There are dense white banners everywhere on both sides of the Seine River in Paris, fluttering in the bleak autumn wind, like snow falling all night.

Everyone in the nearby French knows that Caesar Augustus of the Mongolian Empire and his crown prince were dead.

Well, that is, the son of the heavens of the Great Yuan Dynasty and the so-called prince.

But since a person is dead, shouldn’t he use black? Why use white?

These barbaric Eastern Tartars.

On the eighth day of the 10th month, Timur, who succeeded to the throne as Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty in front of Kublai Khan's coffin, personally supported the coffin of Kublai Khan and Zhenjin, and led all civil and military officials to return from the Palace of Fontainebleau to the Louvre in Paris.

Because the Louvre is more like a palace, the new king feels that it is safer in the Louvre.

The Anxi family has been under house arrest, and the Anbei family has also been controlled. Among the Mongolian sect kings, no one is qualified to compete with the real gold for the Khan throne.

Because Timur was one of the most legal heirs, the ministers quickly pinched their noses and recognized them. Not only did the guards in the capital swore allegiance to the new king, but other generals in command also expressed their surrender. Even the generals of Anxi and Anbei did not dare to rebel rashly.

Who is Tiemur? It is the original Emperor Chengzong of Yuan Dynasty who was promoted to the throne by Boyan and others as the crown prince after Kublai Khan's death.

Now, history seems to have returned to its origin, and Timur is still the emperor.

The sect kings proposed to convene the Hulitaire Conference and follow Mongolian traditions to recognize Tiemur's position as the Great Khan.

Tiemur was very happy and prepared to agree. But Wang Silang met alone and secretly persuaded Tiemur to stop it.

"Khan," Wang Silang said respectfully:

"When the late emperor was present, the Hulitai Conference was abolished. This is because the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty was supreme. Why do we need the sect kings to hold a meeting to confirm and select? The so-called king is the leader of the ministers, and the Khan is now the emperor. How can we let the sect kings, who are subjects, confirm the meeting to confirm?"

When Tiemur heard this, he realized that he should not be happy and could not agree to hold the Hulitai National Congress. Even if the conference would confirm his position, it would not be held.

"According to Mr. Wang, what should I do?" Timur asked.

The real gold series is very Chinese. Tiemur was born in the Han area and has good Chinese studies. He does not have much habits of Mongolian aristocrats, and his thinking is more like a Han emperor.

Wang Silang replied: "I thought that I would reject them on the grounds that the late emperor had ordered the abolition of the Hulitai Conference. The late emperor was arbitrary and followed the law, and had never seen the faces of the sect kings. The great khan could not restore the Hulitai Conference."

Tiemur smiled, he was very satisfied with Wang Silang's reminder.

Well, at least in government affairs, Han ministers should be more useful than Mongolians. If he only became the Mongol Khan, he would not value Han people. But since he wanted to be the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, he would have to value Han ministers.

After all, where is the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty in Mongolia?

"Mr. Wang's words are very appropriate. I just issued an order to reject them." Tiemur said, "I have obtained sir, it is like Taizu, and Han Gao has obtained abilities, and Zhang Liang."

If Zhang Liang and Yelu Chucai knew about Tiemur, they would be compared with Wang Silang, they would not know what they thought.

"Although the Khan must be the eternal sage master like Taizu and Hangao, how can the slaves dare to compare with Yelu Chucai and Zhang Liang?" Wang Silang said modestly, "The Khan is ashamed to kill the slaves."

"Haha!" Tiemur laughed with satisfaction, "Mr. Wang doesn't have to be modest. If it weren't for Mr. Wang, I'm not only unable to succeed the throne, but I'm probably already under the throne of King Anxi. Mr. Wang is not only a merit of supporting me, but also a benefactor who saved the life of the prince's mansion."

Wang Silang knelt down with a plop, kowtowed repeatedly:

"The Khan is very serious! The slave must never dare to accept it! The slave thinks that the Khan has received the order from heaven and is a blessing person, and is born to be the emperor. Even if there is no slave or Wang Liangchen, this great throne is still the Khan after all."

"When I served the late emperor, the late emperor once told me that King Zhao is of great character and his dragon and phoenix posture is the blessing of my family. How wise is the late emperor? The late emperor praised the Khan so much, which shows that the destiny of heaven was originally in the Khan. What the slave did was just to obey the remnants of the late emperor, follow the heavens and respond to the people, and attach to the Khan's tail, and be as thin as possible!"

