Chapter 500: The Emperor Arrives
The rising generals in the four major palaces who followed Xiao Ding to fight in Jiaozhou came to the Hou Mansion to mourn the two girls. Everyone was talking in the mourning hall when suddenly someone outside shouted that the holy decree had arrived.
Xiao Ding and everyone went out to receive orders.
After listening to the decree, the eunuch came to the courtyard and shouted: "Loyal and martial protector Hou Tian Xiaoding takes the order!" Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said: "I heard that Zhang Erniu, the wife of the Marquis, passed away, and my heart was sad, so I hereby posthumously named Zhang Erniu as the second lady of the order." At the same time, Ouyang Qing, the current wife of the Marquis, was also crowned as the second-rank lady! Chin this! ”
After Xiao Ding received the order to thank him, he learned that Emperor Song Yinzi had also heard the news of Erniu's death. Come and chase a name and give yourself a consolation prize.
Fortunately, Song Yinzi is also very good at doing things, and while chasing the second girl, he has not forgotten that there is also a civet cat, who is also a lady who has been sealed with the second grade.
Speaking of which, this lady is actually an official rank similar to a title, without any real power, but she will receive the court's fortune according to different ranks.
The edict of the second product also corresponds to Xiao Ding's marquis. Further up, Yipin's edict is generally to reward the prince's concubine.
Although the second girl has passed away and can no longer receive the court's salary, the title of Mrs. Decree is an extremely glorious title in ancient society.
In ancient times, women could not enter politics, and the title of Mrs. Decree was not available to everyone, usually they needed a husband or son, who had great achievements, and at the same time they were also virtuous and virtuous, so that they could be rewarded with the Decree.
Therefore, the emperor issued a holy decree to posthumously seal Erniu at this time, which was actually an honor to Erniu.
After rewarding the eunuchs with some scattered pieces of silver, and sending them out of the Hou Mansion. Xiao Ding and everyone returned to the mourning hall again.
Although the civet cat also received a reward from a lady of the command, she was obviously not very interested in these official positions in ancient times, not to mention, her edict was obtained by the way because of the death of the second girl.
Next, during the whole day of the fourth day of the junior high school, what Xiao Ding didn't expect was that many officials of all sizes in the court came to the Hou Mansion to offer condolences, and at the same time gave generous gifts by the way.
Xiao Ding is not easy to refuse these gifts, whether it is a sincere gift or an intentional bribe, people are coming under the banner of coming to mourn the second girl, and it is impossible for Xiao Ding to drive people out, or refuse to accept other people's wishes.
Next, on the fifth day of the next day, there were still many officials coming. Most of Xiao Ding didn't know him, but people handed over their name cards, reported their homes, and came with gifts, and Xiao Ding could only treat each other politely.
At the same time, on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the four old princes of the four princes didn't know whether they made an appointment or coincidentally, and they all came to visit Xiao Ding in person. This made Xiao Ding feel flattered.
Although they have resigned from their positions for many years, except for Yang Hongtao, the old prince Yang Hongtao, who has just taken up the post of Taiwei because of Xiao Ding's recommendation, the others have no longer continued to serve, but they still have a lot of weight in front of the emperor.
Although they usually have nothing to do, they just enjoy their old age at home, but they will not easily visit other homes. Xiao Ding didn't expect that these four old princes would actually give themselves face so much and come to mourn the second girl in person.
Xiao Ding led the way in front of him, and wanted to directly introduce the four old princes into the living room, but the four old princes insisted on going to the mourning hall first.
Although Erniu is a junior, but the deceased is the greatest, the four old princes still take turns to give a stick of incense on the offering table in front of Erniu's coffin, first hold the incense in both hands and bend down and bow, and insert the incense into the incense burner with a hand.
Xiao Ding was very moved by the actions of the four old princes, they were already elders, and they were not young anymore, and now the white-haired people sent the black-haired people, and they still respected the younger generations so much, it can really be said that there is the style of the elderly!
These four princes also listened to the stories of the young generals who came to mourn yesterday after returning to their homes, and only then did they know the causes and consequences of the death of Xiao Ding's original wife, and they heard that they were killed by people from a small country in Fanbang, and they were also very angry.
So, they decided to follow the juniors to pay homage to Xiao Ding's wife today. By the way, I also came to comfort Xiao Ding.
For Xiao Ding, except for the old prince Gao, who had contact with him, the other three princes did not have much contact with Xiao Ding. They just love talents, whether it is the Yongzhou battlefield or the Jiaozhou battlefield, Xiao Ding has performed well, from which it can be seen that Xiao Ding's military talent, they are all people who have led soldiers to fight, and they know the truth that "a thousand troops are easy to get, and a general is hard to find", not to mention, Xiao Ding not only has a general, he is also handsome, which is a gospel for the entire Great Song Kingdom!
