44 On the reward of meritorious deeds
"Holy Lord, now that more than a month has passed since the Yellow Turban was pacified, please reward the Holy Lord's meritorious deeds, so as not to chill the bloody hearts of the soldiers of all parties!" Wang Yun relied on his position in the court to raise this issue again. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
This issue has dragged on for a long time, and all forces are grabbing credit for their cronies, and the civil and military generals are all worried about this matter, so it has dragged on until now.
Another reason is that the Han does not have enough money, and even now most of the soldiers have not paid their funeral expenses.
Liu Hong stretched lazily, they had mentioned this matter several times, but they were all pushed by Liu Hong, and the current big man didn't have so much money to reward the generals.
It dragged on for more than a month, and at this time Liu Hong had enough money to issue these rewards, and most of this money was obtained through Zhang Rang's selling officials and selling lords.
Although many important positions were sold, Liu Hong also had enough money to reward these soldiers. In fact, Liu Hong can completely give these meritorious soldiers and non-commissioned officers posts.
But in the hearts of Liu Hong and Zhang Rang, the official position is completely a trouble, and it is not as good as those bright gold and gold, so they discussed whether to reward these people with gold to show their love for them.
It can only be said that everyone's thoughts are different, and the things they care about will be different. Liu Hong thought that this gold would fall into these hands, they were thinking too much, and these big families would never let such a thing happen.
In the end, these soldiers were empty of money and money, and this resentment would naturally be put on Liu Hong. A talent like Cao Cao will naturally be rewarded, but Cao Cao doesn't care about the money.
"Let Father, bring Dong Zhuo's letter of merit!" Liu Hong stretched his waist and said lazily to Zhang Rang beside him.
Zhang Rang agreed, took out a brocade book, and respectfully arrived in front of Liu Hong. Such a respectful act has become a lackey in the eyes of these ministers.
"First merit, the Central Jizhou Crusade Army?" The first time he got Dong Zhuo's letter of request, Liu Hong frowned, he didn't expect that Dong Zhuo would actually give the first credit to Lu Zhi, who is now idle at home.
The ministers and generals present were also stunned when they heard Liu Hong's words. If they were Dong Zhuo, they would definitely take the credit to themselves.
"The Jizhou Crusade Army, the commander Lu Zhi, commanded the three armies, and single-handedly resisted the strong counterattack of the Yellow Turban in the early stage, and trapped the main force of the Yellow Turban in Julu in the later stage, so as to annihilate the Yellow Turban in one fell swoop."
"If it weren't for Master Lu's early planting of trees, Zhong Ying would not have been able to capture the giant deer so easily, as well as annihilate Zhang Jiao, Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao! So the first credit goes to Master Lu! Liu Hong's voice became colder and colder.
When he took over Lu Zhi, the biggest figure was the Yuan family and Zhang Rang beside him. But the Yuan family is now the enemy in Liu Hong's mind, so his anger suddenly rises again.
"Taifu, this is what you said at the time, Lu Zhi is incompetent, and he has affected the three armies?" Liu Hong looked at Yuan Kui coldly, and at this time, Liu Hong's emperor's demeanor finally appeared.
"Your Majesty, you have been wronged! These are the results reported by the intelligence officer, and discussed between the ministers and the ministers! Yuan Kui was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, and kept shouting that he was wronged.
No one thought that Emperor Ling would avenge Lu Zhi at this time, you must know that it was this saint who was most supportive of dealing with Lu Zhi at that time.
In fact, everyone can feel that Yuan Kui did not have the slightest fear, Liu Hong did not dare to kill him, and he definitely did not dare to blame the head of the Yuan family of the fourth and third princes for such a trivial matter.
"Your Majesty, Shengming! Please give Lu Gong justice! Huang Fu Song stood up, although he didn't like Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo actually asked for Lu Zhi's life, which made Huang Fu Song have a great change in his opinion of Dong Zhuo.
"Your Majesty, Duke Lu has made a great contribution to the eradication of the Yellow Turban!" Zhu Jun also stood up, and today they must clear these bad reputations for Lu Zhi.
Old generals like them no longer need merit, what they want is to have some unnecessary prestige, which will accompany them into the soil and accompany their descendants.
Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun were the iron triangle of the Han Dynasty during this period, and their military abilities were all outstanding, and what was rare and commendable was that they had a protective heart.
"Taifu, get up!" Liu Hong said lightly, at this moment Liu Hong wanted to kill Yuan Kui, but he couldn't, he could only be a quiet actor.
