Two days later, the imperial court officially promulgated a decree on pensions and rewards, and successively issued post-war rewards to generals below the "general" level. This reward was mainly reflected in fields, houses, and positions.
Practical rewards like gold, silver, and silk are secondary.
It is worth mentioning that in order to make the Wei people remember this hard-won victory, Wei King Zhao Run personally ordered the Bingzhu Bureau to create several batches of commemorative daggers again.
These commemorative daggers are made of copper and are about one hand long. They are not edged on both sides and have the words "Heroes of the Patriotic War" engraved on the end of the sword.
Wei King Zhao Run hoped that the court would distribute these daggers to all Wei soldiers who participated in the battlefield war, whether they were regular soldiers, militiamen, or private troops, in order to thank them for their contribution in this war. - As for
Those soldiers who had died were handed over to their families.
In this regard, the Wei court once raised objections to Wei King Zhao Run. After all, the total number of soldiers mobilized by Wei in this war - including regular troops, militiamen, private troops, etc., was actually close to one million, and this meant that
, Wei needs to build one million such commemorative daggers, and this will make the stretched national treasury even more difficult.
But it is obvious that there is no one in this world who can change the mind of King Zhao Run of Wei. After the monarch made the final decision, even though the court believed that this move was a matter of "big sacrifice and small reward", it could only do it.
I have to say that on this matter, there were some differences between the imperial court and Wei Wang Zhao Run, because the former considered interests more, while the latter considered spiritual things.
In fact, Wei Wang Zhao Run has been strengthening the people's spiritual unity, strength, and sense of belonging and identification with the country.
Perhaps based on the idea of "If you want to do it, then do it in one step", Wei Wang Zhao Run personally designed several "hero daggers".
For example, the Imperial Guards of Daliang, including the men who died in the Battle of Daliang, would receive a heroic dagger inscribed with "The City That Will Never Fall" after the war; while Zhao Jiang, Shao Hu, Qu Cheng and others
The "Korean Defeat Army" led by them can get a heroic dagger inscribed with "Eastern Expedition Triumph".
In addition, there are several heroic daggers to commemorate important victories in this war.
For example, Yunzhong guarded Lian Pi, Jiuyuan guarded Feng Ting, Shuofang guarded Zhao Chengyue and others "recaptured the Yuanzhong fortress", such as Hexi guarded Sima'an, Hedong guarded Wei Ji to block the Qin army, and another example was Wei Wang Zhao Run personally leading more than 300,000 people
The Wei army defeated the coalition forces of various countries on the mainland, and so on.
It has to be said that the "willfulness" of Wei King Zhao Run caused the Wei court to pay a huge expense on the original basis.
But Zhao Run believes that it is all worth it: these heroic daggers will surely be passed down as family heirlooms in the hands of those soldiers, and together with the "strong and unforgiving" spirit of the Wei State, will be passed down to
The next generation, the next generation of Wei people.
As long as the people of Wei are united, no one can defeat Wei!
No one!
On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, the imperial court held a celebration banquet in the Zichen Hall of the palace to entertain the meritorious men of this war.
Due to venue constraints, the imperial court only entertained military generals with more than a thousand generals this time, but even so, the imperial court still filled the entire square outside the Zichen Palace with banquet tables.
As for the soldiers and soldiers, the imperial court will naturally not forget them. For this reason, the imperial court mobilized most of the transport ships of the Wei State, such as the Ministry of Household Affairs, Su's Chamber of Commerce, and Wen's Chamber of Commerce, to transport mutton, vegetables, spirits, etc.
, sent to the garrison locations of various armies, and distributed in unlimited quantities to Wei soldiers and generals, and the whole country celebrated together.
When a celebration banquet was held in Zichen Hall, generals who had just defected to Wei, such as Xi Leyi, Yan Kui, Jin Yao, Sima Shang, etc., were also invited to attend.
To be honest, these generals inevitably felt a little embarrassed. After all, no matter what, they were indeed defeated by Wei. It was really strange to participate in the victory party's celebration banquet as losers.
But there is no way, they must attend this banquet. After all, they must integrate into the Wei military and among the soldiers and generals of Wei. Otherwise, their future career in Wei will definitely be affected.
Since the generals of the army were informed two months in advance, the generals stationed in various places in Wei rushed back to Luoyang to attend the banquet.
