Chapter 899 898 [The Duke of the Kingdom]

After Pei Yun was taken away, there was a desolate silence in Chengtian Hall.

Cui Hu's words were like a sharp knife piercing into Pei Yun's gallbladder, completely stripping him of his aristocratic bookishness, leaving behind a despicable body soaked in darkness. Pei Yue did not need to add any extraneous details, regardless of whether Pei Yun could escape in the end.

Sin, this person's official career has come to an end.

Pei Yue originally planned to resolve some past grievances after returning to Beijing this time, naturally including the hidden scourge of Pei Yun. Compared with Pei Rong, who has long since become a waste, and Pei Cheng, who is becoming more and more mature, Pei Yun will bring great changes once he gains power.

A very big threat. A noble civil servant like him is very good at disguising himself and possesses the eloquence to confuse people. In time, he will definitely be able to weave a dazzling halo for himself.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Kaiping would suddenly take advantage of the Pei family. Fortunately, Pei Yue had already built up his own power over the years. A trump card like Cui Hu was not the first, nor was he the last.

But Pei Yue didn't feel like he had won.

He looked up at Emperor Kaiping, who had a deep expression on his face. He must have been very angry, or even very disappointed.

Once a crack occurs, it will be difficult to repair it.

The key is that Pei Yue can't bear to let Pei Rong and his like ride on his head again, not to mention that Pei Yun successively plotted against him and Pei Ning. It's not that the time has not come yet, but today he is just settling old and new grudges together.

Emperor Kaiping wanted to use the Pei family to complete the last step of the campaign, so Pei Yue opened a gap with force and stepped on Pei Yun so that he would never be able to stand up. At the same time, others once again noticed the evil that Pei Rong had done. Such a person has

What qualifications determine the marriage of a first-class prince?

The first round of the battle between emperor and ministers ended with Pei Yue's victory, but would the emperor accept this result?

The people in the court naturally saw the situation clearly, so no one stood up to plead for Pei Yun, and no one took the opportunity to add insult to injury. Unlike any previous court dispute, today was a drama between the two Pei brothers from beginning to end.

At most, we don’t include Cui Hu of Xining who is pretending to be stupid next to him.

Emperor Kaiping looked at the calm expression on Pei Yue Junyi's face, and couldn't help but have a hint of ridicule in his eyes, and said lightly: "Since you have known about Pei Yun's bad behavior for a long time, why didn't you tell me before?"

Pei Yue lowered his eyes and replied frankly: "Your Majesty, I just have suspicions and no conclusive evidence."

Emperor Kaiping sneered: "Cui Hu's words are not evidence?"

Xi Ningbo, who was strong and strong, shrank his neck, as if the air in the hall was particularly cold.

Pei Yue still responded calmly: "Your Majesty, after I learned about this matter from Uncle Xi Ning, I have always wanted to investigate clearly. After all, his testimony alone is not enough, but I have never had time to do it."

Emperor Kaiping narrowed his eyes and asked, "Is it because we don't have time to investigate, or are we prepared to strike preemptively?"

Pei Yue raised his eyes to meet the emperor's stern gaze, and said with a hint of helplessness: "Your Majesty, I have gone to the south."

Suddenly the wind and snow dissipated.

The sneer on Emperor Kaiping's lips gradually disappeared. Seeing the look of grievance deep in Pei Yue's eyes, he couldn't help but think of many past events.

The fighting in the Hengduan Mountains, the iron blood at the western border, the promises by the Taiye Pond, and the exchanges in the Imperial Study Room, he watched Pei Yue rise at the end of Qingping, growing from a childish-looking young man to a handsome man who defeated foreign enemies.

Once upon a time, he sat alone in a corner of the palace, flipping through the battle reports sent from thousands of miles away, praising Pei Yue's victory. He also lamented countless times in front of Concubine Wu that this was the talent he had chosen with his discerning eyes, and he would be able to keep her in the future.

Serve as a minister to the successor king.

Years pass by, and there are many storms.

At first, he just wanted to use Pei Yue to find out people who were related to the Chen family. Later, he wanted to use the relationship between Pei Yue and Gu Liang to further adjust the military structure until he completely solved the military leadership problem that had been left over from the founding of the country.

Before going to the Huanqiu Altar in Xingliang Prefecture to offer sacrifices to heaven and pray for rain, he persisted in the attitude of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.

Perhaps it was because of Pei Yue's every move in the Fourth Prince's rebellion case that he was completely moved. In fact, he did not adopt the method of feigning death proposed by Pei Yue, but just asked the imperial doctor to do some tricks. If Pei Yue had other intentions, he would

It can be solved together.

But Pei Yue did so impeccably that Emperor Kaiping finally changed his mind.

It's just that it doesn't take a day to pierce the stone. Without Pei Yue's previous performance, how could this extremely hard-minded emperor be soft-hearted?

After thinking about it, the reason why the monarch and his ministers reached this stage turned out to be that Pei Yue was so outstanding that he gradually felt that this confidant was in danger of falling out of his control.

Emperor Kaiping took a breath inconspicuously.

