When Guo Zhongxiao returned home, he saw his father waiting for him in the yard.
Guo Kui is already in his sixties this year, but he looks like he is seventy years old.
He was slightly hunched, his face was thin, and he looked quite elegant, even with a bookish air.
"Sir..." Guo Zhongxiao stepped forward and asked, "Aren't you recuperating in the back house?"
Guo Kui arrived in Beijing from Luoyang yesterday.
The road was full of dust and wind, so it was naturally very hard.
Guo Zhongxiao was worried that his health would not be able to bear it, so as soon as he returned home, he served his old father and rested in the back house to recuperate his health.
He also paid a lot of money to hire a famous doctor from Bianjing to diagnose his old father's pulse.
Guo Kui snorted and said: "It's only three journeys, I won't tire myself out!"
When Guo Zhongxiao heard what his old father said, he immediately understood and asked, "Sir, have you just seen a guest?"
Guo Kui nodded and said: "Di Ziyi (Di Zhen) just left."
Guo Kui looked at his son and asked, "I heard that Di Zijia has led his army to Chenzhou."
"I arrived five days ago!" Guo Zhongxiao replied: "I have been waiting for orders in Chenzhou!"
"I'm just waiting to return to Beijing on the Holy Day of the Queen Mother..."
This can be regarded as a little trick played by Tutang.
On the Holy Day of the Empress Dowager, the triumphant army of the Song Dynasty entered Beijing.
It can not only add to the celebration, but also let envoys from all over the world know about the martial arts of the Song Dynasty.
Guo Kui snorted and said, "Di Hanchen actually gave birth to two good sons."
Then he added: "And a good granddaughter!"
The envy, jealousy and hatred in the words tend to overflow.
no way!
Guo Kui and Di Qing didn't get along much at that time, and they had some disagreements - although this was mainly because of the imperial court.
Many people in the court hoped to introduce someone to fight against Di Qing.
He, Guo Kui, was chosen to act opposite Di Qing.
After going back and forth, it was inevitable that there would be some anger, and it was not until Di Qing's death that the two families finally stopped.
Then, with the rise of Guo Kui and the decline of the Di family, this public case was forgotten.
But now, the Di family is rising again.
Di Qing's granddaughter was even selected into the palace.
Naturally, the Di family started to tremble again!
Especially Di Qing's eldest son Di Zhen, as soon as he heard that Guo Kui had returned to Beijing, he immediately came to pay him a visit.
What he said was very nice.
But the meaning behind the words is to show off.
What happened to his younger brother Di Yong, and what happened to Di Yong's daughter, the Lord of Linzhen County who had already entered the palace.
When he was saying goodbye, he said, "I'll come back to visit you some other day and ask my uncle for advice."
How could Guo Kui stand this?
This was more uncomfortable for him than suffering a loss on the battlefield!
He is in urgent need of respect now!
So, as soon as Di Shen left, he came out and waited.
So, he looked at Guo Zhongxiao and asked, "Has your Majesty ever mentioned me today?"
Guo Zhongxiao quickly relayed the words of the imperial official to his old father.
After hearing this, Guo Kui's eyes suddenly became hot, and he turned towards the direction of the imperial city and said, "The emperor's kindness is so great that it will be difficult for me to repay it with hundreds of deaths!"
Then he stood up and looked at Guo Zhongxiao: "You should remember that in the future, you should serve officials as you serve an old man."
"Otherwise, how can we repay such kindness?"
Guo Zhongxiao was an honest man. He immediately knelt down, kowtowed and said, "My son, please remember your teachings."
"Yeah!" Guo Kui nodded.
But those old eyes were shining with wisdom.
…
Chenzhou, the hub on the Huimin River.
It is also the main transportation artery connecting Bianjing to West Beijing, Jinghu North Road, and Jinghu South Road.
At this time, Di Yong was riding a horse, leading the army out of the Chenzhou military camp, and then boarded the watercraft one by one.
With flags waving, the army officially began its journey back to Beijing.
