After resting with his wife and children in the harem for two days, on the first day of October, Sun Ning officially convened the ministers to ascend to the palace and meet the court.

The significance of this monarch and minister's ascension to the palace is naturally extraordinary, it is not only a celebration meeting of the Northern Expedition to break the ghosts and other internal and external enemies, but also the first official monarch and minister court meeting after the real restoration of Dayue and the return to the capital Luoyang.

Therefore, today's scene is naturally very large, before dawn, the officials of the city are all waiting in front of the majestic palace.

As the sky brightened, the palace gate opened, and the ministers were divided into two classes of civil and military, under the leadership of Shen Zhou, the left minister, and the general Yan Hu, wearing court clothes, wearing a Liang crown, and marching neatly, entering the palace, and coming to the main hall in front of the Taihe Palace.

After that, of course, there was a series of ceremonial matters, and the ministers continued to bow to His Majesty the Emperor who ascended to the throne, shouting long live from the mountain, and congratulating Sun Ning on this victory.

Sun Ning praised and comforted the ministers, a harmonious picture of the monarchs and ministers of a good faction.

Then, with Sun Ning as the head, the queen on the side, and the two princes followed, taking the ministers all the way from the Taihe Palace, all the way to the west side of the palace where the Taimiao is located.

This is naturally to report this great victory to the ancestors of the Dayue court, boast of the strength of the dynasty, and seek the blessing of the ancestors. Look at the book

These rules and procedures, as early as when Sun Ning returned to Luoyang from the north, he had heard the people around him mention them too many times, so he naturally knew them by heart.

Although he was very unimpressed with this kind of superficial article in his heart, after all, this world was clearly brought back by him with his courtiers and soldiers in bloody battles, and it had nothing to do with the ancestors of the Sun family who had been dead for many years, and there was nothing to bless or not.

However, sometimes if the imperial court wants to be stable, it needs these red tapes, and it needs to send a signal to the people of the world that the father and son will inherit and remain unchanged for a hundred years.

So Sun Ning came to the Taimiao, leaving the ministers outside the main hall, and he and the queen together, posing as a respectful sacrifice, holding incense, kneeling in front of the huge offering table and the tablet of the god, chanting words, silently praying.

Xiao Qian and her two sons were much more solemn in their words and deeds than Sun Ning, all of them bowed and sacrificed with a solemn face, and read the sacrifices that had been prepared softly.

It is said that the major affairs of the country are in worship and worship. Sun Ning can be regarded as truly understanding the truth of this this time, his previous self only focused on the latter point, and in the future, this former point will become a major event that he can't get around during his reign.

When the ceremony of paying tribute to the ancestors and ancestors in the Taimiao Temple was completely completed, and the sun was about to rise above everyone's heads, the monarchs and ministers went back a little hungry and held a more important court meeting in the Taihe Hall again.

Thankfully, it's more of a formality......

Today's court meeting is indeed very important, because in this court meeting, it will determine the direction of the entire Dayue court, as well as the rewards for meritorious service, and the disposal of prisoners who surrender to the generals.

This is naturally a major event that people in the world are most concerned about, and if something goes wrong in the middle, it may cause a lot of turmoil.

But such an important matter naturally cannot be hastily decided at today's court meeting.

As a matter of fact, after the war in the north was clear, the left-behind ministers of the DPRK and China, headed by the two prime ministers, had already begun to arrange many follow-up matters.

In particular, the promotion of those who have made meritorious deeds cannot be arbitrarily determined and despised by them.

After Sun Ning crossed the Yellow River, the details of these rewards discussed and decided by many important ministers were reported to him.

After carefully reading these notes, and after some consideration and revision, we have today's version of the final conclusion.

Now, Sun Ning is just announcing these rewards in public according to the script, and it is still through the mouth of Wei Shen.

The final reward this time is not only based on the merits of the generals and officials who attacked the ghost Rong in the north this time, but also counts the merits of hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China in the past ten years, so this time it is also a rather meticulous process to read by Wei Shen.

But on the whole, there are only a few who have the most credit.

Among them, the one with the highest military merit is naturally none other than Yanhu.

As a court accident, he has been following the emperor's side, with him regained in Weimo, and made countless military exploits along the way, and finally became the first military general in the court today, he can naturally be called the first martial arts.

Therefore, Feng Yanhu was the Duke of Dingguo, hereditary replacement, and another official privy envoy, in charge of the power of the world's soldiers and horses, and then there was a martial general......

followed by Chen Qingyun, whose merits were no less than those of Yan Hu, but because he was not a minister of Yuancong, his status was slightly inferior.

But Chen Qingyun is still the title of Baoguo Gong, hereditary replacement, official privy deputy envoy, secretary of the military department, and former general of Wuxun......

The next is to posthumously seal Xiao Keding as the Duke of Anguo, inherited by his son Xiao Wenyuan, hereditary replacement, official title Privy Deputy Envoy, and General after Wuxun.

Xiao Kedi, who also made outstanding contributions, was awarded the title of British Duke, hereditary replacement, official title of privy deputy envoy, squire of the military department, and general Wuxunzuo.

After listening to the arrangement of these military generals with great merit, the ministers were envious in their hearts, and they would inevitably have a question, that is, according to this arrangement, there should be a fifth prince and general of the same status to be promoted.

But after thinking about it, they couldn't find a fifth general who could be awarded this high position.

Although generals such as Nie Long Weiting, Liang Wentong, Gu Yaohua and other generals are dedicated to serving the country and have made countless meritorious contributions, compared with the four in front of them, their merits are still less after all, and I am afraid that they will not be able to sit on an equal footing.

As for the other generals, it is even more incomparable.

And in the curious conjecture of the ministers, the final answer was also revealed-

"Li Wannian of Chang'an, although he had a time and betrayed the imperial court, but since the beginning of the army, he has not killed the people, and he has also resisted ghosts in the north, and this time he took the initiative to send troops to help the imperial court recapture the cities in northern Xinjiang in one fell swoop, which is a great achievement. Therefore, in terms of merit, when he was named the Duke of Xiangguo, hereditary replacement, the official title of the deputy envoy of the privy council, the squire of the military department, and the distant leader of Chang'an Taishou, the right general of Wuxun......

When this reward was preached by Wei Shen, even at such a serious court meeting, in the second half of the ministers, in the ranks outside the main hall, there couldn't help but sound a burst of exclamations.

They thought about many officials who might be entitled, but none of them thought that the last person to be crowned would be a general, a thief leader of the Pingtian Army who had rebelled.

Especially those former Dayue courtiers, at this time, they couldn't hold back, whispering, and a few of them were even more eager to try, and they all planned to stand up directly and express their doubts and dissatisfaction.