At the state banquet in the afternoon, all the officials gathered together, including Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji, Zhao Si, Zhao Ma, Zhao Si and other princes and princes, and all the princes and princes also attended. The Jiying Palace was extremely lively.
Zhang Kai, Wu Zhi and others were seated at the front, facing the official Zhao Xu. On the left and right were Zhang Chun and other important officials of the imperial court and the princes and princes. Lin Chong, Wang Jin, Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Sifang It was the first time for all the generals of the Red Guard Battalion to enter the palace, the first time to attend such a large banquet, and the first time to face the emperor so close. They were extremely excited, just like Grandma Liu entering the garden, astonished. He didn't know where to put his eyes, and he was terrified. Zhang Kai was also a little excited, but Wu Zhi was as calm as a mountain.
Wu Zhi found that Zhao Xu, who was sitting on the dragon chair opposite, was in a very happy mood. Moreover, after not seeing him for more than two months, he looked more energetic and had a rosy complexion. It was obvious that Zhao Xu was still very perseverant. He should meditate and practice boxing unremittingly every day, and the effect of exercise is particularly significant. Wu Zhi was very happy.
"Declaration, His Majesty's decree!" After everyone entered the Jiying Hall, Zhao Xu nodded. Hao Sui quickly stepped forward, unfolded a volume of imperial edict in his hand, and began to read it loudly. It turned out to be a decree that rewards should be based on merit. Everyone They couldn't help but shut up, stopped talking, and listened attentively.
"By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict: Zhang Kai, the pacification envoy of the Jingyuan Road Strategy, commanded the battle of Pingxia City and defeated the enemy. He was specially awarded the Bachelor of Duanming Palace in Longtuge, promoted to the Silver Green Guanglu Doctor, and was granted the title of Guoda. General, Shangzhu State, the founding Duke of Jian'an County, promoted to Privy Council with a signature, rewarded with 500,000 yuan, a founding Duke's mansion, 2,800 households with a settlement, 800 households with a real seal, and his wife Qin's family Conferred the title of Lady of the Second Grade; Wu Zhi, the commander of the right wing of the Dragon God Guard, made great contributions, defeated the enemy, defeated the enemy chief, destroyed Liang Yu (the name of the Empress Dowager Xiao Liang), captured the enemy leader, and made great contributions. He was specially awarded the Bachelor of Longtuge , advanced to the rank of official of Xuanfeng, the general of the feudal army, the superior protector of the army, the first-class founding lord of Qinghe County, promoted to be the commander of the front division of the palace and the minister of the Ministry of War, and was rewarded with a reward of 500,000 yuan, and was given a mansion of the founding lord and a city. Eighteen hundred households, five hundred households will be sealed with food!"
Everyone was in an uproar when they heard this. Zhang Kai was promoted to five levels in a row. From a fourth-grade manager and appeasement officer to a second-grade military attaché (the general of the Zhenjun Army is a military attaché of the second grade) and from a second-grade civil servant to an important court official, he can be said to have The military attache did his best.
Wu Zhi was even more exaggerated. He was promoted to six levels in a row. He was directly promoted from the fifth-grade Dragon God Guard Right Wing Commander to the second-grade Palace Front Division Commander. At that time, the Forbidden Army was divided into Palace Front and Guard Bu. There are three divisions of the army and the bodyguards of the horse army. The three divisions regard the front division of the palace as the most respected one. The division of the front division is the official division of the imperial army. The strength of the division in charge of the imperial army is greater than that of the infantry and cavalry troops combined. Therefore, Wu Zhi is the front division of the imperial army. The commander of Sidu is actually the head of the 800,000-strong Forbidden Army, and most of the Forbidden Army is in the hands of Wu Zhi! His civil service has also been promoted five levels, directly from the fifth-level Privy Councilor to the third-level official. The Minister of the Ministry of War, a twenty-year-old third-rank imperial official, is already on an equal footing with An Chun, the imperial censor! Moreover, the status of the first-class Marquis Wu Zhi is even more prominent, and cannot even be compared with the second-rank ministers.
Zhang Kai and Wu Zhi have stepped directly into the center of the imperial court. They can participate in the decision-making of the imperial court's major plans on weekdays. Moreover, both of them have been rewarded with mansions, which makes everyone even more envious! You know, Bianliang in the capital city House prices are too expensive. Many upright and honest ministers in the imperial court still cannot afford to buy a house, and some are even in their late teens and are still renting houses.