Now the Great Song Kingdom is fighting wars every year in almost all the frontiers, and the Great Song Kingdom has insufficient strength for the troubles in the north. Only defense.
Although the old princes are well-dressed and well-fed, they are still worried about the safety of the Great Song Kingdom. Now, the Great Song Kingdom has produced a talent like Xiao Ding, and they are naturally happy, so they attach great importance to Xiao Ding.
Xiao Ding let the four old princes and several young generals who came with them all into the living room, and after ordering someone to serve tea, everyone sat down to talk.
After all, there will be court officials coming to worship in the mourning hall from time to time, so naturally there is no quiet waiting for the living room.
Xiao Ding was chatting with the four old princes, when suddenly someone outside the door shouted: "The emperor has arrived!" ”
At this moment, Xiao Ding was even more surprised, not long after the prince arrived, Emperor Song Yinzi actually came in person.
Now Song Yinzi is very different from Song Yinzi at the beginning, Song Yinzi was still a prince at the beginning, and there was nothing to come to Xiaoding's mansion often.
But now that he is the Ninety-Five Supreme, he has become the emperor, and he has personally gone to the palace of his subordinates, which is a bit unusual.
Xiao Ding and all the people in the house went out to pick up the car. In the courtyard outside, people were already kneeling on the ground. There were the subordinates of the Hou Mansion, and there were also officials who came to pay respects.
At this time, Emperor Song Yinzi had already gotten off the sedan chair, he used to travel in the past, but now that he is the emperor, he has taken the sedan chair, which can be seen the transformation of his identity.
Next to Song Yinzi's sedan chair, there is also a small sedan chair, in which is the ninth princess Song Yinping, she heard that the imperial brother is coming to Xiaoding's mansion today, so she has to come with her.
Song Yinzi was kneeling in the courtyard at this time and said: "Zhong Aiqing is free of courtesy, no need to be polite!" ”
The ninth princess had also gotten off the sedan chair at this time, and she stood behind Song Yinzi vividly, looking at the people in the courtyard, searching for Xiao Ding's figure in the crowd.
After Xiao Ding went out, he hurriedly walked a few steps to Song Yinzi and said, "See His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Princess!" Your Majesty has lost the distance, and I hope to forgive my sins! ”
Song Yinzi hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Master Tian doesn't need to be polite, I didn't notify you in advance when I came this time, why should I blame you?" ”
Xiao Ding found at this time that he hadn't seen Song Yinzi for about two months, and Song Yinzi had lost a lot of weight at this time, and his eyes were also a little dark. It seems that this emperor is not so easy to be, it's only been two months, and he's tired like this!
At this time, the ninth princess was standing behind Song Yinzi, and when she saw Xiao Ding's haggard face and red and swollen eyes, she hurriedly said distressedly: "Marquis Tian, you are a lot haggard today, you have to take care of your body!" ”
Xiao Ding just politely hugged his fist towards the ninth princess and said, "Thank you princess for your concern!" ”
The ninth princess continued: "Since the person has passed away, no matter how sad you are, your wife will not come back to life, so you should cherish the talent in front of you even more!" ”
When Xiao Ding heard this, he felt very reasonable, and thought to himself that he had indeed been sad about the death of the second girl in the past few days, and ignored the feelings of the civet. I really should cherish the talent in front of me.
Where would he have thought that the person in front of him that the ninth princess was talking about actually meant the person standing in front of him now, not the civet cat he was referring to.
The ninth princess has long been thinking about Xiao Ding, but Xiao Ding has always pretended to be deaf and dumb and ignored the ninth princess's stubble. At this time, when the ninth princess heard that Xiao Ding's original wife had died, her mind began to come alive again, thinking, will Xiao Ding accept another wife? As for the civet cat, in the heart of the ninth princess, she always thought that the wife of Xiao Ding Yongzhou was the main wife, and the civet cat must be the concubine of the second room.
Therefore, at this time, the ninth princess mistakenly thought that after Xiao Ding's original wife died, the spirit cat was still a concubine, so Xiao Ding must have taken a wife, so she intended to remind Xiao Ding, but Xiao Ding thought of her words to the spirit cat.
So, Xiao Ding opened his mouth and responded: "What the princess said is very true, and she will definitely do it." ”
The ninth princess was overjoyed, she thought that Xiao Ding understood her hint. So he said, "It's such a cold day, you let us talk to you outside!" ”
Song Yinzi actually knows a little bit about his closest sister's thoughts, but he doesn't plan to get involved for the time being.
