Now, in addition to the two independent emirates in the southeast, the entire continent has been included in the territory of the country of Luotuo, and before Xu Dong turned the spearhead to conquer these two emirates, the kings of the two emirates sent envoys to deliver letters of surrender, expressing their willingness to submit to the country of Luotuo and asking the emperor of the country of Luotuo to make them local chiefs.

After discussing with Xu Li and other ministers, Xu Dong decided to send Lu Ajian, the 'attendant' of the military department, to take over the two countries, except for retaining the status of the chieftain of the kings of these two countries, other administrative powers were under the imperial court of the Ratuo Kingdom, and Lu Ajian temporarily served as the governor of the two countries, and handled the reception and reform of government affairs.

Mighty whip tens of thousands of miles, in less than a year, the country of Luo Tuo with its powerful army to conquer the countries, now, the first task in front of Xu Dong is to divide the vassals, so that the entire continent to implement a great unification, so that the government can be carried out, the emperor's power can be carried out to every inch of the mainland without hindrance.

In the newly renovated "Shouqiao Palace", the civil and military officials are separated on both sides, and their lineup is much larger than a year ago, Xu Dong sat on his emperor's throne, his eyes majestically glanced at the more than two hundred ministers below, he knew that this may be a rare gathering of these ministers, after this court meeting, most of the ministers will go to serve as local governors, and if there are no special circumstances in the future, they will not have the opportunity to gather together so neatly.

He summoned Xu Li, Li Jin and the officials of the six ministries to the "Returning the Void Palace" for more than ten days, repeatedly evaluating the merits of the civil and military generals in this campaign, and who and who was stationed where it was appropriate, in short, it consumed a lot of Xu Dong's time and 'fine' strength.

Today, Xu Dong put on a dragon robe that is usually rare to wear, and it looks like a very "spirit" spirit, the dragon robe specially made for today's great vassals looks very wide, and the same wide 'jade' belt is wrapped around the dragon's waist, it can be said that this dragon robe is worn on Xu Dong's body, not only makes him look tall and mighty, but also, the image of an imperial monarch who embraces thousands of miles of rivers and mountains is set off to the extreme.

However, his voice has become hoarse, this is all because he has been discussing state affairs with the officials of the six ministries in the "Returning the Void Palace" for several days, yes, how many people have wanted to be kings throughout the ages, don't you know that this king is also a thankless errand for a 'door', and it is no wonder that Zhao Lun wants to unburden this burden on him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, thanks to everyone's divine power to conquer the countries and implement the unification of the entire continent, I will gather everyone together today and do two things well, one is to reward you according to the military exploits established by your Aiqing, and the other is to send you Aiqing to serve in the local area, and any decree of the court of the Luo Tuo Kingdom in the future will be passed through your Aiqing. ”

As soon as Xu Dong's words fell, there was a small noise below, and then, someone from among the military attaches handed over an excerpt, "Your Majesty, this time you conquered Longcheng Kingdom and the six southwestern countries, Chen Kun, the head of the hussar battalion, and Dan Kezhen, the head of the 'immigration army' battalion, have made outstanding contributions, and the minister asked the emperor to reward these two generals." ”

In fact, the whispering of the civil and military officials below is just to set off the atmosphere, who to reward, and which level to reward are all things that Xu Dong and the officials of the six ministries discussed ten days ago, and now it is just a formality, so when this military attache played on the ground, Xu Dong hurriedly played, "I will give Chen Kun a reward, but Kezhen is a first-class loyal prince." ”

This is actually Xu Dong's second reward, that is, to establish meritorious military generals as the third duke, what is the 'three dukes', that is, the first-class loyal to the country, the second-class protector, the third-class Yasukuni duke, the last reward was after assessing the Lechuan rebellion 'rebellion' and thwarting the conspiracy of the old ministers, a total of two first-class loyal dukes, two second-class protectors and six third-class Yasukuni dukes.

