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Chapter 349
Zhu Fu's voice rang in Li Huan's ear, and Li Huan, who was a little lost, suddenly came back to his senses.

At this time, not only Qiu Ju and the others had their eyes on Li Huan, but even all the officials at the Dachaohui had their eyes on Li Huan.

They could clearly hear the content of the imperial decree read by Qiuju just now, especially the reward for Li Huan, which was the focus of attention of all the officials.

Although some of them had known the results of the discussions between the cabinet and the Ministry of War in advance, many of them also knew that there were actually great variables in the rewards for Li Huan, Wang Yangming and a very small number of people.

After all, the issue of rewards related to these few people is not what the cabinet, the Ministry of War, and the five armies' governor's offices negotiated. The final result still depends on the emperor's will.

Just like regarding the award of Li Huan, the result of the discussions among the Ministry of War, the Cabinet, and the Governor’s Office of the Five Armies was that Li Huan was conferred the title of Marquis, but the name of the Marquis was different, not as it is now, Li Huan was conferred the title of Marquis. For the champion Hou.

Obviously this is what the emperor meant, and only the emperor can decide how to reward Li Huan.

It's just that the officials are still overwhelmed by the title of Li Huan awarded by the emperor. The people who can appear here can be said to be some of the most knowledgeable people in Ming Dynasty. It is impossible for these people to not understand the meaning of the title of Champion Marquis why.

Looking at history, during the thousands of years of Huanghuang, since the first champion appeared, there have only been so few two or three people who have been named champions.

The name of the first champion marquis can be said to be known to everyone. In order to reward Huo Qubing who made great achievements, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty personally used the word champion as the name of the marquis, implying Huo Qubing's achievements. For the first of the armies.

But the champion Hou Huo Qubing's illustrious military exploits in his short but bright life are also worthy of the title of champion Hou.

Looking at Huo Qubing's short life, from his first battle to his death at the age of 23, in just five or six years, he has made great military achievements.

The Battle of Monan was Huo Qubing's first battle in the army. In his weak crown year, he personally commanded [-] troops to make a long-distance raid, killed thousands of enemies, and captured and killed many nobles of the Huns. It was also this amazing battle. The Hou position rewarded Huo Qubing.

However, the Battle of Monan was just the beginning of Huo Qubing's glorious military history. The two battles of Hexi, and the most glorious battle of his life, the Battle of Mobei, Huo Qubing led more than 5 cavalry for a long distance of more than 2000 miles. , annihilated more than 7 enemies, and the Bingfeng reached Lake Baikal as far as possible, and sacrificed to the heavens at the Langjuxu Mountain, the holy land of the Huns, and at the Guyan Mountain. Yan" became the highest honor in China's military history in the cold weapon era.

This battle is the most famous long-distance raid in the history of the Chinese nation. Before Huo Qubing, Huaxia had never fought so far north, let alone the experience of fighting at a long distance thousands of miles away. This battle created many First, Huo Qubing became a famous general in China's military history and was recorded in the annals of history. His achievements were almost unsurpassed in the entire China's cold weapon era, and the name of the champion Hou has been praised throughout the ages.

And the second person who was conferred the title of champion due to his military exploits, although his reputation is far from being comparable to that of Huo Qubing, but when it comes to the achievement of Le Shi Yanran, many people are probably familiar with it.

After all, looking at China for thousands of years, the highest state of martial arts pursued by countless generals is "to seal the wolf and live in Xu, and to restrain Shi Yanran."

The protagonist of Yanran Leshi is the second Dou Xian who was named the champion. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dou Xian led 8000 Han cavalry, 8000 Qiang Hu cavalry, plus 2000 Southern Huns cavalry, and attacked the Northern Huns for more than 3000 miles. , defeated the main force of the Northern Huns in Jiluo Mountain, beheaded more than 1.3 enemy troops, captured more than one million heads of livestock, and surrendered more than 20 people, and completely wiped out the Northern Huns. Since then, the Northern Huns have fled to Central Asia further west , There is no record of the Northern Huns in Chinese history.

Although Dou Xian's record in this battle cannot be compared with that of Huo Qubing's Fenglang Juxu, the distance of this expedition exceeded the battle of Mobei, and the historical significance of this battle is very important, completely solving the foreign invasion of the Northern Huns , and the Southern Huns at that time became a vassal of the Han Dynasty, and Dou Xian was also named the champion because of his great achievements in this battle.

