In the main hall, all the officials were surprised.
But the reason for surprise was not because Qin Wangzheng's grant of titles to Zhao Tuo was too heavy and exceeded Zhao Tuo's contribution.
It's because of Zhao Tuo's age.
Seventeen-year-old Zhong Geng.
This Zhao Tuo is only seventeen years old!
In the entire Qin court, how many people can have the title of Zhong Geng?
Mid-update.
Among the twenty-level titles implemented in the Qin State, it is the thirteenth level. It is a true high-ranking title and is enough to hold the position of "Qing".
In the court, he can be the ninth minister, and in the outside world, he is the county guard.
If you are fighting on the battlefield, you are also qualified to become a general.
Have you not seen that in the past when Li Xin followed Wang Jian to conquer Yan, he, as General Bi, had the title of Zhong Geng?
Among the many old officials, such as Chang Shi Li Si, it has been more than 20 years since he entered Qin from Chu State.
In the past twenty years, Li Si has made suggestions and worked hard to climb the ranks, and now he is worthy of being promoted to the title of Zhong Geng.
After all, the higher the title, the harder it is to upgrade, especially non-military promotions, which are really slow.
Although there have been rumors recently that the king has plans to let Li Si serve as a court captain, but that is only a difference in position, but the title is the same as Zhao Tuo.
Li Si is fifty-six years old.
Zhao Tuo is seventeen years old this year.
There is such a big age gap between the two, but they both have the same title. There are even some veterans in this palace who have lower titles than Zhao Tuo.
How can this not surprise the ministers in the palace?
After decades of hard work, once he has the same title as Ruzi, how can people not feel shocked.
Li Si looked at Zhao Tuo with extremely complicated eyes.
When he meets Zhao Tuo again, he will probably only be treated as a peer.
As for the many generals, their hearts naturally fluctuated.
Wang Ben took a deep look at Zhao Tuo and couldn't help but think of his own son.
When he was in Daliang, Wei State, Wang Ben saw that Zhao Tuo was quite strategic and promising. At that time, he also believed that Zhao Tuo would be Wang Li's future rival.
But looking at it today, Wang Li and Zhao Tuo are not at the same level at all.
"Zhao Tuo, the love of the king."
Wang Ben sighed secretly in his heart.
Just when many ministers and generals were surprised or sighing, Zhao Tuo had already reacted. He suppressed his excitement and quickly kowtowed in thanks.
When he finished kowtowing, he raised his head and saw the smiling face behind the king's bead, and his heart couldn't help but feel warm.
Next, after Zhao Tuo, several heroes who returned to Qin this time also received their own rewards.
Shejian, Heiji, and Zhao Guang, who were originally given the title of Duke, were all promoted to the first level on the spot.
They transformed into five doctors wearing heguan crowns, and had reached the top of the doctor's title.
During the next campaign, these three men were already qualified to hold the rank of military commander.
Except for the three of them, Bai Rong and Xiqigu were both upgraded from official officials to the seventh-level title of public official.
Zhang He was promoted from doctor to official doctor.
In addition to the title rewards, everyone was also given a large amount of money.
First of all, Zhao Tuo's bounty reached a thousand yi, which was even twice the bounty Wang Jian received when he destroyed Yan last time. It was an astronomical figure, enough to allow him to live a luxurious life in Qin for a lifetime without any need for money. restrictions on.
Everyone can think of the reasons.
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Giving help in times of need is always more touching than adding icing on the cake.
At this moment when all the armies were defeated and the Qin people were in ruins, only Zhao Tuo's army returned victorious. This victory boosted the morale of the entire Qin state and saved face for the Qin royal government.
Is the king's face not worth a mere thousand yi of gold?
In addition to Zhao Tuo, Shejian and Heiyi also received additional rewards.
Shejian offered a reward of fifty yi to reward him for rushing into battle and capturing the flag.
Black Hips also received a reward of fifty yi gold, which was on the same level as Shejian.
The reason for the reward was that he intimidated the King of Chu and showed Qin's power.
"This guy's ass is probably going to be famous all over the world."
Zhao Tuo secretly laughed in his heart, compared to She Jian's rushing into battle to capture the flag. The story of the black-butt soldiers coming to Shouchun, exposing their buttocks to the King of Chu and scaring him unconscious is undoubtedly more legendary and entertaining.
I think the Qin court will definitely publicize it to highlight the incompetence and cowardice of King Chu and once again boost the morale of the Qin people.
Zhao Tuo could even imagine that a few years later, such a thing might be recorded in the history books.
In the twenty-second year of the reign of King Qin, in winter, the Qin general's black buttocks came to Shouchun, and his buttocks were exposed, and the King of Chu returned.
After the conferment of titles and honors, the court meeting was over, but there was still a grand celebration dinner waiting for Zhao Tuo, Heiyi and other meritorious officers and soldiers.
"That's great, but... I've been hungry for a long time. I wonder what the king will treat us to? The king is so noble, he must eat dog meat every day in the palace."
Dark Bottom licked his lips. His favorite food is dog legs, and the most delicious thing imaginable is dog meat.
Zhao Tuo smiled and said nothing.
The luxurious life of the nobles in this era is beyond the imagination of the lower class people, let alone such a national-level dinner, which is of extremely high standard.
Sure enough, the dinner was filled with delicacies, delicacies, and wine given by the king, which made everyone feel satisfied.
At a dinner party, they only talked about Zhao Tuo's victory in this expedition and never mentioned the previous defeats of Li Xin and Meng Wu.
