Chapter 34: Rewards and Punishments

Chang'an City, Weiyang Palace, Front Hall.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sat on the throne, looked at the civil and military officials below, and then said:

"The four-way generals attacked the Huns, and it took more than half a year! Some people are young, but they are extraordinary in ability and have achieved great results! And some people have deep qualifications in the army, but they have no achievements, and even left countless big men in the grassland forever! After speaking, Emperor Wu of Han's tone was very angry.

The officials standing next all understood who Emperor Wu of Han was talking about.

Gongsun Ao, Li Guang, and Gongsun He have all returned to Chang'an, but there is no good news, only bad news. The cavalry general Gongsun Ao lost more than 7,000 people and returned to Chang'an in embarrassment; Gongsun He, the general of the light car, returned in vain; The cavalry general Li Guang returns in disgrace! Only the general Wei Qing of the chariot cavalry came with good news one after another, and now he is on his way home.

Now Gongsun Ao is trembling all over, and he is bowing his head; Because Gongsun He didn't gain anything, he just stood calmly, and his eyes didn't look at Emperor Wu of Han; Li Guang's words stood straight.

On the way back, Li Guang thought for a long time.

Because he sensed that everything that was happening was full of conspiracy, a conspiracy against him, or rather, against the soldiers.

From Chang'an to the northern border, it takes half a year to go back and forth, so there is time for Li Guang to think about the problem. This time Li Guang was very aggrieved, because he was captured, although he escaped, it was a shame to be captured.

Li Guang is a person with strong self-esteem and a personality that admits death.

However, the attack on the Huns is really too weird, the Huns seem to have been waiting for him to enter the net in Yanmen for a long time, and there are many masters, so that he can't parry, so that he is not disabled, and he is injured and captured.

Then he looked at Emperor Wu of Han, his eyes full of puzzlement.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also looked at Li Guang, and from the beginning to the end, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty only paid attention to Li Guang, the man who spoke about the soldiers. The soldier family originated from the ghost valley, but gradually became a family of its own, out of the control of the ghost valley, although there are still heirs of the soldier family in the ghost valley, but it is not as good as the pure soldier family that has been separated.

Guigu is mainly the head of the Zongheng family, supplemented by the soldiers, so the soldiers and the Zongheng family have a disagreement, so in order to suppress the soldiers, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty reused the master father Yan, the heir of the Zongheng family.

"Gongsun Ao suffered heavy losses on this trip, and someone came to escort him to Tingwei Prison and send him down later!" Suddenly, Zhang Tang led two tall guards in and escorted Gongsun Ao down.

Gongsun Ao was very bitter and had no excuse, he was too unlucky this time, and his face was very helpless.

After dealing with Gongsun Ao, Emperor Wu of Han looked at Gongsun He again and said:

"Gongsun He! You have achieved nothing in this trip, and you have no merit or fault! But I'm going to remove you from your position as a light car general, and go home and stand by!" ”

Gongsun He smiled bitterly, then turned around and left slowly.

Then came the main event, and everyone looked at Li Guang.

Li Guang understood that he was the master of high merit, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would treat himself like this, and the punishment of Gongsun He and Gongsun Ao was only for him to see, and the real target of the operation was himself.

"Your Majesty! The minister has something to say! Li Guang was the first to speak.

"Say it!" Emperor Wu of Han replied lightly.

"All this was calculated by His Majesty?" Li Guang is very straightforward.

Emperor Wu of Han shook his head and said:

"I don't joke with the lives of the Han soldiers!"

Hearing this, Li Guang was lonely.

"The minister is willing to accept the punishment!" Li Guang already knew it in his heart, although he knew it, but it was very bitter.

Needless to say, he already understood everything.

When you encounter a strong enemy, you still have an ambush in advance; Only Wei Qing's gain suffered the least loss, and he also broke through the altar and holy land of the Huns, and captured more than 700 Xiongnu magnates.

