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"Your Majesty, I believe that such a reward is too outrageous!"

In the main hall, there were officials from the Ministry of Rites holding hands.

After hearing this, the Marquis of Xiangyang blew his beard and glared at him, saying:

"My lord, if you have merit but not reward, how can you make the men in the army use their lives? If you have merit but not reward, who will fight with your head against future enemies? Are you going to do it?"

The official was not afraid and asked:

"Gu Hou! Then this credit is only done by the sons of Xu and Gu? Without thousands of cavalry threatening them outside the city, how could the thieves open the city gate and surrender?"

"Didn't the Guangjie Army, the newly trained cavalry army, and the soldiers under the Zheng family have no credit for their efforts?"

The Marquis of Xiangyang stood up from his seat, pinched his waist with one hand, pointed at the official with the other and said, "I never said that!"

The official ignored the Marquis of Xiangyang, stood up, bowed and cupped his hands and said:

"Your Majesty, when discussing meritorious deeds and rewards, there should be real evidence and cannot just rely on the words of a few people!"

"To put it into perspective, if Chief Xiao Zhao of the Imperial City Department hadn't made the decisive decision to send someone to deliver the message, how could Xu Wulang have arrived in Beizhou as quickly as possible?"

An Guogong, who was sitting in the front seat, nodded a few times, then cupped his hands and said:

"Your Majesty, I also believe that rewards should not be based on merit based on the materials in the warehouse as Huangfu Shangshu said! How much of the military supplies and materials stored in the warehouse in Beizhou can be used by thieves?"

The Marquis of Xiangyang looked at Duke An: "Let you go."

The emperor's eyes widened and he said with authority: "Huh?"

The Marquis of Xiangyang immediately stopped and changed his words: "If they don't use it, won't they burn it?"

"Then why didn't it burn?"

"It's because the children of the Xu family killed the person who wanted to burn the supplies in person! All the soldiers of the Feng family and the Gu family can testify!"

"Ha! In order to gain more credit, who wouldn't exaggerate the criticality of the situation and his own actions?!"

The Marquis of Xiangyang's fingers trembled: "You!"

After taking a few breaths, the Marquis of Xiangyang shook his head:

"It wasn't you who entered the water on this cold winter night. It wasn't you who killed the enemy in the city surrounded by enemies. It wasn't you who decisively captured the thief's lair with a dozen people. Now, in terms of credit, it's you!"

"Don't you see someone else's son doing meritorious service, and then you see your own useless child? Your eyes are hot, aren't you?"

When An Guogong heard this, he also stood up: "Can you say it again?"

"I said I won't fix you"

The Marquis of Xiangyang glanced at the emperor, rolled his eyes at An Guogong, and sat on his seat angrily.

The emperor looked at the piece of paper Zhao Zilong put on the table and said, "Old General Bo, what do you think?"

Hearing the emperor's question,

The silver-haired veteran who had been sitting among the civil and military officials stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the detailed report from Beizhou has not been delivered yet, so I should not make any rash judgments!"

The Marquis of Xiangyang frowned and looked at Old General Bo, who had a good relationship with him, and was about to speak.

Old General Bo continued: "But no matter what, the descendants of the Xu family and the Gu family are brave, persevering and courageous!"

The emperor smiled and waved his hand for General Bo to sit down. He turned to look at Xu Minghua and Gu Yankai and said, "Marquis Xu, Marquis Ningyuan, where are you two?"

Xu Minghua stood up, bowed and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, it's not good for me to say anything more when it comes to a humble minister like a dog!"

Gu Yan opened his mouth and waited for Xu Minghua to finish speaking. He bowed and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I think the same thing as Marquis Xu!"

The emperor nodded and motioned for the two of them to sit down, and then said: "Lian Guogong, how do you think these two children should be rewarded?"

Duke Lian stood up, cupped his hands and said:

"Your Majesty, I think what the Master of the Ministry of Rites and the Marquis of Xiangyang said is reasonable!"

"The credit goes not entirely to the two children, but also to the troops who rushed to Beizhou! However, it was these two children who played a major role!"

