Chapter 172: Reward (2)
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Zhao Guangyi was naturally no exception, he wanted to knock Zhao Gu up, but he didn't expect Zhao Gu to directly give him all the credit, and a sense of pride suddenly arose in his heart.
Yes, no matter how great Zhao Gu's credit is, isn't the emperor still me? The order for the Northern Expedition was given by me, and the greatest credit for recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun should be made by me!
Zhao Guangyi nodded approvingly, seeing that Zhao Gu became more and more pleasing to the eye, and said: "Having said that, but you have worked hard all the way to the north, but I have to reward you." ”
Zhao Gu hugged his fists: "Your Majesty, the minister has already said that the thunder and rain are all gentlemen, the emperor wants to reward and punish, and the ministers have nothing to say, and they are willing." ”
"Okay."
Zhao Guangyi waved his hand and said, "Wang Jien, take out the holy decree I have prepared and announce it to the ministers." ”
Wang Jien smiled inconsistently, took the holy decree, and read: "Heaven and earth are unified, the four seas return to the heart, and the rule of the Holy Emperor is also, I am grateful for the three emperors and five emperors of the ancients, the unification of the world, and the return of all the people to their hearts, and I am very respectful." However, the land of Kyushu has been broken for a long time, and the people's minds are settled, so the sixteen states of Yanyun are no longer indispensable. Today, there is a candidate from Zhuozhou Valley, surnamed Zhao Minggu, who advocates the recovery of sixteen states, strategizes, and wins thousands of miles. He went to the north again, defended Shuozhou, and when the Song and Liao fought a decisive battle, he broke the Liao army with a thunderbolt of divine might, raised the prestige of our army, and annihilated more than 200,000 enemies, which was very successful. Today, Zhao Gu is the founder of Zhuozhou County, leading Zhuozhou from afar, and giving 1,000 silk horses, 100 acres of fertile land, 1,000 taels ......of silver, and 20 palace maids. ”
The Founding Prince?
Zhao Gu was secretly taken aback, if it weren't for seeing Wang Jien looking like a dead father, Zhao Gu almost thought that he had heard it wrong.
Is the position of the Founding Marquis big?
The answer is yes!
The titles are generally divided into kings, dukes, candidates, uncles, sons, and males, which correspond to the official positions from one to five grades, among which the prince is the first rank, the county king is from the first rank, the national prince is the second rank, the county prince is from the second rank, the county candidate is the third rank, the county candidate is from the third rank, the viscount is the fourth rank, and the baron is the fifth rank.
This is still an ordinary title, that is, a title like the Zhuozhou Guhou who was awarded to Zhao Gu before, which belongs to something like a certificate of honor, and does not have much practical value, as soon as the person who is awarded the title dies, all the honor will disappear.
The title of the founding of the country is completely different, the founding of the country, imagine that it is tall enough, often this kind of title can be passed down from generation to generation, as long as the descendants of the person who is entitled do not make any big mistakes, or the country is gone, this honorary title will accompany the life and generation.
In other words, after you become the founding knighthood, as long as your descendants do not die, then your heirs will inherit the title until the dynasty changes.
The title of a founding county marquis, its status can be directly compared with that of a second-rank official, half a level higher than that of an ordinary county candidate, and almost on a par with the county duke, who told him to add a founding state in front of him.
The most important thing is that this title, which is equivalent to a second-rank high-ranking official, will be passed down from generation to generation, and children and grandchildren will follow suit.
In this way, how powerful the person who is entitled will be, it can basically be determined, and the impact of this feud is even greater, and from then on, how many people dare to fight with Zhao Gu above the court?
Zhao Gu knew these rules, and it was because of this that he was so surprised, the Great Song Dynasty was very harsh on the reward for the title, and he never thought that Zhao Guangyi would give him one.
But after thinking about it, Zhao Gu was relieved, Zhao Guangyi had some great achievements, that was a well-known thing for future generations, he put himself on a par with the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, so for Zhao Gu, who helped him complete the great reconquest, he naturally couldn't be too stingy, otherwise he wouldn't be slapping his face.
Just imagine, if he only gave Zhao Gu a little reward, wouldn't it be saying that Zhao Guli's merits were too small, and if the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun could only be regarded as a trivial matter, then what should Zhao Guangyi use to advertise himself as the first emperor of the ages!
So it's not so much that Zhao Guangyi is rewarding Zhao Gu, it's better to say that he's praising himself.
In fact, judging from Zhao Gu's plan to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, it is more than enough to seal a county, if this is placed in the Tang Dynasty, a county prince may have it, but the Great Song Dynasty has always been 'unkind', and in a short period of time like Zhao Gu, there has never been anything from the commoners to the founding county.
Although Zhao Gu was surprised, he was not stunned, and immediately hugged his fist at Zhao Guangyi and thanked him: "Thank you for the emperor's reward, the minister is grateful." ”
His style can really be regarded as not being happy with things and not being sad about himself, as light as stopping water, fully embodying the statement that thunder, rain and dew are Jun's grace to the fullest, and he did not get carried away at all because he won the reward.
As for whether he really felt that the thunder and rain and dew were Jun En in his heart, only he knew.
Anyway, in Zhao Guangyi's eyes, this young man Zhao Gu is really sincere, and he still doesn't change his face in the face of such a big reward, which is really loyal.
At that moment, Zhao Guangyi laughed, praised Zhao Gu again, and then gave Zhao Gu a seat, and then announced the opening of the seat.
Zhao Gu's seat was also interesting, it was directly behind several national dukes, and it was tied with a cadre of county dukes, and even Li Fu sat behind him.
Looking around, except for a prince, the group of people sitting closest to Zhao Guangyi was a young man in Zhao Gu, and the others were all half-buried people in the loess.
At the banquet, Zhao Guangyi was still very excited, pulling a cadre of ministers to dance and ink, showing off his literary brilliance.
At this time, the civil officials also had no lower limit, and most of the poems they made were praising Zhao Guangyi, and most of them were talking about the sixteen states of Yanyun, and it was not good to coax Zhao Guangyi to be happy, and the three emperors and five emperors were not as good as me.
A lunch was eaten from noon to dusk, and I don't know how many times the wine and food were rotated, and it was also thanks to the fact that there were enough imperial chefs in the palace, otherwise it would definitely not be enough for so many people to eat and drink.
It was getting dark, and the drunken Zhao Guangyi was helped down by Wang Jien with the eunuchs, and the officials dispersed and went out of the palace in groups.
Outside the palace gate, Zhao Guangyi was stopped by the officials, one by one, like hungry wolves staring at food, looking at Zhao Gu's eyes were green.
"Congratulations to the Marquis of Zhuozhou County, I will have more contacts in the future, the old man likes to deal with a rising star like you the most."
"Zhuozhou County Marquis, Xiaguan is polite, Xiaguan's house recently ran in for some reason a beautiful woman, that is really graceful, dizzying, Xiaguan is estimated to have run out of the county Houfu, and please take her back, hehehehe......."
"Zhuozhou Guhou, there are also ...... in the Xiaguan's family."