Chapter 265 How to Reward?
Imperial City.
Emperor Wen presided over the court meeting as usual.
Emperor Wen has been in a good mood recently.
Lao Liu won a great victory in Shuobei and severely damaged Beihuan at a very low cost.
This was also the most frustrating battle against Beihuan in the history of the Qian Dynasty.
This battle can be considered as revenge for the soldiers in Beiyuan who were guarding the grain.
Da Gan let out a fierce breath of bad breath!
However, he also had a headache.
reward!
Yunzheng led his troops to achieve such a great victory, so it is unjustifiable not to give him a reward!
These days, Xiao Wanchou and his other generals have asked for rewards for Yunzheng's troops more than once.
Today, several veterans talked about this matter again.
Now, there is a huge quarrel in the court to reward these meritorious people.
"If you don't reward your merits, how can you calm the morale of the army?"
"That's right, a full-scale war between our country and Beihuan is about to begin. Your Majesty will reward the meritorious soldiers at this time, which can greatly improve the morale of the Beifu army!"
"Nonsense, you don't know this? I'm sure you should be rewarded, but many meritorious people are the soldiers of His Highness the Sixth Prince. Could it be that the Holy Emperor also made them all generals? What happened to that?"
"Yes! Your Highness, the Sixth Prince, is already the King of Jingbei. How else can you award a reward? If you die, you will be rewarded with some gold and silver..."
Listening to the disputes among these ministers, Emperor Wen couldn't help but smile.
They all have a point.
He also knows that those meritorious soldiers should be rewarded, and they must be rewarded!
The question is, how to award the reward!
It is really unjustifiable to only reward gold and silver.
But it's not appropriate to talk about rewarding officials.
Many meritorious people are Yunzheng's soldiers. Just like Xu Shifu said, should all those soldiers be made generals?
Wouldn't that be a mess?
The only ones who can be rewarded are probably Lu Xing and a few other young generals who followed the training of Tianbing.
"Okay, okay!"
Emperor Wen stopped the arguing group of civil servants and generals and turned his attention to the prince Yun Li. "Tell me, how should we reward these meritorious people?"
Emperor Wen's words directly set the tone for this matter.
Reward, I must reward it!
But, how to reward it?
Yun Li became the prince and had his own summer official in the prince's palace, and now he is gradually becoming wiser.
Faced with the question raised by Emperor Wen, Yun Li immediately said: "But it is up to my father to make the decision."
This matter is indeed a difficult problem.
He didn't dare to talk nonsense.
If one of them is not done well, the veteran will be offended.
Although he also has many military generals under his command, none of them can compare with these veterans in terms of qualifications and status.
His position as prince could not be said to be stable now, and he did not want to stand on the opposite side of these veterans.
After listening to Yun Li's words, Emperor Wen's face suddenly fell, and he said sternly: "As a prince, you can't even offer advice, so what kind of prince do you think you are?"
Yun Li's heart trembled, and he immediately bowed: "My son..."
"Good news! Great victory in Shuobei!"
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from outside.
Hearing this voice, everyone in the court couldn't help but be stunned.
Good news from Shuobei?
Didn't Shuobei just send back the good news a few days ago?
The reward hasn't been decided yet, yet another good news comes?
Shuobei won another battle?
Moreover, we are talking about a great victory!
Could it be another big victory?
How long does it take?
Another big victory?
When everyone was surprised, the palace guards ran in quickly with the messenger soldiers with three small red flags on their backs.
Three red flags!
Great victory!
Emperor Wen stood up excitedly, and before the messenger soldiers could salute, he said hurriedly: "Quickly, bring us the battle report!"
The messenger soldier did not dare to neglect, and quickly handed over the battle report while panting.
Mu Shun took the battle report and handed it to Emperor Wen respectfully.
Emperor Wen couldn't wait to open the battle report, and the more he read, the happier he became.
Seeing the bright smile on Emperor Wen's face, the officials scratched their heads anxiously, wanting to know the content of the battle report.
"Ha ha……"
As he watched, Emperor Wen suddenly burst into laughter and patted the imperial case excitedly, "Okay! Okay! Haha..."
Emperor Wen couldn't help but laugh and burst into tears.
Seeing Emperor Wen's appearance, the officials were even more anxious.
You just said it was good, but you also said what was good about it!
In addition to being anxious, everyone was also very angry.
Even when Yunzheng's troops wiped out people in Beihuan at the cost of casualties a few days ago, they never saw His Majesty smiling so happily!
Is it possible that the victory this time is greater than the previous days?
No way?
If this is the case, Daqian may not have to wait until next spring to fully deploy troops.
"Your Majesty, what does this battle report say?"
Xiao Wanchou couldn't help it anymore and asked curiously.
After Xiao Wanchou opened his mouth, the officials also started asking questions.
But Emperor Wen kept laughing at the table and had no time to pay attention to them.
After laughing for a long time, Emperor Wen struggled to hold back his laughter. After handing the battle report to Mu Shun, he accused the messenger and ordered the palace guard: "Take him down to rest! Let him settle down well! I will summon him later!"
"Yes!"
The palace guards immediately took the messenger down.
"Read it!"
Emperor Wen nodded to Mu Shun with a smile on his face, but he couldn't help laughing, making everyone look confused.
"Your Majesty, Wei Wenzhong, respectfully reports: On the twelfth day of this month, King Jingbei led his army to defeat Beihuan again in the Split Wind Canyon..."
Mu Shun read the contents of the battle report loudly.
After learning that Yun Zheng had won the battle again, Yun Li and Xu Shifu's expressions suddenly darkened.
Damn!
Why is it Yunzheng again?
Or in Riftwind Canyon?
Are the people in Beihuan mentally ill?
He was sneak attacked by Lao Liu and his troops in Split Wind Canyon, and he ran to Split Wind Canyon again?
Grandma!
Are these idiots like Beihuan going to kill Yunzheng or give him military exploits?
As Mu Shun read the contents of the battle report loudly, the officials also started talking about it.
"With less than ten casualties, annihilate Beihuan's ten thousand soldiers?"
"seriously?"
"This is too amazing!"
"It can't be fake, can it?"
"You are stupid! This is a battle report sent by Wei Wenzhong himself. How can it be false?"
"No, this...when did the Sixth Highness become so powerful?"
"Actually, it is not difficult to achieve such small battle losses. What is difficult is to discern Beihuan's intentions in advance, prepare traps in advance, and wait for Beihuan's people to attack the camp..."
"For such an exquisite plan, it should be Princess Jingbei and His Highness the Sixth Prince's soldiers who are planning it, right?"
Everyone was shocked and still couldn't believe the contents of the battle report.
To annihilate Beihuan's soldiers at such a small cost is simply a myth!
However, this is not the end.
Mu Shun continued to read: "The King of Jingbei followed the advice of Zhangxu, the grandson of Zhang Ge, and exchanged the corpses of Beihuan soldiers captured in the previous battle with Banbu for war horses..."
Listening to Mu Shun's words, the officials couldn't help but be stunned.
Change war horses?
Has the replacement been successful?
More than worthless corpses in exchange for war horses?
Even Bambu's war horse was replaced.
Bambu was so angry that he vomited blood twice?
Is this... this damn thing okay?
Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, they all look weird.
Then, the crowd burst into laughter again...
