Chapter 166: The Emperor's Reward, the Title of Duke

"The Emperor, by the Will of Heaven, decrees this.

The man of Qingmu County, General Xuanwu, Chen Humo.

Your Excellency has turned the tide and supported the collapsing building. Your loyalty and bravery are commendable. You have made great contributions to protecting the emperor and saving the master, restoring order, killing traitors, and suppressing the evil ways.

Now, I specially confer you the title of Duke of Pingyang, with a salary of 10,000 stones. You will hold the title of Taifu and General Zhengxi, and be in charge of the imperial guards tiger talisman.

Hold the emperor's magic sword, be granted sword shoes to enter the palace, enter the court without bowing, praise and worship without naming.

Rewards: 1,000 blood stones, 10,000 acres of fertile land, a medicine garden, 10 manors, and a duke's mansion."

The palace attendant read out the entire imperial edict in an excited tone.

Many officials at the grand court meeting were shocked. They were not surprised by Chen Mo's title of Duke, nor were they too surprised by the privileges of entering the palace with sword shoes.

Chen Mo is now holding the Emperor's Sword, so he should enjoy these privileges. Besides, these privileges have also been granted to other ministers in Daqian.

When the Taoist master of Daoxuan Mountain paid tribute to Daqian, he was granted these privileges.

When ministers come to the court to pay homage, they do not need to pass on their names, just say their official positions.

If there is an imperial edict or other official documents mentioning this name, it must be added with taboo characters to show respect.

When entering the court, ministers do not need to bow to the emperor, just bow their hands.

It is easiest to understand that Chen Mo can enter the palace with a sword and armor in his hand.

Chen Mo has both innate strength and the gift of the previous emperor to temporarily hold the Emperor's Sword. It is not too much to have these privileges.

What surprised many officials was Chen Mo's official position. Taifu is a first-rank official position, which means the teacher of the emperor and the minister who assists the country.

Under normal circumstances, if court officials want to obtain such an official position, most of them can only wait for the emperor to confer a title on them after their death.

However, Chen Mo is still alive and has taken this first-rank official position.

If he makes more contributions in the future, it can almost be said that there is no limit to the title.

However, after taking a look at the emperor's magic sword on Chen Mo's waist, and thinking about his strength, his contributions, and the trust of the empress dowager and the emperor in him.

Many court officials chose to shut up at the same time.

"I obey your order!" Chen Mo bowed his hands and saluted, and took the imperial edict with a smile.

"The Emperor of Heaven and the Mandate of Heaven, the edict says.

Sun Shouren, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Guards of the City, is a man of Anye County.

My beloved minister is loyal to the country, fearless in the face of danger, and has made contributions to the suppression of the demons and the killing of traitors.

Now I specially confer the title of Anye County Earl, with a salary of 2,000 stones. He is the general of Zhenxi..."

After another imperial edict was read out, Sun Shouren looked a little excited and walked forward to receive the edict.

He had never thought of being promoted to the rank of county earl and holding a second-rank official position in his life. Even in his dreams, he dared not dream such a beautiful dream.

However, all this is reality. He certainly knows that this is thanks to his adopted son.

Otherwise, with his own merits, although he could get a lot of rewards, it would not be so generous.

When he thought of this, he was happier and happier. He couldn't help but sigh that he was really lucky to have an adopted son like Chen Mo.

So now, if you put in a little effort, you can get three points of gain.

Lu Chuan looked at Sun Shouren with envy, then at Chen Mo, and finally at his adopted sons who didn't live up to expectations.

Every time at this time, he wanted to sigh, why is there such a big gap between people.

People are dead when compared to people, and goods are thrown away when compared to goods!

Why is his life not so good? Let alone having an adopted son who is as motivated as Chen Mo, he would be satisfied if he could be 10% as motivated as Chen Mo.

His adopted sons said nothing and bowed their heads deeply. They certainly knew who Lu Chuan was comparing them with.