For example, Shuofang guarded Zhao Chengyue, Jiuyuan guarded Feng Ting, Yunzhong guarded Lian Pi, Shangdang guarded Jiang Bi, Hexi guarded Sima An, Hedong guarded Wei Ji, etc., even Wei Shao, Wei Yun, and Wei Zhen of Wei State
, and Ji Wu of the State of Lu (not the old State of Lu), after receiving the invitation, hurried back to Luoyang, the capital of the King of Wei, to participate in this grand event.
It is no exaggeration to say that this celebration feast included at least 90% of Wei's generals.
"The King of Yan is here!"
"General Qu Cheng of the Yanling Army has arrived!"
"General Yan Mo, who is also from the Yanling Army, has arrived!"
"General Sun Shuke, who is also from the Yanling Army, has arrived!"
"General Shaohu of Wei Wujun has arrived!"
"General Long Ji of Wei Wujun has arrived!"
"Huan, General Huan Hu is here!"
"General Chen Shou has arrived!"
"King Huan is here!"
…
At the palace gate, these generals of the Wei Kingdom, big and small, dismounted their mounts in front of the palace gate, entered the palace hand in hand, chatting and laughing, and headed towards the Zichen Palace.
It has to be said that when they saw Huan Hu, Chen Shou, and the former Korean generals Le Yi, Yan Cree, Sima Shang and others in the Zichen Palace, many Wei generals were a little stunned. In contrast, the Wei State generals were stunned.
It is not surprising that Shao, Wei Zhen, Wei Yun and others appeared in this palace.
No, when Yunzhong Shou Lian Pi and Jiuyuan Shou Feng Ting saw their former colleagues such as Le Yi, Yan Kui, Sima Shang, they were so shocked that their eyes almost popped out.
"Why are you and the others here?" Lian Piu asked in surprise.
Facing Lian Pi's almost interrogative inquiry, Le Yi remained calm and calm. Hearing this, he said calmly: "Then why are you here?"
"I heard that there will be a lot of good wine at this banquet that is not available on ordinary days..." Lian Pihun said nonchalantly.
Indeed, with his honest character, if he hadn't heard that there would be good wine at this banquet, he might not have even bothered to come to Luoyang to attend this banquet.
"Is it because of the wine?"
Le Yi sneered, and he didn't know whether it was a compliment or a mocking comment: "It really seems like you." After saying that, he turned to look at Jiuyuan Shou Feng Ting.
Of course Feng Ting understood what Le Yi meant and smiled.
Of course he came here for the reward. After all, he followed Lian Pi to recapture the Yuanzhong Fortress, and then bit the tail of Gongsun Qi, Marquis of Wuxin of the Qin State. This was no small feat.
I remember that when he came here, he had thought about whether he should try to transfer from Jiuyuan to the mainland - although he was indeed very free in Jiuyuan County, and there were no constraints except for the common man Lian Pi who always bullied him, but he still hoped
I can be transferred to a place closer to Luoyang. After all, the frontier fortress is too poor.
While they were chatting, Shuofang Guard Zhao Chengyue came into the palace, saw Lian Pi and Feng Tong, and walked up to them with a smile and said hello: "General Lian Pi and General Feng Tong, when did you two come?"
Because he wanted to take the opportunity to return to Luoyang to reunite with his brother Zhao Chengyi, Zhao Chengyue set off from Shuofang County ten days early and returned to the royal capital without accompanying Lian Pi and Feng Ting.
Unlike Lian Pi, who left everything in Yunzhong County to his lieutenant and came to Feng Ting's Jiuyuan County alone, he completely followed Feng Ting's motorcade to the royal capital.
"Have you met your brother?"
Lian Bu smiled and greeted Zhao Chengyue.
After all, Shuofang, Jiuyuan, and Yunzhong are close to each other. Especially when the barbarians invade, the three counties will jointly send troops to attack. Therefore, Lian Piu has a good impression of Zhao Chengyue, a young man who fights bravely.
In Lian Pio's view, Zhao Chengyue was much braver than Feng Ting, who only knew how to hide behind.
"After we got together, I'm staying at my brother's house these days." As he said that, Zhao Chengyue pointed to the teacher and said with a smile: "Originally, I wanted to bring my brother over, but my brother said that he was pregnant.
