In the lecture hall, Zhao Ji, who overlooked the hundreds of officials under the steps in the deep and wide dragon court, saw that the eyes with light and arrows and deep scrutiny made people feel worried.

Zhao Ji grimaced, looked at the few officials kneeling down in the court, was silent for a moment, and said, "How can Shen Ao be called defenseless?" Retrieving the four states of Yanyun is already a merit of the world, why can't I make him a public official? ”

The four officials under the rank said one after another: "Martial artists open their borders and become knights, this is the rule set by the ancestors, Shen Ao is not a military minister, how can he enter the knighthood?" Besides, the prince of the country is too high, with his merits, it is already a grace to be crowned the viscount of the founding of the country, and His Majesty does not hesitate to take the title, which is really destroying the law of the ancestors. ”

Zhao Ji took a breath, his face was covered with dark clouds, but he was speechless for a while, these people took out the ancestral law, but it made him not tough for a while, and said coldly: "Stand down, I know." ”

Got it! These three words are very unreliable, and the devil knows whether he accepted the advice or refused to accept it?

Yang Jian, who was standing on the side, was beaming with joy in his heart, and secretly looked at Zhao Ji and turned up the national letters exchanged on the imperial case, each of these national letters was not simple, the emperor of Liao called himself a younger brother to Zhao Ji, it must be known that when Taizu Taizong was there, the Khitans did not whisper so much. As for Na Nagong, he also changed the policy of the previous year's currency, although the Great Song Dynasty did not take much advantage, but for the wealthy Great Song Dynasty, it was already a great luxury to trade with the Khitans on an equal footing, not to mention the exchange for horses.

It must be known that because there is no pasture in the Great Song Dynasty, it is difficult to raise horses, even if it is in captivity, it is difficult to raise military horses for cavalry.

The real benefit lies in cutting the land, Yang Jian clearly remembers that just a few days ago, Wu Wencai returned to the country first, and presented the exchange of the national letter, Zhao Ji saw the last content of the national letter, almost dancing, and convened the officials of the three provinces and the three yas into the palace overnight to discuss, and immediately made a decision on the recovery matter.

With this great gift, the official family was overjoyed, and Shen Ao was even more of a great achievement, and now in terms of meritorious deeds, although some people objected, Yang Jian knew that the official family would never treat Shen Ao badly, and the more people who opposed giving him a reward, the more benefits Shen Ao would get.

Ordinary people may be very incomprehensible when they hear this truth, but Zhao Ji's thoughts, Yang Jian can be regarded as thinking thoroughly, the more people oppose it, the more the official family feels that they can't afford to be proud of Shen, and they have a debt in their hearts, the emperor owes to his courtiers, and this courtier is still afraid that he will not be able to soar?

Yang Jian is a person who can do things, and he has this thought, so what? He quietly called a few officials, and the miscellaneous family asked you to impeach Shen Ao, not only to impeach, but also to belittle, anyway, it is to say that his great achievements are useless, and he will be said to be useless, and he can be scolded a few words fiercely, and the miscellaneous family will definitely take good care of you in the future.

This kind of unbelievable thing is also thanks to Yang Jian, these officials have long had the intention of scolding Yang Jian, but they have not been able to find a way, and now Yang Jian wants to ' Revenge 'Shen Ao, what else to say, rolled up his sleeves and finally waited for the court to come, Zhao Ji just mentioned the reward, they couldn't hold it back, this guy who stood up and said that Shen Ao actually didn't have much credit, but he just used His Majesty's dragon power to scare the Khitans, and the Khitans were nothing to fear, so this time Shen Ao didn't have any credit.

The other saw the stitches, secretly glanced at Yang Jian very ambiguously, and stood up with a righteous face, saying Your Majesty, Shen Ao is young, frivolous, and his style of life is still very problematic, and his surname is too poor, so this reward is not necessary, not only can he not be rewarded, but he must also be beaten, it is better to beat him to death with a stick, so that even if the crooked wind in Bianjing City is stopped, the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and everyone can stop.

These are the speakers, which one refers to Sang scolding Huai, referring to the deer as a horse master, scolding people is their own job, scolding people is a set, this scolding, Zhao Ji is on fire, obviously Shen Ao has made immortal achievements, these people actually said him so unbearable, obviously people do their best, but these people say a word calmly, it is really unreasonable!

