Wang Xuance won a great victory in Xindu, and he won all seventeen battles, breaking seventeen cities in a row and killing 70,000. This contribution also greatly praised the cabinet. His position as Admiral of Xindu and General of the West Sea Fleet was completely firm, and no one would question it anymore.

He added the title of Prince's Young Master, increased his credibility and his fiefdom of a hundred miles, and granted 1,000 slaves.

The rewards from the cabinet are also very generous. You must reward them for your contributions to inspire the soldiers.

"I propose that Cui Yan be the admiral of Funan and Liu Rengui be the admiral of North Korea." Zhang Chao proposed two important appointments at the right time. North Korea and Funan are the battlefields that must be conquered next year. The position of admiral is the chief officer of the eight overseas admirals of the Tang Dynasty. Compared with the past military commanders of the generals of the military, their power has decreased.

There is no right to hold the rituals.

In the past, the commander of the priest directly represented the emperor in exercising local military and political power, and secondly, there were priests and false priests. The governor generally added priests and priests. The person who held the priests was the imperial envoy, and the power was extremely great. The court ordered generals to use priests as trust and command the army.

After the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to local unrest and military prosperity, the emperor wanted to strengthen the central government's control, so he ordered the generals who were in charge of the local army to be given a tribute.

The command of the flags and rituals is to order the generals and envoys to send them to all directions, and then they will invite them to be given a prize. The flags are dedicated to rewards, and the flags are dedicated to killing them.

It is precisely because the power of governors and envoys to hold rituals was too great that the court that advocated decentralization after Zhenguan abolished many traditional official positions in the past, such as governors, general managers, envoys to hold rituals, holding rituals, and false rituals.

During the Zhenguan period, the Jiedu Office was temporarily established and then abolished.

"Appointed Liu Rengui as the governor of North Korea and also as the General of the Zuo Xiaogu, Nanya, and the General of the Military Affairs Officer of the North Korean Army."

The North Korean admiral, similar to the commander of the Korean military region of the Tang Dynasty and the General of the Zuo Xiaogu, was equivalent to serving as the commander of the Zuo Xiaogu Army. Only when two military positions were in power were the real power and commanding all military affairs in North Korea.

"Appointed Cui Yan, the General of the Left Wu Guard of Nanya, and the General of the Military Affairs Office of Funan."

This is considered a temporary dispatch, which is equivalent to the position of general manager of the marching of a certain road appointed during the Tang Dynasty in the past. However, the difference is that this admiral has the power to hold justice in the past and supervise the military of a certain state, and can manage local military affairs, not only marching and conquering. He can also mobilize local militias and reserves according to orders.

Wang Xuance has been appointed Admiral Xindu and general of the Navy's West Sea Fleet, and General Xindu, General Zhang Chao took advantage of the situation to let his two disciples be responsible for the battlefields of North Korea and Funan.

Changsun Wuji did not agree immediately, and he proposed the candidate for the governor of North Korea, Funan and Xindu.

The Governor General led military affairs, but he had no right to interfere in the local administration. Speaking of which, the Governor General was still above the Admiral.

He proposed that Wei Ting be the governor of Xindu, Yang Hongli be the governor of North Korea, and Changsun Shunde be the governor of Funan.

"Can."

Zhang Chao did not object to the list proposed by Changsun Wuji.

Then he smiled and proposed another appointment.

"Appointed as the governor of Monan, the Marshal of the Southern Yai, and appointed Xu Jingzong as the governor of Monan."

Changsun Wuji nodded, "Yes, I recommend Chang Heren Yanbei Admiral and Zuo Yigu General, and Gao Lu is recommended to be the governor of Yanbei."

"Can."

Zhang Chao still agreed.

Gao Luxing is Gao Shilian's eldest son and Changsun Wuji's cousin. He has the ability to marry Li Shimin's daughter.

Everyone was very happy.

Prime Minister Du Yan proposed that the emperor now only had Empress Zhang Concubine Zhang and two talented people in the harem, and the number was small. He proposed to give a speech for the emperor.

Among all nobles and officials above the fifth rank, the women of the age of fourteen to sixteen were selected to enrich their harem.

This is not an ordinary palace maid, but a concubine for Chengqian.

Du Yan proposed to choose 72 at a time.

After all, there were four concubines and nine concubines in the emperor's harem, as well as many other places such as Jiu Auntie.

Zhang Chao did not object to the emperor's draft, but there were too many seventy-two.

"Please choose nine, Fang Xiang, what do you think?" He asked Fang Xuanling, and Fang Xuanling also felt that it would be almost the same to choose nine at a time. In the future, after three or five years, I would just choose a few more for the emperor.

As the prime minister in charge of the Ministry of Rites, Du Yan personally arranged the draft.

The action is very fast, but it is actually easy to choose.

The Tang Dynasty was hereditary, with thousands of lifelong nobles, and there were also many senior officials with fifth rank or above.

But after considering the situation of thousands or tens of thousands of families, there are not many who happen to have daughters aged 14 to 16 in the family.

Report these girls of age with symbols, then go through auditions, and then interview, and get eliminated quickly.

Du Yan quickly took out the final list of nine people.

Almost all of them are descendants of famous families.

The first one is Changsun Wuji's daughter, the second one is Li Ji's daughter, the third one is Wei Ting's daughter, and the fourth one is Ma Zhou's daughter.

There are also daughters of Wang, daughters of Xiao, Jiangnan, and daughters of Yang, Hongnong.

The daughter of Pei in Hedong and Chen in Jiangnan.

