The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 496 Gao Qi's Big Wedding
With the slow end of the imperial examination, the territory of Daqi has returned to calm as before.

Next, Da Qi was once again promoted to a noble rank and conferred a title of title.

Since Gao Qi advocated that meritorious deeds must be rewarded and crimes must be punished, Gao Qi stipulated that within a year, he would be rewarded once for meritorious deeds.

Now it is exactly one year since the last imperial examination, and it is also the season of autumn.

palace, palace

At this time, Qi Wang Gaoqi was in the main seat, and in the hall below the steps, all the civil and military ministers knelt and sat in order.

A grand court will start from here!

"Everyone, Daqi took advantage of the winter season last year to almost pacify the entire territory of Bashu."

"Not only that, but General Wang Xuance of You Xiaowei defeated the Taiping Army in Cangwu territory and gained a firm foothold in the Lingnan area."

"Now it's a year, Daqi has gradually entered the right track, and it's time to reward those who have made meritorious service."

Immediately, all the ministers headed by Liu Bowen got up one after another, and then bowed to Gao Qi together.

"The ministers wish Daqi more prosperity, and also for the soldiers who fought bloody battles on the front line, thank King Qi for his kindness."

Hearing this, Gao Qi also beamed with joy, and said slowly: "Everyone loves you!"

Immediately, all the civil and military ministers slowly got up, and then went straight back to their seats, and continued to sit on the floor with their bows.

Immediately afterwards, the servant Zheng He took the lead to stand up, spread out the decree that had been drawn up, and declared: "All loves accept the decree."

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers did not dare to be negligent, and immediately stood up and knelt down to accept the order.

"According to Daqi's will, meritorious deeds must be rewarded, and those who commit crimes must be punished. Princes break the law and commit the same crimes as common people."

"Zhuge Liang of Shu Prefecture made outstanding contributions in the battle of Ping Bashu, and made outstanding contributions to Ping Bashu."

"At that time, during the Battle of Guping Bashu, under the city of Jiangzhou in Badong County, he was resisted by the rebels. It was Zhuge Kongming who did not suffer so much and traveled thousands of miles to Chang'an to persuade the alliance with the Tang army with his three-inch tongue. Bashu rebels."

"Afterwards, he personally led the Hanchuan army to march into Bashu, and stopped the rebel army in the Jiange, without moving at all!"

"This move has brought great convenience to the pacification of Bashu. Therefore, according to the solitary plan, to commend Zhuge Liang's achievements, he is hereby named the governor of Shuzhou and the governor of the military affairs of Shuzhou."

"Because Shuzhou is located in the rear of Daqi and is an important logistics base, Fan Zhongyan, a new imperial examination scholar, is hereby appointed to work in Shuzhou, responsible for handling the government affairs of central Shu and assisting Zhuge Liang."

For this award, Gao Qi considered that all kinds of official positions in later generations have more or less disadvantages. Take Li Tang's local officials as an example, because his military system is the military system, and the military system is based on the aristocratic family.

Therefore, after local development and continuation, Jiedushi was formed, and Jiedushi was in control of military affairs.

After a long period of continuous development, it has become a situation that cannot be thrown away.

Therefore, this also laid the root of disaster for Li Tang's demise in the future!

As for the Song Dynasty in the future, although the military system greatly weakened the power of military officers, scholar-bureaucrats began to gradually enter the political arena.

However, the harm of this move is also obvious, that is, the army is too weak to be cured.

In the hundreds of years since the founding of the Song Dynasty, few of them were able to win big in foreign wars.

If it weren't for the two rising stars of Yue Fei and Meng Gong in the Southern Song Dynasty in a peaceful corner, I am afraid that the Southern Song Dynasty would not be able to support the rise of Mongolia at all, and would be wiped out by the Jin people.

Therefore, for Gao Qi, it is not advisable to increase the rights of military officers or scholars.

The former greatly endangered the imperial power, while the latter dragged down the country's overall military strength, making it extremely weak.

Therefore, after much deliberation, Gao Qi finally decided on a compromise solution, which was to separate the military from the government.

Those who are in power will dominate government affairs and hold the lifeline of food and grass in their hands. As for military power, it will be handed over to the military attache.

However, Gao Qi is well aware that this military system actually has serious drawbacks!

Among them, the biggest problem is the coordination of military officers and scholar-bureaucrats.

It should be noted that if the two cannot be coordinated, then the conflict will inevitably be intensified, and the team will eventually lose.

However, it is now in troubled times, and this is the best way. As for the disadvantages of the military system, Gao Qi thought about it, and made adjustments when the real army came to the world in the future.

After all, no matter what you say, if you can't unify the world, then no matter how many ideas Gao Qi has, what's the use of it?
Next, Zheng He did not stop, and continued to issue an order: "Because Zhang Ren, the prefect of Hanchuan, has been guarding Hanchuan for a year and has made great achievements in defending against foreign enemies, so he is named Hanchuan Tongshou, the general of the army, and his position remains unchanged. Hanchuan."

