In the afternoon, in the conference hall, when Tang Xiaoxi finished announcing the list and order of the seven marshals of the empire, Wei Qiu, Situ Sen, Nangong Lie and others were obviously a little different, especially Wei Qiu, there was a faint disappointment between Mei Yu, it is true, with his merits, he is enough to be ranked as one of the seven marshals, and in terms of military merits, how can it be his turn.

It's just that things in this world are not as simple as rewarding meritorious deeds.

Lin Muyu could see that Wei Qiu was not happy, and he also saw the indignation of Situ Sen and Situ Xue.

After the meeting, Lin Muyu left the Wei Situ brothers and sisters and invited them to have a drink together.

......

There are no others, even Qin Yin, Tang Xiaoxi, and Sikong Yao have been separated by Lin Muyu, although the time is already spring, but it is still snowing heavily, the chefs in the Shuai Mansion are stewing quickly, and Situ Xue is warming wine for everyone, and there are only five people in the huge conference hall: Lin Muyu, Wei Qiu, Situ Sen, Fengxi and Situ Xue.

"The wine is warm, sir. Situ Xue handed over the wine.

Lin Muyu stood up, personally poured wine for Wei Qiu and Situ Sen, and then said, "Come, let's drink this first glass first." ”

"Yes!"

Everyone drank it all, and swallowed the spicy and mellow throat.

Lin Muyu poured the wine again, glanced at everyone deeply, and said: "There were originally five generals under my command, in addition to the four of you, there is also Cangnan Hou Xu Jiantao, but unfortunately he has been loyal and martyred, in terms of qualifications, each of you has the opportunity to be ranked among the seven marshals, but His Royal Highness is not so selected, I think you should also know why." ”

Wei Qiu said: "My lord, there is no need to say it, my subordinates all understand." ”

"I understand, but I'm going to say it so that everyone will feel better. Lin Muyu cleared his throat and said, "I will follow the wind, Shallow wind, the three of them must be among the seven marshals, there is no doubt about it, as for the remaining four, Xiang Yu, he is an old general of the empire, he has always had a reputation, so many years of domination of Lingnan is even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so to speak, Xiang Yu is in, the four major provinces of Lingnan can be stabilized, so Xiang Yu must also be one of the seven marshals, followed by Ding Xi, we all know, Ding Xi is an old general of the Boxer Kingdom, but Ding Xi has always been a person who can distinguish right from wrong, in the rebellion of Lanyan City, he let me go and saved the life of His Royal Highness, so to speak, without Ding Xi, I am afraid that there will be no current Daqin, and Ding Xi has also made countless contributions in the battle against the Tianji Continent, ranking among the seven handsomes is understandable. ”

Everyone nodded, and Wei Qiu said: "We have always respected Ding Shuai very much, and I have no objection to his ranking as the seventh handsome." ”

"Well, it's Tang Town again. Lin Muyu looked at the reflection in the wine glass and said: "Tang Zhen is the general of Seven Seas City, and he is also the biggest commander of the Tang family except for Xiaoxi, and more importantly, Tang Zhen's wife is Linghu, who controls the woman of the entire demon clan, and Tang Zhen alone is involved in the safety of the entire western border of the empire, so Tang Zhen's ranking as the seventh marshal is also in consideration of the stability of the western border." The last one, Yong Yifan, we all know very well in our hearts, Yong Yifan is an old minister, and Su Muyun, Tang Lan of the same generation of the former emperor's old ministers, although he once had a heart of disobedience, but now it seems that Yong Yifan has changed his mind, Yong Yifan represents the old ministers of the entire Qin Jin era, only by making him rank among the seven marshals can the hearts of the old ministers be appeased, otherwise these old guys will take advantage of the time when we are fighting outside to turn over the river and the sea in Lanyan City, then it will be troublesome. ”

Wei Qiu was a little distracted, and said: "My lord, my subordinates understand what you mean, and my subordinates also understand these truths, it doesn't matter, aren't your subordinates still ranked first among the ten generals?"

