[Red Mansion] Let's listen to a general's order

The Supreme Emperor nodded in satisfaction.

If the emperor really allowed Feng Zizhi to resign from the two positions of Chief Eunuch of the Ceremony Supervisor and Director of the East Factory, there is no doubt that Feng Zizhi... and Li Lian will be attacked.

The chief eunuch of the Ceremony Supervisor, that is, the head of the eunuchs in the Ceremony Supervisor——the eunuch of palm printing, this position is very important.After the subordinate eunuch Bingbi used a red pen to instruct whether the handling opinion of the notebook could be implemented, it was reviewed by the eunuch Zhangyin.If the palm print eunuch thinks it is okay, he will stamp the official seal; if he thinks it is not good, he has the right to go back and re-approve the red.Only after the official seal is affixed will the memorial be sent to the imperial case in the Hall of Mental Cultivation for the emperor to review.

Therefore, even the first-rank Grand Scholars of Diange had to stand still and say hello when they saw the eunuch's palm print, for fear of being hated by the narrow-minded eunuch, and deliberately suppressed or postponed the important memorial he had played to the emperor for review.

It can be said that when the chief eunuch of the chief inspector of ceremonies saw Zheng Yipin Diange University scholar, when he was in a good mood, he declared that he was public;

On the contrary, the position of Dongchang Changgong is different.

This position has mastered too many secrets, known too many secrets, and offended too many powerful people.

Except for the special case of Dai Quan who retreated behind the scenes with him, the Supreme Emperor has never heard of any Dongchang factory master who lost his position as the factory master and was able to have all his tails, even being distributed. Those who went to guard the imperial tomb either had an "accident" on the way, encountered robbers or contracted a seasonal epidemic, or "died suddenly" for no reason a few months later.

Since the emperor allowed Feng Zizhi to remain as the Duke of Dongchang, it seemed that he had no intention of killing Li Lian and Feng Zizhi at the same time.

Moreover, retaining Li Lian and Feng Zizhi and marrying Princess Chang'an will further show the emperor's trust and honor to them.

The Supreme Emperor nodded, very satisfied.

Sure enough, Lao Qi is a good emperor with a broad mind, who knows people and is good at responsibility. It is all because of that villain Kang Hetai who used to slander Lao Qi all day long and sow dissension, which made Lao Qi think wildly.Now that Lao Qi has discovered the villain's sinister intentions, he finally regained his senses.

"Did you hear that? I will depend on you in the future for wars! I will take good care of my wounds in the future when your family leads me." Li Lian turned to Li Mingzhu and said, with a look that is taking advantage of you, and there will be more opportunities to go out in the future.

The "cheaped" Li Mingzhu wished to spit a mouthful of blood onto Li Liande's face, and "thank" him well.

Your sister's excuse is to heal her wounds again!Can you have something new!Besides, the Japanese pirates in the south have been beaten so hard that they dare not go ashore, and the barbarians in the west have already surrendered.Now the most powerful Xiongnu and Turkic tribes in the north have been kicked out, and there is no difference between Rouran and active surrender, leaving Xianbei with some finishing touches.There are very few opportunities to fight in the future!Your pretended generosity is nothing but empty talk!I also want this general to be grateful to Dade! ?Pooh!shameless! ! !

And Li Mingzhu doesn't mind speculating about Li Lian's purpose with the worst malice—this guy is absolutely trying to spend more time with Feng Zizhi!I'm too lazy to fight those little battles!

"Your Majesty is not that kind of person. You have made such a great contribution, and he won't take it easy." After the joke, Li Mingzhu said seriously.

Although the Supreme Emperor and Li Lian didn't speak clearly, Li Mingzhu, who has the political sensitivity of the Li family, only needs to make a little connection between what they just talked about and what happened recently to understand.

The matter is very simple, it is nothing more than Li Lian's fear of being overwhelmed by great achievements, and by the way, he wants to spend more time with Feng Zizhi (Li Mingzhu despises this pair of dogs and men, and thinks this is the main reason), so he retreats to the emperor , resigned from his and Feng Zizhi's important positions.Among them, there may be the handwriting of Grandpa Huang in it.

