The Zhang Mansion next to the Imperial College.
The envoy recited in the hall: "The story of the country, ministers in power, ministers who have made meritorious deeds have not done great service to the country, and they will not be given land and houses lightly. Therefore, generals and ministers who have made great achievements and great deeds can be rewarded with extraordinary rewards, and they can also be given the first rank." ...Give him a house in the capital, a Taoist square, and a place that will serve his business forever."
Speaking of this, the envoy quickly helped Zhang Shi, who was paying homage, and said with a smile: "Zhang Longtu has made such unparalleled achievements at the border, so the emperor rewarded him with the first rank. This is an exceptional gift from the Prime Minister! "
Zhang Shi lived in the capital for a while and knew how difficult it was to live in Bianjing. When Zhang Yue bought a house in the outer city, he spent 3,500 guan.
What's more, it's Xingdaofang's house. When Han Qi resigned as prime minister, the official family gave him a house in Xingdaofang.
Zhang Shi was very frightened because he didn't know the price, but he still accepted the imperial edict. Seventeen Niang naturally understood that it was a large house with five entrances in Rendaofang.
A few years ago, the royal family purchased 75,000 guan from the private sector, intending to use it as a wedding gift for the princess or as a gift from the clan.
Nowadays, the house price in Bianjing is one price per day, and the price of this house is even more than that.
Moreover, the title will be lent to you to live in and give you real property rights.
Lend it to a minister to live in means that he leaves the capital or the other party dies of illness. The court can take back the house, but the imperial edict says that it will always be your own property, which means that this house will be given to you to live in from now on.
This was the emperor's reward for Zhang Yue to capture Mu Zheng and Gui Zhang alive.
The Seventeenth Mother hurriedly ordered people to give benefits to the envoy. The envoy was even more happy and said: "Zhang Longtu captured Gui Zhang alive. After Mu Zheng, the official family was very happy. Not only the official family, but also the empress dowager and the empress dowager." Like."
"Actually, with the Holy Scroll of Zhang Long Tu in my possession, this title will be given to me sooner or later. Our family is just taking advantage of this opportunity to benefit from it."
Zhang Shi and Yu were all happy when they heard this, thinking that they were worthy of being from the palace and that they could talk.
"Thank you, noble envoy, I have learned a lesson!"
The Seventeenth Mother bowed humbly, and everyone on the side also thanked her. The envoy thought to himself that she is the daughter of the prime minister, and her husband has just made great contributions to the country, but she is so humble and polite. It seems that Zhang Longtu's future is limitless, and we can get it. Make good friends.
The envoy stood up and said, "Madam, you're welcome. We will have many more dealings to do in the future."
Everyone laughed.
The envoy wanted to get up and leave, but the Seventeenth Mother left him to drink tea before leaving.
Zhang Shi was discussing the new house given by the emperor. In fact, the house next to the Imperial Academy was very small and was not suitable for so many people in Zhang's house. Moreover, the water here was not sweet enough.
Now being able to live in Rendaofang in the inner city makes everyone in the Zhang family so happy.
Not only them, but also the servants of the Zhang family were very happy and felt proud.
At this time, Lu suddenly said: "When Taizu released his military power over a glass of wine, he asked generals such as Shi Shouxin to hand over their military power, and then buy more fertile land and beautiful houses, and more singers."
"Now that the emperor has given the first rank, does it also have this intention?"
Zhang Shi and Yu Shi's expression changed when they heard this. Wouldn't their daughter-in-law's words bring disgrace to the scenery? However, the two of them felt very sorry for their daughter-in-law, so they did not point it out to her face.
But Yu said tactfully: "I think we just won the battle, I'm afraid the officials won't have this intention."
Lu said: "Mother is right."
The Seventeenth Mother smiled when she heard this. When the envoy came in to confer the title, she had vaguely thought of it, but she didn't say it out loud.
Although Seventeen Niang and Lu have some grudges in their hearts, they are still a family and there will be no ill intentions. And what she said makes sense. There is nothing wrong with being prepared for danger in times of peace. The more proud you are, it is actually not a bad thing if someone pours cold water on you.
