Time goes back to half a month ago, that is, in the middle of April when the Wei State had basically confirmed the victory of the war, Zhao Yuanxi, the son of Wei Tianzi, who was still resting in the Ganlu Palace, summoned Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who had just returned to Daliang, to the palace. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although it is not known, but the saint cannot be violated, after Du You was summoned, he immediately went to the palace and went to the manna hall to face the saint.

When Du You came to the Ganlu Palace, Zhao Yuanxi, the son of Wei Tianzi, was sitting on the couch, watching the good news about the "great victory in the war against Chu" sent by Zhao Yuantong, the king of Yu.

In fact, the good news of Zhao Yuantong, the king of Yu, arrived in Daliang as early as a few days ago, that is, on the eighth day of the fourth month.

But even if two or three days have passed, and he has read this good news dozens of times, Zhao Yuanxi still can't put it down. After all, in this war, the situation of Wei was too difficult, even he did not expect that the war situation would take such a turn, and he Wei State would be able to achieve such an outstanding victory under the siege of the three great powers of Qin, Han and Chu.

"Your Majesty."

Under the leadership of Yan Shun, the commander of the Ministry of Rites, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stepped into the hall, and saw that Wei Tianzi was looking at a battle report intently, so he bowed his hand softly, so as not to disturb His Majesty, who was in poor health.

"Aiqing is here."

Wei Tianzi put away the battle report in his hand and explained with a smile: "The battle report sent by King Yu, I have watched it repeatedly in the past two days, and I am overjoyed in my heart every time, and I can't put it down." ”

Du You said with a smile: "I heard that Prince Yu has won a great victory in Yongqiu, and the ministers have been in good spirits these days, and the amount of food has increased greatly. ”

"Haha." Wei Tianzi laughed, and then said to Du You: "Du Qing, I sent you over today to "reward", in this war, it is really difficult for my Great Wei to win the victory, and we must not snub those loyal and meritorious people. ”

"Huh?"

Du You was stunned, and quietly probed: "Your Majesty, this matter should be judged by the Ministry of War according to etiquette...... If my Ministry of Rites comes forward, it will not be in line with the ancestors' examples. ”

Wei Tianzi smiled and waved his hand, explaining: "If it was in the past, it was indeed up to the military department to deal with this matter, but this time, the King of Qin sent 200,000 reinforcements to support my Great Wei, and these Qin soldiers fought bravely under the command of my son Hongrun, and my Great Wei can't forget them, right?" …… Therefore, it is most appropriate for your Ministry of Rites to come forward and set up a feast for rewards. ”

Wei Tianzi has talked about this, and Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, dare not have any objections, so he can only bow his hand and say: "The minister receives the order." ”

After leaving the palace and returning to the Ministry of Rites, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, invited Zhu Jin, the left attendant, and He Yu, the right attendant, and said to them: "Your Majesty has just passed me into the palace and appointed my Ministry of Rites to come forward to reward the meritorious generals. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Jin, the left waiter, and He Yu, the right waiter, were both very puzzled like Du You before: This is the business of the Ministry of War, how can he be in charge of the Ministry of Rites? You can't hit it with eight poles.

So, Du You explained Wei Tianzi's explanation at that time to Zhu Jin and He Yu, but the latter two were still skeptical.

After a long time, Zhu Jin, the left attendant, guessed: "Could it be that Your Majesty is worried about His Royal Highness King Qing's favoritism?" ”

Du You and He Yu thought about it, and they both felt that only this explanation was the most reliable.

You must know that because Wei Tianzi ordered the princes to participate in political affairs a few years ago, so that at present, the six departments of the Wei court have successively produced their own political positions: except for the Ministry of Officials because of the loss of power of the former prince Zhao Hongli, which led to some officials secretly taking refuge in Yongwang Hongyu and Qingwang Hongxin, the rest of the government offices, the Criminal Department supports Yongwang Hongyu, the Ministry of War supports Qingwang Hongxin, and although Li Liang, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, remains neutral, the Ministry of Household is generally biased towards Xiangwang Hongjing and Qingwang Hongxin, and as for the Ministry of Industry, it has the best personal relationship with Suwang Hongrun.

Counting and counting, only the Ministry of Rites can remain neutral at the moment.

In this case, Zhao Yuanxi, the son of Wei Tianzi, handed over the task of assessing meritorious service to the Ministry of Rites, which did not mean that the Ministry of Rites would be "official" and that the princes would not be able to interfere in this matter.

Thinking about it like this, Du You knows what to do: just deal with it impartially!

On the same day, Wei Tianzi summoned Du You and ordered the Ministry of Rites to come forward to "evaluate the meritorious people", and the news spread throughout the imperial court.

In this regard, Qingwang Hongxin felt regretful, but also a little depressed.

In all fairness, Wei Tianzi finally handed over the task of "assessing meritorious people" to the Ministry of War, and Qingwang Hongxin did not have the courage to withhold the merits of people such as Zhao Hongrun, King of Su, and Zhao Yuantong, King of Yu, but he could take care of his own people in private, such as his uncle Jiyang Sun, although he led the private army to defend the country to support, but to be honest, he did not get any merits.

However, as long as King Qing Hongxin strokes his pen, will this feat come soon?

For example, he can say that with the help of Jiyang Sun and others, Wei Guo forced back the Han general Sima Shang, anyway, Jiyang Sun led troops to support Wei Guo, which is also something that the entire Great Liang knows.

But it's a pity that his father handed over the matter of "assessing meritorious people" to the Ministry of Rites, which eliminated the possibility of him Zhao Hongxin's favoritism.

Of course, Qingwang Hongxin didn't have the courage to reason with his father, so he could only acquiesce in this matter, send someone to contact the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and try his best to obtain some benefits for his own family.

