Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1213 I am very happy, I deserve a reward

Shangyuan night.

Ziwei Palace, Wufeng Building.

This night, the fire trees and silver flowers are endless, and the lanterns are like a sea of ​​people.

In the entire city of Luoyang, millions of soldiers and civilians flocked to watch the lanterns and celebrate. All the streets were filled with lanterns and night markets. While watching the lights, they were shopping, eating night market snacks, and guessing lantern riddles.

Comment and praise the parade floats one by one.

Wufeng upstairs.

After the banquet, the monarchs and ministers watched the lights upstairs.Many officials noticed that this night, while watching the lanterns, the emperor called his courtiers to talk to him from time to time.Li Jing, Xu Shiji, Su Dingfang, Cheng Yaojin, and later Zhang Xutuo, Qin Qiong, Shan Xiongxin, and then Luo Siye, Luo Yi, Yi Cunxiao, Luo Shixin.

There are also Tang Jian, Liu Wenjing, Pei Ji and so on.

Either the general of the town, or the commander of the Privy Council in the court, or the famous king of the clan, or the envoy stationed in the vassal.

Sensitive people guessed that the emperor estimated that there would be some big moves next, and it must be in the four sides.

And some people took Anxi Shuai Cheng Yaojin as the commander in chief who killed 10 people in two countries in a row last year, and speculated that there will be big moves in the border areas this year, it may be Baekje, it may be Dangxiang, or Tubo, In short, there is the example of Cheng Yaojin, and it is estimated that the border coaches everywhere will be stimulated to be more active.

However, the imperial court's financial revenue last year was not bad, and it greatly tilted the army's budget.

"Whether it's a human slaughter or a demon king, for the emperor, a general who can win battles and destroy the enemy's country and expand its territory is a good general after all. No matter how many people kill, they still have great merit."

"That's right, the emperor is now obsessed with martial arts, and the commanders in the court and the frontier generals are also extremely aggressive because of this. There are constant wars in various places. This is not a good thing. No matter how big a country is, it will die if it is warlike."

"Your Majesty keeps saying that you want to recuperate, but there is never a day when there is no war in my court. There are wars everywhere in the southeast, northwest, and four corners, hey!"

Undoubtedly, several senior scholars were left out in the cold today. First, Li Gang was refuted by the emperor, and then the emperor summoned one minister after another to accompany the lantern watcher to talk, but he didn't call a single senior scholar over.

Yu Shinan felt that what the emperor is doing now is actually similar to that of Yang Guang in the previous dynasty.

After several years of Yang Guang's reign, the world was in chaos, and the foundation accumulated by Yang Jian over the next few years was wiped out.But today, the world has been conquered immediately. In just a few years, the turmoil in the world has ended, the Central Plains has restored peace, and even many places are more prosperous than before.

But this world seems to be getting more and more stable. The emperor continues to use troops to various places, levy industrial and commercial taxes, and levy monopoly taxes on salt, tea, wine, horse sugar mines, etc., and buy and trade, which should make the world resentful , but now it is very stable.Yu Shinan also often went down to visit, no one could fool him, but the result was just like this.

This sometimes made him very confused, why did Tianzi act the same as Yang Guang today, but have completely different results?
"Sooner or later, there will be big hidden dangers." Another great scholar, Chu Liang, said.

Cheng Mingzhen, deputy envoy of the Bohai Fleet, followed his boss Wei Zhongxian to the Wufeng Building to participate in the banquet tonight, but their rank was low and they could only stay far away from the emperor's place.

The two people in scarlet robes are usually very dazzling, but they seem to be eclipsed in this purple jade.

"I really envy Xu Shiji. Last year when he fought against Baekje and Wa, his Anton army was not as successful as ours, but now he can get close to the saint and get wine from the saint to watch the lanterns together, but we can only stay so far away." .”

Wei Zhongxian didn't envy Xu Shiji, what he envied was Feng Lishi, the supervisor in the palace, and those young supervisors.Feng Lishi is also wearing a purple robe, a purple robe.From being a third-rank supervisor in the palace, being able to participate in the imperial meeting of the Xuanzheng Palace, and even assisting the emperor in handling secret documents, this power is quite impressive.

"One day, if I can become a prisoner in the palace, even if I only work for a year or two, it will be enough."

Cheng Mingzhen said with a smile, "There is always a chance. This year, our Bohai Fleet will do a few big deals for him. Then there is no reason for the saint not to reward him."

Wei Zhongxian did not have such great expectations. After all, the Bohai Fleet is a royal fleet and not the imperial court. To put it bluntly, they are the emperor's servants. If they do well, it is their duty.Last year, the record of the Bohai Fleet could not be said to be rich, but the South China Sea Fleet was no worse than them.

It is said that the South China Sea caravan traveled to the Kunlun Sea, Tianzhu Sea, and the Persian Sea last year, creating many new trade relationships and earning millions for the emperor a year.

A eunuch in black bowed his head all the way over.

"Wei Zhongxian, Minister of Internal Affairs, Cheng Mingzhen, deputy envoy of the Bohai Fleet?"

The two quickly got up and responded.

"It's the subordinate."

The official looked at the two of them, and they quickly handed over their silver amulets for inspection.

"Congratulations, both of you, the sage called you over to drink and watch the lanterns."

Wei Zhongxian didn't expect that the emperor would call the two of them over, and he was very pleasantly surprised.

"Unexpectedly, the sage still remembers the slaves."

"Just now the sage and Governor General Xu Shiji talked about the war in Andong, and Governor General Xu said a lot of good things for the two, and praised the two for their great achievements in attacking Baekje and Japan. Therefore, His Majesty ordered someone to write down the names of the two. After talking with Liu Wenjing, the ambassador to Xiangxiong, let Lai summon the two of you to go over."

"Thank you, father-in-law." Wei Zhongxian cast a grateful look, and even felt something on his body.

"Where is this place, put away your little thoughts." Although the eunuch was of low rank, he directly reprimanded Wei Zhongxian for trying to bribe him.

Wei Zhongxian was reprimanded, so he had to laugh a few times and stop his movements.

"Follow me quickly."

The location of the emperor is the best place to watch the lanterns on Wufeng Tower.

In the square downstairs, someone sang a newspaper, "Luling County presents a performance!"

Wei Zhongxian and Cheng Mingzhen came over to meet the emperor.

"Come and sit, give me wine."

Wei Zhongxian only dared to put half of his buttocks on the chair, and Cheng Mingzhen didn't get any better. The two fifth-rank scarlet robes sat beside the emperor, which even caused whispers in Wufeng Tower.

"The performance of the Bohai Fleet last year was very good. Last year, you were ordered to attack Baekje and Wa Kingdom. You even broke through the two counties of Baekje and several large islands in Wa Kingdom. You captured more than [-] Japanese and Baekje people in total. That's all. One is a great achievement. Not to mention that in Rongshanjiang, you defeated the vanguard fleet of the Japanese army, that's amazing."

"This battle can be regarded as a lesson for the children of the Japanese country, letting them know the might of the Great Qin, and punishing these toads who sit in a well and watch the sky."

"I'm very happy, I deserve a reward, tell me, what reward do you want?" the emperor asked with a smile.

(End of this chapter)