Wang Xuance's credibility was a great victory, and all seventeen battles were victorious, breaking seventeen cities in a row and annihilating 70,000. This merit was also greatly appreciated by the cabinet, and his position as Admiral of the West Sea Fleet and Admiral of the West Sea Fleet was completely secured, and no one questioned it.

Add the crown prince to the title, increase the credibility of the fief for 100 miles, and give 1,000 slaves.

The rewards of the cabinet are also very generous, and meritorious service must be rewarded, so as to inspire the soldiers.

"I propose that Cui Yan be appointed as the governor of Funan, and Liu Renliang should be appointed as the governor of North Korea." Zhang Chao put forward two important appointments in a timely manner, North Korea and Funan are the battlefields that must be conquered next year, and the position of admiral is the chief officer of the eight overseas commanders of the Tang Dynasty.

Nor does he have the power to hold the festival.

In the past, the envoy held the festival and directly exercised the local military and political power on behalf of the emperor, followed by the festival and the false festival. The governor generally adds the envoy to hold the festival, and the person who holds the festival is the Qincha, and the power is great, and the court orders the generals, and takes the festival as the letter to command the army.

After the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to local instability and repeated military prosperity, the emperor wanted to strengthen the control of the central government, so he ordered the generals who supervised the armies in the local capital to add festivals.

The system of moderation, ordering the generals and sending envoys to the Quartet, please admire it. Reward with special rewards, and kill with special festivals.

It is precisely because the authority of the governor and the envoy is too great, so after Zhenguan, the imperial court, which advocated the separation of powers, abolished many traditional official positions in the past, such as the governor, the governor, the envoy, the festival, the false festival, etc.

During the Zhenguan period, the Xingtai and Jiedu envoys were also temporarily established and abolished afterwards.

"Grant Liu Renliang the North Korean Governor to concurrently serve as the General of the Southern Yazuo Xiaowei, and the Chief Military Officer of the North Korea."

The Admiral of North Korea, similar to the commander of the Korean Military Region of the Tang Dynasty, and General Zuo Xiaowei is equivalent to concurrently serving as the commander of the Zuo Xiaowei Group Army.

"Grant Cui Yan the Governor of Funan to concurrently serve as the General of the Southern Yazuo Wuwei, and the Chief Military Officer of the Commander of the Funan Army."

This can be regarded as a temporary dispatch, which is equivalent to the post of the head of the march of a certain road appointed by the Tang Dynasty during the war in the past. The only difference is that this admiral has most of the powers of the military of a certain state in the past, and can control local military affairs, not just marching and conscripting. He can also mobilize local militia and reserve forces on order.

Wang Xuance has been appointed as Admiral Xindu and concurrently the Admiral of the Navy's West Sea Fleet, Admiral Xindu is the chief military officer, and Zhang Chao took advantage of the situation to put his two protégés in charge of the Korean and Funan battlefields.

The eldest grandson Wuji did not agree immediately, and he proposed candidates for the governors of Korea, Funan, and Xindu.

The Admiral is in charge of military affairs, but he has no right to interfere in the local administration. Speaking of which, the Governor is still above the Admiral.

He proposed that Wei Ting be appointed governor of Xindu, Yang Hongli should be appointed governor of Joseon, and Changsun Shunde should be appointed governor of Funan.

"Yes."

Zhang Chao had no objection to the list proposed by the eldest grandson Wuji.

Then he smiled and offered another appointment.

"Awarded the Marshal of Nanya, Su Dingfang, the Governor of Monan, and awarded Xu Jingzong as the Governor of Monan."

The eldest grandson Wuji nodded, "Yes, I recommend Chang He as the governor of Yanbei and General Zuo Yiwei, and recommend Gao Cheng as the governor of Yanbei." ”

"Yes."

Zhang Chao still agreed.

Gao Cheng is Gao Shilian's eldest son and the cousin of the eldest grandson Wuji.

Everyone was happy.

Prime Minister Du Yan proposed, saying that the emperor now has only Empress Zhang and Concubine Zhang and two talented people in his harem, and the number is a little small. He proposed to draft for the emperor.

From among all the nobles and officials above the fifth rank, draft women from the school-age women from fourteen to sixteen years old to enrich the harem.

This is not an ordinary palace maid, but a concubine for Cheng Qian.

Du Yan proposed to choose seventy-two at a time.

After all, there are four concubines and nine concubines in the emperor's harem, as well as nine aunts and many other places.

Zhang Chao has no objection to giving the emperor a draft, but seventy-two is too much.

"Pick nine, Fang Xiang, what do you think?" He asked Fang Xuanling, and Fang Xuanling also felt that it was almost the same to choose nine at a time. In the future, every three or five years, it would be good to choose a few more for the emperor.

Du Yan is the prime minister in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and he personally explains the draft.

The action is fast, but it's actually easy to choose.

There are thousands of hereditary and lifelong nobles in the Tang Dynasty, and there are many high-ranking officials above the fifth grade.

But if you take the situation of tens of thousands of families together, there are not many people who happen to have daughters between the ages of 14 and 16 at home.

These girls with the same age are reported, and then after auditions, and then interviewed, they are eliminated quickly.

The final list of nine people, Du Yan quickly came out.

Almost all of them are after the famous family.

The first is the daughter of the eldest grandson Wuji, the second is the daughter of Li Ji, the third is the daughter of Wei Ting, and the fourth is the daughter of Ma Zhou.

There are also the daughters of the Taiyuan Wang family, the daughter of the Jiangnan Xiao family, and the daughter of the Hongnong Yang family.

Hedong Pei's daughter, Jiangnan Chen's daughter.