Everyone's thoughts were churning and their expressions were different. Zhang Chun, Lin Xi, General Xu and the generals of the Red Guard camp were happy and proud of the two people, while Cai Jing, Cai Bian, Xing Shu and others were jealous, and others were jealous. I am so envious. But Zhang Kai and Wu Zhi really worked hard and made great achievements in this battle against Xixia. Wu Zhi, in particular, not only contributed advice to the front, but also killed the enemy and retreated from the formation. He almost killed Empress Dowager Xiaoliang by himself. Capturing the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, Li Qianshun alive, was a great contribution, and any reward was not an exaggeration. Although everyone had different thoughts, they had nothing to say.
Zhang Kai was extremely excited. He was granted the title of Zhuguo and was given the title of founding Duke of the country. He had never dreamed that this was the highest honor for a general in the dynasty. Zhang Kai was overjoyed and looked at Wu Zhi frequently. Wu Zhi is even more grateful. Without Wu Zhi's help, he would not have achieved what he has today.
Wu Zhi was also happy. He finally entered the court and took control of the imperial army. With military power, he would be able to influence and influence some of the policies of the court in the future. He could hopefully turn the wheel of history of the Northern Song Dynasty in the direction he envisioned. So that it can finally change the course of history, avoid the tragedy of the Northern Song Dynasty's death, and protect the country and family.
"According to Heaven, the emperor issued an edict: Wang En, deputy general manager of Jingyuan Road, had meritorious command and was promoted to a senior official. He was promoted to Jingyuan Road Manager and Appeasement Envoy, and was rewarded with a reward of 200,000 yuan. Zhong Fu had meritorious command in the battle of Yanzi Mountain. He was an official. He was promoted to General Mingwei, Lieutenant of Light Vehicles, promoted to Senior Official of Zhongsan, and promoted to Deputy General Manager of Jingyuan Road, with a reward of 200,000 yuan. Liu Zhongwu, Zhong Pu, and Wang Shunchen followed Wu Zhi to conquer the Quartet in Tiandu Mountain. , he repeatedly made great contributions in the two battles of Wuyanxia, and was promoted to the fourth level. Liu Zhongwu was granted the title of General Dingyuan, Captain of Mounted Cavalry, promoted to Chaoyi Lang, promoted to Commander of Jingyuan Road, Zhongpu was granted the title of General Ningyuan, and Commander of Mounted Cavalry. Lieutenant, he was promoted to court minister, promoted to the chief minister of Xihe Road, and Wang Shunchen was granted the title of general of cavalry and captain of cavalry. He was promoted to minister of court, promoted to deputy chief minister of Xihe Road, and each of the three were rewarded with a reward of 200,000 yuan; Lin Chong and Wang Jin, the commanders of the left and right camps of the Wei camp, followed Wu Zhi to fight thousands of miles away. They commanded and killed the enemy in Tiandu Mountain and Wuyan Gorge. They were both promoted to the fourth level. Lin Chong was promoted to Zhaoqinglang, a seventh-grade literary official, and was granted the title Zhenwei Xiaowei, promoted to the sixth rank of the Dragon Guard Army. He was the commander of the capital and the left camp of the Red Guard Camp. Wang Jin advanced to Xuande Lang, a seventh-rank literary officer, and was named Zhenwei Xiaowei. He was promoted to the sixth rank of the Dragon Guard Army. The commander-in-chief envoys also led the right camp of the Red Guard camp, and each was rewarded with a reward of 200,000 yuan..."
Sun Qi and Li Tingliang were also promoted to four levels in a row, to Chaosanlang and Xuanfenglang respectively. They were both ranked seventh-grade literary casual officers, and both were awarded Zhiguo Xiaowei. They were promoted to the seventh-grade deputy commander of the Dragon God Guard Army. The reward was 100,000 Wen; all of them were promoted three levels in a row and became battalion commanders, each with a reward of 100,000 Wen; the other guards of the Red Guard camp were also promoted three levels in a row, with each reward ranging from tens of thousands to 100,000 Wen. Wen Bing did not wait. Guo Cheng and Zhe Keshi performed meritorious service in defending the city. They were promoted to two levels, to Ranger General and Guerrilla General, and were promoted to deputy commander of Jingyuan Road and commander of soldiers and horses of Jingyuan Road. Each was rewarded with 200,000 Wen. Miao Lu, Yang Weizhong, Li Jiezhong, Wang Min, You Shixiong, Wang Fan, Wei Zhao and others were also promoted two levels to one level, each with a reward of 100,000 yuan. Wang Wenyu, Lu Huiqing and Sun Lu were all awarded with meritorious service for their assistance. When promoted to one level, they were promoted to various propaganda envoys, each with a reward of 100,000 yuan. Other generals, officers and soldiers in the northwest were also promoted to two levels or one level according to their respective merits, with rewards ranging from 10,000 yuan to tens of thousands of yuan.
Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo were all awarded the rank of Chengwulang. They were all awarded the rank of Xuangjie Xiaowei and the commander of the battalion. They were all full eighth-rank military attaches at a young age! Official body, inexplicably excited.
The imperial court generously rewarded more than two million guan in copper coins alone, but Cai Jing, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was so anxious that he repeatedly complained that the Ministry of Revenue had been unable to make ends meet, crying and crying about poverty. But Zhao Xu was happy, not only did he win the battle this time , and also killed the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang and captured the Xixia leader Li Qianshun alive. It can be said that Zhao Xu's external achievements were unparalleled. Zhao Xu's external achievements were much more brilliant than any of the previous emperors.
The generals of the Red Guard camp who attended the banquet were extremely happy. If they followed Wu Zhi on a trip and came back unscathed, they would be promoted and make a fortune. They respected Wu Zhi from the bottom of their hearts. Even more happy were Lin Chong and Wang Jin. Sun Qi and Li Tingliang were promoted to four ranks, and all four of them became military-level commanders or deputy envoys with certain authority. Lin Chong and Wang Jin, in particular, were worried about their future a few months ago, but they didn't know Now he is a general of the sixth rank in the imperial court, and he also has the official rank of a literary official of the seventh rank! They suddenly thought of hugging Wu Zhi, and they really did the right thing. Wu Zhi, their junior brother, was the noble person in their lives.
After the awards were given, the banquet officially began. Zhang Kai and Wu Zhi became the most dazzling stars at the banquet. Various people toasted to the two and congratulated them, and the flattery was endless. Wu Zhi did not dare to be greedy and just tasted it, because the wine for the banquet was " "Zhuang Yuan Chun", thirty-eight degrees. He didn't dare to drink too much. He had to reunite with his family when he went back in the evening. Looking at the "Zhuang Yuan Chun" wine in front of him, Wu Zhi had mixed feelings.
Everyone was slightly drunk, and Zhao Xu was also a little drunk, so he left early. After drinking and eating, the sky was getting dark, and everyone left one by one. Wu Zhi was still clear-headed and followed everyone out of the palace.
As soon as they walked out of Zuoye Gate, they saw Dahu and Erhu standing next to two carriages, waiting on the roadside. Wu Zhi, Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo, and Si Fangguo saw this and hurriedly walked over and greeted the two with a smile. After that, they got on the carriage one by one. Dahu and Erhu sat in front of the carriage, and the two of them drove back home.
Along the way, there was laughter and laughter.
When they got home, Wu Xiu, Feng Niang, Jin Lian, Xiao'e and others ran out of the door after hearing the news and gathered around them. When they saw Wu Zhi and the others, they were extremely happy. Wu Zhi bowed to Wu Xiu and Feng Niang. , holding the joyful Xiao'e with his left hand, and the shy Jinlian with his right hand, he strode into the house surrounded by everyone. Suo Chao and Li Zhenguo followed behind, holding their parents.
Back home, there was another scene of joy, especially when Wu Zhi told everyone about the reward from the court in detail, everyone couldn't help but burst into cheers, surprised and happy. It had only been more than two months since Wu Zhi left home. He Suochao, Li Zhenguo, and Sifangguo had made such great contributions and were all promoted. Everyone was really overjoyed.
What everyone is more concerned about is Wu Zhi's identity and the rewards he received.
Being a prince for generations is the family glory that ordinary people talk about the most. To be a prince is something that Wu Xiu and Feng Niang could never dream of in their lifetime, but for Wu Zhi, it was already easy for him at the age of twenty. If it is realized, it will be just around the corner to be granted the title of Duke and King! So the happiest people are Wu Xiu and Feng Niang.
"First-class Marquis? Yes! Brother Dalang is the Marquis!" Xiao'e was delighted, while Jin Lian was smiling, and her heart was as sweet as honey. She was happy for Wu Zhi and happy for herself. Wait
If she marries Wu Zhi in the future, then she will be a genuine Madam of the Marquis!
Others looked at Wu Zhi, their eyes filled with awe.