Although Zhouyi was not from the Qingliu lineage of Wen Boyue, in Grand Master Wen's own opinion, as long as he was not with Yan Song's group, he was on his side.
When Grand Master Wen Boyue heard the traitor Yan Song's compromising words, Wen Boyue felt quite proud. He felt that he had finally surpassed Yan Song this time with Zhouyi's military exploits.
The grand master Wen Boyue took half a step forward, walked to a position close to his traitor Yan Song, and loudly congratulated the emperor who was standing next to the dragon throne: "Congratulations to your majesty, your majesty, God bless me, Da Chen. The Qingzhou military detective report is enough to prove this." The magistrate of Pingjiang County was able to defeat the greater number with less, defeated the Xiongnu and Khitan coalition forces, relieved the crisis in Yongzhou, and killed the Khitan King. For such a great achievement, please Your Majesty to commend Zhou Yi, the magistrate of Pingjiang County!"
Emperor Li Xuanji also nodded in agreement and asked the ministers in the court: "Everyone, Li Feiyu and Zhou Yi have both sent good news. How do you think they should be rewarded?"
Cheng Ju, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, suggested: "It is better to make the person with greater merit be the envoy of Yongzhou's army and horse, and be in charge of the entire territory of Yongzhou. The one with less merit will be named the prefect of Yongzhou, and be in charge of the entire territory's government affairs!"
This proposal by Cheng Ju, Minister of War, quickly won the support of the ministers.
In this way, the piece of cake awarded to Zhou Yi and Li Feiyu did not leave the boundaries of Yongzhou, so it would not affect the distribution of interests to others.
Moreover, Zhou Yi and Li Feiyu, one commanding troops and horses, and the other specializing in government affairs, could also restrict each other. This is a very common and common check and balance.
However, now it is time to determine who has more merit among Zhou Yi and Li Feiyu.
Naturally, Yan Song wanted Li Feiyu to command the troops and become the military governor of Yongzhou. As long as you have soldiers and horses in hand, you may be able to change the sun and moon to reshape the sky in the future, and you may not be able to be the master of your own country.
So the old thief Yan Song personally asked for credit for Li Feiyu and said: "Your Majesty, I feel that the key to this battle is that Li Feiyu used the Xiongnu Khitan's energy to prevent him from conquering Pingliang County. This led to the subsequent great victory of Pingjiang County Magistrate. ! Therefore, Wei Chen considers Li Feiyu to be the highest meritorious person!"
When the grand master heard about Boyue, he stood up to support Zhou Yi and asked for credit.
"The Prime Minister's words are wrong!"
"Although Li Feiyu kept Pingliang County intact, he did not injure the Xiongnu and Khitan coalition forces. However, Zhou Yi, the magistrate of Pingjiang County, defended the city with a death wish and defeated hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu and Khitan forces with the Fire Ox Formation, killing them until they abandoned their helmets. A, looking at the wind and descending, how can such an achievement not be regarded as the first achievement?"
After saying this set of petitions for merit, Taishi Wen Boyue came closer to Yan Song and whispered: "Master Yan, it seems that this time Magistrate Zhou's contribution is much greater than that of Li Feiyu, who you are optimistic about!"
Yan Song did not speak, but turned his head slightly, waiting for Emperor Li Xuanji's own judgment.
"The Prime Minister is right. If Li Feiyu hadn't defended Pingliang and greatly weakened its edge, Zhou Yi, the magistrate of Pingjiang County, would not have been able to defeat the Xiongnu and Khitan coalition forces in one battle."
"What the Grand Master said was true to form. Although Li Feiyu bluntly defeated the Xiongnu Khitans, he did not injure their bones and muscles. On the contrary, Zhou Yi, the magistrate of Pingjiang County, led the people and defeated the Xiongnu army by dying to serve the country."
"How to choose? This is really difficult for me! I have to let you ministers come up with an idea for me!"
As soon as Emperor Li Xuanji's words came out, the two groups, the Yan Song lineage and the Taishi lineage who claimed to be Qingliu, immediately started arguing like a college debate match.