Although Li Mingzhu's status is embarrassing as a rebellious daughter, she has always had a good relationship with the emperor, the Seventh Emperor's Uncle.From her point of view, the emperor is a rare wise gentleman. To say something disrespectful, his ability and mind are a little stronger than the emperor's.It's just that the emperor's protection of shortcomings and nostalgia for the past are the same as the emperor's. If it weren't for the university scholar Kang Hetai, he would have been dismissed from office and banished to a wild land long ago to educate scholars and people and advocate kingship!On the other hand, after the emperor ascended the throne, he didn't feel sorry for her, but took care of her everywhere.When the Supreme Emperor was in power, she was appointed as the first female general of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Due to her father's special status, the officials did not dare to object for a while. Dao zhezi flew into the palace, but the emperor rarely listened to advice, withstood the tremendous pressure, and dismissed all the zhezi.Therefore, Li Mingzhu has always been very loyal to the emperor.

Li Lian smiled and said, "If I don't come down, what will you do in the future?"

It is true that the main reason why Li Lian resigned voluntarily was to avoid the death of Qiao Tu.He is too young, but he has already made outstanding achievements in just his thirties, and after being rewarded, he will definitely become an extremely human minister and shine all over his family.But after that?If you make new achievements in the future, but there is no reward, what should you do then?Isn't this forcing the emperor and court to attack him?

One of the reasons for Li Lian's resignation was that he retired bravely so that Niu Jizong, Li Mingzhu and others could take over.With him in the court for a day, although he can keep his position in the military, but because of his brilliance, the old brothers below will not be able to get ahead after all.

Therefore, after discussing with Feng Zizhi, Li Lian and Feng Zizhi came up with a set of rhetoric, which can not only make the emperor feel guilty, but also keep Li Lian safe and retire after success.Just in time, the Supreme Emperor ordered someone to secretly remind Li Lian that there was a "villain" in the court who wanted to murder him, so that Li Lian would be more vigilant.Therefore, Li Lian wrote their plan into a secret letter and asked someone to hand it over to the Supreme Emperor.Seeing this, the Supreme Emperor not only did not inform the emperor, but chose to "deceive" the emperor together with Li Lian and others, helping to complete the speech that Li Lian and Feng Zizhi had originally planned.

"Mingwei, I always knew that you are no worse than anyone else." Li Lian smiled.

His eyes were full of admiration and he said: "Among the generals in Tiance Mansion, I value you the most. You are calmer than elder brother Jizong, more flexible in friendship, more resourceful than old Ran. You ride a horse like a daughter Conquering all directions, your heroism has never lost half a cent to that of a man. Every time you charge forward in a battle, arrows and stones rain like rain, and your face does not change. The soldiers from all over the house admire you."

"After I retire, the brothers in the mansion will depend on you to take care of me."

"Bah! They are all my brothers! Could it be that you, Li Jingya, are the only ones who care about it!?" Li Mingzhu pursed her lips, feeling complicated, but couldn't help but spit on Li Lian.

Li Lian didn't care either, and smiled heartily.

"Okay! It's getting late, it's time to go to the celebration banquet." The Supreme Emperor clapped his hands, and Dai Quan walked in from outside the hall with a smile on his face, helping the Supreme Emperor.Obviously, it was just to give the Supreme Emperor and Li Lian a space to talk.

Before the celebration banquet begins, there is one thing that is very important, and that is to award meritorious ministers.This should have been done at the prisoner offering ceremony in the morning, but due to some unexplainable reasons, the emperor declined to announce it at the celebration banquet.

In the anticipation of countless people in His Highness, the emperor spoke slowly with his head held high, "Foreigners are running rampant, disturbing China, the frontiers are weeping blood, and the people are miserable. I have no choice but to Xingyi Teacher. Thanks to the help of heaven and the blessing of our ancestors, The soldiers used their lives to defeat the allied forces of the Huns, Turks, and Xianbei in Yanmen, beheading more than a million people, breaking through the Dragon City of the Huns, and capturing the Huns' Da Shanyu and the wise kings of the left and right...300 million cattle, 400 million sheep, and 200 million horses were seized The head...break down and don't lose eight miles, capture the Turkic Khan alive...capture 200 million cattle, 300 million sheep, and a million horses...all in one battle...Since the founding of the Great Zhou, there has never been such a big victory!"

