?? Before Wu Zhi began to return to Beijing, the governors of the state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River also arrived, and the state ministers headed by Wen Tang naturally went to visit Wu Zhi and received some orders. ~with~dream~small~say~щ~mеng~lā

This time when he went back, Wu Zhi only took Ling'er and some guards with him, while Qin Hui was left in Jiangnan by him, and returned to Beijing after handing over all government affairs with the governors of various prefectures. Qin Hui also worked hard this time, and Wu Zhi would naturally arrange for him to leave the position of the head of Kaifeng Mansion and go to a higher level of department to have some training.

Wu Yongben was in charge of Jiangnan affairs of the Deyilou Group, so he stayed in Hangzhou to manage the Banking Chamber of Commerce, and did not follow Wu Zhi back.

The army escorted Fang La and other anti-thieves, starting from Hangzhou, crossing Jiangning, crossing the Yangtze River, crossing the Huai River, it took only half a month, it arrived at the southeast of Kaifeng Prefecture, and then traveled more than 100 miles, after passing Shangqiu, it was in Kaifeng.

After arriving in Maozhou, under the auspices of Tong Guan, Wu Zhi held a meeting for all the major generals in the army to do ideological and political work.

The main purpose of doing ideological work is to let everyone have a clear and long-term understanding of the military exploits and rewards that they have received during their return to Bianjing, and everyone must have a clear idea of what kind of rewards they should ask for and what kind of rewards they should not want.

This time to pacify the Fangla rebel army, but it is a great credit, and the main generals of it cannot be overrewarded by the imperial court. I think that Marshal Di Qingdi was because he led the army to quell the Southern Barbarian Rebellion of the Great Song Dynasty, so he became a privy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty with the background of a martial artist.

General Kedi's fate was not good, even very miserable!

Throughout the political history of China, when a military general has made an immortal feat, then it is also the end of the career of this military general.

At this time, the court easily did not dare to use you anymore, first, for fear that your merits would be high. The second is that there are always civil officials who can't trust you, and all kinds of false accusations and slander you.

Usually those who have made great contributions in the army and received heavy rewards generally have two ends.

Either hand over the military power and go home to retire in peace, or be killed.

Even if you are a founding general, you are no exception.

Of course, there are also more violent, such as Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, most of the early Tang Dynasty was led by Emperor Taizong to win hundreds of battles on the battlefield, but at that time he was the fourth prince, not the prince. He also made great military exploits and was canonized as "General Tiance".

With these exploits and titles, if Taizong did not launch the Xuanwumen Incident and become emperor himself, then there was only a dead end waiting for him.

That's the truth, and it's eternal. But people in the world always can't see through it, or they don't want to give up the temptation of fame and fortune. Wu Zhi considered that the generals of the Qingzhou Army and the Western Army were still the pillars of the Great Song Army, and he was afraid that after they were rewarded by the imperial court, there would be many factors to limit them if they went into battle to kill the enemy, so he would caution them now.

At the meeting, Wu Zhi gushed a lot of fools, in fact, it can be summed up in one sentence: After returning to Beijing, in the face of all the rewards of the imperial court, they all "want money and not officials, and they want to be empty and not to hold positions"!

In layman's terms, you should accept all the money you want, and don't give any promotions; Give the more false titles, the better, and give the real job more and more.

This is also discussed by Wu Zhi and Tong Guan along the way, and then there is Yanyun to recover, and now the main generals of the Qingzhou Army and the Western Army must not have any changes, otherwise the army's heart is easy to disperse.

Regarding Wu Zhi's words, all the generals of the Qingzhou Army naturally had no objections. And the generals of the Western Army began to make arrangements to say that Wu Zhi wanted to rob them of their military merits, until Wu Zhi explained quite eloquently, and finally patted his chest and promised that he would also abide by the above principles, and the generals of the Western Army began to think about it.

This kind of thing is not difficult to figure out, and after figuring it out, the generals of the Western Army are very grateful for Wu Zhi's good intentions.

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The army arrived in Bianjing.

Zhao Ji and the queen personally led the civil and military officials and relatives of the emperor to greet the army in front of the Chengde Gate in Bianjing with the highest specifications of the Great Song Dynasty, which moved the three armies, and Tong Guan Wuzhi and all the generals turned over and dismounted with tears in their eyes to greet them.

"I'm a!"

Tong Guan, who was full of emotion, got off the horse and sighed secretly to Wu Zhi in Henan dialect, Wu Zhi understood what he meant, he was afraid, since Zhao Ji greeted them with such a high-standard courtesy, presumably the reward behind was Zhao Ji's hot-headed high-ranking officials, fortunately, the generals were vaccinated in advance.

Otherwise, these generals were promoted one by one, or transferred to the Privy Council, or dispersed to all parts of the country to become generals, how else could Yan Yun fight?

"Aiqing! All the way! I miss you so much! ”

Zhao Ji looked at Tong Guan and Wu Zhi who were approaching, and said emotionally, and even tears overflowed in his eyes.

