Li Shimin asked Xia Hongsheng to continue training spies, and assigned Xia Hongsheng manpower training to be used as a spy. Xia Hongsheng's life returned to calm, and he trained special forces and spies in the venue specially opened up by Li Shimin. Now Xia Hongsheng and Duan Zan no longer need to go to the military office of Youyu Lin Wei, and the special combat team and spies have become independent and are controlled by the emperor.

Now, under the guidance of Xia Hongsheng, the previous 30 special combat team members have dispersed into 30 squads, serving as captains, and while continuing to conduct special training, they have begun to train their own team members. The first thirty members of the Datang Blade Special Combat Team have now been directly promoted to lieutenants by Li Shimin's order, which can be regarded as a step to the sky for their original identity. In addition to their official positions in the army, there are also many other rewards for them.

In this regard, Xia Hongsheng had other ideas, and he asked Li Ke, who has a wide range of contacts and people from all walks of life know a few people, and Liu Renshi, one of the gentlemen in Beijing, to help inquire, and find a reliable goldsmith with outstanding skills.

Speaking of Liu Renshi, we have to talk about his father, Liu Hongji, one of the underworld elements of the Tang Dynasty, who was also implicated because he had a relationship with Li Xiaochang on weekdays, and now he has been removed from office.

It's not that Liu Hongji has the intention of rebellion or any intention, it's just that the law is like this, and anyone who has dealings with traitors will be affected, even if you go to his house and drink a few cups of tea. So Liu Hongji is purely lying down.

However, this did not affect the fighting spirit of this underworld family at all, and when Xia Hongsheng saw Liu Renshi, he still had a bruise on his face.

"I said, Brother Renshi, what's wrong with your face?" Xia Hongsheng asked.

Liu Renshi shook his head and said, "Hey, yesterday I saw a group of scoundrels making trouble in the West Market, so I brought someone over to clean them up, and by the way, I grabbed that piece of land......"

Xia Hongsheng grinned: "I see, Brother Renshi was beaten when he was fighting!" ”

"! How many scoundrels can I get to beat? I'll beat them ten by myself! Liu Renshi pouted in disdain. But it touched the bruises on his face, and he grinned in pain, and said a little sneeringly: "This is when I went back to the house yesterday, I talked about this matter." I was slapped by my father......"

Xia Hongsheng couldn't hold back for a while, and laughed: "It's not a loss to beat you, Uncle has only been affected now, and you are causing trouble at this juncture, so it's strange if you don't beat you." ”

Liu Renshi disagreed with Xia Hongsheng's words. said: "My father didn't rebel, he just had a few dinners with Li Xiaochang, and it wasn't a big deal. ”

"It's not a big deal that they've been removed from office?" Xia Hongsheng looked at Liu Renshi in surprise, and almost couldn't help but say, brother, your heart is really big.

"What big deal can there be, Ren Guogong is loyal, how can my father not know? But so is the law, which is not to be transformed. Therefore, this removal from office is also a show. It will not take more than two years at most, and the official will be reinstated, and there will be a further increase. This is a common thing. Li Ke, the honorary head of the Tang Dynasty and the head of Chang'an, explained beside him.

Hearing Li Ke say this, Xia Hongsheng also understood. Speaking of which, hearing that Liu Hongji was dismissed from office, Xia Hongsheng still felt a little sorry in his heart, didn't the history books say that when Liu Hongji was old and sick, he called his sons to come and gave each of his sons fifteen slaves. five acres of land, and then said to his sons that if they had the ability, they would not have needed much possessions; If you don't have the ability. With these fields, you will be saved from freezing and starvation. Then he scattered all the other possessions to his relatives and friends. I don't know if this thing is true or not, anyway, Liu Hongji is still alive now, but look at the bruises left by the big ear melon seeds on Liu Renshi's face, well, it seems that Liu Hongji is still in good health right now. Knowing this, Xia Hongsheng has a good impression of Liu Hongji, plus he has some contact. Liu Hongji is actually a very good person, so he feels sorry, but now that he heard Li Ke say this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Speaking of which, Jingshi, what do you have to do with us?" Liu Renshi asked.

Xia Hongsheng hurriedly returned to the topic and said to Li Ke and Liu Renshi: "I invited you two here today to ask you to do me a favor." Both of them are very popular, and I would like to ask them to help find a skilled goldsmith. Didn't His Majesty reward the younger brother with some gold before, and the younger brother was going to make some things. ”

"Brother wants to make gold jewelry?" Liu Renshi listened to Xia Hongsheng's words, and suddenly rolled his eyes, revealing a lewd smile, and squeezed his eyes at Xia Hongsheng: "Brother, don't you want to fall in love with someone's woman, and you want to be courteous?" ”

Li Ke also looked at Xia Hongsheng with a gossip on his face.

