Tang Ning still underestimated Emperor Chen's determination, in the general trend of the imperial court is to suppress the powerful, and the title has been continuously reduced over the years, Emperor Chen actually bucked the trend and gave him a Dingguo Marquis.

When he learned the news, Tang Ning actually refused in his heart.

There is no other reason.

Although the Marquis of Dingguo sounds domineering, before him, this title was given to the dead, and the title of the dead was sealed to the living, which was unlucky.

Of course, he is a dignified broom star, Chen Guo from Liubu to Shangshu Province to Jiangnan, to Chu State, grassland, domestic and foreign countries have been restrained by him, he naturally does not have to worry about anything unlucky.

He was thinking that he had been knighted this time, and the next time he made a great contribution, Emperor Chen would reward him with something.

The official position cannot be promoted again, the marquis is also in place in one step, and then there is the Guogong, the existing county principality of Chen State, which one of them is not half of his body has already entered the earth, Tang Ning would rather Emperor Chen convert these rewards into silver than ask for these useless false names.

"You don't want, you don't want to give it to me!"

Xiao Jue looked at him, looked jealous, and said: "Dingguo Hou, my father is not qualified to seal this, since the founding of the Chen Kingdom, plus you are only three people who can get this honor, do you think this is Chinese cabbage, by the pound?" ”

Tang Ning glanced at him and asked, "Can you eat Chinese cabbage, and you can still make steamed buns, can you have the title of Marquis of Dingguo?" ”

Xiao Jue said angrily: "This is something that can go down in history and be immortal!" ”

Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "Can you eat it?" ”

The honor that others dare not dream of, he has it at his fingertips, and he actually looks disgusted, and what makes Xiao Jue even more depressed is that with his understanding of Tang Ning, his dislike is really disgusted......

Xiao Jue was even more depressed in his heart, threw an invitation on the table, and said, "Three days later, remember to prepare a big gift!" ”

Xiao Jue came to deliver invitations this time, and he and Lu Ya will get married in three days.

It is said that Old Man Xiao specially invited the officials of Qin Tianjian to calculate the auspicious day of the zodiac according to the birth dates of the two, and the calculated day was three months later, and Lu Ding asked again with a knife on his neck, so he changed the auspicious day to three days later.

The marriage of the two of them, without any signs, is purely to catch ducks on the shelves, Lu Ya is already a little pregnant, and if it is delayed, the old Lu family will have no face to see people in Beijing.

Although the Lu family is a general, the general's door is not all shameless hob meat, and the Lu family is in the gate, which is a relatively faceless one.

In the past few days, the Xiao family can be described as four joys.

After Tang Ning was promoted, Xiao Jue inherited his position, and the official was the general of the left Xiaowei right, which was the first joy.

Tang Ning's Zuo Xiaowei General, originally the position of Old Man Xiao, after being replaced by Tang Ning, Old Man Xiao has been ranked as one of the three dukes, was named Tai Lieutenant, and became one of the six people with the most respected status in the court of Chen Guo, which is the second joy.

Xiao Xiao, who can't get up, is also going to get married, this is the third joy.

Mrs. Xiao is pregnant, and the Xiao family, which is not prosperous, finally has a queen, this is the fourth joy.

Although they don't know whether Lu Ya will give birth to a son or a daughter, they are not worried about not being able to raise a second child, as long as they keep giving birth, in terms of probability, they will give birth to a son sooner or later.

Today's Xiao family has gone from a decline to a nobleman and a top general in Beijing, and for the continuation of the family, it is necessary to spread out the branches.

In the eyes of officials and people in Beijing, whether it is Old Man Xiao being the third prince or Xiao Jue being promoted to general, the influence of these two things cannot be compared with Tang Ning's knighthood.

Old man Xiao is the current father-in-law, when he was young, he also made great contributions to the country, His Majesty has loved the Xiao family over the years, and it is not so surprising that he can be ranked as the third prince.

Xiao Jue's position as a general was earned by him with his life in the northwest, and others were convinced.

Only Tang Ning was made a prince, which greatly exceeded everyone's expectations.

Not to mention that the imperial court has not been a marquis for decades, he is the first person to be a marquis in recent years, and the status of the marquis is determined alone, and no one in the entire Beijing division can stand out.

This also shows from the side that his status in His Majesty's heart is higher than all courtiers and all powerful people.

Of course, the people doubted, not that he was not worthy of this title, with his merits, if it was at the beginning of the founding of the country, it was not uncommon to be crowned king.

It's just that the title of Marquis of Dingguo has never been easy to allow, and he often chooses to replace it with others, His Majesty has broken the precedent this time, and I don't know what he has in mind.

After thinking about it, he himself is already in a high position, and there is no reward, and it seems that there is only one way to be knighted.

