Wang Xiao firmly refused to be appointed as the king, saying that this was all the contributions of the officials and the court, and that he was just a little bit of merit.

Zhao Xu firmly wanted to be the king, saying that Wang Xiao had pacified the Western thief who had suffered for decades and had made outstanding achievements. Not being able to be named a king is not enough to show his merits.

The ministers just looked at Wang Xiao and Zhao Xu, and they were having a lot of fun watching them act back and forth.

Finally, when all the scenes were enough, Cai Bian, as the prime minister, stepped forward to give everyone a step.

Zhao Xu was dissuaded to confer the title of Wang Xiao with regret.

Not only did he not have a title of king, but he did not even have a title of Duke. In the end, he was a founding marquis who was neither up nor down.

Although the title system of the Song Dynasty inherited from the Tang Dynasty, it was very different in actual operation.

First of all, if there is no king in a different surname, only those who are given a title after death are given a title.

For example, Yue Fei was granted the title of founding prince of Wuchang County and founding duke of Wuchang County. He was posthumously named King E after his death.

Secondly, there are no hereditary ones, and the royal family inherited the titles first-class inheritance.

The titles not of the royal family are just life-long titles and death-dead titles.

Although the fief of the king is retained, it cannot really take over the income of the fief, and it is just converted into money based on the actual number of sealed households.

As for how much it is converted, it is actually a household that is converted to 25 cents per month.

Yes, not two hundred and five, just twenty-five.

For example, the founding marquis of Yanzhou that Wang Xiao received this time. The fief given by Wang Xiao was 1,500 households in name, but the actual fief was only 800. In other words, he could receive an additional salary of twenty cents a month.

This is what Zhao Xu thought Wang Xiao had made great contributions and specially gave him more.

Therefore, a title has no practical significance except that it sounds good and has status.

Even the prince is under the throne of the prime minister.

With such great merits as Xixia, of course it is impossible to get a title of twenty cents a month.

Zhao Xu knew that Wang Xiao was still living in his small ancestral home, so he gave him a large mansion with garden pond outside the beautiful gate, East Street and Bian River.

This was originally a big boss of an old party, but now the new party is in power, and the old party has almost no place to stand in this Bianliang City. It has become the norm to be demoted to other places and sell assets at a low price.

The house doesn’t have money, so it’s free to give Wang Xiao.

It is equivalent to giving away a high-end villa area outside the Second Ring Road and within the Third Ring Road.

Wang Xiao smiled with satisfaction, and this was a real gain.

After that, there were tens of thousands of coins of copper coins, hundreds of pieces of silk and satin, dozens of glass cups, more than a hundred jars of wine, and many rewards and tools, etc.

After giving these rewards, today's highlight is coming, and you'll be promoted.

Anyone with eyes can see how Wang Xiao’s ability was before.

People who are so capable should be valued, but Cai Jing and others suppress the opportunity to be promoted based on their age and qualifications.

Under normal circumstances, even with Zhao Xu's support, Wang Xiao could only endure slowly, at least until after he was thirty years old.

But Wang Xiao did not play according to common sense and suddenly made a contribution to destroying the country, so this matter could not be suppressed.

Cai Jing and his younger brother looked at each other, came out to salute Zhao Xu and said.

"The official family, Yan Hou's martial arts are outstanding and famous in the northern border. He can be the chief minister of the Tongzhi Privy Council."

Cai Jing and the others knew that this promotion could not be stopped.

Since I can't stop it, I won't stop it. I'd just lift it up and send it to the direction of the Privy Council.

After leaving this line, if you die, you will be a Privy Councilor.

There was a difference between civil and military officials in the Song Dynasty, even the Privy Council was the head of civil servants. However, there was never only the prime minister who served as the Privy Councilor, and there was absolutely no Privy Councilor who served as the Prime Minister.

Originally, what Cai Jing and the others wanted the most was to send Wang Xiao to the imperial guards, and it didn't matter even if they were to be the Grand Marshal.

Unfortunately, it was a derogatory to transform from literary to military in the Song Dynasty, and this proposal was simply impossible to pass.

Wang Xiao glanced at Cai Jing, smiled and picked up the wine pot to pour wine for himself.

Zhao Xu on the other side also knew what the new party meant, and he was happy to see it.

With Wang Xiao confronting the new party, Zhao Xu, as the referee, can control everything more easily.

"Wang Qing. What do you think?"

