Lu Zhi and the other deputy marshals of this expedition dismounted far away, walked to the emperor's royal car, turned over and bowed down, and shouted in unison: "Meet Your Majesty!" Ji Chang's hand waved towards Zhang Rang, and Zhang Rang hurriedly opened the holy decree in his hand, which had just been written in the hall just now.

I only heard Zhang Rang read aloud: "The system said, Dayue is at a time of internal and external troubles, relying on the generals to level the yellow scarf inside and resist the strong captives outside, and the great merit is great! Hearing the triumphant return of the generals, I am very relieved! The canonization is as follows, Lu Zhi is promoted to the Marquis of Liangxiang, Zhu Jun is promoted to the Marquis of Xixiang, Huangfu Song is promoted to the Marquis of Huaili, Gongsun Zhan is promoted to the Marquis of Pinggu, and the four of them are each rewarded with 1,000 gold, and Cao Ying is the general of Zhendong, and Lanyu and Li Zheng are the squires of the military department. Chin!"

Several people hurriedly knelt down to thank him, and said to him: "The generals will go back and hand over the roster of meritorious soldiers in these wars to the military department, and reward them according to the routine." Several people hurriedly said yes, and Yang Biao also came out to receive the order.

At this time, Zhang Wen jumped out and said: "Your Majesty, all the prefectures of this year's Sui Gong have refused to pay tribute to the court on the grounds that the Yellow Turban remnants are in turmoil and the roads are not quiet, and there are only more than 6,000 gold left in the household silver money, which may not be enough for this reward." ”

Ji Chang was shocked and asked, "When did this happen?"

Zhang Wen said: "The statistics have just been completed four days ago, so the emperor has not yet been presented." At present, only Si Li still has a tribute, and the rest of the states are unwilling to pay tribute on the grounds that transportation is cut off. "The states mentioned by Zhang Wen do not include the three states of Youyou and Liang, these three states have large armies to raise, so the annual tribute is used to raise the army, and the annual tribute is offset by the military expenses, and there is no need to pay tribute.

It took him half a day to suppress the stuffy breath in his chest, and said with a cold face: "But the battle merits must be rewarded, and the household has no silver, so it will come out of the inner treasury! Zhang Rang! Use the expenses in the palace to the province of the province." "Zhang Rang should be immediately. All the ministers said in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming!" This time I admired this little emperor from the bottom of my heart, and it was not easy to do this step at this age.

Cao Ying took a step forward, knelt down and kowtowed: "I wish to lead an army to clear the bandits for Your Majesty and open up the road to pay tribute to the states." ”

Ji Chang nodded appreciatively, but said: "It's late autumn, and it's about to usher in a cold winter, it's not easy to move troops at this time, and after a series of battles, the soldiers are tired and urgently need to recuperate. Meng De's loyalty and courage are commendable, and I am very relieved!"

Yang Wei looked at Cao Ying playfully, this guy is pretending to be stupid, he wants to show it, he can't think of it with his head, this is just an excuse for the assassination of the states, he just wants to show it in front of the emperor.

But when I thought about it, I felt that it was not right, the state assassins now have military power, so they dare to do so, the next step is that Ji Chang will definitely engage in the separation of military and government, at that time, he will not be able to use force, Cao Ying now has this performance, and the possibility of his surname in command of next year's war will increase greatly, he is laying the groundwork for the next step in advance, this thought, I can't help but look at Cao Ying's eagerness and wit.

In fact, Cao Ying didn't think as much as Yang Wei, he really just wanted to suppress the bandits, he saw that the emperor had to save money, how could he endure it as a courtier, so his mind was hot and he jumped out.

Ji Chang stood up and said to Zhang: "Drive back to the palace!"

Everyone bowed down in unison, and only straightened up until Yang Wei's personal soldiers acted as guards escorted the imperial chariot to disappear at the gate of the inner city.

Yang Wei grabbed Lu Zhi and said, "Uncle Lu, why are you here now, let your nephew wait." "Xindao, this old fox should have arrived in Luoyang with him on his front and back feet, after all, everyone thought that Yang Wei would definitely not be able to attack Luoyang with 20,000 cavalry, and there was no point in a few days at night.

How did he think that Yang Wei didn't wait at all, and directly took Luoyang by himself, after Lu Zhi learned the news, he stopped and ordered the army to be stationed for two days before coming to Luoyang, and when he came to Luoyang, everything had already settled, so that he didn't have to take a stand anymore, and nothing had anything to do with him.

Lu Zhi made a blank face and said, "Hmph, you didn't make it yet!"

Yang Wei's face was full of question marks, where did this start. The army doesn't stop and don't care about his, he's not in the army.

Lu Zhi continued: "It was you who said it, let those prisoners who can join the army choose for themselves. Those people chose either the town [***] or the state army, and none of them chose the other armies. ”

Yang Wei was stunned and said, "No." ”

Lu Zhi glanced at him and said, "Why not, your town [***] has the highest salary, and the probability of going to the battlefield to save your life is also the highest, so a fool will choose the rest of the army." If it weren't for the fact that the threshold of the town [***] was too high, and people who didn't cultivate a sense of qi wouldn't be able to join at all, I'm afraid everyone would have joined the town [***].

Even people who don't have a sense of qi have chosen to merge with the state army, just because the relationship between the state army and the town [***] is very close, as long as you cultivate the sense of qi, you may join the town [***] at any time, so those who don't cultivate the sense of qi have chosen the state army. So I could only use two days to hold a big competition, and the eliminated people were charged into the Beijing camp, the Xiyuan army and the Youzhou army. ”

Yang Wei was relieved at this time, but after thinking about it, no, can't you compete again after you return to Luoyang? Do you have to wait to compete in martial arts? However, Yang Wei doesn't plan to study it deeply, and if he doesn't express his position, he won't take a stand, and it will be more troublesome if he goes back to Luoyang to fight against him.

Lu Zhi said: "Tell me about the past few days. ”

Yang Wei said vividly, and when it came to the competition, Lu Zhi's face was solemn, and he said, "I didn't expect that there would be such a fierce general under Dong Zhuo's command." When it came to Zheng Xuan washing Yang Wei's face with tea, Lu Zhi smiled and said, "This old boy is still so temperamental. When it came to Zheng Xuan's death this morning, Lu Zhi's face changed greatly and said, "That's it, I'm going to see Kang Cheng for the last time." ”

Yang Wei was stunned, he couldn't imagine that Lu Zhi and Zheng Xuan were friends, and if Lu Zhi introduced him, he wouldn't be splashed with tea. He didn't know that Lu Zhi and Zheng Xuan were from the same school, both studied under Ma Rong, although Zheng Xuan later had a bad relationship with Ma Rong, but it did not affect the relationship between Lu Zhi and Zheng Xuan, and now that he learned that Zheng Xuan was dead, how could he not be shocked and rush to mourn.

When Yang Wei returned to the Taishi Mansion alone, there was a person who was already waiting in the gatehouse, but it was Yang Yan who Yang Wei hadn't seen for a long time.

Yang Wei took Yang Yan to the study, Yang Yan presented a letter to his family, Yang Wei solemnly opened the letter and read it, the letter was written by Yang Song, it was very concise, the letter read: "Wu'er, I am in good health with your mother, don't read it." It is really not easy to collect heavy taxes, and it costs a lot to raise an army, so can you negotiate one or two times in the DPRK and China to get more money and food for the annexation of the state. (To be continued.) )