Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 147 Rewards and Punishments

On the fifth day of May in the second year of Wude, Li Zhiyun, the king of Chu, returned to the court.This time, the Yunyang army defeated Zhu Can, rescued King Changping, and brought Nanyang under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, which really made Li Yuan heave a sigh of relief.The reason is the same, the main reason is that Li Shuliang was trapped in Nanyang earlier, which almost made him lose face.

"Decree of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty"

In the Hall of Wude, a group of important officials arrived, including Liu Xiang, the Prince, King Qin and others lined up on the left and right.The great hero, the king of Chu, led a group of soldiers to bow down to listen to the hadith awards.

Holding the yellow paper in his hand, Li Zhong read out the commendation speech that Lao Li had written long ago. It did not begin with "Fengtian Chengyun, the Emperor's Edict", but "Emperor's Order of the Tang Dynasty".

Although some official documents call it Tang, in fact, the country name of the Tang Dynasty is just one word Tang.The so-called Great Tang is only used for pretense, and pretense is just what human beings need, understand.

This time, Lao Li was very happy, so the rewards became more and more generous. Li Zhiyun was awarded many honorary titles, and he was given gold, silver and jewelry, and he was ordered to distribute the spoils himself.

Of course, what Li Zhiyun cares most about is that Lao Li appointed him as the governor of Nanyang, and he is in charge of all the military forces in Nanyang.

Apart from Li Zhiyun's award, Xie Shufang, Qin Qiong, Du Ruhui, Duan Zhixuan, Xue Shou and others also appeared in the imperial decree and received awards.Or seal the post, or add more rewards.Among them, Qin Qiong, who captured Zhu Can alive, was commended by Lao Li's words, and he was named the head of the horse army in the Chu Palace.

"I thank my father and emperor." Li Zhiyun kowtowed.

"I thank you, Your Majesty." All civil and military officials thanked you.

Li Yuan laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth, and quickly helped him up, "Excuse me, get up."

"Thank you, Father."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Zhiyun, you did not disappoint me. I have read the victory report of the Nanyang battle, and the fight was very good!"

Zhu Can's death in the hands of Nanyang people helped Datang to win the hearts of the people. Li Yuan didn't mind at all that Li Zhiyun didn't take Zhu Can to Chang'an. Anyway, it didn't make much difference whether Zhu Can was taken to Chang'an or died.

"It's all thanks to my father's great fortune. The ministers worked hard and the generals were united. The sons dare not take credit for it."

Hearing this, Lao Li shook his hands, "You child, why are you still so humble in front of your father?"

Li Zhiyun smiled awkwardly, he thought that Lao Li was overjoyed, wouldn't he just wipe out Zhu Can, as for that.Didn't they kill Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, and need to play a show of fatherly kindness and filial piety in front of the officials?

In fact, what Lao Li was happy about was not that he wiped out Zhu Can, but that he saved King Changping, saved the emperor's face, and Li Zhiyun's ability to stand alone.

Needless to say the former, the main reason is the latter, which makes Lao Li feel happy and at ease.

Not long ago, Yongan Wang Li Xiaoji lost in Shanzhou, followed by Changping Wang in Nanyang. This made many ministers question in private that it was useless for him to reuse clan generals, which made Lao Li quite annoyed and helpless.

Now Li Zhiyun's victory over Zhu Can is enough to make those people shut up completely.At the same time, Li Yuan was also happy that his son would have a great future, so that he could rest assured that Li Zhiyun would lead the army to fight in the future.

The second child can fight, and the fifth child can also fight, so he can sit firmly in the position of emperor.

Li Yuan has always regarded his old cousin Yang Guang as a negative example, always alerting himself.At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and none of the Sui and Yang clans could turn the tide.In Lao Li's view, there is no outsider who can be trusted.

In a family, country and world, only relatives can secure a stable position.

Of course, the officials felt a chill in their hearts when they saw Li Yuan's greasy son.The king of Chu's victory over Zhu Can is indeed worthy of praise, but is it necessary for you to express your love for your son in front of so many people?

nausea!