The key problem is that there is really no comparison. Even if they were all tied together and multiplied ten times, they still couldn't compare with Chen Mo.

The gap is really too big!

Then another imperial edict was issued, and everyone was rewarded, either promoted or promoted.

Even for low-ranking officials or soldiers who were not worthy of individual imperial edicts, the court also issued several imperial edicts to reward them collectively, or ordered other officials and generals to promote themselves, and then handed it over to the Ministry of War to formulate.

In short, if the King of Pingxi and his faction fell, officials in the court could share some of the cake, and the more they contributed, the more they would get.

Chen Mo and his faction, of course, got the most.

Although he had no intention of forming a party for personal gain, with his current status and position, it was inevitable that a faction would be formed around him.

After the awards to many officials were given, the court meeting was dispersed one after another, and officials of all ranks left in turn.

Chen Mo was left alone by Empress Dowager Xu to discuss political affairs. Although she had not yet been given the title of Empress Dowager after the new emperor ascended the throne, it was only two days.

Therefore, during this period of time, whether it was the servants in the palace or the officials in the court, they all referred to her as the Empress Dowager.

"This place is a little empty, my dear, please follow me and move to the side hall for a detailed discussion." Empress Dowager Xu smiled slightly, stood up and said.

Now that the Emperor of Daqian is young, she, as the Empress Dowager, can issue the Empress Dowager's decree to appoint and dismiss officials.

And Chen Mo holds the Emperor's magic sword, which can borrow the boundless dragon energy to add to his body. If the Emperor is not here, he can temporarily exercise the power of the Emperor.

It can be said that the affairs of Daqian are now in the hands of the two of them.

As for the Emperor, he is only eight years old now, and is still a mascot, without real power.

The three of them came to a study in a side hall. Queen Mother Xu looked at Zhao Renmin and whispered, "General Chen will be your tutor in the future. You must treat him with respect and address him as your teacher in private. Do you understand?"

The so-called teacher is different from the master.

When a master accepts a disciple, the disciple must perform the great ceremony of three kowtows and nine bows. Similarly, the master must devote all his efforts to teaching the disciples, passing on his legacy, and even handing over the inheritance he has created to his disciples.

It can be said that the relationship between master and apprentice is sometimes closer and more reliable than that between father and son.

Both the emperor and the prince and princess are nobles of the heaven, and it is almost impossible to accept others as their masters, unless they are elders of the same clan.

Therefore, regardless of whether the prince or the princess, those who teach them are treated as disciples and are called teachers.

Chen Mo is the Grand Tutor, one of the three princes, and has the responsibility to be the emperor's teacher. Zhao Renmin calls him teacher in private, which is not an exaggeration.

Zhao Renmin nodded vigorously, turned to look at Chen Mo and said, "Disciple pays homage to the teacher."

After saying that, he bowed seriously and saluted. Chen Mo stretched out his hand to help him up, but he didn't want to and had to bow to the end.

"The emperor has so many things to decide when he ascends the throne. The people are young and I am a woman. Many things can only be entrusted to you, general!"

Queen Mother Xu sat down on the main seat and spoke in a sincere tone.

"I should take care of the country's worries." Chen Mo's tone was calm and indifferent.

"This is the temple name and posthumous title chosen by the Ministry of Rites for the late emperor. Teacher, what do you think I should choose for my father?" Zhao Renmin had obviously been ordered by the Queen Mother in advance. At this moment, he took the initiative to pick up a memorial and looked at Chen Mo to ask. road.

The temple name and posthumous title were chosen by the emperor who later ascended the throne.

The Ministry of Rites will usually give three to five choices. As long as the job is not particularly outrageous, the posthumous title will usually be flat or beautiful.

After all, most of the people today are the children and grandchildren of the late emperor. They are ministers and it is not easy to give them too bad posthumous titles.

Chen Mo opened it and took a quick glance. He knew many things that others didn't know well.

The late emperor sacrificed his life to save the world, which can definitely be regarded as a great achievement. Naturally, it is best to choose the best temple fair and posthumous title.

