The sister's problem was not a problem at all. Tangning felt very sad for her because she kept getting cut in line even though she came early.
"That's what you said!" Zhao Man suddenly became happy. It seemed that having more than one person in the family was not a big deal. She only cared about whether she would be at the bottom.
With Wan Yanyan in the background, her status in the family automatically increases by one, and she can puff up her chest even when speaking in front of her.
Tang Ning stretched out her palm and said, "High five as an oath."
Zhao Man gave him a high-five and immediately felt relieved. She snuggled into his arms and said coquettishly: "I missed you so much these past few months when you were away..."
Both are princesses, but the gap between Wanyanyan and Zhao Man is really huge.
As long as you are a man, who would not like a sweet, gentle and cute type like Zhao Man, but would like a wicked woman like Wan Yanyan who would use sweating pills to do evil things to her...
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Tang Ning has been back in Beijing for half a month. During this half month, he has been living in seclusion. Not many people know that he has returned to Beijing.
It was not until half a month later that a hundred thousand troops from the capital appeared outside the city gate.
As a marshal, Tang Ning naturally could not miss the celebration ceremony, so he left the city one day in advance to join Xiao Jue and the others.
Lu Ya seems to be the type who shows off her pregnancy easily. She is three months pregnant, and she can already tell a few clues from the outside.
Xiao Jue looked at Tang Ning and asked, "Is my father in good health?"
Tang Ning said: "Mr. Xiao is in good health, but Mr. Lu is not doing well."
Xiao Jue was shocked and said: "Have you already told my father-in-law this news?"
Tangning shook her head and said, "It's not me."
He was thinking of hiding it from Xiao Jue for a while, but Chen Huang told him before he did, so it didn't count as him leaking the news.
"It's not you?" Xiao Jue showed a hint of anger on his face and said, "Which bastard betrayed me?"
Tangning glanced at him and said, "It's Your Majesty."
Xiao Jue was stunned for a moment, with an embarrassed look on his face, and said, "Pretend I didn't say..."
After he finished speaking, he felt something was wrong and said in surprise: "That's not right. How did your Majesty know that?"
"Do you even need to ask?" Tangning glanced at him and said, "His Majesty has spies all over the army. He might even know how long you lasted at night, let alone such a big matter..."
There must be Emperor Chen's spies in the army, but they are not so exaggerated. But this is not the point. The point is that Xiao Jue believed it.
After that, he looked at everyone like a spy, which made several generals around him feel frightened and avoid him.
This great victory in the Northern Expedition was a greater event than the suppression of the Jiangnan Rebellion, and it was of greater significance to the Chen State.
Emperor Chen gave the soldiers the highest courtesy and personally led all civil and military officials out of the city to greet them.
So a scene like this appeared at the gate of the city. The army returned with a great victory. The emperor and even the ministers were smiling and beaming. Among the crowd, only Lu Ding, the Minister of War, had a dark face and stared at him intently.
A figure on the horse wanted to cut him into pieces with his eyes.
The army commander has a complete set of etiquette regulations.
After the ceremony, Emperor Chen returned to the palace, and the officials dispersed in order. Xiao Jue was about to flee when Lu Ding appeared under his horse and said angrily: "You little beast, get off here!"
Xiao Jue looked at Tang Ning for help, but Tang Ning looked away.
Seeing that he couldn't help him, Xiao Jue could only jump off the horse dejectedly, lowered his head and said: "I have met my father-in-law..."
Lu Ding's forehead was throbbing with veins and he said angrily: "Don't call me father-in-law, I don't have a father-in-law like you!"
"Oh..." Xiao Jue nodded and said, "Brother Lu, what do you want from me?"
Tang Ning stood on the horse and could see Lu Ding's chest heaving and veins twitching on his forehead. He had once seen a joke about a drunken son-in-law marrying his father-in-law. Xiao Jue and Lu Ding did not need to drink to marry their father-in-law.
If you really think about it, the two of them are actually equals and brothers.
In other words, Xiao Jue looks like a human and a dog, but he is actually a beast who has enlarged his niece's belly.
"Dad!" Lu Ya jumped off the horse and looked at Lu Ding dissatisfied.
