Zheng Peng said earlier that he wanted to be a "general of Wei", but in fact, he was asking for a sky-high price, knowing that Li Longji would definitely refuse the first condition, and then take the opportunity to put forward the second condition, with Li Longji's identity, it was not good to refuse the second condition.

Li Longji was quite happy at first, but at the critical moment, Gao Lishi reminded him that this matter suddenly became slim again.

In fact, even Cui Yuan is not an important person, and it is difficult for Li Longji to open this mouth.

Seeing Zheng Peng's depressed look, Li Longji was a little unbearable, and suddenly said: "Zheng Aiqing, since your determination is so great, then you have the courage to pursue your happiness, and I will support you behind your back." ”

"Thank you, Lord Longen, Weichen should do his best to pursue his own happiness." Zheng Peng hurriedly thanked him.

asked Zheng Peng to put forward conditions, but two after another did not get his wish, Li Longji felt that his face was a little dull, and seeing that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, he took the initiative to open his mouth and said: "Zheng Aiqing, this time I went to the Western Regions, I have repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and I have done a very good job. ”

Seeing that Zheng Peng was a little puzzled, Gao Lishi explained on the side: "The deputy envoy of the left sect of Zhou returned to the field in old age, and the deputy envoy of the sect is on the fourth grade, under one person in the right sect, above the thousands, General Dingyuan is a military officer, and on the fifth grade, Zheng Jianjun should think about it carefully." ”

After a pause, Gao Lishi said with some sighs: "Zheng Jianjun is very good at music and rhythm, and he is also outstanding in combat, Your Majesty also uses his talents according to his ability, and makes an exception to give Zheng Jianjun a chance to choose." ”

The emperor's reward is usually settled as soon as Chrysostom opens, Zheng Peng's performance in the Western Regions is too eye-catching, that is, he is about to return to the capital and inadvertently complete the replacement of the prime minister for himself, Li Longji felt ashamed, and specially gave Zheng Peng a chance to choose.

Zheng Peng just thought for a moment, and soon said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to take over the post of General Dingyuan." ”

The position of the deputy envoy of the teaching workshop is high, and the work is comfortable, but he is always a music official who is not in the stream, just like an Oiran of Pingkangfang, no matter how beautiful he looks and how famous he is, he can never get rid of the label of a woman in the Qinglou.

General Dingyuan is a military officer, his position is not high, but he has a great future, Zheng Peng just wanted to use it as a springboard when he first entered the workshop, and now that he has the opportunity, he naturally does not hesitate.

Under the bureaucratic hierarchy of the Tang Dynasty, there was a clear distinction between "loose officials" and "ministerial officials". In addition to the ministry officials, there is a sequence of literary and military ranks, which are composed of civil and military officials, respectively, and are called "scattered positions", "original products" or "main ranks". "Order" is the loose official, which is separated from the "product", which is subordinate to the rank of the individual, also known as "this product".

In general, this Dingyuan general is a grade, equivalent to the colonel, lieutenant, and sergeant in the army in later generations.

Zheng Peng likes this very much.

In other words, after a trip to the Western Regions, he took a gorgeous turn and turned from a music official to a military general.

After being happy, Zheng Peng soon felt a little depressed: after turning around, he was still a small five-grade petty official, and he felt a little sorry for his efforts.

Putting aside the matter of raising money to counter the reward, and not counting the hard work, only counting the military merits, intercepting and killing the transport team of Tubo in Khotan Town is a great achievement, and Zheng Peng also handed over all the iron that could have been used as his own, which is a batch of strategic materials of great value, and materials that can increase the armament forces of both sides.

The battle of Liancheng, a move of divine soldiers descended from the sky, at least saved thousands of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, and also gave the Tang army the absolute initiative on the battlefield and laid a solid foundation for punishing the Great Food.

Unexpectedly, Li Longji was good, so he gave a five-grade official, or a loose official.

It's not kind.

Li Longji nodded when he heard this, looked at Zheng Peng and said, "Zheng Aiqing is not satisfied with this reward?" ”

"Satisfied, satisfied." Zheng Peng said against his will, and barely squeezed out a smile.

"Oh, what satisfaction, why are you smiling so far-fetched?"

Zheng Peng hesitated, and pretended to be deep and said: "Wei Chen thinks of those comrades who are buried in the battlefield, and his mood is a little heavy. ”

It can really be pulled, Li Longji showed a disapproving expression on the corner of his mouth, but he was in a good mood, and he didn't bother to plan with him, so he waved his hand and said:

"Lux shi, let's make the decree."

Gao Lishi answered, took out the holy decree that had been prepared a long time ago, and said, "Zheng Peng takes the decree." ”

This is an official reward, and Zheng Peng can only kneel down to accept the order.