Wu Zhi was embarrassed, it was only a few months apart, although he didn't miss his future father-in-law very much, but he still pretended to see his old lover with Tong Guan's expression, and a few tears full of vicissitudes flowed in his eyes. Everyone is familiar with this kind of performance, and the key is to grasp the emotion of finally meeting His Majesty after a lot of hardships.

Pity Zhao Ji, he is sincere.

The little lord of Ling'er followed the queen's side, Tong Guan Wuzhi and a group of generals also followed Zhao Ji into the city, and the people in the city welcomed and cheered, and I don't know if it was an actor or spontaneous...... After the army outside the city handed over the main prisoners such as Fang La, they were stationed outside Beijing, and the people from the household department of the imperial court transported good wine and meat to treat the soldiers.

After returning to the court, the reward of the imperial court was really attractive, and Tong Guan was directly crowned as the prince of the country, and was promoted to the privy envoy of the prime minister of Xifu. Feng Wuzhi became the Marquis of An Guo, and he was also transferred to the Privy Council as a privy counselor, becoming one of the nine ministers of the Great Song Dynasty.

In addition, Wu Song Han Shizhong, who captured Fang La's first merit, and the first general of the Western Army, Dao Yigan, as well as Lu Zhishen, Hua Ronglin, Chong Yang Zhi, and they all had officials and knights in the imperial court, and the most recent one was also sent to Tongzhou as the head of soldiers and horses, and became the general in charge of soldiers and horses.

Wu Zhi could feel that he and Tong Guan were fine, but for the deep rewards of other generals, these civil officials in the court had red and bleeding eyes.

Fortunately, what stunned everyone was that all the generals from Tong Guan and below all resigned to the feudal officials of the imperial court, and they were extremely resolute in their resignations, no matter how Zhao Ji asked, no matter how the officials of the Ministry of Rites were pretending to be humble, they just didn't accept it!

In the end, the civil officials also found that these generals were really interested, Cai Jing and the others looked at Wu Zhi deeply, and after nodding secretly, they persuaded Zhao Ji to approve the generals, and the actual official positions were not added, the false titles and titles remained unchanged, and the silver money was doubled.

Seeing that the generals were willing to accept this reward, Zhao Ji had no choice but to nod puzzled.

The generals are still guarding for the generals in their respective stations, Tong Guan is already in a high position, even if he is not promoted, he is the best official position, which will promote the limelight of the Duke of the country for a while. Wu Song and Seed Master Dao also received the title of marquis, among which Wu Song was given a background in the system.

In the early Song Dynasty, the system was the same as the Jinshi department, and it was later abolished. A background in the Department of Giving is equivalent to a half-literati background.

The rest of the generals each have the title of general, and Han Shizhong was also named a chariot captain.

However, when it was Wu Zhi's turn, Wu Zhi not only did not go to the Privy Council to be the prime minister, but even resigned from the fictitious title of An Guohou.

At this time, not only Zhao Ji was puzzled, but even the hundred officials were puzzled. Everything Wu Zhi did in Jiangnan, everyone can see it, the court has recognized Wu Zhi as a capable minister who governs the world, and everyone dare not have an opinion if he really enters the Privy Council as the prime minister, but why does he refuse to even have a marquis?

However, after Wu Zhi finished explaining, Zhao Ji and Baiguan were speechless.

Because the imperial court has the law of the ancestors, it is stipulated that whoever is a marquis must have the military merits of Kuang Fu Sheji. Although Wu Zhi followed the army to the south of the Yangtze River, all the credits were political achievements, not military merits, and he should not be crowned a marquis. Although Duke Feng does not use military merits, Wu Zhi's merits have not reached the level of saving mountains and rivers.

So, Wu Zhi doesn't want anything.

In fact, Wu Zhi is purely pretending to be high, he knows that in the end, the court will definitely give him a good false title, but life is like a play, and he must act when he changes the act.

He is too young to be in a high position, only by pretending to be high will the officials not be jealous of him, whether it is true or not, the good guy is that Master Wu has a humble heart!

In the end, Zhao Ji and Cai Jing and other ministers discussed and gave Wu Zhi the title of Zhaowenguan University Scholar.

Scholar of Zhaowenguan University and Scholar of Wenyuange University are both fictitious titles that can only be hung up when he is the prime minister of the two prefectures, and they belong to the top intellectuals recognized by the state, and Cai Jing's title is only that of Zhaowenguan University. And Wu Zhi, with the actual official position of Kaifeng Mansion Yin, holds the title of Zhaowenguan University Scholar, and is also the first person in the history of the Song Dynasty!

However, for this title, everyone felt that it was just right and could not be more appropriate.

Because everyone thinks that Wu Zhi is a veteran, capable and brilliant resume, this time he has come to be the Yin of Jiangning Mansion again, although the time is short, but he has done a very good job, and he has the experience of being the top leader in the local area. Therefore, in the near future, Wu Zhi will definitely enter the two mansions as the prime minister.

He is not weak in literature, and now he has the title of Zhaowenguan University Scholar as Kaifeng Mansion Yin in advance, which is really suitable!