The center of the Qin Domain, the Forbidden City of Yanjing, towers under the night sky, looking magnificent and magnificent.

It is a huge and magnificent complex, with a total of 999 buildings and 9,999 houses. The royal city is 999 steps long from north to south, 888 steps wide from east to west, surrounded by a palace wall six zhang high, and there is a moat that surrounds the entire palace city and is as wide as 20 zhang. The Forbidden City is equipped with a three-hole city gate on each side, and the layout of the palace building in the city is unfolded to the east and west sides according to the central axis, with red walls and yellow tiles, painted buildings and carved beams, and is splendid. The palace tower, high and low, spectacular and majestic.

In the morning and sunset, it is like a fairyland on earth.

In August of the first year of Guangming, this majestic palace complex was finally basically completed. At night, the entire palace complex is shrouded in a faint silver light, which looks quite pleasing to the eye.

This is the center of the entire nine provinces of the Qin Domain, controlling dozens of states and more than 15 million people. The entire Forbidden City is close to the north gate of the original Youzhou City, which is both connected and separated from it, making the whole palace city more stable.

There are more than 50,000 palace maids and eunuchs in the entire palace, which is the result of Li Jing's repeated reductions.

In this evening, the military generals of the seventh rank and above in Yanjing City gathered in the Taihe Hall of the Forbidden Palace to hold a ceremony to award the victorious soldiers of the Battle of Daibei. In this battle of Daibei, the Qin army wiped out 200,000 tribal soldiers and horses in the south in one fell swoop, defeated the Shatuo people, and captured the two towns of Yanmen and Datong in Daibei in one fell swoop, which can be described as a great victory. Especially in this battle, the eight towns that were friendly with the Qin Domain also sent troops and horses to help, and even the Korean queen who was far away on the other side of the mountain also sent soldiers and horses to help. Therefore. Today is a reward for the generals. It was also a thank-you banquet with the towns, strengthening the relationship between the towns and highlighting the military prestige of the Qin domain.

Taihe Hall is the largest palace in the Forbidden City, located in the south of the palace city, together with the Zhonghe Palace, the Baohe Hall and the south center of the palace city, there are two halls on both sides, the Wenhua Palace, the Wuying Palace, which are completely built according to the scale of the palace. Therefore, these halls are the places where Li Jing, the king of Qin, held court meetings, and they are the former dynasties. And in the northern half, it is centered on the three palaces of Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Palace, Kunning Palace, and the six palaces of the east and west and the imperial garden, and there are Fengxian, Huangji and other palaces on the east side of it, and there are Yangxin Palace, Yuhua Pavilion, Cining Palace, etc. on the west side, which is the place where Li Jing and his wives and concubines live, hold sacrifices and religious activities, and deal with daily government affairs, which is called "Hou Bed". In addition, there are Zhai Palace, Yuqing Palace, Chonghua Palace and so on. The layout of the whole group of palace buildings is strict and orderly. Every inch of bricks and tiles follows the feudal hierarchical etiquette system, reflecting the supreme authority of the King of Qin.

On tonight's list of rewards. The most eye-catching are the three generals Zhang Zimian, Liu Xun, and Li Siyuan.

Zhang Zimian was specially promoted to the commander of the Everlasting Legion by Li Jing because of the pacification of the Datong Shatuo Rebellion, and the defeat of Yanmen Shatuo, and the huge martial arts of the entire Yanmen Town.

Although the rank of the commander of the Qin Domain is only one level higher than that of the military master, and it is a temporary military rank, it will be lifted after the war, and it cannot always command a legion of tens of thousands of people. But the identity is much more noble, and it is extremely glorious to be able to become the commander of the army among the generals, and basically be able to be crowned the prince of Jin.