"You're crazy!" Lu Ding's eyelids jumped and he hurriedly supported her and said: "Can you jump from such a high place? What if the child has something wrong with him? Bah bah bah..."
He smacked his mouth twice and said in a deep voice: "Go back with me!"
After speaking, he glanced at Xiao Jue again and said, "Little beast, go back and tell your father that Lu will visit you in an hour!"
Tang Ning would not interfere with the Xiao family and Lu family's family affairs. He was more curious about how Emperor Chen would reward him this time.
Being an emperor is not really about doing whatever you want. Emperor Chen also needs to have a certain standard when acting.
Those who have merit will be rewarded, and those who have made mistakes will be punished. This is a rule that the superior must strictly follow. Only when rewards and punishments are clear can the people under him be convinced. If merit is not rewarded, and fault is not punished, then the complete system of the court will be
Chaos.
The problem is that Tang Ning is already General Zuo Xiaowei, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Minister Zuo Cheng. The higher up the military rank is the General of the Sixteenth Guards, which is the pinnacle that a military general can reach. The higher up the civilian rank is Shangshu and Prime Minister, which is almost the same.
The pinnacle that civil servants can reach.
At his age, no matter which position he takes, he has set a precedent since the founding of Chen Guo.
Of course, in addition to promotion, there is also promotion.
But since decades ago, Chen Guo's title has been decreasing rather than increasing.
The powerful and powerful, as the name suggests, stand at the pinnacle of power and have noble status. A very small number of people enjoy the vast majority of resources.
They don't have to do anything, and they are supported by the country. As children of powerful people, it is much easier to get promoted in official career than for children of poor families with no background.
It is precisely because of their transcendent status that these people often do things to bully others, oppress the people, and become a worm in the country, absorbing the nutrients of Chen State little by little.
Therefore, Chen Guo has been deliberately reducing titles since the previous generation of emperors. The current Emperor Chen is even more merciless. In the original line of King Kang, dozens of dignitaries were reduced to the bottom. Reducing titles is political.
The general direction is correct. As an emperor, it is unlikely that he will buck the trend and deny himself.
It was precisely because of this that Tang Ning could not imagine what Emperor Chen would reward him.
Rewarding money is too vulgar, and he has no use in appreciating beautiful women, and it is not Chen Huang's style.
Not only Tangning was curious about this matter, but also the entire capital.
In the past six months, he first pacified the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, and then settled the northwest, solved the threat of the grassland, and saved the country and the people in danger several times. For such a person, it is not enough to calm the people without heavy rewards, and it is not enough to convince the people without heavy rewards.
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But if you want to reward him, his status is already very high, and it is not impossible to go up. But he is still too young. It takes a few years to complete the path that others have taken decades. It is easy for the foundation to be unstable, which is not a good thing.
They didn't wait long for the answer.
This great victory in the northwest is celebrated by the whole world, and His Majesty is not stingy with all the soldiers.
The military exploits of ordinary soldiers have been doubled, and generals with outstanding achievements have been promoted to one rank. Among them, Chen Zhou, the former Zuo Xiaowei Youlang General, will be appointed as Zhonglang General from now on, and Xiao Jue, the former Zhonglang General, will be promoted to Zuo Xiaowei Right General.
, Tang Ning, the former Zuo Xiaowei general on the right, ignored his own safety in the northwest battle, took the lead, went deep into the enemy camp, and worked hard to promote the alliance between Chen State and the grassland. He made outstanding achievements and was promoted to Zuo Xiaowei general.
At the same time, he was also named Marquis of Dingguo.
The Marquis of Dingguo was first created by Chen Guo when he founded the country. It can be seen from the title that this title will only be granted to those who have made great contributions to the stability of the country.
This title has always been awarded posthumously. In the past few decades, only three people, including Tang Ning, have been awarded this title.
The first two were both outstanding warriors on the battlefield and legends of the Chen Kingdom. After their death, they were granted the title of Marquis, and their descendants could not inherit them.
Tangning is the only person in history who was awarded this title while alive.
He first pacified the south of the Yangtze River and then settled the northwest. His contribution can fully deserve this title.
From today on, he is the Marquis of Dingguo and a living legend in the Chen Kingdom today.