However, Zhao Ji did not get angry immediately, the official is to scold people for his duty, as the emperor, it is just a matter of ignoring them, if he is serious with them, it is inevitable that someone will gossip, so he already has a plan in his heart, but he still only said indifferently - I know.

There was silence in the hall, and several officials saw that the officials were lukewarm, and they could only accept it when they saw it, and retreated to the class in embarrassment.

After being silent for a long time, someone suddenly reported outside: "Master Cai and Master Shen are here." ”

Zhao Ji stood up involuntarily and said excitedly: "Pass! ”

Not long after, Cai Jing and Shen Ao came in side by side, and before they could give a salute, Zhao Ji had already raised his hand: "Don't be polite, come here, give Taishi and Shen Ao a seat." ”

The two leaned over and sat down, Zhao Ji glanced at Shen Ao, saw his dusty appearance, his heart warmed, and he couldn't help thinking: "Presumably he hasn't even returned home yet, so he rushed here, he has really worked hard in the past two months." He said, "Shen Ao, I ask you, what is the situation in Liao?" ”

Shen Ao said: "The country of tired eggs is no longer a concern. ”

Zhao Ji nodded his head and said in high spirits: "Okay, this time you have made a great achievement, do you want any reward?" ”

According to common sense, the emperor asked the ministers this question, but those who were of sound mind would immediately say, 'It is the duty of the ministers to serve the country and serve His Majesty, and the ministers do not dare to take credit, let alone ask for rewards.' Then the emperor was overjoyed and immediately gave him many rewards.

This is almost a routine, anyway, Huang Yanjing asked like this, and the courtiers all answered like this, which is not new at all. Therefore, when Zhao Ji asked about this, everyone disagreed and didn't think it was unusual.

Who knew that Shen Ao's face turned pale, and said: "Wechen's envoy this time, there is no merit and hard work, and he shouldn't have asked His Majesty for credit, but Weichen has four good wives in his family, and the amount of money in the house is also very compact, cough cough...... This world belongs to His Majesty, His Majesty's wealth encompasses the four seas of Kyushu, and it is enough for Weichen to be used if he rewards Weichen with a little thing. ”

Shen Ao paused, and in the speechless eyes of countless people, he talked eloquently: "So this reward, if Your Majesty can give it, Weichen must be grateful, and strive to make new contributions in the future, and use practical actions to create greater achievements." However, Weichen has a small request, can Your Majesty not reward cloth, silk and other things, Weichen is very lazy, received these rewards, and has to take them to the market to sell, waste time not to say, maybe people have to talk about the price, lose the capital, so Your Majesty is good to fold the silver, Weichen is more convenient. ”

“……”

Zhao Ji was silent for a long time before he smiled and said, "Okay, just according to you, I will give you five thousand taels of silver." ”

"Five thousand taels?" Shen Ao scolded in his heart, this emperor is more stingy than Yelu Dashi, and the Yelu Dashi has 50,000 taels of silver for a little local product, but when he arrived at the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, he only gave a fraction. I didn't like it in my heart, but I couldn't say too little in my mouth, so I had to say: "Your Majesty Longen, Weichen receives it." ”

Zhao Ji continued: "This time you have made a great contribution to the recovery of Yanyun Sizhou, and I have named you the Marquis of Gaoyang, are you satisfied?" ”

Gao Yang? Another pit father, Gaoyang is a county town on the border of Song and Liao, belonging to the county marquis of Zheng Erpin, the status is not low, but there is one point that is more depressed, I don't know if Gaoyang is lost, will there be any income from his own food?

"Your Majesty Longen, Weichen receives." Shen Ao repeated Fang Cai's words, whatever he wanted, what the emperor gave, he followed first, politely fart, something is better than nothing; The founding marquis is also a rare thing in this year, not who can get it if he wants to, the title of the second grade!

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "I also heard that the Honglu Temple is a priest, so you can take his place, you are doing some things in dealing with people, and you will deal with the envoys of various countries for me." ”

Honglu Temple Siqing, Shen Ao's eyes lit up, compared to the founding marquis, he was most interested in this minister, this is the official position of the third grade of the Eight Classics, compared to the ministers of the six ministries is only one grade, and it also receives envoys from various countries, and even has the right to govern the merchants who come and go from various countries, don't look at this position is a bit biased, compared to the criminal department of Shangshu, Dali Temple, Hubu Shangshu is so majestic, but the oil and water are the most abundant, but all envoys, since they came, how much to give gifts, How can the object of the gift be less than the Honglu Temple?