At present, there are a total of nine legions in the Qin Domain, but there are only four legions with the name of the legion, which are the Iron Cavalry Legion personally led by Li Jing, the king of Qin, with 80,000 horses. The Wansheng army led by Liu Xun has 30,000 horses. The victorious army commanded by Zhang Zimian has 20,000 horses. The newly built legion Black Flag Legion led by Li Cunxiao has 50,000 horses.

Zhang Zimian, the former general of the Tang Empire, who had newly defected to the Qin Domain, was officially promoted to the title of Duke of Mayi County, the commander of the Victory Legion, and was awarded the Flying Eagle Special Medal of Glory for his exploits. And, on the basis of the original 20,000 soldiers and horses, he transferred 30,000 horses and horses to his command, and commanded 10 armies and 50,000 horses under his command.

Liu Xun also became the commander of the newly promoted Wansheng Legion, promoted to the Duke of Yingcheng County, and won the Flying Eagle Special Honor Medal, and specially pulled Li Siyuan's original troops into his legion, commanding a total of 50,000 horses in the Tenth Army.

Li Cunxiao was also specially promoted by Li Jing to the commander of the Black Flag Legion and promoted to the county prince of Huai'an.

Among today's meritorious deeds, there are several eye-catching rewards for Li Siyuan, Liu Yunniang and Li Cunxin and several other original Shatuo.

Liu Yunniang, Li Keyong's wife, the princess of Jin, Sha Tuo Ke He Dun, has now become a strange woman in the outer chamber of the King of Qin, and she also officially attended, and was personally awarded by Li Jing as the governor of Shanxi Province, the Duke of Feihu County. The civil affairs of the entire states west of the Taihang Mountain are under the leadership of this woman.

"If the county prince goes up, it will be the county prince."

In a corner of the Taihe Palace, someone was whispering. Rumors have been going on since ancient times, no matter what the situation and the era, whether the location is in a glorious palace or on a country road.

"Yes, this is the fourth female county duke after Gongsun Zhongcheng and General Megan and General Julie, which is really amazing. And not only did he seal the county prince all of a sudden, but he also became the governor of Shanxi Province, which is really powerful. ”

Tonight in this Taihe Palace, the civil and military officials, princes and nobles are all here, they are all lined up on the polished marble floor, on one side are civil officials, and on the other side are military generals.

In the ranks of military attachés, at the forefront is the prince of Baoguo. He is the governor of the five armies, the commander of the guards of the three armies, and the sworn brother of the King of Qin. Ranked as one of the six princes, in the absence of another righteous brother of the King of Qin, the governor of the five armies and the commander of the Weiguo Duke Lin Wei, he stood in the position of the head of the generals. Standing behind him were several county princes and county princes ranked down by title, as well as the princes and princes.

On the other side stood the civil officials, in order of the left servant of Shangshu shooting Anguo Gong Cui Yunqing, Shangshu right servant shooting, Protector Gong Li Zhen, Shangshu Yu Cong, the left envoy of the Staff Yuan Jing Xiang, the right envoy of the Staff Yuan Gaiyu, followed by the six departments and the chief officials of the prisons, courtyards, temples, etc.

When everyone heard a burst of passionate music, they all immediately stood up straight, and everyone was silent. Listen to the emcee's earth-shattering voice shouting: "The generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, fake Huang Yue." Envoy to the Governor of the Governor of China and the Chinese and Foreign Armies. Commanding all the soldiers and horses in the world, Shangshu Ling, Taishi, Taifu, Taibao, and Zhongshu Ling, Shizhong, Northeast Dao Daxing Taishang Shuling, His Royal Highness the King of Qin arrived! ”

After the sound was finished, the military song of the Qin Domain, King Qin's breaking array music, was played, and the ministers bent down and bowed one after another.

Li Jing entered through the entrance of the main hall. After the long queue of officials, he climbed to the platform and sat on the gold-plated dragon iron chair in the center of the front.

