Chapter 336: How to Seal the Reward
After the man left with the bright yellow holy decree in his hand, the hall of Liangyi fell into a brief calm.
Although Xue Yantuo has been almost disastrous by Li Yuanba's magical Shenwu Guard cavalry, but the grassland herdsmen cannot be killed, even now, Xue Yantuo still has a population of more than 100,000 people, countless cattle, horses and sheep, these things belong to the Tang Dynasty after Li Shimin pardoned the sins of Yi Yinan.
Moreover, Li Shimin did not hold Yi Yinan accountable for his rebellion, and even gave him the title of King of Changbai County, such benevolent and righteous deeds will be widely spread at that time, and when it spreads throughout the prairie, the herdsmen on the grassland will definitely remember Li Shimin's goodness.
Li Shimin played a ruthless move this time, not only won the hearts of all the grassland herdsmen, reserved cannon fodder soldiers for Datang, but also pocketed Xue Yantuo's cattle, sheep and horses, which was really a double win.
When Yi lost Yi Nan happily left because he saved his life, Fang Xuanling stood up and arched his hand:
"Your Majesty, the gangsters of the small state have repeatedly violated the border of my Tang Dynasty, this time His Majesty sent troops from all walks of life to crusade against Xue Yantuo, not only destroyed the growing nomadic people of the Xue Yantuo Department in the north, but also shocked the small barbarian countries of the surrounding Fan States, which is really the first great joy since the founding of my Tang Dynasty!"
"What Fang Xiang said is extremely true, the people of that state have always coveted my Datang land, and this expedition just made them remember it for a long time!"
Du Ruhui was not far behind, and jumped out to pat Li Shimin's ass.
With the leader and the prime minister of the dynasty, except for a few ministers such as Wei Zheng who refused to speak with a dark face, the entire court, regardless of whether it was a civil minister or a military general, all jumped out and praised Li Shimin for his good leadership and let the army win the battle.
In fact, this time Xue Yantuo had a fart relationship with Li Shimin, he just deployed his military strength. If there is no Li Yuanba, I am afraid that this war will be lost, and it is very likely that it will be completely defeated.
But who calls someone the emperor Lao Tzu?
Besides, Li Yuanba doesn't care about such merits and political achievements at all, it is already very good to be able to let him plant fields, take care of children, and bask in the sun every day.
In the tide of fart voices from a group of courtiers, Li Shimin enjoyed it very much, and he was still happy, and his eyebrows were dancing.
Finally. The time of such a pillar of incense is wasted in these war of words like bullshit.
Li Yuanba was stunned on the side, and later began to shake his head and tail.
Nima, don't they all say that throughout the dynasties, Fang Du and the two phases can be counted as famous Zheng Zheng ministers?
Why did these two take the lead in patting Li Shimin's horses today, although these sycophants were just a few sentences over and over again, but they were indeed snapping.
I can't believe all the history of feelings, don't come to Datang. How did he know that these two old men were so unreliable?
Just listening to a swarm of mosquitoes and the buzzing scream in his ears, Li Yuanba was about to fall asleep, so Li Shimin unexpectedly stopped his subordinates' sycophants and began to reward meritorious deeds.
Of course. This so-called reward for meritorious deeds, the main target of the reward is still the generals of this group of Shenwu Guards, there is no way, who called this campaign. Shenwuwei has the most credit?
And most importantly, did they come back early? If you still have to wait for Li Ji, Li Jing, Cheng Yanjin and other armies to be rewarded together, I'm afraid it will be a month later.
"Where is General Shenwuwei?"
Li Shimin took a sip of the fragrant tea on the dragon case. He moistened his throat and said.
"The last general Su Dingfang, the last general Liu Renliang, knock to see Your Majesty!"
These two famous generals of the Tang Dynasty who were dug deep by Li Yuanba stood up and bowed to Li Shimin.
"Hehe, the two Aiqing, please be even...... Both of them are meritorious heroes of my Datang, no need to be so polite, they are all quickly flattened! ”
Seeing these two fierce generals among the Divine Warriors, Li Shimin smiled happily, and he continued: "Dingfang, I remember you!" In the battle of Yinshan back then, you led the army to drive straight into the tooth tent of Jieli Khan, captured Jieli alive, and played the majesty of my Tang Dynasty! This time, Er went to the hinterland of Xue Yantuo with the army and won a lot. ”
Speaking of this, Li Shimin paused, then turned his head and said to Liu Renliang: "Renliang, before the five surnames and Qiwang colluded with the Tubo thieves to commit rebellion, assassinate the king and kill the driver, I remember that you led three thousand Shenwu guards to annihilate the rebels. Now, you have led 7,000 Shenwu guards to go deep alone, causing chaos within Xue Yantuo, and many tribes have been crowned! ”
"What do you think should be given to the two Aiqing?" After Li Yuanba said this, he looked at the civil and military generals standing in the main hall.