As for the third champion Hou, he was also not an ordinary person. He was the founding hero of the Eastern Han Dynasty who assisted Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Among the 28 Yuntai generals, Jia Fu ranked third.

Although the outstanding military achievements of this Yuntai 28 generals cannot be compared with Dou Xian and Huo Qubing, but he was valued by Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, and he was named a champion, so he is naturally not an ordinary person.

These three champions can be said to be more famous than the other, and their military exploits have become the highest pursuit goals of soldiers of later generations. From this we can see that the title of champion is extraordinary.

This champion Hou is by no means something ordinary people can bear, at least in Li Huan's view, his military exploits are indeed very great, but compared to the champion Hou Huo Qubing's Fenglangjuxu, Dou Xian's Yanran Leshi and even Jia Fu's founding father came, but it was still a lot worse.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly named him a champion. Just look at the reactions of the officials at the court meeting. It was obviously beyond everyone's expectations.

At this moment, an official suddenly stepped forward and bowed to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I think it's impossible. I'm afraid it's too much to give Li Taifu the title of Champion Marquis."

"That's right. Although Taifu Li has made great military achievements, His Majesty's rewarding him as a champion is really too much."

After a clatter, more than a dozen officials stood up to express their opposition.

They couldn't stop Li Huan from being a marquis, after all, Li Huan's military achievements were there, they couldn't obliterate Li Huan's military achievements, but now the emperor even rewarded Li Huan as the champion, they naturally refused.

Originally, Li Huan's military achievements had greatly boosted Li Huan's prestige and influence in the court. If he won the award of the champion marquis again, wouldn't it make Li Huan's prestige even stronger.

The most important thing is that the first thing people in the world think of when they mention the Champion Hou is the former Megatron Huaxia, the glorious history champion Hou Huo Qubing.

Now that Li Huan has won the title of Champion Marquis, doesn't it mean that Li Huan is comparable to Huo Qubing of the Han Dynasty? what.

Who knows that the title of Champion Hou is too resounding, and with this title, people all over the world will naturally agree with Li Huan psychologically.

This is not just as simple as a title of title, but more importantly, the invisible impact of this title.

So whenever possible, among the civil servants present, I dare not say everyone, at least most of them are unwilling to see Li Huan being named the champion.

Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting on the dragon chair, looked at the scene below with a very calm expression. It was obvious that Zhu Houzhao had expected the current situation a long time ago.

After all, he rejected the title of Marquis of Li Huan handed over by the cabinet, but changed Li Huan's title of Marquis to Champion. As the emperor, how could Zhu Houzhao not know that the title of Champion would be in the future? What kind of sensation was caused above the court.

Zhu Houzhao would be surprised if all the officials did not stand up to object, so at this moment Zhu Houzhao just looked at the officials calmly, his eyes fell on Li Huan, and there was a little smile on the corner of his mouth: "Li Qing, The former champion Hou Huo Qubing, at an early age, led the army for the first time and made great achievements in battle. He was named a champion by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Afterwards, he left Fenglangju and Xu Hehe's meritorious deeds will be passed on to future generations. I will make you a champion today Hou, do you know what I mean?"

Li Huan took a deep breath, looked at Zhu Houzhao, saw the expectant look in the eyes of the emperor, and couldn't help feeling a warm current in his heart.

The emperor is comparing him with the champion Hou Huo Qubing. What kind of trust and expectation is this.

Suppressing the sigh in his heart, Li Huan took a step forward regardless of the eyes of the officials behind him on him, bowed respectfully to Zhu Houzhao, and said decisively: "I will give you an order to thank you. Fulfilling His Majesty's expectations."

Seeing Li Huan accepting the reward decisively, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help showing a bright smile on his face and said, "Okay, I know Li Qing will not let me down."

After saying this, Zhu Houzhao waved his hands to those officials with sluggish faces, and said lightly: "As for Li Qing's reward, I have made up my mind, and I also believe that Li Qing's achievements in the future may not be worse, and I will definitely not." Let the sages focus on the former."

Qiu Ju, who was standing on the side reading the imperial decree, noticed that the emperor gave him a wink, coughed lightly, and then said sharply again: "Wang Yangming, a cabinet scholar, governor of the three armies, has made great achievements. Today, he is conferred the title of Xinjian Marquis."

Wang Yangming, who was standing among the courtiers, was already mentally prepared, and even through some connections, Wang Yangming had already known about his reward in advance.