Tiemur nodded and smiled, and personally helped Wang Silang up, "Sir, please come up. From now on, we will rely more on the help of the major affairs in the court."

Mr. Wang is indeed a smart person. No wonder the late emperor trusted him, and his father also trusted him.

In fact, Tiemur knew very well that he was not the kind of person with outstanding talents. Not to mention that he could not compare with King Anxi, even his brother King Jin. The late emperor could not praise him. Even his father once said that he was mediocre.

He still has this self-knowledge.

But Wang Silang fabricated that he had been praised by the late emperor and was interested in entrusting the throne. How could Tiemur be unhappy?

Wang Silang got up, "Khan, now the Imperial Guards and Qiexue have allegiance to Khan, and the generals have also expressed their surrender. The most urgent task is to set the temple name of the late emperor, and then posthumously honor the ancestor of Khan as the emperor, respect the mother of Khan as the empress dowager, and then grant the crown prince the title of the crown prince. It completely takes up this great reputation and eliminates the unjust thoughts of King Jin and the others. The Khan will not be embarrassed by the brothers and sisters."

The eldest son of the new king is only four years old and will be named the crown prince.

Timur nodded: "Okay! What sir said is very true. What else? Do you want to add the generals to the generals?"

"The Khan is wise! That's right." Wang Silang said, "not only should we reward generals loyal to the Khan, but also the generals of King Anxi and King Anbei, increase their ranks, reward more slaves in the manor to appease their hearts. Then, in the name of quelling the rebellion, split them and transfer them to various places to station."

"Well, this is the second one." Timur agreed very much, and in fact he thought of this.

Wang Silang continued: "The third is to establish the Secretariat!"

"The Khan, the Khan, was in charge of political affairs in the court, and the Secretariat took over the power of the Secretariat, and the six ministries had too low status, which was really not conducive to the Khan's control of political affairs. The Khan did not have the prestige of the late emperor, so it would be even more difficult."

"So, I think that the Khan should upgrade the sixth department to the second level, and then set up the Shangshu Province to take over the sixth department and divide the power of the Zhongshu Province."

The Yuan court had a Secretariat before, but it was abolished.

The power of the Yuan Dynasty Secretariat was indeed too great, which was also the reason why the powers of the Yuan Dynasty were repeatedly emerged. Kublai Khan could still suppress him in his lifetime. Once Kublai Khan died, it would be difficult for the kings of later generations to suppress the power of the prime minister.

Wang Silang's suggestion was certainly a good idea to consolidate the imperial power for Tiemur, but he also had selfish thoughts.

Timur thought about it alone, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the Secretariat should be established. The Secretariat had too much power, and he would be unable to sleep or eat.

It is indeed a good idea to restore the Secretariat. And it is better to be early than late.

"Mr. Wang, I have decided to establish the Shangshu Province and set up the Shangshu Order, and use the Shangshu Order as the Shangshu Order to take charge of the power of the six ministries." Tiemur said.

In this way, the power of the Secretariat was halfway.

"You can't do it." Wang Silang immediately knelt down, "The Shangshu Ling has a high position and a powerful position, so what is the virtue of a slave? Moreover, the ancestor of the Great Khan (true gold) once served as the Shangshu Ling, and the slave must not take over this position!"

Tiemur breathed a sigh of relief and trusted Wang Silang more. Of course he knew that his father had once banned the name of Shangshu Ling. If Wang Silang happily accepted it, he would be disgusted with Wang Silang.

Otherwise, why do you say that the emperor is the most difficult to serve? Once a person becomes an emperor, his mind will be difficult to predict. It is not just a matter of talking and playing around with the king.

Tiemur smiled and said, "Then the Shangshu Order is vacant, and the Shangshu Right Pushe is the head of the Shangshu Province, and the left Pushe is the next."

This approach is the same as that of the Secretariat. The Secretariat of the Secretariat is also vacant. Only the left and right prime ministers of the Secretariat are responsible, and the right prime minister is headed.

At present, the right prime minister of the Secretariat is An Tong, and the left prime minister is Brother Sang.

The Secretariat of Shangshu was established again, and there were two more prime ministers on the left and right. The prime ministers of the Yuan Dynasty were increased to four.

