Chapter 677: Triumphant Reward
Wei Qing returned and returned to Chang'an City with the glory of victory.
Tens of thousands of people were captured in a big battle on the banks of the Liaoshui River, which was the most brilliant victory of the Han Dynasty against the Xiongnu except for Li Yunze.
Returning with this glory, Li Yunze personally led hundreds of civil and military officials, and the noble emperor went out of the city for thirty miles to greet him.
Flags are unfurled, gongs and drums are noisy.
The musicians worked hard to play music, and all the Lang officials and Yu Linjun chanted "Song of the Great Wind" in unison, and the scene was full of red all over the mountains, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.
The military song of the Qin State is "No Clothes", which is 'How can it be said that there are no clothes?' with the Son. Bow to the old Qin, go to the national disaster together, go to the old Qin, and restore my rivers and mountains. The one who has no clothes.
Liu Bang felt that the military song of the Qin army was very imposing, so he composed a song "Song of the Great Wind" as the military song of the Han army.
Later dynasties and dynasties have military songs, such as the famous "Qin King Breaking Array Music" in the Tang Dynasty, 'the four seas emperor wind quilt, thousands of years of virtue and water clear. Rong Yi is not even better, today is a success, looking back at Qin Sai as low as a horse, and gradually see the Yellow River flowing straight north. Tianwei directly rolls up the jade door stopper, thousands of miles of Hu people
All the Han songs! ’
In the Song Dynasty, it became "The Song of Yan Kaige" "Take the twelve states of Shanxi first, and other elements will hit the head of the ya." Looking back at Qinsai, he was as low as a horse, and gradually saw the Yellow River flowing straight north. Tianwei swept across the Yellow River, and the Qiang people sang all the Han songs. ’
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there was no fixed military song, and later Qi Jiguang wrote a "Triumphant Song".
'Ten thousand people are single-minded, Mount Tai can be shaken! Only loyal and righteous, angry bullfighting. Report to the Son of Heaven and save the head of Qian. Kill all the slaves and find a feudal marquis! ’
There are many military songs in the past dynasties, and when it comes to the most influential, these are the ones.
In the sound of 'gale, gale ~~~' that shook the heavens and the earth, the mighty soldiers and horses marched along the official road.
Wei Qing and the others, who had put on armor in advance, hurriedly dismounted, and walked quickly to Li Yunze to salute, "Meet Your Majesty~~~ Ten Thousand Years of the Son of Heaven~~~"
"Excuse me."
Li Yunze stretched out his hand and said, "Get up and speak." ”
"Your Majesty Xie~~~"
"The ministers are here, break the enemy chieftain, capture the rebels, soothe the people, and restore the territory. Heaven and earth bless, ancestors bless. The hard work is high, and the reward is great."
This kind of standard process is already familiar to Li Yunze, and it is also full of the power of the Son of Heaven.
said a lot of nonsense, in the final analysis, the most important thing is the reward.
The sons and daughters of the Han family did not hesitate to shed blood on the battlefield, of course, it is impossible to be really inspired by the son of the Liu family and are willing to die for him.
What really makes them brave and desperate to die is naturally the reward.
If there is a reward, then you are naturally the son of the Han family who works hard to serve his life.
If you don't have a reward, who knows who you are.
Emperor? It's not that I haven't cut it!
"Marquis Changping." The first to receive the reward was naturally Wei Qing as the commander.
If you bypass Wei Qing and reward others first, then early tomorrow morning, the impeachment of Wei Qing will be able to fill the Qingliang Palace, and everyone will know that Wei Qing has fallen out of favor. Correspondingly, it is time for Wei Qing to start preparing for rebellion.
"This battle has made outstanding achievements, and you are the Marquis of Guannei."
Wei Qing is already a marquis, which is the pinnacle of the military merit system.
The Han Dynasty does not allow a king with a different surname, and Wei Qing is naturally at the top of the title.
If you want to reward him on the title, you can only look for the relatives around him.
Wei Qing has brothers and nephews. But obviously, he must be crowned his son first.
His eldest son was born during Wei Qing's expedition and was born to Princess Pingyang.
In history, when Wei Qing married Princess Pingyang, Princess Pingyang first remarried Xiahou Po, Marquis of Ruyin, and when Xiahou Po died and remarried Wei Qing, she was almost forty or fifty years old.
At this age, even if they have the opportunity to give birth, they will not take risks.
You must know that Hanshi is not the modern world, and there is not so advanced medical technology and equipment that can save lives.
Therefore, in history, Wei Qing's sons were all born from his concubines.
But now, Princess Pingyang is only in her twenties, and Wei Qing is a positive and fiery young man.
Looking at the princess who could only watch from a distance in the past and couldn't play extravagantly, she was lying down like silk, anyway, it was natural to have children under the blend of day and night.
Wei Qing made arrangements before he set out on the expedition, and if he was a son, he would be named Wei Ling.
Wei Yan, who was still in infancy, was directly sealed as the Marquis of Guan Nei because of Wei Qing's merits, and was named the Marquis of Yichun.
With a knighthood, food is naturally indispensable, which is the biggest practical benefit brought by the title.
"1,200 households."
This figure is really not low in Guannei Houli, according to the average harvest of Yichun, at least a few thousand stone of income is no problem.
Of course, after Li Yunze reformed the government, these food towns were only owned in name, and the actual income of the food towns was all transferred to the distribution of goods and grain after being checked by the Shaofu.
If you want goods or food, choose for yourself.
If you want goods, you will be given money and silk at the price set by the imperial court.
Wei Yan here, he was born with a golden job, and if he becomes a leader in the future, his starting point is also difficult for most people to look up to.