Normally, when he reaches this position, the emperor should worry about whether he will be pampered and arrogant, but His Majesty does not seem to be worried at all, but instead gives him all the trust and grace, which is an extremely abnormal thing for an emperor who is well versed in the art of the emperor and is good at playing with the balance of power.

Compared with His Majesty's thoughts, they were more curious about the mood of the Tang family.

How brilliant the Tang family was in the past, and Tang Ning was just an abandoned son of the Tang family at that time.

And now?

The Tang family has declined, only one of the scholars can still get their hands on it, the former abandoned son of the Tang family, is now the Marquis of Dingguo, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, the servant of the ministry, and the scholar Zuo Cheng......

Any one of these titles can bring countless political resources to the Tang family and Duanwang, but such people were pushed out by them back then.

In the Tang family, the atmosphere was very depressing.

How glorious and festive the atmosphere is of another Tang Mansion in Beijing, how low and depressing this Tang Mansion is.

The other party returned from a great victory in the northern expedition, was named a general, a marquis of the country, and was praised and supported by the people of Beijing, and the subordinates of the Tang Mansion became more and more cautious, in case the master of the mansion was in a bad mood, they even breathed wrong.

A subordinate thought of this and sighed leisurely, if the head of the family had chosen another path back then, how brilliant would the current Tang family be?

He just walked with his head down, and when he looked up, he immediately panicked, bowed down and said, "Childe, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to......"

Tang Zhao was holding a book in his hand and reading, without looking at him, waved his hand, and walked forward by himself.

The Tang family was a little relieved, everyone knew that the current Tang family, the second son's temper is the best, even if the subordinate makes a mistake on weekdays, he will not punish it, or he is too lazy to punish.

In addition to reading books every day, he still reads books, and does not waste time on things other than reading.

It's strange to say, the second son used to hate reading, but since a few months ago, because he was punished for confined to the study for two months because of talking back to the master, he is like a different person, he reads and forgets to sleep and eat, neither goes out to drink flower wine, nor fools around with other gentlemen in Beijing, and locks himself in his room every day to read......

The people of the Tang Mansion have a lot of discussions about this, some people say that the second son has opened his mind, some people say that he is stunned, no matter what the reason is, the second son is like a different person compared with before, but it is recognized by everyone.

Tang Mansion, inside Tang Huai's study.

Tang Huaimo rubbed his palms and asked softly, "...... Dingguo Marquis, what does Your Majesty want to do?" ”

"Could it be a killing?" Tang Qi's face was gloomy, he thought for a while, and said: "This son has become a climate, with Your Majesty's thoughts, I must have been wary of him, now that the south of the Yangtze River has been decided, the northwest is also flat, the birds are all hidden, and the rabbits and dogs are cooked, he has not done it before......"

"Kill a fart, the rabbit is not dead yet, what kind of dog meat to eat......"

Before Tang Huai could speak, a voice came from outside the door.

Tang Zhao walked into the study, took two books from the bookshelf, sandwiched them under his armpits, glanced back, and said: "Chen Guo is now in turmoil, facing enemies on all sides, and he doesn't need such a good talent, but instead suppresses and kills, are you stupid to be Your Majesty?" ”

"Bastard, what do you know?" Tang Qi sank his face and said: "Jiangnan is stable, and there is no great enemy in the grassland, why is Chen Guo in turmoil?" ”

"There is no more enemy of the steppe?" Tang Zhao glanced at him and asked, "Do you know why Su Shen people have repeatedly offended?" ”

Tang Qi said: "Be cautious of the ambition of the wolf and want to encroach on the land of Chen......"

"People live well on the grassland, pin their heads to their belts when they are full, and run to Yinshan to fight with the border army?" Tang Zhao looked at him and said, "If it weren't for the fact that they were forced to stay on the grassland by the black barbarians, do you think they would have nothing to do?" ”

He glanced at Tang Huai and Tang Qi, and said: "The black barbarians are the biggest threat on the grassland, and the Su Shen people are beaten like dogs by them on the grassland, and when they destroy Su Shen, the next one is Chen Chu." ”

He changed his tone and said: "This is just the grassland, in the past few months, Qiandi has also been in chaos, if there is chaos in Qiandi, the two provinces in the south of the Yangtze River will be threatened immediately, not to mention that there is Xiaowan in the Western Regions, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring on the western plateau, the surroundings are chaotic like this, Your Majesty still wants to suppress the heroes, are you fools when Your Majesty?" ”

Tang Qi frowned and looked at him and asked, "Who told you this?" ”

"Read more books, read more newspapers, and guess less about Your Majesty's thoughts......" Tang Zhao patted the two books under his armpits, and said while walking out the door: "There is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book, the ancients are honest and don't deceive me......"