"Wow!" All the civil and military officials in the hall, royal honorables and others knew that this was an unprecedented victory, but they couldn't help but marvel.Among other things, just listening to the astronomical figures of cattle, sheep and horses seized is enough to shock people's hearts!

When Li Lian and others only killed the Hun allied forces outside Yanmen County and brought back all the cattle, sheep and horses they captured back to Yanmen, no one knew how many there were, only that there were a lot.With so many cattle, sheep and horses, it takes a lot of time to count them.However, Li Lian was poisoned by Gu at that time, and later he sent Niu Jizong and other generals to attack the old lairs of the Huns and Turks. Where did he find the time and manpower to count them.The most important thing is to kill the Huns and Turks in one go!

Later, after Niu Jizong, Li Mingzhu and others killed the old lairs of the Huns and Turks, they took the cattle, sheep and horses in their lairs back to Yanmen.It can be said that seven or eight out of ten of the Huns and Turks' belongings are in their lairs, and now all of them have become trophies of the Zhou army.

Even if they make a rough estimate, they don't know the approximate number of cattle, sheep and horses. They only know that there are mountains and plains, stretching for dozens of miles.Therefore, it took Zhou Jun more than half a year to count the number of cattle, sheep and horses.

After a short pause, the emperor glanced at the amazed expressions of His Highness and said with satisfaction: "I heard that meritorious service will be rewarded. You generals have worked hard to serve the king and serve the country wholeheartedly. Today, I am lucky to be a teacher and enjoy peace. An edict."

Everyone in His Highness is itching like a cat's paw, Your Majesty!emperor!Don't be so secretive anymore, hurry up and announce the reward!

The emperor coughed and said: "I named the champion Marquis Li Lian as the first-rank Tiance General, crowned the crown prince Shaobao, bestowed [-] households in the city, [-] mu of hereditary Yongye land, and rewarded a Xiaotangshan Huangzhuang... ..."

"Conferred the title of Zhao Guogong He Qi as the crown prince and grand teacher, bestowed two maces, specialized in fighting traitors, bestowed [-] households in the town, and [-] mu of hereditary Yongye farmland, reward..."

"Fengzhen Duke, Niu Jizong from the fourth-rank Fenwei general to the second-rank Guide general, bestowed [-] households in the city, and [-] acres of hereditary Yongye farmland, reward..."

"Fourth-rank Mingwei General Li Mingzhu was appointed as the second-rank Xuanwei General, [-] households in the town, [-] acres of hereditary Yongye farmland, reward..."

"Conferring the fourth-rank Xuanwu General Lin Han as the second-rank General Yunhui, conferring on Uncle Su Yi, eight thousand households in the city, and [-] acres of hereditary Yongye farmland, reward..."

"Confer Cong the fourth-rank Xianwu general Ran to the second-rank Zhongwu general, confer the honor on Uncle Huaiyong, give the city [-] households, and grant [-] mu of hereditary Yongye farmland, reward..."

After awarding the most important ones in person, the emperor kept his mouth shut, and the eunuch Bi Yun, the eunuch in charge of Shangbao, who can be called the elder of the three dynasties, read the rest of the awards on his behalf.

"seal up……"

"Build the Lingxiao Pavilion to praise the meritorious service of the generals. This is your honor."

All the soldiers who participated in the expedition this time were promoted aggressively, such as Niu Jizong, Li Mingzhu and others even jumped three steps, jumping over the hurdle of the third rank in one fell swoop and becoming a second rank official.

However, this is not the end.

Bi Yun picked up another imperial decree from the plate in the hand of the waiter behind him.

"Feng Shuan called Han Xie the Marquis of Yongshun, with a salary of one thousand stones, and his descendants will inherit the title of Marquis of Yongshun..."

"Confer Ashina Hosana the title of Marquis of Yong'an, with a salary of one thousand stones, and the descendants will inherit the title of Marquis of Yong'an..."

"Break Liuhan Baling as Marquis of Gonggao, eat eight hundred stones..."