"Rewards in the army also have distinctions such as being the first to ascend and being trapped, etc. It just depends on how you award the reward!"

"But! Just like what a certain colleague did, it would be too vicious to presume that a child who has made meritorious service to the country has good intentions!"

The Marquis of Xiangyang looked at Duke Lian with admiration and gave a heartfelt thumbs up, trembling non-stop.

After the Korean prince bowed to the emperor, he said softly: "Mr. Lu, you are really willing to say anything for the sake of your grandson's adopted brother!"

Duke Lian slightly cupped his hands, with a smile on his face, he looked at Duke Han and said, "Mr. Han, my brother, I have something even worse that I haven't said yet!"

Korean father: "You!"

After saying that, Duke Lian ignored Duke Han and bowed to the emperor. He looked at the emperor who nodded and sat back down again.

"Mr. British, what do you think about this matter? Tell me!"

The British Duke stood up, bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

After pondering for a moment,

The British Duke turned back and looked at all the ministers in the court, and said: "Your Majesty, I don't have much opinion! It's just..."

Emperor: "Huh? That's what you say!"

The British Duke bowed behind him and said: "It's just that I can't help but remember that a few days ago, all my colleagues in the court were also here, but everyone had a sad look on their face!"

"The content of your worries is different!"

"I still remember what General Cao said: Beizhou City is high and deep, so it will be difficult to attack it for a long time!"

"When the other colleagues heard this, the one in charge of the money bag looked even more sad. This is actually because, not to mention the damage to the materials stored in the big warehouse in Beizhou City, the reward for the soldiers before the siege and the compensation for the death of the soldiers after the siege were all gone. That’s two big expenses!”

"How much is this money?"

As he said that, the British Duke looked at Chen Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue beside him.

Chen Shangshu stood up, bowed to the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, Duke, it depends on how many soldiers are activated."

General Cao, who had been silent the whole time, bowed slightly to the emperor and said, "To surround it with ten and attack it with five, at least 30,000 soldiers are needed."

"Then the reward must be at least 50,000 strings of cash!" Minister Chen bowed.

Duke Ying nodded and said, "Well! But the military report said that the bandit leader is in Beizhou City, forcing men to tattoo their faces, and is preparing to organize the people to defend the city walls. I think 30,000 soldiers are not enough!"

As soon as this was said, everyone in the hall nodded.

Duke Ying continued:

"When the children of the Xu and Gu families heard the message from the Imperial City Department, the best choice was to return to the capital quickly and report the matter in person!"

"No matter what the result of Beizhou is in the future, the two of them will have the credit of passing on the news! But the two children did not make such a choice, but rushed to Beizhou at the risk of their lives!"

"Everyone, how loyal is this?"

Marquis Xiangyang nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes! You are right!"

"Besides, the military situation on the battlefield is urgent! Let the bandit leader stay in the city for one more day, how many people will be coerced by the bandit leader and his minions to become bandits, climb the city wall and kill the sons of my Great Zhou?!"

"With more bandits, how difficult will the siege become later?"

General Cao, who was sitting next to him, sighed with some emotion.

Marquis Yongyi Xu Minghua also looked a little painful.

These two saw too many lives and deaths in the attack on Baigao in the northwest.

Duke Ying looked at the expressions of old generals Bo, Cao and others and said, "The merits of these people who were able to act decisively, enter the city to suppress the rebellion, and capture and kill the bandit leader are not just what you said just now, reducing the damage of military supplies worth a certain amount of silver!"

"Some things hidden in the dark, you should also see clearly!"

"The four major military merits of climbing first, breaking through the enemy lines, beheading the generals, and seizing the flags are all deserved by Xu Wulang, Gu Erlang and their subordinates."

"After this battle, the laughter of your majesty and colleagues that night is still echoing in my ears! How come there are these arguments after a few days?"

"As mentioned above, your majesty, I think they should be rewarded heavily!"

The emperor looked at the expressions of the ministers in the hall and waved to the eunuch.

The paper on the emperor's desk was brought to the ministers by the eunuch.

"There are captured spies from Northern Liao. According to the secret code letter left in the room of the leader of Beizhou, the content on the paper is translated."

