On the court of the coming day, hundreds of officials lined up, and when they saw the Son of Heaven's happy face, they all thought about it.

The Son of Heaven said happily: "The day before yesterday, Jizhou transferred good news, Li Yi killed Zhang Liang in a battle, and recovered Guangzong City, and the Yellow Turban of Jizhou was flattened. ”

The hundred officials said in unison: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, this good general will be the Sheji of the Han Dynasty, it is really gratifying!" ”

Although many officials in the DPRK and China lost Li Yi because of Li Yi, relatively speaking, they hated the Yellow Turban Army even more. Because since the Yellow Turban Army rebelled, they would kill all the local clans in one place, and it was really a massacre like washing the ground. All the officials in the court are from big families, and they celebrate when they hear the rumors.

Zhang Rang shook the dust behind the Son of Heaven and said: "Your Majesty, since the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Ant Thieves, the official army of the imperial court has been defeated repeatedly on all battlefields, and it was Li Xiaoqi who first defeated the Yellow Turban Army in Youzhou, opening the road to victory for the official army of the imperial court. Later, Li Xiaoqi single-handedly exterminated the 400,000 Yellow Turban Ant Thieves in Youzhou, killed the thief chief Zhang Bao, and then went south to Jizhou, reversing the defeat on the Jizhou battlefield. Your Majesty should reward him for his military exploits and think that he is a model for the world. ”

He Jin got Li Yi's money, and knew that he had the intention of serving himself, and he also wanted to show his merit in the court again. At this moment, seeing that the eunuch also praised Li Ying, he was very displeased and decided to wait and see for the time being.

He Jin watched from the wall, but some people couldn't wait, Sikong Zhang Wen was the representative, and he immediately went out to play: "Your Majesty, although Li Yi won, it is an indisputable fact that he lost troops in Yecheng, coupled with his sluggish patrol on the Ganling battlefield, causing General Huangfu Song to defeat Suijiashan, and delaying the fighter plane under Gaotang City, which almost led to the fall of Gaotang and the fall of the royal family. All this is a dereliction of duty. Therefore, in Weichen's view, the merits and demerits offset each other, and he was ordered to continue to lead the army to the west. Exterminate the Yizhou rice thief. If there is a new achievement, it is not too late to be rewarded. ”

Zhang Rang, who was behind the Son of Heaven, got a lot of Li Yi from Zhang Yi, and it would be embarrassing if he couldn't get a reward for him. Then he said: "What the general said is biased. Li Yi beheaded Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, forced Zhang Jiao to death, exterminated millions of Yellow Turban ant thieves, and pacified the land of Hebei, and no one in the imperial court was on the right side. As for the battle of Yecheng, it was actually because the ant thieves were too strong. There is a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, not to mention that Li Xiaoqi is still breaking the ant thief in the end and exterminating more than 200,000 ant thieves, even if Sun Wu is reborn and Wu Zi is reincarnated, it is difficult to guarantee that he will do better than Li Xiaoqi, how can he be guilty of this? The same is true of the Battle of Gaotang. As for the defeat of Suijiashan, it has nothing to do with Li Xiaoqi. Therefore, in the eyes of the minister, Li Xiaoqi is not guilty. And how can it be said that the merits and demerits are offset? If the court is stingy with rewards, it will definitely chill the hearts of the generals to make meritorious contributions, and if there is something in the court in the future, who will do their best? ”

Situ Yuan Kui saw that the Son of Heaven was once again said by Zhang Rang, and there were some signs of temptation. I was in a hurry, and hurriedly went out of class and said: "Your Majesty, although Li Yi has made many military exploits, he has already surpassed the generals of Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun......

That's only half the story. But the latter half can be imagined by everyone.

