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Chapter 48 Rewards and Captives

morning sun,

Dahuang City Chaotang,
"Zhuqing has a book to play!" A little Huangmen shouted in a high voice,
Next, it’s time to intervene in the normal process of the court meeting. In fact, the ancient court meeting was generally nothing major, except for particularly important ones, unless the emperor wanted to ask for a reward for a certain minister. The emperor was embarrassed to chat in private, so he let the officials discuss it.

Sure enough, Cao Changqing, who stood at the top of the civil servants, slowly came out with a jade card, first bowed his head towards Jiang Bi, showing respect, and then started to talk about business.

"Report to Your Majesty, Zhang Yicai, General of Zhenbei, beheaded more than [-] people yesterday. According to the law of my Great Chu, this officer will be promoted to a higher level. But how to reward General of Zhenbei is up to His Majesty to decide!"

Jiang Bi and Cao Changqing, they discussed it yesterday, but today is just a process,

"Then according to the law of Great Chu, those who beheaded more than a thousand people will be promoted to a higher rank. Zhang Yicai is already among the four generals. Today, Zhang Yicai is granted the position in an extraordinary way. It can be hereditary. The platinum reward can support more than a thousand tenants."

Jiang Bi, one word fell into the mouth of the mouth, and no one in the civil and military officials refuted it. They passed their anger yesterday. Zhang Yicai's title is not only for this time's military exploits, but also to make up for Zhang Yicai's 20 years.
"Congratulations, Lord Hou!" All the officials in the court congratulated Zhang Yicai who was kneeling on the ground,

But Zhang Yicai was still in a daze, how could he be named a Marquis after a battle?This Lord Hou is too easy to seal, right?Of course, it's just that he didn't know what Cao Changqing meant to make up for him,
Of course he wasn't the only one who didn't know, did he also turn red when he didn't see Cao Yanzong behind Cao Changqing?It is estimated that this is unknown,
Now that the matter has come to this point, Zhang Yicai, what else can he do?I can only kneel down and thank you,
"The minister must devote himself to the end, and he will not forget today's kindness!"

Zhang Yicai, no matter how stupid he is, knows how great a favor it is to be promoted from General to Lord Marquis. If you don't see Li Guang, it's hard to seal him. Besides, he doesn't know the others. Just letting him raise a thousand "tenants" in a fair and honest way is considered a honor. It is a great grace,

This is equivalent to having his own private armed forces, which are officially certified, and he will still have them. Those old disabled soldiers who follow him have to support them. If they become marquis, their salary should increase, right?Though he never received it,

There is no way, when the country was in crisis when I was first named a general, the national treasury was emptied at that time, what should I get, and do I want it?And now it's only been a few days since I came back, and I'm getting my salary, isn't it a little too soon?

"Your Majesty, since the matter of Zhang Houye is finished, I have one more thing to do!" Cao Changqing nodded in satisfaction seeing Zhang Yicai's appearance, and then said another matter, of course he changed his words quickly,

For some reason, when Zhang Yicai heard Cao Changqing calling him Lord Marquis, Zhang Yicai more or less heard a teasing tone, but when Zhang Yicai looked up at Cao Changqing, the old man was serious again,

"May I ask Your Majesty what to do with the five thousand captives captured by Master Zhang Hou?" Cao Changqing asked, ignoring Zhang Yicai's eyes.

"This..." Jiang Bi, after discussing with Cao Changqing all night yesterday, he couldn't come up with a good solution, so naturally he didn't know how to answer.

It won't work if they surrender. Most of these people are from Beimang and have family members on the grassland. I'm afraid they are not caring, so let's keep them. After Cao Changqing's calculation, they won't be able to keep them for long. Originally, the soldiers in their own family were not enough to eat. There are so many extra people to support,

I'm afraid it's too much, and Zhang Yicai, as he said before, is feasible as a farmer, but with so many people, who can guarantee that they will farm safely?You know, there are 6000 to [-] people, and they can form a riot with hoes. Who knows whether they are running fields or digging people's heads with hoes?
In a word, don't worry! ,
The civil and military officials in the court, because of the five or six thousand captives, were arguing endlessly. Some people wanted to be kings to educate them, these alien races on the grassland, and some wanted to kill them. It is the official who is in charge of the grain of Dachu,