Li Jing, the king of Qin, was only twenty-nine years old this year, and after changing the python dragon robe and the golden armor he wore when he set out on the expedition, he looked more like an elegant scholar and scribe than a feudal king and a commander of three armies. He seemed out of place here, too young. But he sat here, and no one would doubt it. Because I have come to this point and sat in this position, I did not rely on a son to inherit his father's business, but to start from scratch completely. Single-handed.

Princess Li Wang, the princess of Qin, had already begun to worship Buddha a few years ago. The establishment of a Buddhist hall in the palace to lead the practice has basically stopped asking about mundane affairs. On such an important occasion as today, she did not attend as always. Another Qin princess, Li Yushi, although she had just been married for less than half a year, officially began to attend this meeting as the princess of Qin this time. With a burst of palace music sounding, Princess Li Yu of Qin slowly drove the prison surrounded by many female officials.

Today's Yu Youniang is dressed in gorgeous palace clothes, dressed up both beautiful and graceful, which is very in line with her identity as the princess of Qin. Some attentive and sharp-eyed officials even noticed that the princess, who had just married into the palace, had a slight bulge in her lower abdomen. It's only been about four months, and Concubine Yu is already pregnant, and when many people are blessing this princess, they can't help but think of another thing. For a long time, because Wang Li, the princess of Qin, only gave birth to one daughter, King Qin had no son-in-law. As a result, the position of the prince has actually always been sat by Li Dezhao, the son of the third lady Wang Yijun, the eldest son of the Qin prince. Li Dezhao, the eldest son, is now the king of the county.

Now that Yu is pregnant, if she is pregnant and gives birth to a son in October, it will be the son of King Qin. Who will be the son of the world? Perhaps, the heroic King of Qin, Li Jing, is invincible in foreign wars, but he still has to face a battle for the first prince in the end.

"Xuanyanmen County Duke, General Li Siyuan, Governor of Shanxi Province!"

A loud voice sounded, and all the officials looked at the arrival of this young general.

When many officials saw this young man, they couldn't help but let out a voice of admiration. Even many people who are disgusted with Sha Tuo have to admit that Li Siyuan was indeed born with the image of a military general. He is tall and athletic, with sharp eyes. He has a neat countenance, sharp eyes, and a resolute expression. If it weren't for the fact that he was Li Keyong's adopted son, a Shatuo general, and had fought with the Qin army several times, that look would inevitably make more people have a great impression of him.

Everyone has their own feelings in their hearts, chaos is different, Li Siyuan walked calmly and powerfully, with the mighty momentum of the military attachés, he walked to the platform, knelt down on one knee with a respectful and polite appearance, set up a good posture, and waited for Li Jing's words, according to the formal etiquette, such a grand and grand occasion, the subordinates could not speak before the monarch spoke.

"General Rampage, you have contributed a lot to this battle of Daibei!"

Li Jing opened his mouth and did not bury his exploits.

"Don't dare to be, it's completely Your Highness's blessing, thanks to Your Highness's divine might!"

The answer is impersonal, but decent. For this unremarkable answer, the Chinese martial arts of the palace had a better impression of him, it seems that this is indeed a boy who knows how to advance and retreat, and it is rumored that he once voluntarily proposed to enter the martial arts hall for three years to study, and the matter of handing over military power in disguise is not a lie.

"Good! Lone specially awarded you the Duke of Yanmen County, the governor of Shanxi Province. ”

Li Siyuan's heart shook and nodded. There was a flash of lightning in his eyes, but because he kept his head down and remained silent, no one saw it. Li Jing had already said this appointment when he was in Daibei, but today's official announcement finally made him breathe a sigh of relief. Previously, after returning to Beijing in triumph, Li Jing had directly scattered his remaining 30,000 horses into Liu Xun's Wansheng Legion, Zhang Zimian's Changsheng Legion, Li Cunxiao's Black Flag Legion and the Iron Cavalry Legion led by Li Jing himself. None of his subordinates were left behind, and he once thought that Li Jing was going to kill the donkey to cross the river and tear down the bridge. Now, he can finally breathe a sigh of relief. It seems that Li Jing really doesn't plan to deal with him, at least not now.

