In March, the grass in the south of the Yangtze River grows and the warbler flies, the peach red and willow green, the majestic and magnificent Jinling City is bustling, and the peaceful and prosperous era has come.
After the Tang and Wei were destroyed one after another, the war in the east subsided, although there were small-scale rebellions from time to time, but it was only a disease of scabies, and it was soon suppressed by the garrisons in various places, and it was wiped out.
After more than ten years of development, the population of Jinling City has reached nearly one million, which is on a par with Luoyang and Chang'an, and has become one of the most prosperous cities in the world.
Due to the vast territory of the Han Empire, which stretched from Yingzhou in the east, to Rome in the west, and to the Nanyang Islands in the south, there was an endless stream of ships from all over the country to come to the capital every day to worship and do business, and went up the Yangtze River to the capital.
For a time, there was a grand occasion of worship by all nations in Jinling City, and the "big Han people" with various skin colors and accents haunted and lived in Jinling City, or as officials or in business, or to study or visit friends; The advantage of Jinling being located on the Yangtze River is shown, and its advantages of water and land transportation are incomparable with Chang'an and Luoyang.
Although the current Han Empire is vast, spanning the Eurasian continent and almost all the places inhabited by human beings, it is assisted by Wang Meng, Liu Ji, and Xun Yu, as well as a large group of political wizards such as Zhang Juzheng, Changsun Wuji, Di Renjie, Lu Su, and Xu Guangqi.
Outside, there are Xiao He, Shang Ying, Gao Xi, Guan Zhong, Li Si, Fang Xuanling, Xie An and other domestic strongmen of the past dynasties sitting in various places, so the development of the Han Empire is orderly, busy but not chaotic, like a huge chariot moving forward smoothly, although there are occasional storms, but it does not hinder the overall situation.
"Your Majesty, the three marshals Li Jing, Wu Qi, and Zhuge Liang have returned to Beijing, and they have now passed through the Yangtze River and are coming towards the west gate of Jinling."
Early in the morning of this day, Zheng He, the great eunuch who was nearly forty years old, trotted all the way with broken steps, and came to the Lin De Hall to report to Liu Bian.
"Oh, pass on my will, hundreds of civil and military officials will go out of the city with me to greet me, and no one is allowed to be absent" Liu Wei put down the recital in his hand and ordered loudly.
Half an hour later, the Han Emperor Liu Wei personally led Wang Meng, Xun Yu, Liu Ji and other Manchu Dynasty civil and military personnel out of the west gate of Jinling City to greet Li Jing and others.
It was naturally impossible for a million troops to return to the capital at the same time, in addition to Yue Fei sitting in Rome and Bai Qi sitting in rest, Liu Wei also issued an order to let Xue Rengui sit in Guishan, and deploy about 200,000 troops in each region to maintain the absolute rule of the Han Dynasty over various places.
The Han army went all the way to the east and arrived in the grassland area, and Liu Wei issued an edict to leave Su Lie to sit in the land that originally belonged to the Xiongnu, and sent Wang Anshi and Lu You to lead more than 10,000 craftsmen to build the city, develop the population, and serve as a hub connecting the east and west in the future.
After passing through the grassland area and entering Yongliang, Liu Wei issued an edict to send Xu Huang, Ma Chao, Jiang Wei, Lü Meng and other generals to each of them to enter Bashu, Chang'an, Luoyang, Bingzhou and other places, to reduce the force to zero and maintain control over various places.
When the army arrived in Wancheng, there were still about 600,000 troops left, and Liu Wei ordered Wei Qing to lead some generals to raise 100,000 troops to the Goguryeo Peninsula to sit in the town, and replace Lu Xun to garrison the Wa State.
He also ordered Huo Quji to lead 100,000 horses north to Liaodong and sit in the northeast.
Under Liu Wei's command, the million-strong army went to the designated area in an orderly manner; Li Jing, Wu Qi, and Zhuge Liang led a large group of generals such as Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, and Li Cunxiao to return to the capital with 400,000 troops, pay homage to the Son of Heaven, and from then on stay in Jiangdong to defend Gyeonggi.
The carriages and horses were sparkling, the swords and guns reflected the sun, the 400,000 army marched mightily, Li Jing and the other three saw the Son of Heaven driving from a distance, and hurriedly dismounted, and stepped forward to pay homage to the Son of Heaven: "The ministers and others greeted Your Majesty Youlao and His Majesty went out of the city to greet them, and the ministers were sincerely afraid."
Liu Wei shook hands with Li Jing, Wu Qi, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu and others one by one with a smile, and praised: "You Aiqing fought in the south and the north, and traveled thousands of miles, so that I could surrender to the Quartet, expand the territory, and build this unprecedented empire.
Even if I welcome you to Chang'an, I will definitely reward you for your meritorious deeds in a few days, so that you can get the reward you deserve."
Li Jing led all the generals to kneel and kowtow: "The ministers are willing to serve the great Han for the work of dogs and horses, although they are broken, they are also unrelenting, how dare they expect a reward."
Liu Wei helped up the generals kneeling in front of him one by one, but because there were too many people, the people behind him gave up.
He also ordered the army to set up camp outside Jinling City, kill pigs and sheep, distribute fine wine and delicacies, and reward the three armies.
And in Jinling City, a feast was held for the generals to wash the dust and drink for three days.
Surrounded by all the civil and military forces, Liu Wei led the courtiers to return to Jinling City, and set up a banquet in the Ziwei Hall of Qianyang Palace to wash the dust for the generals who returned from the expedition.
Three days later, the joy of the triumphant return dissipated slightly, Liu Wei held the early dynasty in the Taiji Palace, Li Jing, Wu Qi, Zhuge Liang led the crowd to participate in the early dynasty, and suddenly increased more than 100 senior generals, only the main hall was full, and for a time it was shoulder to shoulder, and it was overcrowded.
Liu Wei had already figured out how to reward the generals, and now sat upright on the dragon chair, swept the civil and military circles under his feet with a non-angry and powerful gaze, and said loudly: "I have decided to reward Li Jing, Wu Qi, and Yue Fei, the three dukes of the country, Zhuge Liang, Xue Li, Gongsun Qi, Wei Qing, Huo Quji, Su Lie, Guan Yu, Xu Huang, Lu Xun and other nine county marquises; Li Cunxiao, Gao Chong, Zhao Yun, Jiang Song, Ran Min, Yue Yun, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Yang Yansi, Wei Yan, Xu Da and others" Liu Wei took the list drawn up by the three prime ministers and the officials for a long time and recited it for a long time, and all the generals were not lacking, and none of them were missing, and they were all rewarded.
And Sun Wu, Sun Bin, Liu Ye, Fa Zheng and other strategists of the Western Expedition also talked about meritorious deeds and rewards, and each had their own arrangements.
If it was only to add official titles such as duke, it would not be enough to highlight the merits of Li Jing, Wu Qi and others, Liu Wei decided to follow the example of the honorary titles of the ten marshals established in later generations, and announced loudly: "I have decided to set up ten marshals, led by Li Jing, and descended to Yue Fei, Wu Qi, Gongsun Qi, Xue Li, Wei Qing, Huo Quji, Guan Yu, Su Lie, Xu Huang and other ten people."
Only Li Jing, Wu Qi, and Yue Fei returned to Jinling, and the rest of the ten marshals went to various places to sit in the town, and they thanked them in unison, and after the salute was completed, Li Jing asked: "The minister has a matter in his heart that he is not unhappy, and Zhuge Kongming is not under us on merits, why did he not get the title of marshal?"
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