Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 225 Reward or Punishment
"Hahaha~~ My champion is back!!"

The emperor laughed and walked up. Duan Xie had already dismounted, stood aside, bowed himself, and said, "I greet your majesty!" Why should Mr. Duan be so polite?"

"Mr. Duan is for me, and he has eliminated such serious troubles as Tanshihuai! He has also opened up thousands of miles of land, and the general's achievements deserve to be worshiped by me!" After speaking, the emperor wanted to salute him, and Duan Yan was almost frightened. Kneeling down in front of him, he said hastily: "It is all thanks to His Majesty's sageness that the world is in great order, and foreign enemies are not to be feared. How dare I accept the gift of Your Majesty!"

Hearing what Duan Xi said, the emperor just got up with a smile, pulled him, and wanted to walk with him, but Duan Yan still didn't dare, followed behind the emperor, bowed his head, respectfully, the emperor pulled him, and brought him to the In front of all the officials, all the officials also paid their respects one after another. Chen Zan, let's put aside their dislike for Duan Xie, Duan Xie's military achievements alone are enough to make them respect.

His expedition this time directly wiped out all the Xianbei people who had harassed the border of the Han Dynasty for decades, and also set up two extremely large states and counties. How could such an achievement of expanding the territory not be admired by everyone?

When he entered Luoyang City, Duan Yan was also worshiped by many people. He has now become the No. 1 general of the Han Dynasty. His prestige among the people is so high that He Xiu may be able to match it. None of the other important officials has this After passing through the cheering crowd, everyone returned to the palace. The emperor held a grand banquet for Duan Xi to celebrate his achievements.

The banquet was held very grandly, all the officials in Luoyang, big and small, were present, including singers, Yuefu, guards of honor, except for He Xiu, who resigned because he wanted to take care of Liu Bian. He was very restrained, but he still had fear in his heart. Halfway through the banquet, the emperor slowly stood up and asked Duan Yu's achievements to be read aloud as a reward.

Afterwards, rewards were added. Most of these rewards were in name, such as some special cases like He Xiu, such as conferring titles such as servants. After the big rewards, the emperor's brows slowly frowned. At that time, none of the officials noticed, but Duan Yan, who was always paying attention to the emperor, trembled in his heart. The emperor took out a letter and handed it to the Huangmen beside him, asking him to read it out.

"Duan Yan confiscated three thousand shi of grain and grass, and took bribes from Hezhou officials, as follows." Huang Men read it with a bitter face, and the cheering crowd stopped abruptly, at a loss, Huang Men continued to read, verbatim After reading it, he handed it to the emperor just now, but at this moment, Duan Yan was acting extremely unbearably, his legs were trembling, he suddenly fell to the ground in front of the emperor, and all the officials were silent.

The originally extremely lively atmosphere suddenly became extremely cold.

"Hehehe, Mr. Duan, but the imperial salary is not enough?"

"I'm guilty, I'm guilty, I hope His Majesty will make amends!" Duan Yan said in a panic. All the officials couldn't believe his appearance. Is this the general who beat up the aliens?The change was so fast that everyone was a little sluggish, only the emperor, his face was flat, he couldn't see his happiness or anger, he squinted his eyes slightly from time to time, and Duan Yan fell in front of the emperor in horror.

He originally just wanted to deliberately give the emperor some excuses to make the emperor feel at ease with him, but he didn't expect that his behavior would arouse the emperor's fear even more. If he knew it now, why did he do it at the beginning?After digging a grave for himself, the emperor looked at him for a moment and called out, "Come here! Bring it in!"

Hearing this sentence, Duan Xi was so frightened that some soldiers rushed in from outside the door, but they didn't carry weapons, but they held discs wrapped around them, and they couldn't see what they were. The emperor stepped forward, Tear off the cloth on the top, but the inside is glittering gold, which is extremely dazzling, and all the officials can't understand what the emperor means, Duan Xi is even more afraid.

Because in the big man, so much gold is only used when he is buried with him when he dies.

