The voice of the confessor fell, and the entire hall fell silent for a moment.

Except for the First Emperor and the Lord Lieutenant who knew in advance, all the ministers in the palace looked at the edict with a shocked expression, and looked at Zhao Tuo, who was also stunned.

This was followed by numerous inhalations.

Because of his age, Li Si inhaled too violently and even coughed on the spot.

Unusual!

The Marquis of the Town.

The name of this title is really very special, and it is completely unconventional marquis name.

According to the practice of feudal lords and feudal lords of the Qin State, most of the titles of princes and marquis are named after the name of the feudal province they are entitled, or after their own ability or merit.

For example, Shang Jun Shang Ying, Hou Wei Ran, Ying Hou Fan Ju, these people are named after the places they have sealed, such as Shang Yu, Sui, Ying, etc., highlighting a simple and easy to remember.

As for the titles of Wu Anjun Baiqi, Wenxin Hou Lu Buwei, Changxin Hou Changyu and others, they come from their own merits and abilities.

Including Zhao Tuo's own martial arts marquis, as well as Wang Qian's Wucheng marquis, and Feng Wuxuan's Wuxin marquis, all start with the word "wu", and they abide by the rules.

Before Zhao Tuo came back, many people were secretly speculating that Zhao Tuo might be named Marquis of Wuzhong, Marquis of Wuwei and other good titles.

There are even people who secretly think that it is better to seal a Wu'an Hou to come out and see if this young liehou can withstand the lethality of this title.

How do you know that the first emperor did not take the usual path and sealed a town marquis.

Zhenguo.

Can a courtier get this kind of title?

As soon as this number came out, it was already above all the marquises.

Li Xin looked at Zhao Tuo stunned.

The young prince in front of him, this man who stood at the top of the military merit system, was he really the young man he was promoted from the army in the past?

All kinds of past are passing by in front of me.

Li Xin closed his eyes, the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile, and he whispered in his heart: "In the past, I took a fancy to Zhao Tuo, and it was the most correct thing that I Li Xin did in my life. ”

Wucheng Marquis Wang Ben, who was standing next to Li Xin, also had a complicated expression.

He was a Qin general of the Wang family for generations, and his ancestors made meritorious contributions to the Qin conquest, and when Wang Jian finally relied on his efforts to destroy the country, he was awarded the title of liehou and became the greatest glory of the Wang family.

But now in front of Zhao Tuo, the marquis of Zhenguo, the efforts of several generations of the Wang family seem to be a little obscure.

There were mixed feelings in his heart, but Wang Ben couldn't afford to be jealous.

Because the other party does have this qualification.

Enlisted in the army at the age of fifteen, conquered Yan, attacked Wei, destroyed Chu, swallowed the dynasty and Qi.

The Xiongnu of the Yueshi clan broke in the north, and the land of Baiyue was taken in the south.

There are many countries that have been destroyed, and thousands of miles have been opened.

Such a record is enough for Zhao Tuo to become the pillar of the Qin State.

With him, no one in the world would dare to be an enemy of the Qin State.

Why not call it a town?

Therefore, even if countless people were surprised by this title, no one dared to object.

Even Li Si, Wang Juan, and even the envious and jealous Qiang felt that Zhao Tuo deserved this title.

"Your Majesty."

Zhao Tuo woke up from his surprise, and looked at the emperor who was smiling at him on the emperor's couch, his heart was already fluctuating, and his eyes were slightly moist.

From the emperor's expression, he could see that the other party was sincere.

The so-called high merit and shaking the master, the bird is full of bows and hidden, etc., do not seem to work in him.

Zhao Tuo bowed down and thanked the emperor.

The grace is not over.

The First Emperor smiled and said, "Zhao Qing, come to my case." ”

"Yui."

Zhao Tuo respectfully responded to the order, walked in the envious eyes of everyone, and walked to the emperor's case.

Looking at the man who was approaching in front of him.

The First Emperor's slightly cloudy gaze became a little dazed.

At this moment, it seemed to break the boundaries of time, and he saw that seventeen years ago, the young man from Yan Kingdom walked towards him.

"The world."

The First Emperor muttered.

All kinds of rhetoric back then are still echoing in my ears.

The former boy has realized his ambition to be a marquis.

But he, the king, is old.

The First Emperor sighed lightly, reached for the brocade box placed on the table, and opened it, and inside was a gorgeous seal and a purple ribbon.

Name & Apparatus.

