The scene of the Qianguo government and the opposition welcoming Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan back to the court and the return of the class teacher to the dynasty was very lively, and most of the people in the Qianjing City welcomed them from ten miles south of the city to the gate of the palace.

The army that had returned from the triumph appeared in the sight of the officials and the people, and the drum music began to be played, and the gongs and drums were noisy along the way, and the people organized and arranged by the government sang and danced.

The officers and men of each army returned to their respective barracks outside the city, and only the Dragon Guards escorted Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan and their party into the city and returned to the palace.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace, Zhao Junsheng stopped and said to the ministers and generals of the army: "This expedition took a long time, and Zhuqing was also physically and mentally tired, and I haven't seen my relatives for a long time. ”

"Wait for the resignation!"

After entering the palace, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan took off their armor with the help of the eunuchs and palace maids, Hua Mulan changed into regular clothes and said to Zhao Junsheng: "I'll go to see how the meals and bath water are prepared, you can rest first, and I'll call you when it's ready!" ”

"Good!" Zhao Junsheng agreed, lay on the soft couch without any image, remembered something and said, "By the way, send someone to bring the children back!" ”

"I still need you to order, I would have sent someone to pick it up a long time ago!"

Unknowingly, Zhao Junsheng fell asleep, and when he woke up, it was already dark, and Mulan was holding a pu fan to fan him to repel mosquitoes.

"Are you awake?"

"What time is it?" Zhao Junsheng stretched out his hand and hugged Mulan in his arms.

"It's dark, it's halfway through the unitary hour, and I didn't wake you up when I came back and saw you asleep!"

"By the way, what about the kids?"

"It's dinner, I didn't let them come and wake you up!"

Zhao Junsheng got up and said, "Wash up and go to dinner, I haven't seen the little ones for almost a year, and I panic when I am free when I go out on the expedition."

"Let's go!"

The two washed up and went to the dining hall, where the three children were eating around the table, and the youngest son, who was also two years old, was also eating with a porcelain spoon.

When the two older children saw Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan walking into the dining hall, they all ran over and shouted, "Father! ”

Zhao Junsheng squatted down and hugged the two children, and warmed him fiercely.

"Father, do you miss us?"

"I think about it, I think about it every day!"

"What do you think?"

“······ I just want you little guys to be disobedient at your grandmother's house, do you study hard, do you just care about playing and forget to eat, do you grow taller! ”

The second girl asked again, "Father, have you brought us any gifts?" ”

Zhao Junsheng stretched out his fingers and pinched her nose: "Of course I brought it, how could I forget to bring a gift to my little princess?" Come on, bring the gift that Lone has prepared! ”

A eunuch came with several wooden boxes, each containing a gift.

Zhao Junsheng took a wooden box and handed it to the second girl: "Here, this gift is yours!" ”

The second girl, Zhao Ling, took the wooden box and asked, "Father, can I open it and take a look?" ”

"Absolutely!"

Zhao Ling opened the wooden box, and there was a delicate Western rag doll lying inside, which was sewn by Zhao Junsheng himself with needle and thread, the rag doll was sewn with fine pearl white satin, filled with silk wool, the hair of the rag doll was a golden ponytail, and the clothes were light gauze skirts.

"Wow, what a beautiful doll! Father, this doll is so white, why is her hair golden? And its nose is so high and pointy! Her eyes are turquoise, how can there be such a doll? ”

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "There are many white-skinned, blonde and blue-eyed people living in the extreme west, and this doll is the person from the extreme west!" ”

"Really? When I grow up, I'm going to go to the Far West to see if they're as blonde and blue-eyed as this doll! ”

"Good!" Zhao Junsheng touched his daughter's little head, "Put the rag doll in the box first, and then you can play with her after dinner!" ”

"Hmm!"

Zhao Junsheng sent his daughter away, took another wooden box from the eunuch's hand, and handed it to his eldest son Zhao Dong: "Boss, this is for you!" ”

"Thank you, Father!" Zhao Dong took the wooden box, opened it and saw that there was a pointed round wood and a whip inside, and asked, "Father, what is this?" ”

"It's called a spinning top! Come, Father will teach you to play! Zhao Junsheng said as he took the spinning top and whip from the wooden box, wrapped the whip around the spinning top and put it on the ground and pulled it hard, and the spinning top spun rapidly.

Zhao Junsheng whipped it with a whip, and the spinning top turned faster, and after a few consecutive strokes, the whipping sounded, Zhao Dong's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands happily: "Wow, it's fun!" ”

"Do you want to try it?" Zhao Junsheng handed the whip to his eldest son.

Zhao Dong took the whip and whipped it, the strength was a little less, the spinning top not only did not rotate faster, but turned slower, Zhao Junsheng reminded him: "Harder, if you tickle it, it won't listen to you!" ”

Zhao Dong immediately pumped hard, and with a "snap", the spinning top really turned faster, and after several whips in a row, the spinning top began to rotate rapidly.

"Fun, fun!" Zhao Dong shouted happily.

