In the main hall, all the officials were surprised.
But the reason for surprise was not because Qin Wangzheng's grant of titles to Zhao Tuo was too heavy and exceeded Zhao Tuo's contribution.
It's because of Zhao Tuo's age.
Seventeen-year-old Zhong Geng.
This Zhao Tuo is only seventeen years old!
In the entire Qin court, how many people can hold the title of Zhong Geng?
Mid update.
Among the twenty-level titles implemented in the Qin State, it belongs to the thirteenth level. It is a true high-ranking title and is enough to hold the position of "Qing".
In the court, he can be the ninth minister, and in the outside world, he is the governor of the county.
If you are fighting on the battlefield, you are also qualified to become a general.
Have you not seen that in the past, when Li Xin followed Wang Jian to conquer Yan, he, as General Bi, had the title of Zhong Geng?
Among the many old ministers, such as Chief Shi Li Si, it has been more than twenty years since he entered Qin from Chu State.
In the past twenty years, Li Si has made suggestions and worked hard to climb the ranks, and now he is worthy of being promoted to the title of Zhong Geng.
After all, the higher the title, the more difficult it is to upgrade, especially non-military promotions, which are really slow.
Although there have been rumors recently that the king has plans to let Li Si serve as a court captain, but that is only a position difference, and the title is the same as Zhao Tuo.
Li Si is fifty-six years old this year.
Zhao Tuo is seventeen years old this year.
There is such a big age gap between the two, but they both have the same title of middle class. There are even some veterans in this palace who have lower titles than Zhao Tuo.
How can this not surprise the ministers in the palace?
After decades of hard work, how could it not cause waves in people's hearts once they had the same title as Ruzi?
Li Si looked at Zhao Tuo with extremely complicated eyes.
When he meets Zhao Tuo again, he will probably only be treated as a peer.
As for many generals, their hearts naturally fluctuated.
Wang Ben took a deep look at Zhao Tuo and couldn't help but think of his own son.
When he was in Daliang, Wei State, Wang Ben saw that Zhao Tuo was quite strategic and a promising general. At that time, he also believed that Zhao Tuo would be Wang Li's future rival.
But looking at it today, Wang Li and Zhao Tuo are not at the same level at all.
"Zhao Tuo, the love of the king."
Wang Ben sighed secretly in his heart.
Just when many ministers and generals were surprised or sighing, Zhao Tuo had already reacted. He suppressed his excitement and quickly kowtowed in thanks.
When he finished kowtowing, he raised his head and saw the smiling face behind the king's bead, and his heart couldn't help but feel warm.
Next, after Zhao Tuo, several heroes who returned to Qin this time also received their own rewards.
Shejian, Heihipu, and Zhao Guang, who originally had the title of Duke, were all promoted to the first level on the spot.
They suddenly transformed into five doctors wearing heguan crowns, and they had reached the top of the doctor's title.
During the next campaign, these three people were already qualified to serve as military commanders.
Except for the three of them, Bai Rong and Xiqigu were all upgraded from official officials to the seventh-level title of public official.
Zhang He was promoted from a senior official to an official official.
In addition to the title rewards, everyone was also given a large amount of money.
First of all, Zhao Tuo's bounty reached a thousand yi, which was even twice the bounty that Wang Jian received when he destroyed Yan last time. It was an astronomical figure, enough to allow him to live a life of luxury in Qin without any need for money.
restrictions on.
Everyone can think of the reasons.
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Giving help in times of need is always more touching than adding icing on the cake.
At this moment when all the armies were defeated and the Qin people were in ruins, only Zhao Tuo's army returned victorious. This victory boosted the morale of the entire Qin state and saved face for the Qin royal government.
Isn't it possible that the king's face is not worth a mere thousand yi of gold?
In addition to Zhao Tuo, Shejian and Heiyi also received additional rewards.
Shejian was given a bounty of fifty yi to reward him for rushing into battle and capturing the flag.
Black Hips also received a reward of fifty yi gold, which was the same level as Shejian.
The reason for the reward was that he intimidated the King of Chu and showed the power of Qin.
"This guy's ass is probably going to be famous all over the world."
Zhao Tuo secretly laughed in his heart. Compared with She Jian's charge to capture the flag, the black-butt soldiers came to Shouchun and exposed their buttocks to the King of Chu and scared him unconscious. It was undoubtedly more legendary and entertaining.
Presumably, the Qin court would definitely publicize it to highlight the incompetence and cowardice of King Chu and once again boost the morale of the Qin people.
Zhao Tuo could even imagine that a few years later, such a thing might be recorded in the history books.
In the twenty-second year of the reign of the King of Qin, in the winter, the general of Qin came to Shouchun with his buttocks black and his buttocks were exposed, and the King of Chu returned.
After the conferment of titles and honors was completed, the court meeting was over, but there was still a grand celebration dinner waiting for Zhao Tuo, Heiyi and other meritorious officers and soldiers.
"That's great, but... I have been hungry for a long time. I wonder what the king will treat us to. The king is so noble, he must eat dog meat every day in the palace."
Black Butt licked his lips. He loved eating dog legs the most. The most delicious thing imaginable is dog meat.
Zhao Tuo smiled and said nothing.
The luxurious life of aristocrats in this era is beyond the imagination of the lower class people, let alone such a national-level dinner, which is of extremely high standard.
Sure enough, the dinner was filled with delicacies, delicacies, and wine given by the king, which made everyone feel satisfied.
