On the third day, the emperor issued a decree of reward.

Ye Yunyang, the minister of the first merit, was promoted from Nanshan County to Wuyinghou, the fief is still Nanshan, Nanshan was promoted from the county seat to the government city, and the official rank is the head of the six-grade military department.

The emperor ordered to build a luxurious palace for him in the imperial capital, and he stayed in the imperial capital in the future, and listened to the emperor's teachings from time to time.

Since Nanban has been attached to the Han Dynasty, it was renamed Nanban Mansion, and established a palace city in the royal court, under the jurisdiction of three county towns in the east, west, and south, as well as several county seats, and will soon send civil and military officials to take up their posts to carry out drastic governance.

Then there were Yin Falcon and other generals, he was promoted to the first level and was named the Marquis of Anping County, because the fief was located in Dongping, as the former chief general of the Dongping Tiger Guard, he could also be regarded as returning to his hometown.

The two vice-lords of the Iron Eagle Army will be made townsmen and officially become nobles.

Because the situation in Nanban was still unstable, they all had to continue to stay in Nanban, Yin Falcon officially removed the title of Nanshan General and changed to Nanban General, taking charge of the 200,000 Iron Eagle Legion and the 100,000 Nanshan Army.

The dead ghost Cao Ziang was posthumously named the county prince in recognition of his actions as bait and contributed to the early end of the war.

It's just that the posthumous seal has no practical significance, it's just a few more words on the tombstone, and the descendants can only get a pension, but they can't inherit the title.

This is because Ye Yunyang is too lazy to worry about the dead, if he is more serious, just the fact that Cao Ziang intends to seize power is enough to make him ruined, and the later use of his body as bait is even more for his own selfish interests, not to mention the slightest public heart.

The rest of the soldiers had their own rewards, and they were all happy.

The emperor ordered a large banquet for the ministers to celebrate the victory of the Southern Barbarians.

Perhaps because he felt that the reward given to Ye Yunyang was too low, the emperor made up for it from other aspects, and specially arranged for him to sit at the same table with the crown prince to show his favor.

You must know that under normal circumstances, the crown prince and the emperor are all alone, and only officials will have two seats, and it is a great honor to be able to sit on an equal footing with the prince.

Ye Yunyang didn't care too much, he sat next to the prince with a normal expression, anyway, it was not the first time to eat together, of course he wouldn't feel restrained.

At the banquet, in addition to praising the great victory of the Southern Barbarians, the most important thing for the ministers was to slap the emperor on the back, and said that he was the first emperor of the ages and the peerless emperor.

All kinds of different sycophants slapped at the emperor in different ways, and the emperor was in a good mood, and he couldn't help but feel a little fluttery.

Seeing this, Ye Yunyang lowered his voice and said to the prince: "Your Highness, I remember that there weren't so many sycophants before, when did there increase them?"

The prince replied in a low voice: "From the time when the Nanban war tends to be clear, to be exact, it should start after the conquest of Nanshan. In fact, my father hated these voices very much in the past, and I don't know when I started to like them, the ministers are all human spirits, and doing what they like is their best skill, and they don't need to be deliberately organized at all, they will always find the right opportunity to say what the father likes to hear. ”

It can be seen that the prince does not like this change.

Humility makes people progress, and pride makes people lag behind.

This is absolutely the truth of the world, and it is also the words that the emperor has always used to teach the crown prince, but it is a pity that it has been completely forgotten by him himself.

The crown prince also said: "I have tried to advise my father several times, but the people around me say that there is no need, and it is normal for the emperor to be happy after two great victories in a row, and when the days are long and tend to be calm, he will regain his previous wisdom and wisdom." ”

In this regard, Ye Yunyang has a different opinion, it is difficult for a person to learn well, he needs to be nervous all the time and be strict with himself, but if he wants to become bad, he doesn't need to learn at all, it is a matter of minutes.

Ye Yunyang looked around the hall, and more than half of them were swatters, which was not a good phenomenon.

He picked up his wine glass, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to ask for, and I hope that Your Majesty will grant permission." ”

The emperor was already slightly drunk, and said with a smile: "It's the newly promoted Marquis of Wuying, if there is anything to say, you are the hero of this Nanshan victory, as long as you don't ask too much, I will be gracious." ”

It was not easy to get the emperor to say such a thing, and all the officials looked at Ye Yunyang with envious eyes.

Some people sneered in their hearts, thinking that he didn't know how to advance and retreat, and he had already accepted the title of official and knight, and he didn't know how to make a request, so he wasn't afraid that the emperor would be dissatisfied?

Ye Yunyang said loudly: "Weichen feels that he is not the material to be an official, so he asks His Majesty for permission to resign." ”

"Resign?" The emperor's gaze turned to the crown prince, meaning that we all said that it was okay, anyway, it was an idle position, and he only took a salary and didn't work, so why resigned?

The crown prince was also taken aback, and shook his head at the emperor, meaning I don't know, this kid must have been in the wrong position.

At the beginning, Ye Yunyang was asked to lead the troops to the south, in order to create an environment for him to reflect his talents, so that everyone knew that he was capable of literature and martial arts, and established his prestige in the army, and then entered the military department, and gradually became the mainstay of the Han army, and then went to deal with the Great Qin Ghost Face Army.

Because of the information from the thirteenth, the emperor was suspicious and decided to slow down the speed of cultivating Ye Yunyang, otherwise, he would not only be promoted to be the head of the military department, but also would not let him continue to return to Taixue as a supervisor, at least he would be given a foreign officer, or even an official position with real power such as the squire of the military department.

originally promised to be good, but now he resigned in front of everyone, what is he going to do?

