Datang Fenghua Road

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Han Yue stood with his sword in hand, his eyes swept over the generals, and seeing everyone's eager eyes, he laughed and opened his mouth to reward him.

"The heroes of this battle include 12 dukes of the state, each of whom will inherit three generations from their families, and their titles will not be reduced."

Sure enough, the three generations did not cut the title. This seems to have become Han Yue's practice. The people in the hall looked at each other in dismay, but the people who received the title were all ecstatic.

Han Yue continued: "There are 59 generals and side generals in total, all of whom will be promoted to a higher level, and their salary will be increased by [-] guan, and they will be rewarded with [-] taels of gold, [-] taels of silver, and a cart of silk. ..."

He paused when he said this, and suddenly turned his head to look at Li Shimin, and then looked back at the officers and men, with some hesitation on his face.

Just when everyone thought he had finished the award, they saw Han Yue suddenly grit his teeth and slowly spit out a sentence:

"Generals have died in a hundred battles, and there are still no móu. I hold the sword of the Son of Heaven, and Xu Er is all made a marquis!"

Wow--

Everyone in the hall was shocked, and there was an uproar in the hall!A total of 59 people were all named marquises. This is really too big, and it is the first time since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

However, no matter how shocked everyone was, all those who received the seal were satisfied. Dozens of people glanced at each other, and suddenly knelt down to Li Shimin and said, "Thank you Your Majesty Long En, I will swear to God that I will be loyal to the Tang Dynasty in this life. I will never rebel, if I violate my oath, the world will be punished and all the people of the world will spit it out..."

The reward was given by Han Yue, but everyone thanked Li Shimin. This is due etiquette, and it is also to wear a high hat to the emperor.

Li Shimin laughed and waved his hand: "Everyone, please step back, this stinky boy's exit is too fast, I want to stop it too late... But since the award has been issued, there is no calligraphy that can be withdrawn, and you will be honored from now on. loyalty."

"Here!" Dozens of people shouted in unison, bowing to the emperor again.

Old Cheng blushed and laughed, and before he went down, he gave the emperor a heck, and said proudly: "Your Majesty used to be stingy, and I never paid for my life-saving grace. It's your son's great work, and he gave it to the three generations of dukes..."

Li Shimin's face darkened, he pointed at Old Cheng Li and shouted: "You shameless person, you know that you want to ask for your life all day long, and I have paid you a dozen times for saving your life. How dare you bully me?"

Lao Cheng turned around and ran, and said as he ran, "The emperor's life is worth ten thousand lives. His Majesty is distressed after paying it back more than ten times. I have suffered a lot from Lao Cheng!"

"You man..." Li Shimin said angrily, as if his body was shaking with anger.But he was only angry on the spot, but he didn't write anything for a long time, giving people a feeling of thunder and rain.

"Imperial Father!" Han Yue said suddenly, with a solemn look on his face: "The generals of the country have been sealed, and the next step is the reward of the soldiers in the army. In the past, the soldiers were only rewarded for their meritorious deeds. This time, I want to change the pattern. Give them a special reward..."

"Huh?" Li Shimin was slightly startled.

Before the emperor could speak, a minister suddenly stood up in the hall and said loudly, "Your Majesty, you can't go on like this anymore. You condone the mischief of King Zhao of the West Palace, which means you are mischievous!"

This person was so bold that he dared to directly say that the emperor was making a fool of himself. Li Shimin snorted, but Han Yue was a little curious.

He turned his head to look at the man, but Li Shimin's low-pitched warning sounded in his ears: "This man's name is Henry Zhang, he is a stern counselor, and his temper is as stinky and hard as Wei Zheng, so I have always disliked him very much. But this guy is a loyal official of the court, and there is no fly in his heart, if he accuses you later, my son must not become angry."

As Li Shimin spoke, Henry Zhang had already walked up.

He bowed and bowed to the emperor, then turned to look at Han Yue, and said loudly, "King Zhao of the West Palace is on top, and the minister Henry Zhang used to be the Shao Zhan of the East Palace. You can think that I have ulterior motives, or you can think that I am deliberately making trouble. No matter what the lord thinks, I, Henry Zhang, have to give a good reassurance tonight and ask clearly..."

Han Yue looked directly at him, and found that this person had a high-spirited face, and there was no evasion in his eyes. Obviously, as Li Shimin said, Zhang Xuansu was a straight minister.

Since he is a straight minister, he must be treated like a straight minister, Han Yue laughed and said warmly, "Master Zhang, you don't need to explain, you said you want to remonstrate, but unfortunately I'm just a prince, you have to go to your majesty to remonstrate. As for what you want to ask clearly, but you don't know what it is?"

Henry Zhang raised his head high and said loudly: "The thing the minister wants to ask is very simple, I just want to know one thing, why do you want to change the reward of the soldiers privately? There is no reward in battle, the government soldiers are given land equally, and soldiers are recruited to be exempted from corvée service, and if there is military merit in beheading, it can only be converted into reward money as a rule.”

He stared at Han Yue fiercely, and said with a stern face: "This is the national law of the Tang Dynasty, why does the lord want to change it privately, why does the lord want to change it? A mouthful of saliva..."

"Hahaha!" Han Yue raised his head and laughed.

"Why is the lord laughing? Is the question of the minister funny?"

Han Yue shook his head slowly, he did not answer the other party directly, but instead asked: "Does Master Zhang know that this king is rushing back to Chang'an, I led the army to pull out the camp urgently, and did not dare to stop in the slightest from the North to the Central Plains, Walked three thousand miles in half a month?"

