Chapter 784: The first reward, Zhao Shen leaves the palace
Chapter 784: The first reward, Zhao Shen leaves the palace
The next day's court meeting went on as scheduled! Under the leadership of Shen Tang, hundreds of generals who participated in the Battle of Chengdu Mansion stood in rows on the square outside the Daqing Hall!
The most important thing today was to reward these people, so as soon as the court meeting began, Zhao Shen led all the civil and military officials out of the Daqing Hall and came to these generals.
There was not much ceremony. Zhao Shen first spoke some words of encouragement to everyone, and then the junior officials in the Privy Council personally sang and conferred the imperial edict.
Being rewarded by the emperor himself is naturally an extremely honorable thing for these generals.
After all, the Song Dynasty was defeated most of the time in these years, and not many people actually received rewards.
This time, although the damage to the Song Dynasty was not small, the results were brilliant. This was the glory they should enjoy.
The list is divided into groups of ten, and each person is promoted more or less according to his merit.
Moreover, Zhao Shen personally gave other rewards to some people with outstanding military exploits.
Although Zhao Shen's reward is just some ordinary things such as money and brocade cloth, it is enough for these people to be ecstatic! In this era of great imperial power, the things rewarded by the emperor can definitely be preserved as family heirlooms!
The high-ranking officials in the court may not lack these things, but for the middle and low-level generals, they are extremely rare things.
This first batch of rewards lasted for nearly two hours, and it was not until noon that the first batch of rewards came to an end! The rest are only more than 20 senior generals in the army, waiting for a few days of separate canonization.
After the rewards were awarded, Zhao Shen personally gave everyone a banquet, and the fuss continued for a long time. It was not until the afternoon that the matter was finally announced!
Only five days later, as Zhao Shen waited anxiously, another battle report came from Chengdu!
This time, several state capitals such as Qiongbu Prefecture, Yazhou, Jinchuan and Jinchuan, Qiongzhou, and Weizhou were once again plundered by Tibetan soldiers and horses! Except for Qiongzhou, which was closest to Chengdu, the reinforcements arrived in time and did not give way. The Tubo succeeded, and all other state capitals were captured by the Tubo soldiers and horses.
Fortunately, Chengdu Prefecture had just experienced a disaster, and the people were not unfamiliar with this kind of thing. Although they were afraid, they were not panicked! In addition, these small groups of Tibetan soldiers were afraid of being killed by reinforcements from the Song Dynasty. Therefore, after looting, they retreated again, and the damage to the people was not too great.
At least, except for a few unlucky ones who were killed or seriously injured by Tubo soldiers and horses, most of the people were safe and sound!
Of course, these things were all planned by Shen Tang.
Although his drama in Chengdu Mansion was extremely real, Shen Tang never wanted a large number of innocent people to die tragically because of himself! Therefore, before taking action, Lu Feng had already investigated the relevant information. Therefore, These few people who were killed were almost all scoundrels or bullies in the city!
Having received orders from Shen Tang from Lu Feng, Cheng Yuhu disguised his 10,000 troops as Tubo people.
Whether it was the soldiers and horses under Cheng Yuhu or those of Xin Qiji and others, some of them were selected as supplements from the troops surrendered by Tubo, but now, these people have a use.
After all, no matter their habits or appearance, these people are genuine Tubo people!
As for his own soldiers and horses, they were hidden among the ranks and were not afraid of being discovered.
After getting the second secret letter, Zhao Shen could no longer sit still!
The last time, several state capitals suffered heavy losses from Tibetan soldiers and horses. This time, Tubo made a comeback and obviously did not take the Song Dynasty into their eyes.
If these guys are allowed to continue rioting in Chengdu Prefecture, it won't be long before Tubo becomes bolder!
"boom!"
Zhao Shen smashed the memorial in his hand on the ground, feeling depressed and angry!
"These damn Tibetans!"
"Brother Royal!"
At this moment, a crisp voice came.
Not long after, Zhao Ling appeared in front of Zhao Shen.
After meeting his sister, the solemn expression on Zhao Shen's face finally relaxed a bit.
"How did you come?
Aren't you going to buy black jade today?
Is it available?"
Even if he is unhappy in his heart, Zhao Shen will not get angry in front of his only sister!
"Brother Emperor, the Chengguan family has taken me to see it, but they didn't find any jade ornaments that made me happy, so I came to see Brother Emperor."
"Brother, what are you doing?
Did someone make Brother Huang angry?"
Zhao Ling picked up the memorial that Zhao Shen had knocked down and asked Zhao Shen curiously.
However, before Zhao Shen could answer, Zhao Ling stared at the contents of the secret message and said, "Brother, have these Tubo barbarians started attacking our Chengdu Mansion again?
Not long ago, didn’t Master Shen just defeat the Tubo troops?”
The Song Dynasty also had a rule that the harem could not interfere with politics. Let alone women, even if the queen was here, the words just now were enough to anger Zhao Shen! However, what else could he say to his sister?
If he really opens his mouth to reprimand, I'm afraid he will feel distressed by then.
"It doesn't matter, it's just the remaining small Tibetan troops causing trouble in the various state capitals! They can't make any big trouble!"
In front of his own sister, Zhao Shen behaved confidently!
"Well!"
Zhao Ling nodded, "Brother Emperor, wasn't it Master Shen Tang who led his troops to pacify the Chengdu Mansion before?
This time they were just some remnants of Tubo soldiers. Why didn't the emperor let Shen Tang go again?
With Lord Shen Tang’s strategy and strength, what can these Tibetan teams do?”
"Before in Lianli City, I have read the letters sent by Lord Shen Tang to Sister Xiangling. Although those Tubo people are fierce, they are simply not worth mentioning in front of Lord Shen.
Brother Huang only needs to send Master Shen there, and the situation in Chengdu Mansion will naturally stabilize."
Zhao Ling's words made Zhao Shen grin. If he hadn't been too embarrassed to speak, he would have sent Shen Tang out long ago.
Zhao Ling did not stay in the palace for too long. The brother and sister chatted for a long time, and then Zhao Ling turned around and left.
After Zhao Ling left, Zhao Shen thought for a long time.
"King Quan, go make arrangements now! I want to leave the palace!"
"ah……"
Wang Quan's expression on the side froze. The emperor's leaving the palace was not a small matter, especially leaving the palace privately. It was even more of a big deal. If the imperial censor heard about it, even the Holy Emperor would probably ask him if he didn't say anything to Wang Quan. I was left speechless by those old masters!
"Okay, hurry up and make arrangements! Just follow me and let some guards guard you secretly!"
Zhao Shen gave the order again.
Wang Quan had no choice but to nod and arrange for Zhao Shen to leave the palace this time.