After paying homage to the Taimiao, the triumphant procession continued to play the ritual music and walked in the direction of the Taiji Palace, and walked for about two quarters of an hour before seeing the magnificent Chaoyang Gate Tower. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoChaoyangmen and Luoyang's Zetianmen are quite consistent, both are set up with three outs. The difference is that Luoyang is the Luoshui used to protect the city outside the Tianmen, while outside the Chaoyang Gate is a horizontal street with a width of hundreds of steps. As the main gate of Taiji Palace, Chaoyangmen was held here for important ceremonies in the Sui and Tang dynasties, similar to Tiananmen Square in later generations.

The triumphant procession stopped in front of the Chaoyang Gate, and Li Er took Wang Mai and other twenty-five generals to kneel on one knee, and loudly announced the news of Desheng's return to Emperor Li Yuan, who was sitting on the city gate, and presented the battle report with both hands. Lubu was taken over by a yellow gate and began to announce what was on it, how much territory had been won, how much gold and silver treasure had been robbed, how many slaves had been captured, and so on.

The captives, dressed in white ties, were carried up to the city gate by a row of big men, and for each of them, the attendants next to them introduced their names to the emperor. Li Yuan looked at Dou Jiande with interest, the former hero King Xia was like having lost his bones, he kept pounding his head, and his mouth made a "woo" sound, he was telling Li Yuan to forgive, but he had already tightened a white ribbon in his mouth, which was to prevent the captives from offending the emperor. Li Yuan shook his head with some disappointment, probably thinking that this strong enemy of the Tang Dynasty in the north was too vulnerable, so he waved his hand, and the soldiers who escorted the captives pressed Dou Jiande down.

Dou Jiande and other major war criminals were sentenced to death, and the rest were either exiled or confiscated into slavery, and asked for pardon for Shan Xiongxin and other serious felons who had made major meritorious contributions. Shan Xiongxin has already held a military position under Li Er, this pardon is just a formality, Li Yuan took a symbolic look, picked up the pen and wrote the word "quasi".

Dou Jiande, Wang Shiyun, Duan Da, Yun Dingxing and others were escorted to the downtown to be executed, and Li Yuan immediately took the hundred officials to review the 3,000 new army led by Fugui, and the neat pace of the new army really left a lot of shock on the civil and military officials. Especially the sturdy body of Fugui, who walked in the front, Li Yuan, who was watching, nodded frequently, such a brave general, no wonder he could bring out such a male soldier, and at the moment people rewarded Wang Fugui with thousands of cloth and silk.

Pei Lin said with a smile: "King Qin's subordinates are all elite soldiers, which is really the blessing of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Yuan was silent for a while when he heard this, Pei Lin was reminding him that the power of the second child was too great now, but Li Er had just returned to the dynasty with a victory, if it was handled unfairly, it would make these soldiers feel cold, and this matter would be considered slowly in the future.

After the parade was completed, a eunuch came to the Chaoyang Gate with a thick volume of holy decrees and began to read out the rewards for the soldiers. The first to bear the brunt was naturally Li Er, who was named the general of Tiance, led Situ and Daxing Taishang Shuling of Eastern Shaanxi Province, increased the number of food estates to 30,000 households, and authorized Tiance Mansion to purchase its own official subordinates.

Wang Mai secretly spoke, this Lao Li is not thin on Li Er, Situ is all false titles, and the real power is Tiance Mansion. Self-ownership has always been the right of the prince's East Palace, and Li Er, in addition to being nominally under the prince, actually has more power than Li Da.

Li Yuan looked at the second son who was standing with his fists under the city gate, he couldn't help it, the merit of the second brother was too great, the officials who could be given had already been given, and he couldn't find an official position that could be rewarded anymore after turning over the history books, so he had to temporarily fabricate a Tiance general to come out.

Li Jiancheng, the head of the hundred officials, finally turned ugly when he heard Li Er's reward, and Admiral Feng Tiance had no opinion on him, but this self-imposed official office touched his bottom line. Although Donggong has always had the right to own his own official office, he is using this right very carefully, so as not to cause his father's dissatisfaction. But now that Li Er actually has this right, if the decrees of the East Palace and the Tiance Mansion are contrary to each other in the future, whose orders should the officials below obey?

Li Er was not as happy as everyone thought, on the contrary, he was still vaguely disappointed in his heart. Daddy's reward was indeed passable, but these were not what he wanted, and he looked at where his eldest brother was standing. Li Da was also looking at him at this time, the two glanced at each other, Li Da finally smiled first, and the two of them shifted their eyes to the side at the same time.

"Wang's successor to the opening ......" Li Er is Wang Mai's name, and everyone pricked up their ears to listen carefully to Wang Mai's reward.

“…… Sealed the pillar country, the founding county duke, and 2,000 households...... "The words of the clouds and mountains and mist ...... made Wang Mai dizzy again, but he roughly understood that he was named the founding county prince, and he was a second-grade lord, and there were 2,000 families under his hands who paid taxes every year, and the others did not understand very well.

Obviously, I felt that the generals behind him had some movement, the founding county duke, to be honest, this official position is not low, but there are as many nobles as a dog in the early Tang Dynasty, and a founding county duke is obviously not worthy of Wang Mai's merits, so everyone is a little dissatisfied with this reward. Especially Cheng Yanjin, he swore to Wang Mai that he would at least be a county duke, but he didn't expect that he was only a county duke, Wang Mai was only a county duke with such a contribution, and the rest of the generals might also be rewarded by one level.

However, Wang Mai is very content, and the second-grade official is not small, and it is also a provincial and ministerial-level treatment in the future generations, even if he lies at home and does not work, he does not have to worry about starving to death. After the reward was read, Wang Mai was about to get up and retreat, but the eunuch continued to read down: "Wang's Yuanqing...... Sealed the opening of the country, 3,000 households...... Dr. Lingguanglu ......"

Li Yuan looked at Wang Mai's stunned expression downstairs and smiled slightly, after all, he was a young man, and his expression was all written on his face. Wang Mai's reward really wasted a lot of his thoughts, it stands to reason that with his merits, even if he is named a king with a different surname, it is not too much, but this person has a good relationship with the second child, if the reward is too thick, it will only boost the wings of the second child. But if the reward is thin, it will also attract the dissatisfaction of the officials. So he thought of a compromise method, and heard that his grandfather was seventy years old and still alive, so he gave the old man the title of founding duke, and waited for the old man to pass away in a few years, and then let him inherit the title of the duke, according to the convention, the inheritance of the title will be downgraded by one level, and he is still a county duke, so he doesn't have to worry about Li Er's wings being too strong.

Damn, Wang Mai scolded secretly, this Lao Li is really a little smart, and he actually thought of such a way to balance, what an old fox, the abacus "crackled". However, the old man is regarded as a grandfather this time, and he has also been crowned Doctor Guanglu, although they are all idle positions, but they are also regarded as honorable favors.