577 Promoted to knighthood

"Liu Yuan has seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Hearing Li Chengqian calling himself, Liu Yuan hurriedly walked out and saluted him.

Liu Yuan's red and festive dress made Li Chengqian's eyes light up, Liu Yuan hadn't finished the salute, Li Chengqian was in a hurry to help him up, and said with a smile: "Not in the court, today is your big day, these vulgar rites will be exempted, well, yes, yes, so early to become a family and business, are in front of the palace, it is reported that Cui Shangshu's daughter, who knows books and etiquette, Lan Qianhuixin, your luck is good." ”

Li Chengqian said while patting Liu Yuan's shoulder.

Cold one, Li Chengqian is a February Canadian dollar suit, Liu Yuan is May and the crown, that is, the second or third month of the year, this guy, the tone of his speech, as if the eldest brother is teaching the younger brother, Liu Yuan flattened his mouth a little disapprovingly, and thought unconvinced: If you evaluate the seniority by knowledge and experience, Liu Yuan can be the grandfather of his grandfather's grandfather.

"Yes, to be able to marry Meng Yao, that is Liu's third life's luck."

At this time, Cui Mengyao, with the support of Chun'er, walked to Liu Yuan's side, saluted Li Chengqian Yingying and said, "The people's daughter Cui Mengyao has seen His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

"Exemption, these customs are exempt today, Miss Cui, please get up."

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie."

Cui Jing walked over, saluted Li Chengqian and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has also worked hard, please take a seat, eat a thin wine, and take a rest." ”

"No," Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "It's better to finish the business first." After speaking, he turned his head to the eunuch who came with him and said, "Gonggong Chen, announce the decree." ”

The eunuch who followed behind Li Chengqian hurriedly responded: "Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

After saying that, he took the box containing the holy decree from the guard who kept the holy decree, checked that the fire paint seal was okay, and then opened the wooden box in front of everyone. took out the holy decree and prepared to read it, as soon as the holy decree was taken out, Liu Yuan saw the black bull horn shaft, and knew that the holy decree of the Dao Dao was for himself nine times out of ten.

The holy decree is the display and symbol of the power of the ancient Chinese emperors, and the texture of its shaft handle is strictly distinguished according to the different grades of officials: the first product is the jade shaft, the second grade is the black rhinoceros horn shaft, the third grade is the gold shaft, the fourth and fifth grades are the black horn shaft, and Cui Jing's old boy is the third grade. It's definitely not for him, if it's for him, it's the scroll with gold leaf, the style Liu Yuan has seen, similar to the local tyrant gold in later generations. It is also carved with a pattern, which is very beautiful.

"Liu Yuan, a guerrilla general and a virulent general, and Cui Mengyao, the daughter of the Cui clan of Qinghe, stepped forward to receive the order." The eunuch lifted up the decree in his hand. Shouted.

"Liu Yuanzai"

"Cui Mengyao is here" The two hurriedly came out. Kneeling listeners.

At this time, everyone in the hall, including Mrs. Cui, Cui Lian, Cui Jing and others, all knelt down to receive the order, even Li Chengqian, who was the crown prince.

Nominally speaking, the emperor is supreme, which can be seen from the arrangement of "heaven, earth, king, pro, and teacher". "Jun" is ranked after heaven and earth, but before "pro", as the saying goes, "loyalty and filial piety are in a dilemma", and "loyalty" is in front of "filial piety". The holy decree is the will and voice of the emperor, and no one can disobey it, this is when the next person reports, first report the holy decree, and then report to the crown prince Li Chengqian.

Of course, if the emperor is too weak, this paper holy decree may also be regarded as waste paper, and this situation is another matter.

Seeing that everyone knelt down, Gonggong Chen slowly opened the holy decree, and soon, his duck voice sounded in the lobby:

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor summoned and said, guerrilla general and Yangwei general Liu Yuan, self-denial and dedication, loyal to duty, stood up when Tubo invaded the border, killed the enemy on the battlefield, repeatedly built miraculous feats, and shocked the border, this is the pillar of the country, only because of the young age, the qualifications are still shallow, and there is no meritorious reward, now he has passed the year of the crown, and now he is married to the Qinghe Cui family, gratifying and congratulating, in order to show Liu Yuan's merits, the current official is promoted to three levels, Ren Zheng Wupin on the Dingyuan general, the baron of Jintian, 300 households in the food town"

"Cui's female Mengyao, dignified character, gentle sex, Kexian Neize, Shude Hanzhang, can be called a model of the Tang Dynasty woman, now canonized as the five-grade lady, and give a pair of hundred-year-old good jade pendants, a pair of Qin Se and Ming Yubi, two imperial Ruyi gold pens, ten pieces of imperial auspicious incense ink, two pieces of high-grade inkstone, one hundred knives of imperial paper, one hundred new books of the imperial system, a set of rich jewelry with flowers, one hundred gold and silver ingots, and thirty pieces of palace satin and one hundred pieces of palace silk.

Although Gonggong Chen said that he was a eunuch, he was full of energy, and he wanted to read the holy decree in one go, and read all the contents of the holy decree in one go, without a trace of stagnation in the middle, and there was only one voice in the entire hall, which can be said to be very eloquent.

"Xiaoyuan, don't hurry up and thank you." Cui Jing, who was next to him, saw that Liu Yuan was a little in a daze, and hurriedly reminded him.

Liu Yuan came to his senses at this time, and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him: "Minister Liu Yuan, thank you Lord Longen." ”

"People's daughter Cui Mengyao, thank you Lord Longen."