At a dinner party, they only talked about Zhao Tuo's victory in this expedition, and did not mention the previous defeats of Li Xin and Meng Wu.
Qin Wangzheng even named Zhao Tuo among the ministers attending the banquet, and told about his glorious deeds of leading the army to fight for thousands of miles and defeating Zuo Sima of Chu.
Zhao Tuo's eloquence was already excellent after being trained by Ying Yinman, and now he knew the thoughts of Qin Wangzheng, so naturally what he said was particularly exciting, with ups and downs, and many murderous intentions on the battlefield, which amazed all the ministers.
"I know today that the title of Duke of Zhao Zhonggen is well deserved."
The old prime minister Wei Xiang was the first to speak in praise, with the intention of showing goodwill.
Wei Liao also nodded and praised: "What a good person who was trapped in a place of death and then survived, and left in a place of death and then survived."
"You, Zhao Tuo, have turned their backs on the water. It seems that you have committed a taboo among military strategists. In fact, you are hiding your vitality in a desperate situation. You also have surprise soldiers in the rear, and your strategy of charging into the formation and seizing the flag has laid a good chance of victory. Such flexible use of military tactics is enough to win the battle."
All the military strategists in the world have practiced it, and I also admire it."
Hearing Wei Liao's praise, Zhao Tuo did not dare to praise him, and said hurriedly: "Wei Gong has given you too much praise. I have to practice Wei Gong's art of war to achieve some achievements. Without Wei Gong's teachings, I would never have Zhao Tuo."
The thing about winning.”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The teachings Zhao Tuo mentioned refer to the "Wei Liao Art of War" compiled by Wei Liao, which is also known as "Wei Liao Zi" in the later secular world.
The Bangwei Mansion applied it to the Qin army, and basically every Qin general who went to the battlefield had seen it, so what Zhao Tuo said was correct.
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[It has been running stably for many years. It is comparable to the old version of the book chasing tool. It is used by all old bookworms.
Qiyi led the army of Zuo Sima of the Chu State for you Zhao Tuo. Your Zhao Tuo was annihilated by the Chu army in Qiyi a long time ago. How can you have the honor of returning home victoriously now?
Doesn’t my son have a share of the credit in this?
Why did Li You become your scapegoat, but he had no merit, and instead had to be demoted and punished, while you, Zhao Tuo, were promoted to two titles in a row and enjoyed endless glory? Is this fair?
I have been in the Qin Dynasty for more than 20 years and worked hard for half my life to get the title of Zhonggen. However, you, Zhao Tuo, took advantage of my son's cover to rise to the same title as me. Is this fair?
Is it fair?
unfair.
How come you, a little brat, have the same title as me?
Li Si felt his hands trembling.
At this moment, he thought of the man who stuttered.
He thought of the Korean young man who was killed by him and Yao Jia.
He is also Li Si’s fellow junior disciple.
Li Si has never been a broad-minded person.
"Hold on, I'm going to be a court captain, hold on for now."
Li Si murmured in his heart. As a mature politician, his reason controlled him again and suppressed the resentment in his heart.
However, Li Si's eyes when he looked at Zhao Tuo were no longer gentle at all.
At this time, after bragging about Zhao Tuo, Wei Liao turned around and congratulated Qin Wangzheng: "Although Zhao Tuo is young, he is already proficient in the art of war. If he polishes it further and grows up, it will be me."
He is the pillar general of the Qin State. I am already old and decrepit, so I congratulate the king for getting such a good general."
When the ministers heard this, they quickly raised their glasses and said, "I congratulate you, your Majesty."
On the emperor's couch, Qin Wangzheng drank with a smile on his face.
But he couldn't help but curse in his heart: "This old guy Wei Liao is so anxious to leave me?"
Qin Wangzheng knew very well that Wei Liao's praise of Zhao Tuo and his remarks about himself were just another hint to Qin Wangzheng that he intended to leave.
"Since you want to leave, after destroying the Chu Kingdom, it's up to you."
Qin Wangzheng snorted coldly in his heart.
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He turned to look at the young man in the palace, his eyes softening a lot.
Time passed and the night drinking was over in a blink of an eye.
After the celebration banquet ended, all the ministers retired and left.
Outside the palace, the night was already dark, and Zhao Tuo was preparing to leave the palace with Heiyi and others.
But after just a few steps, a tall man with a fair face strode over.
"Zhao Zhonggeng, please wait a moment."
Hearing this, Zhao Tuo looked back and was surprised. He quickly saluted and said, "I have met Mr. Zhao."
As he spoke, he introduced to Shejian, Heihipu and others beside him: "This is Zhao Jun, the commander of Zhongche Mansion. He is my minister of the pillar of the Qin Kingdom. Why don't you bow quickly?"
Hearing this, Hei Butt and others knew that the other party had an extraordinary identity, and they hurriedly saluted and said, "We have met Mr. Zhao."
"Haha, you are all heroes of our Qin State, there is no need to treat Gao like this."
Zhao Gao was very happy, especially when he heard Zhao Tuo describe him as "a minister of pillars".
These words are pleasant to listen to, much better than those of King Qin's confidants.
Although Zhao Gao is just a small official of the Central Chefion, why can't he become the pillar minister of the Qin Dynasty like Li Si?
Zhao Gao smiled and said: "Zhao Zhonggeng, the king has summoned you to meet in the palace."
Zhao Tuo was startled.
Zhao Gao is talking about the bedroom, not the side palace.
Isn't that a place to sleep?
Why do you want me to go to the bedroom so late at night?