Reward and punishment for merit and demerit

With the return of the three marshals, this battle of the southern expedition can be regarded as coming to an end.

The war between the Holy Dynasty and the four major families ended in the complete victory of the Holy Dynasty, the He family and the Chu family surrendered without a fight, and since then there were two less overlords in Qiongzhou and Baichuan, and two more landlords outside Chang'an City; after Yuezhou City was broken, Qin Hai was captured by Han Shitao, and then Han Shitao and Qin Hai pleaded with Xu Chang'an at the same time, and finally Xu Changan quietly let him go; after he returned to Lihui, he immediately surrendered to the Holy Dynasty, and there was one more rich peasant surnamed Qin outside Chang'an City.

The defeat of the two fathers and sons of the Han family announced the end of the four major families.

In this war, in addition to the four major families, the biggest loser is the second prince.

His mother was the daughter of the He family, who had passed away for many years, and now that the four major families have fallen, he has no backup at all. In terms of conduct, he is not as good as the tenth brother, and a cadre of civil servants in the court supports the younger brother; if it is in terms of merit, what does he compare with the eldest brother.

And he also heard that before the general of Zhengyue did not return to Chang'an, the eldest brother had already returned, and he also brought back the Nine Dragon Fu!

For this achievement, he can only look forward to it, and he can't catch up, let alone that he has been guarding the border for so many years.

The second prince could only sit on the ground dejectedly, eat and drink well every day, and be a fool with plenty of food and clothing.

......

In an alley in Chang'an City.

The man in the brocade dress looked left and right like a thief, made sure that there was no one around, lowered his head, took out a little rouge from the cuffs, and applied it to his bruised face, so that the swollen bruising was not so obvious.

He clasped his hand on the door and knocked rhythmically.

He put his ear to the door, and heard a rush of footsteps, a "creak", and a woman opened the door. Seeing that it was him, he dragged him in, poked his head out, looked left and right, and closed the door like all the thieves.

She was extremely quick and familiar with this set of movements.

The clothes worn by the woman are no different from ordinary people, just cleaner, but the rouge gouache on her face, if you let the girls of Pingkangfang come to smell it and take a look, you can know that the price of these things can buy a house, and even some of them are not in the market, which is specially provided by the palace.

When the woman saw the man, she fell headlong into the man's arms.

Leaned his head on the man's chest, his hand kept patting lightly, and he said coquettishly: "Death, you are finally back, you miss the slave family these days." ”

So saying, he went and picked up the man's clothes.

The man pushed the woman away, his face full of nervousness, he looked into the room, and asked, "Where is the child?"

The woman was slightly stunned, and then replied, "He's gone to a private school!" This man never cared about the children, he just wanted pleasure, and she only wanted this man's silver to provide for the mother and son.

"Oh!" said the man, with a perfunctory remark, "Didn't I give you a lot of silver taels and a chest with some gold and letters?" ”

Hearing this man mention this, panic appeared in the woman's eyes.

"You keep your rations for a year and give me everything!"

The woman's face darkened instantly, and sure enough, she heard the last thing she wanted to hear.

"What's wrong? You are the celebrity around the Holy Emperor, the most powerful father-in-law, you said, even the prime minister is not as good as you!"

The person who came was Hao Gonggong, and after he was sent back to Chang'an, he was only summoned once with Xu Changan and others, and then let him go home to rest.

He received gossip that not only the officials, but even some generals were ready to join him, as for the little master and the king of Jin, they didn't have to think about it, according to the character of the king of Jin and the calf protector of the Confucius Temple, I was afraid that he would be difficult this time!

Most importantly, he can no longer enter and leave the palace freely!

All this said a thing, the Holy Emperor was ready to make a move on him.

When people are in trouble, they always want to save themselves, usually in this case, the love of weekdays is useless, and the only thing that can save him is silver and handles!

When he was in his glory, he had a lot of silver, and he also had the handle of many officials, and those letters were proof, but he never handed them over to the Holy Emperor, but kept them properly.

Gonggong Hao put these things on the widow's concubine, and the people in the palace couldn't believe it, but he believed in this widow the most.

Looking at the widow's puzzled face, he could only sigh and say: "I went to Yuedi once, and something happened, you quickly bring me the silver tickets, gold and letters, you leave your two mothers for a year's rations, and your life is a little poorer, and when I pass this hurdle, I will take you two to eat fragrant food and drink spicy food!"

When the widow heard this, her eyes rolled, and she was pushed into the house by her father-in-law.

After some hour the widow came out with a wad of letters.

Father-in-law Hao's face immediately became gloomy, and coupled with his bruised face, it became a little dark.

"Just letters, silver tickets!"

"What kind of silver ticket do you want, you have a lot of relationship with those adults, and you are a big celebrity around the Holy Emperor, you still need a silver ticket to deal with them?"

