Chapter 440: Giving the Marquis "Zhenxi" (II)
Well-trained troops, jubilant and excited crowds, people singing praises of virtue, bustling streets......
Qin Tian, who was dressed in a golden dragon robe, was excited, he felt as if he had been sitting on that chair for too long, so long that he neglected to listen to the sounds outside and take a look at the outside world. He often heard the word "long live" that the old minister said insincerely, which made him tired of this word for a while, but revisiting these two words of great significance from the mouths of hundreds of people made his mood linger for a long time.
Why long live? A hundred years is enough!
"Flat!"
Tang An got up in response and glanced at Qin Tian from afar. Half a year seems to have washed away the childishness on his face, although he still has a smile on his face, but behind this mask, people feel a lot of pressure.
Qin Tian approached quickly, and his eyes couldn't hide his appreciation: "Tang An, you really gave me a big surprise. can take 3,000 remnants of soldiers to kill one back and forth in the Xia Kingdom, since the founding of our Tang Dynasty, you are still the first one. ”
"Thanks to the emperor's blessing, Tang An and his brothers can become more and more courageous and turn defeat into victory." Tang An's face was serious, and now he has reached an extremely high level where he is not red and out of breath.
Qin Tian smiled and said, "You kid, what does this have to do with me?" ”
"It's related, it's huge!" Tang An's expression exaggerated, "Whenever we encounter difficulties and setbacks, the emperor's voice and smile will always appear in Tang An's mind, giving us infinite courage and strength." It is precisely with the determination to be loyal to the monarch and love the people, and to die with the enemy, that I can return to Datang all the way without danger. ”
Qin Tian's face froze: Damn, his voice and smile... Is this kid cursing me to death?
scolded Tang An twice in his heart, but he laughed twice on the surface, approached Tang An in front of everyone, and said in a low voice: "Stinky boy, I haven't seen you for half a year, and I am more and more able to speak." ”
Tang An smiled coquettishly, and took the opportunity of Qin Tian's whispering to deliberately "widen his eyes", and shouted loudly: "The emperor 'must not'!" It is Tang An's duty to be loyal to the country, how dare he covet rewards? What 'golden thousand taels', 'adding officials to the knight', these are not what the minister wants. I just hope that the emperor can be admitted to these brothers from the border of the Western Regions behind me, which is the best reward for Tang An. ”
Qin Tian's eyes darkened: Damn, what did I say?
I thought that half a year would be able to grind away his frivolous and lascivious temperament, but at this moment, Qin Tiancai finally understood what it meant to be "easy to change, but difficult to change". Alas, it's still too much to underestimate the shamelessness of this guy.
In front of so many people, he "revealed" the "whispering" that Qin Tian had just said in his ear, how could he, as the emperor, refuse? Looking at the admiring eyes of the people around him, as well as the appearance of the Avengers, a group of fools, who were grateful to Dade, Qin Tian secretly cursed in his heart. Good people have made you be, so what am I going to do?
Although he was a little depressed in his heart, Qin Tian was not angry. Over the years, there have been fewer and fewer people who dare to "yin" themselves. Of course, this kind of "yin" is the well-intentioned "yin", and those who maliciously yin themselves were all sent by him to play chess with the king of Yama.
"What a loyal and righteous Lord Tang!"
"The history of Tang Wai is worthy of the pride of our Bianjing City."
"Lao Tzu has also been a soldier before, but it's a pity that I haven't met such a general who is sympathetic to his subordinates. To be able to follow such a person, even if Lao Tzu dies, it is worth it! ”
Listening to the voices around them, the people of the Avengers raised their heads one by one, and they were all proud of being Tang An's soldiers. How would they know that Tang An's kung fu of the empty white wolf has always been self-taught?
Qin Tian smiled slightly: "The Tang Border Army has defended the country for the Tang Dynasty for many years, and has made many military exploits, which is the real tiger and wolf. Especially you people, who really let the Xia Guohu people see the bloody nature of our Tang soldiers. With a mere number of 3,000, he involved the main local army, resolved the crisis in the border city, and annihilated the enemy army several times his own, such a credit is not an exaggeration to describe it as ancient and modern. For those who have contributed to the Tang Dynasty, I will never be stingy - Uncle Six Emperors! ”
Qin Yue took a step forward: "The minister is here." ”
"All non-commissioned officers will be promoted to a higher level, rewarded with a five-year salary, and then rewarded for meritorious deeds according to the war report. Give his family a good land, and be exempted from endowment forever. ”
Everyone was overjoyed, and said at the same time: "Thank the emperor for his grace." ”
Wow, the soldiers are so bold, then Lao Tzu is the commander-in-chief, isn't he going to send it?
Twinkle and twinkle, Tang An's eyes are full of little stars, I don't know what the emperor will give him next time?
Qin Tian looked at Tang An, who was full of hope, and suddenly smiled evilly, and said in a low voice, "I don't plan to reward you." ”
No... Not rewarded?
Tang An immediately lowered his face and pursed his lips and said, "Your Majesty, you are too unkind, right?" I was born and died in the Western Regions! Do you know how dangerous the situation was at the time? Do you know how scary it is for the army of the Xia Kingdom to line up in formation? Do you know what it's like to be cold and hungry when you're short of supplies? Do you know how dangerous the Everglades are? As the commander of this army, these old men have to worry about eating, drinking, and sleeping, am I easy, the emperor, look at it - I have lost a lot of hair! ”
Qin Tian couldn't hold back a smile, turned his head and simply ignored him, and said, "Zhang Dayou! ”
"The minions are here."