The Zhang family is not, the daughters of the Zhang family are basically engaged, and it is impossible for the emperor to destroy other people's engagements. Besides, the Zhang family has already produced a queen and a concubine, and of course Du Yan will not choose from the Zhang family again.

The nine selected are all of the right age, good looks and talents, and have not yet been engaged.

Of course, Zhang Chao believes that there must be more suitable among the tens of thousands of daughters, but there are still some unspoken rules behind the election of these nine girls.

For example, there are no people who have Zhang Dang.

It seems that Du Yan also has the intention of making trouble, but Zhang Chao doesn't care. The harem is so big, let it be.

"Has Your Majesty seen it?" Zhang Chao asked.

"Your Majesty is satisfied."

Zhang Chao smiled and said, "Since Your Majesty has selected these nine beauties, then let's do it quickly." ”

The level of the harem of the Tang Dynasty is under the queen, and there is one concubine each of the noble, gentle, virtuous, and virtuous, called the four ladies, who are the first products of the inner wife.

There are nine concubines of the two grades below, one each, for Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Zhaoyuan, Xiuyi, Xiuyuan, Xiuyuan, Chongyi, Chongrong, Chongyuan.

Then there are nine people who are in the third grade and nine people who are in the fourth grade. There are nine people in the fifth grade, twenty-seven in the six-grade Baolin, twenty-seven in the seven-grade royal girl, and twenty-seven in the eighth-grade picking girl.

These are all high-grade emperor concubines.

As for the ordinary palace maids, they have no grade, they are the emperor's maids. If you are lucky, you can be promoted to a grade.

Originally, Du Yan thought that Zhang Chao would object, but he didn't expect it to be so smooth, and even the eldest grandson Wuji was stunned for a long time after hearing it.

"In that case, let's do it sooner. In the harem, it can't be all controlled by the daughter of the Zhang family. ”

Nine beauties entered the palace, and Cheng Qian soon named the daughter of the Xiao family as a concubine, the Xiao family is the Lanling Xiao family of the Southern Dynasty, the descendant of the Qiliang royal family, and the grandniece of Xiao Yu.

The daughter of the Taiyuan Wang family was canonized as Concubine De, and the father of Concubine Wang De was also Zhang Chao's in-laws, and one of Concubine Wang De's sisters was engaged to Zhang Chao's son. The daughter of the eldest grandson Wuji was canonized as a virtuous concubine.

The remaining six were all concubines.

After this happy event of the emperor, the New Year has arrived.

Zhengdan Dynasty is still very lively.

This year, Silla, Baekje, Dongying, Subi, Khitan, etc., also sent princes to lead delegations to worship. Even Xue Yantuo and Zhenla, who are now in tense relations with Datang, also sent people over.

There was also a special person who came, that is, the Persian Emperor Isiqi III.

His dynasty had been overrun by the Arabs, who had fled to Mulu, and the Arabs had sent assassins to hunt him down, but he was saved by the Shadows.

He traveled thousands of miles to Hanjing in the hope that Datang could help him restore the country.

Cheng Qian was very polite to the deceased king, gave him a mansion in Hanjing, and continued to call him the emperor of Persia.

Rome also sent a large delegation to the mission, led by Zhang Chao's old friend, Prince Heracronas, the second son of the Roman Emperor Heraclius.

After the court meeting, the prince came to visit.

"The Persian Sassanids have perished, and they have been destroyed and occupied by the Arabs in a few years, which is really unimaginable."

"It's really amazing, the Arabs are attacking so fiercely that they are like a plague, infecting wherever they go." Zhang Chao did not have a good impression of the Arab Empire, and it was still the period of the four major caliphs, and now the second caliphate was in power, and it was also a period of violent expansion.

Relying on that religious fanaticism, the Arabs are like chickens.

Although Persia is indeed rotten internally, such a huge empire was destroyed in an instant, and even the Eastern Roman Emperor Heraclius, who also established a new dynasty, was full of fear, which shows his fierceness.

"What are you going to do now?" Zhang Chao asked while holding a wine glass and half-lying in a chair.

The fact that Persia fell so quickly was related to the retreat of the Romans.

Originally, Zhang Chao proposed an alliance of the Three Emperors, and this alliance was later signed by the Persian emperor. But by that time the situation in Persia had collapsed, and there was civil strife in the Central Plains.

The Don army was incapable of intervening in Persia.

Heraclius, after several defeats in several battles with the Arabs, retreated.

They made the Khazars in the Caspian and Black Sea regions allies, stationed the Khazars in the Caucasus, and helped them defend against the Arabs who had captured Armenia in Persia.

The Romans retreated to Asia Minor and were wary of the Arabs attacking from the Armenian plateau.

On the other hand, they also withdrew from the Arabian Peninsula and guarded Egypt on the other side. Even the Sinai Peninsula to the north was lost, Syria, Jerusalem, all were lost to the Arabs.

The Romans are now no return.

The peninsula of Asia Minor cannot be lost, and behind it is the Roman capital city of Constantinople across a narrow strait, and the island of Asia Minor is not only a transportation artery, but also a strategic hub, a place where soldiers must fight, and the Romans cannot retreat. Now he relies on bringing the Khazars into the Caucasus to help them defend from the flank.

"What we are most worried about now is the south, the Arabs are now trying to blockade the Red Sea, especially the Suez Canal, this river we have spent a lot of money to dredge and maintain, but now the Sinai Peninsula is occupied by the Arabs, the north bank of the canal is already in their hands, the canal will be plundered at any time, this important sea lane, will be cut off!"

Datang is now the savior of the Romans.

The Arabs are simply a group of lawless and uncontrollable robbers, and without the help of the Tang Dynasty, the Romans would not know what to do.

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