"seal up……"

It is the will to reward the captured Huns and Turkic nobles this time. Of course, not every captured Huns and Turkic nobles have this opportunity.Only a few of them are in high positions, have the significance of recruiting security, can appease people's hearts and intend to submit to the big nobles who have this opportunity.Others who do not have enough status and are unwilling to surrender will go to dig mines, build embankments, and pave roads with other ordinary Huns and Turks.

But this is not the last, the emperor waved his hand, and Bi Yun picked up the last imperial edict and read it out.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's Edict said: Princess Chang'an is my seventh daughter. She is the daughter of the Queen of the Central Palace. She is virtuous, intelligent, quick-witted, and has outstanding conduct. At the knees of Cheng Huan, there is not a single day when I do not do my best. Li Lian and Li Chengqi, the five-rank general who defeated the captives, are loyal and good. Princess Chang'an was granted three thousand households in Shiyi, and she was married to Li Lian. All the etiquette was handed over to the Ministry of Rites and the Qin Tianjian to manage the marriage, and a good day was chosen for the marriage. Also, a concubine's mansion was given as a token of heaven's grace. I hope that the husband and wife will be harmonious and united Virtue, give all respect to the country, and don’t betray my wishes. Announce it both at home and abroad, and let the envoys hear about it. I admire this.”

"Cheng Qi" is the watch word that the Supreme Emperor personally took for Li Lian.

Zigong said: "What kind of utensils are there?" Confucius said: "Hulian also." - "The Analects of Confucius? Gongye Chang"

Hulian is the millet utensil in the ancestral temple. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the ancestral temple represented the spirit of the country, and whoever presided over the sacrifices to the ancestral temple was in charge of state affairs.Confucius compared Zigong to Hulian, and praised Zigong as a great tool, worthy of reuse, and able to enrich the ruler and the people.

However, it is mentioned in "Tao Te Ching Two Volumes": "Great implements are late bloomers, and those who become implements, such as Hulian, cannot be completed by death." Death means short time.The meaning of the whole sentence is that a person with great talent cannot be created in a short period of time, just like Jiuding Hulian, a heavy weapon in the ancestral temple.

The Supreme Emperor took down the word "Cheng Qi" for Li Lian. On the one hand, he recognized his talent. good foundation.

"I thank the emperor for his kindness!" Li Lian hurriedly knelt down to thank the emperor. He was so happy that he didn't know what to say, so he sincerely kowtowed three times to the emperor.

This made the emperor, who was a little bit unhappy when his own juicy Chinese cabbage was beaten by a pig, reluctantly let out a sigh of relief.

While the hall was full of joy and the entrusted officers and soldiers were in high spirits, some people felt depressed and even terrified about it.

Kang Hetai's confinement mansion naturally failed to attend the celebration banquet, but all his "partners" sat in the hall.Needless to say, because their divorce scheme failed, they were naturally afraid of Li Lian's revenge.You must know that they have a lot of things in private that they can't help but check, and every check is accurate!So when the surroundings are full of joy, they look extraordinarily unnatural and forced to smile, for fear that they don’t know if it’s tonight or tomorrow, the officials from Dongchang, Xingbu, Dali Temple or Shuntianfu will be like wolves. Break into the mansion and put his family in prison.

Even the civil servants are generally envious, jealous and hateful. They have studied hard for decades, and suffered decades of seniority in the officialdom. Live by yourself, and you need to add enough luck to be promoted to the position of the third rank, and you can't cross the hurdle of the third rank by life or death, and truly become a member of the court.It's really unfair that this group of rude warriors can be promoted to the top rank of the second rank like an arrow after two victories! ! !

As for the nobles and military officers who have no part to go to war, they can only slap open the mud seal on the mouth of the jar, hold the jar and pour wine next to the old brother who has made meritorious service and promotion.

However, some of the military generals who participated in the expedition and were rewarded for their meritorious service were also deeply disturbed.

