Emperor Dongyuan narrowed his eyes, carefully examined the gold bracelet in his hand, and said slowly and unhurriedly: "No merit without a head, this is a state system, and no one can change it. You did very well. He put down the bracelet, leaned back, and said, "From the beginning of Gaozu's fourth year of Shengping's expedition to Xiliang, to the battle table handed back by Zhang Shao last night, in the hundred-year battle with the Tuqi people, there are a total of sixty-three gold medals captured on the battlefield. After I ascended the throne, there were two pieces in the first year of the Eastern Era, one in the fourth year, and one in the sixth year. Six years later, there was no gold medal in the inner court for twelve consecutive years. Sometimes the Spring Festival Lantern Festival wants to give the royal children some good things, but look left and right, except for the land, gold, silver, money and silk and other mundane things that are eye-catching, there is no one who can get their hands on it. Every year in the spring and autumn sacrifices, I always feel ashamed of the kindness of the heavens, and also ashamed of the ancestors of my Chen family, sometimes I can't help but wonder, whether it is my virtue is wrong, so God used this scene to warn me ......"

He talked like a homely person, and the ministers below all sat down respectfully and listened, who knew that the topic suddenly turned to "Heavenly Dao Emperor", who can sit still this time, the old minister Tang Xing stood up first, leaned over and bowed his head with a solemn face: "The saint doesn't have to blame himself." The Holy Monarch has been diligent in politics for 20 years, and everyone knows about it, and it is to stabilize the people in the Central Plains, and the state taxes in the 19th year of the Eastern Yuan Dynasty are three times that of the early years of the Eastern Yuan Dynasty, and 30 times more than the last year of Gaozu's ascension to peace, this ......"

Dong Yuan interrupted him with a snort: "Tang Xiang doesn't have to use this matter to relieve my heart. Wenzhi, I am a little bit, but martial arts can never be talked about. He waved his hand, motioned for everyone to sit down, and continued: "Last year, the 100,000 troops spent hundreds of millions of trillions on the conquest of the Turbid Empire, but in the end they only ended up in a situation of undefeated and undefeated...... As soon as these words came out, the ministers who had just taken their seats all left their seats in fear and listened in sincere fear. I heard it, the emperor was warning everyone! Although the imperial court has long been edicted to the world, last year's war with the Turks was a fight between you and me, in fact, the real result is clear to anyone's heart, if there is no Changsha princess in the crisis to resolutely provoke the girder of Yanshan, I am afraid that the situation in the north will be eroded to the point of being unable to be controlled, and the Central Plains and the two Kyotos will be shaken......

Emperor Dongyuan didn't seem to see the actions of the ministers, so he didn't move and turned the topic back: "But things are always like this, the lost east corner of the harvest of Sangyu, the war is stalemate, and the gold medal of the Sa Mu has improved a little. It is worth mentioning that Yan Shanwei has been fighting for me for face in the past two years. Speaking of this, he paused slightly, glanced at Shang Cheng with deep and bottomless eyes, and continued, "From the eighteenth year of the Eastern Yuan Dynasty to the present, there have been fifteen gold medals sent by Yanshan. In the summer of the previous year, Li Shen was defeated in Yandong and the people of Tu were surrendered three times; Last winter, it was still Li Shen, and it was still Yandong's great victory, and he paid seven gold medals in one battle, which made me so happy that I couldn't close my eyes for two days and two nights. Unexpectedly, Zhang Shao was also brave and good at fighting, not to mention capturing five gold medals in one battle, and also killed a royal family of Tu Ku Ci and sent a gold bracelet of sacrifice bones. Zhang Shao Zhang Jixian one by one good name ......" said, and then raised his eyelids and glanced at Shang Cheng, seeing that Shang Cheng's face was still very calm, and he was also a little surprised in his heart, he praised Li Shen first and then praised Zhang Shao, originally to arouse Shang Cheng's heart to win, who knew that his Xuanwei general Yanshan fake governor didn't seem to hear the meaning of his words, quiet and calm as if it was a mountain.

He couldn't help but secretly admire: If you don't move your heart, you don't take away your ambition, this blind businessman really seems to be a general!

But how did he Dongyuan Emperor know that Shang Cheng's mind was already out of this Hanyuan Palace.

Just now, Shang Cheng suddenly realized a thorny new problem: the son of the king of Lugu in the east of the city died in Liuzhen, will this matter affect next year's military operation?

No! This was the first judgment he received. Although he hadn't met the King of Donglu Valley and didn't know much about this person, judging from the past three battles, this was a very cool-headed and well-planned opponent, and he shouldn't have made any reckless decisions because of personal emotional factors. Therefore, the focus of the attack of the Turks next year will still be in Yandong. For the Tuqi people, the money and grain hoarded in Yi County could not be given up at all, and the mountains of grain, cloth, medicinal materials, ordnance, and silver money there were all the fat they dreamed of taking a bite of.

However, the possibility of the enemy shifting the direction of the attack cannot be ruled out. He knows that in the case of extreme pain, many times what he does and says is beyond his control, and the king of Donglu Valley has lost his beloved son, and his mind may not be able to stay sober in the midst of grief and anger, and he ignores everything else in order to avenge himself, and desperately attacks Liuzhen and Yanzhong, which is not necessarily a fantasy story. Besides, after all, Tukuti is still a steppe nomad, and the national customs and behavioral habits are very different from the Han culture in the Central Plains, and many actions that are unbelievable in the eyes of the Han people are taken for granted in their eyes. At this time, even if the king of Donglu Valley knew that it was not a good idea to take Yanzhong directly, if he was forced by the situation to take action, then it would be dangerous to stay in the direction of Zhenzhen and Yanzhong. Moreover, if the king of Donglu Valley really wanted to choose Yanzhong as the direction of breakthrough, then the military plan formulated by him and Zhang Shao would also have to be greatly adjusted.

