After comforting the envoy, a group of young generals entered the hall.
Among them, Su Lie has the greatest credit, because Gao Dayang was captured by him, and the most glorious one is Yang Yuanqing. What this kid did on the front line has been spread by his father secretly, and it has long been rumored that it is amazing. .
What kind of horse enters the enemy's formation single-handedly, and Yang Dalang rides with a horizontal sword and so on.
But having said that, in this expedition to Goguryeo, this boy did steal the biggest limelight, but he did it with his life. It was not easy for Yang Su's direct grandson to lead the army.
Of course Yang Guang is very happy. If your family dares to procrastinate and not go to the battlefield, I will definitely deal with you, but if you are willing to risk your life, I will not treat you lightly.
So Yang Guang directly rewarded Yang Yuanqing with a new official position: General Huwei, the fifth rank, subordinate to Zuo Beishen Mansion, plus the fourth rank of the twelve martial arts ranks: Protector, which is also the fifth rank.
So from now on, it’s okay to call Yang Yuanqing General Yang or Yang Hujun. Of course, you can also call him Yuan Qing. It depends on whether he agrees or not.
After all, Yang Yuanqing had a good family background, so the officials at the court chatted around him for a long time. They basically praised him for his bravery and fearlessness, and that he had a successor to the Duke of Chu.
In fact, it was because of Yang Xuangan, Yang Yue, Yang Wensi and the others.
Su Lie, who had made the greatest contribution, was the second to be rewarded. There was no other way, as there was no father in the court.
"Su Lie, Su Dingfang, you captured the enemy's commander, how do you want me to reward you?" Yang Guang was in high spirits and looked at Su Lie with a smile.
The other party is his son, and as long as he dares to speak, Yang Guang will dare to agree, but Yang Guang also knows that the other party does not dare to speak loudly.
Su Lie half-knelt on the ground: "Reply to Your Majesty, I only know how to report the kindness of the army and do not ask for rewards. It is my duty to go into battle to kill the enemy."
"Hey~~~This is not your place to be humble," Yang Yue said with a smile: "If your Majesty wants to reward you, just say whatever you want. We are a young man in the army. Don't imitate those vain people. I heard that you, boy His first wife is Pei Renji’s daughter?”
Su Lie hurriedly said: "Go back to Mr. Yang, it's true."
Pei Xingyan, who was standing next to Su Lie, began to feel nervous. His sister married Su Lie, so their family was often laughed at. Su Lie was even worse, and he was often considered to be a freeloader.
It's good now. Su Lie has made a meritorious service. If he can be granted a title of Lord, he will be able to straighten up in the future.
"Is there still such a thing?" Yang Guang pretended to be stupid.
Yang Guang didn't care who Su Dingfang married, but he still needed to know who Pei Renji's daughter married.
Yang Xuangan laughed and said: "As the saying goes, good things come hard. Su Lie was born in a humble background. With the help of the prince, he was able to marry Pei Renji's legitimate daughter. I heard that Pei Renji was often laughed at because of this. Now that Su Lie has made meritorious service in the front, I think that after Pei Renji finds out, it will be enough." Comforted.”
Yang Guang snorted coldly: "Who dares to make fun of my warrior?"
Pei Ju was stunned and said quickly: "There are differences in family status. It's normal in the world. No one in the Pei family will laugh at Su Lie, let alone see Pei Renji's jokes. As for what outsiders say, we can't care."
He basically pushed everything away. Our tribe doesn’t laugh at others. It’s all outsiders who make irresponsible remarks.
"I don't like this common practice," Yang Guang said solemnly: "A good woman matches a good man, it has always been the case since ancient times."
After saying that, Yang Guang looked at Su Lie: "If you have any difficulties, just tell me and I will make the decision for you."
The connotation is that you are not only my son, but also my son.
After all, Su Lie was still young and didn't have so many twists and turns in his mind. He said honestly:
"There is no difficulty in a humble position. Your Majesty is so kind, but it will be difficult to repay it even if you die in a humble position."