"I'm still wronged by you. ”

Lin Muyu bowed his head and said: "If Cangnan Hou is still alive, he and you are both qualified to be ranked as the seventh marshal, and your credit is still above Xiang Yu and Tang Zhen, I will keep it in my heart." ”

Wei Qiu smiled: "If it weren't for the adults who selected their subordinates from the Eagle's Nest camp, I'm afraid that Wei Qiu is still an ignorant guard now, how can he command these thousands of troops, and the grace of the adult's reinvention will never be forgotten." ”

Situ Sen also clenched his fists and said: "If it weren't for the adults, the last general would still be the king of mercenaries in Lanyan City!"

Fengxi smiled.

Lin Muyu also smiled and said: "It is really not easy for us to get to where we are today, although it is inevitable that there will be bias when talking about meritorious deeds, but it is also an unavoidable thing, just look at my thin face, there will be more opportunities to make contributions in the future, and besides, ...... No one in the world in the future knows what it will be like, once the Mahayana Heavenly Dao comes into the world, we may also say goodbye to this world, so what is the point of princes and generals? If any of you wants to continue to stay in the Shattered Ding Realm to be king, I will fulfill him, and leave a person from our Gentian Battalion to guard this plane, and I will be more at ease. ”

Wei Qiu said in a deep voice: "Whatever the adults say, Wei Qiu is willing to follow the adults forever, wherever he goes, it doesn't matter what he does." ”

"Okay. ”

Lin Muyu said: "If you go to the god realm, you will be at ease together, if you go to my hometown, I will ensure that you have no worries about food and clothing." ”

"What about me?" asked Situ Xue.

"You are indispensable. Lin Muyu smiled: "As long as you and General Sen are willing, we will still work together in the future." ”

"Okay, Ah Xue will work hard to cultivate. ”

"Hmm. ”

At this time, there was always one person who was silent, and it was Fengxi.

"General Fengxi, why don't you speak?" Lin Muyu asked.

Feng Xi said respectfully: "Subordinate...... The subordinate is just a mortal, and his cultivation is not as good as the other three generals, and his subordinates have followed Lin Shuai for many years, in order to make meritorious contributions, glorify the lintel, and live up to their ancestors, so if Lin Shuai decides to leave this plane in the future, Fengxi is willing to be a party to guard and continue to protect my Great Qin land. ”

"Hmm. Lin Muyu glanced at him appreciatively and said, "I remember what you said at the beginning, don't worry, after the world is settled, there will definitely be a place for you." ”

"Thank you Lin Shuai!"

"Come, drink, don't talk about these unhappy things. ”

"Yes!"

......

Three days later, Zhangjiabao was crowded with people, and today is the canonization ceremony of the Seven Marshals of the Empire.

The small Zhangjiabao has now been transformed, the fort has built turrets and arrow towers on all sides, and even the city walls have all been strengthened once, and the sound of craftsmen digging underground is coming, which is digging the hole, according to the progress of the work, it will be completed in about three days.

The ceremony was held in the open space of the outer wall of the fortress, and on the hastily erected high platform, seven royal guards held seven swords, most of which were holy weapons, which were renamed the Yuan Rong Sword at this time, and only the marshal was worthy of the sword, although it was not an artifact, but it was a symbol of power.

However, there are only a handful of marshals present today, in fact, only Lin Muyu is alone, and the rest are all replaced by some generals.

After the high priest finished reciting the sacrificial text, Qin Yin slowly walked onto the stage wearing the empress's robe and began the ceremony of sealing the marshal.

Lin Muyu stood at the front of the sequence, and the last one was Wei Qiu, who accepted the canonization instead of Feng Jixing, while Situ Sen, Feng Xi and others replaced the canonization of Qianfeng and others.