The widow is magnificent, where is there still a coquettish and coquettish appearance just now.

"You!" Hao Gonggong raised his hand, and the widow was not afraid, and greeted her face.

"You beat, you fight, you have the ability to kill me with one palm, if you can't beat me, I won't be ashamed, I tell people everywhere that I was raised by a eunuch!"

Gonggong Hao was so angry that his muscles were violent, and with the strength of his Middle Realm Grandmaster, it was not difficult to kill this widow with one palm.

But as the saying goes, "one night husband and wife hundred nights" he couldn't get this hand, but watching her suddenly change from gentle and lovely to shrew, his heart suddenly sank to the bottom, and he was extremely disappointed.

He sighed, put down his hand, took the letters, and turned to leave.

When he arrived at the door, Grandpa Hao suddenly turned around, which frightened the widow.

"You guys have a good life, those silver taels are enough for your mother and son to live a few lifetimes. ”

Immediately, the door creaked, and the great eunuch lifted his robe and walked out.

......

Shizifu.

Shizifu is a little lively, with two more people.

Ge Zhouyi and Shen Lang naturally lived in the Shizi Mansion, and Jiang Ming simply stayed in the Shizi Mansion, saying that his mansion was not as big as Xu Changan, and he also wanted to live in the big mansion.

There is also Xue Pan, he now changed his name to Xu Changan as the marshal, saying that he is the marshal's general in life and the marshal's ghost general in death.

Of course, Jiang Ming and Xu Changan are back. This little master also moved back from the bamboo forest outside the city, as for the King of Jin, looking at such a lively group of people, he also wanted to live here, but he was a prince living in the prince's mansion, and the impact was really huge, and he could only occasionally visit the door.

Ge Zhouyi's first reaction when he saw the little master was to immediately bow his head and bow respectfully.

At the same time, he was also a little shocked in his heart, they could see things that ordinary people couldn't see. Originally, he stayed in the worship pavilion for two years, and he felt that this Chang'an, this world was just like this, but he didn't expect that the hidden dragon and the crouching tiger, a person who could often be seen, and made people feel like a spring breeze could make him tremble.

The little master helped Ge Zhouyi up, and his eyes narrowed.

"I also said where the talent came from, and he was already a great master of the upper realm when he was established, and it turned out that he was taught by that old guy, so it makes sense. ”

Ge Zhouyi was stunned for a moment, it seems that the little master knows his master.

The little master thought for a while, suddenly turned to Xu Changan, and grabbed his hand.

This action shocked everyone, and they didn't know what the little master was crazy about.

Immediately after that, the blue light flashed on the little master's hand, and after a while, a purple light appeared on Xu Changan's wrist, like a bracelet on his wrist.

"Have you met that group of fortune-telling scammers?" Xu Changan was stunned.

The little master didn't look at him, but squinted at Ge Zhouyi with a smile and said, "You should recognize those guys, after all, you are neighbors." ”

Ge Zhouyi raised his eyes and glanced at the little master, and then said respectfully again: "They have a junior who came to the marshal's side, but there is no malice. ”

The little master laughed, looked at Xu Changan and said, "I can't believe others, but those fortune-telling liars won't lie to you, and the thing he used on you is not trivial." ”

Then he thought about it and said: "Actually, there is such a thing as fate, if you believe it, if you don't believe it, you don't have ......" Xu Changan nodded.

Seven days later, the Holy Emperor will start the early dynasty for the first time.

Generally speaking, although the Holy Emperor does not hold an early dynasty, he knows everything, and this world is becoming more and more prosperous, and whenever he opens an early dynasty, something must be announced to everyone.

The biggest thing now is the victorious return of the expeditionary army.

There is no even guessing that the morning dynasty seven days later was a meeting of commendations and punishments.

......

The day before the morning pilgrimage.

The little master went from the prince's mansion to the Jin king's mansion.

The two of them were in the study, sipping fragrant tea, looking like they were wandering, and there were a bunch of letters on the table.

"What is this?" asked King Jin taking a sip of tea.

The letters and account books sent by Hao Lianying are full of evidence of corruption and party formation by some officials. ”

When the King of Jin heard this, he stood up abruptly and flipped through those letters, which had many familiar names on them, several generals, several deputies of the Hanlin Mansion, several deputies of the Six Ministries, and even the names of the deputy prime minister.

He sighed, then sat down and said, "Why didn't he let these people speak for him, but came to you instead." ”

The little master smiled and said, "I heard that he used to hide his silver from a widow, and when the widow heard that he was about to fall, she cut off contact with him directly, and when she had no money, she took these letters to these people?

King Jin suddenly realized: "So he went to find you, and he confessed, it is better to beg them than to beg the two of us, he is living a shrewd life!"

