In the third year of the first level, in September.

After the war, the Xiliang army was stationed in Chang'an, and many generals gathered in the court, although they had their own thoughts, but the military strength of Li Dao and Guo Yan was the crown of everyone.

Just waiting for the court meeting to reward meritorious deeds, the soldiers and horses of the Xiliang Army will be stationed in Guanzhong County, and Li Wei, the general of the chariot cavalry and the fake festival, will sit in Chang'an, and the Xiliang Army, which commands all departments, has become the biggest winner.

In addition, Fan Chou and Zhang Ji, who are second only to Li Dao and Guo Yan in terms of strength, Hu Zhen and Yang Ding, who have troops and horses, Yan Xing and Duan Xuan, who are moving when they hear the wind, Ma Teng and Han Sui, who are eyeing each other, Li Ru, who advocates power, Jia Xu, who is circling the government and the opposition, and the old ministers of the Han family who conspire to support Sheji, are also paying attention to this court meeting.

So, under the attention of all people, this court meeting on meritorious deeds was finally held in Chang'an Weiyang Palace.

At the beginning of the day, the rooster crows. Outside the front hall of Weiyang Palace, there was already a team of palace guards who raised fire to guard, and a number of guides were busy running under the firelight, preparing for the court.

When it is near, the civil and military officials who enter the palace verify their family status from the palace gate, and come to the empty field outside the palace one after another to gather, and then the hundred officials stand in shifts according to their official titles and titles, and are guided by the confessor who is responsible for the court, and they go up the stairs and lead to the palace gate.

Yan Xing, who entered the court, was also among the courtiers, he wore a crane crown on his head, dressed in court clothes, walked after the same blue ribbon and silver seal Duan Xuan, first untied the sword outside the palace gate, took off his shoes, held a wat board, only wore a foot robe, and walked over the threshold of the front hall in accordance with the guidance of the confessor, and slowly walked into the temple.

Yan Xing was tall, crossed Duan Xuan and the others in front of him, raised his eyes and looked around, only to see that in the wide and flat palace, there were chariots and horses and honor guards, and the Han family flag was erected, surrounded by upright palace guards, with bright clothes and armor, holding long soldiers, guarding the central hall from afar.

And there are hundreds of Lang officials on both sides of the hall, with a majestic body, wearing armor and holding halberds, holding the rank of majesty, and the left and right are separated.

The military attachés are headed by Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, arranged in order in the west, facing east, and the civil ministers are headed by Zhao Qian, Chun Yujia and others, arranged in the east, facing west, and there are nine people who are responsible for conveying the edict of the Son of Heaven in the palace.

The civil and military divisions are established, and the distinction is clear, except for the three sitting alone, the ministers sit in succession, all with solemn faces, and sit in danger.

This was the first time Yan Xing had participated in the court meeting, and when he saw such a magnificent Han atmosphere, although he knew that it was only a royal honor guard on the surface, he couldn't help but secretly marvel in his heart.

This set of Han dynasty rituals was formulated for the newly established Han Dynasty in accordance with the Spring and Autumn Rites in accordance with the Spring and Autumn Rites, and the original intention was to distinguish the dignity of the monarch and the minister, and highlight the dignity of the Son of Heaven.

It is no wonder that Liu Bang, the ancestor who had just ascended the throne, couldn't help but issue "I am the noble person who knows to be the emperor today!" Exclamation.

Duan Xuan, who was kneeling beside him, seemed to have eyes, and he could see Yan Xing, who had just looked at the palace curiously, holding a wat board, staring intently, and smiling at Yan Xing in a low voice.

"Yanming, today is the first time to go to court."

When Yan Xing heard this, he hurriedly gathered his mind and replied in a respectful low voice:

"Yan is indeed the first time to go to court, if there is any misconduct, please correct Duan Gong!"

Different from Yan Xing and other generals, Duan Xuan was born in a family of generals, and was of the same clan as the late Taiwei Duan Cheng, and when he was under Dong Zhuo, he was also a prominent Zhonglang general, and he had participated in many court meetings.

"Haha, Yanming is a person with a heart, in the past, if there was a mistake in the palace, there was a person who corrected it, but now, there are many people who have lost their manners in the court, you and I just need to abide by the duty of a courtier."

Although Duan Xuan's voice was low, he could still hear Yan Xing's eyes flickering, and he was still respectful and responded:

"Yan, I've been taught!"

Duan Xuan smiled slightly and said no more.