The chief eunuch immediately took a step forward, winked at Tang An, who was chattering to himself, and chuckled: "Lord Tang, the emperor is joking with you." ”
Tang An was slightly stunned: Are you kidding? Will the emperor be?
Zhang Dayou was not verbose, and immediately took out the holy decree from his sleeve, cleared his throat and said loudly: "When the sky is good, I will be ordered by you." Tang An, the outer history, inherited the grace in the sky, led the loyal and brave army to drive the Hu Lu to the border, established the country in danger, and raised the army in the Western Regions. Amnesty Zhenxi Hou, hereditary Wandai. Zhan Lingyun, the commander of the Western Regions, is stationed in the bitter cold land of the northwest, has worked hard, pardoned the first-class national prince, assisted the heavens to govern, and used the grace of the emperor to make the salty envoy hear. Chin this! ”
These words were half-ancient and half-white, and Tang An could hear the clouds and mountains and fog. But the three words "Zhenxi Hou" clearly floated into his ears, which made him a little distracted: Lao Tzu will become a prince? But... The old general has passed away, and the emperor must have already received an urgent war report from himself in advance, so what's the point of this reward?
It stands to reason that if it were not for the chaos of war, there were very few opportunities for courtiers to make immortal achievements, and the court was also worried that the princes and princes would be divided, which was not conducive to the concentration of power, so there were very few cases of crowning kings and marquises.
Compared with the situation where hundreds of thousands of troops fought at every turn, Tang An led 3,000 soldiers and horses to kill more than 10,000 enemies, which is not a big achievement. But the Avengers won deep behind enemy lines, defeating the remnants of the army and defeating them under heavy encirclement, playing a rare record of winning more and less. And for the first time, the flames of war burned into the territory of the Xia Kingdom, creating a model of the Tang Dynasty's invasion of the Xia Kingdom.
What's more critical is that they dragged the eastward invasion of the Xia army, so that Mo Lingtu could not use Zhan Lingyun as a threat to destroy the military spirit of the defenders in the Western Regions.
Although the significance of the war was not clearly stated, Qin Tian could figure out the key to it by thinking about it. As for Zhan Lingyun...... Now that the situation is tense and there are internal and external troubles, Qin Tian has to hide this depressing news, and still have to set up a glorious image of the undefeated god of war in the Western Regions, so that the people of the Tang Dynasty can rest assured.
Tang An, a "foreign envoy" who did not even have a grade, was directly made a marquis, and I don't know how many levels he crossed during the period, which is a unique precedent in the history of the Tang Dynasty. In special periods, special means should be used, Qin Tian just wants all those who work for him to see that as long as they have merit, they will definitely be rewarded, so that more people are willing to give full play to their abilities to serve him. Money, titles, fame, he will not be stingy.
Tang An was the first lucky person, and when the Tang Dynasty was in turmoil, he was carried out again, continuing his legend of rising to the top, and setting an example for everyone. And the name is set as "Zhenxi", which is faintly implicated in arranging a successor.
First, what Tang An has achieved in the Western Regions is exciting, and secondly, it is ...... When Tang An's merits are enough to make people forget the pain caused by Zhan Lingyun's soul returning to the Western Regions, the Western Regions can once again become the most solid steel defense line of the Tang Dynasty.
The only thing that made Qin Tian owe something was perhaps only Zhan Lingyun. Letting a dead person still work for Datang is really a last resort, but it is the only way in front of him.
Of course, Tang An didn't think of so much and so far, but he was stunned in place, as if it was difficult to accept Long En who fell from the sky.
He knew that the emperor would definitely give him a heavy reward, but he never imagined that this reward would be so heavy: the foreign surname Hou, even at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty.
Unconsciously, a beautiful picture appeared in front of him: he was holding a bird cage in his left hand, playing with two walnuts in his right hand, followed by a hundred and ten little brothers, and suddenly saw a pink and tender little lady in the corner, so he picked up her pointed chin with his right hand, and his soft and weak appearance made people think of no other place except the bed, so he dragged it and went to the house without saying a word. The little lady's father cried and begged, and he shouted "call me" to the hundred and ten little brothers, and then dragged the appointed little lady back to the house laughing......
"Lord Tang, thank you!" Zhang Dayou reminded in a low voice.
Tang An suddenly kneeled down on one knee and said: "Thank you for the emperor's grace, the ministers will be smeared with liver and brains to repay the emperor's grace!" ”
Tang An can get a good home, and the people of the Avengers are sincerely happy. What's more, they also got the reward they coveted. The surrounding people were even more joyful, and Tang An went from a grass man to a feudal marquis, which made them see the hope of turning a crow into a phoenix.
This time, the officers and soldiers of the Avengers and all the people knelt down again and said in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”
"Get up."
Qin Tian was in a good mood and said loudly: "To create a prosperous Tang Dynasty, it is inseparable from thousands of people with lofty ideals. I hope that everyone can take Tang An as an example, for the country and the people, and for the benefit of future generations. ”
"The emperor is wise!"
Qin Tian smiled slightly, stared at Tang An and said, "After leaving home for so long, you must be homesick too." I will give you two days off, and after two days, I will see me in the palace, and I will have something to tell you. ”
Tang Anxin bowed with satisfaction and said, "The minister obeys the order!" ”
"The three thousand soldiers are meritorious soldiers, Zhang Dayou, and arranged for my soldiers to stay in the capital station. It's cold, it's all gone! Qin Tian turned around with his hands behind his back, "Go back to the palace!" ”
Seeing a group of officials who were frozen like quails following Qin Tian away, the smile on Tang An's face suddenly disappeared, and a hidden worry surged between his eyebrows.
Zhenxi Hou... Is it really that good?