Li Shimin's voice fell, and Wuji, the eldest grandson of the Ministry of Officials, stood up, and he said:
"Your Majesty, Su Dingfang and Liu Renliang are now the generals of Shenwuwei, from the third grade. However, many of the guards were generals, with the exception of the Divine Guard. According to Weichen, why not expand the establishment of Shenwuwei from 10,000 to 50,000, so that although the official positions of the two generals have not changed, this official position is well deserved. ”
Li Shimin lowered his head and thought about it, it was indeed the case, just when he nodded and wanted to speak, Li Yuanba stood up and said, "Your Majesty, my brother thinks it's inappropriate!" ”
Swish!
Everyone set their eyes on Li Yuanba, and said that there was something wrong with this!
Isn't expanding the establishment of Shenwuwei to enhance the strength of Shenwuwei? As the general of Shenwuwei, you are the leader of Shenwuwei, and you have a lot of soldiers under you, what's wrong with this?
"What do you mean by that?"
Li Shimin was also a little puzzled, this is a good thing, what's wrong?
Li Yuanba paced out of the crowd and talked eloquently: "Brother Huang, this Shenwuwei expansion is naturally good!" But that is also a gradual thing, and it has been expanded to 50,000 all at once, and I am afraid that there will be some shortcomings in training and military sound! ”
"Lord Wang, my Tang treasury is full, and this time I completely ended Xue Yantuo's royal city, how much more than one million gold and silver have been obtained in the royal city, with these reserves, why worry about not building an iron-clad army?"
Li Yuanba's voice fell, and a pot-bellied, white and fat guy stood up and said.
This guy's name is Li Changshan, the official household servant, of course, if he is not surnamed Li and is not a royal family, such an important position will not be his turn at all.
Because this guy is an idiot, a waste who relies on the shadow of his ancestors!
"Oh!" Li Yuanba turned his head to look at Li Changshan and said, "Li Shilang, do you know how much money my Shenwuwei army of 10,000 people has spent since its establishment?" ”
Li Changshan was stunned for a moment, because Shenwuwei was not only in terms of military salary, food and lodging, but also various training clothes, armor, and tools used in the exercise...... A series of items and so on were all paid by Li Yuanba himself, and he did not use a penny of the imperial court.
Therefore, Li Changshan couldn't say a word!
"Do you want this king to sue you?" Li Yuanba laughed mildly and said:
"Since the beginning of the establishment of Shenwuwei, although it has only been a few months, the cost of this qiē is 200,000 taels when converted into gold! This is only 10,000 Divine Warriors, if it is 50,000...... Li Shilang, you came to sue the king, can the treasury support such expenses? ”
Two hundred thousand taels of gold!
In this year, three or five Kaiyuan Tongbao can buy a bucket of rice, 200,000 taels of gold, that's gold, how many people's rice have to be eaten!
Li Changshan's face became ugly, as a household servant, he didn't even understand these things clearly, so he jumped out by himself, it was really self-inflicted!
The other civil and military ministers also buzzed in their minds, the cost of 10,000 troops for five months turned out to be 200,000 taels of gold, just kidding, this is too exaggerated, right?
In fact, they guessed correctly, Li Yuanba was bluffing them.
What 200,000 taels of gold, I'm afraid that it will be spent vigorously and made vigorously with 100,000 taels of silver.
This is due to the urgency of time, the special training materials adopted by Li Yuanba, and the financial expenses caused by the subjects.
If the soldiers were trained according to normal circumstances, the ten thousand gods and martial guards would only use 10,000 taels of silver for five months.
"The prince said and laughed......" Li Changshan shook his head with an embarrassed face, and his voice was a little dry.
Li Yuanba's face finally changed, he snorted coldly, and said, "Is this king very familiar with you?" Is there a spare person here to joke with you? Hmph, I really don't know what to say! ”
"Poof......
Li Su and Li Zhen laughed unobtrusively, and although the low laughter was very low, it spread throughout the entire Liangyi Hall.
"What are you laughing at?" Li Shimin glared at his sons fiercely and said, "Since this matter can't be done, let's talk about other rewards!" ”
"Your Majesty, the two generals shed their blood for my Tang Dynasty and did their best, this kind of military merit can be knighted!" Fang Xuanling said eloquently: "It's just that this specific title still needs to be discussed!" ”
"What Fang Xiang said is reasonable!" The eldest grandson Wuji also seemed to agree with Fang Xuanling's words, and he said: "According to my Tang Dynasty practice, if this person with military merits has too much merit, he can be rewarded with a knighthood. This time, the two generals killed the enemy for my Tang Dynasty application, and their achievements were great, according to Weichen, the position of this viscount is well deserved! ”
The words of the eldest grandson Wuji made Li Yuanba frown, and even Li Chengqian, Li Su and others, who had been with Shenwuwei and their entourage for several days, frowned.
The eldest grandson Wuji is too ruthless, although the matter of this knighthood has not been mentioned for many years since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, after all, there are enough nobles in the Tang Dynasty, and if the titles are repeatedly awarded, the interests of the nobles will definitely be shared.
is also deliberately avoiding it, and for those who have contributed to the Tang Dynasty, they are either allowed to be high-ranking officials or rewarded with wealth. (To be continued......)