I saw Feng Tang fidgeting all night, and he was absent-minded when talking with others, his expression was in a trance. Fortunately, others only thought that this former general of Shenwu and now general of Guangwu was too happy, so happy that people were a little dazed.Although many people cast aside the words of pettiness in their hearts, they are so impatient after being promoted to a half-rank official, but they only have cup after cup of Feng Tang wine in their hands.If they can be promoted, they can be as happy as fools! !

The Supreme Emperor also smiled very pleased.

The emperor appointed Li Lian as a first-rank Tiance general, the crown prince Shaobao, and ten thousand households in the city. He also rewarded Xiaotangshan's hot spring village and various other things.This meant that if he didn't want to flatter and kill Li Lian, or the taboo he had towards Li Lian had been eliminated.Now, the emperor bestowed his beloved daughter to Li Lian in marriage, which proved that the emperor had cleared up all his previous suspicions about Li Lian and still trusted him.

It can be said that the emperor rewarded Li Lian unprecedentedly. Needless to say, the status and glory of Zhengyi Tiance General and Prince Shaobao, the [-] households in the food city alone have far exceeded the number of all the honorable food cities in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Even the three generations of Zhao Guogong's He family added up to less than [-] households.

This can be said to be a deal.

The buyer is the emperor, and the seller is Li Lian.

What the buyer wants is Li Lian's loyalty, and Wan Huhou is the price.

The Supreme Emperor was not afraid that the emperor would not bribe Li Lian, but he was afraid that the emperor would blindly push Li Lian away and ignore him like before.

The Supreme Emperor, who solved his worries, talked with the emperor with great interest, and called some old courtiers to come forward to drink from time to time.

The emperor and today's protagonist Li Lian naturally had to accompany each other on the left and right.

As the supervisor of the army, Feng Zizhi is also a meritorious minister and has a seat in the hall.He kept an eye on Li Lian's condition, and ordered someone to secretly replace all the wine in Li Lian's cup with water.

After tasting it, Li Lian naturally knew whose handwriting it was, and smiled at his lover without hesitation.

After drinking for three rounds, monarchs and ministers respected each other several cups, countless royal family members disregarded their manners, and the wine cups were staggered. You come and go, imagining their great Zhou prosperity; The general and Xungui gathered together to fight wine, which means that if you don't enter the palace vertically and go out horizontally today, you will not be allowed to leave.

But at this time, after Li Mingzhu was overjoyed, she only felt dizzy.She was provoked by Niu Jizong and Ran Feng just now, but she fought with them for two jars of Xifeng wine.This Xifeng wine is mellow and sweet in the mouth, but it has a strong aftertaste. She drank two jars of Xifeng wine in one go, and she hasn't eaten anything to fill her stomach.

Seeing that everyone was in high spirits talking about the wine, Li Mingzhu also ordered a few words to the maid next to her, and then walked out of the hall to sober up.

Standing alone outside the hall, looking at the sky full of stars, feeling the breeze blowing against her face, and hearing the noise from behind, for some reason, Li Mingzhu suddenly felt a little lonely.

Even her cousin, who is ten years younger than herself, has already chosen a consort and got married on a certain day, which makes her, the "old lady" of the royal family, more and more outstanding.

Just now in the hall, quite a few of Li's cousins, uncles, and even cousins ​​inquired about her marriage, and when they knew that she had no intention of getting married, they all categorically rejected her as elders and reprimanded her.The senior elders planned to find the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor to find a suitable person to order marriage, while the cousins ​​of the same generation kept recommending many "Ruyi Langjun" to her as if they were full, which scared her Immediately accepted the challenge of Niu Jizong and Ran Feng's wine fight, and fled.

In the past, she also had a very good "Ruyi Langjun", but it's a pity that that Langjun already has his own heart.

Li Mingzhu was even more depressed when she thought of the two people who were silent and affectionate in the palace.

She had already let go of Li Lian, and never regretted that she replaced her clothes with heavy armor, and rode a horse to fight in all directions as a daughter.

only……

When the night is quiet and alone, I always feel a kind of indescribable fatigue.

"Alas..." Thinking of this, Li Mingzhu couldn't help sighing softly.

"A beautiful girl can't sigh. Sighing will make the girl ugly."

At this time, a low-mellow and pleasant male voice suddenly came from next to my ear, which shocked Li Mingzhu suddenly.