Chapter 780 What will reward you? My great men—

Chapter 780: What will reward you? My big guys

After a series of almost carnival-like celebrations, the court finally got down to business. What is the most important thing at the end of the war? Pacify the people and restore order? Yes, that's tight, but there's another thing that can't be ambiguous. That's the reward and punishment. What are the soldiers throwing their heads, spilling their blood, and fighting on the battlefield? Loyalty to the country and protection of the territory and the people, of course, this is also the goal, but it is inevitably a bit vague, and it is still necessary to be practical.

Many soldiers joined the army, to put it bluntly, just to have food to eat and money. It's like work, I work for you, you pay me for your work, and if you do a good job, you have to reward me. With such a great achievement in recovering the Central Plains, is it reasonable not to reward it? As the commander of the Southern Song Army, it was time for Zhi Yanzhi to report his merits after the celebration.

This is quite a complicated work, because in this expedition, the Southern Song Army dispatched 180,000 horse infantry troops, not to mention the non-commissioned officers, there are thousands of officers with military merits alone. Statistically, it took a while, but what Zhi Yanzhi was specifically responsible for was the merits of the senior generals of the Song Army. If it is divided into a little more detailed, it is the military exploits of the main and deputy propaganda envoys, the principal and deputy pacification envoys, and the principal and deputy commanders in the three-way army.

The king of Zhejun did not obviously favor the children of his own family, and the first thing he reported was the exploits of the Jinghu Xuanfu Division. In this Northern Expedition, General Han Shizhong and Yue Feier abided by moderation, commanded well, and made great contributions to the recovery of the Central Plains. Especially Yue Fei, as the vanguard of the Song army, achieved brilliant results. However, Zhi Yanzhi doesn't like his x-ng, and Han Shizhong is Yue Pengju's boss, so Han Shizhong's military merits are the first, and Yue Fei is second.

As the mainstay of the Southern Song Army, the Zhejia Army will naturally have no small military achievements. The brothers Yanwen, Yanshi, Yanruo, and Yanye are all on the list. As for the Huaixi Army, it made King Zhejun a little embarrassed. In terms of military merits, the Huaixi Army was the worst of the three Song armies, and it suffered a setback on the way to the army, and almost did not let the Jin Army drive back. counted and counted, and only Li Xianzhong, the deputy envoy of Huaixi's pacification, was on the table. But the Liu family is the emperor's family, and it is said that today's son is very fond of Empress Liu, the emperor's father-in-law, and he can't embarrass him.

Zhi Yanzhi put the Huaixi army last, of course, there were some words of praise, and then reported it. Yousi recounted the merits according to his recital, wrote a suggestion, and sent it to the Chinese book, asking Xu Liang to decide.

Xu Liu and several governors discussed together, intending to let Han Shizhong build a festival, and Yue Fei would be promoted from the third grade, and then give a generous material reward. The brothers of the Yanzi generation in the Zhijia Army are also the members of the festival and the promotion of the promotion, and there is no objection. There are only two things that have a headache. First, how to reward the king of the county? Second, how should the Huaixi Army reward?

Zheyan is now the title of the county king, the ancestral system of the Great Song Dynasty, and ministers with different surnames are generally not crowned kings. Of course, there are exceptions, such as the founding fathers, some of them were crowned princes, and later in order to encourage the ministers to recover Yanyun, Emperor Shenzong had a testament, saying that it was "those who have recovered Yanyun, Xuan Benbang, Shu Wangjue", it is precisely because of Emperor Shenzong's words that Tong Guan was still named the king of Guangyang County, although Tong Guan only bought a few empty cities from the hands of nv real people.

Since the Song and Jin incidents, loyal ministers and good generals bravely went to the country, and in order to commend these meritorious ministers, the imperial court once again made an exception to crown the king. There are four people who have been awarded the title of king, Xu Shao, the king of Qinghe County, He Guan, the king of Guang'an County, Zheyan, the king of Fenyang County, and Xu Wei, the king of Dongguan County. To be crowned king with a different surname, it was a great honor for the Great Song Dynasty.

