Chapter 159: Reward after the war
September 13 of the third year of the Tang Dynasty, this day occupies an important page in the history of the Tang Dynasty, because at the Great Court Meeting on this day, eight Wenhou and five Wuhou were born, they are Yuan Zhan, Zhang An, Zhao Yan, Duan Ping, Sima Da, Zhang Zhi, Li Lin, Pang Jixian, Xue Ren, Lou Chong, Lin Dahong, Yi Chuan, Ji Meng, because Gao Qiang and Wei Chaodong's fathers are all marquis of Wanhu, so there is no need for them to divide the marquis, plus Dou Guan, Lu Hang, and Gongsun Kun, who have long had the position of marquis, At this point, Li Jun finally has the first important team in his life.
Seeing the satisfied appearance of the ministers, Li Jun was also very happy, Li Jun arched his hand to everyone and said, "Everyone, Aiqing, please in the future." ”
"Your Ministers obey." Everyone said in unison under the leadership of Yuan Zhan, the first assistant of the cabinet.
After Li Jun announced the dissolution of the dynasty, he left Gao Zhe, Wei Wuji, and Yuan Zhan behind, and after several people sat down separately, Wei Wuji gave a thumbs up and said: "Your Majesty, you are generous, this time my old Wei is really convinced." ”
Li Jun said with a smile: "Uncle, why did you get a split after you came back from Hang Aishan?" This is not my big deal, but you Aiqing deserves, you Aiqing has accompanied me through the most difficult three years, this reward is worth it, and I want to thank my uncle, with the victory of Hang Aishan, I can also take a breath, I decided not to use the sword in the next few years, to accumulate strength, and then to achieve the true unification of the world, Kyushu back to the throne. ”
"No, the ministers will help Your Majesty fulfill his wish." The three of them immediately replied.
Li Jun waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's all sit down, leave three of us today, mainly because there are a few things to discuss with you, first of all, the first thing is that our army beheaded 100,000 this time, how should these 100,000 military merits be calculated?" ”
Yuan Zhan, as the first assistant of the cabinet, was the first to stand up and said: "According to His Majesty's new military merit reward system, there are two ways, divide the field and divide the money. ”
Li Jun turned his gaze to Gao Zhe, Gao Zhe thought for a while and said: "What Lord Yuan said forgives the old ministers for disagreeing, most of the troops on this expedition are northerners, if they are assigned to the south, I am afraid that many soldiers will be dissatisfied." ”
"What does the old general recommend?" Li Jun asked.
Gao Zhe said slowly: "Lao Chen thinks that we can combine the division of land and money, that is to say, we can give them some land in the soldiers' hometowns, and the rest will be counted as silver money and distributed to everyone, this plan should be possible." ”
Li Jun nodded and said, "Okay, then uncle, you and Gao Qing urge the military department to convert the battle exploits as soon as possible, and the soldiers must be allowed to get their rewards this year." ”
"No, the ministers obey." The two of them immediately replied.
Li Jun continued: "This is the second thing? I read the briefing sent by my uncle, some soldiers were seriously injured and needed to retire, and then I went through all the case files of the Criminal Department for nearly ten years, and there were hundreds of veteran rebellions, so the three Aiqing had to give me an idea about this matter today. ”
This kind of thing is something that every dynasty and every generation will encounter, because the veterans are used to the battlefield in the wild, so many people return to the place at once, very uncomfortable, the most typical is the bad habit of pulling out the knife at every turn, the veteran is angry, pulling out the knife to kill people is very common, killing someone, the government will arrest it, and then everyone will flee, flee and run away from the annoyance, there will be resentment in the heart, and finally embark on the road of no return to rebellion.
So this matter is also a very important thing after the war, it is appropriate to put forward it at this time, and at this time it was Yuan Zhan who was the first to stand up and say: "Lao Chen thinks that this matter is easier to solve than the first one, the veterans have no ambition, so just give them a decent job, last time according to Lao Chen's knowledge, the criminal department's messengers went to Jinshan Temple to arrest people, but they were beaten by other monks and retreated, so these retired veterans, you can let them do errands, and they can also be messengers, these jobs are suitable for them." ”
Wei Wuji also joked: "Your Majesty, now there are a lot of veterans, especially the Modao team and the steel-armored cavalry who have retreated, needless to say, all the armies are rushing to ask for it, these veterans who have been on the battlefield are fragrant, and they can be a teacher among the recruits and teach the recruits their battlefield experience, which is not bad." ”
Hearing the answers of the two, Li Jun nodded with satisfaction and said: "Okay, these are all good methods, everyone will summarize these methods to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War will deal with them in a unified manner, then now let's talk about this third thing, the 10,000 soldiers who have been sacrificed, I not only have to welcome them into the Lingyan Pavilion, I also have a bold idea, that is, to bury them next to my mausoleum, and when I am a hundred years later, with their protection, I am not afraid." ”
Hearing Li Jun's words, Yuan Zhan frowned and said: "Your Majesty, the burial of the imperial mausoleum has been a treatment that only important ministers can get since ancient times, and now ordinary soldiers can accompany the burial of the imperial mausoleum, isn't this a bit out of courtesy?" ”
Li Jun replied with a smile: "What is etiquette, etiquette is to formulate an order that people abide by, now that the times have changed, etiquette can also change, okay, this matter has been decided, the three of you, you must do a good job, I just want to tell the people of the world that it is good to fight for me." ”
"No, the minister obeys." Seeing that Li Jun had made up his mind, the three of them immediately replied.
At this time, Li Jun was also a little tired, and after a few more words with the three of them, the meeting was dismissed.
Li Jun dispersed and went directly to Xiao Meier, because Xiao Mei'er's whereabouts have always been Xiao Mei'er's investigation, and Xiao Mei'er sent someone over this morning to report that she had found some clues about Xiaoqing.
When Li Jun came to Xiao Mei'er, Xiao Mei'er was pulled up by Li Jun before she could salute and said, "Queen, these false gifts are exempt, what the hell is going on?" ”
"Your Majesty, since the last Yushan earthquake, the concubines have sent people to find Xiaoqing's whereabouts day and night, and finally the emperor has lived up to his wishes, and the inner servants sent out yesterday have come and gone, saying that Xiaoqing's peeled skin was found in a cave in Zhongnan Mountain."
Saying that, a few attendants walked in with a snake skin, this snake skin was cyan, without any impurities, Li Jun immediately said: "That's right, this is Xiaoqing's skin, but Xiaoqing still hasn't found it, right?" ”
Xiao Mei'er immediately pleaded guilty: "Your Majesty, the concubine is incompetent, and she only found this." ”
Li Jun sighed and said, "I don't blame you for this, okay, keep looking, I believe that Xiao Qingfu has a big life and will be fine." ”
The two were talking, the nurse came over with Li Chengtang, Xiao Li was immediately attracted by the cyan snake skin, the nurse didn't dare to slack off, and immediately hugged Xiao Li and walked over, Xiao Li didn't know how important it was, so he put it in his mouth.
Li Jun hurriedly snatched it, so frightened that the nurse knelt on the ground and trembled, Li Jun said angrily: "Damn, what is this?" You also dare to give the prince food, come to someone, pull it down, and kill it with a rod. ”
"No." The two attendants dragged the nurse down.