Chapter 1501: Zhao Shen's reward, leaving Lin'an City
Chapter 1501: Zhao Shen’s reward and leaving Lin’an City
The king and his ministers were in the room, chatting quietly for two hours, and then the door was opened!
"See Your Majesty!"
Wang Quan and others were waiting outside and hurriedly saluted.
Zhao Shen stopped and then said to Wang Quan, "Wang Quan, when you return, draw up an edict. Shen Tang has done a great job in rescuing the emperor, and he will be reinstated! Order, increase the number of 800 households in the city, and seal 300 households in full!"
Shen Tang hurriedly thanked him, "My lord, thank you for your kindness!"
Zhao Shen helped Shen Tang up with his own hands, and then said solemnly, "Shen Tang, take care along the way. You first return to Lianli City and recuperate for two or three months. When you are well, you can go to Chengdu Mansion! I hope you will not forget it. My entrustment, you and I, the king and my ministers, will join hands and share weal and woe, and never let each other down!"
Shen Tang didn't say anything, but solemnly bowed!
Although Zhao Shen did not give any other rewards this time, the title was not cheap.
The first is the food town. Shen Tang was granted the title of marquis before, but according to the regulations of the Song Dynasty, the food town was only a thousand households. Now, it has been increased to 800 households. If it reaches 2,000 households, it belongs to the duke. grade.
As for the real food seal, it is even more rare. As the name suggests, the food city is a real seal! The so-called food city is just an imaginary number. In the final analysis, it is just a subsidy in addition to the extra salary from the imperial court.
However, the Shishi Feng actually granted rewards to these hundreds of households. From then on, the taxes of these hundreds of households did not need to be paid to the court, but were directly used by the people who were granted the title.
Moreover, these households are not randomly created, but are all real households of three or more! Even after the location of the sealed villagers is truly determined, the life and death of these villagers are also under the control of the sealed ones. .
In the Song Dynasty, the maximum number of households that could be granted food seals was no more than a thousand households, and they were very few. Although the three hundred households granted to Shen Tang were not many, they were at least hundreds of hectares of fertile land and people. This kind of rights, although far less than It is not as high as the fiefdoms of previous dynasties, but it is extremely rare in the Song Dynasty.
Shen Tang looked at Zhao Shen's leaving figure and felt relieved. Next, he went north to Lianli City. As for Lin'an, he thought Zhao Shen would seize the opportunity to suppress Ye Yong and others, and then wait until Liu Gong entered the court and said Maybe Zhang Shi can come to Lin'an, and his help in the court will naturally increase greatly.
"Song Kai, let the brothers clean up and go north to Lianli City tomorrow!"
Now that Zhao Shen has agreed, Shen Tang will naturally not delay any longer. Moreover, counting the time, Xiangling's delivery date is approaching, and it can be said that he is ready to return home!
There was no talking all night, and in the early morning of the next day, Song Kai and others had already packed up and were waiting to set off.
"General, why don't you stay a little longer? It's all because of the incompetence of my subordinates that the general was injured in Lin'an!"
Chu Laizi and his wife brought a group of servants to see them off. Chu Laizi had a look of guilt and reluctance on his face.
"You've also been through a mountain of fire, how can you shed such horse urine!"
Shen Tang laughed and scolded, "I'm going to Beidi, and you can watch over our family!"
"General, don't worry!"
Chu Laizi nodded vigorously.
"Besides, please work harder for me and have more children. In more than ten years, you old guy won't be able to carry a knife anymore, so let your children lead my horse!"
"General, this is true!"
Chu Laizi's eyes lit up.
"Hey, when have I ever told lies? You can rest assured and be bold!"
"I have an order! Although I am lame, our children will definitely be stronger than us in the future. When the time comes, they will follow the commander-in-chief to fight in all directions and make contributions to the commander-in-chief!"
"Okay, I'm waiting for you!"
After finishing speaking, Shen Tang got on his horse and said, "Brothers, take care, my sister-in-law has worked hard, and I am leaving!"
"General, take care!"
Horse hooves were galloping, and under the watchful eyes of Chu Laizi and others, Song Kai and his party escorted Shen Tang westward out of the city, and then turned north to Lianli City.
When Shen Tang's figure disappeared, Chu Laizi sighed regretfully. It was a pity that he was disabled now, otherwise, he would still be able to lead the general's horse and kick the pedals.
However, life is now stable and there is hope.
If you can't do it yourself, your children and grandchildren will be able to follow the commander in the future, and they will definitely be stronger than you.
After everyone dispersed, Chu Laizi stepped forward and grabbed the lady's hand, "Hey, madam, you heard me, now we are ordered to have babies, we must have more babies, we can't live up to the upcoming expectations!"
Mrs. Li glared at Chu Laizi, but she was also satisfied in her heart! In this era, although it is relatively stable, most people are still miserable. Although this person in her family is disabled, she can still support her family. In addition, With the protection of the Marquis and no need to worry about food and drink, how can one not be satisfied?
Although Lin'an City is still under martial law, everything went smoothly when Shen Tang left the city.
Originally, Song Kai had packed up the carriage, but with Shen Tang's temperament, he was naturally too lazy to ride, so he still rode on the horse, and the carriage could only follow slowly behind the team.
Fortunately, there was no rush on this journey, Shen Tang's injuries were much better, and the horse riding was not serious...
And after Yue Lin accepted the order, he couldn't wait to go north with hundreds of followers and 200 Wei troops on his back!
It took just over three days to reach the distance of four hundred miles.
The current Jiangyin Army Camp is located about thirty or forty miles southeast of Changshu, and about fifty or sixty miles away from Kunshan. Although the White Lotus Society is now large and even spread throughout Kunshan, it is difficult for Pingjiang Prefecture, which has heavy troops. Don't dare to take action easily.
To the south of Kunshan is Jiaxing Prefecture, which borders Lin'an Prefecture.
Although there was no active attack in this direction, in order to ensure the safety of Lin'an Mansion, Jiaxing Mansion still stationed troops in the Qinglong Town area north of Huating. The imperial court even sent a 20,000-strong forbidden army to garrison here in order to prevent The members of the White Lotus Society went south.
In other words, the White Lotus Society is now basically compressed into an area of 60 to 70 miles with Kunshan as the center.
However, in addition to the hordes of White Lotus Society believers, many of the followers are simply local people, so it is extremely difficult to completely eradicate them! Furthermore, before, we had no fighting spirit, and every time we fought with the White Lotus Society, The battle was even defeated, which also made the White Lotus Society become more powerful.
Yue Lin and his party arrived in Changshu first, but did not rush to the camp. At night, Yue Lin summoned several subordinates and the commander of Beiwei Army to discuss matters.
"Uncles, General Yan, General Qiu, sit down quickly!"
Seeing everyone entering the door, Yue Lin saluted them respectfully.
"Before I come here, the Marquis said that the general needs to be careful. This is the first time that I will lead an army alone. Therefore, I would like to invite you to come and discuss a few things. If there is anything wrong, please don't hesitate. Please teach me!"
"Otherwise, if I lose the battle, I will not be able to express my gratitude to the Marquis for being favored and selected, and my father's reputation will be tarnished!"