Chapter 1629 Knife

After Emperor Wen’s funeral, Yun Zheng slept for a whole day and night.

When Yun Zheng woke up, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

People always say that they are as tired as a dog, but in fact, dogs are not that tired.

It was not until this time that Shen Luoyan handed the battle report sent back by Lu Xing and others to Yun Zheng.

Lu Xing’s battle report was very detailed, even Yunli’s last words were included.

After reading the battle report sent back by Lu Xing, Yun Zheng couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

The third child is stubborn.

However, he did not bring shame to the royal family.

However, Lou Yi and Hailanduo died too easily.

According to his temper, he should let these two people go mining and dig to death!

The day I die in the mine, that will be the end.

"Before my father passed away, the war report had already been delivered to me. I was worried about his health, so I kept it secret. Now even the Ministry of War doesn't know about it."

Shen Luoyan said from the side.

Yun Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Order Lu Xing to draft a new battle report..."

Yun Zheng suddenly stopped talking halfway through his words.

never mind!

It’s such a long distance that it’s quite a hassle to go back and forth.

After thinking for a while, Yun Zheng told Shen Luoyan: "Just draft a new battle report and delete all the content about the third brother."

"This...can't do it, right?"

Shen Luoyan looked at Yun Zheng with a smile on her face, "We don't have the seal of the Andong Protectorate."

"I said, why are you so honest?"

Yun Zheng smiled at Shen Luoyan, "Before your father passed away, you were in a daze and didn't know where you put the battle report. You only remembered the content above, so you just wrote it out and handed it to the Ministry of War. Is that not okay?"

This battle report must be available.

The Ministry of War needs to archive the files.

It will be needed for the promotion and rewards of meritorious soldiers and for the pensions of those killed in battle.

But the third brother’s affairs are their family affairs, so there is no need for them to appear in the battle report.

"All right!"

Shen Luoyan smiled helplessly, "I can remember such detailed information, you really think highly of me!"

I guess what he said can only fool Yun Cang, a little brat.

The officials of the Ministry of War certainly did not believe it.

"It's OK as long as everyone keeps it to themselves."

Yun Zheng smiled indifferently. Just as he was about to say something else, Ye Zi also stepped in: "Tang Xiang and the others are here."

"So fast?"

Yun Zheng was surprised and smiled bitterly in his heart.

They really don't leave themselves any time to rest!

That's it!

It would be better to decide the titles for meritorious people like Yu Shizhong as soon as possible, and solve the problem.

After Yun Cang’s coronation ceremony, it will be time to reward him.

Thinking of this, Yun Zheng said to Ye Zi again: "You and Jia Yao will discuss this with us later. It will be a good idea to settle this matter as soon as possible, so as to stabilize the morale of the troops!"

"All right!"

Ye Zi nodded slightly.

Soon, Tang Shu, Tuo Huan, Xiao Wanchou, Xue Che, Wu Dao and others came in.

"Your subjects have greeted the Emperor..."

As soon as they saw Yun Zheng, they all bowed down to him.

"Stop!"

Yun Zheng quickly stopped everyone, "Everyone, please stop disgusting me! You can call me Your Highness or Prince, but don't call me the Emperor."

"Isn't this... bad?"

Minister of Rites Xie Lang looked at Yun Zheng with a helpless look.

Emperor Wen has passed away.

It is no longer appropriate to call Yun Zheng "Your Highness".

"Then call me Prince!"

Yun Zheng immediately made the decision: "I am still the regent king, so there is nothing wrong with you calling me Your Highness."

Everyone thought about it and changed their words.

After resolving the title issue, Yun Zheng said, "Actually, why don't you just draft a rough draft of this matter first and then report it to me? Why do you have to mobilize so many troops?"

"There's nothing we can do!"

Xiao Wanchou looked at Yun Zheng with a smile, "We can't tell the truth from the false reports that the prince sent to the imperial city before! Only the prince knows the military exploits of many people. We can only come to the prince to discuss it!"

Hearing Xiao Wanchou's words, everyone showed a look of gloating.

You know what, there is really nothing wrong with what Xiao Wanchou said.

Many of the battle reports before Yun Zheng returned to the imperial city were not even battle reports at all, they were simply letters of blackmail!

Only Yun Zheng knew how great the contributions of the generals who followed him in his battles were.

