Traveling through Chenghan Xiandi, fortunately I have a simulator

Chapter 119 Rewarding the Three Armies
In the early morning of the next day, a number of ministers walked into the palace fully dressed. This was the first morning court in more than ten days, so they naturally had to prepare adequately.

When the ministers arrived at the main hall of Weiyang Palace, His Majesty hadn't come yet, so these ministers began to whisper in secret, discussing various things.

"His Majesty is here"

Following Cui Ming's shout, Zhang Ming walked into the hall in a dragon robe, served by two little yellow gates.

When the minister saw His Majesty, he quickly bowed to salute.

Under everyone's eyes, Zhang Ming stepped up to the high platform with firm steps, and then sat down.

"Presumably all the ministers have already known that the enemy troops outside Chang'an City have withdrawn, and the crisis has been resolved."

"Now, General Huangfu, please report the specific situation for everyone."

Yesterday afternoon, Huangfusong had already returned from the east gate of Chang'an, and now there was no need for him to personally intervene in the defense of Chang'an city.As the overall person in charge of this campaign, his mission has been successfully completed.

"Returning to Your Majesty, there were more than 4 people guarding the four walls of Chang'an in this battle, of whom more than [-] were killed and no less than [-] were injured. The enemy lost more than [-] soldiers, and there were no prisoners in this battle. "Huangfusong replied concisely.

The Battle of Chang'an was a complete defensive battle. Under Huangfusong's strong restraint, almost all battles took place at the city wall.

"General Huangfu has worked hard."

"Since this battle has already been won, I will reward you for your merits at this moment."

"Huang Fu Song."

"The minister is here," Huangfu Song said solemnly.

"The ability to defend Chang'an City this time depends entirely on the general's ability, so the general is naturally the first to contribute. Since Dong Zhuo's death, the general has maintained the stability of Chang'an for me, and now it has resisted the rebels for me. It is a great contribution. Special Feng Huangfusong was made General of Hussars, ranked among the three princes, and the third division of Yitong, with a rank ratio of two thousand stones, two thousand households in the food town, and a reward of ten thousand gold."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Huangfusong said loudly.

The few ministers below were not surprised. In fact, with Huangfusong's resume, he was able to rank among the three princes during the period of Emperor Ling. Unfortunately, Emperor Ling died early. Dong Zhuo and Huangfusong have always been at odds, so they are lonely. The ending is not surprising.

Just as Zhang Ming continued to reward, a small yellow door walked in, and then said loudly, "Your Majesty, the chariot general is here."

"Let him in."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xiao Huangmen agreed and walked out of the hall.

When discussing with Li Ru yesterday, Zhang Ming had a headache about Lu Bu's reward. In order to win over Lu Bu, he first gave him the official position of Chariot General. up.

As Lu Bu's tall body appeared in the hall, the eyes of the officials were quite different, some were fearful, some were disdainful, some were disgusting, but Lu Bu didn't look at these old officials, he just pointed at Wang Yun. bowed his head.

"Your Majesty, I ambushed Niu Fu's army halfway and won a complete victory. The army is now heading towards Chang'an City from the rear. I am afraid that I will delay the morning court, so I came alone on horseback." Lu Bu raised his head and said.

"General Lu has worked hard."

"General Lu, I would like to report the situation of this battle for everyone here."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Twelve days ago, when I received the news from General Huangfu, I hurriedly led my troops to the west gate of Chang'an, and successfully repelled Li Meng's and Wang Fang's troops. Since then, I have been stationed at the west gate of Chang'an. A few days ago, I led my troops to raid the enemy's barracks at night and killed Hu Zhen's 5000 troops guarding the camp in one fell swoop. Hu Zhen was also killed by our troops in this battle. Three days ago, I went to Lishan to ambush and retreat The enemy army happened to meet Niu Fu's army, Niu Fu's [-] soldiers were defeated by our army, and Niu Fu himself died in the battle."

"In this campaign, there were a total of [-] soldiers, and [-] soldiers were lost in the defense of the west gate, [-] soldiers were lost in the surprise attack on Hu Zhen, and [-] soldiers were lost in the ambush of Niu Fu, with a total of [-] deaths. Soldiers, there were more than [-] wounded, of whom [-] were beheaded and [-] were captured," Lu Bu said word by word.

