Xiao Ding waited in Zhongzhou City for half a month, and finally waited for the emperor to summon him.

On the Jinluan Pavilion in the Imperial Palace, Emperor Song Yuanting ordered Xiao Ding to tell the story of the battle in detail.

Xiao Ding started to join the army by himself, and then followed the troops to fight against the invading army of the Great Xia Kingdom, and talked about driving the Great Xia ** team out of the territory of the Great Song Kingdom.

Hearing the emperor Song Yuanting, he applauded several times halfway.

When Xiao Ding was telling what had happened, he suddenly caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye that Gao Zhengde, the old prince Gao, and his granddaughter Gao Wanjun were standing in the queue of military generals. and that Luo Simao, who was also standing next to an old general who was about the same age as Lord Gao.

Xiao Ding guessed that the old general next to Luo Simao might be the old prince of Luofu.

When Xiao Ding finished telling from beginning to end, the emperor was still there, immersed in the scene that Xiao Ding had just narrated. It turned out that he listened to what happened as a story.

Although Xiao Ding's narration is not as eloquent and clever as the storyteller's storyteller, he is articulate, clear, logical, and methodical. Therefore, there are many ministers, including the emperor, who are also fascinated by it, as if they were in the situation.

Even Song Yinzi, the queen of the emperor, nodded and praised again and again.

On the other side of the military general queue, there were even many young generals who listened to it and jumped to try, hating that they had not been able to go to the front line of the border to kill the enemy.

Emperor Song Yuanting saw that Xiao Ding had finished speaking, and stopped talking, so he came back to his senses and asked: "Tian Xiaoding, you said that you are from Luoxia Village, then, who else is in your family?" Tell us about your family! ”

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Xiao Ding heard it, this is to check the household registration! Hurriedly told the emperor about the situation in his family, of course, he must have tried his best to say that he was miserable, and he would not tell the emperor that he was actually not short of silver, and he had just cheated your son for two thousand taels!

Song Yuting frowned after listening to Xiaoding's story about the family. Then he said: "Tian Xiaoding, you have contributed a lot to the expulsion of Hu Lu this time, how do you want me to reward you?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the expulsion of Hu Lu was earned by the concerted efforts of all the officers and men of our army, not afraid of life and death, not the work of my Tian Xiaoding alone, and Weichen was just loyal to his duties and did something within his bounds. If Your Majesty wants to reward you, please give more sympathy to the families of the soldiers and generals who have died in battle and will never return! Xiao Ding clasped his fists and saluted.

"Okay, good, I am not proud of my achievements, and I think of the soldiers who died in battle, Tian Dutong is really a talented person in my Great Song Kingdom!" After listening to Xiao Ding's words, Song Yuanting praised.

"Weichen doesn't dare to be!" Xiao Ding clenched his fists.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Tian Xiaoding has made great achievements in this war, how do you think I should reward him?" Song Yuanting couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he asked the civil and military forces for advice.

At this time, the old prince Gao Zhengde in the military general train stood up, and Shi Li said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, according to what the old minister sees, Tian Xiaoding is brave and strategic, has both ability and political integrity, and has the talent of a general, so he should be awarded the rank of general and appointed to the army to command the army!" ”

Song Yuanting nodded and said, "Lord Gao is reasonable! ”

I was just about to open my mouth to add an official to Xiao Ding. Suddenly, someone in the civil servant train said: "Your Majesty, slow down!" ”

When Song Yuting saw that it was Taiwei Gao Geyu, he asked suspiciously: "Why did Taiwei stop it?" ”

Gao Geyu was not in a hurry, and said with a salute: "The old minister thinks that although Tian Xiaoding has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, most of them have been completed because of the cooperation of other generals, besides, he is so young, if he is promoted too quickly, how can other officials who have been loyal for many years think?" Therefore, the old minister suggested that Tian Xiaoding's official position could be rewarded, but not too high at one time, so as not to arouse the dissatisfaction of other generals. ”

Xiao Ding listened to it next to him and thought, who is this old man? Didn't I throw his child into the well? Why would he oppose me?

Of course he didn't know it, the old man in front of him was the highest military commander-in-chief of the Great Song Kingdom, Taiwei Gao Geyu! You must know that all the troops of the Great Song Kingdom must obey the dispatch of the Gao Taiwei in front of them. All officers in the army, this Lieutenant Gao has the right to appoint and recall.

