Not long after, Li Changkong and others rode their horses to the front.

Li Changkong looked at his father, who had lost a lot of weight, and said with emotion: "Dad, you have lost weight and are also dark!" ”

When Li Zhufeng heard this, he smiled: "How can there be anything that is not dark in the heat and rain on this sea." ”

"It's you, you look a little fatter, it seems that the food in the house is not bad."

Li Zhufeng turned over and dismounted, patted Li Changkong's shoulder, and there was pride and relief in his eyes.

Once upon a time, Li Changkong was still the object of his worries.

Now, he is about to become his pride.

"General Li, congratulations on Triumph!" Seeing that the father and son were almost talking about the past, Ma Rulong stood up and said.

"Master Ma." Li Zhufeng bowed his hand, which can be regarded as a courtesy.

Ma Rulong nodded, and then took out the golden holy decree and said: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said, Wuling Marquis Li Zhufeng received the decree!" ”

When Li Zhufeng heard this, he didn't dare to delay, knelt directly on the ground, and said, "Minister Li Zhufeng is waiting for the order!" ”

"Aiqing's expedition to Nan Chen, his work in one battle, and the destruction of the Nan Chen Navy are great achievements!"

"At the court meeting tomorrow, go to the palace to listen to the seal."

"Chin this."

"Minister, thank you!" Li Zhufeng kowtowed, and then got up to accept the order.

This holy decree basically has no substantive significance, but it is just for Li Zhufeng to go to the temple tomorrow to be canonized.

However, it is a form of showing the importance of the emperor.

"General Li, such a great achievement, tomorrow's holy reward, I'm afraid it will be indispensable, but don't be late."

When Li Zhufeng heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "Thank you Master Ma for reminding me." ”

"Okay, then I won't disturb your father and son, and I'll leave first."

"Master Ma walks slowly."

The people from the military department are just here to fill up a field to show the attention of the imperial court.

Now that Ma Rulong is gone, they naturally have no need to stay, so they also followed.

So, in the blink of an eye, only the three thousand soldiers brought by Li Changkong's father and son and Li Zhufeng were left on the scene.

"You all go back to Qiandu City, and each of you will find an army to report." Li Zhufeng turned around and said to the soldiers behind him.

The soldiers he brought back were all selected and transferred from various military camps in Qiandu City.

Now that the matter of resisting Chen has been completed, and they have not chosen to stay in the southern frontier, they naturally want to return to the Qiandu City to report on their work.

"Take care of the general, the last general will take the lead!" For a while, three thousand soldiers shouted in unison.

Li Zhufeng nodded, and said heroically: "You should also take care, and look forward to fighting side by side in the future!" ”

Subsequently, the 3,000 soldiers also left.

Only Li Zhufeng's father and son and a horse were left at the scene.

"Then let's just walk back?" Li Zhufeng said.

"Okay, I'm a young man, of course I can go, it's up to you."

"What are these words, Dad can still bend the bow and shoot arrows, and he is even more charged on the battlefield, and he can't walk these miles?" Li Zhufeng said.

"Let's go, then."

So, the father and son led the horses like this, chatting with each other with or without a pair, and walked in the direction of Qiandu City.

"Changkong, what do you say the emperor will give his father a reward?"

"Dad, you are already a marquis, although this credit is also great, but it is not to the point of being crowned."

"Most of them are promotions, and then they will be rewarded with some gold, silver and cloth."

Li Zhufeng shook his head when he heard this, and said: "I don't think it's necessarily, this promotion is not a thing, gold, silver and cloth, but there are some possibilities." ”

"Huh? No, today's saints have always been just, how can there be a reason for meritorious service and uneven rewards? Li Changkong frowned slightly, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart.

This credit is also my father's life in exchange, just do some scene work, and then give some gold, silver and cloth to send away?

If that's the case, it's a bit unauthentic.

Li Zhufeng didn't explain further, just smiled, patted Li Changkong's shoulder, and said, "You'll know when the time comes." ”

"Let's go, go home!"

……

The next morning, Zhengde Hall!

With the high-pitched "ascension" of the eunuch, the court meeting officially began.

Li Changkong still stood at the end of the military attache seat, with no sense of existence.

In the past, most of the court meetings were started with something and retreated from the court without anything.

But today, Emperor Jing Xing directly skipped this link and said: "Xuanwu Ling Marquis Li entered the palace by the peak. ”

Seeing this, Zheng Ying, who was on the side, immediately said in a loud voice: "Xuanwu Mausoleum Marquis Li Zhufeng enters the hall!" ”

Subsequently, his words were repeated by one of the eunuchs who shouted salutes, and finally spread outside the palace gates.

Not long after, Li Zhufeng came.

He knelt down on one knee at Emperor Jingxing and said, "The minister received the grace of the saint and went south to resist Chen, and now he lives up to his trust and destroys the Nanchen army." ”

"This is a battle report, please check it out with the Holy Lord!"

Zheng Ying stepped forward to take the battle report and handed it to Emperor Jingxing.

Emperor Jing Xing glanced at it a few times and put it down.

He had already heard these things the moment Li Zhufeng returned to the dynasty, and there would be no fakes.

"Very good! Aiqing's move has a lot of credit. ”

"Great cadres have always paid attention to rewarding meritorious service, and punishing those who have made mistakes."

"Now I will reward the Marquis of Wuling Mansion with a thousand taels of gold and 10,000 pieces of brocade."

Hearing this reward, the faces of the civil and military officials in the audience remained as usual, obviously knowing that these were polite words.

What really matters is the change of official position.

Li Zhufeng is a man who can fight, and everyone knows about it.

More than ten years ago, at a young age, he achieved the position of the general of Zhengsipin Zhengnan!

It's just that because of what happened later, the official position was demoted to General Cong Sipin Zhennan, and he was also expelled from the center of power.

Now, he has made such a great contribution, it should not be difficult for the official to be reinstated, and even go to a higher level.

But which floor to go up to is very important.

Military attaches are not as good as civilian officials, and if they want to be promoted, they must rely on real military merits, or hereditary replacement.

That is to say, the son takes over the official position of his father, but the grade is lowered by one notch.

For example, from the fourth grade to the fourth grade.

So it is very difficult for a military attache to be promoted!

The titles of the three generals and the three grades are the top priority, and the imperial court will not easily canonize them.

Zhang Xun, the only prince of the imperial court who was awarded the title of military exploits, is just a general of the town army from the second rank.

The governor of Zhengyipin was temporarily replaced by the king of Zhongshan, who was born in the royal family.

And the general, who is also a first-class official position, but is still above the metropolitan governor, is temporarily vacant.

The main reason is that the military exploits are not enough, even the King of Zhongshan, most of the time in the northern Xinjiang is mainly defensive, over the years, there are not many combat exploits that can really be used.

But to be honest, it is already a great credit to be able to block the current Northern Yuan.

Can... That being said, but in the laws of the Great Qian, there is no military exploit that was awarded for defending the city.

That's why it led to the embarrassing situation that the post of general was vacant.

And now, Li Zhufeng's credit this time, the big guys have a number in their hearts, and it should not be difficult to be promoted to a third-grade general.

But who would have thought that Emperor Jing Xing said: "Promote Li Zhufeng to be the general of Zhengnan, and also the governor of the navy, and be fully responsible for the training of the great water division and many other matters." ”