Even Chen Bu, the former chief steward of Shuobei, was not particularly clear about it.

Yunzheng smiled bitterly.

Damn it!

You have to pay for the sins you have committed!

Fortunately, his memory is not bad.

He was well aware of the contributions of the generals under him.

Next, they began to discuss the titles of generals who had made great military achievements.

If it were only based on military merit, everyone's title would be easy to determine.

But there are too many generals with outstanding military achievements!

It is impossible for the imperial court to add dozens of dukes and marquises at once.

Moreover, most of people like Yu Shizhong are very young and will have many opportunities to make contributions in the future.

This title is too high. I don’t know how to reward him for future military achievements.

They discussed for most of the day and finally came to a preliminary conclusion on the matter.

Dugu Ce was made Duke of Ningguo.

According to the court system, the Duke must be in the imperial city.

Dugu Ce was dismissed from his post as Grand Protector of Northwest Protectorate and transferred back to the court for use. His position was taken over by Anping Hou Fu Tianyan, and his son Dugu Xin was promoted to General Shuobei, in charge of all military affairs in Shuobei.

Yu Shizhong was named Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, and his position remained unchanged for the time being.

Zhao Ji was made Marquis of Xinyang and transferred to be the General of Annan.

Lu Xing was made Earl of Yongxing, and Pang Jinjiu was made Earl of Yongding.

Feng Yu, Zuo Ren, Qu Zhi, Deng Bao and many others were also awarded titles of nobility for their military achievements.

Zhao Liuliang, Huo Gu, Tong Gang, Zhou Mi, Gao He, Wei Yu, Li Xiu and others were conferred the title of Viscount.

Among them was Yue Sheng from the Firearms Workshop.

He also became the first person in Daqian to be awarded a title for his contribution to technological innovation.

Yun Zheng is also using this method to encourage people at the Institute of Technology to innovate in various technologies.

Twelve others were made barons.

However, this is just their preliminary plan.

There will definitely be some minor adjustments later.

In fact, except for Dugu Ce and Zhao Ji, almost everyone here had their titles demoted one or two levels lower according to their military achievements.

There is no way, these generals have fought too many battles with Yun Zheng.

It is often the achievement of destroying a country!

If rewards were really given based on merit, the imperial court would not be able to bear it.

For people like Qin Qihu and Zhang Xu, it is not excessive to give them the title of Duke.

But it was impossible for the imperial court to confer two dukes on the Qin family, nor was it possible for Zhang Xu to be a duke and his father Zhang Heng to be a marquis.

People like Qin Qihu and Zhang Xu can only be given other rewards.

Yun Zheng also proposed the concept of military rank for the first time. This matter must be promoted, but it needs to be done step by step.

In the evening, Yun Zheng invited everyone to have dinner in the palace.

Before everyone had taken a few bites, Lin Ji hurried in and whispered in Yun Zheng's ear.

Listening to Lin Ji's words, Yun Zheng couldn't help but be distracted.

After a moment, Yun Zheng came to his senses, waved at Lin Ji and sighed.

"what happened?"

Shen Luoyan looked at Yun Zheng worriedly.

Could something big have happened again?

Yun Zheng sighed: "The Ci'an Temple sent someone to report that the deposed Queen Wang hanged herself more than an hour ago, without leaving a single last word..."

After hearing Yun Zheng's words, the faces of the ministers suddenly darkened.

Queen Wang is gone?

Did he follow the late emperor?

After a moment of silence, Yun Zheng looked at everyone again: "While everyone is here, let's discuss how to bury her!"

After listening to Yun Zheng's words, everyone fell silent.

This is really a troublesome matter.

When Yun Zheng went on an expedition to attack the State of Yu, Emperor Wen personally presided over the process of rehabilitating the eldest prince and the ministers who were implicated.

Wang did not commit any major offenses during her time as queen, and was deposed because she was implicated in a case in which the eldest prince was falsely accused of treason.

Since Emperor Wen rehabilitated the eldest prince and those who followed him, it stands to reason that a funeral should be held for Queen Wang with the ceremony for a former queen.

But she was a nun before her death, so it seemed inappropriate to hold a funeral for her with the rites of a queen.

"Your Majesty, you may want to ask Qin Liugan for his opinion on this matter!"

After a long while, Tang Shu spoke.

Qin Liu dares?

Yunzheng thought for a moment and nodded lightly...