You don't even know how to open your mouth even if I give you a chance. The prince has good taste. I also like such a person.
Yang Xuangan took the opportunity to say: "The house in Dingfang was awarded to me by the prince. His family is too humble to be able to establish himself in the capital. I thought that it would be better for your majesty to grant a house to show the emperor's great favor."
In fact, Yang Guang knew everything about Su Lie, and Yang Hao also knew when he went to the camp to kidnap people. People always pretended not to know, but it was just a king's power trick, just to expose those who thought they could hide it from him.
Cautious people like Pei Ju and Yang Yue, because they are close ministers, know very well that the emperor knows more than they think, so they will be more careful in doing things.
But some people don't know that if they are lucky and think they can hide it from Yang Guang, they are totally wrong.
Yang Hao's humiliation in the camp was related to the family's reputation. The prince and the old Pei family were under pressure to die, so the news was not big. Yang Guang, who was in Luoyang at the time, was happy to pretend not to know.
Of course, almost everyone who was at the court meeting today knew about it, but no one would spread the word as it would offend others.
Since Yang Xuangan wanted to give Su Lie his house, Yang Guang followed suit and said:
"The title of Marquis of Wen'an County, Su Lie, will be granted to 300 households in the city, a Marquis Mansion, and ten BMWs."
Su Lie was stunned for a moment. He was so ecstatic that he forgot to thank him. It was his uncle Pei Xingyan who was equally excited next to him who gave him an elbow that made him come back to his senses and quickly thank him.
Common people were granted the title of marquis unless they had great merit, and Yang Guang was happy to do so, because it gave hope to all generals like Su Lie who came from civilian backgrounds.
To put it bluntly, it is to deceive ordinary soldiers. It is true that Su Lie was born as a commoner, but his backing is the prince. Without a backing, the credit will not fall on you.
Marquis, this is a title, and Yang Guang gave him a real position, which was the position recommended by Yang Ming at the beginning. The main force of the left and right Yiwei was elite, and the commander of the Xiaoqi Army was Shi.
Yang Ming's initial recommendation was a temporary arrangement due to the army's expedition, and Yang Guang was now convinced.
In other words, Su Lie is now the commander-in-chief of one of the six main forces of the Sui Dynasty. Of course, it is not easy to do a job with six direct leaders on his head.
Next, Pei Xingyan, Yang Wanshi, Laizheng, Shi Wanbao, Pang Ben, Shi Wanshou, Guo Siben, Mai Zhongcai, Mai Jicai, Xue Zuo, etc. all had rewards, but none was greater than Su Lie.
On the way south of the Sui army, there were four commanders and two generals in Goguryeo. In order of power, they should be Eulji Wende, Yuan Taizu, Gao Jianwu, Gao Dayang, and the commanders would be Zhongshiwei and Yanman.
Among them, Yuon Tae-jo of Domestic City actually had the highest official rank, but Eulji Mundeok, as the highest military commander north of Pyongyang, had a higher rank than Yun Tae-jo in this war.
Six people, two died and two were captives. Eulji Wende was privately executed by Mai Tiezhang without any credit. Zhong Shiwei died in the hands of Duan Zhen sent by Xue Shixiong to support him. Gao Dayang was captured by Su Lie, and Yan Man Captured by Xin Shixiong.
However, Duan Jin and Xin Shixiong stayed at their headquarters and did not come to receive the reward, while Yang Guang liked to award the reward in person.
Then only Mai Tiezhang is left, and he has already arrived in Liaodong.
As soon as Mai Tiezhang came in, a chamberlain carried a cushion and placed it in the middle:
"General Manager Mai has served the country well, and your Majesty will grant him a seat."
Mai Tiezhang was flattered and hurriedly said: "I am at fault and dare not sit down."
Yang Guang smiled and said with a doting look on his face: "Sit down."
Mai Tiezhang, who was familiar with the emperor's character, stopped refusing and just sat down.
Everyone can see that Yang Guang is particularly fond of Mai Tiezhang, so everyone is saying some comforting words. After all, the person who died was the eldest son, the son who inherited the family business, just like Yang Guang died and Yang Zhao, Li Yuan died and Li Jiancheng was a very big blow.
