In the Jiying Palace, the meritorious men of this war gradually gathered. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

But compared with the harmonious atmosphere on the west side, the east seat can be said to be distinct: the generals of the Yanwang Party, the Huanwang Party, and the Suwang Party are harmonious with each other, but when facing the personnel of the Qingwang Party and Xiangwang Party such as Zhao Yuanzuo and Jiang Contempt, the king of Nanliang, they did not have a word of chatting with each other.

Even, the most determined generals of the Suwang Party, such as Wu Ji, Zhai Huang, Ma You, Shen Yu, Yan Mo, and Sun Shuke, still glanced up and down the members of the Qingwang Party from time to time with their mighty eyes, and the aggressive eyes made the latter more pressured.

Others don't talk about it for the time being, Wu Ji, the general of the Shang Water Army, can now be regarded as completely famous, who let him capture one of the ten heroes of South Korea's North Plains on the battlefield of Shanyang.

In recent decades, Wei had never captured such a high-ranking Korean general on the battlefield with Korea.

Therefore, Wu Ji has been known as the "No. 1 Fierce General of the Shang Water Army", and being stared at by such fierce generals, the other party grins from time to time, which will inevitably make the people of the Qingwang Party feel creepy.

At this time, the hundred officials of Xixi were also secretly taking stock of the generals of the Suwang Party, after all, the generals of the Suwang Party can be called the leading strength of the Wei military, and there are many fierce generals under their command.

What makes the officials strange is that the former deputy general of the Dangshan Army and the current Captain Pusaka Wen Xu actually sat with the generals of the Su Wang Army.

"It seems that the rumors that General Sima An supports His Royal Highness King Su are not groundless."

The officials of the court thought secretly in their hearts.

Although in this banquet, in order to avoid suspicion, Sima An did not appear with Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, but came together with the general of the Junshui Army, Bailiba, but Wen Xu, one of the two most trusted deputy generals of General Sima An, sat among the generals of the Su Wang Army today, which is enough to explain some problems.

For this matter, many people in China felt very stunned, after all, when they first cooperated, Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, and the general Sima An had a very stiff quarrel, and it is said that Zhao Hongrun once decided to temporarily remove the latter.

But who would have thought that three or four years later, among the generals of the six battalions of the garrison, it was General Sima An who had the best relationship with Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su.

Not long after, with a report of "Your Majesty has arrived", Zhao Yuanxi, the son of Wei, led the great eunuch Tong Xian to Jiying Palace.

Seeing this, all the Wei ministers and military generals in the palace got up and saluted, and even Qin Shaojun, together with Wuxin Marquis Gongsun Qi, Changxin Marquis Wang Jian and other Qin generals stood up and saluted, giving His Majesty the King of Wei enough respect.

"Excuse me."

Zhao Yuanxi, the son of Wei, had a ruddy face, and after coming to the main seat, he waved his hand to signal everyone in the hall to take a seat, and said with a smile: "There is no red tape today, just a banquet for the meritorious people of my Great Wei, as well as the generals sent to the aid of our Great Wei allies and Qin State. ”

After that, he glanced at the great eunuch Tong Xian.

Tong Xian understood, and immediately ordered the Praetorian Guards to serve food and wine.

It stands to reason that such a thing as rewarding wine and food should be done by the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace, but today's situation is a bit special. After all, today's feast is mainly to entertain military generals, therefore, the Shangshan Bureau in the palace has revoked the previous dishes that are exquisite but very small, and directly chose roast suckling pig, roast whole sheep, a large plate of meat-based dishes, and even the wine is moved to the palace in an altar, in this case, how can the weak palace maids and eunuchs move? So the Praetorian Guard could only be dispatched.

As the music officials in the palace played the timbre, a group of music girls sang and danced in the hall, which made some soldiers who had never had the opportunity to contact such a banquet feel extremely excited.

For example, the 100-member general of the Youma Army, "Shi Jin", was fortunate to be invited because he killed the Diyang Jun Xiong Shang of the Chu State on the battlefield of Yongqiu.

Seeing this, Ma You, the commander of the You Ma Army, could only remind and warn again and again: Don't embarrass Lao Tzu!

In fact, not only Shi Jin, but also many generals in the Su Wang army who were invited to the banquet, because they were invited to this level of banquet for the first time, it was inevitable that they would be a little restrained, such as Ran Teng, Xiang Li, Zhang Ming, these thousands of generals, don't look at them on the battlefield very bravely, but at this time, they only dared to lower their heads and secretly look at the women in the center of the hall who were thinly clothed, and those who were not promising, such as Li Hui, Le Bao, Yang Wu and other soldiers, swallowed and salivated against those women at this time.

It is no wonder that after all, most of the soldiers and generals of the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army are from the commoners of the Chu State, and they have never been exposed to banquets of this specification in the past, so it is inevitable that they will make some rude and rude actions.

Fortunately, the power of the Suwang Party in the palace is very large, so even if some people look down on the low-level soldiers of the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army, no one dares to provoke and ridicule them.

After singing and dancing together, the court musicians who danced withdrew from the hall in turn, which made many soldiers feel quite reluctant.

But then, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and clapped his hands to remind everyone in the hall to pay attention, which made the feelings of some loss of those soldiers rise again.

Everyone knows that the most important thing today is to reward meritorious deeds, and everything else is secondary.