Wang Silang said: "The Khan is wise and does not have a Shangshu Order, but only a left and right servant. That is the best."

Tiemur said: "Then use Mr. Wang as the Minister of State, participate in major affairs of the court, and assist me in governing the world. Mr. Wang can no longer refuse. If Mr. Wang doesn't give in, what will happen to the people of the world?"

Wang Silang was ecstatic and finally got the right servant's hand! He was promoted two levels in a row!

"I obey the order and thank the Khan for his kindness! I will devote myself to my life until I die, and work hard for the Khan, and my heart will be lost!"

Could he be unhappy? His father and grandfather had only been a minor official in prefectures and counties in the Song Dynasty, and the highest was not over the sixth rank. However, he himself, under 40 years old, was actually ranked first rank and ranked first rank!

Isn’t this a perfect glory to the ancestors?

Who would have thought that since he passed the Jinshi exam in Xiao Liang, he would become prime minister in less than ten years?

Unexpectedly, Tiemur's reward was not over yet. "Mr. Wang has great talent, even the late emperor and the ancestors also praised him. This Shangshu Pushe is very good at doing, not counting my reward. Well, where is Mr. Wang's hometown?"

Wang Silang replied: "Report to the Great Khan, a slave from Chengdu." (Don't get me wrong, it's not a gang of Chengdu)

"Then I will grant Mr. Shu the title of Duke of Shu and grant him 50,000 acres of manor. A white-skinned slave will give him a bucket of money to repay Mr. Shu. I cannot refuse!"

"I thank the great Khan for his kindness!" Wang Silang bowed again.

Duke of Shu, the Minister of Shangshu, hahahaha!

If you talk about Wang Silang's ability to govern the country is actually very common. He is indeed a "big talent", but that is just a conspiracy and trick. He is more than enough to be a treacherous minister, but he is far from being a good minister and a wise minister.

However, at present, Tiemur used the Han officials led by Wang Silang to divide and dismantle the Mongolian nobles and consolidate his throne, but he really used the right people. Although the Mongols were good at riding and shooting, they would not be able to play with politics.

Tiemur never expected that his emphasis on Wang Silang today actually raised a Han powerful minister for his son, who controlled the Yuan Dynasty for twenty years, completely opened up the situation of Mongolia and Han governance, and had a profound impact on the entire future generations of the West.

Wang Silang, Wang Qingchen and other Han officials entered the Yuan court's decision-making circle, and with the support of Han warlords, the pattern of joint rule of Mongolian and Han nobles began to form.

In order to suppress the hundreds of millions of Seme people under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, only millions of Mongolians and Han people had to unite.

A few days later, the Yuan Dynasty was named "Shizu" in the temple of Kublai Khan, and was posthumously named "Sheng De, Divine Merit, Wen Cheng, Wu Yun Xiao", and was known in history as Emperor Xiao of Shizu.

The next day, Prince Zhenjin was posthumously honored as the emperor, with the temple name "Yuzong" and the posthumous title "Emperor Wen Huimingxiao".

The next day, he honored the new king's biological mother Kuokuozhen as the empress dowager and conferred Deshou, who was only four years old, as the crown prince.

…………

While the Western Yuan court was in full swing and in a silence, the Tang Palace in the east was also shrouded in a shadow.

Even if the Western Regions were recovered and the good news of drinking the Mali Sea came, the ministers would not dare to laugh.

The Supreme Emperor is critically ill.

The young prince Li Zheng served in front of his father Yan Duo's bed, and almost moved to Tai Chi Palace. The Emperor and Empress of the Tang Dynasty also visited Tai Chi Palace several times a day.

It’s a coincidence that Yan Duo, who was born in the same year as Kublai Khan, has come to an end.

The top imperial physicians reported to Li Luo and Cui Xiuning that it was time to prepare for the great affairs of the Supreme Emperor.

On the ninth day of the 10th month, the eunuch of Tai Chi Palace urgently reported to the emperor and the empress, and the emperor asked His Majesty to go to Tai Chi Palace, and he had something to say.

Li Luo and Cui Xiuning knew that their adoptive father was really not good.

The two of them rushed to Tai Chi Palace in a heavy mood, but saw the palace servants in Tai Chi Palace kneeling on the ground. Li Zheng and Li Lu and other princesses were all guarding Yan Duo's sick bed.

