In Jiying Hall, people who had contributed to this war gradually gathered.
But compared to the harmonious atmosphere at the teacher's side, the east side can be said to be clearly divided: the generals of the Yanwang Party, the Huanwang Party, and the Suwang Party are harmonious to each other, but they can face the Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo, Jiang When they looked down upon the members of the Qingwang Party and the Xiangwang Party, they did not even say a word to each other.
Even the most steadfast generals of the Su-King Party, such as Wu Ji, Zhai Huang, Ma You, Shen Yu, Yan Mo, Sun Shuke, etc., would glance up and down at the members of the Qing King Party sitting opposite them with eyes full of power from time to time. The aggressive look made the latter even more stressed.
Leaving aside others, Wu Ji, the general of the Shang Shui Army, is now completely famous. Who allowed him to capture Ju Xin, one of the top ten tycoons in Bukwon, South Korea, alive on the battlefield of Sanyang?
In recent decades, Wei State has never captured such a high-status Korean general alive on the battlefield with South Korea.
Therefore, Wu Ji has been hailed as "the most powerful general in the Shang Shui Army". Being stared at by such fierce generals, and grinning from time to time, this will inevitably make the people of the Qing Wang Party feel creepy.
At this time, the teachers and officials were also secretly taking stock of the generals of the Su Wang Party. After all, the generals of the Su Wang Party were the strongest in the Wei military, with many powerful generals under their command.
But what surprised the officials was that the former deputy general of Dangshan Army, now Pu Banwei Wenxu, actually sat with the generals of King Su's Army.
"It seems that the rumor that General Sima An supports His Highness Prince Su is not groundless."
All the officials in the court thought secretly.
Although at this banquet, Sima An did not appear with Su Wang Zhao Hongrun in order to avoid suspicion, but came hand in hand with General Bailiba of the Dredging Army. However, it was heard that General Sima An's two most trusted One of the deputy generals is sitting among the generals of King Su's army today, which is enough to explain some problems.
Many people in the country were very surprised by this incident. After all, when they first cooperated, Su Wang Zhao Hongrun and General Sima An had a very tense dispute. It is said that Zhao Hongrun once decided to temporarily remove the latter.
But who would have thought that three or four years later, among the generals of the six garrison battalions, it was General Sima An who had the best relationship with Su Wang Zhao Hongrun.
Not long after, following the announcement of "Your Majesty has arrived," Wei Emperor Zhao Yuancai led the eunuch Tong Xian to the Jiying Hall.
Seeing this, all the civil servants and generals of the Wei Kingdom in the palace stood up and saluted one after another. Even Qin Shaojun, Wu Xinhou Gongsunqi, Changxinhou Wangjian and other Qin generals stood up and saluted, giving sufficient respect to His Majesty the King of Wei.
"Excuse me."
The Emperor of Wei, Zhao Yuancai, had a rosy complexion. After arriving at the main seat, he waved his hand to signal everyone in the palace to take their seats and said with a smile: "There are no red tapes today. It is just for the meritorious people of Wei Dynasty and the allies of Wei Dynasty. The generals sent by Qin to assist held a banquet to celebrate the victory."
After saying that, he glanced at the eunuch Tong Xian.
Tong Xian understood the idea and immediately ordered the imperial guards to serve dishes and drinks.
Logically speaking, the serving of wine and food should be done by the maids and eunuchs in the palace, but today's situation is a bit special. After all, today's banquet is mainly to entertain military generals. Therefore, the Shangshan Bureau in the palace has been cancelled. In the past, for the dishes that were delicate but small in portion, we directly chose roasted suckling pig, roasted whole lamb and other meat-based dishes. Even the wine was brought into the hall in jars. In this case, we were weak. How could the palace maids and eunuchs move it? So they had no choice but to dispatch the imperial guards.
As the palace music officials played the music, groups of musicians performed songs and dances in the palace, making some soldiers who had never had the opportunity to experience such a banquet feel extremely happy.
For example, "Shi Jin", a hundred-man general of Youma Army, was lucky enough to be invited because he killed Xiong Shang, Lord Diyang of Chu State, on the battlefield of Yongqiu. At this time, he looked at the table full of dishes, fragrant wine, and the main hall.
The beautiful musicians in the center were dancing, their faces flushed with excitement.
Seeing this, Ma You, the leader of the Youma Army, could only remind him again and again: Don't embarrass me!
In fact, it was not just Shi Jin, there were many generals from King Su's army who were invited to the banquet. Since they were invited to a banquet of this level for the first time, they would inevitably feel a little restrained, such as Ran Teng, Xiang Li, Zhang Ming and thousands of others.
General, despite their bravery on the battlefield, at this time, they only dared to lower their heads and secretly look at the thinly dressed women in the center of the hall. The unpromising soldiers such as Li Hui, Le Bao, Yang Wu, etc., at this time
He swallowed hard in front of those women.
It's no wonder, after all, most of the soldiers and generals of the Shangshui Army and Yanling Army were from Chu State civilians. They had never been exposed to banquets of this size in the past, so they would inevitably make some rude and disrespectful behaviors.
Fortunately, the power of the Su Wang Party in the palace was very large, so even if some people looked down on the low-level officers of the Shang Shui Army and the Yanling Army, no one dared to criticize and ridicule them.
After singing and dancing together, the dancing palace musicians exited the palace one after another, which made many soldiers feel quite reluctant to leave.
But then, Du You, the Minister of Rites, stood up and clapped his hands to remind everyone in the hall to pay attention. This made the somewhat disappointed mood of the soldiers suddenly rise again.
Everyone knows that the most important thing today is to reward based on merit, and everything else comes second.
