"Your Majesty has decreed that Shi Xiaorui, the governor of You, a promising young man with outstanding military exploits, has been specially named a third-rank champion general and conferred the title of champion marquis of the Tang Dynasty! I appreciate this!"
"Xiao Rui accepts the order and thanks Your Majesty for your kindness."
To explain Xiao Rui's title, the title of Champion Marquis is well deserved. He has achieved the feats of Huo Qubing, the champion of the Han Dynasty, so it is logical that he will be the Champion Marquis of the Tang Dynasty. It's just that this third-grade champion general is not a fabrication. The Tang Dynasty does have such a position, which belongs to the third-grade Wu Sanguan. There is status and honor, but no real power and no need to lead troops.
His status is equivalent to that of the Great General of the Sixteenth Guards of the Tang Dynasty. Even the reputation is better, after all, the champion has two meanings: young and able to fight!
In the Tang Dynasty, there were many generals who could fight, and there were even some who were victorious in every battle, but not many were as young as seventeen or eighteen years old. If one could fight even younger, Xiao Rui was the only one.
As for why he is a military official with no real power like the Champion General? It was Xiao Rui's own intention, and it was also the intention of Li Er, Xiao Yu, the Supreme Emperor and many others.
The Emperor and the Supreme Emperor believed that Xiao Rui was too young and had just gained so much limelight. Jie Li hated him deeply and wanted to stabilize him, hide him for a while, and then give him real power after the limelight passed.
Xiao Rui's idea is very simple. The generals of the Sixteenth Guards all have their own masters. Whose job should I steal? And I don't like leading troops to train. It would be nice to go back to Chang'an for a relaxing vacation.
Xiao Yu's idea is even simpler. When a young man becomes famous, it is not a good thing to reach too high. If he has the power, can he hold it? Moreover, his son knew very well that he was too capable of causing trouble, so it was better to give him a sinecure and stay in Chang'an as a dandy. Ahem, he was the nemesis of the dandy. It would be nice to have peace. Like this move of running thousands of miles to attack the Turkic royal court, Xiao Yu would be frightened to death if he did it twice more.
After traveling thousands of miles, he finally returned to Chang'an City. The emperor, along with hundreds of civil and military officials, traveled ten miles out of the city to personally greet him. At this moment, no one thinks Xiao Rui is a young boy, and no one thinks he is unworthy of making a fuss. Whether they are friends or opponents, they are all lamenting that having a child should be like Xiao Zangfeng.
Someone once complained to Xiao Yu that the emperor favored Xiao Rui too much. Before Xiao Yu could say anything, the black-faced Wei Zheng retorted. If you are envious, ask your son to do some work. It doesn't take much, even if it can reach Xiao Rui's level. For one thing about Rui's trip, I, Lao Wei, personally asked for credit for your son. Or do you think that your contribution is greater than Xiao Rui's and that His Majesty should favor you more? Pooh! Those who live in the corpse position can only talk.
The other party was scolded so much that he started running around in panic. Later, everyone found out that this guy was flattering the prince Li Chengqian. In the mainland, the prince was jealous of Xiao Rui's favor. Several wily and scheming advisers shook their heads. Is this prince such a good-natured person at the age of ten? The future is worrying.
Xiao Rui, who was anxious to go home, turned down the celebration banquet that night and went home to kowtow to meet his mother. The mother and son reunited in tears, then left a letter to his father and drove his mother straight to Xiaojiazhuang in person.
That night, Xiao Rui was not around, so Su Lie and a group of boys became the protagonists, and even Xiao Yu was made drunk.
Early the next morning, Xiao Yu saw the letter and was so angry that he stamped his feet. This traitor just didn't kowtow to me when he came back. Why did he drag your mother away? Then he suddenly remembered something, so he quickly sent someone to ask the court for a day off, and rode horseback to chase him to the farm.
But he didn't know that on the one hand, Xiao Rui missed his mother and wanted to fulfill his filial piety; on the other hand, he still had his aunt, Queen Xiao, with him, so what could he do without an elder female family member to accompany him?
The only problem was Empress Xiao, and Xiao Rui guaranteed that before Empress Xiao nodded, she would not make any big deal about it, and would only temporarily stay in her parents' house, that is, Xiao Yu's residence as Xiao's private identity. Of course, in order to be safer and less troublesome, Xiao Rui took him directly to Xiaojiazhuang. Even if Emperor Li Er scratched his head, he couldn't go to Xiaojiazhuang to ask for someone. The old man Li Yuan was still there, so he dared Disrespecting Queen Xiao?
Old Li Yuan and Yang Guang are aunts and cousins. Empress Xiao is the first wife of Daye Emperor Yang Guang and Li Er's cousin.