The officers and soldiers of Yulong's First General were all on the deck, stretching their necks and looking into the distance.
The cabin on the ship was filled with large and small bags of loot.
In the southern expedition to Jiaozhi, the first general to control the dragon made a fortune.
Not to mention, just by conquering Guangyuan Prefecture, the Yang family's hundreds of years of accumulated property is enough for them to enjoy.
Afterwards, everyone benefited from the sale of Cochin prisoners of war.
So, he was a small soldier in the army. After this battle, he was rewarded successively, including military pay and various bonuses.
At least they all brought back money worth three to four hundred guan.
Many people even carry gold and silver nuggets in their arms.
Not to mention the generals at the top.
This trip south can be said to have resulted in both wealth and fame.
Everyone's face turned red with excitement!
I'm just waiting to show off and brag in front of my relatives and friends after returning to Beijing, and then put the money I brought back on the table, and then I can quietly appreciate their admiration and envy.
Just thinking about this, everyone feels like they won't be able to sleep tonight.
As the coach, Di Yong was the last one to board the ship.
It's not that he was upright, but before boarding the ship, he received a letter from home in the capital.
The letter was written by his brother Di Zhen.
After reading the letter, Di Yong remained silent for a long time, and then he burned the letter.
"Di Gong, what's wrong with you?" When he boarded the deck, Di Yong's beloved general Xu Kenan walked up to him and asked.
Di Yong was in a daze for a moment, then smiled and said: "It's nothing!"
Xu Kenan groaned and looked thoughtfully in the direction of Bianjing.
Di Yong saw this and said quickly: "Stop thinking nonsense! Nothing happened, just an old friend has returned to Beijing."
"Who?" Xu Kenan became curious.
He already knew that the marshal's daughter had been elected to the palace and made the county king.
In other words, Di Yong may be the father-in-law of the Song Dynasty in the future.
So, who can make the future head of the Song Dynasty frown?
"Old Lieutenant Guo!" Di Yong did not intend to hide anything from Xu Kenan and answered directly.
Xu Ken was stunned for a moment. As a general from the Western Army, he naturally and subconsciously thought of the legendary figure: "Old Lieutenant Guo? Old Xianggong Guo?"
Among the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty, there have always been two iconic legendary idols.
One is Di Qing, and the other is Guo Kui.
Because these two people both climbed up from the bottom.
Countless warriors grew up listening to the stories of these two people.
Both of them also served as military ministers and came to power one after another.
It became the swan song of the great Song Dynasty warrior who came to power.
Since the time of Guo Kui, no military minister has been appointed to govern the Xifu in the country for twenty years.
"Yeah!" Di Yong nodded thoughtfully.
Thinking about the contents of my brother's letter, I felt somewhat worried.
But things had to be done!
…
Funing Hall.
Zhao Xu looked at Li Qingchen, the Privy Councilor who was in front of him, and asked: "Li Qing, has the final reward of the Western Government for the ministers who have contributed to the Southern Expedition been decided?"
In this southern expedition, Zhao Xu adhered to the strategy of Qianlong's order Zhaohui to destroy the Junggars that he had read in modern history books - middle- and lower-level generals and soldiers who had military merits should immediately honor them!
As long as Zhang Dun and Di Yong dare to retaliate, he will dare to criticize!
Even before setting off, the Privy Council and the Ministry of Personnel were asked to give Zhang Dun and Di Yong hundreds of official posts, so that they could easily promote military ministers at the rank of envoys.
Of course, subsequent review and inspection are essential.
However, the rewards for the commander-in-chief will have to wait until he returns to the court.
This was not only to prevent the generals from rushing for quick success, but also for the sake of the court's prestige.
Li Qingchen went to the imperial court this time to inform Zhao Xu of the outcome of the discussion about the rewards for meritorious generals. So he bowed with his robe and began to report: "I want to inform your majesty that the imperial court has already discussed it, so I sent my ministers to the imperial court."
, report to Your Majesty, waiting for the Holy Judgment!"
Zhao Xu listened and nodded with a smile.