Yan Xing blinked, knowing that Duan Xuan had just meant something, but what was the deep meaning in his words, but he didn't figure it out for a while, he remembered that he and Duan Xuan rarely intersected, and in front of Jia Xu's mansion, they also met in a hurry, and they didn't talk deeply, but today they suddenly said these things to themselves, could it be-

Thinking of this, Yan Xing glanced in the direction headed by him, and saw Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou and others, wearing court clothes, kneeling on the seat, looking proud, arrogant, or impatient, and even worse, clumsily placing the wat board, twisting the straight waist board unnaturally, and the greedy eyes were unscrupulous, looking around the magnificent palace of the Son of Heaven.

Yan Xing retracted his gaze in time, and also alerted himself, no longer looking at everything in the court, learning from Duan Xuan's appearance, holding his breath and concentrating, sitting upright.

After sitting for a short time, the chariot of the Son of Heaven had already arrived outside the temple.

For a time, the bells and drums rang in unison, the music greeted, the twelve-year-old son of heaven Liu Xie's crown drooped, the clothes were colorful, the sun, the moon and the stars were twelve chapters, the hand cart Shi, slowly got off the chariot, the guards in front of the road immediately sounded the alarm, and the young son of heaven was surrounded by the left and right attendants, all the way up the stairs, until he ascended the throne.

Then, with the praise and guidance of the confessor, the ministers and hundreds of officials left the table one by one, approaching to pay homage to the Son of Heaven, and Yan Xing also followed the crowd, under the guidance of the confessor, and paid homage to the young Son of Heaven according to the court.

Liu Xie sits high on the throne, behaves dignifiedly, copes freely in the court's etiquette, quite a bit of a young and old posture, some Han ministers see it in their eyes, and secretly rejoice in their hearts, although today's Son of Heaven, although he has been repeatedly stolen by the ministers, but he is talented and intelligent, and faintly has the demeanor of the Holy Son of Heaven.

But in Yan Xing's eyes, this Liu Xie is just a relatively smart teenager, no matter how magnificent the Han family's court ceremony is, how noble this Han family emperor seems, today's protagonist is destined not to be this young man on the throne, but the generals of the Xiliang Army who have soldiers and horses in the palace.

After paying homage to the Son of Heaven, the courtiers and officials sat down in order and in turn, and the main topic of the court's discussion of meritorious deeds and rewards also began.

A graceful and dignified Huangmen squire stood in front of the palace with an edict in his hand, and began to read the edict of the Son of Heaven to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.

"On the afternoon of September in the autumn of the third year of the first peace, the emperor of the Han Dynasty said: "Poetry and clouds," Yu Shuo Wang Shi, obey the time of obscurity. Shi Chunxi, is to use Dajie", I first ascended the ranks, Dehua did not work, the sea was swinging, Rong Di invaded, the conquest could not overcome difficulties, and there was no way to determine the border without crusade······"

"Today, there is Zhonglang General Li Dao, the enemy to abandon Kou, Kuang Fu Son of Heaven, the crown of generals, so the system into the general of the cavalry, Feng Chi Yanghou, the commander of the school captain, the purple ribbon gold seal, worship to the false festival, is all from the order, the Qing rule of the military soldiers, with any rewards and punishments, to screen the territory, Cheng Hao Tian its drooping, the body of the grace of bowing, the system to the festival, Erqi Qin!"

The complacent Li Wei endured the excitement in his heart, bowed down to worship and saluted according to the etiquette practiced in advance, and proclaimed:

"Minister-Li Dao-Feng-Thanks!"

After rewarding Li Dao, it was the turn of Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and others.

"Zhonglang will make Guo Yan the rear general, Feng Meiyang Hou, Zhonglang will Fan Chou be the right general, Feng Wannian Hou, Zhonglang will Zhang Ji be the general of Zhendong, and Pingyang Hou."

"Minister-Guo Yan-Feng-Thanks!"

"Minister-Fan Chou-Feng-Thanks!"

"Minister-Zhang Ji-Feng-Thanks!"

The three of them thanked him and saluted successively, and the Huangmen squire continued to read out the edict, his sonorous and powerful voice echoed in the hall again, and rewarded Hu Zhen, Yang Ding and others, and when Yan Xing and others were recited, Yan Xing couldn't help but prick up his ears and listen carefully.

"Zhonglang will Duan Xuan as the general of Pingdong, seal the Hou of Guan, 800 households of Shiyi, Zhonglang will Yan Yan as the Taishou of Hedong, General of Pingbei, seal the Hou of Guan, 500 households of Shiyi, and the captain Gan Ling will be the general of Yingyang Zhonglang······"

After the edict was recited, there were many generals and schools in this round, and everyone bowed in gratitude according to the etiquette of the court, and praised in their mouths:

"Ministers—Discipline—Thanks!"

After thanking the end, everyone returned to their seats in order, looking at Li Dao leading the generals on the fake festival, Guo Yan, Fan Chou and others waiting to worship the generals, and he only won the Hedong Taishou, the miscellaneous general, and the marquis of Guannei with a vain appearance, finally because he was informed in advance, and he expected it in his heart, so Yan Xing did not have much loss in his heart.