The two also advanced to the mourning hall, and each lit a stick of incense for the two girls. Then Xiao Ding let the two of them into the living room.
At this time, Song Yinzi was surprised to find that the four old princes had already come to Xiao Ding's mansion.
In fact, the four old princes and the young generals who came with them also went out with Xiao Ding to greet Song Yinzi, but Song Yinzi had been paying attention to those people in the courtyard at that time, so he didn't pay much attention to these people who came out with Xiao Ding.
After entering the house, he noticed the people of the Four Great Palaces.
After everyone greeted the emperor one by one, they sat down separately.
This time, the four princes who had just sat on the main seat had already given up the main seat to Song Yinzi and the Ninth Princess.
After the servants served tea, Xiao Ding once again told the cause and effect of the death of the second girl in front of Song Yinzi and the ninth princess.
After listening, Song Yinzi frowned, those little Japanese went to make trouble on the day he ascended the throne, and they almost fell in touch with their way at that time. If Xiao Ding hadn't been present that day, maybe he would have lost the face of the Great Song Kingdom at that time.
Therefore, Song Yinzi did not have a good impression of those Fanbang people in the Great Fusang Kingdom.
Xiao Ding finished telling the process before and after the murder of Erniu, and then mentioned by the way that he planned to send troops to attack the Great Fusang Kingdom. After all, this matter still requires the emperor's consent before he can send troops to attack.
In any case, this is also a major event between countries. It is impossible for Xiao Ding to lead the army to attack the Great Fusang Kingdom privately.
After Song Yinzi heard this, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he lowered his head and said silently: "The current specific situation of our Great Song Kingdom, Marquis Tian is not unaware, although some time ago, we implemented several policies, but now the time is still short, and we have not seen many obvious results. So, if you want to fight......" Speaking of this, he looked directly at Xiao Ding, meaning that you should understand.
Of course, Xiao Ding understood what Song Yinzi meant. Naturally, he is also aware of the specific situation in the Great Song Kingdom.
Due to successive wars, the treasury of the Great Song State is currently empty, and the shortage of soldiers is not small. If you want to send troops to Fusang Country, how easy is it to talk about it?
Others don't know, it's impossible for Xiaoding not to know, if you want to go to the Great Fusang Country, you have to cross the ocean.
Now, the naval army of the Great Song Kingdom has just begun to operate, and there are not even a few decent warships, so how can we talk about crossing the ocean to attack the Great Fusang Kingdom?
It seems that revenge is not something that can be achieved in a day or two. It may take three or five years to prepare for the Great Song Kingdom before it is possible that the Great Song Kingdom will have the ability to attack the Great Fusang Kingdom.
So, Xiao Ding thought for a while, and then said to Song Yinzi: "Your Majesty, after the funeral of Erniu is over, I want to go to Yangzhou and Yuezhou in person, organize and train the navy, and create a strong navy division for my Great Song Kingdom, can the emperor give the minister a position?" ”
When he asked for a position in front of the emperor, Xiao Ding was also eager for revenge, thinking that he would personally go to recruit and train troops to form a team and prepare for revenge.
Song Yinzi glanced at Xiao Ding blankly, and slandered in his heart, when he named you a captain, you didn't want to live or die, and now he wants me to give you an official position, you are really holding you back!
Despite the slander in his heart, Song Yinzi did not refute Xiao Ding's face in person. So, he spoke: "Marquis Tian is willing to agree to contribute to me, it's really rare!" Then I will appoint you as the commander of the soldiers and horses of the Great Song National Water Division, and order you to be in charge of the troops of the Great Song National Water Division. ”
With a word from the emperor, Xiao Ding became the head of the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty. This position is equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the naval military region of the Great Song Kingdom, in charge of the naval division troops of the Great Song Kingdom. The position is not low.
Although the current naval division troops of the Great Song Kingdom are still recruiting, there are not many soldiers, but Xiao Ding's position has great power, and he can be in charge of everything related to the naval division.
The other civil and military officials in the room listened to the emperor's canonization, and they were all amazed at the relationship between Xiao Ding and Song Yinzi, it seems that the sycophants who came to pat Xiao Ding were not wrong, he is indeed a celebrity around the emperor, people say a word casually, ask for an official, and the emperor gave such a big official position, it can be seen that the emperor has to value this Marquis Tian.
After listening to the emperor's canonization, Xiao Ding also knew that this official position should have great power, so he immediately thanked the lord Longen.
At this time, he didn't care about what the other civil and military forces in the house thought of him, but secretly thought in his heart, when would he be able to form a water master?
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