These four people are all powerful in the world, and their merits are enough to leave a name in history, and they deserve it. But the embarrassment of Xu Liu and others is that the king of the county is already a product, and the credit of the king of the county this time is obvious, and it is impossible to say that he will not be rewarded. The discussion came and went, and the ministers had two opinions.

Or, he will be crowned as a one-word king and be above the ministers, so as to show his special status in the contemporary era; Or, don't seal the quality of Zheyan, spread the credit on the children of his folded family, and vigorously promote it. Xu Liu put both of these opinions in writing, intending to report them to the emperor and let him make a decision, so as not to offend people.

As for the Huaixi Army, the ministers all have opinions. It's not that I have an opinion on the Huaixi soldiers, but I have an opinion on the Liu family brothers. Do you think Liu Guangguo has any great military exploits? No, but there is a family that has just escaped to the Taiwei, there is no way, the emperor's relatives. I think that at the beginning, Xu Wei, these generals, I don't know how many times they rolled in the sea of blood in the corpse mountain, and how many military merits they accumulated before they reached the highest level of this martial arts.

Liu Guangguo is already a lieutenant, how can he seal it this time? Is it also a county king? It's easy to seal it, and let the emperor issue an edict, but the problem is that these people are Xu Wei, who have been through a hundred battles and only obtained the title of county king after nine deaths. And this matter can't be reported to the emperor for decision, with Empress Liu here, I am allowed to approve a county king.

Xu Liu finally made a decision, sent Huainan East Road and Huainan West Road to Liu Guangguo, promoted him to Huainan Xuanfu Envoy, and the Huaixi Army was reorganized into the Shenwu Left Army, and M-N was responsible for recovering Shandong. You must know that the titles of officials in the Song Dynasty generally include ranks, titles, and dispatches. Among them, the dispatch is the actual job, that is, the specific work you do. Letting Liu Guangguo be promoted to Huainan Xuanfu envoy is tantamount to letting you preside over the work of the higher-level ministry M-N, but the administrative level remains unchanged.

After the resolution of the Zhongshu came out, it was reported to the emperor, just waiting for Zhao Jin to send a holy order. But after waiting for a long time, I didn't see a response, but I waited for Xu Wei's recital.

Previously, Zhe Yanzhi had reported to the imperial court that there were friendly troops cooperating in Hebei. At that time, everyone speculated that Xu Wei did it, but it was a guess after all, and there was no real evidence. Now that Xu Wei's recital has arrived, as expected, it is really him.

This time, Xu Wei mobilized an army of 100,000 troops, and like the Southern Army, it was also divided into three routes. It's just that the feats of war are a little "shabby". said shabby, not with others, but with Xu Wei himself. Over the years, the ministers of the DPRK and China have been accustomed to hearing the news of Xu Wei's great victory, just as some people in the DPRK and China commented on Xu Wei, "The prosperity of the border marshal's martial arts has not been seen in a hundred years", referring to Xu Jiu.

In the past, as soon as Xu Wei made a move, it was absolutely extraordinary, not to mention that he had to destroy tens of thousands of enemies and recover dozens of counties. But this time, 100,000 Western troops were dispatched, but they did not recover a single state or county. However, this does not mean that the Western Army's efforts were in vain this time, on the contrary, the Central Plains could not be successfully recovered without the support of the Western Army

This time, the soldiers of the king of Xu County were divided into three routes, one was led by Xu Hong, the marshal of Yanyan, to attack the western three states of the Jin State; One route was controlled by Xu Jiu himself and attacked Taiyuan, the capital of Hedong. These two Western armies restrained the main force of Jīng Rui, making it impossible for them to cope with the Central Plains battle situation, and effectively guaranteed the Central Plains battlefield.

And most notably, the third road of the Western Army. Along the way, there were not many troops, only 8,000 jīng horsemen, crossed the Taihang Mountain, went straight to the Hebei Plain, and captured the important town of Daimyofu in Hebei with lightning speed, and wiped out the logistics base of the Central Plains Jin Army