In full view of everyone, Du You, the Minister of Rites, walked to the steps of the throne and spoke loudly. He first praised the Wei army for their sacrifice of life and death in order to protect the country, and then praised the nobles in the country for fully supporting the country.
Finally, he thanked Qin for his help.
However, Du You also understood that at this time, many soldiers were eagerly waiting to discuss their merits and be rewarded, and not many people would really listen to his words of praise, so he spoke very briefly. After three or two sentences, he
Directly entered the stage of discussing merit and giving rewards.
"...In this war, there were countless meritorious people who made meritorious deeds. In order to clearly distinguish rewards and punishments, the imperial court divided the meritorious people in this battle into five grades, each with different rewards." After saying this, Du You pulled out of his sleeves.
He pulled out a stack of lists, and after confirming the list, continued: "Let us first announce the fifth-level meritorious men, Sun Mou, the Marquis of Huzhou, Uncle Feng, the Marquis of Yuanling..."
Most of these "fifth-class meritorious service" are domestic aristocrats who showed the intention to protect their families and the country, but in fact did not fight against the Korean army.
For example, Sun Mou, the Marquis of Huzhou, Feng Shu, the Marquis of Yuanling, and others. Although they were ordered by the Liang Dynasty to lead their own private armies to garrison the banks of the river or to support the Wei State, due to various factors, these people ended up together.
There was no confrontation with the Korean army, so this so-called "fifth-level meritorious service" is actually like a consolation prize, with more meaning than practical benefits.
The "fourth-class meritorious service" is actually not much different from the "fifth-class meritorious service". For example, in this grade, Prince Chengling Zhao Shen, Marquis of Anping Zhao Tan, etc. These nobles also did not stand in this war.
What meritorious service, but the difference between the two is that, like Chengling King Zhao Shen, Anping Marquis Zhao Tan and others, they donated a lot of money and food to the court. Therefore, the Daliang court must increase the level of rewards and give some rewards in the future.
After all, it is not easy for the aristocracy to take the initiative to donate money and food to the court and support the country's war. It deserves to be widely publicized and set as a model to encourage domestic nobles to follow suit.
Of course, regardless of the "fourth-class meritorious service" or the "fifth-class meritorious service", in fact the rewards are not many, they are just some copper coins, cloth, jade and the like. Take Chengling King Zhao Shen as an example, these rewards are still
Not as much as a fraction of what he donated to the Liang court.
Of course, he doesn't care about these things. Anyway, now that he is relying on King Su Zhao Hongrun, the money lost can be earned back through trade soon - the real advantage lies in the favor owed by the court, which is what the nobles want most.
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Let the court owe you a favor, and the court will be more or less accommodating on certain things in the future. For example, when some nobles occupied the country's mineral resources, do you really think that the court was unaware? How is it possible! It's just because of certain relationships.
, it’s just that it’s not easy for the court to come forward.
As for starting from the "third-class meritorious service", it is the conclusive military merit. For example, Shi Jin, the hundred-man general of the Youma Army whose name was first mentioned by Du You, the Minister of Rites, was because he killed Di Yangjun Xiong Shang on the Yongqiu battlefield.
, not only was he promoted to the rank of Thousand-man General, but he also obtained the junior noble status of "Noble Honor", which made some of the thousand-man general-level elders in King Su's army envious.
You must know that among the entire King Su's army, only two generals, Qu Cheng and Wu Ji, have obtained the status of "Noble Honors". In addition, even Yan Mo, Sun Shuke, Zhai Huang, Nanmen Chi and others are still
In the "inspection" stage, after all, this honor can allow them to step from common people to nobles, which is not unvaluable.
In addition to "Shi Jin", there are also many Wei army officers and soldiers who have received this level of awards, but not all of them are lucky enough to receive the "noble honors" reward. For example, Ran Teng, the brave thousand-man general in the Shang Shui army,
In this war, more than hundreds of enemies were killed, but in the end, they only received some monetary rewards.
Of course, there are exceptions. For example, Zong Wei and Shanyang Army generals Zheng Sui and Li Mao, who died in battle under the command of King Zhao Hongjiang of Yan, received the reward of "noble honors" and allowed their eldest son to inherit. However, as expected, they could only inherit
One generation.
Generally speaking, except for the special case of Ishijin, a hundred-man general of the Yuma Army, in the "third-class meritorious service" category, the court only treated the soldiers who died in battle favorably, such as rewarding them with titles and tax exemptions as appropriate.
The Zongfu trained the sons of the victims as Zongwei and so on.
Compared with the "third-class meritorious service", the rewards of the "second-class meritorious service" are more generous.
For example, Sima An, the first general of the Dangshan Army to be awarded a reward, was directly appointed as the "Hexi Shou", who was responsible for intimidating Hexi and coordinating the Wei State's future war against Linhu and seizing the Hetao area.
After Sima An, Wei Ji, Lord of Lintao, became the second person to be rewarded and was appointed "Hedong Shou".
It is undeniable that Lintao Lord Wei Ji became the "Hedong Shou" with the help of King Su Zhao Hongrun. However, it cannot be denied that this ruler also played a crucial role in the confrontation with Han Jiang Lecheng and Han Xu.
His role was to lead a group of new soldiers to block the Taiyuan Korean army, which had several times its strength, for several months. Who dared to ignore the merits of Wei Ji, Lord of Lintao?
In the future, Wei State will have Sima An on the west side of the river, and Wei Ji, the lord of Lintao on the east side of the river. The two will complement each other. Why should we be afraid of Taiyuan, South Korea, and why should we be afraid of Linhu in the Hetao River?
Seeing Sima An and Lintao Lord Wei Ji kneeling on the ground in the center of the hall to accept the award, even Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but feel a little excited.
The Wei State where he lived finally became stronger and stronger.
And does this mean that he is not far from his long-cherished wish of "Xian Wang"?