The civil servants who live in the rear are not qualified to sit at the "Eastern Seat"..." As he said this, he saw Le Yi, Yan Kui and others, and asked curiously: "General Lian Pi, who are these?"
Lian Bu licked his lips and said with a bit of a smirk: "They are all Lian's former colleagues... Let me introduce to you, this is the famous Beiyan Shou Leyi, and this is Julu
Shouyan crepe..."
Hearing this, Zhao Chengyue showed a look of horror on his face, and subconsciously reached for his waist. However, he suddenly remembered that he had already received the sword at the palace gate and handed it over to the imperial guards.
Seeing this scene, Lian Pi laughed loudly and said: "Don't panic, don't panic, there are many guards inside and outside the palace, but these guys can come in and out freely, don't you understand?"
"Huh?" Zhao Chengyue was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, he immediately lifted his guard and said apologetically to Le Yi and others: "I'm sorry, generals..."
At this time, Lian Pi patted him on the shoulder and introduced to Le Yi and others: "This is the second son of King Yu Zhao Ke. Zhao Yue is the guardian of Shuofang. He is a young man who fights bravely. He is braver than you.
Too much, Jin Mao... Stop hiding, I've seen you a long time ago."
"It turns out to be Mr. Zhao Ji's second son..."
Hearing this, Le Yi and others looked at Zhao Chengyue with a bit of respect.
Perhaps in the eyes of generals such as Le Yi, Lian Pi, and the late Yanmen Shou Li Mu, the only generals in Wei who can truly be called "strong rivals" are Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, Zhao Yuanke, the king of Yu, and Run, the prince of Wei.
The three of them, and the rest, even Sima An, Shao Hu and others, were just a little behind.
Of course, this kind of 'contempt' is actually the same even among the top ten tycoons in Beiyuan - why do Lian refute Feng Ting so often and push him around at will? In the final analysis, don't you look down on him?
After a while, under the guidance of the chamberlain, the generals sat down one after another according to their military achievements and their relationship with each "military department".
At the chief seat on the east side, the President of the Guards, Wei Jiao, was sitting. Also sitting at the same table were Zhou Ji, the commander of the Daliang Guards, and Hou Dan, the deputy commander. In the seats behind these three people, there were people who participated in the "Battle of Daliang".
” generals, such as He Miao, Zhu Gui, Chengling King Zhao Shen and his son, Shangliang Marquis Zhao Anding and his son, etc.
The second seat on the east side is the seat of King Zhao Jiang of Yan. Sitting on the same seat are Shao Hu of Wei Wujun and Qu Cheng of Yanling Army. In the seats behind them, sit the other generals of Hanoi Army, Yanling Army, and Huling Navy.
For example, Cao Yan, Yan Mo, Sun Shuke, Li Ji, Zhou Kui, Cai Qinhu, Li Huo, Chen Si and others.
In addition, there is the only civil official sitting in the seat on the east side - the right captain of Tiance Mansion, the admonishing official, Huangchihou Zhang Qigong.
Lian Pi, Feng Ting, Zhao Chengyue and their generals were seated in the third seat on the east side. After all, they recaptured the Yuanzhong Fortress from the Qin army and regained control of the Hetao area.
After them, there were the generals of Sima An who guarded the west of Hexi, Wei Ji who guarded the east of Hedong, and King Huan Zhao Xuan.
Among this team, Lian Piu saw another familiar face, and it was also the familiar face that he had hated so much that he had gnashed his teeth with hatred, that is, the former deputy general who had listened to Kang Gong Han Hu's order and betrayed him because of his own interests.
, later Taiyuan Shou Le succeeded.
"I never expected that I would meet you here."
As the saying goes, enemies are extremely jealous when they meet each other. Although Lian Pi could not be called an enemy to Cheng Cheng, it is true that he hated Cheng Cheng. Who made Cheng Cheng betray him back then?
"Lemou is also quite surprised... General Lian Pi is here safe and sound."
After saying this, Le Cheng glanced at Le Yi, who was not far away, and nodded slightly towards the latter, because in terms of family relationship, Le Cheng was Le Yi's cousin.
"Success, what's wrong? What happened?"
Following a question, King Huan Zhao Xuan came here with Luo Yao, Zhou Min, Yangyi Marquis Han Xu and others.
"I just met my old boss, His Highness Prince Huan."
Le Cheng replied with a chuckle.
