Chapter 8 Captain Renyong

Xu Qing didn't go back to the gatehouse, ordered food at the inn, and bought a pot of wine, and didn't finish it, just took a few sips and chatted to comfort homesickness.

Even in modern times, Xu Qing didn't drink much, and he was defeated by wine at several parties. drilled the table a few times and urinated once, which made Xu Qing laughed at for a long time.

I was having breakfast when I suddenly heard a familiar voice.

"Hahaha, Lao Liu, long time no see."

Xu Qing quietly looked at it, confirmed that it was Zhang Zhong, and was about to say hello, when he heard Zhang Zhong continue to say to another person:

"You heard the news yesterday, I came overnight!"

"Yes, we arrived in Linxian the day before yesterday, and today it is our turn to send money." The man surnamed Liu was tired, and it seemed that he was in a hurry to travel at night, but he was quite happy.

"Huh?" Zhang Zhong saw Xu Qing, and Xu Qing hurriedly greeted, "Uncle Zhang, what did you just say?" What's coming? ”

"You don't know yet? The above reward order has arrived, and the money is going to be paid! Zhang Zhong pulled Xu Qinglai: "Come on, come on, come with me to Zhichong Mansion ......"

Xu Qing couldn't refuse, he couldn't wait these days, and when he didn't say much, the group walked to Zhechong Mansion.

Although today is the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, no one dares to slack off at this time, and almost all of them have arrived at their posts, except for Xu Qing, but his post is too small, and no one pays attention to it.

When I arrived at Zhechong Mansion, two bookstores ran out, and Le Hehe said to Zhang Zhong: "We still have good news to tell you, I heard that Lord Du Wei said that you are going to be honored."

At present, it is the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, although it has just won the battle of the Central Plains, but the world is undecided. Therefore, Li Tang is still very generous to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. Those soldiers who went to the battlefield had a great chance of being rewarded if they had military merits.

In order to motivate the soldiers, the Tang Emperor Li Yuan used both the name of the loose post and the name of the loose official to reward the merits. These titles are known as the Honors of the Beginning of the Kingdom.

However, the medal and the medal officer are still two sets of things that go hand in hand at this time. The character of the medal is idle, while the characteristic of the commander is scattered, and the medal has no rank or rank, and the commander has rank and can even be promoted at this time.

Li Yuan started from the beginning of the army, in order to buy people's hearts, a large number of medals were awarded, and at this time it was already a bit overflowing, so the imperial court is now adjusting this, with the intention of abolishing the overflowing medals and integrating the medals into the system of honors.

There are actually two sets of names under the name of Guo Chuxun, one is the name of the casual job in the name of various doctors; One set is a loose official in the name of military positions such as governors and generals.

These two sets of honors, the former set is mainly awarded to those local dignitaries, who are considered civilian officials, and the latter set is mainly awarded to meritorious soldiers in the army, and later developed into a special set for military attachés.

Later, it also became an important criterion for Tang officials to determine their ranks. The conferral of officials is first to confer the rank of the dismissed officer, and the rank of the official is to determine his ministry.

But nowadays, the casual and loose officials have been overdone, and they have become empty and have just a name, which is really different from the honorable officers. At the very least, the honorific officer has a field of honor, while the name of the medal has no field, only a little money and food.

However, even so, Zhang Zhong is also envious of others, and several of his old buddies congratulate him.

The government soldiers did not have food and salary, but there were subsidies for training, town guarding, fanshang, and expeditions. In particular, there are subsidies for conscription and fighting, rewards for meritorious service, and rewards for good results.

In the past, the Zhichong Mansion is indeed crowded now, and it is very lively, and they are all happy, just like the New Year's goods in the village before.

There are also groups of three or five, squatting and chatting together. When it came to the one in that village and that place who died in battle, everyone sighed together, and some people said that he was still the third brother of the wife of the brother-in-law of my third aunt and eldest brother, but it was a pity that he was still so young.

By noon, there were more and more people, and Wang Duwei finally came out. There are also a number of officers such as Sigong Sicang and other officers in Zhichong Prefecture, as well as officers at all levels such as captains and team leaders.

There are not many money and food subsidies for the expedition, and if there is no military merit, the reward is very small, especially money. The newly cast Kaiyuan Tongbao of the Tang Dynasty is bright and clear, but many government soldiers have only received two or three hundred. After the copper coin subsidy was paid, the grain was distributed again. The grain is rice, shelled or new rice, rice was considered a relatively expensive staple food in the Tang Dynasty, this is more generous, basically everyone has a stone or so.

This is what everyone has, and Xu Qing also received a share, but he has only been in the army for a few months, so he gave Zhang Zhong all the money and food, saying that this is filial piety, and Zhang Zhong also accepted it calmly.

After the money and food were distributed, it was time for the reward, and he saw Zhang Zhong's face excited but forced. Si Gong stood in the center of the roll call, and one by one the honest government soldiers stood up, and then the rest retreated gloomily, their eyes full of envy.

Xu Qing is naturally also the one who is envied, after singing, Wang Duwei took a fold and looked at Lang Sheng and read: "Edict: "Everyone is busy kneeling" Mingwei General Liu Zan led the army to pacify the bandits in Shandong, which is a great achievement...... His subordinates use their lives more, and those who have meritorious service should be rewarded...... Zhang Zhongbu won a lot, bravely pioneered, promoted Zhang Zhong to be the chief of the German halberd, and gave money and food...... Chin this! ”

Everyone kowtowed to thank him, although this was only issued by the Ministry of War, but all the orders issued by the six departments were to speak for the emperor, so they had to kneel down to show respect.

Xu Qing also picked up a heroic and resolute compliment in a bunch of names, and rewarded five pieces of cloth and five hanging money, but the little beauty he missed didn't see it coming down, and couldn't help but be disappointed for a moment.

Zhang Zhong was the happiest in this group of people, and he couldn't suppress his excitement anymore.

But just as everyone was saying goodbye, an old eunuch came out of the inner room, and the generals were also respectful, it seems that this eunuch started not small. Seeing that he took out a Baijuan, he drank a sentence:

"Where is Xu Qing? Hurry up and get the order! ”

Everyone looked at each other, knelt down again, Wang Duwei also knelt down, and motioned to push Xu Qing forward, and at this time, no one stood in the entire Zhechong Mansion except for the old eunuch.

Xu Qing knelt out, he knelt for so long just now, his knees couldn't stand it anymore, but he still endured and said, "Respectfully ...... Saint Ann"

This is Xu Qing's wisdom in a hurry, and he brought out the scene of receiving orders in the Ming and Qing TV series, and he doesn't know if it's right.

The old eunuch glanced at Xu Qing: "Saint Gong'an!"

"Edict: Xu Qing, a soldier of the government, performed heroically in the battles of Shandong, and presented the saltpeter ice method, which was used in the country, and I was very relieved, because he had no nationality, he was specially given to move to Luonan County, and was promoted to the captain of Renyong, with a field of 200 acres...... "The old eunuch's voice was not particularly soft and sharp, and it was no different from ordinary people, which made Xu Qing doubt for a long time.

After the old eunuch finished reading, he only heard the people around him take a breath of air conditioner, and Xu Qing took the order.

"Minister's decree, thank the emperor!"

Only then did everyone on the side stand up, and the old eunuch did not delay, and left after chatting a few words with Wang Duwei.