Li Zheng and others looked sad. Yan Duo, whose hair and beard were white, lay on the sickbed, with a quiet expression showing a strange rosy look.

"Dad." Cui Xiuning stepped forward, grabbed Yan Duo's cold hand, and tears couldn't help but rolled down.

Li Luo said to Kangxi: "So summon Du Lie, Wutu, Hu Gu, Yan Jun, Yan Tong, Ashan, Shi Mahuaide, Jiang Jun, Yang Qingque and others to enter the palace!"

Hearing Li Luo's words, Yan Duo showed a hint of relief, "The emperor is intent."

"Dad." Li Luo sat next to Yan Duo, saying nothing, but just tucked Yan Duo's quilt.

Yan Duo showed a look of remembering the past and said slowly:

"I was born in the last days and was old and wandering around. In order to restore the country, I started a war several times and destroyed the family twice. I was disheartened. The wounds of the country's destruction, the pain of losing my son, the sorrow of defeat, the pain of separation and chaos, and all kinds of miserable things are hard to describe."

"I originally thought that I had failed in this life and had no joy. The pain of life has been exhausted. But I never thought that twelve years ago, I met you and Xiuning for my father. Since then, it has been different."

"I never thought, never thought. My adopted son actually became the lord of the world and really turned the world into the world! I am happy, haha, happy... Kublai Khan, Kublai Khan, you can't think of it?"

Yan Duo suddenly started to cough violently, Cui Xiuning patted his back and said in tears: "Dad..."

Yan Duo calmed down his cough, "You are all affectionate and righteous. God is very kind to your father. When you are about to come, you will send you to me and give me such a good grandson. I am so happy. I have turned over when I am old. After so many years of noble and comfortable life, I am still respected as the Supreme Emperor. I can die in this Tai Chi Palace and be buried in the imperial tomb after death."

"My blessing is great enough. I will not lose this life."

"Dad, don't say that." Li Luo looked sad. "If my father hadn't taken in that year, Er and Xiuning would have been unable to survive that winter. If my father hadn't helped me, I wouldn't have had a team to start a business back then, and I might have been destroyed by the Liu family long ago."

Most of Jiang Huayuan Cong were the Jurchens under Yan Duo, and they were elite soldiers of all kinds of battles. Although most of the Tang army are Han people now, in those days, the Jurchen warriors were Li Luo's core force and the foundation for their founding.

If it weren't for this group of Jurchen warriors, Li Luo would never have been able to overcome the difficulties so easily and rise so quickly. It was the loyalty of Yan Duo's subordinates that allowed Li Luo to survive the most difficult period.

Although the Tang Dynasty established by Li Luo was a genuine Han dynasty, when he started his family, he actually inherited Yan Duo's mantle, and summoned the Jurchen warriors as the young man.

Even now, the Jurchen generals are also an important force. Of course, their identities are already Han people. But the fact that they were once Jurchen people cannot be changed.

"I am very pleased for my father. You are very good at being an emperor, and Xiuning is also very good at being an empress. The Tang Dynasty will only become more and more prosperous. I have seen the appearance of prosperity coming soon. I am content and contented."

Yan Duo's eyes dimmed and his body became colder and colder.

"Your Majesty, Du Lie and others are here." Kang Xi came in and reported, "It's just that Grand Marshal Jiang and General Wutu are still in the Western Regions, so Your Majesty is probably forgotten."

"Come on, pass it in!" Li Luo said. He forgot that Jiang Jun and Wu Tu were fighting in the Western Regions. Wu Tu was the old subordinate of the Supreme Emperor, and although Jiang Jun was a Han native, he was also the old subordinate of the Supreme Emperor.

"Abide by the order!"

Soon, Du Lie, Hu Gu and others entered the hall, and knelt down together after saluting.

"The Supreme Emperor!"

"The Supreme Emperor...Old Lord..."

A large group of Jurchen generals kowtowed in tears, including Yang Qingque, a Han man, who was also an old subordinate of the Supreme Emperor.

"The emperor asked you to see me for the last time. I am very happy." Yan Duo stretched out his skinny hand, "It's a pity that Jiang Jun and Wu Tu are still in the Western Regions. Guangxia's child has been dead for many years."

