Xie Shufang was promoted to Duke of Fen, and the number of closed households was increased to 230. The position of Commander-in-Chief of the Zuoyi Tongjunfu of Prince Qi was also officially recognized, and the position of General Manager of Fenzhou was also added.
Just over two months had passed since Xie Shufang was granted the title of Marquis of Pingyao, and Xie Shufang was granted the title of Duke of the Kingdom.
The ministers were a little uncomfortable and felt that Uncle Xie had been promoted too quickly.
But Xie Shufang rose through the ranks by virtue of his military exploits, so even though the ministers were uncomfortable with it, they didn't say anything.
After sealing Xie Shufang, it was Yu Wenbao's turn.
Yu Wenbaochi performed meritorious service in aiding Weizeguan, and was granted the title of Marquis of Pingcheng County. He was granted a hundred households, and his position as Sima of the Prince of Qi was also officially recognized.
After sealing Yu Wenbao, it was Su Dingfang's turn.
There was a lot of controversy over Su Dingfang's reward.
Some people think that Su Dingfang coincidentally defeated Liu Heitai and chopped off his head when Liu Heitai was at his weakest. Therefore, although Su Dingfang could be granted the title of official, he could only give it to one county official.
Some people believe that no matter what circumstances Su Dingfang killed Liu Heita, it was the first contribution to the Eastern Campaign of the Tang Dynasty. He must be granted the title of Duke, and the title of household can be appropriately reduced by one or two.
In the end, Li Yuan overcame all opinions and made Su Dingfang the Duke of Xi State, granting him three hundred households, the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Left Third Army of the Qi Palace, and the post of General Manager of Xizhou.
Li Shimin's people had a fierce dispute over the issue of Su Dingfang's title because they sensed something amiss through Li Yuan's awards to everyone under Li Yuanji's command.
The rewards Li Yuan gave to Luo Shixin, Xie Shufang, Su Dingfang, Yu Wenbao and others were almost all related to several states around Taiyuan Prefecture.
It is very likely that Li Yuan will bring together several states near Taiyuan Prefecture and establish another one, allowing Li Yuanji to serve as the Shangshu Ling of Daxingtai.
Li Yuan wanted to change Li Yuanji's position to serve as the Minister of Daxingtai in another province, but Li Shimin's people had no objection.
But Li Yuan set up another road to the east of Shaanxi Road and asked Li Yuanji to serve as the Daxingtai, so they had serious objections.
Li Yuan is basically planning to use Gyeonggi Province and the newly established highway to sandwich Shaanxi Province.
What is its purpose? Needless to say?
But Li Shimin was not here, and Qu Tutong was not here either. They could not force Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng to veto the matter.
After awarding Su Dingfang, they discussed the awards for other meritorious soldiers.
When the discussion was almost over, Li Yuan finally dropped a bombshell that he had been brewing for a long time, "Yuanji has made such a great contribution this time, and just adding a new household is probably not enough, right?
My dear friends, please tell me, how should I reward Yuan Ji?"
The ministers looked at me and I looked at you, but no one said anything.
They had already guessed what Li Yuan was thinking, but if he opened his mouth, he would definitely offend Li Shimin to death, so they would not say anything.
Finally, under Li Jiancheng's vague instructions, Pei Ju sighed and left the office, and said slowly: "His Royal Highness King Qi's official titles have reached the point where there are no titles. If you must grant rewards, you can only appoint another one."
General."
When these words were spoken, the crowd became excited.
Some people criticized Pei Ju, some supported him, and some talked nonsense.
Those who accused Pei Ju were naturally Li Shimin's people.
Those who supported Pei Ju include people from Li Yuan and people from Li Jiancheng.
Those who are talking nonsense are just pretending, and no one wants to offend.
Pei Ju acted as if he couldn't hear anything. After speaking, he returned to his seat and became deaf and mute.
Cheng Yaojin quarreled with others and took action. Li Yuan fined him a year's salary and kicked him out of Tai Chi Hall.
As soon as Cheng Yaojin left Tai Chi Hall, he hurried to Chengqing Hall to report the news.
However, even if Cheng Yaojin rushed to Chengqing Hall to report the news, he could not affect everything in Taiji Hall.
In the absence of Li Shimin, Li Shimin's people were tortured to pieces by Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng even though they were all outstanding people.
After all, Li Shimin is not here, no matter how loud and reasonable they speak, it will be of no use.
Because they talk the talk but don't keep the words.
Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng were the only ones who walked the talk.
Finally, with the help of Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji was also given the title of general.
General Zhenyao can open the Zhenyao Mansion and recruit heroes from all over the world.
Zhenyao means the power of heaven shaking the sky.
It is similar to Li Shimin's strategy.
Li Shimin's Tiance took the meaning of Tianwei.
Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng made the decision. After agreeing on the matter, they immediately ordered someone to draft an imperial edict and quickly sent a reward to Weize Pass without giving Li Shimin any chance to react. They also issued a document announcing everything.
go out.
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Li Yuanji never dreamed that after he made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, his father and brother did not know how to understand him and let him "retire with honor" and live a life of idle clouds and wild cranes. Instead, they stabbed him crazily in the back and killed him.
He was pushed to the forefront and went to challenge Li Shimin.
After Li Yuanji sent someone to send out the letter about organizing the 'Medical Skills Exchange Conference', a big harvest came.
A weak scholar appeared at Weze Pass with four strong men, three thousand cavalry, and more than eight thousand brave men.
After the frail scholar saw Li Yuanji, he rushed towards Li Yuanji without saying a word, and said with red eyes: "Your Highness, Ma Zhou, has paid a visit. I have fulfilled my mission and brought the person back to Your Highness."
