wang Yingxiong and Wang Huan who were kneeling on the ground, raised his hands high, and slowly spread his arms out. The roll of yellow silk.

The banquet was still in a deathly silence, no one reacted, only the sound of the night wind blowing, the leaves whirling around, and the unfurling of the yellow silk seemed to be faintly audible.

Wang Kun's eyes moved down and landed on the silk surface, his lips were slightly parted, and he wanted to read aloud.

At this moment, accompanied by a loud shout, a person suddenly appeared from the banquet, and said to Wang Kun, "Hold on!"

This loud shout immediately attracted everyone's attention, all the officials looked sideways, who is so bold, dare to interrupt when the middle official is reading the imperial edict?

The person who flashed out was wearing an official uniform with a scarlet robe and a rhinoceros belt, with a golden pheasant embroidered impressively on his chest. He turned out to be a second-rank official, and he was Yan Qiheng, the second imperial court.

What did he stand up for?
Wang Huan looked at Wang Yingxiong, Wang Yingxiong rolled his eyes back, he was completely at a loss, since Emperor Yongli wanted to reward him on the spot, everything was not the process Wang Yingxiong was familiar with.

In the eyes of Emperor Yongli, a trace of hatred was fleeting. His hands trembled slightly, pressing the imperial table, trying his best to control his emotions, and stuck his nails firmly into the corner of the table so that it was not easy to be noticed. Deep blot.

Wang Kun turned his head slightly to look at Emperor Yongli, and then glared at Yan Qiheng.

As if he didn't see Wang Kun's eyes, Yan Qiheng stood majesticly in the empty field, saluted Emperor Yongli first, and then raised his head and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I think that if the reward is announced on the spot without the imperial court's discussion, If the etiquette does not conform to the rules set by the late emperor, His Majesty will be imprisoned for unfilial piety. The minister is in charge of the Ministry of Rites and has the duty of supervising the imperial court's ceremonies. Make calculations."

What he said was straightforward, Yan Qiheng's expression was calm, without the slightest hint of fear, he looked at Emperor Yongli with a look of arrogance, which made Wang Kun's mouth open several times, but he didn't even dare to read a single word .

Emperor Yongli's face was red and white, changing continuously, biting his lips tightly for a while and not making a sound. After a long time, he let out a breath and said slowly: "What Yan Aiqing said is very true, but because of the importance and urgency of the matter, this reward is a routine , is not static, from the Chenghua Dynasty to the Chongzhen Dynasty, I don’t know how many times it has changed, I also want to appease the hearts of the meritorious ministers, there is nothing wrong with that, right?”

This already had some negotiating tone, but Yan Qiheng didn't budge an inch, he simply knelt down, paused and said: "Great ceremonies are not to be insulted, Your Majesty, this case cannot be opened!"

Immediately, more than ten officials flashed out from the banquet, knelt down behind Yan Qiheng at the same time, and shouted in unison: "Your Majesty, ministers and others seconded Bachelor Yan, this case cannot be opened!"

The voices of more than ten people echoed over the banquet, like waves of swords, piercing Yongli Emperor's body, causing Yongli Emperor's young face to turn pale, his lips trembled, and he was speechless for a while.

Wang Huan frowned deeply. He had already noticed that this reward seemed to have evolved in quality. It was not as simple as just giving himself and Wang Yingxiong a reward. There must be a deep meaning behind it.

"Ridiculous! It's only natural for the emperor to reward meritorious ministers, how can you allow me to be so irritable!"

"Subject! The emperor is the lord of the country, when and where he will reward his ministers, but in a moment, how can there be any shackles in the court?"

"That's right! The minister also agrees that the imperial court only needs to find out whether the military merits are true or false, and then they can reward them according to their merits. Now there are memorials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Yushidao, and the Ministry of War, which are enough to distinguish. Of course, the emperor can award them on the spot."

Suddenly, more than ten officials stood up, knelt on the ground and refuted loudly, separated from Wang Yingxiong and Wang Huan with the first officials headed by Yan Qiheng, and knelt side by side to argue.

Of course, Yan Qiheng and others would not show weakness. People with a high-level official background are very good at talking. The two sides came and went, quarreling with each other, and noisy, turning a joyful and high-end royal celebration banquet into a vegetable market of scolding.

Emperor Yongli's face turned from white to red, and then to purple. It was obvious that his anger had reached its peak. He couldn't bear it any longer, and he slapped the imperial table, and there was a crisp "pop", shaking the table full of delicacies to the ground.

However, this slap finally stopped the commotion below. The ministers on both sides raised their heads and looked at the enraged emperor.

Emperor Yongli was panting, his eyes were wide open, he gritted his teeth and looked at the civil servants below, he seemed eager to go down and commit suicide a few times to vent his anger, but he forced himself to hold back and sat still.

At this moment, Qu Shixu, who had been standing quietly aside, took a step forward and spoke.

"The emperor is the son of heaven. When the emperor is angry, he bleeds for thousands of miles, not to mention this small Shuiyue Palace." Qu Shixu said unhurriedly, his tone indifferent but with his own dignity: "My colleagues, if you quarrel here, put the emperor on the throne." Where? Are you really not afraid of Jin Yiwei's big stick?"

As soon as this remark came out, Wang Kun immediately winked to both sides very cooperatively. A group of brocade guards in flying fish suits appeared around the banquet as if they had emerged from the ground. Do not move.

A chilling atmosphere immediately churned in the night sky.

Everyone fell silent, even Yan Qiheng took a hard look at Qu Shixu, then glanced around, and shut up.

Emperor Yongli finally let out a long breath, leaned back on the back of the chair, and nodded to Wang Kun.

Wang Kun seized the time, unrolled the silk scroll, and read at the speed of a machine gun: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said: Since I came to the throne, the country has been overthrown, the country has been lost, the barbarians are rampant, and the people are in dire straits. I think about this every time." , I can’t sleep at night, I want to work hard to restore my rivers and mountains, but I have no good ministers, so I chased Kyushu. I recently heard that Wang Yingxiong, a great scholar, and Wang Huan, who led the army, played victorious songs in Sichuan and Shaanxi. Ministers of meritorious service, arousing the ambitions of strong men, special rewards: Wang Yingxiong Jin Jianji Palace University Bachelor, into the crown prince Taifu, governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces, governing Sichuan and Shanxi provinces, and rewarding a thousand taels of silver."

After a pause, a strange look flashed across Wang Kun's face, and he continued to read: "Wang Huan, the commander-in-chief of Kuizhou, bears the seal of General Pingbei, enters the capital to command colleagues, seals Ping Liangbo, rewards 500 taels of silver, and supervises General Soldier of Sichuan and Shaanxi."

Then obviously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and continued: "I hope that the two lovers will continue to work hard, live up to my expectations, and do things faithfully. Thank you!"

The entire venue was quiet again.

(End of this chapter)