The little master smiled and didn't speak, and raised his eyes to look at King Jin's expression.

King Jin smiled slyly: "Don't look at me, presumably this big eunuch, a handful of snot and tears, please beg you, is your heart soft?"

The little master said lightly: "Actually, eunuchs, it's good not to get in touch with political affairs." ”

King Jin immediately said, "Then what do you think of the eunuch of the Huanyi Bureau's palm print?"

The little master nodded and said, "This is okay!"

......

The next day, the morning sun rose.

Under the rising sun, the dragon at the door of the Qianlong Palace looks extremely solemn.

Above the main hall, groups of people knelt on top of the Qianlong Hall and took Long En with both hands.

"Jiang Ming, Guo Fen, and Xue Pan fought bravely to kill the enemy, and now Jiang Ming, the Marquis of Yongwu, is wise and brave, breaks the enemy's army, and moves to the right to be Zhi Yonghou; Guo Fen fights steadily and steadily, step by step as a battalion, so he is promoted to the general of Yangwei, chooses a day to enter Tongzhou, and obeys the drive of the old general Xu Zhenwu!; Xue Pan was originally the son of Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and later went out with the Western Route Army, fought bloodily for the right vanguard, raised the prestige of our country, and was specially named the captain of the Imperial Forest Military Academy!"

When the little eunuch finished the announcement, everyone thanked him.

Jiang Ming really can't be promoted, after all, he is really the only one at this age, and Guo Fen, his face also showed a smile, although he is about to set off again, but everyone with a discerning eye knows that the Holy Emperor is cultivating him, and Xue Pan, everyone cast envious eyes to Xu Zhenwu, the secretary of the criminal department, especially Chen Tianhua's father, Chen Yunong, the head of the household department, looking at other people's sons, and then looking at his fat son who is like a pig, he can only sigh slightly.

At the same time, although this Imperial Forest Military Captain is not big, this position is very important, and everyone realizes that the father and son of the Xue family will become the henchmen of the Holy Emperor in the future.

The small commotion was interrupted by the sound of coughing.

"Xu Chang'an, the son of the king of Pingshan, first bravely broke into Nanfeng, then broke the Chuijiang, and finally broke the door first, which should be the first achievement. Today, Xu Chang'an is loyal and righteous, and the rest remains unchanged!"

Although it seems that Xu Chang'an has changed from the prince of Pingshan to the loyal and righteous candidate, it seems that he is one level lower, but they all know that this is the recognition of the Holy Emperor. It's just that even if Xu Chang'an's exploits are interfered with by the Confucius Temple, he will not be crowned a marquis in a battle, then Jiang Ming can kill countless enemies, and he has been fighting hard since he was very young.

In fact, the Holy Emperor also knew that Xu Chang'an's exploits would not be made a marquis.

But in Nanfeng, that mysterious person appeared, his strength was unpredictable, and the Holy Emperor estimated it, even if he used the luck of the Holy Dynasty, he was not necessarily his opponent.

Moreover, with Xu Chang'an's trouble, the Chu family will surrender, and the battle will be easier in the future.

"The eldest prince Xuanyuan Chi, aid Yuezhou, protect the dragon vein of my holy dynasty, and make the first contribution!"

When the little eunuch said this, everyone's eyes widened in shock, and compared to Xu Chang'an's reward, it was not so exaggerated in their eyes, and they were even a little aggrieved.

However, the God Emperor didn't mean to explain, he glanced at his son who was kneeling below, squinted his eyes and smiled: "The reward or something is gone, but I can give you a promise." ”

Hearing this, everyone's minds began to come alive, this promise is better than any reward!

When the eldest prince heard this, he immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, father." ”

The little eunuch coughed dryly twice, and everyone in the court fell silent, they knew that what should be punished is still what should be punished.

"The four families of He, Chu, Qin and Han rebelled, and in order to show their holy grace, the four families were all reduced to civilians. The two families of Qin and Han are not allowed to engage in business within three generations, scientific research!"

Although they were talking about the four families, they all knew that they were only targeting the three families of He Chu and Qin.

The Han family is basically ruined, and now this punishment is not important to them.

"Hao Lianying, as an overseer, disrupted military discipline, misused rebellion, and was demoted to the eunuch of the Huanyi Bureau, and he was not allowed to enter the imperial city for half a step in this life!"

Hao Lianying bowed down slowly, and gratefully glanced at King Jin who was standing in the first place behind.

King Jin smiled slightly, and then became serious again.

This result seems to be acceptable to everyone.

Next, the Holy Emperor left, leaving behind a cadre of ministers and little eunuchs.

It's all about some relatively small rewards, and there are more than 100 people who have received the rewards.

......

Seven days later.

In addition to the heat and dryness, the midsummer is noisy.

