On the day before New Year's Eve, the entire Jiankang Mansion was decorated with lights and streamers, filled with a festive atmosphere.
Many people have seen that this year is really long. From April, Li Xingchen left Shu and entered Jiangnan, and then in August, when Chen surrendered to the south, Li Xingchen proclaimed himself emperor in Jiankang Prefecture. In just half a year, Jiangnan changed its dynasty.
Although this was an outcome that everyone had expected, Li Xunchen's devastating attack made people deeply aware that a new dynasty was rising with unstoppable momentum.
In winter, the Han Dynasty's Northwest War was the first battle of the founding of the country, which made everyone look at it with admiration. This also showed that this new dynasty re-established based on the Southern Dynasties was no longer limited to a corner of the Yangtze River, but was actively moving forward.
Expanding overseas, it has even been able to occupy a place in the north.
For most people in Jiankang Prefecture, although this year has been wonderful, it really has nothing to do with them. Dynasties have changed, and many new things have appeared, but life is still the same. As long as their money and lives are not taken away from them,
It actually doesn't make much difference to them who sits on the Dragon Throne.
People who have gone through troubled times have long been pessimistic, so they regard every new year as very important, because it means that a peaceful year has passed, and they have to welcome a new year full of unknowns.
The noise outside the imperial city did not affect the cold atmosphere in the imperial study.
In Li Xingchen's hand, he held the planned rewards for the Northwest War. He didn't have much opinion on the above reward stipulations, but with rewards there must be punishments. For the dissatisfaction of several northwest families in this Northwest War,
If they cooperate, Li Xingchen will never let them go easily.
The Han Dynasty wants to dominate the world in the future, so it is naturally impossible for there to be so many uncooperative voices within.
All the officials present held their breath. They knew that His Majesty was in a very bad mood.
"I didn't turn over my surplus grain, maliciously bribed officials, and the accounts were skewed." Li Xingchen slapped the memorial on the table, "The Tianshui Liang family had no merits or demerits in this battle, and even bribed three of my Han officials with the intention of embezzling military grain.
, if Baipao hadn't discovered it in time, we don't know what trouble these people would have caused."
He looked around at everyone below: "Tell us what to do."
In fact, although what Li Xingchen said is a big mistake, it is something that every family tacitly understands and even sometimes covers up each other. All dynasties can only turn a blind eye to this. After all, there is no
Affecting the operation of the entire country, these are tolerable when the country still needs the existence of these aristocratic families.
Although the Tianshui Liang family was a little greedy this time, it can only be said that "a dog cannot change its habit of eating shit." What's more, in the final analysis, the Tianshui Liang family only had this intention and had not actually taken action. At best, it was in the Battle of the Northwest.
Without much cooperation, Your Majesty would suddenly become so angry?
Pei Ji, the imperial censor, immediately stepped out of the queue and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I will kill you according to the law!"
"How many people should be killed?" Li Xingchen said calmly.
Gritting his teeth, Pei Ji still said: "Three tribes!"
"Can the three clans be punished?" Li Xingchen's voice became colder, "If this really happens and the Battle of the Northwest is defeated, how many people should be killed?"
This time, the imperial study was even quieter, with only the sound of breathing remaining.
The Battle of the Northwest is related to the Han's strategy in the northwest. If the Battle of the Northwest is defeated, not only will the Northwest be completely lost, but also all the elites of the Han in Bashu will be lost. In this way, whether the Han can even defend Bashu is a question.
Pei Ji even felt that he could feel the sweat on his forehead. His Majesty pressed him like this. What did he want to do? However, he still gritted his teeth and said: "The Nine Yi Clan."
"Of the three Yi tribes, the nine tribes will be assigned to the Southern Wilderness." Li Xingchen finally came to a conclusion.
"Yes!" Pei Ji felt relieved.
If Your Majesty really kills the entire Tianshui Liang family, he will obviously declare war on all the aristocratic families. After all, if you can kill the Tianshui Liang family today, you will naturally be able to kill everyone here tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
And now there are only three clans, which shows that His Majesty's anger is still within control. The destruction of the three clans of the Zhili clan is really nothing in the troubled times of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, where heads may fall at any time, but it is still a new dynasty anyway.
For the first time since the beginning, three tribes were wiped out.
In this way, His Majesty's warning to the aristocratic families has been fulfilled. His Majesty expressed his anger and told the aristocratic families that not only should they be more careful in what they do in the future, but it is also best not to obstruct what they want to do next.
After saying that crime is credit, Li Xingchen said in a deep voice: "In the Battle of the Northwest, Hou Mi and Yu Xi both took the lead. Can anyone object to this?"
Hou Mi was born in the Hou family, while Yu Xi was from the Guanlong family. It can be said that the two groups that benefited the most from the Northwest War were these two groups who were competing against each other in the court. As for the Bashu family, their focus was originally on wealth.
In terms of business and industry, they naturally did not expect to take much credit in such a war.
After this battle, Hou Mi and Yu Xi were promoted to the left guard general and the right guard general respectively. Such official positions were higher than those of general generals, and they were already on an equal footing with the four towns and four ans. And the rise of these two young men also
This means that there are more young people coming to the fore.
Yu Yi, who had already expressed his intention to disband and return to the countryside, was rewarded with the title of Marquis and opened the Yitong Sansi Division. Li Xingchen allowed him to come to Jiankang Mansion for retirement. Anyway, he was ordered to set up an academy specializing in teaching knowledge and strategies related to marching and warfare. As the first
Wu Mingche, who served as the mountain commander, was naturally "sharpening his sword" for a veteran like Yu Yi.
In addition, in the Battle of the Northwest, Cao Zhong, Xu Deyan, Chang Sun Sheng and others also proved their ability to stand alone, and naturally each received a reward.
There are rewards and punishments, and the battle in the northwest can finally be concluded.
"I have no objection."
Li Xingchen smiled slightly. After all, it was the result of several discussions, not to mention how many conflicts of interest. Naturally, no one would jump out to sing the opposite at this time: "In this case, let's distribute the reward as soon as possible. Since the army has already
After returning to Hanzhong, the reward will be in place within half a month of the Shangyuan Festival."
"I obey the order!"
His Majesty finally seemed to be in a better mood, and Gu Yewang and others also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Li Xingchen was always cynical, which made people more or less susceptible to the frivolity of young people, but it was precisely because of this
, Li Xingchen seemed to rarely get angry, so much so that Gu Yewang and others did not dare to say anything after Li Xingchen suddenly became angry.
Fortunately, this battle in the northwest was a great victory after all. Otherwise, I don’t know how many more people would have fallen to the ground.
"There are two things to do after the New Year. One is to prepare for spring plowing. I don't need to say more about this. There is also the selection of talents. What are the officials going to do?" (To be continued)