When discussing with the officials of the six ministries to reward the ministers, Xu Li, Li Jin and the officials of the six ministries all proposed the highest reward for the second-class duke, it was Xu Dongli who overrode the public opinion to give Chen Kun and Dan Kezhen the title of first-class duke, his reason was that the entire continent was unified, and no one would surpass these two people in the future in terms of military merits, besides, these two people commanded the army to advance like a frenzy, causing the enemy army to be invincible, and the 200,000 army washed the Jinjiang River, so that the Jinjiang River was blocked by horsehair.

However, after these two people were awarded first-class dukes, there was an obvious problem of asymmetry between superiors and subordinates, even if Xu Li and Li Jin, the first-class dukes who had been rewarded before, had no opinion, but the 'servant' of the military department, Lang Lu Ajian, was only awarded the second-class duke, and if the position of the second-class official of the imperial court was placed below the military commander, it seemed that it was impossible to justify.

So, at Xu Dong's suggestion, Lu Ajian was promoted to a first-class duke, and the dukes who were also rewarded were ranked, and Lu Ajian's position was ranked after Xu Li and Li Jin, and before Chen Kun and Dan Kezhen, so that the order of the five first-class dukes was appropriate and would not cause criticism.

Although Lu Ajian, the 'servant' of the Ministry of War, asked for the title, although Lu 'Shi' Lang did not lead the army on an expedition this time, he commanded the Imperial Forest Army and the Royal Guards to defend the capital, and ensured the military supply of the rear to the front, which was a great achievement. ”

At first glance, the Wenchen who handed over the fold was arranged by Xu Li, in line with the originally agreed process, not only proposed to ask Lu Ajian for the seal, but also detailed the reason for asking him for the seal, so that Xu Dong's promotion of the seal to Lu Ahu would make the ministers of civil and military affairs happy and convinced.

"I will give Lu Aiqing a promotion to a first-class loyal prince, so far, I have sealed five first-class dukes, I will rank these five first-class dukes, the first place Xu Li, the second place Li Jin, the third place Lu Ajian, the fourth place Chen Kun, the fifth place Dan Kezhen, there is no dispute about Aiqing. ”

"Good. ”

"That's good. ”

The hall was full of civil and military applause, and all of them expressed their appreciation for the emperor's fairness, and in the hall of the minister of civil and military affairs of the court, the atmosphere appeared to be harmonious as never before.

After rewarding the commanders of the two armies, the next thing to do is even more logical, some people handed excerpts to Pei Dazhi, Wang Xu, Pang Shiyuan, Liu Xin, Fang Lei, Xing Bing and others to ask for rewards, Xu Dong according to the pre-negotiated process to reward these six people with second-class protectors, and Pei Xiaozhi, Hong Zhong, Chen Xian and other fourteen people to reward third-class Yasukuni Gong.

So far, a total of five first-class loyal princes, six second-class protectors, and twenty third-class Yasukuni dukes have been rewarded, and under Xu Dong's proposal, Xue Ying, the former great teacher and governor of Lechuan, who sacrificed his life for the country, was also posthumously awarded the title of "loyal to the country".

It is not that there is absolutely no controversy about this reward, for example, there was controversy when the "Five Tiger Generals" were awarded, because this matter was caused by the temporary motion of the two military attachés, and Xu Dong and the officials of the Six Ministries did not discuss this matter in advance, so it was a bit tricky to solve.

A military attache of a high grade is playing, "Your Majesty, there are many civil and military generals in the court to call Huang Enhao 'Dang', and there are five tiger generals in the army to call the military prestige Dazhen, and the ministers ask the emperor to entitle Pei Dazhi, Wang Xu, Pang Shiyuan, Pei Xiaozhi, and Hong Zhong as the five tiger generals, so as to boost the military prestige of my Luotuo country." ”

Xu Dong couldn't help but glance at this military minister, needless to say, this military minister is towards the hussar camp, so he went on this fold, Xu Dong just wanted to beat this fold back, and another military attache of the same grade was folded, but it was Xu Dong who invited Liu Xin, Fang Lei, Xing Bing, Chen Xian and others to be the five tiger generals, and now there was a controversy around these two folds.