"The empress returns to your majesty. In my opinion, the temple title of the late emperor will be Ren, and the posthumous title may be Wu."

Chen Mo spoke slowly, both of them were top temple titles and posthumous titles.

Cultivating righteousness and making great achievements is called benevolence, being kind to people and caring for things is called benevolence, and being self-restrained and restoring etiquette is called benevolence.

Being strong and straightforward is called Wu, being powerful and powerful is called Wu, and being able to overcome disaster and chaos is called Wu.

The most direct meaning of these two together is that Zhao Huaili is capable of literary and military skills and has great achievements.

"Isn't this a bit much?" Queen Mother Xu's tone was slightly hesitant.

The reason why she asked Zhao Renmin to speak was because she wanted Chen Mo to choose a beautiful posthumous title for the late emperor.

But these two are a little too good. Unless they have great achievements, I'm afraid they won't be able to accept them.

"It's no exaggeration. The late emperor suppressed the dragon veins of the foreign races and secured hundreds of years of stability for my Daqian.

Moreover, it is impossible to connect the alien dragon veins with the mirage, which can be said to have saved the lives of everyone in the world. It is not an exaggeration to use this posthumous name and temple name. "Chen Mo spoke in a deep voice with a firm tone.

"This matter is left to the ministers. As long as what the late emperor has done is announced to the world someday, no one will have any objections to it."

Chen Mo opened his mouth to give Queen Mother Xu a reassurance.

"In that case, let the general handle this matter." Empress Dowager Xu smiled, obviously relieved.

Immediately she took out another token from her arms and said, "Ai Qing not only made great contributions to the country, but also saved the lives of our mother and son.

There are many secret treasures in the emperor's secret treasury. My dear, you can go and pick out a few more. "

After she finished speaking, a female officer came over and took the token from her hand.

"Thank you, Queen Mother!" Chen Mo bowed his hands.

Empress Xu smiled sweetly and seemed very happy. She now trusted Chen Mo more than her own innate warrior.

The innate warriors in the clan must always consider the interests of the family first, and Chen Mo is truly loyal to the court.

What's more, the innate warrior in her family is also seriously injured at this moment, and the injury may not be fully recovered for a year and a half.

Therefore, for a long period of time, she could only rely on Chen Mo.

Following the female official throughout the palace city, Chen Mo soon came to the underground secret vault that he had visited before.

He remembered clearly that there were many good treasures here, one of which he had taken a fancy to last time but had not yet taken away.

It was a large halberd, called the Eight Desolate Halberds. Without activating the formation, its total weight was eight thousand eight hundred kilograms.

Fortunately, the formations engraved on it can reduce its weight to 1,800 kilograms, which is suitable for me.

And if you can swing this great halberd without stimulating the power of the formation, then the formation on this Eight Desolations Halberd can absorb the energy of the Eight Desolations and provide blessings to the warrior.

This is an extremely precious weapon, much more powerful than the giant hammer.

It's just that Chen Mo hasn't practiced the halberd technique before, so he didn't take him away first.

Now that he has achieved some success in practicing the Liuhe Halberd Technique, it is naturally time to take away this weapon.

Stepping into the emperor's secret treasury, Chen Mo also saw an acquaintance. The old eunuch who had followed the late emperor before was now taking stock of the accounts in the secret treasury with several palace servants.

When the new emperor ascends the throne, they will of course make an inventory of the items in the treasury and compile them into accounts and submit them.

"General Chen is here. Don't forget to let me know what you want to take away later."

He was obviously very busy now. When he saw Chen Mo, he just bowed and saluted, said a hasty hello and continued to check accounts.

Chen Mo strode towards the innermost layer of the secret vault. He remembered clearly that there were many good things in it, but he couldn't take them out last time.

Although he is not a greedy person, since he has the opportunity to enter this place again, of course he should take the opportunity to take away a few things that he likes.

At the same time, you can also take a look to see if there are other good things in this secret library.