For an emperor who aims to leave a name in history, emotion is the most luxurious and also the most useless pursuit.

The past is like the wind blowing away.

That's all, he will always be rich and prosperous in the future.

His eyes became indifferent again, without any biased emotion on his face, and he said to Pei Yue, who was standing alone in front of the emperor: "I understand, please step back."

Pei Yue sighed in his heart. The emperor did not inquire deeply. It seemed that he was favoring himself as before. I am afraid that he was more determined to grant the marriage. But he could not continue to mess around at this time, so he had to bow and salute: "I obey the order."

The meeting continues.

The basic framework of Zhan Shifu has been established, and there are still a few important ministers with sufficient weight. However, Ning Huai'an, the Minister of Civil Affairs, has ceased his activities, and Emperor Kaiping has no plans to continue to adjust. It seems that he will wait for the candidate to be crowned prince to surface before making a decision.

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The atmosphere in the palace finally became a little more lively, and the courtiers seemed to wake up from their deep sleep.

Duke Pingzhang of the State of Wei came out and said: "Your Majesty, regarding the rewards for the generals in the war in the southern border, I have drafted a list for your Majesty's review."

Emperor Kaiping nodded slightly and said: "Come here."

Although Wang Pingzhang is old, his voice is still full of energy. As he spoke out the details of the rewards one by one, pride and pride appeared on the faces of many ministers.

Cai Qian, the commander-in-chief of Jiangling and a third-rank Baoding uncle, was granted the title of first-class Baoding uncle for his merits. He was granted a settlement of 3,000 households and was awarded the third-rank title General Zhaoyi.

Guo Xing, the commander-in-chief of the Zhennan camp and the second-class Marquis of Gongcheng, granted food to 5,000 households in the city and was awarded the title of General Longhu of the second rank.

Chen Huan, the commander-in-chief of the Changping camp and a third-class Puding Marquis, led his army to capture Hanyang City and was granted the title of a second-class Puding Marquis. He was granted a settlement of 5,000 households and was awarded the title of Second-class General Longhu.

Lan Yu, the commander-in-chief of Yaoshan's camp, was given the title of First-class Heroic Marquis of Wu, three thousand households in the city, and was granted the rank of First-class Jianwei General.

The commander of the Yanshan Guards, Li Jin, the son of Yanshan, was awarded the title of third-rank Yanshan Bo for his meritorious service, and was awarded the rank of fourth-rank Guangwei General.

The commander of the Jingjiang Guards, Gu Jie, was awarded the title of Third Rank General Huaiyuan for his merit and was promoted to the Chief General of Hanyang City.

There are also several gold and silver rewards, as well as the appointments of more than ten generals, large and small.

No courtier raised any doubts about these rewards, because this year's great victory in the southern border was really inspiring, especially on the premise that the Western Army defeated Wu's cavalry last year, and now the Southern Zhou Dynasty had assembled an army of more than 100,000 people and returned in defeat. This is enough.

It shows that Daliang's national strength has the ability to pacify the world.

After a while, Wang Pingzhang stopped and stood calmly, waiting for Emperor Kaiping's permission.

Suddenly there was a commotion among the officials.

They looked left and right and noticed strange emotions in the eyes of the people next to them.

After the war in the southern border ended, more and more details were transmitted back to Kyoto. Even the traffickers and soldiers knew the reason for the victory in this battle. However, Wang Pingzhang never mentioned that name from the beginning to the end.

People such as Cai Qian, Guo Xing and Chen Huan did make great contributions in this battle and were worthy of the rewards planned by the Xifu. But without that young man's strategizing and leading the way, how could the more than 100,000 Zhou troops outside Jiangling City be defeated?

Maybe flee in panic?

but……

Thinking that before Pei Yue went south, he was a first-class Marquis of Zhongshan and served as deputy commander of the Beijing Army's North Camp. Many ministers couldn't help but feel toothache. At this moment, they could finally understand the difficulty of Emperor Kaiping.

A great victory in the south must be rewarded, otherwise it will chill the hearts of the soldiers. But if you reward him lavishly, you will not be able to bypass Pei Yue. The question is how to reward him?

At this moment, Emperor Kaiping asked Youyou: "Did Zuo Junjie miss someone?"

Wang Pingzhang replied calmly: "Your Majesty, I and Gu Junji are not in a position to comment on the reward given to Pei Yue, Marquis of Zhongshan. I can only ask for your Majesty's Holy Judgment."

Emperor Kaiping was noncommittal and said in a slightly higher tone: "Pei Yue understood the Southern Dynasty's conspiracy in advance and personally led 5,000 cavalry to defeat the Zhou army outside Jiangling City. Naturally, I will not treat the meritorious officials badly. How to award the reward specifically, all the ministers can express their own opinions.

Those who speak are not guilty.”

In the midst of the silence, a minister named Qing Kuo walked out from among the civil servants.

Everyone looked around and saw that it was Xue Ji, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the Marquis of Zhongshan has made outstanding contributions and can serve as an example of martial arts. He should be awarded the title of Duke!"
Chapter completed!