In the minds of the officials, rewarding the King of Chu was not the main event, because judging from the emperor's rewards to the King of Chu, it was obviously inferior to the King of Qin.This has nothing to do with the opponents they beat.

The real highlight is yet to come.

Sure enough, after Li Yuan finished speaking, he ordered the Ministry of War to organize a banquet to reward the soldiers who conquered Zhu Can, and then dismissed the generals of the Chu Palace.

Immediately afterwards, Pei Ji, Li Yuan's little padded jacket, stood up, and he said with a smile: "The King of Chu is worthy of being a great talent in our Tang Dynasty, and he has lived up to everyone's expectations. I congratulate Your Majesty."

After finishing the first half sentence, Lao Li laughed.

Immediately afterwards, Pei Ji began to fire in the second half of the sentence, "However, I think that there are victories and defeats in the battle of Nanyang. Rewards are one aspect, but we must also delve into why the army was defeated, so that we can learn from experience and conquer the world for my Tang Dynasty. ,be ready."

As soon as the words fell, the prince's eyes suddenly became sharp. Pei Ji was clearly planning to make trouble.

Li Shimin was at ease, as if everything had nothing to do with him, he nodded and stroked his beard, as if he was thinking about something.

Li Zhiyun, who had already returned to his seat, closed his eyes lightly and didn't speak, but he was thinking about who Pei Ji was targeting.

If he guessed correctly, it should be Liu Wenjing.

Li Yuan's face became stagnant, and he was a little unhappy that the little padded jacket said this at this time, but he still maintained an open-minded attitude of accepting advice, and asked: "What do you want to say, Prime Minister Pei?"

Pei Ji cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister privately believes that Liu Wenjing should be held accountable for ruining our Great Tang's plan to conquer the world."

The officials understood, and immediately became excited.

Fight!Fight!
The conflict between Pei Ji and Liu Wenjing is well known to everyone. This time Liu Wenjing and the prince recommended Lujiang King to lead the army to support Shangzhou, which led to a big defeat. How could Pei Ji let go of such an opportunity.

Not long ago, the prince had publicly admitted that he was ignorant of people and should not have recommended Lujiang King to support Shangzhou.It has to be said that this was a huge blow to the Prince's reputation.

Now, Pei Ji is going to drag Liu Wenjing into the water as well.Once successful, the prince's family will lose two confidantes in a row this time.

"The old minister was wronged!" With a cry, Liu Wenjing walked out of the queue and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, the old minister has planned for the country and has never had any second thoughts. Pei Ji is scaremongering and framing the old minister. Please return the old minister's innocence!"

"Innocent?" Pei Ji mocked: "Liu Wenjing, if you hadn't recommended King Lujiang to support Shangzhou, how could King Changping be defeated and trapped in Nanyang? We all read the previous Nanyang victory report, and the officials also read it. King Ping’s strategy of attacking Nanyang is completely reasonable, but it was King Lujiang’s failure to cooperate well that led to the defeat. And King Lujiang was recommended by you, so you dare say that you are not responsible for it!”

With a very skillful attack, Pei Ji didn't say anything about King Changping's fault, but put all the responsibility for the Tang army's defeat at the beginning on Li Yuan's head.And Li Yuan was recommended by Liu Wenjing and the crown prince, which clearly meant to drag Liu Wenjing into the water.

It has to be said that Pei Ji really understood the thoughts of his good friend Li Yuan, he knew that he could not target King Changping, because that would be scolding Li Yuan for cronyism.Therefore, he excused the responsibility to Li Yuan and clarified that it was not that Changping Wang was incompetent, but that Li Yuan was too useless.

In this way, not only Lao Li's face is saved, but also Liu Wenjing can be targeted.Don't kill two birds with one stone too smoothly.

The advantage of doing this is that Li Yuanming knew that Pei Ji was using a knife on Liu Wenjing, but he couldn't help but want to agree.

There was no way, if he wanted to save Liu Wenjing and King Lujiang, then King Changping would have to share the responsibility for Nanyang's defeat.

But the question is, Li Shuliang is his general, can he do this?

Once he did this, it would be tantamount to admitting that he had no eyesight and sent a waste to Nanyang.

(End of this chapter)