But just now, the matter of Li Dao and others sealing the marquis caused Yan Xing's vigilance.

It is not surprising that Li Dao was given the title of Marquis of Chiyang. This is because Jing Zhaoyin, where his garrison is located, is the king of Kyoto, so it is naturally impossible to divide the city and use it to tear the earth and seal the marquis.

However, Guo Yan's garrison was on the left Feng Yi, but he was named the Marquis of Meiyang, and the garrison of Fan Chou was on the right to support the wind, but he was named the Marquis of Wannian, which was unexpected.

Meiyang County is on the right side of Fufeng, Wannian County is on the left Fengyi, and the fiefdoms of the two are just opposite to each other's stations, isn't this intentionally planting a bane for the gap between the two.

And Zhang Ji garrisoned Hongnong, but his fiefdom was in Hedong, which was not clear, and he wanted to use Zhang Ji to check and suppress his newly granted Hedong Taishou.

For a while, Yan Xing, who had returned to his seat, had a slightly condensed face, and his mind turned back and forth, thinking about the stakes of this matter, while Duan Xuan, who was sitting next to him, turned his face as usual after being sealed, and he rolled his eyes intentionally or unintentionally, silently paying attention to the change in the expression of the young man beside him.

At the same time, among the ministers in the eastern ranks, there were also several pairs of eyes, quietly looking at Yan Xing's body.

···

"This is a conspiracy of the big and small, I expect that it must be Li Ru's plan."

After the court meeting, the Xiliang army will be triumphant, calling friends and celebrating their achievements. Yan Xing and Gan Ling also joined forces to retreat out of the palace, rode out of the city and returned to their own camp, and the camp learned that Yan Xing had been awarded the Hedong Taishou, worshiped the general of Pingbei, and added the title of Guanneihou, Ganling Jin was the general of Yingyang Zhonglang, up to Zhai Hao, Ma Lin and other generals, down to the ordinary soldiers, all of them were happy and happy, and they celebrated with the crown.

This series of honors of their own generals also means that their status as generals in the army has risen.

For the ordinary soldiers in the camp, after the court meeting was rewarded for meritorious deeds, the ensuing wine, meat, wealth and many other rewards were enough to make them rejoice for a while.

However, there are also people in the camp who are prepared for danger in times of peace, and after listening to Yan Xing's account of the many things that happened at today's court meeting, Xi Zhi thought for a while before saying to Yan Xing in a deep voice.

Yan Xing nodded, he thought about it, and said:

"Li Dao wants to command the generals, so it is normal to make some yang conspiracy methods, Guo Yan and Fan Chou contain each other, Li Dao can mediate in the middle and reap the benefits of the fishermen, but he wants to use Zhang Ji to go out of the town and Hongnong, and balance me, that Zhang Ji has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he is not a person who has no force in vain, but we have to guard against it."

Speaking of this, Yan Xing paused, glanced at Xi Zhicai, and said:

"Do you still remember that a few days ago, in front of Jiafu, I met Duan Xuan."

Xi Zhicai listened to Yan Xing's words, quickly nodded, and said:

"This person is Dong Ying's general, this time he entered Beijing, he was also treated coldly, and he was subordinated to Li, Guo and others, could it be that he intended to connect, and he could help Hedong?"

Yan Xing shook his head when he heard this, and continued:

"Duan Xuan met today, but vaguely hinted to me that he was quite indignant at the domineering behavior of Li, Guo and others, but I did not have a deep relationship with him in the past, and now it is only a superficial conversation, I can only say that he is stationed in Huayin, and Zhang Ji is a neighbor, and he may be a potential ally such as us, but it is too early to help Hedong."

"Gan Zhonglang General used to say that he led the troops into Zuo Feng Yi, and when he passed through Huayin, Duan Xuan had the opportunity to go out of the city to invite the attack, but he stuck to the city and let him leave, which shows that he is also a far-sighted person. If the general is interested, he can first take advantage of this matter, in the name of General Gan Zhonglang, to find an opportunity to make friends with him, talk about his intentions, and wait for us to return to the division to pacify Hedong, and then depending on the situation, decide whether to send an envoy and conclude an alliance. ”

"That's a good idea."

After Yan Xing discussed this matter with Xi Zhicai in the tent, he kept hearing the joyful singing of the soldiers in the camp outside the tent, he smiled, then waved his hand, and said to Xi Zhicai:

"Today I have to grant Hedong, which is the foundation of the troubled times, and it is also a day of great joy in the army. Zhicai, you and I haven't drunk for a long time, first let's go out of the account to drink, and have fun with the soldiers in the army! ”