Guo Fen had already left for Tongzhou; after Ge Zhouyi recovered from his injury, he went to visit the little master and went there; Chen Tianhua still went to Shizi's mansion every day...... No, now it has become a loyal and righteous waiting house, and Xu Chang'an Xue Pan called him a brother, and he also took out the bill of the Pingkangfang industry to Xu Chang'an as if he was invited; Xue Pan lost his left eye, and he had to recuperate from his injury, and the Holy Emperor gave his permission, and he took office after three months, and these days he relied on the Zhongyi Waiting Mansion, not only that, but he also fell in love with Chun Wangxiu every day, playing with a spear, and Xu Changan couldn't wait to throw him out.

Jiang Ming occasionally came to Xu Chang'an's place to live, and most of the time he went out to drink.

Xu Changan saw that he often looked at Xue Pan and Chunwang with envy, holding a piece of brocade in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

In fact, I am quite envious of Xue Pan's kid, now that the beauty is in his arms, his career can be said to be smooth sailing, and it is a smooth road. But what about yourself? Is it true that you will be a loyal and righteous candidate for the rest of your life, and that you will be in Chang'an like this?

He also wanted to go to Shushan to see the lame man, to find the monk who was good at drinking, to find Pei Changkong and Ning Zhiyuan, who were as chic as immortals, and to think about the black girl; he even wanted to go to Tongzhou to see the little gentleman who loved to drink overlord flower wine and the little boy with a halberd, and he didn't know what happened to Chai Xintong and the woman in red clothes, whether they were still arguing.

He, he also wants to see the scenery of Shu Mountain, and see the girl in purple in Shu Mountain.

Jiang Ming came to him for a drink, and it was one night, just the two of them, under a peach tree, and the tree was bearing fruit.

The moonlight is so bright that you can see the road without a lantern.

He only remembered that both of them were drunk, and he still remembered that it seemed that Jiang Ming said that he was going to find a girl, Xu Changan smiled and said, "You don't know where she is, how to find her?"

Unexpectedly, Jiang Ming took a sip of wine, stood up drunkenly and said, "I don't know where I am, can't I find it?" He was like an angry child, muttering: "You Xu Changan is just reluctant to be loyal to this wait, Lao Tzu envies Xue Pan and envy you, but Lao Tzu looks down on you, you know that your sweetheart is in Shushan, you don't look for it, Lao Tzu doesn't know where she is, but Lao Tzu just wants to find her!"

Xu Changan's face was flushed, he smiled, and said angrily: "What do you say, how do you find it, if you want to leave Chang'an, you have to report it all the time! Are you leaving, is your stepfather allowing you to go!"

Jiang Ming was like a splattering child.

"No matter, I'm going!" said that, the wine came up, and he fell asleep against the peach tree.

The next day, the sun had just risen, and Xu Changan only saw the mess all over the ground, and there was no trace of Jiang Ming.

Soon, King Jin and the little master hurriedly ran over.

"Xu Changan, do you know where Jiang Ming went?" Xu Changan shook his head.

Seeing that King Jin was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, Xu Changan asked in a low voice, "Senior, what's wrong?"

King Jin glanced at Xu Chang'an, sighed and said: "This kid, gave me a letter, saying that he was going to explore the rivers and lakes, I hurried to his mansion, only to see that the maids were dismissed by him, and there was a beam crown hanging on the beam of the house (when worshipping the sky, the prince, the marquis, and the uncle, one to the ninth grade officials must wear a beam crown on their heads, and distinguish the level by the number of beam lines, as a status symbol. And his wisdom and courage to wait for the Great Seal! This kid is just nonsense!"

Then King Jin looked at him and said, "You drank with him last night, let's say, what did he do?"

Xu Changan kept complaining about Jiang Ming in his heart, but he still unified his voice with him: "He's going to explore the rivers and lakes!"

Unexpectedly, King Jin let out a "bah", and the phlegm fell directly on Xu Changan's shoes.

"With his tired virtue, he still roams the rivers and lakes!"

Looking at King Jin's posture of not saying anything and not giving up, Xu Changan could only say: "I should help you find your daughter-in-law!"

King Jin was stunned for a moment, the anger on his face disappeared, and he waved his hand and said, "That's it, then let him go." ”

Then he walked away with his hands behind his back, and a small voice reached Xu Changan's ears: "That's it, Lao Tzu helps him wipe his buttocks, but why is this kid so stupid? Just find someone to send a notice, speaking of which, it's time to talk to him about family affairs, if he doesn't find it when he comes back, let him meet all the daughters of the princes and ministers!"

Xu Changan almost laughed out loud when he heard King Jin muttering to himself, he could only look into the distance and wish Jiang Ming to find that girl as soon as possible.

He looked into the distance, and suddenly had an idea, should he learn from him and go to Shushan to have a look?