Ye Yunyang saw that the emperor was silent, and then said: "Weichen is still young, although he is a little crooked, thanks to His Majesty's love, but I feel that there are still many things that need to be learned. Especially in terms of cultivation, it takes a lot of time, and I really don't have the leisure to serve His Majesty, and it is definitely unreasonable to occupy an official position but not work, so I ask for resignation. ”

If someone else said such a thing, he would definitely be scolded and didn't know what to do, but Ye Yunyang has an innate advantage, that is, he is young and still in the stage of learning, when he focuses on his studies, it is not too late to serve the country after completing his studies.

This reason is difficult to refuse, especially in front of the ministers, the emperor pondered for a moment, weighed the gains and losses, and said: "Since the Marquis of Wuying has made up his mind, I will grant it." ”

The reason why he agreed so happily was because he thought that there would be no new war in the Han Dynasty for the time being, and the Qin people were busy fighting with Rong Di, and the smartest thing to do was to stand aside and watch, and wait for the Great Qin's national strength to be almost worn out, and the troops were almost consumed, and then they would do it.

Since there was no war, it was actually meaningless to leave Ye Yunyang to serve in the military department.

Ye Yunyang smiled: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the ministers will do it first." ”

With that, he drank the glass of wine he was holding in his hand.

......

In the north of Daqin, at the junction with Rong Di, the camp of the Ghost Face Legion.

In the tent of the Chinese army, the ghost-faced colt is studying the map, but he finds himself always distracted and unable to concentrate.

This situation only happened after the last time I saw Wei Chengwu's secret letter.

In the past few months, the Ghost Face Legion has been advancing step by step, adopting a strategy of encroachment, gradually squeezing the living space of the Rongdi people, although the results are not too obvious, but it has laid the foundation for future victories.

He spent two nights listing the people who could come into contact with his relationship with Ye Yunyang and analyzing them carefully, but he didn't get any clues from them.

He never talked about the father-son relationship between the two, only Princess Luo Yue knew.

He began to check the people around his wife, but also found nothing.

The situation from Ye Yunyang is not difficult to analyze, it is someone who doubted the relationship between the two of them, and secretly reported it to the Han Emperor, and then was suspected.

At least one thing is certain, that is, there are spies around you.

Regarding the matter of planting spies, the ghost-faced colt is definitely a master in this, and the clues can be seen from the case of the academy spies in that year, at this time, among the spies lurking in the big man, thirty percent of them were arranged by him himself, and more than half of them were under his leadership and command.

Ying Qi walked in from outside: "Lord Vice Marshal, it's four o'clock in the afternoon, are you beating the drums like the other day?"

"No need to ......," he hurriedly changed his words: "Yes, beat the drum immediately." ”

When he saw Ying Qi, he came up with a good way to get Ye Yunyang out of suspicion.

In fact, Ying Qi was his first suspicion, first of all, because she was familiar with Ye Yunyang and knew each other very well, and it was very likely that she could see clues from it.

But he immediately denied this idea, even if Ying Qi saw the relationship between the two, as the princess of Great Qin, it was impossible to reveal it to the Han Emperor, and the Han Emperor would not believe it.

Soon, the snare drum beats.

The generals came one after another, and after the three drums, the big tent of the Chinese army was already full of people, and no one was late.

The Ghost Face Legion has strict military regulations, and in wartime situations, generals who do not arrive after the three-way drum will be severely punished by beheading.

The ghost-faced horse sat on the main seat and first said: "Everyone, before today's speech on tactics, there is something to inform you, I guess you have all heard that Nanban has announced that it will be attached to the Great Han. Meng Zhun, the king of the Eastern Barbarians, handed over his military power, went to the capital of the Han Emperor to be entitled, and became a barbarian king as he wished, but unfortunately he never had the opportunity to return to the Southern Barbarians in this life, and this barbarian king should be enough!"

"Hahaha......"

The generals laughed, and Wang Weichao said: "It is said that Ye Yunyang's kid has been promoted again, and he was named Wuyinghou by the Han Emperor, is he worthy? It's just that he was lucky to win a battle, is there no one available in the big Han, and he actually let a kid with a milky smell lead the three armies." ”

was captured by Ye Yunyang last time, and was injured later, Wang Weichao hated Ye Yunyang to the core, and often scolded him in public.

But even so, Ghostface still put him on the list of suspects.

And the ghost-faced colt believes that the spy is in this big tent.

Most of the generals agreed with Wang Weichao's words, and the ghost-faced horse also laughed: "Ye Yunyang is a bit crooked, but he will soon be in bad luck! I have already begun to plan and put into action, you wait, it won't be long before he will be killed by Emperor Han......"

Wang Weichao raised his eyebrows and asked, "Master Pony, are you going to borrow a knife to kill someone, what kind of killing method, tell me and listen to it?"

The ghost-faced colt was stunned for a moment, and then became angry, and said, "Don't inquire if you shouldn't ask, you don't even understand these rules, and you live to be a dog at an age?"

The generals were shocked, in their impression, the deputy marshal was a gentle and elegant person, and it was the first time they had seen him so angry.

Obviously, the ghost-faced colt accidentally leaked his mouth, and since it was a conspiracy, of course it can't be known. Wang Weichao is the same, he actually asked stupidly, it's strange if he doesn't get angry at you.