King Huan Zhao Xuan took a few steps closer, looked at Lian Pi and then at Lecheng, and said as if to make peace: "It's getting late, please take your seat first... General Lecheng?"
"yes."
Le Cheng nodded, then looked at Lian Pi, smiled and clasped his fists, and said, "General Lian Pi, I'll say goodbye for now."
At this time, Zhao Chengyue seemed to have noticed something, and whispered from the side: "General Lian Pi, today is a celebration feast. If you have any grudges, it is better to leave them to tomorrow..."
Lian Pi nodded slightly.
Although he seems to be a tough guy, and he often prefers the most direct tactics when fighting, this does not mean that he is an empty-headed reckless man. Take what happened just now, Lian Pi can tell it was successful at a glance. Han
The two of them, Xu, were attracted by Zhao Xuan, the younger brother of King Huan of Wei, Zhao Run.
Of course, the name of Huan Wang Zhao Xuan alone cannot scare him Lian Pi. After all, his Lian Pi now has a lot of connections in Wei, such as Shao Hu of Wei Wujun, Wei Ji guarding Hedong, and even Wei Wang Zhao Run.
He has a good relationship.
But as Zhao Chengyue persuaded, on days like today, there is really no need to cause any conflicts with Chengyue due to old grudges, or even offend King Huan Zhao Xuan for this.
"Unexpectedly, after success, Han Xu also defected to Wei...er, Wei."
Seeing the success, Han and Xu walked away, and Yan Kui said with emotion.
At this moment, he suddenly thought that except for Li Mu, Ma She, Baoyuan, and Ju Xin, the first generation of Beiyuan's ten tycoons were like Lian Pi, Qin Kai, Le Yi, Jin Mao, and Feng Ting, including him, Yan Kui.
They all defected to Wei.
Among the second generation of Beiyuan's ten tycoons, Lian Pi's success, Xu Li who succeeded Ma She, and Sima Shang who succeeded Ju Xin also defected to Wei.
In other words, a total of nine generals from the two generations of Beiyuan's ten tycoons eventually defected to Wei.
This made Yan Kui feel inexplicably: Perhaps, the Wei State is really the general trend of the world.
About half an hour later, when the sound of "His Majesty has arrived" was heard outside the palace, the noisy Zichen Palace suddenly became silent.
Under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, Wei Wang Zhao Run slowly walked in from outside the Zichen Palace and walked towards the throne of honor at the end of the palace.
After they were seated, Jie Ziu, who took over the celebration banquet in his place because Du You, the minister of the inner court, was seriously ill, shouted in a deep voice: "Generals and ministers, please see your Majesty."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard countless courtiers and generals in the palace, either cupping their hands or clasping their fists, calling in unison: "I, the last general, pay homage to Your Majesty."
Among them, there are also Huan Hu, Chen Shou, Le Yi, Yan Kui, Le Cheng, Han Xu, Ji Wu, Wei Shao, Wei Yun, Wei Zhen and others who have defected to Wei.
"Everyone is safe."
Zhao Runxu raised his right hand to signal the courtiers and generals to sit back at their seats. Immediately, he looked around at the civil servants and generals in the hall, feeling bursts of inexplicable pride in his heart.
When he was born, it was the early days of the Hongde period. At that time, his country, Wei, had just experienced the "Daliang Civil War" and the "Nanyan Rebellion", two civil strifes that devastated the country.
At that time, the Wei State had only more than 80,000 regular troops, and it was trembling under the threat of Korea in the north and Chu State in the south.
Now, more than thirty years later, he, the Wei State, has taken control of the two countries, Han and Wei, and annexed the Lu State, including all the talented people from the three countries of Han, Wei, and Lu.
This reminded Zhao Run of his father, who worked hard to govern the country for twenty days.
"It would be great if my father still had six uncles and five uncles, and they could see how strong Wei Wei is today..."
Zhao Run sighed secretly.
"His Majesty?"
Seeing that Zhao Run didn't speak for a long time and seemed a little distracted, Jie Ziyu quickly signaled the eunuch Gao He with his eyes, asking the latter to remind his majesty in a low voice.
Under Gao He's reminder, Zhao Run came back to his senses, looked around at the civil servants and generals in the hall, and said with a chuckle: "Today, many people must have seen some new faces, such as General Ji Wu, General Huan Hu, Le Yi
General, General Yan Kui... But you don’t need to have any doubts, these generals have defected to our great Wei, and their defection will make our great Wei become more powerful!"
