As soon as he arrived at Luoxue City, Li Fuguo asked Feng Changqing to summon Li Siye, Cen Shen and other Anxi military generals, as well as Ado Peluo, Yuchi Yao and other Hu Khan kings and leaders to the camp to read out the imperial edict.
The first thing to be read was the edict awarding the king and leader of the barbarian Khan.
"Under the disciples: Here are the Tuqishi Khan Adopero, and Yuchi Yao, the younger brother of the King of Khotan... I have made great contributions to the annihilation of Tubo. I have promoted all the unofficial officials to the third level. I will choose to go to the capital with the Anxi Jiedu Feng Changqing to meet the Holy Spirit." , give a banquet at the Calyx Tower."
"Here!" Aduozeruo, Yuchi Yao and other leaders of the Hu people, the Khan King, crossed their hands and sang a song.
Immediately afterwards, the edict conferring awards on Anxi military generals such as Cen Shen, Lu Wen, Cui He, Du Yue and Pei Zhen was read out.
"Under the disciples: Cen Shen, the deputy commander of Xia Yi of the Great Protectorate of Anxi in Longyou Road of the Tang Dynasty, Lu Wen, the commander of Xuangjie School, Cui He, the deputy commander of Yuhang School, Lamu, the deputy commander of Peirong... followed the Khotan garrison envoy Li Siye across the Qiangtang. , made an unparalleled contribution in the battle to quell the Tibetans, and all the casual officials were promoted to the ninth level, with Cen Shen as the Luoxue garrison, Cui He as the Supi garrison, and Lu Wen as the Shannan garrison..."
Hearing this, those Anxi military generals who had not followed Li Siye across Qiangtang to launch a surprise attack suddenly became jealous.
Good guy, this is a great achievement. So many lieutenants and lieutenants were promoted to generals at once, and became the garrison envoys of the newly established armies. After that, they became the dominating military governors.
Among them, the most envied one is undoubtedly Lu Wen. Less than a year ago, this guy was just a captain, without even a rank, but now he is a guerrilla general from the fifth rank, and he has become the guardian of Shannan Town. Guardian envoy!
Seeing Lu Wen singing with his hands crossed, Wang Chang, deputy captain of the Ninth Regiment of Quy Nhon Army, and others were so jealous that they almost went crazy. What on earth did Lu Wen, a beggar, have? Why should he?
However, Du Yue and Pei Zhen were extremely happy.
Not only are they happy for their good brother Lu Wen, but they are also happy for themselves.
Because the long list of names that the eunuch who declared the decree just read also included the names of two of them. Because of their achievements in Pingfan, they also had a rank. Although they were only deputy lieutenants of Xuejie under the eighth rank, for the two of them who came from poor families, Generally speaking, this is equivalent to the carp leaping over the dragon's gate. How many old soldiers have been soldiers in Anxi all their lives, and their hair and beards have turned white, but they still have not been able to get a rank, and they are still just soldiers!
The eunuch who announced the decree finally finished reading, and Du Yue and Pei Zhen hurriedly followed Lu Wen and others, knelt down on the ground, thanked the Holy Grace, and then got up and took their titles from the imperial guards beside the eunuch.
Li Fuguo then took out another imperial edict and rewarded the generals of the Anxi Army.
Li Fuguo was very busy today, because the sage of the Tang Dynasty had prepared several imperial edicts.
After the awards were given to the generals of the Anxi Army who followed Li Siye in his surprise attack on Luoche, they were followed by the generals of the Anxi Army who followed Feng Changqing in his expedition to Yangtong, such as Lieutenant Tian Dajia of the Ninth Regiment of the Quy Nhon Army, Deputy Lieutenant Wang Chang, etc. Wu Sanguan was also promoted Level three, although not as exaggerated as Lu Wen and others, is still very good, especially Tian Dajia, who finally became a general.
After finally conferring awards on the Anxi Army General, Li Fuguo was so tired that he drank half a bowl of butter tea.
The generals of the Anxi Army and the Hu Khans, kings and leaders set their sights on Feng Changqing and Li Siye.
In the entire Anxi Protectorate, only Feng Changqing, the governor of Anxi, and Li Siye, the governor of Khotan, have not yet been awarded rewards. But I wonder what kind of rewards the saint will give these two people?
After drinking half a bowl of butter tea, Li Fuguo felt his throat became moister again.
At that moment, he took out another imperial edict and continued to read: "In response to Tian's submission, I have been given the order: Li Siye, the Khotanese ambassador under the Great Protectorate of Longyou Road in Anxi of the Tang Dynasty... bravely championed the three armies and frightened all the barbarians. This is a sincere gift from heaven to the Tang Dynasty." , is hereby decreed to be the champion general, the deputy general manager of the march in Qianluoche Road, and the military governor of Shannan, and Yin Yizi is the guerrilla general of the fifth rank."
