After a while, I heard the eunuch Xuanwei, and then an old man in a yellow robe walked out from behind, and sat down on the dragon chair, Wang Yangming recognized that this was the Emperor Hongwu, the son of heaven in Great Xia, Baiguan Mountain shouted Long live, Wang Yangming also followed suit, and said in his heart, Master, I have no choice but to kneel down to you again, which means it, don't take it seriously. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 The info emperor ordered everyone to calm down and asked, "Do you have something to report to your family?"

The civil and military officials stepped forward in turn, and said all the things they wanted to report, and the emperor made a decision directly in the court, how to handle various matters, and everyone wrote them down, and they implemented them one by one after they returned. After everyone finished speaking, the emperor looked at Zhang Qian, who was standing in the audience, and said with a smile: "Bowanghou, why don't you come up to report?"

Zhang Qian took a step forward and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the lower officials have fulfilled their mission, after a year, they have finally returned from Khorezm, and they have completed the task assigned by the saint, please take a look." As he spoke, he took out the letter of state signed by Emperor Khorezm and handed it to the eunuch, and the eunuch showed it to the emperor. ”

The civil and military officials had already known about Zhang Qian's return, and they were very happy to see the emperor, and they were about to issue a reward. Sure enough, the emperor handed the letter to the eunuch and ordered him to put it in the treasury for safekeeping, and the news of the military alliance between the two countries is still in top secret, and it cannot be known to unrelated people, and then said: "Lord Hou's trip to the Western Regions has made great contributions." If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and I will promote you to a second-class loyal prince, an official title, a fief of 100 miles, and a hereditary replacement. I heard that you have taken in a concubine in the country of Qiuzi, and she is pregnant, and this woman is willing to give up her homeland and sincerely devote herself to my Great Xia, which is also rare, so I will make her the wife of the command. Zhongguogong, you have to treat others well. ”

Zhang Qian hurriedly knelt down to thank him, and hundreds of officials came to say goodbye, and the emperor really gave Zhang Qian face, you know, Zhang Qian was originally a third-class Bowang Hou, according to the normal promotion, he should first be a second-class marquis, and after the first-class marquis, he can become a third-class duke, and now he has directly become a second-class duke, and he is given the title of loyal to the country, obviously appreciating his loyalty to the country and the emperor, and he should be greatly reused. Zhang Qian didn't expect the emperor to treat himself so well, he rewarded these names, the key is that the last hereditary repudiation of these four words made him ecstatic, the so-called hereditary replacement, that is, after his own pension in the future, his eldest son can directly inherit his title, even if he is just a three-year-old child, he will immediately become a second-class loyal prince, as long as his eldest son does not make any mistakes in his life, this title can also be directly given to his eldest grandson, from generation to generation, the Zhang family has since been stable in the court, this is what he is really happy about。

The emperor rewarded the main heads of the mission one by one, each of them was a heavy reward, everyone was happy, and they were grateful to the emperor in their hearts, and they were also very grateful to Zhang Qian. Some officials in the DPRK who did not get along well with Zhang Qian were secretly worried that after this incident, Zhang Qian would become a popular figure in the DPRK, and everyone in the mission would become his loyal subordinates, and Zhang Qian's strength would be greatly enhanced, and his life would not be so easy.

After the emperor finished sealing the mission, he suddenly asked, "Has Boyan ever returned?"

Boyan heard the emperor call him, and hurriedly stepped forward to listen, the emperor smiled and said: "Boyan, Zhongguo Gong was able to successfully complete the task this time, your Northwest Army has made great efforts, you say, whatever reward you want, I will give it." ”

As soon as these words came out, the surprise of the civil and military officials was even worse than hearing Zhang Qian's reward, the emperor actually wanted Boyan to say what reward he wanted, and he wanted to give everything, this kind of honor was unprecedented.

Boyan hurriedly knelt down and said: "The minister shares the worries of His Majesty, it is the right thing to do, and the main credit for this trip is the Zhongguo Gong, the minister and the Northwest Army are only a little thin, and they dare not ask for any reward." ”

The emperor smiled, "You don't have to be polite to me. It's okay if you don't reward you, but Wang Yangming's Eagle Yang Army has really made a contribution, and if you don't reward him, you can't say anything about it. Where is Wang Yangming?"

When Wang Yangming heard the emperor calling himself, he trotted to the front and said loudly: "Weichen is here!"

The emperor said: "Wang Yangming, I heard that you have made meritorious contributions to your guards along the way, and have rescued the loyal prince from the situation of life and death several times, you say, how do you want me to reward you?"

Wang Yangming thought to himself that there was an example of Boyan first, and I just learned from it, so he hurriedly said: "Weichen doesn't dare to ask for any reward, as long as our Great Xia is safe and secure from now on, the northwest frontier expands its territory, and Your Majesty's name goes down in history, Weichen will be satisfied." ”

After he said this, he secretly glanced at San Yisheng to see what his reaction was, San Yisheng stood beside Wang Yangming, listened to him, and glanced at him encouragingly, as if he was praising him for saying well. Wang Yangming's heart was settled, and he waited for the emperor to speak.

The emperor shook his head and said, "Your Northwest Army has always been like this, when you fight, you are extremely brave, but when it comes to rewarding, you are very modest. Well, I don't embarrass you, it's up to me to decide how to reward you, do you have any objections?"

Boyan and Wang Yangming hurriedly said that there was no objection, who would dare to have any objection to your words.

The emperor said slowly: "Boyan listens to the reward, you are now the general of the third rank of Huaihua, I will promote you to two levels, let you be the general of the second rank auxiliary country, and oversee the defense of the seven northwest provinces." ”

Boyan hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him, and all the civil and military officers gasped, and his reward to Boyan was even more generous than Zhang Qian's. Boyan directly crossed the official position from the second rank and achieved the second grade, which is already the highest position that the military attache of the DPRK and China can currently sit in, and Du Shaoqing, the dignified secretary of the military department, is just an official of the second grade, Boyan, as an officer subordinate to the military department, is actually on the same level as Du Shaoqing, which can make it difficult for Du Shaoqing to do, how to command Boyan to fight in the future.

Moreover, Boyan was originally only the commander of the Northwest Army, commanding 50,000 soldiers and horses, guarding the northwest frontier, speaking of which the scope of activities is only a few hundred miles around Jiayuguan, and now let him take charge of the defense of the seven northwest provinces, and the strength of his troops has increased to 150,000 in an instant, not including the militia and reserves, and the scope of activities has also expanded to nearly 10,000 miles of land in the seven northwest provinces. Only Zhang Qian knew that the emperor's reward actually had his deep meaning, which was to ask Boyan to command the seven northwestern provinces, strengthen military training, and prepare for war in the Western Regions next year.