This is the most important thing for a person since the Chinese civilization.

A name is an identity that is publicly given, such as a monarch or a courtier.

A device is an object that matches its name.

The emperor's reward for Zhao Tuo was "name".

The golden seal and purple ribbon in front of him, which symbolizes the identity of the prince, belongs to him.

Tie this golden seal engraved with the word "Zhenguo", Zhao Tuo is the real Marquis of Daqin Town.

Zhao Tuo knelt on the ground and took the golden seal and purple ribbon handed by the First Emperor with both hands.

"Marquis Zhenguo, although the rhetoric of the past has come true, but in the future, we will also work hard for the world of Daqin."

The First Emperor spoke calmly, staring at Zhao Tuo's face.

Hearing this, Zhao Tuo's hand holding the seal trembled involuntarily.

The emperor said "Great Qin Tianxia", not "I".

Zhao Tuo said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty is very loving, and the minister Zhao Tuo remembers it in his heart." Zhao Tuo will do his best for Daqin in this life, and he will die! ”

"Bow to the end, and then die...... Good! I love it! ”

The First Emperor laughed, looking at Zhao Tuo's tearful appearance in his eyes, the smile on his face became brighter and brighter.

After the seal is awarded, this time the reward is also coming to an end.

For Zhao Tuo's exploits in taking Baiyue in the south this time and opening up thousands of miles of territory, the first emperor not only made him a prince, but also added an additional 2,000 households of food to him.

Zhao Tuo was already a marquis of 10,000 households before, but now there are 2,000 more households, and it has reached 12,000 households at once.

"Your Majesty, this is already in the late stage of obsessive-compulsive disorder, Lao Wang is six thousand households, and it is one thousand six. I'm 12,000, and I'm 2,000 six. ”

Zhao Tuo secretly lamented the emperor's obsessive-compulsive disorder, not realizing that this was actually the emperor's compensation for the migrants.

As for Han Xin, he had already received the reward of being promoted to the rank of right chief.

This time, Shang Chao was not promoted to the left guard, after all, he is just a supporting role here, and his merits are far less dazzling than Zhao Tuo.

However, the First Emperor still waved his hand and gave Han Xin a reward of 500 gold, on the grounds that he had captured King Luo, made great contributions to the early end of the battle against Vietnam, and captured and killed the thief Xiang Ji.

"The two hundred gold bounties of the Xiang book are included in this?"

Han Shin blinked.

The head of the previous item was sent to Xianyang, but because it needed to be verified, the bounty was not issued immediately, and now the emperor simply gave it together and ended the matter.

"There are two hundred gold in this that belong to Liu Bang, and I, Han Xin, am a person of faith and righteousness, and I can't swallow it alone. But this amount is too large to be sent, so I should write a letter to Yuedi, telling Liu Bang that Xianyang will find me in the future, and that I will personally hand over this bounty to him. Until then, leave it with me. ”

As the bounty ends.

After the first emperor dispersed in the court meeting, he held a grand celebration banquet for the meritorious soldiers according to the custom.

At this kind of celebratory banquet, the theme is basically all kinds of praise, and at the same time, the ministers invite the meritorious generals to talk about the war in the south.

Zhao Tuo is now a noble person, so naturally he will not take on the role of storyteller.

The task of storytelling was given to Han Xin.

In fact, this is also a good opportunity for Han Xin to get to know the Manchu minister.

Maybe his future father-in-law will be at this celebration banquet.

In the bursts of admiration and flattery, Zhao Tuo's attention was always on the First Emperor.

It's a pity that the First Emperor only left after showing up at the beginning of the banquet, and all the matters of the banquet were handed over to the crown prince Fusu to preside.

Such a situation made Zhao Tuo more and more worried.

At the end of the banquet, the scene in his heart that he hoped that the emperor would send Zhao Gao to summon him to the dormitory late at night did not appear.

The night was dark, and the banquet was gone.

Zhao Tuo and Han Xin walked out of the palace gate.

He couldn't help but turn his head and look at the Qin Palace behind him that was shrouded in black.

"Your Majesty, are you alright?"

The heart called, but there was no response, only the night wind swept around the palace walls, making a whining cry.

Zhao Tuo sighed faintly.

Bidding farewell to the ministers one after another, he stepped into the carriage waiting outside the palace gate.

Qin Shi Huang set out in the thirty-second year and returned in the thirty-seventh year.

After five years, he was finally going home.

(End of chapter)