It was really thundered just now, Liu Yuan never thought that with Li Er's character of picking at the rope, he would give so many rewards at once, it was simply surprising, it seemed that he had changed his temperament all of a sudden, from the five-grade guerrilla general to the five-grade Dingyuan general, and even promoted to three levels, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a straight Qingyunkai, in addition to being promoted, he was also promoted to a knight, and he was suddenly named the founding baron of the five-grade golden man, with 300 households, which is a great reward.

The titles of the Tang Dynasty are divided into men and women, and the barons are divided into nine classes: one is called the king, ten thousand households in the food town, and one product; The second is the heir king, the county king, 5,000 households, from one product; Three are said to be the princes of the country, and there are 3,000 households in the food district, from one product; Fourth, it is said that the founding county is the prince, with 2,000 households and two products; Five said to be the founding of the county, 1,500 households, from the second grade; Sixth, it is said that the founding county marquis, thousands of households in the food district, from the three products; Seven said the founding county uncle, 700 households, is on the four products; Eight said to be the founding county, 500 households, is on the five products; Nine said that the founding county male, 300 households, from the five products.

And women are all according to their husbands' grades, Liu Yuan is a fifth-grade official, while Cui Mengyao is a wife with a noble husband, and suddenly has an official body and becomes a husband.

Mrs. Decree has a fortune, but no real power, it is not difficult to get up, but the baron's title is very precious, in addition to privileges, you can also have your own fiefdom, you can eat the city, if the title is more, the country will have a lot less taxes, in addition to the founding of the country in order to win the hearts of the people, the big title, after the founding of the country, for the reward of the title, it can be said that it is extremely stingy, unless a great merit or a great background, otherwise it is difficult to obtain, not only difficult to obtain, the emperor will also find a way to take back those titles that were released.

Now Li Er not only promoted Liu Yuan to three levels in a row, but also rewarded a lot of wealth, even Cui Mengyao did not fail, it can be said that it is extremely generous, unless, he also gave a baron, and there are 300 households, which can be said to be extremely rare.

Li Er, this old boy, why is he suddenly so generous?

Not only Liu Yuan was surprised, but the people present gasped one by one: the emperor has made such a big deal this time, since he took the throne, there are few such large rewards, and many people have seen Liu Yuan's gaze is different, promoted, promoted, promoted, rich, and beautiful, all the beautiful dreams of a man's life, Liu Yuan seems to have realized them all in one day.

It's not just envy, it's just naked jealousy.

And the Cui family, led by Mrs. Cui, Cui Lian, and Cui Jing, was overjoyed one by one, and Cui Jing was so happy that the old face was smiling.

Although Li Er personally hinted at this matter, it was not implemented for a day, and it could not be taken seriously for a day, and they all said that "Chrysostom is opened", everything is decided, but Cui Jingzhi said, in the world, the emperor's words are the most untrustworthy, where did the emperor come to power, not to say that he shared the glory and wealth with the meritorious ministers, which one did not shout every day to be diligent and love the people? However, how many can do it? The birds are exhausted, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook countless things.

Anyway, it's just a sentence, if you promise him, you have to do it, and if he promises you, just wait slowly.

"General Liu, please take it, the old slave also wishes the general and the officer good luck and the birth of a noble son." As soon as he finished reading the holy decree, Gonggong Chen immediately changed from a sacrosanct royal envoy to a humble eunuch, and presented the holy decree to Liu Yuan with both hands, and did not forget to say a few words of compliment.

This is Qinghe Cui's family, I can't talk about his ferocity and scare others, so I can only be a man with my eyebrows between my eyebrows, so that I can ask for a reward or something.

"There is Lao Chen's father-in-law." Liu Yuan took it with both hands, and then helped Cui Mengyao to stand up.

Like Li Chengqian, Cui Jing and others, when the holy decree was rolled up, they all stood up on their own.

Liu Yuan gave a look, and the housekeeper Liu Quan immediately gave a bag of silver to Grandpa Chen, and after Grandpa Chen thanked him repeatedly, he was taken down by the subordinates of Cui's Mansion, this is the Cui family of Qinghe, the hall is full of VIPs, all of them are either rich or expensive, and he can't be a little eunuch mixed in.

However, although there is no place for him at the banquet, there are still people who eat wine and food in the guest room.

"Liu Yuan, congratulations on your promotion to the rank of knight and the return of the beauty, it can be said that three joys are coming." Li Chengqian congratulated Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan said with a smile: "Today is Liu's big day, the prince is here, he is simply flattered, this is not only three joys, the prince is coming, it should be four joys." ”

Everyone laughed.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, please take a seat" Cui Jing, who was full of spring breeze, hurriedly asked Li Chengqian to take a seat.

Li Chengqian smiled: "Hehe, okay, Cui Shangshu doesn't have to be polite, this palace is just having a good time today, it's too polite to be raw." ”

"That's, that's," Cui Jing hurriedly replied.

At this time, the old demon king Cheng stood up and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Prince, if you don't dislike us old guys for being rude, let's eat wine and food together." ”

"Uncle Cheng, where is this, the elders have orders, and Cheng Qian is better to be respectful than to obey his fate."

Li Chengqian hurriedly responded, and had a banquet with Cheng Lao Demon King, Qin Qiong and other generals, although he is the crown prince, but as long as he has not sat on the throne for a day, it is not accurate, whether he is on the throne or not, he needs the support of the minister to govern smoothly, and he wants to find such an opportunity on weekdays.

Besides, Cheng Lao Demon King and others were born and died together with Li Er, they are like brothers and sisters, and they are called Uncle Yizhi, they also deserve it, so they just take this opportunity to contact their feelings. (To be continued......)

PS: Every chapter has something to say, isn't this called irrigation?