The great victories in the south and north held extraordinary significance, and rewards for those who had rendered meritorious service were naturally indispensable.
The imperial edicts granting rewards to the officers and soldiers had already been delivered to the southern and northern border passes.
What was being announced in the great hall now were rewards for the border generals and those who had performed exceptional deeds.
Among them were the rewards for the Sea-Calming King, Li Sheng, and the General Who Guards the North, Gu Lingxiao.
The Sea-Calming King was already a prince, the highest noble rank, and a top-ranking military officer. There was no higher honor left to bestow.
He could only be rewarded with Heavenly Treasures and certain special titles.
Gu Lingxiao's reward was promotion to first-class marquis, with the additional title of "General of Agile Cavalry," making him a supreme-ranking military officer on par with the Sea-Calming King.
As for "Grand Marshal of the Armed Forces," that was a military office above the regular ranks in the Great Li Dynasty's hierarchy.
Only Gu Beiwu had ever held it.
Aside from the rewards for those two, what everyone cared about most was none other than Gu Chenfeng's reward.
After all, the Gu Lineage was currently at a delicate juncture.
As the only male of the Gu Lineage's third generation, Gu Chenfeng had now formally stepped onto the political stage.
To some extent, His Majesty's reward for him represented the Imperial Household's attitude toward the Gu Lineage.
Both the Huangfu Faction and the Gu Lineage's faction paid extremely close attention to it.
Inside the great hall, Hongxi read out the rewards in the imperial edict.
"Gu Chenfeng, Deputy Commander of the Northern Territory's Border Pass, has fought bravely and skillfully, repeatedly performing extraordinary feats.
"In the war against the