Qin Wangzheng even named Zhao Tuo as the ministers attending the banquet, telling him about his glorious deeds of leading the army to fight thousands of miles and defeating Zuo Sima of Chu.
Zhao Tuo's eloquence was already very good after being trained by Ying Yinman. Now he knew Qin Wangzheng's thoughts, so naturally what he talked about was particularly exciting, with ups and downs, and many murderous intentions on the battlefield, which amazed all the ministers.
"I know today that the title of Duke of Zhao Zhonggen is well deserved."
The old prime minister Wei Zhuang was the first to speak in praise, with the intention of showing goodwill.
Wei Liao also nodded and praised: "What a good person who was trapped in a place of death and survived. He was left in a place of death and survived."
"You, Zhao Tuo, have turned their backs on the water. It seems that you have committed a taboo among military strategists, but in fact, you are hiding your own vitality in a desperate situation. You also have surprise soldiers in the rear, and your strategy of charging into the formation to seize the flag is a great opportunity for victory. Such flexible use of the art of war is enough to win the battle. All the military strategists in the world have practiced it, and I also admire it."
Hearing Wei Liao's praise, Zhao Tuo didn't dare to praise him, and said hurriedly: "Wei Gong has given you too much praise. Only by practicing Wei Gong's art of war can I have some achievements. Without Wei Gong's teachings, Zhao Tuo would never be the same." The thing about winning.”
The teachings Zhao Tuo refers to refer to the "Wei Liao Art of War" compiled by Wei Liao, which is also known as "Wei Liao Zi" in the later secular world.
The Bangwei Mansion applied it to the Qin army, and basically every Qin general who went to the battlefield had seen it, so what Zhao Tuo said was correct.
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[It has been running stably for many years. It is comparable to the old version of the book chasing tool and is used by all old bookworms.
Qiyi led the Chu army of Zuo Sima for you, Zhao Tuo. You, Zhao Tuo, had been annihilated by the Chu army in Qiyi a long time ago. How can you have the honor of returning home victorious now?
Doesn’t my son have a share of the credit in this?
Why is it that Li You was your scapegoat, but he had no merit, and instead had to be demoted and punished, while you, Zhao Tuo, were promoted to two titles in a row and enjoyed endless glory? Is this fair?
I have been in the Qin Dynasty for more than 20 years and have worked hard for half my life to get the title of Zhonggen. However, you, Zhao Tuo, took advantage of my son's cover and jumped to the same title as me. Is this fair?
Is it fair?
unfair.
How can you, a little brat, be of the same rank as me?
Li Si felt his hands trembling.
At this moment, he thought of the man who stuttered.
He thought of the Korean young man who was killed by him and Yao Jia.
He is also Li Si’s fellow junior fellow student.
Li Si has never been a broad-minded person.
"Hold on, I want to be a court captain, hold on for now."
Li Si murmured in his heart. As a mature politician, his reason controlled him again and suppressed the resentment in his heart.
However, Li Si's eyes when he looked at Zhao Tuo were no longer gentle at all.
At this time, after bragging about Zhao Tuo, Wei Liao turned around and congratulated Qin Wangzheng: "Although Zhao Tuo is young, he is already proficient in the art of war. If he polishes it further and grows up, it will be me." He is the pillar general of the Qin State. I am already old and decrepit, so I congratulate the king for getting such a good general."
When the ministers heard this, they quickly raised their glasses and said, "I congratulate you, your Majesty."
On the emperor's couch, Qin Wangzheng drank with a smile on his face.
But he couldn't help but curse in his heart: "This old guy Wei Liao is so anxious to leave me?"
Qin Wangzheng knew very well that Wei Liao's praise of Zhao Tuo and his remarks about himself were just another hint to Qin Wangzheng that he intended to leave.
"Since you want to leave, after destroying the Chu Kingdom, it's up to you."
Qin Wangzheng snorted coldly in his heart.
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He turned to look at the young man in the palace, his eyes softening a lot.
Time passed and the night drinking was over in a blink of an eye.
After the celebration banquet ended, all the officials retired and left.
Outside the palace, the night was already dark, and Zhao Tuo was preparing to leave the palace with Heiyi and others.
But after just a few steps, a tall man with a fair face strode over.
"Zhao Zhonggeng, please wait a moment."
Hearing this, Zhao Tuo looked back and was shocked. He hurriedly saluted and said, "I have met Mr. Zhao."
As he spoke, he introduced to Shejian, Heihipu and others beside him: "This is Mr. Zhao, the order of the Central Chefuge. He is the pillar of our Qin State. Why don't you bow quickly?"
Hearing this, Hei Butt and others knew that the other party had an extraordinary identity, and they hurriedly saluted and said, "We have met Mr. Zhao."
"Haha, you are all heroes of our Qin State, there is no need to treat Gao like this."
Zhao Gao was very happy, especially when he heard Zhao Tuo describe him as "a minister of pillars".
These words are pleasant to listen to, much better than those of King Qin's cronies.
Although Zhao Gao is just a small official of the CRRC, why can't he become the pillar minister of the Qin Dynasty like Li Si?
Zhao Gao smiled and said: "Zhao Zhonggeng, the king has summoned you to meet in the palace."
Zhao Tuo was startled.
Zhao Gao is talking about the bedroom, not the side palace.
Isn't that a place to sleep?
It's so late at night, why do you want me to go to the bedroom?
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