The paper was circulated among the ministers.

Duke Hanguo nodded: "Surely, there is really an order to burn military supplies. How can it be burned completely?"

The Minister of Works whispered: "Duke, there is fierce oil in the warehouse."

Duke Hanguo was stunned and nodded repeatedly.

After handing the paper to Duke Lingguo, Duke Anguo stood up, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the evil intentions of the Northern Barbarians are obvious. I suggest that our Great Zhou should launch a large-scale attack on Liao next year!"

Hearing this, the emperor pondered and did not speak.

Duke Yingguo and others who had been suggesting to digest Bai Gao and take their time with Northern Liao before, after Northern Liao gave Great Zhou such a big slap in the face, it was difficult for them to say anything against it at this time.

After thinking for a long time, the emperor said, "We will discuss this matter later!"

"Ministry of Rites, send a letter of reprimand to Yelu Falcon."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Several people have border trade with Northern Liao."

"We understand!"

The ministers bowed.

"Rewards for the children of the Xu and Gu families, Lord Xu, Lord Gu, what do you think?"

After the emperor finished speaking,

Gu Yankai bowed and said, "Your Majesty, my son is the son of a noble general of our Great Zhou. It is his duty to serve the country. Please make your decision on how to reward him!"

Xu Minghua nodded repeatedly while Gu Yankai was speaking, and then said, "Your Majesty, Zaijing can go to Beizhou because of your Majesty's will, and he can have the merits mentioned by the Duke of Guo, which is also due to your Majesty's great blessing. I also ask your Majesty to make your decision."

The emperor smiled and shook his head, saying, "You two are good, I know!"

At this time,

an eunuch came from the back hall and whispered a few words in the ear of the great eunuch.

The words from the eunuch made the great eunuch frown slightly, and then looked at Gu Yankai.

"What's the matter? Say it!"

The emperor said when he saw this scene.

The great eunuch whispered a few words in the emperor's ear.

Listening to the whispers of the eunuch, the emperor nodded in appreciation and said with a smile:

"Oh? Hahaha, this child is really filial! Lord Gu, your Erlang is well-educated!"

Gu Yankai bowed again in confusion and said with his hands clasped: "I thank your majesty for your praise, but I don't know why your majesty said that!"

Everyone in the hall also looked at the emperor.

"Haha! Lord Gu, your Erlang asked the eunuchs around the emperor to tell me that if he really has any merits, he asked me to convert it into an imperial decree and reward it to his biological mother, your Bai Furen!"

"He is a good and filial child!"

"Good!"

Hearing the emperor's words, all the ministers in the hall looked at Gu Yankai in surprise.

Some people were whispering to each other.

Old Master Yu nodded to Gu Yankai and praised:

"Marquis Gu, the Gu family really teaches their children well!"

Minister Li bowed and said: "Filial piety is the first of all virtues. The Ningyuan Marquis's family has a long history of learning and is good at teaching people! I admire you, I admire you!"

Northwest of Bianjing,

Xingqing Prefecture, thousands of miles away,

In the backyard of the Dingzhou prefectural government,

In the study room with a heating system,

Gu Tingyu, who was sitting behind the table reviewing official documents, stopped the brush in his hand,

Then he began to wrinkle his nose and squint his eyes, and after a few breaths of "distorted face":

"A sneeze! A sneeze! A sneeze!"

Hearing the noise, Youqing hurriedly walked in: "Master, what's wrong with you!"

Gu Tingyu shook his head in confusion.

Youqing looked at his young master who was wiping his nose and said, "How about I go make you a bowl of cold-repelling soup?"

Gu Tingyu sniffed and waved his hands:

"No, I just sneezed a few times for some reason! Maybe it's the gifts I sent to Bianjing for my brothers who received them and they are talking about me!"

"Master, when I come here, my wife and eldest lady will give me advice! I'd better go and make a bowl of soup and medicine, just to be prepared!"

Youqing whispered.

Gu Tingyu continued to look at the official documents on the table and said, "Yeah! That's fine."

In the Great Zhou Palace,

Gu Yankai looked at the smiling emperor behind the case,

Quickly turn sideways,

With a smile on his face, he cupped his hands and said:

"My lord, no, no!"