"Woo, woo, ah, ah!" The two-year-old son Zhao Lei stretched out his chubby little hand and kept shaking it towards Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng turned his head and smiled: "Do you also want a gift?" ”

"Ahh

Zhao Junsheng smiled and took another wooden box from the eunuch's hand, walked to his youngest son, opened the wooden box, took out a mechanical dog from it and handed it to his younger son: "You haven't called Lao Tzu yet?" Call Father, shout quickly! ”

"Father······ Parent ······"

"Hahaha······ "Okay" Zhao Junsheng handed the mechanical dog to his youngest son, this mechanical dog is made of wood and carved, brushed with tung oil, it looks oily, the mechanical dog has a gear in its belly, and after putting it on the ground, it will walk on its own.

Hua Mulan saw that the father and son were playing happily and warmly, she had a smile on her face, and when she saw that the food was about to be cold, she hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, don't forget, eat first, eat dinner and then play!" ”

As soon as the children heard Mulan's words, they all reluctantly put away their toys and returned to the table to eat.

After dinner, the three children were clamoring to rest with Zhao Junsheng and Mulan, and the eunuchs and palace maids who served looked at Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan in embarrassment.

Zhao Junsheng smiled and said, "Make an exception tonight!" ”

Back in the dormitory, the children played happily with their respective toys, they quickly got tired of playing, but they never slept, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan finally coaxed them to sleep.

The night at the end of August was still a little hot, Hua Mulan handed Zhao Junsheng a pu fan and sat down beside him and asked: "Next, we will reward the meritorious soldiers, the money is easy to say, but the official rank and title are not very easy to seal!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded, he was just the king, if the general with great merit was sealed too high, he might face the point of being unsealable in the future.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Junsheng said: "I think this reward must formulate a charter, such as how much money will be rewarded for any merit, how many levels of official promotion, and what title will be awarded, all of which need to have a reference, according to the reward!" ”

"That's a good idea, I've heard that the previous dynasty did this!"

The next day, Zhao Junsheng summoned Dongfang Chen, Cui Hao, Kou Qianzhi, Liang Lian, Pei Jin, Gao Yun and other ministers into the palace.

"Zhuqing, I have not yet had a charter for rewarding titles since the founding of the country, and today I summoned you here to discuss this matter, this time the soldiers sacrificed their lives on the battlefield and fought bloodily, so that there was a triumphant return this time, and there were many meritorious soldiers, if the reward was unfair, it would definitely cause dissatisfaction among some soldiers, so there needs to be a charter for rewards and titles, what do you think?"

Cui Hao stood up and said: "King, the relevant regulations on the rewards and titles of the soldiers, there are relevant regulations in all dynasties, and the ministers think that our country can refer to the regulations of the previous dynasties, and then make some appropriate changes to suit the current situation of our country, and then promulgate and implement them!" ”

Zhao Junsheng asked the others: "What do you think of Cui Hao's words?" ”

"I think it's possible!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

Zhao Junsheng weighed it, "Okay, this matter is handed over to Shang Shutai to do, Lone has announced that he will reward the meritorious soldiers in the next court, so before the next court meeting, the relevant regulations for the rewards and titles must be drawn up and promulgated and implemented, the rewards of the generals will be announced on the spot at the Lone Dynasty meeting, and the rewards of the generals and soldiers below will be reported by the meritorious service to the army, and the military department will send personnel to verify it, and after confirming that it is correct, the military department will submit the lone royal review to the commander of the military department, and then send someone from the relevant yamen to issue it after the lone approval is approved!" ”

Shang Shutai left and right to shoot Dongfang Chen and Cui Hao stood up and agreed: "Yes!" ”

Zhao Junsheng asked: "It's the end of August now, and it's about to be September, is there any change on Rouran's side?" ”

Liang Lin stood up and said: "There is no news from relevant parties at the border gates in the north for the time being!" ”

"Lu Xuanbo!"

"The minister is here!" Lu Xuanbo stood up.

"We must increase our attention and messaging on the Rouran side! There must be no more situation where the court has not received news from the Wuchuan City that was killed by Rouran again! Zhao Junsheng commanded with a serious expression.

Lu Xuanbo clenched his fists and agreed: "Understood!" ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at everyone and asked, "Next, I want to discuss with Zhu Qing about the strategic direction of our country in the future!" I don't know what your opinions are? ”

Cui Hao first stood up and said: "King, the minister thinks that our country should adopt the strategy of first north and then south, and then our country should solve Qiu Chi, Tuyuhun and Beiliang, and wait until the north is unified, and then our dynasty will use troops against Rouran, as long as we solve the big trouble of Rouran, our dynasty can deal with the southern dynasty with peace of mind." This war has lost too much grain, grass and ordnance to our country, and there has also been a lot of loss in troops, and our country needs two years to recuperate! During this period, the minister suggested that the use of force should be avoided as much as possible, and that it should be used to deal with the surrounding countries by means of power and conspiracy! ”