"General Lu is really a strong general. Lu Bu was granted the title of General of Chariots. He was ranked among the three princes, and the third division of Yitong. General, so I decided to reward General Lu Wenhou with a fief in Wen County."

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Lu Bu said excitedly.

Wen County is in the area of ​​Hanoi County, next to Luoyang. Wen Hou is a county marquis, which is considered the highest rank among the ranks of marquis.

"Yan Zhong"

"The minister is here." Yan Zhong took a step forward and stood with a bow.

"Specially appointed Yan Zhong as the general who conquered the west, with a rank ratio of one thousand stones, eight hundred households in the township, and a thousand gold rewards."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yan Zhong replied.

"Okay, that's the end of the reward."

The ministers below stared wide-eyed, only feeling that the end of the reward from the three armies was a little too soon.

As the head of the hundred officials, Wang Yun has already realized the problem at this moment. How can the rewards of the three armies only reward three generals? Other school lieutenants also contributed a lot, such as his nephew Wang Ling. Served as a school lieutenant, military waiter, etc. in various armies, and also contributed a lot in the defense of Chang'an.

"Your Majesty, it's not just the three generals who are responsible for keeping Chang'an, but also the school lieutenants and countless soldiers." Wang Yunxian stood up and said.

"Yes, I think what Situ said is true." Another minister stood up.

The ministers also nodded repeatedly. Although they did not contribute to the defense of Chang'an, their children were arranged in various places in the barracks. For example, Zhang Meng and Wang Ling were all from aristocratic families.

This is also where Zhang Ming has been having a headache. It is not easy to deal with the aristocratic family. The aristocratic family has already extended its hand to the army.

If it weren't for the fact that no one in the army was available, Huangfusong would not have used members of these aristocratic families. Although the members of the aristocratic families put the interests of the family above the interests of the country, at least they still cared about the interests of the court. If Dong Zhuo's original generals were used, Temporary rebellion is possible. At that time, the inner and outer walls of the city should cooperate with each other, and the city of Chang'an is bound to fall.

"Situ Gong is right. This battle cannot be won without the efforts of every soldier. But after all, I only have one person, and it is absolutely impossible to reward all the soldiers. So I came up with a method yesterday to achieve The effect of rewarding the three armies."

Don't look at these ministers who seem to be complaining about the unfair rewards. In fact, they only care about the children of their own families. As for the low-level soldiers who are really hard to get rewards, who cares? You know, the new military merit system has been promulgated long ago , but there are several ministers who take it seriously. Promulgation is one thing, whether it can be implemented is another matter, and whether it can be implemented well is another matter.

"I wonder what method His Majesty is talking about?" Wang Yun asked.He only cared about whether his nephew Wang Ling could get the reward, and he didn't bother to care about the rest.

"I plan to set up a position to be responsible for military merit rewards. I found that it was difficult to distribute military merit rewards in the past. The biggest reason was the lack of a management position. It is distributed to the soldiers, but in this way, it is difficult for the court to send people to supervise and verify, and whether the soldiers can receive the rewards depends on the general's conscience, which is wrong."

His Majesty did not point the finger at the ministers who complained for the soldiers, but the generals in the past, which surprised the ministers in the palace.

"This institution is called the Military Merit Department. It is dedicated to managing military merit rewards for officers and soldiers. Two officials are needed. These two officials were proposed by the ministers present. However, the Military Merit Department cannot exist alone, so I plan to set up another institution, the Military Department. It is used to integrate all important military affairs, and the Military Merit Department is a subordinate organization of the military department."

Zhang Ming put forward all his proposals at once, but the ministers on the field hadn't reacted yet. After all, there were two new organizations all of a sudden, and they really didn't understand the reason why His Majesty did this.

"Your Majesty, doesn't Guan Jun already have a Taiwei?" Wang Yun asked suspiciously.

Zhang Ming looked at the Taiwei Huang Wan who was hesitant to speak. Although the position of Taiwei has long since lost real power, he still has a certain status among the three princes.

"It's not the same. The role of the military department is to manage important military affairs, especially those complicated and small things, such as the verification and distribution of military achievements, the distribution of food and supplies, military discipline, weapons and equipment, and military vehicles and horses. As for the big military strategy and generals The evaluation of achievements is still the responsibility of the Taiwei."