"Some people may say, isn't my Great Wei powerful enough? My Great Wei is already the overlord of the Central Plains... However, I would like to say that my Great Wei is not powerful enough, far from it, because there are still people trying to challenge me.
The Great Wei threatens our Great Wei, such as Qi, Chu and Qin!... To be truly powerful is to make the enemies of our Great Wei lose the confidence to oppose our Great Wei, and to make them, as soon as they hear that our Great Wei
I am afraid of Wei’s name!”
Picking up a glass of wine from the table, Zhao Run slowly walked down the steps and continued: "Everyone in the world says that I am domineering and cruel, but not many people know that when I was young, I had no great ambitions and just wanted to sit around all day long.
Support Mei Ji and live a life of lust and pleasure..."
"..."
Hearing these words, at least 80% of the civil servants and generals in the palace looked horrified.
Especially generals such as Le Yi, Ji Wu, Huan Hu, etc. who had just defected to Wei and did not know the king of Wei Zhao Run very well.
They simply couldn't believe their ears: the Duke of Wei, Run, who swept across the Central Plains and made all the countries in the Central Plains tremble, and the king of Wei, Run, was actually a man with no ambitions when he was young?
Are you kidding?
"I'm not joking. Being a dandy in the prosperous age was indeed my only ambition. But later, I suddenly discovered that it was not easy for me to be a dandy, because my Wei Dynasty was too weak at the time.
When will South Korea and Chu be overthrown, then I will be able to just be a dandy who has subjugated the country..."
Zhao Run laughed at himself. Seeing this, everyone in the hall also gave some laughter in cooperation.
Pressing his hands, Zhao Run continued after the laughter in the palace gradually disappeared: "In recent years, after our Wei Dynasty has gradually become stronger, I can't help but be a little content with the status quo, because as I said, I am not actually
I don’t have any great ambitions. I just hope that I can properly govern the country so that the people under my rule can live and work in peace and contentment and stay away from the war... But this war is like a blow to the head. Only then did I understand that if you don’t harm others, others may not harm you.
, Doubt, fear, desire, these people's emotions may cause war, just like this time the coalition forces of various countries conquered our great Wei... Although our great Wei won the war, there were nearly one million people in the country.
As a result, lives were lost.”
"...I am very angry, unprecedentedly angry. Our great Wei has never raised unjust troops, but why can't we still avoid war? I thought about it for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion that my great Wei... no, it should be said that the entire Central Plains,
The reason why it is in constant war is because there are many countries in the Central Plains, with different positions and interests, which leads to endless wars. If we, the Wei Dynasty, want to obtain eternal stability, there is only one way... to destroy all
Enemies who are enemies of our Great Wei, or who hinder our Great Wei! Let the banner of our Great Wei be planted throughout the Central Plains; let the earth under the sun shine become the territory of our Great Wei... If given time, the whole world will be
If they are all called Wei people, then there will naturally be no more wars in the Central Plains."
"This is destined to be a lonely and difficult road. I sincerely hope that all of you here, as well as the thousands of people in my great Wei Dynasty, can help me complete this road."
"Perhaps I will spend my whole life still unable to complete this feat. But I still have sons, and my sons will beget grandchildren, and my grandsons will beget sons. There will be endless descendants. One day, I, the great Wei Dynasty, will be able to encompass the entire world, and there will be no more wars in the Central Plains.
!”
"..."
Hearing what Zhao Run said, all the civil servants and generals in the palace were stunned. They were all shocked by the bold words of Wei King Zhao Run.
Even though Le Yi, Yan Kui, Sima Shang and others who had joined the Wei State for the first time felt that the monarch in front of them was a little different - the Korean monarch Han Ran had given them such a similar feeling before, but this one in front of them
Although he was a monarch of Wei State, he seemed to be more pure than Han Wangran.
This is a monarch whose mind can accommodate the entire Central Plains in a real sense.
At this time, Zhao Run raised the wine bottle in his hand. After looking around at the civil servants and generals in the palace, he shouted loudly: "Respect the great Wei Dynasty!"
All the civil servants and generals in the palace, including the soldiers and generals of the Wei State in the square outside the palace, raised their wine bottles and cups one after another.