"However, Lei Wanchun, the general under his tent, fought bravely and was highly skilled in martial arts. Therefore, he was named General Zuowei Cavalry to assist Zhang Ren in defending Hanchuan."

"Yue Fei was originally a general of his father's army. After he was put under Gu's command, he made many military exploits. He arrived at the Taiping rebel army in the south, went to Qianzhou in the north, wiped out the southern barbarians, and arrived in the east of Jiangdong."

"His military achievements are very outstanding, so he is named the governor of Xiangzhou, and he is fully responsible for the military affairs in the state."

"As for Zhong Yao, he worked for the state, responsible for handling state affairs and assisting Yue Fei."

"As for the new No. [-] scholar, Wei Qing, he will be appointed as the prefect of Yuzhang, the left ranger general, who will station troops to defend Yuzhang, and will be under Yue Fei's jurisdiction."

"During the Battle of Pingbashu, Lu Xiangsheng made outstanding achievements in opening up the territory."

"In the past year, Lu Xiangsheng has defended the western frontier for our great Qi, ensuring the safety of our western frontier."

"Therefore, Gute appointed Lu Xiang to be promoted to the right ranger general and Wei Hou, and his duties remained unchanged. His subordinate Zuo Zhanghan was named General Fenwu."

Immediately afterwards, Zheng He continued to declare the civil and military heroes who had made great achievements in the battle of northern Xinjiang.

"Li Jing is the governor of Luzhou, Su Lie is the deputy governor of Luzhou, Cen Wenwen is the governor of Xiangzhou, Xue Rengui is the governor of Nanyang, Zhang Xun is the military officer of Nanyang, Yu Yunwen is in charge of Nanyang, and Meng Gong is the leading general."

In consideration of Nanyang's unique terrain, it will be besieged by princes in the future, so Gao Qi specially added soldiers to Xue Rengui.

Not only Meng Gong was sent there, but Yu Yunwen was also sent to assist.

"Because Pei Ju made great contributions to the lonely Daqi in this battle in the northern border, he was named Hongluqing Shangshu Zuochen, in charge of protecting and worshiping."

"Yu Chenglong worked conscientiously in Wuling County, rejected corrupt officials, enforced the law impartially, did not corrupt or create, and was named a third-rank supervisor."

"Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong are the left and right Xiaowei generals respectively."

"Wang Xuance is the governor of Lingnan, in charge of the Lingnan war, and the rest of the generals will all shout for great rewards."

"The governors of each state have the authority to confer official positions below the sixth rank among the generals under his command, hereby!"

After spending most of the time announcing the decree, Zheng He slowly finished his ceremony and returned the decree to Gao Qi.

For a while, the joy of being promoted in Qi State was accompanied by the atmosphere of joy.

Next, Gao Qi got up and said solemnly: "Everyone, I will announce the appointment in person."

"Because of the adjustments during this period, I have already judged the officials. I have decided to appoint Fang Xuanling as Minister of the Ministry of War and Guo Jia as Minister of the Ministry of War. The two of you are in charge of military affairs. There must be no mistakes."

"Liu Ji, you have been in charge of the government in recent years, and you can always manage the government affairs in an orderly manner when you are alone in the court."

"Therefore, I have appointed you as Minister of the Ministry of Officials to lead the government. I hope you will continue to work hard!"

"Bao Zheng is the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, and Lai Junchen is the Minister, responsible for examining the prisoners."

"Di Renjie and Zhang Juzheng managed the county's government affairs in an orderly manner, so I alone transferred them back to Jiangling to serve as the vacant Minister of the Ministry of Households and Minister of Rites."

"As for the Minister of the Ministry of War, it will be Ma Jun, a talent admitted to the imperial examination this time. All ministries must not make mistakes and must perform their duties."

Immediately, all the ministers knelt down and shouted together: "Congratulations to King Long En!"

After that, after all the state affairs were settled, Gao Qi couldn't restrain the joy on his face, and said slowly: "Everyone, Gu will hold a big wedding in the near future, marrying the eldest grandson Wugou as his wife."

As soon as this remark came out, there was a burst of cheers from all the ministers, and they couldn't help but congratulate.

That's right, the officials attached great importance to Gao Qi's marriage. After all, marrying a wife is a major event related to whether the king can flourish and reproduce.

No matter how powerful the king is, if there is no descendant to inherit, then how will the thousands of miles of land be passed on after a hundred years?
Therefore, long ago, the ministers advised Gao Qi to marry a wife, but the obsession in Gao Qi's heart was the eldest grandson Wugou.

Therefore, he never agreed to marry a wife and establish a queen.

Now that Gao Qi proposed it on his own initiative, the ministers of course congratulate him from the bottom of their hearts.

"Since that's the case, if the ministers have nothing to do, then declare your retreat!"

Seeing that there was no objection, Gao Qi announced his withdrawal from the court, and then, under the service of Zheng He, got up and walked away.