Because the eldest son's training was different from that of other sons, and the emotions he invested were also different.
Yang Guang deeply understands the pain of losing a son: "My fourth brother has a daughter who is in the prime of life, so I gave her a marriage partner as a token of comfort."
Many of the children of the fourth son, Yang Xiu, are not yet married. Yang Guang will definitely hold Yang Xiu captive, but as for the children, it doesn't matter because there is no threat.
Mai Tiezhang was moved to tears immediately, and he said with tears: "I am from a humble background, how can a dog be so virtuous and capable as to be worthy of the royal family?"
Yang Guang was stunned at this time. Yang Xiu had been deposed. His daughter was not the head of the county, so what was she talking about?
But Mai Tiezhang had already said this, and Yang Guang could only follow the trend. He knew that Mai Tiezhang was unintentional.
In the Sui Dynasty, those who married princesses, princesses, or county lords were all called Shang. The emperor's daughter was a princess, the prince's daughter was a princess, and the prince's daughter was a county lord.
Why does it have to be Shang? Because not all daughters can be canonized, Yang Guang himself still has concubines who have not been canonized as princesses, but those who are canonized are basically direct descendants.
It can be seen how serious the difference between concubines and concubines was in the Sui Dynasty, and it was all Dugu Jialuo's fault.
Yang Xiu had seven sons and four daughters, but only one daughter was a legitimate daughter. Yang Guang originally planned to give Mai Zhongcai a common daughter, but now he could only give it to a legitimate daughter because he wanted to be granted the title of county head.
Mai Tiezhang is also a blind cat pretending to be a dead mouse. An unintentional remark that his son will marry Yang Xiu's daughter in the future can be regarded as unintentional. Mai Zhongcai's descendants will have royal blood.
Yang Guang said with a smile: "The eldest daughter of Yang Xiu is canonized as the head of Anfeng County, and Mai Zhongcaishang is given the title of head of the county."
Yang Yue and Xuangan looked at each other and saw that Mai Tiezhang was very lucky. Although she was Yang Xiu's daughter, she was also the direct bloodline of the Second Saint. The Sui royal family was orthodox. What was Mai Tiezhang's identity? Fishing and hunting background.
Mai Tiezhang kept crying and kowtowing to express gratitude. Yu Wenshu hurriedly stepped forward to help:
"It's all my fault. As the general manager, I gave improper command, which led to Dalang's death in battle. The public has complaints and is willing to accept it."
In front of the emperor, what can Mai Tiezhang say? can only say:
"An unfair mistake."
Since Yu Wenshu came back from the fight, he has been admitting his mistakes and shouldering all the responsibilities on himself, because he knows that Duan Wenzhen will be back soon.
When they come back, the Ministry of War will conduct a detailed review of the entire process of this war, and Secretary Cao Taishi will record the entire process as official history.
Rather than letting others find out his faults, it is better to admit his mistakes early. After all, having a correct attitude can also reduce the crime.
The officials in the Sui Dynasty who were responsible for recording historical events and writing history books would not cheat. Yang Guang had no control over what they wrote.
The officials in this department are very special. They will not flatter the emperor. They dare to write about the immoral things the emperor has done, but they will beautify and concise them appropriately.
How many people died during the construction of Luoyang and the canal? They are all remembered by you. How can it be concise? Passed by in one stroke.
Behind one line of words are hundreds of thousands of lives.
Yang Guang didn't care much about this, because he felt that his merits far outweighed his faults, and future generations would only praise him but not scold him.
If Yang Ming did not fall and the Sui Dynasty survived, Yang Guang's title after his death would definitely not be "Yang". This title actually existed before Yang Guang, and it was added by Yang Guang himself.
That's right, it's the poor Chen Shubao.
The difference is that in history, Yang Guang was given the posthumous title of "Yang" as an emperor, while Chen Shubao was given the posthumous title of "Yang" as a county official. (End of chapter)