Xia Hongsheng rolled his eyes, and said to them angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm going to make something for Your Majesty to see." ”

"Oh?" Both of them were dazzled, and looked at Xia Hongsheng curiously: "What do you want to do?" ”

Xia Hongsheng smiled and said, "Military merit medal!" ”

"Military merit medal?" Li Ke and Liu Renshi were both stunned: "What is it?" ”

"As the name suggests, it is naturally a medal for military merit." Xia Hongsheng smiled lightly and said.

"Commendation for military merit?" Li Ke was a little puzzled: "Commendation of military merits naturally has a level of military merit, where the city is broken and the formation is broken, the number is slightly equivalent to the 'middle battle', the number is slightly more than the 'middle battle', the more strikes are the 'lower battle', and the number of times is 'how much'." According to the number of thieves, the rate is 10 points, and four points have been obtained as 'upper capture', two points have been obtained as 'medium capture', and one point has been obtained as 'lower capture'. Those who have won the first class award for five turns, the first class award for the battle, the first class award for the middle battle, and the first class award for the battle, the first class award for the middle battle, and the first class award for the next battle three times; Its second and third degrees each descend and turn once. The first class award was awarded twice in the middle and lower ranks, and the second and third class awards were awarded one turn in each award ......"

"Stop, stop, stop......" Xia Hongsheng's head was big when he listened: "I naturally know that the military merit remuneration of this dynasty is transferred, and this is just a general, large-scale military merit calculation." I'm talking about particularly outstanding military exploits, not mentioning the gold and silver rewards of official positions, but the incentives of honor. ”

"Honor?" The two were stunned again: "Isn't it an honor to receive a reward from Your Majesty?" ”

Xia Hongsheng shook his head: "That's just a material incentive, not an honor as I said." It is true that it is a great honor to receive a reward from His Majesty. But it's not the honor I'm talking about. When I say honor, I am the spiritual pride of the soldiers, and the recognition of his merits after their desperate victory. Even if the enemy is outnumbered, even if it is surrounded by heavy encirclement, my Datang sergeant still fights desperately, does not flinch and retreats, and dares to fight to the last bow and arrow, the last soldier! What is it? This is a kind of heroic spirit of forgetting life and death, and it is an act of treating death as home, and regarding honor as more important than life! That is: the Motherland is above all else, and honor is supreme! ”

"Soldiers take sacrifice and dedication as their own responsibility, are concerned about the safety of the country and the nation, and are always facing the test of life and death, which can best reflect the great loyalty and righteousness, and the best can highlight the great honor and disgrace, so they should also advocate honor the most. When military personnel yearn for and cherish honor, they will "live and die for the benefit of the country, and will not avoid it because of misfortune and fortune," they will "sacrifice their lives for the country, and they will still be glorious even if they die," and they will go to the trouble and die for the sake of the interests of the country and the people. The advocating and pursuit of honor is the spiritual driving force for a soldier to make meritorious contributions to the battlefield and the magic weapon for an army to win invincible. With a sense of honor, an army will not hesitate to sacrifice in order to maintain this honor, honor is a soldier's honor, he is as inviolable as a scholar's integrity, and cannot be trampled on. ”

"This, it makes a lot of sense, but this has nothing to do with that...... Military merit medals? What's the stake? Li Ke asked.

Xia Hongsheng explained: "Honor is something that cannot be seen or touched, but only exists in people's hearts. The military medal I made turned honor into an intuitive, visible, and tangible thing. As soon as people see the military medal, they will know that you have military merit and honor, and know that you have made great contributions to the stability of the country and the people, so they will respect you and admire you, and you will be burdened with such an honor, so you must work harder to make meritorious contributions, to maintain this honor, and not to disgrace this honor. Military merit medals are not easy to obtain, and can only be obtained if they have made significant contributions to the country and the people, and have made extremely outstanding achievements on the battlefield. People's spiritual strength is far more vital than physical strength, and a military medal plays a vital role in inspiring morale! Think about it, after a battle, a military medal representing great merit and outstanding performance hangs on your chest, shining in the sun, everyone around you looks at you with admiration and respect, and your comrades-in-arms look at you with admiration and envy. ”

“…… Good! Liu Renshi thought about this kind of scene, and felt that his blood was boiling, and he rubbed his hands and stared at Xia Hongsheng: "Brother, don't worry, this matter is on me!" ”

"Ke will also help find someone, don't worry, you must find the best goldsmith!" Li Ke was also very bewitched by Xia Hongsheng's words, and he was also very excited at this time.

"Well, after the first batch of military medals are made, before Your Majesty looks at them, as a collection, the younger brother will also give them together!" Xia Hongsheng nodded and said, "Then the little brother will go to design the pattern!" (To be continued.) )