Five days later, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, brought the draft of the merit book of "Meritorious Men in this War" into the palace to meet Wei Tianzi and asked what the latter meant - since Wei Tianzi handed over the matter of "evaluating meritorious people" to him in the Ministry of Rites, this means that he does not want any prince to interfere, and the implication is that Wei Tianzi is the only person who decides this matter.

Du You thought about this very clearly.

After receiving the draft of the merit evaluation book originally drafted by the Ministry of Rites, Wei Tianzi swept his eyes twice, and said with a smile: "Yo, Sima An is the guardian of Hexi, oh, my tiger, it can be said that Lin Hu of Hetao is sharpening his knife." ”

Du You smiled slightly when he heard this, of course he knew that the "tiger" in Wei Tianzi's mouth was referring to Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su.

It is not a secret in the court that Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, strongly recommended Sima An, the general of the Dangshan Army, to serve as the Hexi Shou, and even if they coveted the position of Hexi Shou, such as the Yongwang Party, the Qingwang Party, and the Xiangwang Party, after seeing the nomination of "Sima An", they also gave up competing with it.

It's not that they are afraid of Zhao Hongrun or Sima An, the king of Su, but they can see the intention of a certain His Royal Highness the King of Su - to let Sima An, who slaughtered several tribes in Sanchuan, serve as the guard of Hexi, which is obviously to prepare for the future Wei State to conquer the Hetao region.

Rather than snatching the position of "Hexi Shou" with Sima An and arousing the hostility of Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, and Sima An, it is better to acquiesce in this matter, and in the future, he can follow these two people and go to the Hetao area to mix up military exploits and pick up some bargains, after all, it is rumored that the Hetao area is full of cattle and sheep.

Subsequently, Wei Tianzi saw the article "by Lintao Jun Wei Ji as the Hedong Shou", and he was slightly stunned in his heart.

After all, his son Zhao Hongrun on the one hand aggravated the status of "Fenyin" in Hedong, and on the other hand, recommended Lintaojun Wei Ji to serve as the general of Fenyin.

But having said that, Wei Tianzi has also heard of the talent of Lintao Jun Wei Ji, but he was previously hindered by the fact that the other party was a person from the Wei clan in Longxi, and at that time, the Wei clan in Longxi had to hug together in order to survive in the Wei country, so Wei Tianzi did not reuse Wei Ji, but also wanted Wei Ji, Zhao Sheng and other Longxi people to understand a truth: Wei State is the Wei State of Ji Zhao's family!

But as the days passed, the Wei clan in Longxi was divided, Zhao Sheng, the monarch of the Xuan, merged into the genealogy of the Ji Zhao clan, Wei Ji of Lintaojun switched to Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, and the rest switched to Qingwang Hongxin, these three parties are gradually integrating into the Wei state, so it seems that the previous suppression of the Wei clan in Longxi has become unnecessary.

"Hongrun has not returned to Daliang, who recommended Wei Ji?" Wei Tianzi asked in confusion.

Du You didn't dare to hide it, and said truthfully: "It's Lord Zhao Yu." ”

Zhao Yu, that is, Zhao Laiyu, the third uncle of Zhao Yuanxi, the son of Wei Tianzi, and the third uncle of Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su.

"Oh." Wei Tianzi was stunned when he heard this, and didn't say anything more.

Zhao Yuanxi is also clear about Zhao Laiyu's purpose, in a sense, sometimes Zhao Yuanxi is secretly pushing the hand, and Zhao Laiyu also has the same thing, all in order to better dump ...... No, sharpen some lazy.

Suddenly, Wei Tianzi frowned slightly, because he saw the article 'Jiang Di was appointed as the party guard'.

Of course, after this article, the Ministry of Rites deliberately added the remark "temporary", probably to test his Zhao Yuanxi's attitude towards this.

"King Qing has been to the Ministry of Rites?" Wei Tianzi asked lightly.

Of course, Du You understood what Wei Tianzi meant, and he didn't dare to hide it, so he said truthfully: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

When he said this, Du You was also a little depressed in his heart, although he understood what Wei Tianzi meant, and he didn't want any prince to interfere in the evaluation of merit, but the problem was that King Qing Hongxin's side, he couldn't resist it.

However, to Du You's surprise, after hearing his answer, Wei Tianzi simply said 'oh', and then said with a smile: "I have no objection to the merit book drafted by Aiqing, but now that King Yong is in charge of the country, Aiqing will hand this book to King Yongwang for a look." …… If there is no problem, the merit will be evaluated according to this book. ”

When Du You heard this, he was surprised in his heart and respectfully retired.

About an hour later, Du You went and returned, and returned to the Ganlu Hall to report to Wei Tianzi: "His Royal Highness King Yong has no objections. ”

"No objections? Oh, is Hongyu going to drag Hongli into the water? But Hongyu, because of this, it will be dragged into the water, but it is not only Hongli...... Oh, that's interesting.'"

Wei Tianzi's eyes flashed a few inscrutable colors, and he said with a smile: "In this case, Aiqing will reward the meritorious according to this merit book." …… By the way, all those who have meritorious service must be invited, let my allies of Great Wei take a look, many meritorious heroes and athletes of my Great Wei! ”

“…… Be. Although Du You felt a little strange in his heart, he didn't dare to delve into it.

……

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"King Su! King Su! ”

"King Su! King Su! ”

Watching King Su Zhao Hongrun walk to the center of the hall to accept the reward, and in the seats on the east side of the hall, nearly half of the meritorious people raised their arms and cheered, Wei Tianzi glanced at the sons of Yongwang Hongyu, Xiangwang Hongjing, and Qingwang Hongxin, and saw that their expressions were different, and their smiles were stiff, so he raised the wine cup and took a sip of wine.

To hide the inexplicable smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Idle King? Hehe......