Yuan Kui retreated resignedly, if it wasn't for Liu Hong's first intimidation, he would definitely stand up and refute at this time, and finally dismantle this iron triangle, and definitely can't let them resurge again.
"Your Majesty, although Lu Zhi has merit, the reward is!" He Jin said lightly, although it stands to reason that Lu Zhi is his subordinate, he wants to ask for credit for Lu Zhi, but this is not the case.
Except for the local army, not all the current Han army is controlled by He Jin, and if Lu Zhi goes out of the mountain here, this crusading army will not fall into He Jin's hands.
So now there are many people who want Lu Zhi to continue to be idle at home, and Yuan Kui and He Jin are one of them. However, Liu Hong didn't have the idea of letting Lu Zhi start anew, after all, he didn't know how to face this teacher himself.
"Then according to the general's words, reward Lu Zhi's daughter, recuperate at home, recover as soon as possible, and then serve the country!" Liu Hong hesitated at all, and directly rewarded the daughter.
The current big man can still take out a thousand gold, it can be seen that Liu Hong's guilt towards Lu Zhi is still very big, and the next reward will definitely be much less.
Hearing Liu Hong's reward also represents Liu Hong's admission of his original mistake and wrongly blaming Lu Zhi. Huangfu Song, on behalf of Lu Zhi, thanked Liu Hong and then retreated.
This is the emperor, although Liu Hong is very weak, but he has always been an emperor, and he can admit his mistakes like this, and the generals below are very satisfied.
"Who is this high school student?" Liu Hong was still in the list of first merits, and saw a very strange name. Hence this strange question.
"This person is an introductory student of Duke Lu, and in the battle of Guangzong, he also cut off Zhang Liang's head!" Huang Fu Song still knows these very well, and quickly answered Liu Hong's questions.
The generals are aware of this information, especially now that these new generals. The eyes of the older generation are fixed on them, and the older generation wants a new generation to accept their tasks.
"Then why didn't he serve in the army!" Liu Hong asked this question, if Gao Xuecheng was in the army, what position could he give him.
This time, it was not Huangfu Song who stood up to receive Liu Hong's question, but Zhu Jun, one of the Iron Triangle. "Because General Gao did not fulfill the filial piety of accompanying Lu Gong when he was escorted back to the capital. So at the end of the encirclement war, he applied for resignation. ”
"Next, I want to add that although General Gao has resigned now, he is now on Lu Fu and serving Lu Gong!" Zhu Jun didn't describe it clearly, and Huangfu Song hurriedly stood up and explained.
"Zhang Liang is a good general, resigned to serve the teacher, a good benevolence!" For the act of smiling, Liu Hong applauded. "Reward, bounty of five hundred."
It is rare for Emperor Ling to be so generous, and Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun once again thanked Lu Zhi on behalf of his apprentice. In this way, Lu Zhi's incompetence can be cleared up.
Next is a reward, all of which are from the Jizhou crusading army, and there is no doubt about this point. After all, they deserve it, these rewards.
"Second merit, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, and Cao Cao of Yingchuan Pacification!" Liu Hong once again followed Dong Zhuo's letter of request, and everyone had no doubt about this.
Liu Hong is also a reward, their current position is already very high, so there is no change. This made Cao Cao in the back row very helpless, just because he didn't bribe Zhang Rang, he didn't get any promotion.
This made Cao Cao very helpless, and everyone thought that Cao Cao would be promoted this time. It's a pity that Cao Cao is still not sensible, how could Emperor Ling think what Cao Cao wants.
"The third credit, pacifying Bohai, Leling Liu Baichuan!" At this time, Liu Hong was like an actor, as if he had heard this person's name for the first time.
"Your Majesty, this person is the queen of Zhongshan Jing, and he is the same sect as His Majesty!" Zhang Rang didn't give the minister a chance to speak, and immediately stood up.
This feeling is as if Liu Yu bribed Zhang Rang, and everyone despises Liu Yu fiercely in their hearts. After all, the news from Jizhou before, this Liu Yu is not a Sven person.
"Oh? My clan has also appeared a brave and warlike junior! At this time, everyone could feel Liu Hong's joy, and everyone secretly cursed in their hearts.
Even the Iron Triangle, who was happy just now, showed a sad look on his face. Liu Yu's reputation is not very good now, and after the big trouble in Jianye, many scholars have a 180-degree turn in their views on Liu Yu.
"Reward, big prize!" Now Liu Hong scolded in his heart, the Yuan family, most of your clansmen in the Yuan family died in the hands of their own clansmen, and now they definitely want to reward Liu Yu.
