Li Rusong and Liang Yuanlong wore the armor they wore during the battle and went to the palace to see the emperor. It was Zhu Yijun's special request.
Because Zhu Yijun wanted to see some signs of the expedition to Mobei from them through this method.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun now saw Li Rusong's helmet when he fought with the Mongols.
After Zhu Yijun said this, Li Rusong said: "Your Majesty, this was caused during a fierce battle with the great concubine. Thanks to him, I was not hacked to death."
"You are taking the lead again?"
Zhu Yijun asked.
Li Rusong replied: "Yes!"
Then, Li Rusong added: "It was the cold winter at that time. The army had traveled a long distance and its morale was declining. I had to take part in the battle personally, otherwise I would be too lazy to move."
Zhu Yijun then nodded and told Sun Xin: "Take my six-sided golden helmet with purple flowers from the imperial prison and give it to Marquis Tieling!"
"How dare I use this thing for the royal family? I ask your majesty to take back your kindness."
Li Rusong hurriedly knelt down and said.
"From now on, you will be my protective helmet, protecting thousands of miles of rivers and mountains for me, so I won't have any need of this thing. If you don't accept it, don't you want to protect my territory of thousands of miles?"
Zhu Yijun asked in a deep voice as he spoke.
"I don't dare!"
Li Rusong hurriedly replied.
When the golden helmet was brought by the eunuch, Li Rusong couldn't help but glance at it. He stared at the six-sided purple-flowered golden helmet with a lock and a collar.
The emphasis on inner-made armor is to be gorgeous and powerful, so even if you are well-informed like Li Rusong, you will inevitably be attracted to the inner-made golden helmet.
After all, this represents the most superb forging technology of this era.
Zhu Yijun personally handed the golden helmet to Li Rusong.
"I am ashamed to accept the divine grace!"
Li Rusong took it from Zhu Yijun with tears in his eyes. He seemed to have a million words to say, but they were all blocked in his throat. He held the golden helmet with trembling fingers for a long time before he could hold back such a sentence.
Zhu Yijun just smiled without saying anything, and then looked at Liang Yuanlong: "Liang Qing can set an example for civil servants and also give him a bullfighting suit."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"
Liang Yuanlong also hurriedly kowtowed to the ground, feeling confused.
He never thought that one day he would put on a bullfighting uniform as soon as he was a Jinshi, and this meant that Shangguan didn't have to pay a big salute, so he couldn't help but sob.
"Back off!"
After Zhu Yijun said this, the platform summons ended.
But when he returned to Yangxin Hall, he thought of Li Rusong's meritorious service in Mobei, and he was inseparable from the civil servants Fang Fengshi and Zheng Luo.
Because if Fang hadn't promoted Anda and Gong first at the right time, coordinated the conflicts between the border towns and the central court later, and Zheng Luo had prepared 20,000 sets of winter clothes in advance, Li Rusong would not have dared to take this risky move and achieve great success in Mobei.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun sent an edict to Count Fang Fengshi and built three archways to commemorate his three achievements in resisting the Japanese, pacifying Burma, and settling in the north.
Zheng Luo, on the basis of his original title of Minister of the Ministry of War, also served as Deputy Privy Envoy, and added the title of Prince Taibao. Yin Yizi was appointed Shangbao Sicheng.
In addition, Zhu Yijun also decreed that civil and military officials responsible for logistics should also be generously rewarded and promoted.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"
A few days later, Datong, Shanxi.
Zheng Luo, the governor of the three sides, thanked him and returned to the house with satisfaction, humming a song and shaking his head.
The new governor of Datong, Li Fu, couldn't help but smile at this time: "It's still my father who was wise and didn't let us embarrass Marquis Tieling, otherwise he wouldn't have achieved today's achievements. Even a humble position was promoted directly from the right chief envoy to the governor because of my father's wisdom." .”
"Did you learn it?"