Henry Zhang was startled, nodded and said: "This minister knows about this matter. Your Majesty is eager to recruit the prince to return, which has caused your plan to conquer the Western Turks to fail. Alas, unifying the grasslands is the long-cherished wish of the Han family's sons for thousands of years, but it is only half completed now. It's also a pity."

"Then do you know why Your Majesty is in a hurry to recruit me back?"

Henry Zhang was stunned again, and said solemnly: "This minister also knows about this, just because the minister of the noble family resigned and forced the palace, [-]% of the officials of the prefectures in the world follow suit..."

"Then you tell this king, are you a minister of a noble family?" Han Yue's eyes were a little sharp, and there was a faint light in his eyes.

Chapter 394 This is my ultimate move

Zhang Xuansu was tongue-tied, and it took a long time before he suddenly said angrily: "Why did the lord say such a thing? The minister is a Hebei commoner. He has studied hard since he was a child. He is upright and honest. He has a wife and a concubine. He can eat and drink every month. I have a cow when I go out. Driven by a car, the family also has three hundred guan of goods, although it is a small rich family, it is by no means a wealthy family."

Han Yue laughed, reached out and patted his shoulder: "Master Zhang, don't be excited, this king is just asking..."

He paused slightly when he said this, and suddenly looked at Zhang Xuansu with deep meaning, and said with a light smile: "You just said that you were born in Hebei? This king remembered that there was a famous surrender Zhang in my dynasty. The person Wang personally persuaded to surrender. This person is Mr. Zhang, you used to be with Liu Heita!"

Henry Zhang raised his head high and said loudly: "Your Highness is right, this minister has indeed been Liu Heida's household clerk. If you attack this traitor, the lower minister will follow. I am an upright person, and I am not afraid of rain and wind... …”

Han Yue laughed again. He retracted the arm on Zhang Xuansu's shoulder, slowly pointed at the banquet hall, and suddenly asked again: "Master Zhang, you are an important minister in the court, and you have attended the royal banquet if you want to come, so I will ask you now, How do you think the banquet tonight will be different?"

Zhang Xuansu became dazed, he jumped out to question Han Yue, but Han Yue kept asking him back, but the questions were all so bizarre that he couldn't figure out the meaning.

"Did Mr. Zhang see the difference?" Han Yue's eyes were dark, and he sighed softly in his ear.

Zhang Xuansu looked around the banquet hall, and pondered: "If there is any difference tonight, it means that the number of people is a little different. In the past, His Majesty held a banquet, and this hall was filled with at least 800 people..."

Before he could finish speaking, Han Yue suddenly clapped his palms and laughed, "Then look now, how many people are in the hall?"

Henry Zhang was stunned, and suddenly a flash of light flashed in his mind, and he blurted out: "There are less than [-] people now, there are no officials from aristocratic families in this banquet..." He suddenly gasped and said: "If it is calculated in proportion , about [-]%!"

Han Yue laughed, and it was only at this moment that he began to answer Henry Zhang's earlier question, saying, "Lord Zhang, listen carefully, there is no family at the banquet tonight, that's why this king wants to change the reward of his soldiers."

He glanced at Henry Zhang, and then said: "Since ancient times, the royal family and the family have jointly ruled the world. This time, [-]% of the important officials in the imperial court resigned, and [-]% of the officials in the world are attracted to follow. These people are all from aristocratic families. No people. This stinky problem, this king will change them..."

"It turns out that the prince's sword pointed at the family!" Henry Zhang suddenly realized, then frowned and pondered: "But what is the connection with the reward for private reform?"

"Of course it's implicated!" Han Yue smiled slightly and said lightly: "My Tang Dynasty adopts the government military system, and the government soldiers are evenly distributed, so the soldiers are not paid, even if they make military achievements, they can only be converted into silver money. This time, this king calms the grasslands. , the millions of troops are all meritorious, I want to take this opportunity to change the reward, select tens of thousands of soldiers to fly to the states and capitals, and let them become petty officials!"

Henry Zhang was stunned and murmured, “Let the soldiers be local officials?”

"Yes, let the soldiers become officials. This time the aristocratic family and Confucianism resigned from office to force the palace, and [-]% of the prefectures and counties in the world are vacant. They want to use this method to force my father to make concessions, but this king does the opposite, hum Hmph, it's just an official, you don't have to be a scholar..."

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was in an uproar.

For thousands of years, the aristocratic family has held the positions of officials in the court and local governments. Only by reading can you become an official. This is an idea that has been carved into the bones of the world, but now Han Yue wants to change it.

"Absurd!" A minister suddenly stood up and loudly accused Han Yue.

"Shut up!" The minister had just accused him for half a sentence, when a loud shout suddenly came from the side, and it was Li Shimin who said it himself.

The emperor's tiger eyes gleamed. He berated the minister for shutting up, but his eyes were fixed on Han Yue, and he said solemnly: "Yue'er, talk about it, why do you want your soldiers to be officials? Since ancient times, only scholars can govern the world. Son, if you let a group of soldiers from the common people become officials, will this move the world into chaos?"

Li Shimin used interrogative sentences, but his tone was urgent, not only urgent, but also faintly excited and nervous.

Zhang Xuansu next to him was also looking forward to it, and said cautiously: "Can the lord help you? If it can really weaken the family, I will kneel down and apologize to you..."