The emperor looked at Duan Xi, stepped forward, slowly helped him up, pointed to the gold, and said, "If Mr. Duan is short of money, tell me that I will never treat any hero badly, but the common people, Soldiers, you can never take it, you return the greedy money to everyone, and the gold will be given to you."

Duan Yan was stunned for a moment, slowly raised his head, looked at the emperor with disbelief in his eyes, just now, he had already thought up his last words, so what's going on?
"You will be rewarded for your meritorious deeds, and you will be punished for your mistakes. You are greedy and accept bribes. However, if you defeat Xianbei and protect one party, you will not punish you. If you have enough gold, you can ask me to get it." "

"If a hundred pieces of gold can be exchanged for peace on the border and prosperity for the people, I would rather spend all my money so that the great man will last forever and the people will be happy!"

"Thank you so much, Your Majesty!" Duan Yan stood up, bowed heavily to the emperor, and a few tears fell from the corners of his eyes.

All the officials were moved by this kind of friendship between the monarch and his ministers, and they were even more moved by the emperor. They couldn't help but completely worshiped them. Headed by Yuan Feng, they shouted: "The emperor is holy!!" He was still so calm, and it didn't change because of Duan Xi's tears and the worship of all the officials. He shook his head, waved his hands, and said, "Get up, we are having a banquet today, so don't be too polite!"

Yuan Feng raised his head slowly. For some reason, he seemed to see Emperor Xiaowen standing in front of him. The emperor became more and more like a big Han emperor, no, more and more like a former Han emperor, with the world in his heart. For the king, afterward, the officials continued the banquet, and they looked at the emperor with more respect, and Duan Yan was so ashamed that he almost cried.

After the banquet ended, the emperor returned to the harem drunkenly, went to the Yongning Palace of Empress Song, and entered the palace, Empress Song personally stepped forward, brought him back to the bed, and asked people to find soup to feed the emperor herself, the emperor Looking at her with a smile, he smiled and said, "Queen, I'm fine."

Empress Song looked at the emperor who was half drunk just now, couldn't help but smiled wryly, and said: "Why is this, Your Majesty?" The emperor smiled and said: "If I am not drunk, the officials will be very restrained. ", Empress Song knew that the emperor was not telling the truth, but he was able to show sobriety in front of her, which made Empress Song excited enough.

Her face was flushed, and she was tidying up the bed. Suddenly, she frowned and asked worriedly: "I haven't seen Bian'er for a long time. I heard that you offended His Majesty?"

"Hahaha, this Zhu Zi, said that I was a fool that day, but I couldn't get angry, so I beat him up!"

"This..." Empress Song had a sad face on her face.

"Hey, don't worry, when I was young, I was not much better than him, and I was chased by Master He with a sword every day!"

"Ah? Then Master He wouldn't treat Bian'er like this!"

"Hey, I still hope that he will discipline him like this. It's a pity that he treats Bian'er as his grandson and pampers him a lot. However, I see that he has improved a lot when he is with Master He. Let him stay here!" The Son of Heaven said with a smile, and Empress Song continued: "Princes can't live outside the palace for a long time, if not, let Master He move into the palace and continue to teach Bian'er."

"Master He will never agree. He is extremely stubborn. How could he agree to such an unethical thing?"

"How about buying a courtyard outside the palace and letting them live closer together? That way, His Majesty will be able to know the situation of Bian'er at any time. Also, the Empress Dowager has not seen her grandson for a long time, and she is still making trouble in the palace. .”

"That's fine, then I will send someone to ask Master He tomorrow."

The two chatted for a while and were about to take a break when Empress Song suddenly asked: "Those court ladies who served Bian'er earlier... did they do something outrageous?"

The emperor frowned, and said: "They deceived me, tried to give Bian'er the above-mentioned bad name of bullying, and separated father and son, so I killed them." Empress Song was a little frightened when she heard this, and the emperor asked again: "Are they you? Sent to take care of Bian'er?" Empress Song shook her head, and said in a low voice, "It was recommended by Mr. He, and she is said to be a trustworthy court lady."

"Oh, it's no wonder she's been saying she can't afford to be sick these days." The emperor said in a low voice, a fierce light suddenly appeared in his eyes, but it disappeared quickly.

(End of this chapter)