Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Regarding this battle, he only knew that Guoye, the Duke of Qin, persuaded the Khitan and Xi people to send troops. He did not know how to use some method to cause chaos in the Goguryeo camp.As for the details, it is not very clear.

Now hearing that Guo Ye wanted to impeach Zhang Liang, His Majesty Li Er couldn't help frowning, thinking that Guo Ye was proud of his achievements and wanted to avenge his personal revenge.

He said: "Today is a very good day for my great Tang Dynasty. I only reward merit, regardless of crime. I will talk about what I have to say later, so as not to spoil everyone's interest."

"But……"

"There's nothing wrong with it. I'm here, no matter how serious the crimes of Lord Xun Guo are, even if he is a spy of Goguryeo, how much difference will it make if he is dealt with one day earlier and one day later?"

"Your Majesty Shengming."

"Okay, let's not talk about these spoiling topics." His Majesty Li Er stood up and said seriously: "Qin Guogong Guoye listens."

Guo Ye quickly knelt down on the ground and said, "The humble minister is here."

His Majesty Li Er said: "Guo Aiqing's mission this time is to convince the Khitan and Xi people to send [-] troops, which is one merit; to defeat Goguryeo and save me and [-] troops under the city of Liaodong, which is two merits; to promote our country's prestige and make it The Khitan and Xi tribes were attached to the Tang Dynasty, and they made three achievements."

"With such three merits, I decided to give you three rewards. First, make Guo Aiqing's eldest son the Duke of Longxi County, add [-] households in Shiyi, and [-] households in Shishi."

"Thank you Lord Ron!"

"Secondly, Chai Xiuxiu, the owner of Pingyang County, was granted the title of Princess Pingyang, and Pingyang County was granted the title of Tang Muyi."

Guo Ye heard this, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you can't! According to the laws of my Tang Dynasty, only the daughter of the emperor can be called the princess. The daughter of the prince can be named the princess. You have made Zhuojing the princess of Pingyang To make an exception, and to be conferred the title of princess, that would be too much of a favor!"

"It's okay, it's okay. Of course it's inappropriate to use this award on others, but if it's used on Guo Aiqing's first wife, there is nothing inappropriate."

"Why is that?"

His Majesty Li Er smiled slightly, and said: "If Xiuxiu can't be a princess, then how can I confer the title of Princess Shanhua of Silla?"

"what do you mean……"

"Although Princess Shanhua is your concubine, she is still a princess of a country. If I don't reward you, wouldn't it be cold in Silla's heart? How will the kingdoms of the world think of me, the Heavenly Khan?"

"Uh...that's reasonable. But I don't know how His Majesty plans to reward Shanhua?"

"This is the third reward I gave you. I want to confer the title of Princess Shanhua as Princess Lelang. Chai Xiuxiu was originally Princess Pingyang. If it is the same as Princess Shanhua's title, then there will be no difference between superior and inferior." Is it? So, she must be a princess."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Don't be in a hurry, my rewards are not over yet. In addition, I want to make Yang Fengyi the county lord of Hancheng, and Kang Zhiru the wife of Chengguo."

His Majesty Li Er paused for a moment, and then added: "It's too much to treat one as the other, and cause Aiqing to discord in your back house. If you add the other two, it will not be so conspicuous. For this arrangement, Duke Qin Still satisfied?"

Guo Ye scratched his head and said: "Your Majesty is willing to make an exception and add a concubine to a humble minister. Of course I am very happy. But..."

"how?"

"There is a saying that people don't worry about scarcity but inequality, and they don't worry about poverty but anxiety. There are many humble ministers and beautiful concubines. Originally, everyone didn't have titles, but everything was fine. But you only added three titles, and these three The character level is completely different, and the minister's back house...wouldn't it be even more at odds?"

"Haha! It turns out that Guo Aiqing was worried about the instability of the back house. It doesn't matter, I have an idea for you, which can perfectly solve this problem."

"But I don't know what the idea is?"

"You have eight concubines in your mansion right now. Besides Princess Shanhua, Yang Fengyi, and Kang Kangzhiru, there are also Zhenniang, Yuan Ruoshuang, Sun Xiaoxiao, Shangchuan Meizi, and my bestowed beauty Xia Xiaohe."

