Chapter 369: On Merit and Reward
"Hahaha...... Look, this is our Datang army! ”
Seeing this majestic army coming from afar from afar, Li Shimin's face suddenly turned red with excitement, he laughed and pointed to the ironclad army in the distance, and continued: "I have such a strong army in the Tang Dynasty, why are I afraid of the barbarian bandits? ”
Li Shimin's voice was very high, and at the same time, his expression was rarely calm as usual.
In the Yingjiang Pavilion, when the courtiers heard Li Shimin's heroic words, they also became blushing and their necks thickened one by one:
"Yes, with this heroic soldier, no one in the world dares to fight against my Datang!"
"Don't say that it's just a barbarian, even if it's that big food and big Qin?"
Yes, a scene that was originally quite sensational, but it changed its taste in an instant, and it became a feast of sycophants, and Li Shimin was very comfortable, scorched on the outside and tender on the inside.
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"The last generals Li Jing, Li Jing, Cheng Zhijie, and Niu Jinda have seen His Majesty!"
At a distance of only one mile, the army had only marched for dozens of breaths before they came to the Yingjun Pavilion, and the four leading old guys dismounted directly and saluted Li Shimin.
Li Shimin strode forward, and directly hugged the four of them with his big hands.
He patted Li Jing and the others on the shoulder, with a smile on his face: "It's good to be back, it's good to be back!" ”
"Your Majesty, thank you for coming to greet us and the other sergeants in person!"
Li Jing was very moved by Li Shimin's behavior of welcoming the army in the Sanli Changting, which showed that the king cared about them as soldiers, and thought about them soldiers who shed their blood for the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin shook his head slightly, and said, "Pharmacist, you are all the pride of my Datang, if there is no you, who will defend my Datang Frontier?" Who will protect the tens of millions of people of my Datang! Not to mention only three miles, even if it is thirty miles, three hundred miles...... It's also worth getting out of the city! ”
Li Shimin's words may seem a little too sensational in Li Yuanba's opinion. It's too contrived, but for these leading generals, there is nothing more heartwarming than this.
Yes, Li Jing stroked his heart with his right hand and said loudly: "The last general is willing to die for the Tang Dynasty!" ”
Li Jing's voice was very high, and he quickly got a response, and the closest to Li Jing was Li Yuanba, Li Yuanba's big eyes looked around shyly, and suddenly shouted very loudly:
"I am willing to die for Datang! Datang is invincible! ”
This can be regarded as stabbing the hornet's nest, and Li Yuanba's voice directly resounded through the sky. Immediately followed by the roar of the 200,000 Tang Dynasty soldiers in unison:
"We are willing to die for Datang, Datang is invincible!"
A roar of 200,000 people in unison caused the heavens and the earth to change color, and those who walked in the middle of the 200,000 army. The captives of the Tibetan nobles in Yang were visibly frightened by this sound.
They looked at each other in horror, and they only felt that they had entered a wolf's den, and that it was the den of a group of hungry wolves!
In the Yingjun Pavilion, all the courtiers who came to welcome the army back to Chang'an, whether they were civil officials or military generals. Listening to this earth-shattering roar, I only felt that the blood in my whole body seemed to be boiling.
Among them, the expression is particularly fluctuating and changeable is General Zuo Wuwei, Qin Qiong, the Duke of Yiguo. Uncle Qin was treasured, and memories, confusion, loss, and pain appeared on his face...... All kinds of expressions are different and changeable.
Perhaps, in Qin Shubao's life for half of his life. Only killing on the battlefield is his fate!
"Liu Sanshui, point general. Reward! Li Shimin took Li Jing's big hand and strode towards the magnificent reward platform not far away.
Because Li Ji had already reported all the merits of this trip before, after the three provinces and six departments discussed together, they made a detailed list of rewards, and the candidates on the reward list were all carefully considered, and if they were divided according to the size of the merits, they would be a total of fourth-class merits.
Among them, there are thirty-three first-class meritorious people, all of whom are candidates for the Hou Ye, and the first one is Niu Jinda, who was promoted to the general of Zuo Xiaowei, and was crowned the Shangzhu State, and the prince and young master.
Seventy-six of these second-class meritorious persons were candidates for the rank of earl, supplemented by the rank of governor of a state guard.
There are two hundred and thirty meritorious old men of the third and fourth ranks, all of whom are only men and viscounts, and their official positions are all petty officials of six or seven grades, which is better than nothing.
Of course, they still have no less gold and silver wealth than they deserve.
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Liu Sanshui held a thick stack of reward lists presented by the Ministry of Rites in his hand, followed Li Shimin with a respectful expression, and went to the reward platform completely paved with hard mountain stones.
"Gentlemen, you will throw your head and spill your blood for my Tang Dynasty, your merits can be expressed, and your merits can be sealed!" Li Shimin had a faint smile on his face, listened to the sound spread out with a large megaphone in his ears, nodded with satisfaction, and continued:
"A few days ago, I discussed with the princes and decided to reward the three armies at this moment when you return from a great victory! Liu Sanshui? ”
"Majesty!"
Liu Sanshui bowed very respectfully.
"Let's get started!" Li Shimin bowed his head slightly, signaling that he could start announcing the reward list.
"Fengtian carrier, the sage edict said: Today, there is a rewarding general Niu Jinda, which was originally the general Zuo Xiaowei...... led 10,000 Zuo Xiao guards to go deep alone, killed the enemy in the hinterland of the Fanbang barbarians, and captured ...... Now, Niu Jinda is given the title of General Zuo Xiaowei, and the title of Shangzhu State, the prince and young master...... and thirty thousand taels of gold, fifty thousand taels of silver, and ...... cloth."
A series of rewards, the huge megaphone improved by the Shenji Mansion, spread all over the space within a radius of three miles, and the voice of Liu Sanshui was floating in the sky above the entire dense army.
Niu Jinda on the stage stood respectfully beside Li Shimin, and after the reward was read out, he respectfully saluted Li Shimin and said: "The last general Niu Jinda, thank you for the reward!" ”
Liu Sanshui turned a blind eye to Niu Jinda's action of saluting Li Shimin, and still shouted unhurriedly: "Sun Kuohai, the general who should be rewarded, was originally Zuo Wuwei'......"
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This reward lasted for two hours, and if it weren't for the fact that the person who read the reward changed several times during the period, I am afraid that Liu Sanshui's voice would have to be shouted hoarse.
Looking at the soldiers below, with happy and excited smiles on their faces, Li Yuanba suddenly felt that this seemed to be the moment when he became a Tang man after he came to Datang.
At least for now, he is a Tang person, and he is a member of the Li Tang royal family!
"Gentlemen, this return to Chang'an is a victorious army, except for the people who are in charge of their duties, I Yun'er and others will return home for five days, and return to the camp quickly after five days, there must be no mistake!"
No matter what Li Yuanba thought, Li Shimin was very happy now, he stood on the reward platform and read out the last order, and then took Li Yuanba and them towards the dragon chariot not far away.
Liu Sanshui glanced at Li Shimin, who was far away, and shouted in a thin voice: "The saint drives back to the palace, and the army is ready!" (To be continued......)