There was an uproar inside and outside the palace. Good guy, I was suddenly promoted to a third-level champion general!
The military casual officers of the Tang Dynasty were divided into 29 levels of ninth rank. There were three huge gaps among them. The first gap was from the outsiders to the adjutants who were accompanying the army from the ninth rank. This gap was equivalent to the distance from non-commissioned officers to officers. Many non-commissioned officers, no matter how outstanding their professional skills are, cannot become officers until they retire.
The second gap is between the Zhaowu captain at the sixth rank and the guerrilla general at the fifth rank.
This gap is equivalent to the gap between a colonel officer and a general officer. For the vast majority of officers, reaching the rank of senior colonel is basically the end of their career. The difficulty of further promotion to major general is simply as high as the sky.
The third gap is from General Zhongwu of the fourth rank to General Yunhui of the third rank.
This is no longer an analogy. Anyway, most of the generals in the Tang Dynasty stopped at the level of General Zhongwu, and only a few could be promoted from the third level to General Yunhui.
However, Li Siye was directly promoted from the third rank General Yunhui to the third rank champion general.
Feng Changqing couldn't help but feel jealous, but he was not jealous, because he knew very well that the saint's reward for him would only be more generous, and would never be less than that of Li Siye.
"Your Majesty, Li Siye, thank you for your grace." Li Siye was also very excited and respectfully accepted the imperial edict.
During the interval of submitting the imperial edict, Li Fuguo lowered his voice and whispered: "Deputy General Manager Li, before our family left Chang'an, the prince specially asked us to say hello to you. The prince also told us that he would go to Gaoling County. .”
Li Fuguo did not say what the prince was doing in Gaoling County, deliberately leaving room for Li Siye's imagination.
There was no expression on Li Siye's face. He just crossed his hands and said, "Well, Siye thanked the prince."
There was no displeasure on Li Siye's face at Li Siye's coldness. This time he was just testing Li Siye's tone. Of course, the prince himself would do the real winning over Li Siye.
Li Fuguo then took out another imperial edict.
Needless to say, this imperial edict must be for Feng Changqing.
But the sharp-eyed General Anxi has noticed that after Feng Changqing's imperial edict, there is actually another one? Who was the last edict addressed to?
The imperial edict to Feng Changqing was no longer written on silk but changed to bamboo slips.
In the Tang Dynasty, general imperial edicts were written on hemp paper, and imperial edicts were written on silk. Only particularly important edicts, such as the edicts on the canonization of queens, princes, and enthronements, etc., were written on bamboo slips.
Li Fuguo unfolded the imperial edict and recited in a high voice: "In response to the fate of heaven, I have received my clear order: Feng Changqing, the envoy of Anxi Jiedu in Longyou Road of the Tang Dynasty... Duan Gong was smart and brave, and used his troops as if he were a god, wiping out Tubo in one fell swoop. , who has made immortal contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and should be regarded as the leader of military officers and the example of people and ministers. I hereby promote the military officers to the rank of General of Hussars, the post of Taifu Luochedao Marching General, and the title of Prince of Anxi County. , three hundred households were sealed."
The Anxi military generals inside and outside the camp were in an uproar again.
Even Feng Changqing himself was a little surprised. He thought that the saint would give him a generous reward, but he did not expect that the reward would be so generous. From the first-class hussar general to the limit of a military official, Taifu Being the Chief Marshal of the Marching Army is also the limit of the official position, and being the Commander-in-Chief is also the limit of the title.
In other words, the military officials, official positions, and titles he granted Chang Qing were all extremely popular.
For some reason, while Feng Changqing was happy, he felt a chill on his back.
Because there are too many examples of ministers who have high positions but are not rewarded for their high achievements. When a minister's merits are too high to be rewarded, there is often only one ending, which is death!
Therefore, it is really not a good thing to be a very popular minister.
At the same time, Feng Changqing also secretly made up his mind that after returning to Chang'an to offer prisoners this time, he would not be able to return to Anxi no matter what, so he would stay in Chang'an and become the king of Anle County.
"Prince of Anxi County, please accept the order." Li Fuguo's ugly face smiled like a chrysanthemum, and he said flatteringly, "Before our family left Chang'an, the saint specifically told us that this time the Prince of Anxi County will personally lead the team into Chang'an to offer prisoners. Next to the palace, after the ceremony, the saint will hold a grand banquet at the Huacalyx Xianghui Tower to reward the ministers and the meritorious soldiers in the Pingbo War."
"I, Feng Changqing, bow down to thank the Holy Grace." Feng Changqing respectfully accepted the imperial edict.
Li Fuguo turned around and picked up the last pair of yellow silk ribbons and took out the imperial decree.
There was an uproar inside and outside the palace again. Good guy, he actually used jade slips!
Yes, the last imperial edict was actually made of jade slips!
