After the edict was read, more than 30 soldiers were awarded knighthoods, and even a few of them were promoted to five-star civilians because of their special achievements, such as capturing and killing opponents and beheading many people.

In a sense of gratitude, Yang Mu ordered to retreat from the court, and at the same time asked everyone to move to the purple jade hall in the inner court.

Here, a feast has long been prepared.

It is no exaggeration to say that the banquet in the purple jade hall this time is the largest banquet in Cangguo for more than ten years, and there are as many as 300 people invited up and down, half of whom are soldiers who have made meritorious contributions this time, and there are a full 200 palace maids and 500 eunuchs next to them, and there are more than 100 musicians, music officials, and dancers, which can be described as extremely grand.

It stands to reason that the fine food and wine in the palace are known for their delicacy and small portions, but today's situation is somewhat special, the palace has almost moved out the things that have been treasured for a long time, and the imperial dining room has been busy all night before preparing this banquet.

After all, this is the second time in 30 years that Dacang has been knighted, although it is not as large as the scale of the meritorious deeds rewarded at the time of the founding of the country, and the titles are also some earls and five-star commoners, but the meaning is different, marking that this group of people has since entered the ranks of the nobility of the Cangguo.

With the music played by the musicians in the palace, a team of musicians and girls sang and danced in the hall, so that these soldiers who had never been in contact with ordinary people were dazzled and cheered.

For example, Hu Xiao, who was a low-level soldier, his family was so poor that he couldn't cover the quilt in winter, let alone marry a daughter-in-law, and he never dreamed that he would enter the palace one day.

This scene made several officials sitting opposite him frown, after all, they were from a family, and each family had more than a dozen counts and a marquis, and they naturally looked down on this group of inferior people and felt rude.

In fact, not only Hu Xiao, but also the generals who were invited to the banquet, except for Wei Zhongquan, were all participating in this kind of banquet for the first time, and it was inevitable that they would be a little restrained, such as Qu Yong, He Sang, Wen Fei, Zhang Han, these thousands of generals, don't look at them in the barracks, but at this time, they only dared to bow their heads and secretly look at those dancers with thin clothes, and secretly swallowed saliva.

Fortunately, this time Yang Mu showed extraordinary attention, so even if the officials in the court looked down on him, no one dared to provoke and ridicule, but just avoided it from afar.

Wen Cheng and the military generals seem to be divided into two circles.

Although the atmosphere was a little eerie, it ended in singing and laughing, and the soldiers were drunk and stayed at the post house in the imperial city in the middle of the night.

Early the next morning, the Ministry of Rites ascended the castle tower to read the edict, and then copied the edict into dozens of copies and distributed them to the local government offices.

Of course, the content of the edict is not only as simple as knighthood, but also focuses on the post-war pension, which is presided over by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites, and a generous pension is issued to the family of each fallen soldier.

At the same time, in order to expand the influence of this reward, Yang Mu specially ordered the military camp to give each soldier a five-day holiday, divided into three batches of rotational rest, and each soldier went home with the reward.

Soon, the news spread throughout Cangguo.

After the first batch of soldiers returned home, the atmosphere went directly to the peak, beating gongs and drums, and carrying a sedan chair to greet each other, it was simply more attentive than treating the official master.

For example, Hu Xiao, as soon as he approached the village, the whole village was boiling, as if it was a festival, all kinds of relatives who looked down on him on weekdays were waiting at home, the original small dilapidated house was actually cleaned up brightly, it was full of all kinds of gifts, all of which were rare things of some countrymen, and there were a few new quilts on the bed, and the old lady with poor legs and feet at home was being served by a group of mothers-in-law, pinching her legs and rubbing her shoulders, pulling her parents, being very respectful, and enjoying the treatment of the rich lady in the city.

Inadvertently, he also saw the woman he had liked for a long time, hiding in the dark, peeking at him with shy and complicated eyes, in addition, it seemed that every onlooker villager had brought his unmarried daughter......

"Horror, you're back!" A middle-aged man with a stubble on his face came out of the house and laughed: "My hard-working big sister, it can be regarded as the end of a hard life. ”

"It's all a gift from His Majesty the Emperor!" Hu Xiao looked serious, corrected his mistake, then frowned, and said, "How come my uncle has time to come to the cold house today?" ”

"Hehehe! Yes, the eldest nephew is right, it is all a gift from His Majesty...... Didn't I hear that you received the gift of His Majesty the Emperor and were promoted to a five-star lord, and it is rare to come back once, and my uncle will come to see you, and also look at my hard-working sister. Also, it's good to call me uncle in the future, plus the word adult, this is going to break my life! ”

"Humph!" Hu Xiao snorted heavily, and his face turned cold: "Uncle didn't care so much about my mother and son before. ”

"This ......" The middle-aged man looked embarrassed, met the sharp and striking eyes, couldn't help but feel a little distracted, and said weakly: "You are now a big man, your family is big, you have to have someone to help you, how can those subordinate slaves and maids have their own family members to use it." ”

"Don't bother your in-laws!" At this time, another man came out of the crowd, he was Hu Xiao's uncle, and shouted: "The affairs of my old Hu family, it is not an outsider's turn to worry about it!" Although my second brother left early, there is still my uncle! That one...... How'er, you say...... Isn't it? Haha......"

Hu Xiao's brows furrowed even tighter, and he looked at a large circle of people he knew, but his expression was full of strangeness, just like when he paid taxes every year, in the face of those small officials, he was afraid with flattery, flattering with flattery, and he was full of the face of a lowly person.

In particular, the title of "Horror" has never been used before, which makes people unaccustomed to it.

Hu Xiao was about to speak, but he saw the old mother with inconvenient legs and feet being supported and slowly came out of the house.

It can be seen that the old mother still misses her family a little, and after some peace, the uncle and uncle can finally get along harmoniously and walk into the house surrounded by everyone.

Next, it was the matchmaker from ten miles and eight towns, who surrounded them one by one, and after seeing that Hu Xiao was not interested, he went to talk to the old lady, and coaxed the old man to close his mouth.

In fact, this kind of problem is not only encountered by Hu Xiao alone, almost every soldier who returns home from vacation has a similar scene around him, which makes every soldier feel a feeling of raising his eyebrows, and he is excited when he sleeps at night, and he is full of passion for the future.