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Chapter 496 Credit
Just when Wei Fu was [-]% full and put down the chopsticks in his hand, there was a rush of footsteps outside the hall.

At this time, the Hall of Preserving Harmony was extremely noisy. The sounds of so many people drinking and talking to each other did not suppress the footsteps. One could imagine how loud the footsteps were.

Everyone in the hall involuntarily fell silent.

Knowing that there is a palace banquet in the Palace of Preserving Harmony, but dare to barge in like this at this time, it is conceivable that something big must have happened, so, what could it be?
Is it a good thing or a bad thing?
All the ministers couldn't help but speculate in their hearts.

Wei Fu and Jiang Heng looked at each other.

It seems...

The surprise that Jiang Heng mentioned before is about to arrive.

Soon, I saw a palace official running in scrambling and crawling. In this severe winter, this palace official's forehead was covered with sweat, which shows how much he has to report. important.

In the Palace of Preserving Harmony, only the voices of this palace man could be heard.

Kneeling down on the ground with a plop, the palace servant took a deep breath, and then said: "My lord, someone is coming from the border..."

Because his breath was still a little uneven, his words came to a sudden stop here.

But the officials in the palace couldn't help but feel a sudden in their hearts.

There are people coming from the border. Is it possible that something happened to the border?
Before the ministers could think of anything worse, the palace man finished the rest of the sentence in one breath: "... General Wei sent people to escort the first batch of annual tribute presented by Xiyi to Beijing!"

After hearing this, the officials couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it was not an accident, but a good thing.

but……

Isn't the year-old tribute from Xiyi only paid after the beginning of spring? Why has it been sent to the capital at this moment?

Moreover, there is clearly some mystery in this matter.

When did the team escorting the year-old tribute to Beijing arrive in Beijing?

If you arrived in Beijing early, why did you wait until this time to report? If you just arrived in Beijing, it is already so late, the palace gate has already been locked, this is not very urgent news, and how did you send it so quickly? Came into the palace?

It happened to be reported in the middle of the palace banquet.

All of this seems to have been planned long ago.

Thinking of this, all the ministers pressed down to let themselves stop thinking about it.

As a courtier, the most important thing is to know what's interesting, even if you see something, as long as the Holy One doesn't want them to say it, then they just shut up.

As for Emperor Jingwen, after hearing the news, he was surprised at first, and then overjoyed: "Oh? Has the person in charge of escort entered the palace yet, bring him in quickly!"

The palace servants responded and retreated.

Not long after, a soldier in armor walked in with the palace, and when he saw Emperor Jingwen, he knelt down on the ground: "The last general sees the Holy One, General Wei deliberately collected the annual tribute from Xiyi in advance, and died again The general and others hastened to escort the New Year's Tribute to Beijing, just thinking about sending this new year's gift to the Holy One before the new year arrives, wishing the prosperity of our Jing Dynasty and the boundless longevity of the Holy One!"

"Hahahaha..." Emperor Jingwen laughed loudly after listening.

In the eyes of all the ministers, Emperor Jingwen was a man with a deep city, and he seldom showed his happiness and anger like this. From this, it could be seen how happy Emperor Jingwen was at the moment.

"Good, good, good!" Emperor Jingwen said three "good" words in a row, "Aiqing is alive! Aiqing escorted the New Year's Tribute all the way to Beijing. It is indeed a meritorious service and deserves a reward!"

"There is also Wei Aiqing, who also made great contributions to the peace negotiation between the two countries, and should also be rewarded!"

Hearing what Emperor Jing Wen said, the officials in the hall couldn't help but secretly looked at Jiang Heng.

In terms of credit, no one can have the credit of Zhen Guo Gong Da.

It was this time that the two countries negotiated a peace, and it was because Zhen Guogong had suppressed the entire Xiyi with his own strength that he did not dare to use weapons again, so he had to negotiate a peace as a last resort.

To be honest, this is still the credit of Lord Zhen Guo.

The one who presided over the peace talks at the border should still belong to the Duke of Zhen. The Shengsheng Sheng never mentioned the matter of allowing Duke Zhen to return to the border. Instead, he ordered General Wei to preside over major events at the border.

Now that General Wei has contributed to the peace talks, isn't this credit taken from Duke Zhen?
Thinking in this way, all kinds of thoughts naturally arose in the hearts of the officials.

However, no matter what they thought in their hearts, on the surface, the officials still got up together and congratulated Emperor Jingwen in unison.

As for Emperor Jingwen, his face was full of red light, and people could see how happy he was now just from his face.

The officials looked at Jiang Heng again.

They can all figure things out, Lord Zhen shouldn't be unable to figure it out, but from the beginning to the end, there was no superfluous expression on Duke Zhen's face. The smile is also so sincere.

as if...

I didn't think about anything else at all.

All the ministers couldn't help but admire.

Among other things, at least Duke Zhen's city is no worse than anyone else.

This palace banquet ended amidst the different thoughts of the officials.

Going all the way back to the Duke's Mansion in the dark, Wei Fu told the children to go back to the courtyard to rest quickly, and then returned to the main courtyard with Jiang Heng.

"Your Majesty specially asked someone to perform such a performance, because he wanted to promote General Wei?" Wei Fu asked.

Jiang Heng nodded.

Emperor Jingwen has been afraid of Jiang Heng for a long time, so he urgently wants someone in the army who can compete with Jiang Heng, and this Wei Changzheng is the most outstanding general among the generals in these years, and he was also entrusted by Emperor Jingwen. The one with high hopes.

Originally, Emperor Jingwen wanted to promote Hu Wenyu. With Hu Wenyu and Wei Changzheng as two confidantes, Wen and Wu, it would be easier to check and balance Jiang Heng, but he didn't expect that Hu Wenyu's concealment was revealed In the end, Hu Wenyu could only be demoted to a commoner and never hired.

Under such circumstances, for the remaining Wei Changzheng, Emperor Jingwen naturally had some urgent hope to bring him up.

If Wei Changzheng can establish his own prestige in the army, then Emperor Jingwen will definitely have a lot less obstacles when he solves Jiang Heng's trouble in the future.

This is Emperor Jingwen's plan.

only……

"Your Majesty is destined to be in vain." Jiang Heng said indifferently, "Wei Changzheng is somewhat smart, but not smart enough. After talking about military affairs on paper for so many years, I thought he was a real military genius. There is no need for anyone to attack him, only a real war is needed to reveal his true colors..."

Having said that, Jiang Heng could not help shaking his head slightly.

It's not that Emperor Jingwen's vision is poor, but that the talents among the generals have withered over the years, and Emperor Jingwen can only choose tall ones among the dwarfs, so it's not surprising that he would choose Wei Changzheng.

(End of this chapter)