Wang Huaqiang sighed in his heart when he heard this: Wang Xuandu jumped from the opening of the fourth grade to the pillar country of the second grade, and he didn't know how much more credit in this battle was than him, but he only got a nine-grade school scholar.

Two days ago, Gao Xi specially greeted him, saying that Wang Shiji had sued, accusing him of disobeying the general's order and not landing at the designated place, and also alarmed the Chen army, causing Wang Shiji's army to be surrounded, and wanted to hold himself responsible.

As a result, Gao Xi had to make peace with both sides, after all, Wang Shiji had made a great contribution this time and was getting grace, Gao Xi didn't know Wang Shiji's evil deeds, and finally replaced Cao Senjun, the left-leading army soldier who was originally preparing to give himself to himself, with the current Jiupin School Shulang, and added a Xinfeng County Lieutenant from Jiupin to his third brother Wang Huawei as compensation.

After Yang Jian announced the rewards for the meritorious ministers of the Sui Dynasty, he began to read out the decision on the disposal of the monarchs and ministers of the Chen Dynasty:

Chen Shubao, the emperor of Nanchen, has no way to govern the country, indulges in wine, but is arrogant, and dares to fight against the heavenly soldiers, until the army besieges the city before he suddenly woke up, read his edict to end the battle of the Chen army of the various departments, meritorious to the people of Nanchen, pardon his crimes, abolished as a concubine, every year according to the three products of the court officials issued Lu, in Daxing City to give the first house, for its residence.

Yang Xiang, the general of Nan Chenpi, complied with the mandate of heaven, took the initiative to receive the army across the river, assisted Wang Shiji in capturing the new pavilion, and was specially awarded the post of opening the mansion, and transferred to the state assassin history (Zheng Sipin).

Chen Shangshu of the former South ordered Jiang Zong, awarded the Kaifu, Xiao Maha, the general of the former South Chen Hussar, Ren Zhong, the general of Zhennan, Fan Yi, the general of the chariot cavalry, Fan Meng, the general of the Zhendong Army, Lu Guangda, the right servant of Shangshu, Yuan Xian, and the military Zhou Luohu of the upper reaches of the governor, were all awarded the same position.

Gao Xi moved to the first place in the civil official queue on the left after reading his reward, standing side by side with Yang Su, who was the first in the military general queue on the right, smiling, listening to the wills, these were all prepared by him in advance, weighing the interests of all parties, and it took more than ten days to come up with such a result.

The edict of the reward has been read to the end, exactly the same as that handed over by Gao Xi, and suddenly, the palace people who announced the decree read the last sentence of the holy decree: "Pei Yun, the general of the former Southern Chen Zhige, has a heart to the Great Sui, is loyal to the country, and is about to respond to the internal response of my army. ”

As soon as this will came out, everyone's faces in the palace changed, even Wang Huaqiang, who was standing outside the hall and listening to the order, was stunned, Pei Yun agreed with Wang Xuan early this time, saying that he would take the army across the river, but when Wang Xuan and others really crossed the river, he hid at home and did not come out.

The important ministers in the palace are hindered by their identities one by one, although they show grievances, but no one admonishes them, and the petty officials outside the hall have begun to talk about it indignantly.

Gao Xi took a deep breath, stood up in line, and admonished: "Qi Shengshang, Pei Yun has not contributed to the country, but he has received more favor than others, I am afraid that the ministers will be dissatisfied." ”

Three wisps of long beard, extraordinary bearing, Danfeng eyes, nose and wide mouth, Yang Jian, who has an imperial style, sat firmly on the throne, through the bead curtain on the crown, he couldn't see any big changes in his expression, only heard him speak directly, and said coldly: "I look at Jiangzuo celebrities, Pei Yun is really an outstanding person, you can add Yitong." ”

Gao Xi's brain was confused all of a sudden, this Pei Yun's official miscellaneous is getting higher and higher? No, this bad head must not be opened, if the court loses fairness, he will not be able to govern the country as the prime minister in the future. So Gao Xi knelt down and admonished: "Holy Lord, Pei Yun must not be promoted in vain, otherwise it will chill the hearts of the soldiers of the Southern Expedition." ”

Yang Jian slowly stood up from the dragon chair, his eyes through the bead curtain were as cold as electricity, and he said in a deep voice: "You can add a mansion!" ”

Gao Xi trembled, raised his head suddenly, but met Yang Jian's stern eyes, he and Yang Jian have been together for decades, Yang Jian has always been kind to himself, but today's stern eyes are the first time to appear, Gao Xi suddenly understood that the current Yang Jian is no longer the son of heaven who was half of the world three months ago, but the emperor of the entire Central Plains, and he can no longer openly contradict him as before, and speak out.