His starting point is the end point that many people have pursued throughout their lives.
Wei Qing's excitement was beyond words, and he saluted again to express his gratitude.
Of course, simply sealing his son as a Guan Neihou is not over, and there are other rewards later.
"I order you to be the governor of the five armies, the former military governor's mansion, and you will take care of the affairs of the five armies' governor's mansion first."
There is only one governor in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, Wei Qing, and he was originally in charge.
Now, it is equivalent to promoting his general from a rear general to a former general, which can be regarded as a kind of power and honor.
"Minister, you will not be dishonored!"
The reward at the back also reads, "Three thousand gold, and two thousand brocades." ”
One gold can be exchanged for 10,000 yuan, and 3,000 gold is 30 million yuan.
You must know that in Dahan, 100,000 yuan can barely be called the middle class, which is undoubtedly a huge amount of money.
As for brocade, this thing is not an ordinary silk silk, but a silk embroidered satin represented by Shu brocade, and its value is much higher than that of ordinary silk silk.
There is no doubt that this is a great reward.
This can be seen from the envious eyes of the people around him.
Wei Qing is naturally grateful again.
In fact, they don't know how Emperor Wu rewarded them in history, if they knew, I am afraid that some people would be thinking about rescuing Emperor Wu and his wife who were confined in Changle Palace.
You must know that in history, when Emperor Wu rewarded the generals, he often sold them worth tens of thousands of gold!
That's a reward worth tens of thousands of gold, and every time I return from victory, I will give a batch, and each time I will give more than one reward.
The second emperor Wenjing crossed his fingers and accumulated the goods, and he rewarded them like this.
Later, when the imperial court was short of money, it had to make some white deer coins, and raise money from children to raise money.
It's not that it doesn't reward, but there's no need to be so exaggerated.
At every turn, it is a reward worth hundreds of millions, or even billions of dollars, and the income of the Han Dynasty is only how much.
In this regard, Li Yunze can be regarded as relatively controlling.
After Wei Qing, there were a group of captains who followed him out of the fortress to fight.
For example, Li Xi, such as Gongsun He and others are all sealed as the marquis of the Guannei, but they are all township marquis and even the marquis of Ting, and there are naturally not many food towns, that is, the scale of hundreds of households.
In terms of military positions, although he also entered the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, no one was the governor, and they all worked under Wei Qing.
In terms of rewards, the marquis received a thousand gold, and hundreds of silk horses.
and if there is no marquis, he shall be rewarded with 100 to 800 pieces of gold, and 50 to 500 pieces of silk.
This kind of reward naturally can't be compared with the martial emperor in history, but it is indeed a generous reward.
Anyway, Li Yunze will not empty the treasury for the sake of reward, and then make any Bailu coins.
After the generals and captains are rewarded, the benefits of the soldiers are naturally indispensable.
The corresponding military merit awards, promotions, or other things, naturally the Ministry of War will make arrangements, and Li Yunze is only responsible for distributing rewards.
The soldiers who went on this expedition each received a reward of at least 10,000 yuan, and the silk was naturally not, and it was changed to dozens to hundreds of silk silks.
Basically, every household in the Han Dynasty grows mulberry and hemp, and there is naturally a lot of silk.
And silk silk is also a type of currency in this era.
There are bereavement pensions for those who died in the war, arrangements for the disabled and retired to go to the countryside to be the chief of the three old pavilions, etc., all of which are properly settled.
After some arrangement, it is natural that the officers and men of the three armed forces are happy.
After that, they escorted the captives and captured booty, and marched into the city to parade Xuanhe's military might.
These are conventions, not much to say.
After the parade, the sergeants returned to the barracks, and the emperor had arranged for the people of the Shaofu to prepare wine, meat, and delicacies in the barracks.
As for the military Sima and above, they followed the civil and military officials, the honorable emperors, and came to the Qingliang Hall with the Son of Heaven to participate in the banquet of the Son of Heaven.
The banquet here is naturally enough.
It's just that with everyone's current status, there will naturally be no shortage of food and drink, so compared to the nonsense in the barracks everywhere, the cool hall is much quieter.
It's not too quiet, the musicians play music, and the dancers dance is also very lively.
In the modern world, if you want to listen to music, you can come out with your phone and listen to whatever you want.
But here in Dahan, if you want to listen to music, it is difficult for a large family to do.
Legong is not a slave, it is a skilled job.
The cost of raising a musician can support at least ten slaves, which is a pure worker, a laborer who has no output but consumption.
And if you want to listen to music, one musician is not enough, at least a dozen people start.
This kind of expense can't be tolerated by large families, and only princes and nobles and even the Son of Heaven can afford it.
As for dancers, it's even rarer.
Like musicians, they are laborers who have no output but only consumption, and the cost of raising dancers is even much higher than that of musicians.
In the past, the dancers were actually men dancing, mainly for sacrifices.
What is really purely appreciated is that it gradually began to rise from the Warring States period.
It was not until the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty that it gradually changed from men's dancing to women's dancing.
Among them, the most famous is naturally Mrs. Qi, who was killed by Empress Lu, and she can be regarded as the first female dancer clearly recorded in the history books.
Whether it is listening to music or watching dancing, an ordinary two-thousand-stone family may not be able to afford it, let alone the musicians and dancers of the Son of Heaven family with extremely high quality.
So everyone ate and drank and watched with relish.
Li Yunze reached out and searched for it, and called Wei Qing to sit down beside him.
He picked up his wine glass and asked aloud, "I intend to send troops to Mitsukoshi, who do you think can be the main general?" ”