Man Bao waved his hand nonchalantly and said: "We are not generals, so there is no need to remember this little credit."
Mr. Tang said "yo" and said with a smile: "This is the success of siege. Do you look down on this small achievement?"
The three of them grimaced, "Senior brother, please stop teasing us. Your Majesty is still angry with us. I wonder if the Yushitai has recorded our mistakes and is waiting to punish us."
Tang He smiled and said: "It turns out that you also know that you are wrong."
He stopped clicking and did not lecture them very much. After thinking for a moment, he said: "I don't know about other people, but my father is too lazy to care about such small things. But I think that such small mistakes should be looked at."
Does Your Majesty have the intention to pursue the case?"
"It doesn't matter if we pursue the case," Tang He said with a smile, "The worst I can do is give you a way to balance the merits and demerits."
Three people:……
The courtiers were also waiting to see whether the emperor was more angry or more appreciative, so the seal was opened on the eighth day of the lunar month, and everyone cheered. When the court meeting arrived, except for New Year greetings, no one took the initiative to ask about the wrong envoy.
However, Manbao took the initiative to report on the results of this trip to the Western Regions, mainly the results of the cowpox cultivation experiment.
Xiao Yuan was taking the opportunity to propose a vaccination test in the imperial village in the suburbs, the same imperial village where the experiment was conducted last year.
The emperor agreed and asked the Ministry of Revenue to allocate a sum of money to the Imperial Hospital.
This time, the Ministry of Household Affairs is not poor. They have already taken ninety-nine steps. They have spent so much money and have the recipe. Now they just need to test the last step. Naturally, they will not be stingy with money.
After Hube agreed immediately, the meeting became a little quiet, and no one spoke for a while.
The emperor raised his eyelids to look at them and asked, "What's the matter? There's no news yet? Everyone will be safe and sound after the new year."
The ministers lowered their heads slightly and did not speak.
Man Bao looked around, then came out with caution, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I am guilty."
"Well, I saw it. I received your apology letter early in the morning. Why are you the only one and where are the others?"
Man Bao knelt down? The guards took the order and went out to call the others in.
Although Bai Shan and the others squeezed into the mission privately, since they had become a member of the mission and signed the paper together, they naturally had to follow them into the palace. If the emperor wanted to hear them admit their mistakes in person, they could go in as well.
Admit your mistake.
But I didn't expect it to happen so quickly. It only took half an hour to come out and call for help.
How many people looked at each other? They had no choice but to enter the palace.
Mr. Zhuang, who was at the end of the queue for the imperial meeting, also came out. He knelt with Man Bao and confessed his mistake to the emperor, saying that they had delayed a lot of time on their return. They were guilty of keeping the emperor and the court waiting for a long time.
When the emperor saw that they all knelt down and admitted their mistakes, he felt better, so he asked Wei Zhi, "How does Wei Qing think they should be punished?"
Wei Zhi thought for a while and then said: "Your Majesty, it was winter at that time? It was mostly a bitter cold place from Shazhou to the capital? I don't think they stayed there intentionally to waste time? The mountains were blocked by heavy snow, or the road was difficult to travel? These are all
It’s a normal thing.”
He said: "The mission is not an army after all. It will not march as fast as General Ashina. Therefore, it is normal for the journey to be slower."
Usually, the farther the imperial court sends a mission to, the less time required it is.
Is it normal for a mission to go out? Not to mention a year, it would only come back in two or three years, or even seven or eight years before there is any news? As long as the leader of the mission does not betray his master and surrender, he is basically a qualified messenger.
Wei Zhi didn't want the court to pursue this matter too closely. Otherwise, if he asked too much for the mission's time, the freedom of the mission in the future would be severely affected.
Therefore, he said: "I think that although they made mistakes, their mistakes do not constitute a crime. Since they know their mistakes, Your Majesty might as well reprimand them."
It means that you can just scold them, and there is no need to punish them. What if the envoys go on missions in the future and become careless because of this matter?
emperor:……
Mr. Old Tang also had this intention, but he felt that these children were too naughty. If they let it go, they might continue to be playful and disregard government affairs in the future, so they should be more serious.
The emperor looked at the others.
Upon hearing this, the officials who intended to impeach Zhou Man and others hesitated for a moment in their objections and pretended to be deaf. They cleverly looked up and looked at the emperor's face, then silently put down the papers in their hands and did not go out to impeach.
Those who didn't wink wanted to go out, but they were used to following the crowd. This time, there were no big trees or small branches blocking the way, so they didn't dare to stand out.
The emperor hummed in his heart, feeling that all the officials were not upright at all.
Wei Zhi, in particular, was very methodical in provoking his mistakes. Even if a hair fell on the ground, he would be talked about for a long time. Zhou Man and the others were still given excuses for wasting so much time on the road.
Fortunately, it was an envoy. If they were marching to fight, he would definitely kill them in such a hurry.
However, with this thought in his mind, the emperor still nodded in agreement with a warm look on his face, "What Wei Qing said is true. Since you know that you were wrong, you must not do it again next time."
Man Bao breathed a sigh of relief and immediately bowed his head in agreement with everyone else.
The emperor nodded on the table and reached out to pick up another envelope, "General Ashina said that you have made great achievements in this Western Expedition, especially Zhou Man and Bai Shan. You two were the first to capture the King's City of Kucha."
, is there anything you want?"
The emperor had asked them this in private in the study before, and now he asked it again in front of all the ministers at the court meeting. Obviously, the meaning was different.
This time, everyone expressed that they were emperors and it was their duty to serve the court, and they did not ask for rewards.
Man Bao said sweetly, "If I do it again, I will do the same thing."
The emperor complained in his heart, but it happened again. Once was enough to embarrass him. He prepared rewards early and waited, and praised people again and again in front of all the ministers. As a result, the people waiting on the left did not arrive, and the people waiting on the right did not.
Not even that.
But I still felt a little happy.
The emperor became serious and handed another prepared letter to Gu Zhong, and then said: "Although you delayed your return and made some mistakes, you should still be rewarded for your siege. Zhou Man and Bai Shan are the leaders.
Promote Zhou Man to the fourth rank of Chongwen Hall and give him the title of County Prince Bai Shanjue..."
The emperor was too lazy to recite too much and gave Gu Zhong a wink. Gu Zhong then unfolded the fold and read it to them. He gave Bai Shan the title of county son, Bai Cheng and Liu Huan the county sons, and granted Yin or the title of county son. He also granted a mansion and promoted him.
Zhuang Xun compiled the five products and gave each of them twenty taels of silver and six pieces of cloth...
When Man Bao and the others heard this, they raised their heads slightly in surprise. They thought it would be good to get rewards, but they didn't expect there would be titles.
But the reward was less than I thought.
After Gu Zhong read the poem, all the officials exhaled at the same time, and then looked sympathetically at the people kneeling in the middle of the hall.