In front of everyone's eyes, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, walked to the foot of the throne and spoke loudly, first commending the Zhulu Wei army for their struggle to defend the country and forgetting their lives, and then praising the domestic nobles for their full support for the country, and finally, thanking the Qin State for their assistance.

However, Du You also understood that at this time, many soldiers were waiting for the reward for meritorious deeds, and not many people would really listen to his praise, so he also spoke very briefly, and after three or two sentences, he directly entered the link of rewarding meritorious deeds.

“…… In this war, there are countless meritorious people who have made meritorious contributions, and in order to distinguish rewards and punishments, the imperial court divides the meritorious men in this war into five classes, each with different rewards. Saying this, Du You pulled out a stack of lists from his cuffs, and after confirming the list, he continued: "First of all, let's announce the fifth-class meritorious people, Humu Hou Sun Mou, Yuanling Hou Shu ......"

Most of these "fifth-class meritorious deeds" are domestic nobles who showed the idea of defending their homes and the country, but in fact did not fight against the Korean army.

For example, Sun Mou, Marquis of Humu, Uncle Yu, Marquis of Yuanling, and others, although they were ordered by the Liang court to lead their own private armies to garrison the banks of the Great River, or to support the defense of the country, but due to various factors, these people did not fight with the Korean army in the end, so this so-called "fifth-class meritorious service" is actually like a consolation prize, and the significance is greater than the benefit.

And the "fourth-class meritorious service", in fact, is not much different from the "fifth-class meritorious service", such as Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, Zhao Tan, the marquis of Anping, etc., these nobles also did not make any meritorious contributions in this war, but the difference between the two is that it seems that Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, Zhao Tan of Anping, and others donated a lot of money and grain to the imperial court, so the imperial court of Daliang must upgrade a level of reward and give some rewards in the future.

After all, it was not easy for the aristocratic class to take the initiative to donate money and grain to the imperial court to support the country's war, and it was worth vigorously spreading it and making it a model to prompt the domestic aristocracy to follow suit.

Of course, whether it is "fourth-class meritorious service" or "fifth-class meritorious service", in fact, there are not many rewards, nothing more than some copper coins, cloth, jade, etc., take Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, for example, these rewards are not more than a fraction of what he donated to the Liang court.

Of course, he didn't care about these things, anyway, he was now backed by Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, and the lost money could soon be earned back through trade - the real bargain lies in the favor owed by the imperial court, which is what the nobles want the most.

Let the court owe its favors, and in the future, in some matters, the court will be more or less accommodating, just like when some nobles occupied the domestic minerals, do you really think that the court is at a loss? How can it be! It's just that because of some relationships, the court is not easy to come forward.

As for starting from the "third-class meritorious service", it is a conclusive military merit, for example, Shi Jin, the first 100-member general of the Youma Army who was read by Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, because he killed Diyang Jun Xiong Shang on the Yongqiu battlefield, not only was he promoted to a thousand generals, but also obtained the status of "Guixun", a junior nobleman, which made some of the old people at the level of a thousand generals in the Su Wang army envious.

You must know that now in the entire Su Wang Army, only the two generals, Qu Cheng and Wu Ji, have obtained the status of "Guixun", in addition, even Yan Mo, Sun Shuke, Zhai Huang, Nanmen Chi and others are still in the "investigation" stage, after all, this honor can make them step from commoners to nobles, which is not precious.

In addition to "Shi Jin", there are also many Wei soldiers who have won this level of reward, but not all of them are fortunate enough to receive the reward of "Guixun", such as the brave thousand-man general Ran Teng in the Shang Shui Army, who killed hundreds of enemies in this war, but in the end, he only got some monetary rewards.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as Zheng Sui and Li Mao, the generals of the Shanyang Army who died on the battlefield under the command of Zhao Hongjiang, the king of Yan, who were rewarded with "noble honors" and allowed their eldest son to inherit, but not surprisingly, they can only inherit one generation.

In general, except for the special case of Shi Jin, a hundred generals of the Youma Army, in the "third class meritorious service" level, the imperial court only treated the soldiers who died in battle, such as rewarding knighthoods, reducing taxes according to the situation, and training the sons of the victims as zongwei by the Zongfu.

Compared with the "Third Class Merit", the "Second Class Merit" is more generous.

For example, Sima An, the first general of the Dangshan Army to be rewarded, was directly appointed as the "Hexi Shou" to intimidate Hexi and coordinate the affairs of Wei's future war against Linhu and the seizure of the Hetao area.

After Sima An, Lintao Jun Wei Ji became the second person to receive the reward and was appointed as the "Hedong Shou".

It is undeniable that Lintao Jun Wei Ji became the "Hedong Shou", but there is a shadow of the help of Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, but it cannot be denied that this prince also played a vital role in the confrontation with Han generals Lecheng and Han Xu - leading a group of recruits to block the Taiyuan Han army with several times the strength for several months, who dares to ignore the exploits of Lintao Jun Wei Ji?

In the future, there will be Sima An in the west of the Wei River, and there will be Wei Ji in the east of the river, and the two complement each other.

Looking at Sima An and Lintao Jun Wei Ji, who were kowtowing to the ground in the center of the main hall to receive the reward, even if it was Zhao Hongrun, he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

The Wei State, where he was located, finally gradually became stronger.

And does this mean that he is not far from the long-cherished wish of the "Idle King"?