"Liu Shangshu, it seems that you are highly regarded by the king now, and you have a bright future in the future!"

"Pei Honglu, you have a prominent official position now, don't forget about me in the future."

This time, Liu Bowen and Pei Ju's official promotions were the most prominent, and they undoubtedly became the objects of fawning of the officials, and they all spoke in agreement.

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As the laughter of the officials in the hall slowly left, Gao Qi had already arrived at Changsun Wugou's residence slowly.

Changsun Mansion, although Changsun Wugou is quite favored by Gao Qi now, but the place where he lives is not the most prosperous hall in the palace.

If you take a closer look, this hall is actually a little plain.

If others didn't pay attention, they would think that this was just an ordinary prince and nobleman.

In fact, this is all Changsun Wugou's idea, and he strongly asked Gao Qi not to choose a prosperous palace for himself.

As long as the main hall can shelter from the wind and rain, this will undoubtedly make Gao Qi's feelings closer to him.

According to the records of the biography of Empress Wende in the old book of Tang Dynasty: the sex is limited, and the obedience to the imperial court will stop.

The meaning of this sentence is to show that Changsun Wugou is frugal in nature, as long as the clothes he wears are sufficient.

It can be seen from this that Changsun Wugou is indeed frugal in nature, and Gao Qi is even more moved by what he is doing now.

Slowly step up the ladder, push the door and enter, and go straight into the hall.

main hall
At this time, the eldest grandson Wugou was sitting here, mending the damaged clothes, stitch by stitch.

"Stainless!"

This scene happened to be seen by Gao Qi who walked in, he couldn't help being touched in the moment, and called out softly.

Hearing the shout, Changsun Wugou couldn't help but put down the needle and thread in his hand, got up slowly, and walked to Gao Qi's side: "Husband, why are you here?"

Hearing this, Gao Qi smiled and said, "I've finished handling the government affairs, so I came here to see you."

"Wugou, but the clothes prepared for you at the rear are not enough, why do you need to mend the clothes that are torn like this?"

For a moment, Gao Qi had a faint tendency to get angry, yes, seeing that the woman he loves still needs to mend rags and clothes, how can he not be angry?
Seeing this, Changsun Wugou quickly explained: "Husband, don't blame others."

"As early as when my concubine moved in, Zheng Neishi had already sent people to bring a lot of clothes to my concubine."

"It's just that I have nothing to do, so I will mend this rag."

"This piece of clothing isn't damaged too much. After being mended by my concubine, it's still like a new piece of clothing."

After finishing speaking, Changsun Wugou put on his clothes and showed them to Gao Qi.

For a while, Gao Qi couldn't help being more touched, walked over quickly, and hugged Wugou in his arms in an instant.

Its soft breath is meticulous, but the caring eyes in the eyes are faintly flickering.

"Wugou, Wugou, promise me, don't be so frugal and wrong yourself in the future."

Hearing this, the eldest grandson Wugou lay reclined in Gao Qi's arms, and said softly: "Don't worry, husband!"

"I will take care of myself, so you don't have to worry about Wugou."

"By the way, husband, is there anything important for you to come here today?"

Following the words of Changsun Wugou, Gao Qi immediately came with a smile on his face.

Laughing happily, he said: "Wugou, I have already discussed with my mother, and I will marry you this month."

"When we get married together, I will hold a grand wedding banquet for you."

"Besides that, I have to announce to the world that I will make you queen!"

For a moment, Changsun Wugou couldn't help but froze here, unexpectedly he didn't feel it for a long time.

Seeing this, Gao Qi was very puzzled, and asked: "Wugou, Wugou."

"Why, don't you want to be my wife?"

Following the reminder from the maid beside him, the eldest grandson Wugou reacted instantly, and said softly: "Husband, of course Wugou is willing."

"It's just that Wugou wants to write a letter to tell Wugou's elder brother Sun Wuji, let him know about Wugou's big wedding, and invite him to attend as a witness."

"After all, husband, you also know that elder brother is Wugou's only relative besides you."

"The so-called 'elder brother is like a father', Wugou hopes that on this day of great joy, elder brother can come to watch Wugou get married."

For a moment, facing the request of the eldest grandson Wugou, Gao Qi was extremely entangled in his heart, not knowing whether to agree or not.

At this time, Gao Qi's eyes were full of decadence, and he said softly: "Wugou, does your brother really want you to marry me?"

"It should be noted that your elder brother and Li Shimin, the second son of Li Tang, are good friends, and at this moment he is also serving as a minister under the tent."

"What he hopes is that you go north to marry Li Shimin, so why would he agree to our marriage?"

"Wugou, are you really going to leave me?"

Now, Gao Qi is in an extremely uncomfortable mood. On the one hand, he doesn't want to interfere with his grandson Wugou and let him have absolute freedom.

On the other hand, Gao Qi didn't want to lose his eldest grandson Wugou just because of this.

So, how will Changsun Wugou decide in the end?
(End of this chapter)