Early the next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Yan Yan was still asleep, Lu You quietly got up, he was going to the court.

This is what the emperor specially instructed him yesterday, saying that he wanted to reward his meritorious deeds, and he also wanted to ask Zhu Jin for his crimes, and he had to attend.

When Lu You arrived, a group of people gathered at the gate of the palace, who were originally talking and laughing around Lu Duan, but when they saw him appear, they all came around, joking that he had become a man of the year in the Great Zhou Dynasty again, and also asked what grace the emperor would give him this time.

Lu You clenched his fists and said: "Don't dare, everyone works for the emperor, but the division of labor is different, and Xiao Ke doesn't dare to take credit." ”

Lu Duan saw that his son became the object of everyone's pursuit as soon as he came, and his heart was both proud and sour, proud that his son was better than the blue, and now his reputation has long surpassed that of his father, and the sour thing is that he was absent from his son's growth, it may not be accurate to say that he was absent, it was to give up, he gave up on him since his son was born, and the only thing that can be praised is that he married a good woman for him.

There is also a person who has a lot of feelings is Yan Peng, Yan Peng saw that Lu You was still humbly responding to everyone's pursuit, and couldn't help but compare him with Lu Ming, the more he compared, the more complicated his mood became, both relieved and bitter, and he was pleased that Yan'er married a wishful man, and he finally lived up to the trust of his parents and brother and sister-in-law; The bitter thing is that Yan Yu doesn't have this blessing or this eyesight, not to mention the fragrance and jade at a young age, and a good family is also fragmented.

When Lu You was responding to everyone's interrogation, he suddenly caught a glimpse of two people standing outside the circle, Lu You was stunned for a moment, and then, through everyone, walked in front of Lu Duan, and was about to kneel down to ask An when Lu Duan took the first step to help him up.

Then, looking at his son, who was half a head taller than himself, Lu Duan was about to speak, but he felt that the corners of his eyes were hot, so he hurriedly straightened his son's clothes, patted his son's shoulder again, and pushed his son to turn to Yan Peng's side.

Lu You walked to Yan Peng's side, and was just about to bow for a long time, Yan Peng also stepped forward and grabbed his hand and patted him on the shoulder, "Yes, it's really good, I'm still the same sentence, treat Yan'er well." ”

"Second uncle, don't worry." Lu You only had these four words.

Yan Bin came out of nowhere and squeezed to Lu You's side, "Dad, don't worry, the eldest brother-in-law will never let down the eldest sister." ”

Yan Peng glanced at his son, and was about to speak, when the palace door opened, he had to stop his words and follow everyone into the door one after another.

When everyone entered the hall, Li Cong also strode in with a spring breeze on his face, and there were two pairs of eunuchs behind him who each carried a large scroll in, and after the civil and military officials on the hall stood up, Li Cong ordered the four eunuchs to open these two scrolls, both of which were maps of the Great Zhou, the difference is that one is old, before the sixteen states of Yanyun were recovered, and the other is the current one, with more than the sixteen states of Yanyun, and more than the six states in the area of Nanjing Road.

When everyone saw this, what else did they not understand?

So, some people on the field were happy, some regretted, and some sighed, happy that this time Lu You went to the battlefield with some of the sons of the military generals, and they also made some military exploits.

Regret and sigh are those children of the family who followed Lu Ming to the Mongolian battlefield, Lu Ming had to return to Beijing early because of Zhu's death, and even they were affected, and by the end of the war, they did not take an inch of Mongolian land, but only helped the Liao State drive the Mongols out of their territory.

There is also a sigh of Wu Qi, obviously he was the commander of the Jurchen battlefield at the beginning, but because his skills were not as good as others, he was taken over by Lu You and recalled by the emperor, and he missed such a good opportunity to make meritorious service in vain.

The only consolation is that Wu Zhe returned to the battlefield after recovering from his injuries, and participated in several battles with Lu You, fortunately not dishonoring his family.

"Ladies and gentlemen, seeing these two maps, you must also know what I want to say next, since the founding of my Great Zhou, there have often been disputes with neighboring countries, especially the Liao State, which is a big trouble for my Great Zhou, and I have hardly stopped fighting over the years, and because of the sixteen states of Yanyun, the ancestors have all died without turning a blind eye。。。。。。"

Li Cong recounted and commented on several major battles of the ancestors and the Liao State after the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and then reported that the troops and financial resources consumed by the conquest over the years finally fell to Lu You.

"Pingyan Marquis Lu You, these years of fighting on the battlefield, can be described as a dedication, first recaptured the sixteen states of Yanyun, a spit out my Great Zhou endure a hundred years of humiliation, and now Lian Liao to destroy Jin, strengthen the voice of my Great Zhou, and add Luan, Ping, Yu, Zong, Li, Sui six states to my Great Zhou territory, it is really the first hero of my Great Zhou, and it should be rewarded, you Aiqing, according to your opinion, how to reward?" After Li Cong finished speaking, he swept down the stage, slowly swept from the military general to the civilian official, and finally paused on Wang Shixiu's face.

Wang Shixiu is the right minister of Zhongshu Province, and these court decisions, edicts, edicts, and other things are generally drafted by him first, so the emperor will signal him to stand up first.

But the question is, the emperor had never been angry with him beforehand, how could he figure out the emperor's thoughts?

That's it, looking at the emperor's meaning, he wants to lift it up, and the marquis is a duke again, with Lu You's merits, it is not a big deal to be crowned a duke, it is a logical thing.

No, if it was just a duke, would the emperor be embarrassed? Last time Lu You took back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, who did the emperor discuss with Lu You when he directly sealed the Marquis of Yan? Isn't it just announced in the court?

At that time, there were many people in the court who opposed it, but the emperor did not refute it one by one, and finally agreed on this matter, so this time it was not just as simple as giving a duke.

Thinking of Lu Jin and Li Xi's family affairs, thinking of Lu You's gunpowder and artillery, thinking of Yan Yan's musket and binoculars, and then thinking of the taxes and silver taels donated by Yan Yan over the years, and then thinking of the Great Wall to be built next in the Great Zhou, and finally thinking of the relationship between Yan Yan and Yan Tong, Wang Shixiu clenched his fists with both hands, took a deep breath and spoke, "Emperor Qiqi, the minister thinks that the merits of Pingyan Hou over the years are enough to be crowned king, and the precedent of a foreign surname to be crowned king is not unprecedented. ”

Wang Shixiu's words exploded like a scorching thunder on the ground, and there was a buzz in the hall, most of the opponents, those who were angry, few who agreed, and those who were envious.

Because the Great Zhou only had a foreign surname king at the beginning of the founding of the country, this person was the monarch of Shu that year, because the national strength gradually emptied, unable to compete with the Great Zhou, and at the same time did not want the people to be poisoned by the war, when the Great Zhou soldiers entered Shu, the monarch of the Shu State took the initiative to submit to it.