After all, Dachu’s tax revenue for a year is just a small amount to pay the officials, and then pay the salaries to the city guards and guards, and repair the city walls. The barbarians of the North Mang, and soldiers eat more than ordinary young and strong,
They were given rations for the young and strong. What did the young and strong eat?
Of course, there were also neutral factions among them who thought of a compromise. They thought about whether they could exchange these soldiers for some food, but they were immediately scolded by the bosses on both sides. Someone recognize?After all, except for the armor, they can be seen to be standard, and they don't even have a symbolic thing.
You find other people for no reason, just want others to admit that they invaded our country?Nonsense, if they don't bite you back, you're lucky,
In fact, while arguing with each other, both sides thought that the farming method was the best, but the problem was there, what did they eat during the farming period?Who will take the responsibility?

This is the most important thing. They need someone with weight to stand up and take responsibility for the consequences even if this matter fails.
And Zhang Yicai shrank the first position of the general, with his eyes closed as if he was asleep, and the general behind him didn't speak when he saw Zhang Yicai, so he didn't dare to say anything.

They all followed Zhang Yicai's example, so the quarrels in the court were all civil servants, but their boss Cao Changqing didn't speak, but the people below were arguing happily.

Zhang Yicai was chatting with Duke Zhou and his daughter when suddenly a stabbing pain came from his head,
Logically speaking, he shouldn't have a headache at this realm, then there is only one possible artificiality, and there is probably only one person who has this realm of cultivation in the court,
Sure enough, Zhang Yicai glanced to the left, and Cao Changqing was squinting his eyes to give him some little tricks. That's right, Zhang Yicai's seat, which has not yet been warmed up, has already been taken into consideration by others.
Wanting to take on this responsibility, Zhang Yicai had no choice but to press himself up, to be the candidate for the seal on his body, and Cao Changqing, when hinting at him, even gave Zhang Yicai crazy winks, aiming at his own silly nephew,
Zhang Yicai was speechless, it was high or low that he was asked to find an errand for Cao Yanzong, the little ancestor,
Seeing that the court hall was getting louder and fiercer, and the stabbing pain in his head had not subsided, Zhang Yi knew that he couldn't escape,
"I would like to lead the troops to guard the captives and let them know the grace of heaven, Mu Wanghua, and do farming." Zhang Yicai shouted loudly,
After Zhang Yicai finished yelling, the civil servants all stopped in unison, neatly, as if they had rehearsed in advance,
"What the Qing family said is true, do you really want to?" Jiang Nii, who was sitting on the high platform, said in surprise, obviously Cao Changqing didn't discuss this matter with him, or he didn't discuss it at all.

"But what about the grain and grass in the middle? Seeing that the spring plowing is about to start, we can't give them grain seeds, right? And if it doesn't grow, what guarantee will Master Zhang take?" A spokesperson asked fearlessly,
Zhang Yicai pouted his lips to Cao Changqing, saying, "Your man?"

Cao Changqing said: This is a stupid boy, it has nothing to do with me,

Since it doesn't matter, then it's easy to handle. Zhang Yicai stared at the civil servant, just like a primary school student, meaning to look down at you. Among the civil servants, there is one who is the most conspicuous, needless to say who it is, a certain...little ancestor who is hiding behind his uncle,

"The minister is willing to wait for a guarantee, and the food is a big deal. If one person eats one less bite, he will come out after being squeezed. If he can't go up the mountain to hunt animals and go down the river to fish, it will save food expenses. Anyway, it won't disturb the nearby farms. It seems that there is also a lot of grain and grass seized this time.

Enough to last until the autumn harvest”

Just as Zhang Yicai took a breath, when everyone thought he had finished speaking, he felt a stabbing pain in his head. Zhang Yicai cast a glance at Cao Changqing, then at the little ancestor of the Cao family,

Reluctantly, he said again: "The minister recommended Cao Yanzong Cao Xiaowei to go with me to serve as the minister's long history and share the pressure for the minister."

Jiang Bi above seemed to have no problem with this little episode, and waved his hand to show his approval.
The rest are trivial matters,
After a sentence of retreating from the court without incident, all the civil and military officials in the court dispersed.
And that civil servant who was not afraid of death in the court was caught up by Zhang Yicai as soon as he came out of the palace.

As for you saying no one cares?The lowest one who beat him up there was a school lieutenant with a strong background and a surname of Cao, who dares to care?Who can control?

It is said that the Cao family rang the sound of killing pigs continuously for half an hour that day.

(End of this chapter)