The morning morning of April 1st changed the depressed atmosphere of the previous days.
All the civil and military officials had beaming smiles on their faces.
The courtiers all praised General Zhao for using only 20,000 Qingcheng defenders to defend Hanyang City for five days against 300,000 Hu troops, until King Mo's 80,000 troops came to the rescue.
The two men attacked from inside and outside and joined forces with each other to annihilate Hu Jun in one fell swoop.
Of the 300,000 menacing Hu troops, only a small group of less than a thousand Hu soldiers remained, protecting the seriously injured General Duan Qian Guanshi and Na Yanshiyou and fled.
The reinforcements of King Mo's army were meritorious, and all 300,000 Hu troops were wiped out in this battle. His Highness King Mo even seriously wounded Duan Qian Guanshi himself.
The Hu State suffered a heavy blow this time. Not only did the army lose their generals and were wounded, but they also ran away in panic. They also left behind a large amount of supplies. Those military supplies, horses, food and grass, baggage, bows and arrows were all given to the Zhao army, making the national treasury much easier.
As for the Hu State, I am afraid that they will not dare to invade our border again for several years.
The monarchs and ministers were all filled with joy at this moment, and no one would be ignorant to touch the bad luck at this moment and ask why the Zhao family army could not be used, and His Highness King Mo had secretly transferred the army.
Except for Xiao Yanjun, even Prime Minister Du had a grin on his face.
After all, he is the prime minister. If the country is uneasy, it will be useless for him to fight.
"Father, General Zhao has made great contributions this time and deserves a heavy reward." With a smile on his face, Xiao Yanjun actually opened his mouth to ask for a reward on behalf of General Zhao.
The courtiers all agreed that such meritorious service should be rewarded heavily.
When Xiao Zimu heard this, he frowned and looked at Xiao Yanjun suspiciously.
Sure enough, after much discussion among the courtiers, they discovered that there was no reward.
Galloping on the battlefield for forty years, spanning eight hundred miles of frontier.
It is difficult to abandon the flesh and blood relationship between the three armies, leaving only the righteousness and thin sky.
General Zhao has already achieved great success in his life, but he is unwilling to take off his armor and return to his fields.
Even the prince's title was rejected in the early years. Who doesn't know the bad temper of Old General Zhao.
I would rather be a centurion than a prince or prime minister.
What should we do? The courtiers slowly stopped and looked at the aloof emperor with blinking eyes.
"I know what I have in mind, I don't need you to discuss it."
The emperor still had a smile on his face and didn't seem to mind.
"Father, after I came out of the Qingxin Palace yesterday, I was really scared. It is a big deal to determine the top three, so I went to see Taifu Wu yesterday, and after reviewing his papers, we discussed the ranking together."
Xiao Zimu knew that after the results were released tomorrow, he would definitely offend those important officials in the court who had paid bribes to no avail.
It would be bad if by then he knew that he was the one who decided to be the top three, and he would feel resentful and dissatisfied with the talent of the top three, and look for opportunities to stumbling upon them.
It would be better to drag Taifu Wu into the water and shock the scene.
It also blocked their mouths from accusing him of engaging in malpractice for personal gain.
Following Xiao Zimu's words, the emperor's eyes shifted to Taifu Wu's face.
Seeing him stroking his beard with a look of praise, I couldn't help but feel proud. I was very satisfied with Xiao Zimu being so rigorous.
"Here is the list of the top three. Please give me the emperor's seal. The list will be released after the court today." Xiao Zimu came out and held up the scroll of the rolled list.
"Bring it up." After the emperor said, Eunuch Li went down the steps, took the scroll and let the emperor seal his seal.
When the courtiers heard this, they felt that the Emperor actually trusted His Highness the Seventh Prince with such an important ranking.
However, it was okay, after spending money, they seemed to have taken a reassurance at this time, and they all looked at Xiao Zimu, wanting to have a knowing smile with His Highness Seventh.
As a result, Xiao Zimu kept looking upward without squinting.
They couldn't make eye contact, so they could only look at the list with eager eyes, but they couldn't see the list inside.
But everyone still stretched their necks, looking at them with burning eyes as if they had the function of seeing through them after staring for a long time.
"Your Majesty, now that the Fourth Highness is marrying a Mongolian princess as his concubine, it is related to the diplomatic relations between the two countries. Should he also be canonized as a prince?" Prime Minister Du looked at Xiao Zimu and felt very uncomfortable. He stood up and defended Xiao Yanjun. suggested.
Upon hearing this, the courtiers nodded in agreement. After all, this was a Mongolian princess who had married, so she couldn't just be a prince and concubine.
It would be too unpleasant to spread the word, and the little family was very angry.
Nowadays, in the Xiao Kingdom, except for the late Prince Hui, there are only four princes in total.
One is the emperor's younger brother, Prince Min, who has never been interested in political affairs. One is His Highness, Prince Mo, who was crowned king at the age of thirteen. One is Prince Jing, who inherited the title of Prince Hui, and the other is Prince Jia, the eldest prince who was only canonized after being crowned weak in the past few years.
Although the third prince was already married, he still had not given the title of king and left the palace.
The mother-in-law was not favored, and she herself was not favored by the emperor, so she was kept aside.
Although Xiao Yanjun is only seventeen now, Prime Minister Du mentioned it at the right time.
The emperor looked at Du Hanfei with a look of displeasure, but after all, it was a marriage and related to the diplomatic relations between the two countries. We should indeed be crowned a king to express our sincerity in diplomatic relations with the Mongolian people.
After some thought, Xiao Yanjun was canonized as Prince Yu.
The emperor issued the decree, and the people in the court were abuzz. Xiao Yanjun was happy with his double happiness. He finally put a smile on his face and nodded to everyone.
"Congratulations to Prince Yu." Fan Zhaolin, the Minister of Rites, came out of the queue at the right moment after hearing this. After bowing to Xiao Yanjun, he turned to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, originally the betrothal gift of Prince Yu was arranged according to the specifications of the prince. , now do I have to add something to the prince’s specifications?”
The emperor nodded and said calmly: "Well, it should be so. It just so happened that in order to celebrate your wedding, the important ministers prepared a large amount of silver for you. Zi Mu handed it over yesterday, just in time for it. Come and fill in your princely specifications."
After the emperor opened the box and looked at it yesterday, he was furious.
The bribe for a scientific examination was as high as more than one million taels. How could Du Hanfei not be beaten to death over the years? The emperor was so angry that his teeth were itching.
That's why when he looked at Du Hanfei who made the suggestion just now, his expression was so ugly.
Xiao Yanjun knew nothing and looked at the important ministers in surprise when he heard this.
I thought to myself, these people are really good at following the crowd, and their hands are falling off really fast.
But the important ministers were confused by what the emperor said, and they all avoided looking at Xiao Yanjun, not knowing how to respond.
Until Fang Bolun reacted first, the money they handed over to His Highness the Seventh Prince could be nothing but the bribe money.
As a result, the faces of the important ministers became ugly, and their eyes became resentful. They looked at Xiao Zimu with eyes that wanted needles to fly out and prick him all over his body.
And when he looked at Xiao Yanjun, knives could fly out of his eyes.
Because of Xiao Yanjun's betrothal gift.
What was cut out was the flesh from their bodies!
In a matter of seconds, Xiao Yanjun received the congratulations, doubts, and resentments of the courtiers.
He was holding Double Happiness in his hand, but he didn't know why.
The emperor went down to court with satisfaction in the atmosphere that suddenly dropped.
(End of chapter)