When Li Shimin saw that Zhang San was so knowledgeable, he couldn't blame him harshly and handed the book to Xu Huang.
"You have made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty this time. Is there anything you want?" Li Shimin asked, leaning on the back of his chair.
"The common people are grateful enough to be able to return to Chang'an. How dare they ask for any reward?" Zhang San replied immediately without thinking.
"Grassmen, haha! Have you ever seen any grassroots house that dared to be built according to the count's specifications?" Li Shimin glanced at Zhang San and said.
"This is the emperor's great kindness, and the common people are grateful." Zhang San just didn't mention what he wanted to reward.
"I haven't seen you for more than half a year, but you have learned how to flatter others. Okay, I know it well. I will take this book back and study it. If I have any questions, I will ask you to come to me."
After Li Shimin finished speaking, he stood up and prepared to go back to the palace. Before leaving, he said to Zhang San: "Just keep this matter in your mind!"
"Your Majesty, walk slowly, I don't even know what the divine thunder is." Zhang San replied quickly.
"Ha! You are really good at pretending to be stupid now." Li Shimin sneered, turned around and walked out, followed closely by Xu Huang.
Zhang San took Li Shimin to the gate and went back when he saw Li Shimin disappearing from sight on horseback.
"Sir, are you okay?" Xiaoyu walked in and asked worriedly.
"It's okay for now." Zhang San replied.
"Xiaoyu, do you want to go to my room tonight to talk about life and ideals?"
Hearing Zhang San's sudden words and seeing Zhang San's eyes staring closely at her, Xiaoyu's face suddenly turned red. How could she not know the meaning of Zhang San's words.
"Sir, I'm sleepy. Let's go back to bed first." After saying that, he ran away in a hurry.
"Haha, this girl is still so shy." Of course Zhang San just said it casually, but when he saw Xiaoyu's red face, Zhang San suddenly became distraught.
Li Shimin did not ask himself how he obtained this book. This also sent a signal to Zhang San that he was still trusted by Li Shimin.
Zhang San didn't care about how Li Shimin would reward him. Anyway, he was back in Chang'an now and his family was not short of money. It was a good life this way.
"I don't know how Keying is doing. I'm going to find a house for Yiai tomorrow."
Lying on the bed, Fang Keying's figure appeared in Zhang San's mind from time to time.
Early in the morning, Zhang San was going to visit his house with gifts. Before Zhang Fu could put the gifts in the carriage, he saw Eunuch Sun coming with someone.
"Uncle Zhang, are you going out? We have ordered you to come into the palace. The emperor will call you to the meeting today."
Hearing Sun Xi's words, Zhang San was stunned, "Eunuch Sun, I'm just a bachelor now, just call me by my name. Besides, the morning court should have started early. Isn't it appropriate for me to go at this time?"
"County Uncle Zhang has made great achievements this time. Naturally, he can't be a white man anymore. It is the emperor's intention to announce your entry into the palace. County Uncle Zhang should put down what he is doing and enter the palace with our family first. Don't keep the emperor waiting."
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"Okay! Eunuch Sun has come to pay you a favor." After Zhang San finished speaking, he took out a piece of silver from his pocket and put it in Sun Xi's hand.
"Uncle Zhang is so polite! Let's go then!" Sun Xi said politely, but he had already put the money into his sleeves and said with a smile.
"I'll go to the palace first, and you talk to the ladies." Zhang San and Zhang Fu said, and then they rode their horses and followed Sun Xi to the palace.
The fall of the Eastern Turks brought Li Shimin's reputation to its peak. In the early morning, a group of civil and military officials praised Li Shimin so much that he almost went to heaven.
Especially when Jie Li knelt in front of Li Shimin, his humble and respectful look made Li Shimin's image instantly taller.
Li Shimin did not kill Jie Li, but instead named him "King Guiyi and General Youwei" and returned his family to him and placed them in a house in Chang'an.
From now on, Jieli will live on in Chang'an, without his majestic appearance as a grassland overlord.
Li Jing and others were even more generously praised by Li Shimin, and almost the entire morning was spent in rewarding these meritorious generals.
"Your Majesty, Zhang San is here." Xu Huang said softly to Li Shimin.
"Xuan!"
When everyone saw Zhang San walking up to the main hall dressed in civilian clothes, they all speculated in their minds about the emperor's intention of summoning Zhang San into the hall.
When the generals headed by Li Jing saw Zhang San's arrival, they couldn't help but express their praise.
Zhang San not only solved the salt problem for the army, but also trained a group of medical teams, which greatly reduced the mortality rate of Tang army soldiers.
Even in the battle to defend the border city, they used divine thunder and beast herds to beat the enemy into disrepair, and the main army defended the rear. Otherwise, the defeat of this battle would have been unpredictable.
Most people don't know the inside story of what happened at the border, but those who know it all admire Zhang San.
"The common people bow to the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." Zhang San knelt on the ground and saluted Li Shimin.
When everyone heard that Zhang San called himself a grassroots citizen, they recalled that at the court meeting after the New Year, this boy wrote a poem to satirize the Supreme Emperor. As a result, this guy is still alive today, which is a rare sight in a thousand years.
"Get flat!"
"In this just war against the Turks, Zhang San first invented a method of purifying mineral salt, which solved the salt crisis for our army; he also trained a medical team for the army and rescued tens of thousands of injured soldiers; and even relied on his magic during the crisis in the border town.
With sharp weapons, Xue Yantuo Yimu Ben's tens of thousands of enemy troops were kept away from the city, and all the invading enemies were killed, so that we at the border of the Tang Dynasty were protected from being ravaged by the enemy's cavalry, which was indispensable..."
Listening to Li Shimin detailing Zhang San's achievements one by one, even more detailed than when he commended coaches such as Li Jing and Li Daozong just now, everyone's hearts were filled with excitement.
I didn't expect that this young man who looked so helpless could have such abilities.
Of course, Zheng Shide's egg has been forgotten by everyone, and they only think that Zhang San will become famous in the future.
"I know rewards and punishments clearly. Zhang San deserves to be rewarded for his outstanding military exploits this time!"
When Zhang San heard this, he was inevitably a little excited. He didn't know how Li Shimin would reward him this time.
"Zhang San comes forward to listen to the seal!"
Zhang San was originally standing in the middle of the hall, accepting everyone's "onlookers". When he heard Li Shimin say this, he had to take a small step forward, and then knelt there again, waiting for Li Shimin to award him the reward.
"Zhang San was granted the title of Marquis of the Founding County of Wannian County in the Tang Dynasty, with 1,400 acres of Yongye land and thousands of households in the city..."
Hearing Li Shimin's reward, not only the civil and military ministers of the entire dynasty were stunned, but even Zhang San himself was stunned, so much so that Zhang San didn't understand what was going on.
At this time, all the civil and military ministers in the court thought: This guy is afraid of going to heaven!
Such a young marquis is not yet an inheritance, Zhang San has won the emperor's heart!
"Zhang San, what are you doing there?" Li Shimin had finished speaking. Seeing Zhang San kneeling there without saying anything, Li Shimin became a little annoyed for a moment.
"Ah! Thank you Lord for your kindness." Zhang San came back to his senses and quickly kowtowed his thanks.