This is just a small head, the real big head is the businessmen of various countries, businessmen who can carry out international trade, which one is not a waist wrapped, with the head, naturally want to worship the head of the snake, in their eyes, Honglu Temple Siqing is the largest snake, so all kinds of curiosities are indispensable, you can not not accept it, you do not accept it is not to give people face, is to look down on international friends, international friends hurt self-esteem, is not to hurt the dignity of the Great Song Dynasty? The decency of the Great Song Dynasty is very important, so Shen Ao can only reluctantly embarrass it.

That's fine, the most important thing is that the biggest advantage of this position is that it can not only make oil and water, but also will not have a psychological burden, anyway, it can't be greedy for the people, and it is foreigners who are cleaning up, and they are all foreigners with fresh clothes and angry horses, so there is really no pressure at all.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, and Weichen is grateful." It was Weichen who received it just now, and now he is grateful, which shows that Shen Dacai is really happy this time, and this trip to Liao is indeed not a waste of time.

As soon as Zhao Ji's words fell, the ministers in the palace turned their heads one after another, their eyes were full of surprise, a county lieutenant directly entered the Honglu Temple, which was something that had never happened in previous dynasties, and the speed of this promotion could not be described as soaring, so someone stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks it is impossible, although Shen Student has made great contributions, but after all, he is still young, and he still needs to experience one or two ......."

Halfway through this person's words, Shen Ao had already interrupted: "My lord protects my mind, and the lower officials understand, very well, but although I am young, I have a lot of experience, and the position of Siqing is as heavy as a thousand catties, but the lower officials know that as long as they have a loyal and patriotic heart, there will be great difficulties, and the lower officials are as confident that they can do it, and the adults have said it for so long, so let's rest." ”

“……”

Then there was another humane: "Your Majesty, although Master Shen has made great contributions, but he has only been a county lieutenant, so he will let him be the secretary of Honglu Temple, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate." ”

Shen Ao shouted, "What are these words, my lord? What happened to the county lieutenant? Didn't adults start as county lieutenants? My lord, you make it clear to me, are you deliberately discriminating against the county lieutenant and looking down on him? Hmph, as a household servant, although you are a high-ranking official, you discriminate against me, it is really hateful, if I don't represent thousands of county lieutenants in the world to seek justice from you, I will not be surnamed Shen! He walked over and grabbed the sleeve of the household servant, and said: "You make it clear, don't say it clearly, I don't share the sky with you, it's okay for you to bully me, but the county lieutenant is the ministry appointed by Emperor Taizu, you look down on the county lieutenant, do you also look down on Emperor Taizu, I represent all the county lieutenants in the world, on behalf of Emperor Taizu, on behalf of the moon, I will destroy you today!" ”

"......" Lord Shilang had never seen such a difficult person, his face turned white with fright, and he said, "Master Shen...... Bachelor Shen...... If you have something to say, don't be rude......"

Zhao Ji didn't speak, Shen Ao was messing around, and everyone in this hall suddenly made a commotion, and they all came to fight, this grabbed Shen Ao and persuaded: "Master Shen don't care, Liu Shilang is also kind, I hope you will have a good experience and take on greater responsibilities in the future." The one said: "Yes, yes, what can't you say well, in front of the officials, what kind of system has it become in this court." ”

Shen Ao said: "Do you mean that when you wait for the next court, it will not be too late for me to deal with him?" ”

“……”

What's more, I don't know when I stuffed a tooth wat for Shen Ao, this tooth wat was used by officials in the last dynasty to keep things along, and a long board was really a good material for making murder weapons. Just ...... "Who stuffed it for me?" Shen Ao was very annoyed, and he couldn't find anyone, he just acted on the spot, scaring those who opposed him as an official, the official who stuffed the tooth wat to him must be the enemy of Liu Shilang, I wish Shen Ao beat Liu Shilang for him, this official, his intentions are really fucking vicious.

Zhao Ji looked at this scene with a smile, and when it was almost time, he said sharply: "Enough!" ”