kingnovel Chapter 456 Reward
Chapter 456 Reward
In an instant, the entire hall fell silent.
The ministers who were not in their seats before also rushed to their seats quickly, and the scene was quite funny.
By the time everyone had taken their seats, Shen Chenli and Yu Tingwan had already walked to the palace gate.
As soon as I stepped into the palace gate, I heard the loud shouts of the crowd.
"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, and a thousand years and a thousand years of live the state preceptor!"
Shen Chenli and the other man walked up to the throne with solemn expressions, turned around and looked at the people kneeling in the hall, and said in a low voice:
"Everyone loves you!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Everyone bowed and thanked him, then stood up and sat back in their seats. Then they turned their heads in unison to look at the emperor sitting at the top of the table.
Shen Chenli lowered his eyes and looked at the people in the hall, his expression softened slightly.
"Today's celebration banquet is held for all of you who have worked hard on the battlefield and in various border areas for the people of various places. You don't have to be too nervous. Today's banquet is for you to speak freely!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a young eunuch brought in a tray of yellow scrolls from the back hall. Everyone could tell at a glance that they contained imperial edicts!
Then the voice of Steward Chen reading the imperial edict was heard from above.
"General Zhou Yan accepts the order!"
Zhou Yan was caught off guard when he heard Butler Chen calling his name. He was stunned for a moment, then he quickly stepped out of the line and knelt in the hall.
"Chen is here!"
Butler Chen looked at him, nodded slightly in his heart, and then focused all his attention on the content of the imperial edict.
"General Zhou Yan has been guarding the border for many years. When the enemy attacked, he led the army to charge forward fearlessly. His bravery is commendable. Today, the world is at peace, so he is specially named the Loyal and Brave General, and awarded a thousand taels of silver and a hundred pieces of silk. The Ministry of Rites will renovate his house in the capital. I hope the general will not forget his original intention and continue to guard the border for Dasheng without giving up an inch of land!"
"Your Majesty, I thank you for your grace! I will guard the border for Da Sheng and not give up an inch!"
Zhou Yan knelt down, holding the imperial edict tightly in his hands, and returned to his seat with excitement.
I got a promotion, and the emperor also renovated my house. I should go back and tell my wife about it. Remember to ask them to come to the palace tomorrow to thank the Imperial Master!
When everyone heard that it was an imperial edict commending the ministers, they all became energetic and looked with their eyes wide open to see if there was one for them in the pile of imperial edicts in front of them!
Here, after reading an imperial edict, Butler Chen turned slightly, took out another imperial edict and opened it, then looked in the direction of the general again.
"General Anyuan accepts the order!"
With Zhou Yan's demonstration, everyone was no longer confused. The generals whose names were called all straightened their backs and walked forward.
Getting promoted and making money is nothing more than this.
As for those captains, they were promoted to generals by Shen Chenli, replacing the vacancies left by Zhou Yan and others.
The one who got the most rapid promotion among them was Jiang Qingsu, who was promoted directly from a thousand households to a general. However, no one questioned him, after all, his military achievements were there for everyone.
Since going to the battlefield, we have killed more than 8,000 enemies, including ten generals and countless other young generals!
He has always been a brave and invincible person who rushed forward. He is admired by everyone in the military camp, so it is normal for him to be promoted to general.
After all the generals were rewarded, everyone saw that the tray was empty and felt sad.
As expected, the emperor still values military generals the most, and they, the civil officials, are afraid that they will never have a chance to come to the fore.
As a result, everyone saw the little eunuch running back to the back hall, and when he came out he took out another tray of imperial edicts.
And those who had thought that they would not receive their own imperial edicts had hope rekindled in their hearts.
It turns out that it wasn't that there were no rewards, but that there were too many people to be rewarded, and even a tray of imperial edicts was not enough!
What followed was the reward for the civil servants. When Butler Chen read out the names of the Jiang family members, no one present was surprised at all.
After all, this is the maternal home of the State Master, how could they not be here?
What no one expected was that Jiang Hongyi was appointed as the Right Prime Minister, while Prime Minister Wen became the Left Prime Minister, which meant that Prime Minister Wen's position had been lowered invisibly!
What they didn't expect was that Jiang Hongxi actually gave him the position of Prince Grand Tutor.
Since he has been appointed as the Prince's Grand Tutor, it means that once the prince is born, Jiang Hongxi will directly shoulder the responsibility of educating the next generation of kings. Such an official position is extremely enviable, not to mention that he is now also serving as the Minister of Personnel!
As for Grand Tutor Jiang, who was already the Imperial Tutor, Shen Chenli did not give him a higher official title. Instead, all kinds of rare treasures, as well as various tonics and precious medicinal materials were continuously sent to Grand Tutor Jiang's mansion.
Among them, there was a thousand-year-old ginseng that looked like it had just been dug out, which completely stunned everyone.
Thousand-year-old ginseng, what is this? It can save your life! Not only that, this is a whole ginseng, so big that it looks like a human!
Oh my God, if this treasure were given to them, they would rather not get promoted!
Not to mention, it doesn’t matter whether the official position is promoted or not. What matters is whether this person is closely connected with the royal family!
The fact that he could entrust his future crown prince to the Imperial Master's maternal family shows how great his honor and favor are!
In an instant, all the court officials in the hall had their eyes red with envy and jealousy, and they wished they could grab it right now!
They want it too!
The subsequent appointment of officials to the younger generations of the Jiang family made them even more jealous.
I wanted to suggest that we shouldn't give their family such great honor, but not only do they have real talent and knowledge, but in just two short years, they have managed the border, cared for the people, and planted crops. During the emperor's wars, the aftermath work in every city was done by the younger generation of the Jiang family.
Even the youngest Jiang Qingxun did better than those ministers serving in the court!
Don't you reward people for such achievements?
Do you dare to say that this is not an official position obtained based on merit?
No one dared to speak. Be it the Duke of Fuguo or the Marquis of Ruyang, even the military generals looked as if it was destined to be like this. In other words, they were the only ones who were jealous!
And they have never done anything useful for the emperor!
I dare not say, I dare not say!
After rewarding the Jiang family, the next step was to reward the Duke of Fuguo and others. The Duke of Fuguo was directly promoted to the Duke of Zhenguo, enjoying the treatment of a prince, and the title was hereditary!
The General Guarding the Country inherited the title of the Duke of Fuguo, and his son was loyal and brave, so he inherited the title of the General Guarding the Country!
This makes me so jealous that I don’t even know why I’m jealous. There’s no comparison!
While everyone was still sighing with emotion, Marquis Ruyang obtained a large amount of gold, silver, treasures, rare medicinal materials and other items, while his son Song Shixu, the prince, was directly singled out for a promotion and was awarded the title of the first-class loyal and brave marquis!
Now, everyone's eyes turned to Marquis Ruyang, wanting to know what the marquis would think about this. After all, it was a rare case in history that his son's title was higher than his own. This was not a good thing!