In history, Empress Xiao had a miserable life and Emperor Daye died. During the troubled times, she was first kidnapped by Wang Shichong and later given to Dou Jiande of Hebei Province. Then she was introduced by Princess Yicheng of Heqin Grassland in the former Sui Dynasty and used the power of the Turks to force her to Dou Jiande sent Empress Xiao to the grassland, saying that she was staying with the Turkic Khan Jieli, but in fact she was usurped by Jieli.
The majestic queen of the Sui Dynasty in the Central Plains, with a motherly deference to the world, was forced to devote herself to serving the barbarians? You can imagine how miserable life is.
Since ancient times, beauty has always had a bad life, not to mention that Queen Xiao is also famous for being an ageless beauty. Even though her true age is now sixty, her appearance is still that of a graceful and charming beauty in her thirties. Otherwise, when Xiao Rui saw her in the royal court, he would not have failed to recognize her. She did not look like a sixty-year-old person. Compared with the current Empress Changsun of the Tang Dynasty, she was probably on par with her, and even more interesting.
According to historical records, in the fourth year of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Turks and captured Empress Xiao. Then Emperor Li Er accepted the beauty Xiao as his concubine. At that time, Emperor Li Er was thirty-three years old and Empress Xiao was sixty-three years old. He also You can do it...Tsk, tsk, don't blame the man for being hungry, it should be that Queen Xiao is too beautiful to refuse. In the twenty-first year of Zhenguan, Empress Xiao died without illness at the age of eighty-one, ending her miserable life of wandering.
Historically, Xiao Yu could not stop Emperor Li Er and watched his miserable sister live in the palace again. It would be a lie to say that he did not feel sorry for her. In the second year of Zhenguan, Xiao Yu missed his sister and asked someone to send a letter to his sister in the grassland. As a result, someone reported him for impeachment, and Xiao Yu was reprimanded and fined for this. This incident is enough to prove that Xiao Yu misses his sister.
Today it was Xiao Rui, and Li Er really didn't dare to use force. Xiao Rui was also smart and took Queen Xiao directly to the farm. Under the nose of the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan, Li Er did not dare to mess around. This is different from history. In history, Emperor Li Yuan was under house arrest in the Daming Palace after abdicating the throne until he died of illness in the ninth year of Zhenguan.
Of course, Xiao Rui gained the most from this trip to Youzhou, but the group of second-generation people who followed suit also gained a lot. When they were sent to Youzhou to study (plating) and practice (gold), Emperor Li Er symbolically gave several people a casual official position from the sixth rank. Now, after returning alive after fighting thousands of miles, General Xuanwei, all of them, has been promoted from the fourth rank. Wu Sanguan of high quality.
Even Fang Er and Chai Zhewei, who escorted the war horses, both had fifth-level titles and were dressed in red! Young red official robe.
A group of boys are not the happiest, but their father is the most respectable. Some Chinese-style comparisons can be regarded as the most tacit quality from ancient times to the present.
Xiao Rui's two wives, one civil and one military, were each awarded titles.
Su Lie, Su Dingfang, the fifth-rank guard general of Anle City, was awarded the title of General Yunhui of the third rank. Although he is a military official, his treatment and status have been turned upside down. From then on, Su Lie became a famous general in the Tang Dynasty.
In addition, although Li Jing and Li Ji were defeated in Dingxiang, the court not only did not punish them, but also rewarded them. The emperor didn't even read the two people's confession documents, and only said one sentence: Ding Xiangcheng, capturing the Turkic prince, etc. were not your strategic goals in the first place.
You have only one goal, to hold back the Turkic army, force Jieli to return reinforcements, and relieve the crisis in Youzhou. As for the matter of Dingxiang, it is your general's personal battle plan, and the imperial court will not interfere. The imperial court only saw that you succeeded, Jieli returned with reinforcements, you held back the Turkic army, Youzhou is safe, Xiao Rui and others are back, so this battle is a complete victory, and you should be rewarded!
Fortunately for Li Jing, after all, Xiao Rui is his grandson-in-law, so he can reward him as much as he can. He can be regarded as having benefited from the younger generation, which is an honor.
Li Ji felt uncomfortable. This reward was such a slap in the face... He was unexpectedly attacked by Turks and entered the city. Seventy thousand soldiers and horses defended the city. In the end, the city was lost. It was a great shame and humiliation!
Hou Junji, who had been competing with Li Ji, snickered. I was the one who helped Chai Shao arrange the layout of Youzhou. Chai Shao was also interesting enough. He repaid his merits truthfully and got a lot of rewards himself. Finally, he was half as good as Li Ji. .
In the Xiao Family Manor, the sound of horse hooves sounded, and Princess Xiangcheng began to run out. The moment she saw Xiao Rui on the carriage, the princess collapsed on the ground, as if all her strength had been drained, and she could only stare at the man with silly joy and tears. But it couldn't stop and started to flow downward...
