The moment Xiao Tianyao entered the city, the palace gate was already open, a red carpet was spread from under the dragon chair to the outside of the palace gate, the civil and military officials were on both sides, and the emperor sat high on the dragon chair, waiting for Xiao Tianyao to enter the palace.
The standard of greeting this time is not the highest, but it is the highest time to welcome Xiao Tianyao back to Beijing. In the past, Xiao Tianyao had won the battle, and the emperor would not greet him so solemnly.
Xiao Tianyao dismounted outside the palace gate according to the rules, wearing the same armor as Jin Wuwei, holding the descending book of the Northern Calendar in his hand, and strode in.
Behind him, the three thousand Jinwuwei dismounted one after another, each holding a trophy in their hands, and followed behind Xiao Tianyao neatly.
"Da, da, da!" Three thousand people walked up at the same time, but there was only a sound of footsteps. The sound was like a drum, beating on the hearts of civil and military officials and the emperor.
For a moment, the officials on both sides were excited, excited, and their blood boiled. No matter how they fight in the court, they are all Dongwen people. Dongwen has won a big victory. Dongwen has an iron cavalry, which is worth every Dongwen person to be excited about, but...
Thinking of the emperor sitting on the dragon chair, the blood in the hearts of civil and military officials cooled down. The emperor was sitting there, even if he admired Xiao Tianyao at this time, he couldn't show it. The civil and military officials stood honestly one by one, and saluted according to the rules the moment Xiao Tianyao entered the palace gate.
"Da, da, da!" The footsteps approached, Xiao Tianyao took the lead through the palace gate and entered the palace. The moment the civil and military officials saw him, they turned around, bowed, and shouted, "Congratulations to King Xiao's victory and return to the court, a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand thousand years!"
Xiao Tianyao kept his eyes straight and kept moving forward, and wherever he went, officials would turn around and salute him, wave after wave, until Xiao Tianyao walked down the steps, and the sound of "thousands of years" stopped.
"Chen, see the emperor, long live, long live, long live." Xiao Tianyao stood under the steps and gave a military salute, without any intention of kneeling down, without waiting for the emperor to speak, and said: "I live up to the public's expectations, defeat Bei Li, and recapture the lost. City. This is the descending book of the Northern Calendar, please take a look at the emperor."
After Xiao Tianyao finished his salute, he stood up straight. Even when he presented the Northern Calendar, he never bent down.
"Hahaha, okay okay, I know you won't let me down." The emperor sitting high on the dragon chair, no matter what he was thinking at the moment, he couldn't show half of it on his face.
Xiao Tianyao returned to the court with a great victory, he could only be happy, he could only praise.
Not happy? Don't want to be rewarded
Thinking of the army that was only a day's journey away from the capital, the emperor would not dare to be unhappy.
"It is fortunate that the minister did not live up to the expectations of the emperor and the people of Dongwen." Xiao Tianyao responded to the face, and when the eunuch took the book of surrender, he said: "Your Majesty, this minister's expedition will not only repel the North. Calendar, recapture the lost city, and also captured a lot of war items, please allow the minister to present them."
Xiao Tianyao turned sideways so that the emperor could directly face Jin Wuwei who was holding the spoils.
Each of the three thousand Jinwuwei has something more or less in their hands, but these things are of little value.
Dongwen didn't hit the city of Northern Li, what loot could he have
Xiao Tianyao's biggest gain on the battlefield this time is only the armor of the black armored guard and the black iron from outside the sky, but Xiao Tianyao will not take out these two things.
The loot in Jin Wuwei's hands is just some gold, silver and ordinary armor. It is really shabby to take these things as trophies, but Xiao Tianyao said that the emperor is no longer despised, and Jin Wuwei will also offer the trophies one by one. .
Suppressing the impatience in his heart, the emperor asked Jinwuwei to offer the spoils of war in high spirits.
Three thousand people, one by one, came forward, and it took Rao an hour and a half no matter how fast he was. The ministers looked at the pile of worthless junk, all of them tasteless, plus back pain.
They are not well-trained soldiers. From the beginning of the hour to the present, they have been standing for more than two hours, tired and hungry, and they have long been unable to hold it.
If there were some peerless and famous trophies presented by Xiao Tianyao, they could still be excited, excited, and supported by the spirit of excitement, but Xiao Tianyao made a pile of broken copper and iron, completely worthless, they did not doze off. Just to give face.
Of course, after thinking about it, complaining and complaining, none of the ministers present dared to take the lead, so they could only endure it.
Is there any way, even the emperor has to bear it, can these people bear it
Finally, the last trophy was presented, the courtiers secretly breathed a sigh of relief, quietly pricked up their ears, and waited to see what Xiao Tianyao would do next.
No accident, Xiao Tianyao's goal of ordering people to offer trophies is to reward his subordinates.
Xiao Tianyao was definitely rewarded for his merits in defending against the Northern Calendar, but not necessarily his subordinates. Although there is a strict system of reward and punishment for military merit in the army, and the rule that one can be promoted with military merit, it is not applied to Jinwuwei.
The intention of the court to exclude Jinwuwei is very obvious. Every time Jinwuwei makes a contribution, the credit will be deducted a lot. Even if the credit will not be reduced, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel will be dragged out desperately. Sometimes Jinwuwei's credit is too great, and the court will issue temporary documents to reduce the reward.
In short, when the court used Jinwuwei, Jinwuwei was the army of Dongwen. When raising Jinwuwei or awarding rewards, Jinwuwei is like Xiao Tianyao's private army, and the court will resolutely ignore it if it can.
The emperor changed his face the moment Xiao Tianyao asked for a reward, but no one saw it at a distance.
Taking a deep breath, the emperor suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "Tianyao, I heard that the people under your command have obtained several sets of armors of Tianwai Xuan iron, is there such a thing?" Since the award cannot be changed, then take more A little bonus.
If Xiao Tianyao can take out some of the armor of the outer black iron, he will reward Jin Wuwei once.
Unfortunately, the emperor underestimated Xiao Tianyao's shamelessness.
"Your Majesty, Tianwai Xuantie is the battle armor of the Central Empire's Heijiawei. Although the minister fought against the Heijiawei and confiscated several sets of armor, it was all a misunderstanding. Afterwards, the minister asked the first prince of the empire to explain clearly. It also relieved the previous suspicion. The armor of Tianwai Xuantie is naturally returned to the Heijiawei." Xiao Tianyao opened his eyes and said nonsense, his face was not red, he was not breathing, and he was not at all embarrassed.
"Really?" The emperor certainly didn't believe it, but what if he didn't believe it
Xiao Tianyao covered those sets of Tianwai Xuanjin's armor to death, and he couldn't get it at all.
"After paying it back, the eldest prince gave him a few more sets. Does the emperor want to see it? If he wants to, he can enter the palace another day." Xiao Tianyao's face was calm, the dead face had no expression at all, and he could not be seen at all. Lie, I can't see that he is running on the emperor.
The emperor was so angry that his face turned pale, and he faintly felt his head hurt again.