"The Supreme Emperor..." Everyone kowtowed, tears falling like rain.

"You are all very good, I am very relieved. But I still want to say that you are now all married and children, enjoying wealth and glory. But you must always uphold fairness and not be arrogant by virtue of your achievements. If you have a beginning but no end, you will destroy the laws of the court and make it difficult for the emperor to do it. I, the Tang Dynasty, govern the world with the Tao, and you are all great warriors. First of all, you must take the lead in following martial arts, abide by your duties, and be loyal."

Du Lie and others said, "Don't worry, as a minister of the Tang Dynasty, we must not forget our original intentions if we are trusted by Your Majesty."

"You go down, I have to say a few more words to the emperor and the queen." Yan Duo said with greater difficulty.

"No!" Du Lie and others looked at Yan Duo deeply, and all retreated in tears.

Yan Duo and others went out and stretched out their hand to Li Zheng with difficulty.

"Big Father!" Li Zheng choked up and stepped forward, holding Yan Duo's hand tightly.

Yan Duo touched Li Zheng's head, and seemed to have thousands of words in his eyes, but finally sighed: "You are the prince. I believe that you will be the prince well. In everything, you must learn more from your father and your mother, and be humble and be able to grow one's own country."

"As a son, filial piety is the first priority, and you must set an example for your younger brother and sister."

"You are the elder brother, you must have the style of elder brother and care for your younger brother. However, in dealing with people and people, you need to be polite in addition to being polite. The two words "etiquette" are yin and yang. Being polite and polite are the Tao. Being polite and polite are soft but not hard; being polite and polite are easy to break. The two words "Doing the Mean" are the most important. You must read more of the book "Doing the Mean"..."

"Yes, my grandson has written it down." Li Zheng touched the skinny hand of his father, feeling sad. He knew that the father was really leaving.

Yan Duo's body sank at this time and could no longer speak. He just pointed at Li Zheng with his hands, tears in his eyes and could not speak.

Li Luo knew it in his heart and said in tears: "Don't worry, if Zheng'er had no big mistakes, the position of the prince would be as stable as Mount Tai. Zheng'er is the eldest son, and his reputation has been settled early. Er and Xiuning will teach him personally."

Yan Duo relaxed his breath, his fingers suddenly fell, his head tilted and his eyes slowly closed, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Dad!" Cui Xiuning cried bitterly.

"Big Father! Big Father! Woo woo..." Li Zheng threw himself on Yan Duo and burst into tears.

Li Wei and the children couldn't help crying.

But King Li Lu of Yue felt that he could not cry. He could only wipe his tears with his brothers and sisters, but for some reason, he didn't feel much sad.

Alas, my eldest father is gone. My eldest father doesn’t like me, he only likes the prince’s brother.

In fact, Yan Duo treats him well, but people are afraid of competing, so the little King of Yue feels the gap.

"Dad..." Li Luo looked at Yan Duo with a peaceful expression and burst into tears.

This old man who made him feel like his father went there.

The twelve-year relationship between father and son has ended.

In 3988, on the ninth day of the 10th month of the sixth year of Hongwu, the Supreme Emperor Yan Duo collapsed in the Tai Chi Palace in Chang'an at the age of 77.

Tai Chi Palace suddenly burst into tears.

The mourning clothes, white banners and other mourning items that had been prepared long ago were taken out by the internal government as soon as possible. Li Luo and others changed into mourning clothes together. After taking a bath in Yan Duo's body, they also put on luxurious mourning clothes and covered them with Yin and Yang Bagua brocade quilts written on the Tao Te Ching.

The Taoist officials from all the Dao Palaces also entered the Tai Chi Palace to perform rituals.

"Cang-Cang"

The death knives on the bell tower in the imperial city were ringing slowly, and the desolate trumpets were also ringing. The whole city of Chang'an knew that the Supreme Emperor had passed away.

At that time, the autumn wind blew the Wei River and the fallen leaves filled Chang'an.

Under the order of the Ministry of Rites, the ministers entered the Tai Chi Palace to pay tribute to the body, and then buried in the coffin palace and parked in the Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace.

The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty issued an edict to stop court for ten days, handle major national mourning affairs, and obey the rules for a hundred days, and the officials were mourned for twenty-seven days. Within twenty-seven days, the red seal was stopped and the blue seal was changed.