Ma Zhou lost a lot of weight and looked like he had gone through a lot of hardships.
Li Yuanji looked at Ma Zhou with emotion on his face, "Why did you end up like this, but suffered a loss in Youzhou?"
Ma Zhou quickly shook his head, "When I was in Dingzhou, I heard that there was an emergency at Weze Pass and His Highness's life was in fear, so I and several brothers from the Xue family traveled day and night, and that's why I ended up like this.
But I didn’t expect that I was still late, but I was relieved to see that His Highness was fine.”
After a trip to Youzhou, Ma Zhou became more convinced and respectful of Li Yuanji.
There is no other reason. Li Yuanji has not been to Youzhou in recent years, but he is thousands of miles away and knows everything about Youzhou like the back of his hand.
There is no reason for him not to be convinced, no reason for him not to be respectful.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When Ma Zhou first arrived in Youzhou, Gao Kaidao had no intention of rebelling, nor did he show any signs of rebelling. He even had a good relationship with Li Yi.
Ma Zhou was a little doubtful whether Li Yuanji was lying to him.
But after careful inquiry, he found that there was a famine under Li Yi's rule. Li Yi really asked Gao Kaidao to borrow food, and Gao Kaidao actually agreed.
Ranwen
This incident is exactly the same as what Li Yuanji said.
Ma Zhou completely believed Li Yuanji.
After Ma Zhou inquired again, he found out that Gao Kaidao had promised to lend Li Yi food, but it turned out that he had no good intentions.
Although Gao Kaidao agreed to lend Li Yi food, he refused to send people to Li Yi's rule. Instead, he asked Li Yi to send people to get it himself.
Li Yi initially thought that Gao Kaidao had ulterior motives, so he sent a group of old, weak, women and children to collect food.
Gao Kaidao warmly entertained the old and weak women and children, and gave them some food within their reach, and asked them to bring it to Yi Li Yi.
Li Yi now completely believed that Gao Kaidao was helping him, so he sent more than 3,000 soldiers and horses, as well as a large number of donkeys and horses to transport grain under Gao Kaidao's rule.
Ma Zhou immediately went to Da'an Mountain, met Li Yi, and explained his purpose to Li Yi, saying frankly that Gao Kaidao would rebel.
Li Yizheng was immersed in the "sugar-coated bullets" thrown by Gao Kaidao and did not believe Ma Zhou's words at all.
Not only that, he also ordered Ma Zhou to be placed under house arrest, claiming that he would confront Li Yuanji afterwards to see what Li Yuanji was thinking and why he wanted to alienate him from Gao Kaidao.
Ma Zhou relied on his sharp tongue to make a bet with Li Yi before Li Yi placed him under house arrest.
Betting on his head.
Li Yi agreed without even thinking about it.
Because Li Yi didn't think he would win.
Later, Li Yi received an order from Li Shimin to lead his army south to assist Li Shimin in pacifying Liu Heita.
However, the food Gao Kaidao promised him has not yet arrived.
Li Yi hurriedly sent someone to urge him. Unexpectedly, Gao Kaidao not only refused to give him food, but also detained more than 3,000 of his men, as well as the donkeys and horses.
Li Yi immediately understood that he had been tricked by Gao Kaidao.
He immediately released Ma Zhou and asked Ma Zhou to tell him the rest.
Ma Zhou did not hide anything and told Li Yi that Gao Kaidao might collude with the Turks.
Li Yi sent a letter to Tudiji and left the Xue brothers behind. He took precautions against Gao Kaidao and led his army to Mingzhou.
Not long after Li Yi left, Gao Kaidao turned against him.
The group of people left by Li Yi also successfully prevented Gao Kaidao from colluding with the Turks and causing trouble in Youzhou and other places, and also expelled Gao Kaidao and his party from Youzhou.
Afterwards, the Xue brothers told Li Yi who was far away in Mingzhou.
Ma Zhou originally thought that Li Yi would cheat and be reluctant to let go of the Xue brothers. Unexpectedly, after the war in Mingzhou, Li Yi actually sent a troop back to Youzhou to take over the defense of the Xue brothers, and happily
Handed over the Xue brothers to him.
They even added some troops to the Xue brothers, and none of them were dishonest, they were all elite soldiers.
Gao Kaidao's thoughts, Li Yi's thoughts, and Li Yuanji seemed to have calculated accurately.
If Gao Kaidao's thoughts go astray, he will probably lose his head.
If Li Yi's thoughts were a little off, he would probably get nothing after helping Li Yi.
After all, the Xue brothers are not unknown people, nor are they incompetent people.
If Li Yi was reluctant to give it, he couldn't take it by force, and Li Yuanji couldn't take it by force.
But in the end everything went according to Li Yuanji's wishes...
"I'm very happy that you are concerned about my safety. You guys have come all the way from Dingzhou, so you must be tired. I'll ask someone to arrange for you to rest. I'll wait until you're well rested."
Li Yuanji looked at Ma Zhou and said with relief.
Ma Zhou hurriedly said: "I haven't recommended it to His Highness yet..."
Li Yuanji looked at the Xue brothers behind Ma Zhou and said with a smile: "Do I still need your introduction? How can I not recognize the brave man of the Tang Dynasty?"
Li Yuanji's words narrowed the distance between him and the Xue brothers.
The Xue brothers were a little afraid of Li Yuanji's notoriety at first and didn't know how to get along with Li Yuanji in the future. After hearing Li Yuanji's words, they relaxed a lot.
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