"It's already the highest-ranking among the generals......" The Son of Heaven nodded when he heard this, and muttered, "That's the case." ordered Li Yi to continue to march into Yizhou to encircle and suppress the rebels of the rice thief Zhang Xiu. Zhang Rang, you chose a mansion on Tongtuo Street and gave it to Li Yi, which was regarded as his reward for his meritorious service. ”

The Son of Heaven has decided, who dares to say more, and all the people in the court will be good together.

Just when it was decided that the coffin was going to be closed, I heard the guards outside the hall shouting: "Report! Hanzhong Taishou Sugu sent good news! ”

The Son of Heaven was happy, and when he heard that there was good news, he was even more happy to close his mouth, and said loudly: "Submit it!" ”

The guards quickly presented the good news, and the Son of Heaven saw that it was Hanzhong Taishou Su Gu who defeated Wudou Midao Zhang Xiu in Hanzhong, and led the army into Ba County, and the rice thief Zhang Xiu could not resist, and led a very small number of remnants of the defeated army to flee into the mountains in the east of Ba County, and the Yizhou anti-thieves were pacified.

Thinking that in just half a year, millions of thieves would be wiped out, and the Son of Heaven was very complacent, so he felt that his world was as stable as a rock, his courtiers were talented, and his achievements were comparable to Gaozu and Han Wu.

The Son of Heaven, who was already excited, immediately ordered Zhang Rang to read out Su Gu's good news. Baiguan hurriedly touted the Son of Heaven again. However, Taiwei Deng Sheng, Sikong Zhang Wen and Situ Yuan Kui and others changed their faces greatly, this is really not as good as heaven, he and others tried their best to put Li Yi together, and let the Son of Heaven give him an almost impossible task, but they didn't expect that Su Gu's kid would defeat the rice thief and make their plans all fall through.

Thinking that the plan of himself and others was ruined by Su Gu, several people secretly hated Su Gu in their hearts.

He Jin originally had the intention of entrapping Li Yi, but now seeing that Yuan Kui and others' plot against Li Yi failed, he no longer spoke for Li Yi and was no longer offended Yuan Kui and them, so he went out of the class and said: "The day before yesterday, General Zhu Jun broke Wancheng, and the ant thieves in Jingzhou were about to be destroyed, and my Han world returned to peace. ”

The new Zongzheng Liu Yu originally saw that Li Yi was about to fall into a dangerous situation, and he was in a hurry, but he didn't expect that at the critical moment, things came to a 180-degree turn, and the danger that Li Yi was about to face was suddenly gone. ”

Deng Sheng, Zhang Wen and Yuan Kui and others were angry that their painstaking plan had failed, and now after listening to He Jin and Liu Yu's words, their hearts were even more angry. If it is according to the meaning of the two of them, doesn't it mean that the reward that they just suppressed will also be invalidated?

All of a sudden, the three of them hated He Jin and Liu Yu, as well as Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, who were crusading against the thieves.

However, when the hundred officials saw that the ant thieves had been pacified, the merits of Li Yi and others could not be concealed, and Li Yi was originally from a famous family, and he was the grandson of the highly respected Yingchuan Yuanli Gong, so he no longer embarrassed Li Yi. Yuan Kui and the three of them were lonely, and they couldn't resist it anymore.

However, there was once again a great controversy among the courtiers about how to reward the thieves and generals.

Zhang Rang and other eunuchs thought that Li Yi's merits were the best among the generals, and it could be said that he had turned the situation around by himself, and he should be rewarded heavily. Zhang Rang even thought that Li Yi should be worshiped as a hussar general and made a marquis of ten thousand households. Liu Yu also agreed with Zhang Rang's opinion, and he also believed that Li Yi's merits were great, and not rewarding him was not enough to show the favor of the Son of Heaven.

However, the opinion of the two was opposed by all the remaining officials. After all, the position of the hussar general is too dazzling, second only to the general, and in the same column as the three dukes, he is the real Wanshi master, which has already stood at the peak of the hundred officials of the Han Dynasty.

But how old is Li Yi? Just over twenty years old! If it is really such a reward, it will be the same as Huo Huqi.