Although he was originally the king of Yanmen County, now he has been demoted three levels and has become a county prince, and from the original Yanmen Jiedu envoy who held real power, he has become a governor who can only govern the unity soldiers and township soldiers and militia in the province, and under this governor, there are two new commanders appointed by Li Jing, and five disciples of his henchmen have also been appointed to command the troops in the five key cities in Shanxi. But in any case, the governor of a province is also a very high-ranking position. At least when Cui Yunqing, Du Tao and others came to vote, they just got a county duke. Zhang Zimian made great achievements this time, and he was promoted to the county prince. Li Jing's disciples and generals are just marquises, and this time Liu Xun and Li Cunxiao were promoted to county princes because of their merits.

Relatively speaking, he surrendered to Li Jing, and Li Jing's reward for him was indeed a bit unusual.

At this moment, the loud voice of the master of ceremonies pulled him back to reality.

"King Qin specially promoted Liu Yunniang to the governor of Shanxi Province, promoted Li Cunxin to the governor of Shanxi Province, and in August of the first year of Guangming, the generalissimo of the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses ordered Li Jing, the king of Qin."

Li Siyuan and Li Cunxin both straightened up, stepped on the stairs, and respectfully accepted the notice.

Then, Liu Yunniang appeared in a purple cardigan with large sleeves, stepped on the jade steps in the eyes of everyone, and officially received the seal letter from the governor of Shanxi from Li Jing's hand.

The people who had sharp eyes just now and noticed that Princess Qin's lower abdomen was slightly bulging were surprised again to find that Liu Yunniang's abdomen was also bulging, and it was higher than Yu's. Liu Yunniang is also pregnant, as for the child, it will definitely not be used by Li Ke, it must be Li Jing, the king of Qin.

"The governor, the admiral, and the governor of Shanxi Province are all the original Shatuo people, the governor is Li Keyong's wife, and the governor and the governor are Li Keyong's righteous sons."

The one who muttered in a low voice was the new commander of the Black Flag Legion, Li Cunxiao, the prince of Huai'an County, who was just in his early twenties, with a fierce body, and his left cheek bone was grazed by Hu Ren's arrows, and the scars were fresh and purple. He deliberately did not heal his wounds, so as to boast to others that he was a legion commander and county prince who had been battle-hardened in Daibei and had earned it completely by his skills.

Jing Xiang, the left envoy of the General Staff Academy, raised his brows slightly, "Although the words of the county prince are good, didn't King Qin also arrange the left and right governors under the three governors, the left and right envoys, and the left and right command envoys?" Moreover, Governor Liu was only Li Keyong's wife in the past, and the Admiral and Governor were only Li Keyong's righteous sons in the past, and now, they have already drawn a clear line with Li Keyong, and they are our own people. The King of Qin used them to govern the land of Daibei that he had just conquered after the war, and this was the use of their prestige to manage the chaotic land after the war. ”

"I still think that King Qin is too gullible to trust these Shatuo people, especially that Li Siyuan, as soon as I see this guy's expression, I am not happy. I think sooner or later he will rebel again. Li Cunxiao snorted coldly.

Jing Xiang and Gai Yu and the others just smiled slightly, it was right for King Qin to use Li Siyuan as the governor, but the soldiers under him had already been assigned to the various armies, and he, the governor, was also overturned by the commanders of the left and right. To put it bluntly, he is an empty governor, and the king of Qin is just using his name. Anti? What did he oppose? As long as he was a little smarter, he wouldn't try to do something stupid like that.

"By the way, speaking of the Shatuo people, Li Keyong has now become a lost dog, when will we send troops to kill him again?"

"I haven't heard of any plans for this!"

Gai Yu smiled and walked by. (To be continued......)