Emperor Wen's reward was not very generous.
But it’s pretty good.
The main reason is that Du Guiyuan and his people are Yun Zheng’s palace soldiers.
No matter how much Emperor Wen rewarded them, he could not make all of Du Guiyuan and his men generals.
Otherwise, what would happen if Yun Zheng, a prince, led a group of generals who held military power?
Emperor Wen's rewards were mainly concentrated on Yun Zheng, and Lu Xing and several others who were not Yun Zheng's soldiers also received considerable rewards.
Yun Zheng's official position was changed to General Pingbei, a third-rank official, and he was given a large amount of gold and silver.
Yu Shizhong and his men were only rewarded with a set of high-quality armor, while Shen Luoyan was rewarded with a set of extremely exquisitely crafted fur coat.
Emperor Wen’s meaning was also very clear.
According to their merits, people like Yu Shizhong and Du Guiyuan could be awarded the rank of general.
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But he couldn't reward these people with official positions, he could only reward them with corresponding military armor.
This is a recognition of their contributions.
The gold and silver will definitely be rewarded to them by Yun Zheng.
According to the merits reported by Yun Zheng, Lu Xing and others were promoted one or two ranks, and were also rewarded with some property and land.
Emperor Wen did not forget to reward Zhang Xu.
Zhang Xu also got an official position as a sixth-rank official.
As for what to know, no one knows.
Emperor Wen gave Yun Zheng the power to decide how to reward those ordinary soldiers and let Yun Zheng decide on his own.
In addition to these, Emperor Wen also asked Xiao Wanchou and his party to deliver a lot of high-quality tea and some specialties of the imperial city.
These things should be considered as the New Year's goods that Emperor Wen bought for them.
"not bad!"
Yun Zheng put down the imperial edict in his hand and ordered the guards outside the tent to find all the people who had received the reward.
When they learned about Emperor Wen's reward, they were naturally very happy.
"Is this what it means to be an official?"
Zhang Xu was a little confused, "Your Highness, what does this have to do with me? How can I also have a contribution?"
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "I'll give you the credit for bringing the corpse to Bei Huan to exchange for the warhorse."
"ah?"
Zhang Xu looked at Yun Zheng stupidly for a long time before he rushed towards him with a face full of emotion, "Your Highness, I..."
"stop!"
Yun Zheng stopped Zhang Xu, "I don't have a f*cking habit of hugging men!"
"I don't have this habit!" Zhang Xu suddenly stopped and bowed to Yun Zheng, "Thank you, Your Highness!"
"Okay, let's not talk about this between us."
Yun Zheng waved his hand and said, "I can't give you any military merits. I can only give you this little credit. Just don't think your position is too low."
"No, no." Zhang Xu shook his head repeatedly, his eyes red as he said, "I don't care about the official position, and I don't want to be an official! But with this position, grandpa and others will never say that I am useless, and will never be ashamed of me again..."
When he was moved, Zhang Xu almost cried and quickly raised his sleeves to wipe away the tears in his eyes.
Zhang Xu knew in his heart that he was not cut out to be an official. The reason why Yun Zheng gave him the credit for that matter was to help him gain face in the Zhang family.
"Okay, stop embarrassing yourself!"
Mingyue curled her lips and said disdainfully: "You are so old, but you start to spit horse piss after a few words. Aren't you ashamed?"
"I... I'm touched! Touched, understand?"
Zhang Xu looked at Mingyue unhappily, then turned to ask Yun Zheng: "By the way, what kind of official is this sixth-rank assistant minister? What does an assistant minister do?"
"This... I really don't know." Yun Zheng looked up at everyone in the tent: "Does anyone know what a sixth-rank assistant minister does?"
Faced with Yun Zheng's question, everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.
The lieutenant general has heard it, and the senator has heard it too!
One is a military officer and the other is a civil servant.
But they had never heard of this person called "Sanzhi".
It just says "Assistant Minister", but what exactly is an Assistant Minister? The Emperor Wen's edict didn't even mention it!
Seeing that no one knew what this official position was for, Zhang Xu couldn't help but look stunned: "The emperor wouldn't have specially created such an official position for me just to reward me with one, right?"
"This... is really possible!"
Yun Zheng laughed in surprise, "Just think of this as a casual official!"
Zhang Xu was stunned for a moment, then said in astonishment: "So, am I not the only one in our Dagan who holds this position?"
Yun Zheng nodded slightly: "It should be!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xu burst into laughter. "This is a position specially given to me by the Emperor! It's much more prestigious than that old guy's crappy Wenhua Pavilion Grand Secretary position! Wahahaha..."
Zhang Xu laughed triumphantly, making everyone look unhappy.
However, if you think about it carefully, this matter is indeed quite impressive.
Although this official has no real power, it was an official position specially given to Zhang Xu by Emperor Wen!
If you say this out loud, you will gain face!
"Okay, stop getting too damn carried away."
Yun Zheng scolded Zhang Xu with a smile, and then said to everyone, "I'll keep the gold and silver for you first! After we finish the next battle, we'll distribute it slowly!"
Du Guiyuan shook his head and said, "Our victory is all due to your Highness. Your Highness, just keep these gold and silver! Your Highness has to support so many people, and the expenses are also high..."
"Yes, we are satisfied with these armors!"
"If it weren't for your Highness' brilliant plan, we wouldn't have had the chance to achieve meritorious service!"
"Your Highness, please keep these gold and silver!"
Everyone said they didn't want gold or silver.
In fact, all these military achievements were given to them by Yun Zhengbai.
They have already gained benefits, so why would they ask for more gold and silver?
"What belongs to you is yours!"
Yun Zheng shook his head and said, "Don't talk about this for now. Go tell the soldiers in each unit that although today is the end of the year, I will not make an exception! I will arrange for someone to send the tea down, and everyone can drink tea tonight! After this battle, I will invite everyone to drink a celebratory wine! When the time comes, I will let everyone drink to their heart's content!"
"yes!"
Everyone obeyed the order.
"Okay, let's do this for now!"
Yun Zheng said this and invited everyone to eat dumplings together.
There weren't a lot of dumplings, but there was enough for everyone.
Their food is good, so no one cares whether they eat more or less dumplings.
That's just the idea.
After quickly eating the dumplings, the generals left one after another.
"By the way, how many troops can General Pingbei lead?"
Zhang Xu asked curiously.
"Two brigades of soldiers, eighteen thousand men."
Chen Luoyan replied: "If you count the baggage camp and the cooks, it's almost 35,000!"
Zhang Xu smacked his lips. "That's not a lot of extra troops! I thought your highness could lead an army of 30,000 or 50,000!"
"You wish!"
Chen Luoyan rolled his eyes at him, "My father was a third-rank general in charge of the Northern Expedition, but he only commanded less than 30,000 men!"
“This is actually meaningless.”
Yun Zheng shook his head and said, "After this battle, it won't be long before we have a showdown with Wei Wenzhong! Official positions are meaningless!"
What he wants is the entire Northern Army!
Who cares what rank he is!
Hopefully, the casualties in this battle won’t be too great!
Otherwise, the next plan to seize power will not go smoothly...
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