Xiao Ding was puzzled, and suddenly heard an old voice coming out of the ranks of military generals: "The old minister Yue Qianhao thinks that Tian Xiaoding's merits are remarkable, and he must be rewarded, and he can't be promoted because he is young, otherwise it will chill the hearts of young generals." ”

When Xiao Ding saw this old general who called himself Yue Qianhao, he was a little familiar, and when he thought about it, his face should be somewhat similar to the two brothers Yue Yunfeng and Yue ** that he saw in Gaowang's Mansion that night.

As soon as Yue Qianhao's words fell, another person in the civil official train stood up and said: "The old minister thinks that it is okay to reward Tian Xiaoding heavily, and he can be given the rank of general, but he can't be given too high a position, after all, he is still very young, and he still needs to accumulate more experience in low-level positions." If he is allowed to hold power, how can he convince people? Young people are prone to being overbearing, and if he uses the power in his hands to cause trouble, it will not be good. I hope Your Majesty thinks twice! ”

Xiao Ding saw this old man, who was no longer young, with a goatee, and his hair and beard were all white. He didn't know that this white-bearded old man was Zhao Shisun, a high-ranking veteran of the Three Dynasties.

Although he didn't know the prime minister and the Taiwei Gao, Xiao Ding had already seen that the military generals basically supported the emperor to reward him, and the civil officials tried their best to dissuade the emperor from giving him too high rights.

Xiao Ding thought secretly, I didn't expect that the struggle in this court was still fierce, and it seemed that the civil and military generals of the Great Song Kingdom were still very discordant!

However, he didn't really care about how to reward him, he just wanted this matter to end quickly, and then he could go home early and be reunited with his family.

So Xiao Ding Shili opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, although Weichen has a little merit, he does not want to enter the court as an official. Weichen is used to the life of a countryman in the idle clouds and wild cranes, and he just wants to go home early to reunite with his family, if you make me an official, I feel constrained, Your Majesty might as well let me go home and farm! ”

"How does this make it, if Tian Xiaoding can't be rewarded for making such a contribution, then who will think about making meritorious contributions in the future?" Another old man in the military general's train came out and said.

"Your Majesty, since Tian Xiaoding himself is willing to disarm and return to the field, I think Your Majesty might as well rely on him, give him the rank of general, receive the general's salary every year, and then seal him with more fields and let him go back to farming." Zhao Shisun on the side said.

"Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, the land in Luoxia County has long been owned, and there is no free land for Tian Xiaoding." This time it was a middle-aged man in his thirties who stood up in the ranks of civil officials.

Xiao Ding looked very familiar, thought about it carefully, and finally remembered, isn't this Han Jun, the eldest brother of Han Lu'er, who once had a relationship in Xiangmanlou in Luoxia County?

I didn't expect this Han Jun to be the official of the imperial court! Xiao Ding sighed. Of course, he didn't know that this Han Jun was the head of the household department of the dynasty, which was equivalent to the level of the deputy minister of agriculture in later generations!

Zhao Shisun opened his mouth again at this time and said: "Since there is no idle land in Luoxia County, it doesn't matter, but I know that there are hundreds of acres of idle land in Shiqiao County in the northwest of Zhongzhou, so it is better to give the hundreds of acres of land to Tian Xiaoding." ”

After listening to the opinions of the ministers, the emperor couldn't quite make up his mind, so he asked Xiao Ding and said, "Tian Qing, what do you think?" ”

Xiao Dingxin said, didn't you want to reward me, transferred me all the way over, and kept saying that he wanted to reward me, but now he came to ask me.

However, Xiao Ding just dared to think about it in his heart, but he said: "Weichen is still willing to disarm and return to the field, I don't want to be an official, and I ask Your Majesty for permission!" As for the fields, I don't want them. ”

Xiao Ding secretly scolded the white-bearded old man in his heart, and said in his heart, what kind of bad idea do you have, reward the land, not my family, but find a place where the birds don't and reward me, after giving it to me, how can I manage it!

When the emperor heard this, he said: "Okay, since Tian Qing is dedicated to farming, I will no longer force Qing to enter the court as an official, but I can't treat you badly!" ”

When Xiao Ding heard this, he muttered in his heart, and said in his heart I want to see how you don't treat me badly!