There was no Zhang family in Bashang. The daughters of the Zhang family were basically engaged, and the emperor could not destroy others' engagement. Besides, the Zhang family had already produced a queen and a noble concubine, so Du Yan would certainly not choose from the Zhang family again.

The nine selected were all suitable for ages, good looks and talent, and they had never been engaged.

Of course, Zhang Chao believes that there are definitely more suitable ones among the tens of thousands of daughters, but there are still some unspoken rules behind these nine girls to be elected.

For example, there are no people from Zhang Party.

It seems that Du Yan also has the intention of causing trouble, but Zhang Chao doesn't care. The harem is so big, so let him do it.

"Have your Majesty seen it?" Zhang Chao asked.

"Your Majesty is very satisfied."

Zhang Chao said with a smile, "Since His Majesty has selected these nine beauties, then hurry up and handle it."

The harem level of the Tang Dynasty was under the queen, one of the four concubines, Gui, Shu, De and Virtue, and was called the Fourth Lady, and was the first rank of the inner wife.

Below are one of the nine concubines of the second rank, namely Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Zhaoyuan, Xiuyi, Xiurong, Xiuyuan, Chongyi, Chongrong, Chongyuan.

Then there are nine concubines in the third grade, nine beauties in the fourth grade, nine beauties in the fifth grade, nine talent in the sixth grade, twenty-seventh grade, seventh grade imperial daughter, and twenty-seventh grade pick girl.

These are all imperial concubines of grades.

As for ordinary palace maids, they are no longer of grades. They are considered the emperor's maids. If they are lucky, they can be upgraded to a grade.

Originally, Du Yan thought Zhang Chao would object, but he didn't expect it to be so smooth. Company Chief Sun Wuji was stunned for a long time after hearing this.

"Since that's the case, let's do it earlier. There can't be all the daughters of Zhang in the harem."

The nine beauties entered the palace, and Chengqian quickly appointed Xiao's daughter as Shufei. Xiao's family was a prominent family member of the Southern Dynasty, a descendant of the Qi and Liang royal family, and a generation of Xiao Yu's granddaughter.

The daughter of Wang in Taiyuan was named Concubine De. The father of Concubine Wang was also Zhang Chao's relatives. One of Concubine Wang's sisters was engaged to Zhang Chao's son. The daughter of Changsun Wuji was named Concubine Virtue.

The other six were all named concubines.

After the emperor's wedding was completed, the New Year was coming.

The dynasty is still very lively.

This year, Silla, Baekje, Japan, Subi, Khitan and others also sent princes to lead a delegation to worship. Even Xue Yantuo and Zhenla, who are now tense with the Tang Dynasty, sent people to come.

Another special person who came here was the Persian Emperor Yi Siqi of the Third Generation.

His dynasty had been occupied by the Arabs. He had previously fled to Mulu. The Arabs sent assassins to chase him, but fortunately the Shadow saved him.

He came to Hanjing from thousands of miles away, hoping that the Tang Dynasty could help him restore the country.

Chengqian was very polite to this king who lost his country. He gave him a house in Hanjing and continued to respect him as the Persian emperor.

Rome also sent a huge delegation to the group, led by Zhang Chao's old friend, Prince Heraclonus, the second son of Roman Emperor Hiraclo.

After the grand court meeting, the prince came to visit.

"The Persian Sassanid country was destroyed and was captured by the Arabs in a few years. It's really unimaginable."

"It's really amazing. The Arab attack was too fierce. They were like plagues, and they were infected wherever they went." Zhang Chao had no good feelings for the Arab Empire. It was still the period of the four major caliphs. Now it is the second caliph in power and it is also a period of fierce expansion.

Relying on that religious fanaticism, the Arabs were like chicken blood.

Although Persia was indeed corrupt internally, such a huge empire was destroyed in an instant. Even Emperor Heraclius of Eastern Roman, who also established a new dynasty, was full of fear, which shows his fierceness.

"What are your plans now?" Zhang Chao asked with a wineglass in his chair.

The rapid demise of Persia was related to the retreat of the Romans.

Originally, Zhang Chao proposed to join the Three Emperors, and the Persian emperor later signed this covenant. But at that time the situation in Persia had collapsed, and civil strife in the Central Plains.

The Tang army was unable to intervene in Persia.

After several battles with the Arabs, Chiraclio retreated.

They took the Khasa people in the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea as allies, and allowed the Khasa people to enter the Caucasus region to assist in their defense and conquering the Arabs in Persia.

The Romans retreated to defend the Asian Peninsula, guarding against the Arabs attacking the Armenian Plateau.

On the other hand, they also withdrew from the Arab Peninsula and guarded Egypt on the other side. Even the Sinai Peninsula to the north was lost, Syria and Jerusalem were thrown to the Arabs.

The Romans are now in a position to retreat.

The Asia Minor Peninsula cannot be lost. Behind it is Constantinople, the Roman capital of Constantinople is separated by a narrow strait. Asia Minor is both a major transportation route and a strategic hub. It is a place where military strategists must fight for. The Romans cannot retreat. Now they rely on guiding the Khasa people into the Caucasus region and helping them defend from the side.

"What we are most worried about now is the intention of the Arabs to block the Red Sea in the south, especially the Suez Canal. We have spent a lot of money to clear and maintain this river, but now the Sinai Peninsula is occupied by the Arabs, and the north bank of the canal is already in their hands. The canal will be robbed at any time, and this important maritime passage will be cut off!"

The Tang Dynasty has now become the savior of the Romans.
Chapter completed!