But to know in advance is to know in advance, as long as the reward is not announced for a moment and announced to the world, then it will be full of variables. Now that the imperial edict has been issued, everything will become a settlement.

Thinking that he was born in a family of officials, what he wanted all his life was to assist the sage and rule the world by virtue of what he had learned all his life, but he never thought that one day he would be able to be named a marquis.

The titles of the Ming Dynasty are the most rare. It can be said that apart from the founding honor and the Jingnan honor, there are very few titles awarded in the past dynasties of the Ming Dynasty.

Today he was conferred the title of Marquis of Xinjian, and his name will definitely be recorded in the annals of history. Even with Wang Yangming's determination, he couldn't help showing excitement at this moment.

Taking a deep breath, Wang Yangming was not in a daze like Li Huan, and no one would stand up and raise objections at this moment.

Not to mention that many officials still didn't come to their senses because of Li Huan's reward, even if they had already reacted, no one could raise any objection to Wang Yangming's being named Xin Xinhou.

After all, no one can question Wang Yangming's merits, even if they have no conscience, they can't find any reason to object.

"The minister leads the decree to thank you!"

With the release of the rewards for Li Huan and Wang Yangming, it was expected that they would be named marquises. Although they had been expected for a long time, many people still cast envious eyes on them.

That's a title. Even if you are a cabinet elder, you can't guarantee that your family will be an official for generations. After all, if the descendants are not capable enough, it may lead to the decline of the family.

But if you get a title, it is the wealth of generations, which can be passed on to future generations.

Not to mention anything else, let's just look at the nobles at the Great Court. Most of these nobles can be said to be mediocre in aptitude and ability, but because they have a good ancestor who won the wealth for them for generations, they can be grandiose. stand here with them.

This is the greatest charm of the title that can be passed down from generation to generation. It would be a strange thing if an official didn't want to.

There is a poem saying, please go to Lingyan Pavilion temporarily, if you are a scholar with thousands of households.It can be said that the greatest pursuit of an official is to confer the title of marquis and worship the prime minister, and pass on the title of title to the family.

At the same time, Qiu Ju breathed a sigh of relief. The awards of Li Huan and Wang Yangming have been read out. It can be said that half of the greatest expectation of this grand court meeting has passed. There will be no more surprises.

With such a thought flashing through his mind, Qiu Ju continued to speak, "The guerrilla general Xu Ying stepped forward to accept the seal."

Immediately, the tall and heroic Xu Ying stepped forward, respectfully bowed down to the emperor, and Qiu Ju's voice came from her ear.

"...Xu Ying is granted the title of Uncle Weiyuan by imperial edict today, and the commanding officer of the Chinese Army's Governor's Mansion..."

Her figure trembled slightly, and Xu Ying's face flushed a little. After all, he was a young man. At this time, he was named a Marquis with military merits. One can imagine the excitement in his heart.

Dingguo Gong Xu Guangzha also looked at Xu Ying with a complex expression and infinite satisfaction at the moment, and he never thought that his bastard son would get such a fortune one day.

His Xu family was originally the top honored family in Ming Dynasty, and a family of two countries was a good story for a generation. He never thought that now their Xu family would have another uncle with military merits.

Xu Guangzuo only felt that even if he died immediately, he could still smile at Jiuquan, even if he went to see his ancestor King Zhongshan, he could straighten his back and comfort his ancestor.

"Guerrilla General Chen Ang listens."

A figure stepped out, the same youth, the same tall and straight figure.

"Chen Ang was granted the title of Uncle Dingyuan, the commander of the former military governor's office."

As a famous general came forward to accept the title, under the attention of civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty, a total of eight people were awarded the title of earl. Two marquises and eight uncles were born directly after the First World War. Looking at Daming for decades, this is really the first time.

Of course, the imperial decree is not only the rewards for Li Huan and others, but also dozens of officials and generals with names and surnames who also won the emperor because of their meritorious service in this battle, such as inquiring about news or supervising grain and grass. Rewards, even if they are not proudly conferred with titles, are promotions in various official ranks, and some even directly promoted to three ranks, jumping from a low-level official to a middle-level official with real power.

Suddenly, Qiu Ju, who was holding the imperial decree and read it out, said in a deep voice: "Lin Pingzhi, a thousand households of the Jinyiwei, has made great achievements in spying on the enemy, and has been promoted to command the Jinyiwei..."

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