In ancient times, this was not good, there were too many rituals, especially when you saw the emperor, you would bow down at every turn.

After coughing dryly, Colliers opened the decree and read it aloud:

"Disciple: Zheng Peng, the judge of Zuojiaofang, was ordered to fight in the Western Regions as the deputy supervisor of the Western Regions, and went out of the envoys, dedicated to his duties, conscientious, and the army and the people returned to their hearts, blocking the enemy's funds, anti-hanging the enemy, skillfully breaking the city, the prestige was far and wide, and it was praised, and now he was named the general of Dingyuan, the captain of the cavalry, and the male of the founding county, and the five hundred households of the food ......"

Gao Lishi read it in one breath, and wanted to hand over the holy decree to Zheng Peng, but he didn't expect Zheng Peng to reach out to take it, and after a closer look, he saw that Zheng Peng's eyes were a little dull, and the whole person was a little distracted, and he couldn't help but remind him funny: "Zheng Jianjun, no, the Sprinkle family should call you General Zheng, and you still don't accept the order to thank you?" ”

"Thank you, Lord Long." Zheng Peng came to his senses and said ecstatically under the reminder of Gao Lishi.

Zheng Peng was really stunned just now.

I thought that a five-grade martial officer would send him away, but I didn't expect to give myself a big surprise at the end, to my lord, when I heard the lord just now, I don't remember what I read later.

Honor, is a title bestowed on a person of merit, without actual position;

Jue is a title given to nobles or meritorious heroes, and it is a kind of honorific title that indicates social status and treatment.

Whether it is a lord or a knight, it is the pursuit of the courtiers all their lives, especially the title, which is a sign of stepping into the ranks of the nobles.

A small founding county man, in terms of title, is from the fifth grade, but it is a watershed between commoners and nobles, Zheng Peng did not expect that he would step into the noble practice so early.

There is a title of the founding county man, even if he is a third-grade official, he will not change.

Seeing Zheng Peng's ecstatic expression, Li Longji and Gao Lishi smiled at each other, and each other had a satisfied look in their eyes.

The battle of Liancheng, it can be said that the situation in the Western Regions was completely reversed, the impregnable Liancheng, Zhang Xiaosong estimated that the 60,000 army needed to pay half of the price of casualties to take it, these are the elite of the Tang Dynasty, but Liancheng is like a stinger inserted in the Western Regions, not unpleasant, when besieging Liancheng, Zhang Xiaosong supervised the battle in front, and the military department was already preparing to transfer troops in the rear.

Unexpectedly, Zheng Peng made a move to descend from the sky and reduce the casualties to almost negligible, just for this credit, there is no objection to Zheng Peng being knighted.

The value of that batch of iron is too huge, and even the credit of the city is too great, but Zheng Peng is a music official, and he can't be promoted too quickly at once, like fields, rewards are also difficult, Zheng Peng paid out of his own pocket to subsidize his soldiers, and didn't count the gains and losses to take out tens of thousands of yuan to offer a reward, if you give three or five thousand or a few hundred acres of land, it is not enough to express the sincerity of the court.

Whether it is Gao Lishi, Yao Chong, and Song Jing, they all agree that it is most suitable for the lord, but fortunately, Zheng Peng is also satisfied.

Gao Lishi said with a smile on the side: "Congratulations to General Zheng, congratulations to General Zheng, who can get the lord with his own strength at such a young age, the Sprinkle family has never seen it, it is really a hero and a young man." ”

Li Longji pointed to Zheng Peng's face and said humorously: "Lux, you see, Zheng Peng's face is really fickle, before he read the holy decree, he was like a wronged little daughter-in-law, and in a blink of an eye, he became a proud young man." ”

"Hehe, what Your Majesty said is very true, this is the legendary dog face, and it will change when it is said."

Zheng Peng finally came back to his senses from the ecstasy, and saw that Li Longgu was in a good mood, so he asked while the iron was hot: "Your Majesty, these merits are not Weichen alone, Weichen's two sworn brothers and the soldiers of the Tiger Head Team have contributed a lot, and I also ask Your Majesty to reward them." ”

"Not bad" Li Longji nodded and said: "At this time, I can still think of your brother, don't worry, I will not treat every meritorious person to the Tang Dynasty, they have another reward." ”

"Your Majesty is wise." Zheng Peng breathed a long sigh of relief.

This matter came to an end, the monarchs and ministers were all happy, and Li Longji said generously: "Zheng Aiqing has worked this trip, is there anything else to say?" “

As the king of a country, there are too many things to deal with every day, and I don't have time to talk to Zheng Peng for too long.

Thinking that Zheng Peng's satisfaction would stop, Zheng Peng suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to say or not. ”

"Speak!"

Zheng Peng suddenly asked with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, are the five hundred food estates actually sealed?" ”