In fact, after listening to Lu's words, Zhang Shiyu was indeed a little worried in his heart.
Just outside the door, another envoy arrived.
But I saw the eunuch carrying large and small boxes of things into the house.
The Zhang family's small courtyard was filled with objects.
But when he saw the envoy, he said: "Your Majesty has given the Zhang Mansion two thousand strings of silver, two thousand pieces of silk, two thousand pieces of colored silk, royal gold and silver utensils, one hundred pieces of brocade tents and mattresses, and five hundred branches of flowers...
"The Empress Dowager gave me a gold-plated and silver-plated gauze bowl, a soup vase, a Taiping flower belt, a black lacquer table..."
"The Empress Dowager gave a hundred gold hairpins and silver ornaments..."
A series of rewards continued, but when the attendants continued to carry the utensils, many people had gathered in front of the Zhang Mansion to watch the excitement. An idle man was jealous when he saw it. He pinched the fleas and said to himself. He muttered to himself: "What kind of faculties have received so many rewards? Isn't it good for the officials to give us people a living?"
Someone on the sidelines said: "This is Zhang Longtu's house. They captured two Tibetan chiefs, Mu Zheng and Gui Zhang alive. This is comparable to Xu Maogong's feat of capturing Jie Li alive."
The idle man said: "I don't know anything about Xu Maogong or Jie Li! But I've heard of Guizhang and Mu Zheng. They were the two Tibetan chiefs who made a big fuss a few days ago, right? How come they were defeated?"
"That's not it!" The man gave a thumbs up and said, "This is what Zhang Longtu did! Now that the world has been at peace for a long time, Zhang Longtu will not be King Cao Wuhui (Cao Bin) until the founding of the People's Republic of China."
After hearing this, the idle Han household said: "It's incredible, it's incredible, it's disrespectful."
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The rewards from the Emperor and the Queen Mothers of the two palaces have already made it impossible for the Zhang family's small storehouse to be filled.
Zhang Shi and Yu were both happy and ashamed.
The envoy smiled and said: "Don't worry, you two. We have served the Empress Dowager for so many years, and we have never seen her think so highly of any minister. A few days ago, she also praised Zhang Long Tuyan for not only being a god in his military skills, but also looking like King Cao Wuhui. "
"The Empress Dowager personally said that Zhang Longtu did not kill indiscriminately during the Qing Dynasty, just like King Wu Hui. He was strict in running the army, just like King Wu Hui, and he was humble and respectful, just like King Wu Hui."
Zhang Shi's family was all happy after hearing this. Cao Bin was the grandfather of Empress Dowager Cao. She could compare it like this, which shows how much she valued Zhang Yue.
"Of course, the most important thing is to be like King Wu Hui, and the relationship between the king and his ministers is the same. This is the way to avoid falling into the family!"
Everyone was in awe after hearing this. After so many words said before, this sentence is the most important.
Empress Dowager Cao has experienced many storms and personnel changes in the court. Since ancient times, it has not been difficult for the monarch and his ministers to be in harmony with each other. The most difficult thing is to always maintain the relationship between the monarch and his ministers.
As a founding hero, Cao Bin could still serve the three generations of emperors Taizu, Taizong and Zhenzong.
This time Zhang Yue defeated the Qing Tang Dynasty. He never killed indiscriminately, was able to run the army strictly, and was an honest official. This was what everyone praised Cao Bin back then.
But why can Cao Bin always act as a monarch and his ministers? We can learn from what Emperor Taizu once said: Cao Bin never deceived his master.
Seventeenth Mother said: "Thank you, the Empress Dowager, for your kind words."
These words are both a kind intention and a reminder.
This is when another person came in and said: "It's almost full."
The envoy said: "Just put these here first, and send the rest of the furniture to Zhang's new house. It's spacious enough to put them there."
"Good work."