Taiwei Huang Wan completely shut his mouth now. In fact, long before that, these important military affairs had nothing to do with him. These important military affairs were actually the power of the general, and His Majesty's actions had nothing to do with him. .

Some ministers also understand the role of the military department, and it seems that the military department is just an organization to improve military management.

Just as the ministers were still thinking, Huangfusong stood up and said loudly, "I support your Majesty's resolution. I always feel that the army lacks effective management, so that the generals will act on their own. Once the military department is established, the generals must There will also be restrictions."

"Your Majesty, the subject also agrees." After Yan Zhong saw that Huangfusong agreed, there was no reason for him to refuse, although he still didn't understand the meaning of the military department.

"Your Majesty, I also agree." Lu Bu also stood up and said loudly. He didn't understand the meaning of the military department, but he only knew to be loyal to His Majesty.

The three generals present stood in the hall unanimously, and they all supported His Majesty's resolution.

The ministers looked at the three generals standing in the hall, and they didn't have any objections. After all, it seemed that this matter had little to do with them.

Zhang Ming didn't give the ministers much time to think. He knew that after a long time, some smart ministers would definitely find the tricks in it.

"Since the three generals and the ministers have no objections, then I announce that the military department will be established from today."

"There are three officers in the army, one minister, and two servants."

"General Huangfu has the most seniority, so I think everyone has no objection to his appointment as Minister of the Military Department."

Zhang Ming looked down at the officials present, and waited for a while, but no one came out to object. After all, Wang Yun, Yang Biao and others all had a good relationship with Huangfusong, and with Huangfusong's resume, it was only natural for him to become the chief of the military department. .

"General Lu, I have wronged you. Since you are at the same level as General Huangfu, you are not suitable to be the servant of the military department, so I have decided to assign the two positions of servants to General Lu's subordinates. I don't know if General Lu has anyone to recommend. ?”

"Your Majesty, I don't know if I can go out with the general after serving as the Minister of the Army?" Lu Bu asked with a bow. The non-directed lineage department will be in charge.

"The minister of the military department is also a minister, so naturally he cannot follow General Lu to the expedition."

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister recommended two people, one to be Zhang Liao and the other to be Hou Cheng. Both of them are generals under my account." Lu Bu thought for a long time, and finally decided on a candidate. Neither of them is Lu Bu's direct descendant. General.

"Okay, since General Lu already has candidates, let them take up the post after they arrive in Chang'an." Zhang Ming was very pleasantly surprised. Zhang Liao gave it to him.

"Since the military minister has been selected, do all the ministers here have any recommendations for the chief of the Military Merit Department?"

Sima Fang took the initiative to stand up and said, "Your Majesty, I have a son named Lang. He was tall and strong since he was a child. He was very interested in military affairs. He was also smart and good at arithmetic since he was a child."

Following Sima Lang's self-recommendation, Yang Biao also realized the importance of the Military Merit Department, and he also took the initiative to stand up and said: "Your Majesty, I also have a son named Xiu, who is quite talented. If he can work in the army, he must I can't ask for it."

After that, several ministers recommended their sons or nephews. They all realized the importance of the new position. The Military Merit Department was in charge of the money of the soldiers, and as ministers, how could they not be clear about the importance of money.

"I didn't expect so many ministers to recommend it enthusiastically. Considering that the position of Chief of the Military Merit Department is a new position, I can't make up my mind at the moment, so I set a three-month assessment period."

"Since Jing Zhaoyin and Doctor Yang are the first to recommend, then Sima Lang and Yang Xiu will be appointed as the chiefs of the Military Merit Department. If they fail the three-month assessment, they will be re-selected."

After this operation, although the current military department is a newly established organization, its forces are already very complicated, and this is exactly what Zhang Ming wants to achieve. The more complicated the forces inside, the more conducive it is for him to control the military department.

"Regarding the military department, do ministers have any other opinions? If there is no opinion, then discuss the next thing."

The ministers off the field have all returned to their original positions, and they are all satisfied with the current configuration of the military department. As for the matter of rewarding the school lieutenant that I said earlier, no one cares now. After all, the military merit department has been established. How to reward Naturally, it was handed over to the Military Merit Department.

"Since all the ministers have no objection, then I would like to ask you one thing, whether I am qualified to handle state affairs?"

His Majesty's voice was not loud, but it reached the ministers' ears like a thunderbolt from the blue.

(End of this chapter)