When Zhang Chao was excited with ten taels of gold, in Chang'an City, Li Shimin was rewarded with 6,000 catties of gold by Li Yuan. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In October of the fourth year of Wude, the imperial court rewarded the greatest contributor to the battle to destroy the pseudo-Zheng and pseudo-Xia. In the first battle of the Central Plains, the rewards of many meritorious soldiers have long been awarded, but Li Shimin, the king of Qin, who is the commander of this battle, has not been rewarded.

It's not that Li Yuan is unsealed, but it's really hard to reward his achievements.

The importance of this battle to Li Tang is self-evident, after the elimination of Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, Li Tang's unification of mountains and rivers is just around the corner. And Li Shimin in this battle, especially in the crucial Battle of the Tiger Prison, with 3,500 men and horses, defeated the Xia Zheng coalition army of 300,000, and won a beautiful victory. Although in fact, both the DPRK and China knew that the total number of Xia and Zheng coalition troops at that time was less than 150,000.

This victory made the five words of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, truly known to the world and received rave reviews.

At this time, Li Shimin was only twenty-three years old.

Li Shimin, who is so young, has already held a number of important positions.

King Qin, Taiwei, Shang Shuling, Yongzhou Mu, Shaanxi Dongdao Daxing Tai Shang Shuling, Twelve Wei Generals.

Each of these titles is the highest.

King Qin is the prince of the prince, Taiwei is the head of the three dukes, Shang Shuling is the governor of Shangshu Province, and Yongzhou Mu is the governor of Jingshi. Eastern Shaanxi Province is the commander of the entire Hedong, Hebei, and even Henan regions, and the military and civil affairs of the entire Kwantung region are under the command of this Daxingtai, which is located on several other platforms.

Li Shimin not only has his own left and right six military palaces, tent mansions, and family affairs mansions, and nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, but also is also the nominal supreme general of the Twelve Guards.

Therefore, when Li Shimin triumphed, Li Yuan was indeed a little worried, and his merits were difficult to appreciate.

But even if it's hard to get it, it's rewarded.

Li Yuan first gave Li Shimin and Situ, and Situ was also one of the three dukes, so Li Shimin had two of the three dukes, Taifu and Situ. The Three Princes were second only to the Three Divisions and were the highest-ranking official positions in the imperial court. The position of Li Tang's third division has always been vacant, so Li Shimin is also the second of the three princes, which is extremely special.

Li Shimin has made such a great contribution, if he is only a situ, it is still not enough to show the court's reward. Therefore, in the end, Li Yuan creatively set up a new position, General Tiance.

Li Yuan also made a special statement that Admiral Tiance was above the prince and the three dukes, second only to the third division. With the position of the third division vacant, in fact, Li Shimin is already second only to the emperor and the crown prince.

The most important thing is that Admiral Tiance can open a mansion, Li Yuan Xu Li Shimin opened a mansion in Luoyang, and Tiance Mansion is not an idle yamen, but a conquest of the country.

This is equivalent to the authority of the Tiance Mansion is still above the Twelve Guards. Li Yuan also gave Admiral Tiance the power to set up his own subordinates, and gave thirty-four positions in Tiance Mansion.

At the same time as the promotion of the official to the knighthood, Li Yuan also gave Li Shimin more food to 30,000 households, and also rewarded him with a dragon robe and a crown, a golden chariot, a double jade and 6,000 catties of gold, a nine-part band and a guard of honor with a wooden sword before and after the procession.

Li Shimin, whether it is a knighthood or an official position, has reached the peak.

Li Minmin was crowned General Tiance, and he also vigorously recommended the fierce generals under his command, especially several generals who performed well in the Battle of Tiger Prison, and personally asked for credit for them.

Li Yuan also passed them one by one, and ordered Qin Shubao, the right third commander of the Qin Palace, to be the head of the horse army of the Qin Palace, and the right third protector.

Cheng Zhijie, the left third commander of the Jin and Qin palaces, was the left third protector and the head of the horse army of the left army of the Qin palace.

Chi Jingde, the commander of the right unified army of the Jin and Qin Palaces, was the second deputy protector of the left, and Niu Jinda, the head of the first horse army on the left of the Jin Dynasty, was the deputy commander of the right deputy protector and the head of the horse army of the right army.

The king of Qin has his own commanders and horses, the left and right six military palaces, the left and right tent mansions, the left and right family affairs mansions, and also the pro-Xun Yiwei. Among them, there were 670 people in the left and right tents, and 330 people in the left and right relatives' houses. The left and right six military palaces, but each province has three chariots and hussars, and the six military palaces are full of 18,000 people, plus others, Li Shimin has 20,000 soldiers and horses.

The six military guards are the main force, three military palaces on the left and right, one army and one deputy army guards in each military palace, and there are five commanders and five generals below, and there are hussar generals, chariot generals, and so on.

Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chigong, Niu Jinda and other Li Shimin's fierce thugs, because they all joined Li Tang halfway and joined Li Shimin's command, so they were mostly unified troops rather than protectors before.

However, in the battle of conquering Hedong and defeating Zheng Xia, these people performed extremely eye-catching. In particular, they have always been Li Shimin's cavalry generals, commanding his Xuanjia cavalry, so Li Shimin also vigorously recommended them this time.

Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin were suddenly promoted from the unified army to the protectors, and Niu Jinda and Wei Chigong were also promoted to deputy protectors. Especially Qin Qiong, who was also promoted to the head of the horse army of the Qin Palace, Cheng Yanjin and Niu Jinda were also the head of the left and right horse army.

The army protector is a fourth-grade position, and the commander army is a fifth-grade position, but Qin Qiong still has the top commander of Shangzhu Kingdom, and he has already been awarded the title of Duke of Yiguo, and he can be regarded as a member of the upstart of the Tang Dynasty.

Coming out of the palace, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, and Niu Jinda were very happy to walk together, the three of them were all old brothers who were cast from Wagang to Wang Shichong, and then left from Wang Shichong to join Li Tang.

"Wing Guo Gong."

"Su Guogong."

"Langya County Prince."

The three of them congratulated each other, their faces full of joy.

"Rong Ma has been living for half a life, and I finally see the end, and I can finally enjoy peace." Qin Qiong let out a long sigh.

"But no, if it weren't for the **** at the end of the Sui Dynasty, I might still be a free landlord in my hometown in Shandong." Cheng Yanjin and Qin Qiong are both from Shandong, and their ancestors have always been officials in the Northern Dynasties.

Qin Qiongzu is also similar to Cheng Yanjin, he is also an official of the Northern Dynasties, and later joined the army, switched to the north and south, and fought for half his life.

Among the three, it is the family background of Niu Jinda who is better. Niu Jinda's ancestor was also an official of the Northern Dynasties, and the official was not small. His great-grandfather was the Eastern Wei Dynasty's Hanzhou Thorn History, Shangzhu State, and Pingyuan County Duke. His grandfather was the general of Zhendong of Northern Qi and the Taishou of Huaibei, and his father also served as the commander of Qingzhang County in the Sui Dynasty.

"Uncle Bao, if it's going to be peaceful today, you don't have to let go of your sister-in-law. You are now a dignified country, how can you always be alone? Regardless of the others, there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is greater. You should marry again, you're only in your early forties, and you're still young. Cheng Yanjin persuaded him.

Niu Jinda on the side also persuaded Qin Qiong to marry again.

When they were under Wang Shichong, they found that Wang Shichong was not a person who had achieved great things, so they all intended to leave. It's just that Wang Shichong was also very wary of them at that time, and looked at their families very strictly. In the end, Cheng Yanjin and the others came up with an idea, that is, when they went out with Wang Shichong, they asked the family members who stayed in Luoyang to find a way to escape from the city. And they are on top of the battle formation, looking for an opportunity to leave directly.

There is no way around this plan.

In the end, the families of Cheng Yanjin, Niu Jinda and others successfully escaped from Luoyang, but Qin Qiong's family members encountered an accident and were discovered by Zheng Jun's guards.

Qin Qiong's wives and concubines and children were all killed in Luoyang. A few years have passed, and Qin Qiong is still alone.

When Qin Qiong voted for Tang, Li Yuan was very moved, saying that Qin Qiong lost his wife and children in order to vote for Tang.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin told me that His Majesty seems to be intending to marry the Fifth Princess to you. That's a good thing, I think you can say yes. Cheng Yanjin said with a smile.

Li Yuan's fifth princess is a widow and is titled Princess Guiyang. In the early years, he married Zhao Cijing, the son of Chaone, the governor of Fanzhou in the Sui Dynasty. The princess also gave birth to two sons with him, but after Li Tang raised his army, Zhao Cijing led his troops to fight in Hedong, but he died on the battlefield.

Princess Guiyang is still very young, so Li Yuan also plans to find him another colt.

Although Qin Qiong was over forty years old, he still fell into Li Yuan's eyes, and he really wanted the brave Qin Qiong to be his son-in-law.

Qin Qiong shook his head, he really didn't have any thoughts about this now. His wife and children have been dead for a few years, but he still can't forget them.

"You, sometimes you are too sharp, some things have already happened, and they have not changed, what does it make if you keep doing this? You are the same as the old iron gun, you can't blame him or you for what happened back then, only Wang Shichong can be blamed. But now that Wang Shichong has also been killed by Dugu Xiude, you can let this matter go. ”

Niu Jinda also nodded on the side.

"In two days, everyone will come to your house to congratulate, what about you, why don't you send someone to invite the old iron gun over, have a meal and drink wine together, and the past will be over."

Qin Qiong smiled bitterly, "Brother Iron Gun won't come, in fact, I have never blamed him." ”

"This old iron gun is still so strong, otherwise, tomorrow I will run with Lao Niu in person, and his old iron gun will have to sell me and Lao Niu three points of thin noodles, right?"

"If you can bring in the Iron Spear Brother, it will be the best." Qin Qiong nodded. "If Brother Iron Gun is willing to come then, you can help me invite his heir by the way, I want to meet that young man in person."

"The old iron gun has taken over the heirs?" Cheng Yanjin said with great interest, "Then I really want to meet what kind of young man can make the old iron gun, a bull, look at." ”

"I heard that he used to be a little novice who followed the old monk to retreat in the deep mountains, and the old monk went down the mountain after he passed away, and he followed the old monk's instructions to return to the vulgar. The old brother of the iron gun felt that the two were destined, so he accepted him as his heir. ”

"Vulgar little monk, then I'm more interested."

"I'm interested, too." Niu Jinda also said with a smile.

Qin Qiong said busily on the side, "You two are going back, don't scare other people's children." ”

"Don't worry, we know it."