Just as the ministers in the court were arguing about who had more merit, Zhou Yi or Li Feiyu, another 800-mile bell sounded from outside the palace.
At this moment, another 800-mile express suddenly came, and no one knew whether it was good or bad. The ministers who were still arguing and discussing fell silent instantly.
Two more imperial guardsmen pulled up an exhausted soldier from Pingliang County.
"Report...good news!"
The court ministers and Li Xuanji on the dragon throne were extremely confused after hearing this.
"Why is there another good news? Wasn't the Huns and Khitan coalition defeated by Zhou Yi, the magistrate of Pingjiang County? Why is there another good news at this time? Could it be that someone really lied about the military situation?"
Basically everyone present thought so.
This is what the soldier who came to report from Pingliang County said: "Wuwei Pass was restored. Master Li Feiyu led five thousand soldiers and civilians dressed in Khitan clothes to trick the Wuwei Pass into opening, and in the middle of the night, he killed the Huns and Khitan defenders at Wuwei Pass. people."
When everyone heard this, they remembered that Wuwei Pass was also captured by the Huns and Khitans.
Now that such a dangerous situation is back in Da Chen's hands, such a good news is the icing on the cake.
After Yan Song heard the good news, he was even more ecstatic: "I never thought that my son Fengxian is not only brave but also very intelligent. He could even think of using Khitan clothes to deceive the martial arts!"
"Wonderful, wonderful! I have to be the first to do something great!" Thinking of this, Yan Song couldn't help but look up at the golden dragon chair under Li Xuanji's butt. For just a moment, Yan Song suppressed some thoughts. Go down.
In order to help his adopted son "Li Feiyu" gain military power in Yongzhou, Yan Song stood up again at this time and said: "Your Majesty, Wuwei Pass is the most dangerous place in the world. With it in hand, the Xiongnu will not be able to directly drive southward! Such an achievement should be given top priority. It belongs to Li Feiyu, the magistrate of Pingliang County."
"Furthermore, Li Feiyu was born as a bandit. He is definitely not as good at handling government affairs as Zhou Yi, the magistrate of Pingjiang County who was born in Tanhualang. Therefore, it is most appropriate to appoint Li Feiyu as the military envoy of Yongzhou and Zhou Yi as the prefect of Yongzhou. !”
Now that "Li Feiyu" has two skills in hand, and Prime Minister Yan Song's analysis is sound and logical, Grand Master Wen Boyue and others have no good way to refute.
In the end, "Li Feiyu" could only be given the official position of Yongzhou Soldiers and Horses Envoy. Li Feiyu, who was originally half a rank lower than Zhou Yi, was rewarded half a rank higher than Zhou Yi because of this incident.
Soon, the imperial edict of the reward once again came from the capital to Pingliang and Pingjiang County.
Of course, this rumor refers to Zhou Yi's old acquaintance - Wei Zhongxian Wei Eunuch.
However, this time Zhou Yi did not let Qian Yong continue to pretend to be "Li Feiyu". Instead, he asked Wang Dachui to play "Li Feiyu".
This Wei Zhongxian is also a wonderful person. Although Zhou Yi and Wang Dachui did not show any abnormality when the decree was issued, Wei Zhongxian could feel that the relationship between Zhou Yi and "Li Feiyu" was extraordinary.
At the same time, Wei Zhongxian told the story of Yan Song, the treacherous Prime Minister, and Wen Boyue, the Grand Master in the court, who were competing for the top spot and almost had a quarrel.
"Above the court, they were quarreling over the two adults, but they never thought that the relationship between the two adults was so close!"
Zhou Yi smiled and pulled Wei Zhongxian over and said, "Eunuch Wei, please don't misunderstand me. Master Li and I are just ordinary colleagues. We can't talk nonsense!"
After that, Zhou Yi stuffed a few small yellow croakers into Wei Zhongxian's sleeves.
Wei Zhongxian understood, and quickly slapped his mouth gently, and said with a smile: "Oh, my family made a mistake, my family made a mistake!"