"My lord, this person can't be rewarded!" Although Wang Yun understood Liu Hong's excitement, he knew very well that rewarding Liu Yu would make many people uncomfortable.
Seeing that someone objected, Yuan Kui jumped out very quickly. "Your Majesty, you also have to be the master of the old minister, the old minister has more than 30,000 people in Bohai, but they were wiped out overnight."
"This yellow scarf is rampant! But don't worry, Taifu, my big man, I won't leave any yellow scarves if I refuse! Liu Hong quietly put the responsibility on the head of the yellow scarf.
"Although Yang Feng and Zhou Kai are on the run, His Majesty's clansmen, Liu Baichuan, will definitely be able to seek justice for Taifu!" Zhang Rang also cooperated.
In this way, everyone sat down, Liu Yu bought Zhang Rang 90%, otherwise Zhang Rang usually doesn't speak, as long as this critical moment comes, he will stand up.
Yuan Kui didn't expect that Liu Yu, who was far away in the world, would actually buy Zhang Rang. This made him shout that he had made a mistake, and now he has no way to attack Liu Yu.
"In this case, I ordered Liu Baichuan to be the prime minister of Bohai and lead the two counties of Leling in Bohai!" The first time there was no reward of money, and the first time he was directly issued an official position, Liu Hong's reward made everyone dumbfounded.
In Liu Yu's letters, although there was a hint to Liu Hong, he could be the prime minister of Bohai, and then send Yuan Shu, the sister-in-law of the Yuan family, and the eldest son Yuan Shao to be the Lingling of Leling, and he would definitely be able to kill one.
Liu Hong was excited when he saw such a request, but he knew very well that the importance of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to the Yuan family, if one could be solved, it would definitely be worse than solving the 30,000 people of the Yuan family in Bohai.
"Your Majesty, the people of the Bohai Taifu clan are very important, Your Majesty can send a military general to assist Liu Yu!" Zhang Rang also accosted him on the side, not giving others a chance to react at all.
"How is Yuan Highway? I see that he is quelling the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and his performance is very good! Liu Hong was like a shrewd emperor at this time, and he immediately remembered Yuan Shu's performance during the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
It seems to be an appointment reward, but for the Yuan family, it is simply an outward release, so Yuan Kui will not let such a thing happen.
"Because of the pacification of the Yellow Turban, the highway is now recuperating at home due to his injuries, and he may not be able to complete His Majesty's task!" Although Yuan Kui said it very tactfully, he still stubbornly rejected Liu Hong.
Liu Hong's face did not change at all, which was also in line with his cowardly performance. "Since this is the case, then let Yuan Highway recuperate at home, and let Cao Mengde take the position of General Yu Lin first!"
Without much effort, Liu Hong dismissed a person from the Yuan family who led the troops, this strategy also came from Liu Yu, Liu Yu clearly told Liu Hong that as long as Yuan dared to do this, Liu Hong would deal with it like this.
"Yuan Benchu, won't he be injured too?" Liu Hong raised his brows and looked at Yuan Kui playfully.
"I wasn't injured at the beginning, but I have someone I can recommend!" Yuan Kui also understood that Liu Hong was changing his way to remove the Yuan family's military power.
Although Yuan Kui didn't know where he had offended Liu Hong, he couldn't let the Yuan family have no one in charge, so the status of the Yuan family would definitely decline.
"Lao Chen also has a nephew, who is old and important, and is very suitable for this mission!" Yuan Kui directly carried Yuan Shao's cousin, Yuan Yi, out.
Liu Hong finally nodded and agreed to this Yuan Kui's proposal. By the way, Yuan Yi was appointed as Le Lingling and obeyed Liu Yu's jurisdiction.
Although Yuan Yi has no inheritance rights, his talents are very good, and he can be said to be the third in command of the Yuan family. This Yuan Yi is also the Shanyang Taishou among the princes of the Eighteen Roads.
In the end, Liu Yu's matter was quickly decided under Zhang Rang and Liu Hong singing double reeds. Although there are Liu Yu's self-recommendations, a large part of them are Han Fu's recommendations.
The fourth credit was distributed to the reinforcements from various states, and Liu Bei was also ignored by everyone, because he was Gongsun Zhan's subordinate, and no one mentioned this unlucky child.
The whole text did not mention Dong Zhuo himself from beginning to end, but Liu Hong naturally would not forget Dong Zhuo, even if he did, He Jin would not.
After all, Dong Zhuo was recommended by He Jin in the final analysis, and they have a special relationship. Liu Hong finally gave Dong Zhuoxi the history of the Liang Thorn, and also made a marquis.