Zheng Luo smiled and asked, so that he could teach others:
"When you are in the officialdom, you have to learn how to help others. If some people like their achievements, you can help them make achievements. If some people like to get rich, you can help them get rich. In short, whatever you help others, you will get what you get."
"I will be taught by my subordinates."
Li Fu replied, and couldn't help but think of the emperor's preferences now.
Jiayu County, Huguang.
After Fang Fengshi received the imperial edict, he couldn't wait to ask his family to organize masons to build the memorial arch. At the same time, he selflessly continued to write official records.
Originally, there were local officials and gentry who asked to see him and wanted to find out some secrets of the court from him. However, he did not meet these officials and gentry on the grounds that he was required to write a record of his experiences.
The officials and gentry did not dare to be dissatisfied, especially after the emperor decreed that three archways be built for him, so they had no choice but to sit back and watch as reformist ministers like Fang Fengshi showed off their royal kindness after returning to their hometowns, which made many officials jealous.
Victory in foreign wars will indeed help stabilize internal relations, because only through victory in foreign wars can the emperor legitimately extend his favor.
Zhu Yijun now had reason to reward ministers generously with titles due to his victory in the expedition to Mobei, which in turn caused a difference in honor among ministers, forcing other ministers to work harder to prove their worth to the court. .
What's more, honor involves power and status, which in turn involves economic interests.
After Zhu Yijun showed his kindness, many ministers who received the favor also privately praised Zhu Yijun in their notes, and some secretly burned their notes.
At the same time, it also serves as an inspiration to other ministers. Han people still have the idea of making contributions in their bones, but in recent hundreds of years they have begun to be restrained and seek comfort, but this gene is still there.
"I have another octagonal arch in Chudi. After all, meritorious service is more honorable to the ancestors!"
Yuan Zongdao, who came to visit Fang Fengshi, started talking to his two younger brothers Yuan Zhongdao and Yuan Hongdao after seeing the octagonal arch built by Fang Fengshi.
Both of them also looked up at the archway, with expectations for the future in their eyes.
Here, Li Rusong also made all the generals envious when he returned to the army with his golden helmet. Liu Wei even muttered: "Your Majesty is still partial after all!"
After Li Rusong returned home, many officials and scholars even came to ask for an audience.
Yes, there are indeed scholars who come to see me.
Shilin has always been a complex group. There are those who have time to talk and despise martial arts, while there are also those who are brave and ruthless and advocate chivalry.
This is because although the Han civilization is now dominated by Confucianism, there are still cultural influences such as Tao, Dharma, Bing, Yin and Yang, and Mohism in its bones.
Therefore, the entire class of scholar-bureaucrats may focus on literature and suppress martial arts, but when it comes to individual scholars, there will often be those who extremely admire martial arts, or who would like to perform meritorious service on the battlefield.
For example, Wang Yangming of the Ming Dynasty used his sword to check on Hu Qing outside the pass when he was young.
And Xin Qiji of the Song Dynasty was more warlike than many warriors.
Therefore, at this time, some scholars became his loyal fans because of Li Rusong's reappearance of Wei Huo's achievements. They had long been eager to ask to see Li Rusong and wanted to present their own poems praising Mobei's achievements, but they forgot The difference between civil and military affairs.
After all, major martial arts can often arouse the bloody spirit in the hearts of the people, especially some educated scholars, who know the difference between Huayi and Huayi.
Li Rusong might as well just open the door and let the officials and scholars who came to see him come directly to see him.
"Student Xiong Tingbi has met Marquis Tieling! He heard that Marquis Tieling had reappeared the achievements of Han and Tang Dynasties in this dynasty, so he came to see him in the hope of seeing his majesty."
Therefore, the scholar Xiong Tingbi came to Li Rusong first and said something because he walked the fastest.
At that time, another civil servant came to Li Rusong and said: "Wan Shide, the doctor of the Privy Council's martial arts department, came to ask the Duke for advice on the geography and climate of the vast sea. At the same time, he also congratulated the Duke on such an immortal achievement."
(End of chapter)