What worries him even more is that he doesn't know if Zhang Shao has made contingency plans and adjustments in the event of an emergency. He believes that Zhang Shao has not yet redeployed. Zhang Shao is too conservative and lacks initiative. Moreover, his prestige and qualifications are insufficient, and even Ximen Sheng may not be at his disposal, let alone Li Shen. Especially Li Shen. Now that almost all of the mobile forces of the Yanshan Guards are in Li Shen's right army, if he and Zhang Shao have a conflict and dispute, the consequences may be unimaginable!

It seems that he must return to Yanshan as soon as possible. He needs to grasp the situation first-hand and then try to make a correct judgment.

“…… General Shang, this time Yan Shanwei and General Zhang Jixian have made great contributions, what reward do you think the imperial court should give? ”

As soon as Emperor Dongyuan said this, several ministers were stunned. It is not uncommon for the imperial court to decide on the promotion and reward of an official by consulting the opinions and opinions of the officials in charge in advance, but the matter at hand is anything but different. Shang Cheng ranked first in the merit book sent by Yanshan, and the imperial court discussed the reward of meritorious soldiers, and the first one had to avoid him, why did the holy monarch come to him to ask for advice, where is there such a reason? And listening to the Shengjun's words, Zhang Shao was mentioned alone, and it seemed that there was a suspicion of cutting down and erasing the successful labor of the merchants, would this cold the hearts of the soldiers?

Tang Xing and Zhang Pu exchanged glances, and as soon as they bowed in the seat, they wanted to stand up and make up for the omission in Emperor Dongyuan's words, Shang Cheng had already stood up and said: "Your Excellency, the minister is a border town and a general, and you can't comment on the reward." ”

Emperor Dongyuan seemed to have expected him to say this, nodded and smiled, and said with a teasing tone: "Is the general afraid of bad reviews and wants to avoid suspicion?" ”

"Your Majesty." Shang Cheng also smiled and casually slapped a little sycophant over. Where did he avoid suspicion, in fact, because such a major matter must be negotiated with several yamen of the Health Department before he can make a mature proposal to the imperial court, and he cannot answer in a hurry. However, from his personal point of view, he certainly hoped that the court's reward would be as heavy as possible. The soldiers fought bloody battles, didn't they just want to be rich and prosperous?

Emperor Dongyuan Zhengrong said: "I have discussed with the ministers, and the preliminary plan is that Yan Shanwei has meritorious soldiers in this battle, and the meritorious deeds will be rewarded with a first-class reward. Zhang Shao presided over the war strategy first had a merit, and the defeat of the town was another merit, and the two merits were combined, and the resolution added Zhang Shao's rank of honor, General Jin Mingwei, the son of the founding of the country, the fifth generation, and another son of the right Luan Yiwei, and the selection and transfer of the gate control army......"

Emperor Dongyuan suddenly put aside the results of the discussion between the monarch and the ministers just now and gave Zhang Shao the title, and the sudden decision made everyone stunned and unable to react in time. Tang Xing, the left minister, was still pondering, and the right minister Zhang Pu had already stood up and taken a step back, bowed his arms and said, "Fusheng!" One by one, the ministers have objections! ”

Emperor Dongyuan raised his hand and made a move: "Zhang Xiang sits down for a while." He didn't look at Zhang Pu either, his cold gaze was level ahead, and his words were very clear, "The five-sided gold medal sent by Zhang Shao, just now I have already given three pieces to the crown prince and the king of Chengdu and Jinan. The remaining two pieces were given to Zhang Xiangguo and General Xiao. One by one, this matter is so decided, the prime minister's office will draw up a will according to my words, and pay it to the study room for printing and then send it to the world. After speaking, without waiting for Zhang Pu and Xiao Jian to bow to Xie Junen, they didn't look at everyone again, took the gold bracelet and walked around the screen with their hands behind their backs, leaving a group of ministers with their own hearts to look at each other in the palace.

Almost everyone understood the profound meaning of Emperor Dongyuan's sudden decision in an instant. This was the first time that the emperor publicly expressed his attitude in the north-south dispute. There is no doubt that the Holy Monarch is in favor of fighting north. While agreeing with Yan Shanwei's military plan, he did not alienate the southbound faction because of this, so he rewarded Zhang Pu and Xiao Jian with gold medals. In addition, this is also a signal: Emperor Dongyuan will probably no longer hold accountable for last year's defeat on the grassland......

Of course, not all people in this hall are understanding. This person can only be Shang Cheng. Because of his lack of personality, age, life experience, and political experience, he could not immediately comprehend such a complex political life at the moment. Perhaps, for a long time to come, he will not be able to become a full-fledged statesman; He can only be a qualified general, or he will still be a qualified admiral. We really don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing for him.

Probably a good thing.

Maybe it's a bad thing.

Anyway, Shang Cheng finally met the emperor. To make up for the last small regret, he can finally return to Yanshan with a disgraced heart now.

He couldn't wait to get back......