In accordance with the funeral ceremony, the Tang court ordered the ban on singing, dancing, feasting and drinking in various places for three months, marriage and slaughtering for one month to show condolences.

In temples and temples in various places, bells were ringing ten thousand times (30 thousand times in the Qing Dynasty), and Taoist scriptures were recited. These were all rituals, not the first creation of the Tang court.

At the same time, the world ordered the Ministry of Rites to screen the sacrificial lords and set up a spiritual shed to sacrifice. Of course, only the children of noble officials had the opportunity to run for the election, which has been a glory since ancient times. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, in order to compete for the quota of sacrificial lords, there were always quarrels.

Li Luo ordered the Ministry of Rites to formulate a posthumous title, posthumously honoring Yan Duo as Emperor Yi, with the temple name Yizong, and the burial of Yiling.

Twenty-seven days after the spirit was stopped, the funeral was built on the seventh day of November and was buried in Yiling Mountain. Li Luo and the prince personally led civil and military ministers and funeral teams to leave the north gate of Chang'an. Every twenty miles, a reed hall and a spirit shed were set up.

On the ninth day of November, I arrived at Yiling Mountain Saga, entered the underground palace, the fief of the underground palace, the temple sacrifice, and the gods...

Li Luo was on Yiling, looking at the magnificent Saga Mountain, and couldn't help but feel an uncontrollable sadness in his heart. Many years later, he and Xiuning would also be buried in this Saga Mountain Tangling Mountain City.

Mount Saga is the final destination.

He personally buried his adopted father in the mountain tomb, and Li Luocai returned to Chang'an on the 12th.

The crown prince Li Zheng asked to stay in Yiling and guard the tomb and return to Chang'an again in one month. Li Luo agreed. He found that since the death of the Supreme Emperor, Zheng'er seemed to have suddenly grown up a little.

…………

After a major national funeral, Li Luo and Cui Xiuning both lost weight. Especially Li Luo, who had not repaired his beard for a month, was almost growing.

On the starry sky platform, Cui Xiuning personally repaired his beard and looked at the cold and snowy sky and said softly: "Time flies so fast, more than ten years have passed in a flash. We are all thirty-four or five years old."

There is also a hint of sadness in the eyes of women who remember the past.

"Police, how long has it been since you wrote a diary?" Li Luo pulled her hand and felt his hand was a little cold.

Cui Xiuning thought for a while, "It should be two years since I wrote it. I could only burn it, but I still didn't write it anymore. There are many things I can only remember, but I can't remember it."

Li Luo hugged her and said in a sad tone: "We have four sons and three daughters, and I love them very much. But for some reason, I always feel that you are always with me, and there is no one else except you."

Cui Xiuning showed a sad and bitter smile, "I feel that too. I have given birth to six children and adopted one, but I always feel lonely. Only when I am with you will the feeling of loneliness disappear. It is really hard for me to imagine if I die in front of me."

"When my adoptive father dies, we will give him a funeral. When we die in the future, I hope Zheng'er and others will give us a funeral, not me, you give me a funeral."

Li Luo sighed, "I think I will most likely die in front of you. Oh, I'll die behind you. The last loneliness will be left to me."

Cui Xiuning suddenly laughed and scolded, "Damn, we are only in thirty years, so we have to live for decades more. Why do we die? Bah bah bah bah bah!"

Li Luo also smiled, "You mentioned this first. Maybe it was because of the adoptive father who left. We haven't come out of the sadness yet, so this time I'm a little sentimental."

"If we think so, we are great figures who have changed history. We ruined the rule of the Mongols in the East and drove them to the West. This is a thousand-year great cause. Now you believe it, I dare to compare anyone in history."

"You are awesome. But please stop showing off. In my eyes, you are still a fugitive." Cui Xiuning took out a box of newly made candies from her sleeve, stuffed them into Li Luo's mouth, and peeled one himself.

"Tell me something serious." Cui Xiuning's mouth was covered with candy, but her pronunciation was still clear. "We won the battle of the Western Regions by surprise. We took down the places east of the Caspian Sea. There was also our naval military port in the Arabian Gulf."

"It can be said that the territory we occupy in the east has reached its limit after years of military use. Chang'an or Xidu, but even if we set out from Chang'an, it will take three months to reach the westernmost Caspian Sea."