"Exactly."

"That's easy. For achievements like today's, four more will be added. I can add Yuan Ruoshuang as the wife of the country, and the other four will be the fifth-rank wife."

"Five-rank Madam? Why are you getting lower and lower?"

"It's not low. Princess Shanhua is the princess of Silla, Yang Fengyi is the daughter of the city lord of Seoul, and Kang Zhiru is the daughter of a high-ranking official in my Tang Dynasty. These three people are of high status and should not be concubines. It can also be explained. However, the remaining few people..."

His Majesty Li Er sighed, and continued: "Except for Yuan Ruoshuang who is a member of the Goguryeo royal family, the status of the others is too low. If you are also given the post of Mrs. Guo, I am afraid that I will be drowned by the courtiers' spitting stars. "

Guo Ye said: "If your majesty is really in trouble, why don't you grant them all? In fact, it's just the first two rewards, and I'm already satisfied."

"How can it be done? The most important thing for the court to do is to clearly distinguish rewards and punishments. Qin Guogong made three major contributions, how can there be only two rewards?"

Guo Ye said with a bitter face: "But the concubines of humble ministers are equal in status. You have made them, although they have been conferred titles, they are also divided into ranks..."

"Don't worry, I haven't finished talking yet." His Majesty Li Er said: "Didn't I just say that I want to solve it perfectly? How could it be possible to leave such a big hidden danger?"

"Then you go on."

"If you make four more great contributions, you can add titles to four concubines. How about making forty more great contributions? Don't worry, from now on, every time you make a great contribution, I will grant it to you." A concubine is promoted to one level. If they make dozens of great achievements, won't their status be equal?"

Having said that, Guo Ye understood what His Majesty Li Er really meant.

Silla's heart will be chilled if Princess Shanhua is not sealed, and it is too abrupt to seal only one person, those are all excuses by His Majesty Li Er.Everything is due to his own "high meritorious deeds".

Now that I am less than 30 years old, I am an official to the Minister of Rites, and I am named Duke of Qin. There is really no way to advance.

At the same time, there is no semicolon in the court for a senior official as young as himself.Obviously, there are still many opportunities to make great contributions by myself in the future,

After that, if I made great contributions again, how should I reward him?

Add food?This is a rare benefit for others, but it is really a tasteless one for myself who is so rich.

More importantly, the imperial family has no food left.There are hundreds of households today, and thousands of households tomorrow. This is a permanently reduced tax population, and it is really painful for His Majesty Li Er to seal it.Even for the sake of future generations, you can't always play like this.

Of course, in fact, this is not a problem.If it is another emperor, there are 1 ways to solve this problem.

For example, there is no promotion, but death.

For example, give yourself an official position with respected status but no real power to support yourself, and don't give yourself the opportunity to make meritorious service.

For example, just find some small mistakes and demote your official position.Wait for yourself to make a contribution before being promoted back.

For example...

But for His Majesty Li Er, who is the first emperor through the ages, these methods are disdainful.So, came up with such an unruly way.

Isn't it just for the purpose of winning a wife's shadow when a man makes great achievements?Although there is very little room for Chai Xiuxiu and Guo Xiaozha to be promoted.But the concubine, is she barely on the side of his wife?

Every time he made a great contribution, he promoted one of his concubines to a higher level.If he wanted to make them equal in the end, he would have to make nearly a hundred great achievements.With so much credit, without 23 years, is that possible?

As for after 30 or [-] years... that would be even simpler. His Majesty Li Er wanted to promote himself, so he promoted himself.If you don't want to be promoted to an official position, why don't you give yourself a few beauties as concubines?

It really can advance and attack and retreat.

but……

Guo Ye said: "Your Majesty has a gift, but I dare not resign. I just want to remind you that the concubine of the minister is related to Princess Shanhua. This time the courtiers may not say anything. But in the future, someone will use this as an example..."

"What will happen in the future? Whoever makes such a great contribution in the future, I can also allow other people to reward my concubine. The question is, do they have such a great ability?"