But he did not ask Li Qingchen whether he had gone to Qingshou Palace to report this matter to the Queen Mother.
Li Qingchen did not mention this matter either.
Both of them had a tacit understanding on this matter, as if they had forgotten Qingshou Palace.
After all, for scholar-bureaucrats, a female protagonist is in power? This is Si Chen!
Under normal circumstances, this is absolutely unacceptable.
The lessons of the Han and Tang Dynasties are so profound!
And the things Zhang Xianmingsu did when he came to the court also made these scholar-officials full of vigilance - you know, Zhang Xianmingsu had forced Cao Cao to death.
This is really disgraceful to the scholar-bureaucrats.
At the same time, Zhang Xianmingsu was good at dictatorship, which also made the scholar-bureaucrats very unhappy.
Therefore, during the Ying Temple, Han Qi had to lead the civil and military officials to resolutely force Ci Sheng Guangxian back to the palace.
Even at that time, Yingmiao had already begun to suffer a stroke.
But the scholar-bureaucrats would rather have an emperor who recuperates in the palace every day than see another story where the heroine listens to politics and takes power.
Now, the situation is special.
As long as Zhao Xu is now fourteen or fifteen years old, his physical condition can support the energy required to listen to politics.
The rulers have long since abandoned the two palaces.
"I respectfully present the imperial edict issued by the two palaces on Guihai (the eighth day of the seventh lunar month) of the seventh month, and gather in the capital hall to discuss the decision to reward the general of Jiaozhi for the southern campaign."
"Bachelor of the Zizheng Palace, Taizhong Dafu, Guangxi's economic strategy to pacify the envoy Dun, strategize and lead the six armies, and if the command is determined, to defeat the evil and capture the ugly, he can be a senior scholar of the Zizheng Palace according to the previous official's appointment, and he is still a bachelor of the Zizheng Palace
To appease the economic strategy of Guangxi." Li Qingchen said slowly, this was the result of the discussion in the hall.
Naturally, this is a conservative conclusion.
It was also a conclusion that deliberately left enough space for Zhao Xu to express his gratitude.
Grace comes from above - if the rulers don't even understand this and want to overshadow others, then they won't be able to get to where they are now.
Zhao Xu listened, and of course he understood this, so he said: "Xiangong Zhang leads the six armies, strategizes, and wins thousands of miles away. Isn't it beautiful to only move one official?"
"Just follow the example of the previous official and be granted the title of official official!"
The Taizhong doctor is from the fourth rank, which is equivalent to the former Wensan officer who admonishes the left and right officials. The Tongyi doctor is from the Zhengsi fourth rank, which is equivalent to the Wensan officer in the past. The Zhengyi doctor is from the third rank, which is Wensan.
The official rank of Liubu Shilang.
For civil servants, the higher you go, the more difficult it is to get promoted.
Therefore, there are very few cases of leapfrogging when promoted from a rank six or above.
Once it happens, it is the so-called super grant!
This is especially true with Zhao Xu’s arrangement for Zhang Dun!
This is because, under normal circumstances, a senior official is enough to pay homage to a prime minister.
Before Yuanfeng's restructuring, I don't know how many prime ministers brought casual officials from certain ministries to pay homage to the prime minister!
Therefore, Zhang Dun's step is to reach the sky.
Already qualified to be the prime minister!
Li Qingchen thought in his heart: "Sure enough, Zhang Zihou is really in the emperor's heart!"
However, Zhang Zihou was one of the few civil servants to lead an army and achieve a complete victory since the founding of the Song Dynasty.
The civil servants are now very tolerant of this colleague who has made a big deal out of him.
Even people from the old party, not to mention the new party, would not have any objection to the super-appointment of a first-level salary officer.
Even Sima Guang doesn't know how to gossip!
So he bowed and said, "Your Majesty is Holy Ming."
Then Zhao Xu continued: "Since Zhang Xianggong has been awarded the title of a senior official, it is not appropriate for him to be a bachelor in his palace."