"Grand Master, you praise me so much, I praise you so much!"

"Master Shangshu, thank you, thank you!"

Listening to the compliments surrounding Gu Yankai, his in-laws,

Gu Yankai's reply was filled with self-effacement.

Yongyi Hou Xu Minghua licked his lips in embarrassment.

Looking at Xu Minghua’s appearance,

The emperor didn't know what he thought of, smiled, and said: "Xu Hou, it's a pity that your eldest wife is already a first-class lady by imperial decree, otherwise I think your brother would probably have the same plan as Gu Erlang! "

Xu Minghua hurriedly bowed and said: "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty! I am ashamed!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

The emperor laughed again.

Many years ago, Xu Zaijing rescued the prince Zhao Fang in the palace.

Xu Minghua, who had made contributions to the Western Army, was directly promoted from the Western Army to the commander of the Tianwu Army, one of the four armies of the Bianjing Forbidden Army.

Sun was also promoted to imperial edict.

Later, Xu Minghua took the post of general in the northwest.

First, there was a surprise attack to capture the land of Baigaohouqu;

He also ordered the Li brothers to subdue several military divisions in the north of Baigao;

He also took advantage of the great victory to capture the crucial Keyimen Fortress!

Each piece of meritorious service has already elevated Sun's imperial title to a first-class lady.

Xu Zaijing’s credit is somewhat useless.

After the emperor smiled, he said: "Let your Wulang study hard. Maybe there will be an extra plaque in the Xu family ancestral hall in the future."

"My lord, I obey the order!"

Xu Minghua bowed.

The people in the hall were all human beings. After hearing the emperor's words, after some speculation, they already knew what they were saying.

Duke An Guo, Duke Guo and others looked ugly.

Duke Lian, however, was stroking his beard contentedly, with a smile on his lips and thoughtful eyes.

Several civil servants in the palace,

Looking at Gu Yankai and then at Xu Minghua, there seemed to be a look of difficulty in making a decision in his eyes.

afternoon,

The queen's bedroom,

Seeing Zhao Fang, who was slightly depressed after Xu Zaijing, Gu Tingye and Lu Zezong left, the queen smiled and said: "Fang'er, I want to play with a few brothers. When the time comes, I will announce that they will enter the palace!"

Zhao Fang shook his head and said, "Queen Mother, Brother Jing and the others still need to study!"

The queen smiled happily.

Seeing Zhao Fang continuing to look blankly at the tea cup on the dining table, the queen said: "Fang'er, what are you thinking about? Talk to the queen mother?"

Zhao Fang raised the corners of his mouth, shook his head quickly and said, "Mother, it's nothing! I'm just thinking about the future."

"Eccentric!"

Xingguofang,

Ningyuan Hou Mansion,

In the main hall of the front yard,

The official who announced the decree has left,

The nuns are moving the incense table and other items back to the house.

Gu Tingyi smiled and pursed his lips, standing next to Bai, looking at his smug brother with a smile on his face.

Pingmei stood on the other side of her mother-in-law, with the same smile on her face.

The Bai family between the two had tears in her eyes at this time. She looked at her youngest son Gu Tingye in front of her and said in a somewhat angry tone: "Ye'er, why are you so willful! You have finally made great achievements and your Majesty's reward is yours." Don’t ask your father, just ask me.”

Aunt Chang, who was beside Bai, wiped away her tears and said with a smile in her tears: "Madam, our Brother Ye is a filial child! How can a good boy not miss his mother!"

Gu Yan opened his mouth and said, "Humph, this time, although he is a little willful, he's still okay!"

Gu Tingye lifted up his clothes, knelt in front of Mr. Bai, looked straight at Mr. Bai, cupped his hands and said, "Mom! Big brother can give you a royal title, my dear, I can also give you a higher title!"

Mrs. Bai burst into tears and cried, "Silly boy!"

Gu Tingyi also pursed her lips, and when she noticed that her sister-in-law Pingmei was wiping her tears, she held back her tears and smiled.

Gu Yankai took a deep breath: "This is a good thing, why are you crying! It's really..."