If Li Yi makes a contribution in the future, how should he be rewarded?

Especially the three Yuan Kui, who wanted to rectify Li Yi before, were even more fiercely opposed. They insisted that the reward Li Yi had received now was enough, and they could not give any more rewards.

Of course, the opinions of the three are still a very minority. The opinion of most of the officials should still mention the reward again, but it can't be raised too much. It would be even better if it could be rewarded with money.

However, this opinion naturally could not be approved by the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven is a miser who can't see gold, how can he endure the pain of giving away his money? No, the last time Li Yi was given a daughter, he was already cutting his flesh. At that time, it was because the ant thieves were rampant and he needed to make Li Yi exert a lot of effort, so he reluctantly took out the money, and now don't think about it anymore.

Of course, after receiving a large amount of money secretly from Li Yi, the Son of Heaven was embarrassed to give Li Yi a reward that was too shabby. As an emperor who once marked the price of his official position in history, Emperor Ling of Han was still very disciplined in this regard. After careful consideration, he decided to reward Li Yi more in his official position and title, as well as in his fiefdom.

In the end, under the compromise of many parties, an agreement was reluctantly reached, that is, to worship Li Yi as a former general, lead Youzhou Mu, Jin Jue Quanzhou Marquis, and eat 5,000 households.

In addition, Li Yi's deceased grandfather Li Ying was posthumously presented as a lieutenant, the marquis of Xiangcheng, and a thousand households in the city. Since Li Ying had passed away, his eldest son, Li Yi's uncle, Li Zhan, succeeded him. Posthumously presented Li Yi's father Li Jin as Situ.

In this way, the Yingchuan Li family can be regarded as a family of four generations and three dukes, and has become one of the few wealthy families in the Han Kingdom.

After getting Li Yi's reward, the next reward will be much easier.

Moved the thief Zhonglang to make Huangfu Song the left general, led the Jizhou pastor, Jin sealed the marquis of Huaili, and increased the number of food and yi thousands.

The thief Zhonglang moved to the town and made Zhu Jun the right general, led the Jingzhou pastor, sealed the Qiantang Marquis, and increased the number of food and yi thousands.

Kitakaro reinstated Lu Zhi to Shangshu.

In addition, all the generals who participated in the extermination of the Yellow Turban Thieves had their own rewards, Cao Cao, the captain of the Xiaocai, moved to the prime minister of Jinan, the captain Gongsun Zan moved to the Taishou of Liaoxi, and the soldiers of Pingyuan County, Cao Pengshi, Liu Bei, moved to the county commander.

Of course, the most dazzling thing is the rewards of the generals and officials of the Youzhou Army.

Yue Fei moved to the East Zhong Lang General, Guan Yu moved to the West Zhong Lang General, Zhao Yun moved to the South Zhong Lang General, and Zhang Fei moved to the North Zhong Lang General. In this way, Li Yi has four major generals under his command.

Not only that, among the other generals, Cheng Pu was moved to the rank of Captain of the Zan Military Academy, Han Dang was moved to the captain of Wu Meng, Zhang Jaw was moved to the captain of Xiaoqi, Dian Wei was moved to the captain of Zhechong, and Tian Yu and other middle and lower-level generals of the Youzhou Army were also promoted by one level.

In addition, Kou Zhun moved to the former general's mansion governor, Tian Feng moved to the former general's mansion Sima, as for Xu Maogong, who Li Yi had just summoned, the court did not know about his existence, and there was no reward for the time being.

Subsequently, Liu Yu went out to play again: "Your Majesty, General Li asked someone to send a recital." ”

The Son of Heaven was happy, and immediately asked Liu Yu to present it. After reading it, he said loudly: "Li Aiqing is really a loyal minister, and everything is for my sake." In order to celebrate the extermination of the Yellow Turban ant thieves, I decided to grant amnesty to the world and celebrate with the whole world. (To be continued.) )