According to the ancestral system, when the governor is in power, he will be appointed as a magistrate, and he will bring a bachelor from the Zizheng Palace. A great scholar from the Zizheng Palace will serve as the prime minister and be dismissed from office, or he will be promoted to the post of the bachelor from the Zizheng Palace.
Generally speaking, conferring a bachelor's degree in Zhengdian is equivalent to telling the world that this person will have to stay outside for a few years.
For example, Lu Huiqing in Hedong is this example.
"Let's change it to a bachelor's degree from Guanwen Palace!"
Li Qingchen listened and swallowed.
Bachelor of Guanwen Palace, since our ancestors, only three kinds of people will be taken with them when they go out.
The first: the prime minister, the second: the former minister of the Eastern Palace who is in power, and the third: the future prime minister.
Generally speaking, if the Zizheng Hall is directly promoted to the Guanwen Hall, it tells the world that he will be the prime minister soon!
Li Qingchen thought for a while and could only remind him: "Your Majesty, Dun is not the prime minister, nor is he a minister of your Majesty's residence... If your Majesty does not have the idea of worshiping Dun as the prime minister immediately, please think again!"
Zhao Xu listen, this is true!
The time for Zhang Dun to become prime minister was not yet ripe.
There are too many things going on in Guangxi, and Zhang Dun's prestige must be relied upon to suppress, deal with the aftermath, and bring things to a close.
If you don't teach Guanwen Palace, what can you teach?
Zhao Xu understands!
Then he said to Li Qingchen: "In that case, I will confer Zhang Dun with the bachelor degree of Zichen Palace!"
Li Qingchen's eyes widened when he heard this.
Bachelor of Zichen Palace?!
This is a palace maester who has disappeared.
This was the system from the early days of the Kingdom, and was modified from the Bachelor of Civilization Hall.
It has only one purpose - for officials to tell the world: This person is my confidant!
However, this position of bachelor was already eliminated in the eighth year of Qingli.
Now, for the sake of Zhang Dun, the officials actually resurrected this imperial scholar position that had been dead for decades.
However, this seems to be in line with the official approach.
He always has wonderful ideas and inventions of one kind or another.
Li Qingchen couldn't help but let out a long breath, and felt envious of Zhang Dun in his heart.
Because this is the second time that officials have done this kind of thing today.
The last time was when Taishi Yourong invented and created Pingzhang, an official position above the prime minister.
So, in the hearts of officials, Zhang Dun and Grand Master Wen Yanbo have equal status?
Then the official continued: "In addition, since Xianggong Zhang is in Guangxi, working as a herder and hunter for me, and the country now has land thousands of miles north of Jiaozhi, we must re-emphasise Xianggong's duties."
"Xianggong Zhang can serve as the envoy for the economic strategy and pacification of Guangxi, and the envoy for the propaganda and appeasement of Annan. He can still serve as the envoy within the administration to encourage farmers, and the envoy for observation and disposal within the administration..."
When Li Qingchen heard this, he was already numb.
In itself, the economic and strategic pacification envoy is already a high-ranking official in the military and political circles.
Now he is also the Annan Propaganda and Propaganda Envoy, and he also specifically emphasizes his role as an envoy to encourage farmers within his administration, and an envoy to observe and handle matters within his administration.
As a result, Zhang Dun's current authority is infinitely close to that of the Jiedushi of the Tang Dynasty.
Not only could the military and political affairs be handled with one hand, but they could also intervene in local military and state water conservancy, engineering, roads, taxation and other work without being restricted by the Song Dynasty system.
This official's trust and love for Zhang Zihou is really...indescribable.
Little did they know that Zhao Xu's trust in Zhang Dun had been accumulated over time and had gone through countless tests.
From Shaosheng to Yuan Fu, there were always stumbling blocks between monarchs and ministers, and there were also doubts about each other.
But in the end, both the emperor and the minister believed in each other.
Therefore, Zhao Xu has 100% trust in Zhang Dun.
He has been convinced that Zhang Dun will never be arrogant, let alone do anything detrimental to him and the country.
The only person who Zhao Xu can trust so much is Zhang Dun.