Seeing so much gold and silver jewelry being delivered to Zhang's house, Zhang Shi Yu's worries were no longer known where to put them.
Everyone's faces were beaming with joy, and the servants of Zhang's mansion were all happy and came together to congratulate Zhang Shi and the others.
Mother Chen said to Seventeenth Niang with a happy face: "Sister-in-law, even if we don't put any furniture, there is still no room for so many silver silks!"
Seventeenth Mother also smiled at the joy of Mother Chen and the others and said: "The silk cloth is kept in the merchant's warehouse. We always have it in our workshop. We will move it to the new house in a few days."
A female envoy outside the door said: "The third lady, the fifteenth lady is here."
The Seventeenth Mother smiled and went out. The Fifteenth Mother walked up to the Seventeenth Mother with a smile, looked at the utensils in the yard and sighed: "My sister is really rich."
"Sister, where are you, haven't you been rich in the past?"
The fifteenth mother smiled and said: "It used to be rich and noble, but now it has reached a higher level. Now all the official ladies in Bianjing know that you have to be awarded the first rank, and you have also been rewarded with so many silver silk jewels. They are all extremely envious.”
Seventeenth Mother smiled and said: "It's good for you, this time your husband is guarding the isolated city of Hezhou, and the officials and the family are fair to Wen Xiang. Your Wen family has been loyal for generations."
The fifteenth mother smiled and said: "What do you mean by your husband? He is your brother-in-law."
The fifteenth and seventeenth mothers all laughed.
The fifteenth mother was still a little bit strange at the seventeenth mother for not writing to Zhang Yue to send troops to rescue Wen Jifu.
But now that Wen Jifu is out of trouble, she is also a very knowledgeable woman. Of course she understands Seventeenth Mother's considerations, but her concern at the beginning led to chaos. Now the two sisters are reconciled as before.
Now the fifteenth mother looks at the seventeenth mother's rewards in the courtyard, and she is no longer so jealous in her heart.
If Zhang Yue can always support Wen Jifu, then it will only be good for the couple if his sister is richer and has no harm.
The fifteenth mother held the seventeenth mother's hand and said: "When our two sisters Yunying were not married, my mother once said that although Liu Langjun of the Wen family was a son of the prime minister, there were many children in the Wen family, and he was not the favored one. Children like this usually don't have the habit of being a playboy. She met Liu Lang and thought he was calm and capable. When I marry him one day, I don't ask for much wealth, I just want to be able to raise eyebrows."
"Then it was your turn. That was before Zhang Sanlang won the first prize. She said that although you were marrying low in terms of family status, a woman looks to her mother's family for the first half of her life and her husband's family for the second half of her life. She and her father have met each other. , in this chapter, Mr. Sanlang has beauty in his chest and a world in his belly. In troubled times, he will be a famous general, and in troubled times, he will be a prime minister. In the future, as high as he is, you will be as high as you are."
Speaking of this, Fifteenth Mother looked a little sad and said: "We sisters all heard it as a joke at the time, but now we know how parents look at people when choosing a son-in-law."
The Seventeenth Mother was also moved after hearing this.
Parents are also worried about their children's marriage.
It was so easy to finish moving the rewards.
At this time, the third lieutenant arrived again.
As soon as the other party arrived, they congratulated Zhang Shi and others. They thought this was the reward coming again?
But when he saw the other party spread out the edict solemnly and spoke.
Under the door:
It is a matter for the general to be strict with the law to show his power; to sit down and discuss matters in order to seek the king's body must be a minister of the Langmiao. But the two handles are combined, and he is the first choice at the moment... He has the official seal of Yue, and spends all his time serving the king. He has no time to serve the king, so he is promoted to commander-in-chief, leads the army to attack crimes, captures ghost seals, obtains wood levies, and rivers. The homeland of Long returned to the Han state...
... He was specially promoted to Zuo Jianyi, a scholar directly from the privy council, a Marquis of the founding state of Hejian County, with a settlement of 1,000 households, and a real grant of 500 households. The official and honorary titles remained as before, and the master implemented them.