Li Guang has lived for decades, although he is not obsessed with the court, but he easily understands many things.

"Come on, put Li Guang in Tingwei Prison together! Wait for Wei Qing to return and deal with it! Emperor Wu of Han said.

So Li Guang was invited to Tingwei Prison.

Seeing Li Guang's performance like this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a clear idea in his heart.

"Everything that needs to be done has been done! The purpose has been achieved! However, Wei Qing's first expedition can still achieve such results, it seems that it is time for Wei Qing to obtain a lot of rights! Emperor Wu of Han said in his heart.

Originally, the main object of the design this time was Li Guang, and Gongsun Ao could only be regarded as unlucky and innocently involved.

"Retreat!" After saying that, Emperor Wu of Han left.

The ministers immediately looked at each other, and everyone's eyes were full of doubts.

"Your Majesty, this is to take back the military power!" Master Father muttered in his heart, but then a smile appeared on his face.

"That's fine! It's time for the soldiers to suppress! This is also one of the tasks given to me by the valley master! The master thought to himself.

Three months later, Wei Qing returned triumphantly with a large amount of loot......

At the north gate of Chang'an City, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty personally greeted him.

"Good work!" Emperor Wu of Han said to Wei Qing.

Wei Qing smiled and said:

"For the sake of the big man, the last general will not work hard!"

August was a very hot time, but it was very hot and uncomfortable in Tingwei's prison.

Gongsun Ao and Wei Qing have a good relationship, stemming from the life-saving grace of a few years ago. Because Wei Zifu was pregnant, Queen Chen was jealous, so she sent someone to assassinate Wei Zifu's younger brother Wei Qing.

Then Gongsun Ao took action to solve the trouble, so Wei Qing was not killed, but lived a very good life. Because of this, Wei Qing obtained an official position.

Although Wei Zifu only gave birth to a princess, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not snub Wei Zifu.

This year, Wei Zifu is pregnant again, so Emperor Wu of Han is very happy. He has always wanted to give Wei Zifu the position of queen, but unfortunately the name is not right, and it is not easy to arrange.

But now that the time is ripe, Wei Qing has made a great contribution, and with this credit, it can affect Wei Zifu's status in both sense and reason.

Immediately, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent people to take the captives into custody, and these Xiongnu nobles were used to exchange good things with the Xiongnu.

What the Western Han Dynasty lacks most now is war horses and money. In order to develop the military, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had almost exhausted the treasury.

At the same time, in order to get more money, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began to collect taxes to make up for the loss of training the army. Even if a person has committed a capital crime, as long as he pays a certain amount of money, he can turn the situation into a safe situation and avoid the capital crime.

Therefore, there are countless moths in the DPRK and China.

In order to survive, Gongsun Ao has already asked his family to use money to guide him, so he was soon released from prison. But now he is Bai Ding and does not have any official position, so Gongsun Ao can only lock himself in the house.

Gongsun He's words are to go home to care for the elderly, this is just on the surface, secretly the relationship between Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Gongsun He is extraordinary, and this time Gongsun He participated in the design.

Gongsun He married Wei Qing's sister Wei Ru, so he can be regarded as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's own family, so he is treated very well. This time everything is not a coincidence, but deliberately arranged.

For Li Guang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty directly withdrew the military power, and Li Guang's family pooled money to atone for the death penalty. Then Li Guang went into seclusion.

Wei Qing's words, because of the historic breakthrough on the battlefield, he was named the Marquis of Guannei, and at the same time, Wei Qing's generals were rewarded one by one.

Chu Tianshu also got the military rank of General Pingxi, and was in charge of 10,000 cavalry. Bian Chongwu also became a thousand-commander. It can be seen from this that the promotion of official positions still depends on the relationship, as long as the relationship is in place, the qualifications or something are nothing in the eyes of the emperor.

Regarding his position as a general, Chu Tianshu only smiled bitterly, his ambition was not here.

But now I didn't say anything, just silently accepted it.