Qin Yin looked at Lin Muyu with watery eyes, her voice was full of grace, and said: "Canonize Lin Muyu as the first marshal of the empire, title Zhentian Marshal, give Qin the king, please accept the Zhentian Yuan Rong Sword!"

Lin Muyu took a few steps forward, knelt on one knee, and raised his hands to catch the sword.

Qin Yin gave him the sword and said with a smile: "Get up, King Qin." ”

"Your Highness!"

Lin Muyu stood aside with a sword in his hand, from now on, he restored the title of King of Qin, originally, the title of the prince has been abandoned by the Congress, but at this time and then, now in the war period, it is necessary to rely on the title to motivate the three armies, and it is imperative to restore the title system, as for the opposition of the Lanyan City Congress in the distance, it will not matter, anyway, they have no military power in their hands, no matter how fierce they are, it will not help.

The marshal ceremony lasted for a whole afternoon, and after the seven marshals were sealed, the top ten generals were canonized, and each of them had a small fief, as for Lin Muyu's fiefdom of the first marshal, it was Wugu City, that's right, the entire Wugu City is now Lin Muyu's fiefdom, in addition to this fiefdom, there are also countless rewards of cloud brocade and jewelry, although Lin Muyu doesn't care about these at all.

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Half a day later, the two dragon knights brought the reward to Xiping Mansion, and a special person secretly entered the secret room under the imperial garden with the reward.

"The reward has arrived!"

A dragon knight enters the secret chamber with a treasure in his hand, while another opens the edict and reads out the list of canonizations.

Feng Jixing, Qianfeng, Ding Xi, Xiang Yu, and Tang Zhen respectfully knelt in a row to be sealed.

"Take the sword, Marshal Zhenguo. ”

The dragon knight handed over a Yuan Rong sword to Feng Jixing, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Your Highness King Xin, your title has been restored, and at the same time, His Highness has also divided the two states and counties of Tianshu Province to you as fiefs!"

Feng Jixing smiled and said, "Your Highness Xie!"

Subsequently, Qianfeng, Ding Xi, Xiang Yu, and Tang Zhen also accepted the rewards one by one, and each received a marshal's cloak, the workmanship of these cloaks is not too fine, and the time is too fast to catch up, but after returning to Lanyan City, it will definitely be re-sewn, but there is no need to worry.

Xiang Yu held the Yuan Rong sword and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the two highnesses King Xin and King Dong, who are not only ranked among the seven marshals, but also won the title of king!"

There was a hint of sarcasm in his words, obviously, Xiang Yu was destined to be unconvinced, even a general like Qianfeng was actually crowned king, and he was only a duke after a hundred battles.

Feng Jixing smiled faintly: "Didn't General Xiang Yu also restore his public position?"

The meaning of his words is even simpler, you were not as good as me at the beginning, and you are not as good as me now, this is a very normal thing.

As a result, Xiang Yu was almost choked to death by a sentence and became silent, he also knew that he was not as good as Feng Jixing and Qianfeng in terms of military merits, the first battle of Huoxi County, Feng Jixing planned to break the 200,000 army of the Shang State, and saw the battle of Longyuan, the 500,000 army of the Shang State in the bloody battle, which is not comparable to Xiang Yu, in the final analysis, he is just a deputy general, and he has never really commanded the battle at all, and even if he commands, will he be the opponent of Chen Yu and Xun Xi?

I'm afraid not necessarily, Xiang Yu also knows this.

In the past 20 years, there have been so many talents in the Great Qin Empire, not to mention Lan Yan Sijie, Wei Qiu, Xu Jiantao, Situ Sen and others, which one is not a genius in the world, Xiang Yu was born at the wrong time, if it was a different era, maybe he would be one of the few famous generals, but he was born in this era, and the light was naturally covered by the heroes.

This feeling is not both Yu and He Shengliang, but Jiang Gan, He Sheng, Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia, Sima Yi, Xun Yu, Xu Shu, Jia Xu, Lu Su and so on.