"Official family." Wang Xiao responded, "Weichen thinks that Lord Cai is very suitable for the affairs of the Privy Council. If he is willing to go, then I can go too."

The leader of the Privy Council was the Privy Council, but after Yuanfeng was reorganized, he became the Chief of the Privy Council.

As for the Tongzhi Privy Council, he was the deputy second-in-command.

Wang Xiao means that if Cai Jing is willing to be the Privy Councilor, he is also willing to be the deputy of the Privy Councilor.

Moreover, the current prime minister is Cai Jing's younger brother, and it is impossible for the two brothers to serve as the leader of civil and military affairs at the same time. In that case, they will either destroy the clan or the country.

If Cai Jing really became the Privy Councilor, his younger brother must resign.

In this way, if Wang Xiao was really sent to the Privy Council, he would have to be buried with the Cai brothers.

The rest of the new party must be willing.

But the Cai brothers are not the kind of selfless and self-sacrificing character. In the end, they can only be left alone.

Zhao Xu, who was very satisfied with this, made his own arrangements after fully inquiring about the opinions of the parties involved, the prime minister, the government affairs hall, and the officials in the court.

Quan was a magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, a direct scholar from Longtu Pavilion, and a left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

These three positions are the positions assigned by Zhao Xu to Wang Xiao.

Quan Zhikai's affairs in Kaifeng Prefecture was the ultimate upgraded version of Wang Xiao as the judge of Kaifeng Prefecture before.

When there was no Kaifeng Prefecture Prefecture, this was the boss of Kaifeng Prefecture.

His main job is to persuade the people, listen to the verdicts and lawsuits, eliminate enemies and stealing household registration, taxes and service. He is in charge of the entire Bianliang City.

The direct bachelor of Longtu Pavilion is an upgraded version of the previous edited by the Right Wen Hall.

The attendants were appointed as consultants, and they were promoted from the emperor's secretary to the emperor's consultant.

The Left Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is an upgraded version of the previous Shangshu Zuo Si Langzhong.

Responsible for land, household registration, currency, various taxes, fiscal revenue and expenditure, official salaries and other matters.

Simply put, it is the deputy of the Minister of Finance, or the deputy envoy of the Three Divisions before the Yuanfeng Reform.

The current Minister of Revenue is vacant, and China regards the left as the emperor. Therefore, the Left Minister is the largest in the Ministry of Revenue at this time.

As for Si Tianjiancheng's job, it was gone. Wang Xiao also lost his salary, money and grain income.

Judging from Wang Xiao's age and qualifications at this time, this is definitely an excellent promotion.

But one thing is obvious, that is, there is no position related to military power.

The Song Dynasty's defense and importance to military power was definitely the most important in all dynasties.

Those who have just returned from leading troops will usually be immediately removed from military power.

The battle of wits and courage in the court ended, and Wang Xiao had a banquet to attend after he returned home.

Li Gefei held a banquet at home to welcome Wang Xiao.

Around the next year, when I saw Li Qingzhao again, she could clearly see her changes.

The fluffy air bangs on the forehead and the big eyes are very bright.

She was wearing a lake blue Song Shi long dress, very beautiful.

The bun face gradually formed and it really grew up.

"Zihou, what do you think of what you said last time?"

Wang Xiao's hand shook when Li Gefei asked this question, and almost threw away the wine glass.

"Wait a few more years, it's not right now."

There is no way, he is really scared.

Li Qingzhao didn't understand anything on the surface, but under the table, he clamped his hands and clenched his fists.

After the family dinner, Wang Xiao took Mingyue back to the old house.

I haven't seen each other for more than a year. Although I often send letters from home, the longing for me is still getting stronger and stronger.

Before they even had time to move the new home, the two of them expressed their feelings for each other for several days, and then they slightly relieved their lovesickness.

The refreshed Mingyue was in charge of moving matters and specially invited Mrs. Li and Li Qingzhao to discuss the layout and various decorations of the new home.

Mingyue is very good at being a human being, and she knows that things are basically gone. So she must let Mrs. Li and the others decide to settle the new home.

Wang Xiao got a long vacation.

He is not a person who likes to do nothing. With enough time, he also wants to enrich himself in addition to congshi Mingyue.

Zhang Zeduan, Wen Yuke is still a child.

Wang Ximeng, Li Cheng, Guo Xi and others have long passed away.
To be continued...