Chapter 202

"Hahaha……"

Hearty laughter rang out in the Chengqing Hall, and King Wei smiled all over his face. This Xiao Ming unexpectedly gave him face today.

He pulled Xiao Ming aside and said, "My nephew, this Cangzhou victory, my nephew should be the first credit, but the uncle has given you a lot of money, grain and materials, and this credit is also a little bit. My nephew must be merciful."

"Uncle Sanhuang, this time, the father and I asked you and I to guard Qingzhou together. This credit is naturally the two of us. This time we naturally have to advance and retreat together. Uncle will also fully support me later."

"Oh? My nephew, please tell me." Wei Wang was delighted, and Xiao Ming also asked him to do it easily.

Xiao Ming smiled mysteriously, "With the intelligence of Uncle Three Emperors, I will naturally understand later."

The two were talking when Feng Deshui suddenly walked in from outside the hall and shouted loudly, "The emperor is here!"

At this time, the ministers immediately returned to their positions and stood up, while Xiao Ming and King Wei stood in the same position as the other princes.

When Xiao Ming greeted the ministers, these princes kept looking on with a cold face. After Xiao Ming came over, the princes bowed politely to him.

He did not agree with the attitude of these princes.

But the same is true of the prince. He couldn't help sneering in his heart. No wonder they said that the prince was just a muddy man who couldn't support the wall.

Empress Zhao was determined to win her over for him, and the prince didn't even understand basic etiquette.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Xiao Wenxuan sat down on the dragon chair, and everyone cheered long live.

When the voice fell, Xiao Wenxuan set his eyes on Xiao Ming.

"My dear fellows, I must have met King Qi and King Wei earlier this morning. The great victory of Cangzhou raised our country's might, causing the barbarians to retreat in embarrassment. For decades, our country of Great Yu has never had such a victory. This time I summon King Qi. We came to Chang'an with the King of Wei for the purpose of discussing merit and reward."

Xiao Wenxuan was in high spirits, looking at Xiao Ming and King Wei with a deep smile.

King Wei's face was bright and he said in a loud voice, "Your Majesty, as a vassal king, it is our inner duty to guard the frontier and defend the enemy. If the battle of Cangzhou hadn't been supported by your majesty, the minister and the king of Qi would not have been able to achieve the victory we have today."

Xiao Ming glanced at King Wei, thinking that this King Wei is really old-fashioned, and he also gave Xiao Wenxuan a hug while being modest.

He also said: "Uncle San Huang's remarks are justified. If this great victory in Cangzhou hadn't been supported by the emperor's father, the land of Cangzhou would have been included in the territory of the barbarians, let alone the battle of Cangzhou, nor the great victory. Therefore, this battle of Cangzhou is said to be the merit of the son and the minister, rather than the merit of the father. Although the father is in Chang'an, he has devised a strategy and won thousands of miles away. Absolutely, go east of the river, mighty and mighty..."

The ministers were dumbfounded one by one, and in the entire Chengqing Hall, only Xiao Ming's scalp-tingling flattery was left.

On the dragon chair, the curvature of Xiao Wenxuan's mouth is getting bigger and bigger, and he is almost embarrassed by what Xiao Ming is touting, but I have to say that Xiao Ming's flattering words are unconventional, and they sound like an article.

"Hahaha……"

Xiao Wenxuan endured for a long time, and finally laughed.

At this time, Xiao Ming closed his mouth and flattered him. Can King Wei's brain have more jokes in the technology library?

And the civil servants headed by Cui Hao were even more uneasy. They were already shameless enough.

The prince and other princes were all uncomfortable. This Xiao Ming was inexperienced before, and he didn't even say a few words of flattery. When did he become so powerful.

King Wei was stunned for a moment, and gave Xiao Ming a secret thumbs up.

There is no emperor who doesn't like to be wearing a high hat, not to mention Xiao Ming ceded most of his achievements to him.

He said: "King Qi, you don't have to be too modest. Although this battle was decided by me, it was you who fought this battle. In terms of credit, you still get the first credit. Tell me, what reward do you want?"

Before coming back, he and Pang Yukun and others had already discussed this reward.

For officials, such merit must be promoted and rewarded with gold and silver, but for a vassal king, promotion must not be promoted, and the gold and silver will not be too much, and it is meaningless to ask for it.

The most important thing now is to plan ahead for the future strategy, so he said: "Report to the father and the emperor, and the sons and ministers do not want to award rewards. Although the barbarians lost this time, it was only a small defeat, and the damage was only the skin. In the future, Cangzhou City will still be Dangerous, if you want to protect the safety of the fiefs of the sons, the only way is to take back Shanhaiguan, so the sons are planning to drive the barbarians from Youzhou and other places out of Shanhaiguan, thus breaking the road for the barbarians to go south, but at this time, they need the father to agree to the son One thing."

When Xiao Ming said he was going to take back Shanhaiguan, the ministers immediately whispered, and many of them showed ridicule.

It is well known that this barbarian is not good at attacking cities. In addition to occupying the advantages of defending the city, this victory was also due to the artillery factor.

But fighting barbarians on the steppe is two different things.

"Anything, even if you say it, what the father can promise you will definitely do." Xiao Wenxuan said, Xiao Ming's ambition made him very happy.

"My son is going to establish a cavalry called Guanning Iron Cavalry. These cavalry will employ the people of the former Youzhou land. In order to stimulate the morale of these soldiers to regain their homeland, my son promised that if they can retake Shanhaiguan, they will be rewarded. Their land in Youzhou." Xiao Ming said sternly.

Xiao Ming's voice just fell, and suddenly one of the civil servants stood up and said: "Your Majesty, it is absolutely impossible, King Qi's intentions are sinister, and his heart should be punished. If you agree to King Qi, it means that the land of Youzhou has become the bag of King Qi. In this way, the fief of King Qi has become the largest vassal state of the Great Yu Kingdom."

"Hehe, what Dr. Cui said is really a joke. In the hands of the barbarians, Youzhou and other places are like raising the barbarians' soldiers and horses. Even if the king of Qi can drive away the barbarians in the pass, the king of Qi is also a royal clan, which is more important. Can't Doctor Cui tell the difference?"

A civil servant came out, and this person sneered at Cui Hao.

"Fang Shangshu's remarks are justified. Some courtiers have a bad mind. Sometimes they really doubt whether he is an official of our Great Yu Kingdom or a barbarian official." Luo Quan glanced at Cui Hao sarcastically.

Cui Hao suddenly trembled with anger, and he said to Xiao Wenxuan: "Your Majesty, according to the news from the barbarians, King Qi created a weapon called artillery. , If King Qi agrees to this matter, King Qi will be even more powerful when he wins the land of Youzhou, and his tail will not fall off."

As soon as the word "artillery" came out, the civil and military ministers in the entire court all looked at Cui Hao.

Xiao Ming sneered again and again, it turned out that Cui Hao was waiting for him here.