After the king of Chu got the good news of Nanping, he was very happy, and he wanted to reward Ma Yun and others again.

At this moment, Li Gao stood up and said, "The heart of the king's beloved son is well known. Today, the five princes have made such a great achievement, and they are naturally inseparable from your teachings. But as far as the reward is concerned, please think twice about it. Mencius said: Heaven descends on the people, they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically. The five princes are young, and they have made great contributions, they like to dance with knives and guns, and there are no sages around them, if the king rewards them, I am afraid that the five princes will become unscrupulous and unscrupulous. Doesn't this hurt the five princes? ”

King Chu thought for a while, and said with a little skepticism: "Yun'er has loved martial arts since she was a child, and although she doesn't do poetry very well, she is also knowledgeable, knows how to learn, and has a good conduct, so she won't become like that." ”

Ma Xiguang next to him nodded and said, "Yes, I think Yun'er is quite sensible." Self-clearing, you are exaggerating. ”

Li Gao smiled and said: "King, according to the ministers, the five princes are all a little complacent at this time. You see the chapter here, 'The army is like a battalion of the glaive, riding as a whirlwind team. "The color of pride jumped on the paper, and then look here" The danger of the rivers and lakes is not enough, and our brigade is fighting to climb the ground. Look here again ... ”

King Chu looked at it carefully, shook his head and read two sentences, and said with a smile: "I always thought that Yun'er didn't like to read, and he chatted about his writings, and looking at this piece of music, it was not like that at all." The writing has grown a lot, and he is worthy of my good son. ”

Li Gao secretly thought in his heart that this must be to ask someone to catch the knife on his behalf, but he didn't dare to say it, he flipped the chapter, his eyes rolled, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Ma Guangliang on the side said again: "Father, this piece of writing is really good, it's rare for the fifth brother to work so hard in Yuezhou for half a year, father, you should be rewarded heavily." A few days ago, my mother also mentioned that she missed her fifth brother very much, so it was better to take this opportunity to invite her fifth brother to Changsha and reward him well. ”

King Chu looked at Ma Guangliang, and didn't seem to expect that Ma Guangliang had something to say, and said with a smile: "It's rare that your brothers are so harmonious. Kindness... ”

"Third brother, now that Nanping has just been pacified, I'm afraid Yun'er has to stay there for a while, otherwise I'm afraid there will be changes." Ma Xiguang couldn't help but say.

The king of Chu first heard Ma Guangliang and felt that it was very reasonable, his son, who was so promising, should really be rewarded; Listening to Ma Xiguang say this, it is also reasonable and well-founded, at this time, it is not good to change the generals temporarily, otherwise it is easy to give up the previous efforts. What's more important is that this person is his own son, and he is a person who can't be kissed, so what is there to worry about. Thinking of this, King Chu's mind moved, and he looked at Ma Guangliang and Ma Xiguang again, and hesitated to stop talking.

In the past, when this kind of embarrassment was in the past, Liao Kuangtu would usually take the initiative to jump out, either proposing to chant poetry against him, or proposing an intermission to discuss it later. Today, Liao Kuangtu sat firmly in the chair, smiling, half-squinting, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Li Gao just touched a nail, secretly regretted that he had forgotten the temperament of this prince, and actually picked on the ornate words, and said with a smile: "Prince, the list of meritorious personnel is really long." Kindness... Ay... These five princes are too Meng Lang, how can they add official positions to them? As he spoke, he pointed out these things to the King of Chu.

It is clearly written: Sun Guangxian is the history of Xiazhou Thorn, Liang Yansi is the history of Guizhou Thorn, and Shi Wende is the history of Yuezhou Thorn. Although this addition can only come from above, it can't blame Ma Yun too much, after all, Ma Yun has written on it, suggestion. This is just a suggestion.

The king of Chu suddenly became a little unhappy, and said, "Ziqing, this is a suggestion." Yun'er has taken down such a large piece of territory, and we don't have time to send officials from Changsha over, so there is nothing wrong with using a little demotion. As long as Gao Congxu's family moved to Changsha, those people would not be able to turn the sky upside down. Besides, when there is chaos today, the stones of its mountains can also attack jade. ”

The King of Chu looked at the people who had fallen into silence, and then said, "Let's determine the reward just now." ”

Li Gao was impatient, and he didn't care if the king of Chu was happy or not, so he stood up suddenly, knelt down and said: "The king, the minister has admonished again, and you can't reward the five princes too quickly." ”

Ma Xiguang was on the side, and muttered in a small voice: "It's strange, my own nephew has made meritorious contributions, and he can't be rewarded." ”

The king of Chu was immediately furious, smashed the wine glass to pieces, and was about to scold Li Gao's nose.

Xu Zhongya hurriedly knelt down and said: "The king is angry, the fifth prince has made this miraculous feat, and he should naturally be rewarded." But Mr. Lee's concerns cannot be dismissed entirely. After all, it's too smooth, and it's also harmful to the five princes. According to the minister, the king's reign, whether it is civil governance or martial arts, is much stronger than the king of Hengyang (the previous king of Chu, Ma Xisheng, Ma Xifan's brother), what is the reason? It's not because the prince has been in the place for a long time and is familiar with government and military affairs, and the king of Hengyang is often in the center and doesn't know the situation, but he thinks he knows the situation. Therefore, it is a good father to hone and hone more for the five princes. ”

King Chu thought about it, his mood slowly calmed down, he let out a heavy breath, and asked, "Dongye, what good plan do you have?" ”

"The minister thinks that the five princes can be appointed... He is the envoy of the Jianghu Festival, the deputy envoy of the Jingnan Festival, and the king of the Jingnan Festival. ”

"Jianghu Festival Envoy" King Chu was stunned for a moment, but he immediately understood that this was nothing more than giving Ma Yun the treatment of a festival envoy, but in fact he was just an acting Jingnan festival envoy. It sounds good in the name, but in fact the official position is half a level lower.

"Well," King Chu nodded and said, "Get up." Just do what Higashino says. Higashino, you come to draft the edict. ”

Xu Zhongya then walked to the bookcase on the side, took the brush from Gao Jin's hand, and after a little thought, she raised the pen and wrote. Seeing that the brothers of the King of Chu were chatting, Li Gao slowly walked to Xu Zhongya's side and watched him draft the edict. When Xu Zhongya wrote: "Temporarily acting as the envoy of Jingnan Jiedu, acting in charge of the affairs of Guizhou, Xiazhou, and Jingzhou, and still leading the affairs of Yuezhou", Li Gao secretly wrote the word "can" in the middle of "still" and "collar". Xu Zhongya glanced at him, smiled knowingly, and added this word.

After the edict was written, Xu Zhongya read it slowly, the king of Chu nodded, used the big seal, and ordered Ma Xiguang and others to send it to Jiangling quickly.

The king of Chu was in a good mood and prepared to worship his ancestors at the foot of Yuelu Mountain tomorrow, telling Ma Yin the good news, and at the same time preparing to prepare a large-scale poetry meeting in Bibo, and all the officials of Changsha made poems together to celebrate this great victory.

Only Liao Kuangtu walked out of the palace of the King of Chu and muttered to himself: "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop." ”