Li Luo chewed the candy a few bites and swallowed it. While reaching out to the woman's sleeve, he said, "I know that the east cannot expand anymore. I didn't want to hit the north of the Caspian Sea. We took half of the Persia, so why are we hit? It's really not possible to go far, at most three months away."

"I'm not talking about this." Cui Xiuning took the candy to him, "It's about rewards. Now that the war is over, everyone's official title will be promoted."

Li Luo nodded, "I want to be promoted. Now that the world is completely unified, they have not been promoted for three years."

It's true. From Lin'an to the Caspian Sea, after eight years of great war, the Tang Dynasty only had two Dukes and six Dukes. There were only eight Dukes, one was Yingzhou Duke Xushan (the old Emperor of Japan), and the other was Jinghai Duke Chen Yiji (the old King of Annan).

Only six Dukes who were granted the title of Duke for their contributions were added to Dukes.

As for the marquis, there are less than thirty marquises in the county, marquis and township.

There are only thirty or forty counts in two levels.

The Viscount Baron combined for more than one hundred.

The fifth-class nobles have less than two hundred.

In addition, there are more than one hundred low-level nobles: Long Jinwei and Yunqiwei.

From this point of view, Li Luo really can't be generous. After all, the Tang Dynasty is so big and has so many people.

These include the titles of civil servants, as well as the titles of a few craftsmen and doctors.

Li Luo thought for a while and said, "The world is unified. Except for the two highest dukes, as well as the fallen kings like Chen Yiji and Xu Shan, the rest of the other ones with titles should be promoted one level. Those who do not have titles will be promoted one level with military or official titles."

Cui Xiuning nodded, "That's right. Actually, I've calculated that each person with a title will not have much more expenses every year, which is 400,000 or 500,000 silver dollars. So the salary of the nobles will be about 140,000 or 500,000 a year, accounting for one percent of the treasury income, which is really not much."

"In addition, we have to distribute hundreds of thousands of acres of land and tens of thousands of official slaves."

When a title is promoted to a higher level, not only will the salary increase accordingly, but also the title and official slaves increase as well. Otherwise, what is the point of becoming a title?

Li Luo said: "Okay, then do it like that. I guess they have been waiting for the promotion to the title for a long time."

Three days later, Li Luo convened a dynasty in Hanyuan Hall and awarded civil and military officials.

Except for Duke Wen Tianxiang of Lu and Duke Yang Hanming of Dian, all the heroes with titles were promoted to the first-level title.

Wu Zhenlou, Minister of Rites, personally read out the edict of the title.

"The Emperor Fengtian Chengyun, and the imperial edict said:... Zheng He was promoted to Duke of Yin, Jiang Jun was Duke of Cai, Chen Shuzhen was Duke of Cao, Lin Biju was Duke of Xu, Dulie was Duke of Jiangxia County, Wutu was Duke of Nanyang County, Yang Xu was Duke of Jinan County, Zhu Han was Duke of Yan'an County, and Hu Gu was Duke of Wuwei County..."

Everyone was excited when the ministers heard this. There were already six dukes in the country and fifteen dukes in the county.

Wu Zhenlou continued to recite: "…Han Shao was the Marquis of Jiangyin County, Qu Shi was the Marquis of Xiahe County, worked hard as Fenghuang County, Liu Dadao was the Marquis of Yongchang County, Liu Weitai was the Marquis of Kangle County, and Xiao Bei was the Marquis of Yunmeng County..."

Twenty-four county marquis!

"…Yan Jun is the Marquis of Qingling Township, Yan Tong is the Marquis of Jiangying Township, Ashan is the Marquis of Hushan Township, and Li Qian is the Marquis of Huachi Township..."

The marquis of the town are also twenty-four.

Why are old guards like Yan Jun and Yan Tong now all camp commanders? Why are they only named the marquis of the village?

Because their fathers, Du Lie and Wu Tu have been granted the title of Duke of the County!

The two families belong to the only two ranks in the Tang Dynasty!

When Du Lie and Wu Tu die, Yan Jun and Yan Tong can not only inherit their father's titles, but also leave their hometown marquis to a son.

So their own titles are not very high.

But the Dulie family and Wutu family are fully worthy of the only two-ranked two-rank family in the Tang Dynasty.

Because, they were the earliest Yuanshu!
Chapter completed!