County Duke
After a full month and a half, Lin Fei and the others finally returned to Chang 'an City.
As soon as he returned to the military camp, he saw a eunuch rushing in on a horse.
"The imperial edict has arrived!"
The eunuch's sharp voice made everyone's eardrums hurt. Lin Fei stood up and led everyone to welcome the imperial edict.
The eunuch jumped down from his horse and slowly opened the imperial edict in front of Lin Fei.
"In accordance with the heavens, the emperor summons..."
After the eunuch finished reading the imperial edict in a sharp voice, he put it away and handed it to Lin Fei.
The imperial edict probably said that Cheng Chumo and Qin Yuhuai had made great contributions in suppressing the bandits in Shandong, so they were promoted three levels and rewarded with a thousand taels of silver. As for Lin Fei, the imperial edict did not mention anything.
Just as everyone was wondering why only Cheng Chumo and Qin Yuhuai were rewarded, the eunuch politely said to Lin Fei,"Fuma, the emperor said that you have made great contributions and need to be rewarded in the throne room.”
"Oh, there's such a thing. Alright, let's go now?”Lin Fei agreed, but he felt that this matter was not as simple as the eunuch said. Otherwise, Cheng Chumo and the others could have sent him away with an imperial edict. Why didn't he? He didn't think that this was Li Shimin's love for him.
"Fuma, this way please." The eunuch led the horse as he led the way for Lin Fei.
Lin Fei galloped all the way from the military camp in the suburbs to the Imperial Palace in less than an hour. When he entered the throne room, he realized that the morning court session had not ended.
"Lin Fei greets the emperor!" He bowed to Li Shi Min.
"Rise!" This time, Li Shiming found Lin Fei much more pleasing to the eye, and his tone of speech was much gentler." I know about what you did in Shandong. You did a good job, especially on the day when the army returned to the court. You were able to say those words to that old man. It shows that you have already understood the essence of my saying,'water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it'. It's very impressive."”
At this moment, the officials in the throne room looked at Lin Fei with envy. Li Shiming's current evaluation of Lin Fei could be said to be the highest evaluation Li Shiming had of a person.
"Thank you, Emperor. We soldiers are born from the common people. If we do small things for the common people and ask for repayment, then we will forget our roots.”Lin Fei said to Li Shiming.
"Good, well said!" Li Shiming was overjoyed. He slammed his right hand on the throne and stood up. He said excitedly,"Well said. A person can't forget their roots. If you forget your roots, you're not a person. Soldiers came from the common people, so of course, they had to return to help the common people.”
The officials did not expect Li Shiming to be so happy because of Lin Fei's words. They began to think about what Lin Fei had just said. Suddenly, Wei Zheng's eyes lit up. He came out of work and cupped his hands to Li Shiming,"Congratulations, Emperor, for obtaining a genius of the ages!”
"We congratulate the emperor for obtaining a genius of the ages!”
At this moment, all the officials, whether they understood or not, stood up and congratulated Li Shiming.
"Haha!" Today, Li Shimin was really happy. Not only did he solve the problem in Shandong, but he also won the hearts of the people in Shandong. Although this was won by Lin Fei, Lin Fei won it through his leadership, so he had the greatest credit.
Also, when all the officials were sucking up to him, it felt really good.
After laughing, Li Shimin suddenly became serious and said,"Fuma Lin Fei, come forward to hear the conferment!"
"Your subject is here!" Lin Fei walked to the front of the officials and stood still. He bowed and cupped his hands, waiting for Li Shimin's reward.
"Fuma Lin Fei, you have made countless contributions in Shandong and saved the people from fire and water. I hereby confer you the title of Duke of Ning 'an County. You have 1,000 households, and you are a close relative of the Imperial Guard, General Lin Lang, with 3,000 troops.”
"Thank you, Emperor!" Lin Fei didn't expect Li Shimin to be so generous today. He actually gave him the title of county duke with a thousand households. Cheng Yaojin and the other founding heroes, although they were conferred the title of state duke, the number of households was not much more than him. Cheng Yaojin, for example, only had 1,500 households.
However, Lin Fei did not know that Li Shiming's reward today had exceeded the limits of the etiquette law. Generally speaking, the county duke could only have 500 households at most, but Li Shiming gave Lin Fei 1,000 households. Perhaps Li Shiming loved him, but there were still people who were jealous.
"Emperor, County Duke Lin has just received a generous reward and is a genius of the ages. Why don't we let him help us solve our current problem?”A fifth grade speech officer cupped his hands and said to Li Shimin.
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