So Gao Xi bowed heavily to the ground: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Gao Xi all expressed his attitude, and the ministers dared to say a word more, and they all knelt down to thank him.

Yang Jian nodded with satisfaction and said, "Where is Xue Daoheng, the waiter of the Inner History?" ”

A medium-sized, thin, fifty-year-old, full-bodied Hongru with a fluttering beard came out of class: "Chen Xue Daoheng is here." ”

Yang Jian said: "The decree is immediately drafted, the opening of the mansion, Shangyi and Pei Yun are the assassins of Yangzhou, and they will take office on the same day and give them a thousand pieces of silk." ”

Wang Huaqiang sighed in his heart when he heard this, Yang Jian's move was to gamble with the important ministers headed by Gao Xi, and after pacifying Nanchen, how to settle the families and high-ranking officials and important ministers of the Southern Dynasty has also become a big problem, like Chen Shubao can enjoy a house in Daxing, but it is impossible to raise all the officials of Nanchen like this, let alone let Nanchen's hometown be all Sui Dynasty officials.

Originally, Wang Huaqiang wanted to take advantage of the east wind of the Southern Expedition as an official this time, and a very important reason was also to consider that once Nanchen was destroyed, a large number of officials were needed locally, and it was impossible for the Sui Dynasty to make full use of the original officials of Nanchen, and it was bound to promote a large number of meritorious soldiers of the Southern Expedition as officials, but it can be heard from the reward just now that Yang Jian and Gao Xi still let most of the meritorious officials of the Southern Expedition stay in the north, and a large number of grassroots and middle-level official positions in Nanchen's hometown will also be held by people from Jiangnan.

Yang Jian's signal just now was very obvious, not because he made meritorious contributions or led the way in this war, but because he was a Jiangnan celebrity, and more importantly, his heart was towards the Sui Dynasty, and before the war, he secretly contacted his father and Yang Jian directly, Yang Jian needed this model to send a signal to all Jiangnan celebrities who had a wait-and-see attitude: Follow me, there is meat to eat.

Yang Xiang is a leading party who does not have real talent and learning, and the main reason for giving him a Yitong is to fulfill the promise before the war, but he is not ready to arrange any actual positions for him after the war, but Pei Yun is different, this person has real talent and real learning, so Yang Jian directly gave him a thorn history to be, that is, to let the talented people of the Southern Dynasty follow Pei Yun and serve in the Sui Dynasty instead.

Gao Xi probably didn't guess Yang Jian's intention to let talented people from the Southern Dynasty come out as officials, so he just spoke out to stop it. Yang Jian promoted Pei Yun to a level with a word, presumably not entirely to be angry and maintain his emperor's face, what he wanted to maintain more was probably the policy of this southerner.

Wang Huaqiang sighed secretly, his original idea was still too superficial, the Southern Dynasty was outstanding and talented, since there were generals like Lu Guangda and Zhou Luohu, not to mention civil officials, I am afraid that after the unification of the world, it is not that the northerners will go to the south to grab officials, but to prevent their official positions from being seized by the southerners.

It seems that there is only one way for him to seek office, that is, to give up his life and go straight to the Turks, this time the Turkic envoy came belatedly, and did not arrive in Daxing until yesterday, obviously because of the change of Khan's position, and the internal has not been completely stabilized.

And Yang Jian will definitely use this extermination of Nan Chen's exploits to deter the Turks, so that they do not dare to act rashly, he has been consulting the historical materials about the Turks during this time, coupled with Gao Xi's analysis that day, and now he is much more confident in the success of this mission.

During this period of time, due to work reasons, he and Pei Shiju are also in contact every day, this person has a calm personality, does not reveal a drop of water, and has superhuman opinions, although he is a civil official, he is also willing to follow the example of Han Shi Banchao and enter the state of tigers and wolves alone.

Wang Huaqiang glanced at Pei Shiju, who was standing in front of him for more than 50 people, this time he was promoted to one level and was named a sixth-grade Shisheren, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his face: If you want to replace this green official robe with a red one (Sui made a purple robe of more than three grades, a red robe of the fourth grade and five grades, and a green robe below the sixth grade), Brother Pei still has to be born and die.

The shrill voice of the eunuch sounded again: "The reward has been completed, tonight the emperor will hold a banquet between the halls to reward all the meritorious soldiers, please go to the branch to receive the reward money and goods first, and go to the banquet on time in the evening." ”