But how to reward Yan Yuanmo has become a problem.
Yan Yuanmo himself was already a very popular minister.
Chen Guogong, the next step is to become a king, and he is now also the Left Governor of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, a first-rank official, and even his mother and wife have long been a first-rank official.
His starting point was already very high, and he was very ambitious. He had achieved great success in many attacks on Mongolia, and now he has made great achievements in the southeast.
"Huang Banban, what do you think?" Jiajing kicked the old eunuch next to him. Huang Jin was his old man. He had been with Emperor Jiajing when he established the palace. During the Jiajing period, he treated other eunuchs without pretense, but he was very kind to Huang Jin. Now he is also asking about him. Opinion:
"Add a Grand Master, reward him with gold and silver, and increase his salary. Just like this, I always feel that it does not deserve his merit."
"You can add some other rewards to show your Majesty's favor for him, just like how he never dismounted from the Forbidden City before."
Huang Jin said carefully, and his meaning was relatively clear. He mainly used this kind of symbolic reward to replace the substantive reward. However, this was not a complete verbal check. After all, there were many rewards such as going to the temple with swords and shoes. It is a great honor. I don’t know how many people would rather not have gold and silver official titles, but also want such rewards. However, for these, the emperor does not need to pay too much in substance.
Jiajing smiled, nodded and said:
"It's Huang Banban who wins my heart!"
"Then, give Chen Guogong a python robe, swords and shoes to go to the palace, and the edict will not be named!"
Swords and shoes go to the palace, and edicts remain anonymous. This is the greatest honor that a minister can achieve! The matching ones also include those of entering the court but not trending, praising and worshiping without being famous, and going to the police but not returning. Considering Emperor Jiajing's love for Yan Yuanmo, he was actually willing to receive a few more rewards.
However, Jiajing was still a political veteran after all, and he knew firstly that he should not grant such excessive rewards. Secondly, if he really rewarded him like this, people would probably think that he was hinting at something, and Yan Yuanmo might not be able to sleep.
After all, except for a few loyal ministers who have made great contributions to the country, the only ones who can gather these are Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Sima Yi, Yang Jian, and Li Yuan...
Basically, the next step is to "add Jiuxi, crown Jiuqi, false festival yue, and drive the emperor's chariot", and then "make three concessions and three speeches, tell the world, build a platform and abdicate".
It is almost becoming a fixed process.
It's better not to be misunderstood.
However, even though there are only two, this is already a great honor. From now on, he is distinguished from other ministers and has privileges that others do not have. Especially in the Ming Dynasty, when the centralization of monarchy was greatly strengthened, even if you only owned one, it was already extremely scarce, and only a few people could.
Yan Yuanmo had both at once, which showed how much the emperor loved him. Even Huang Jin sighed secretly in his heart.
Even though he and Lu Bing, who both grew up with the emperor, were extremely favored, they were still far more favored than Chen Guogong!
"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty." With this thought in his heart, Huang Jin congratulated with great discernment:
"With such a reward from Your Majesty, Chen Guogong will definitely feel the magnanimity of God's grace and devote himself to the Ming Dynasty. When the ministers see it, they will also fight bravely to win this honor. Jiajing Zhongxing is well-deserved!"
"It's just that, Your Majesty, it's better not to send Chen Guogong on expeditions in the future. You have to give others a chance to make meritorious deeds."
He said with a smile, but there was a different meaning in his words.
Jiajing was stunned for a moment, then nodded clearly, already tasting the taste.
There is no seal left. Although Yan Yuanmo lacks the kind of achievements that can shine through future generations and will not shock the master with great achievements, it will eventually have a bad impact if it continues like this.
"In addition, the reward for surrendering to Xu Hai..." Jiajing mentioned another thing.
Xu Hai made great contributions in this battle. If it were not for his betrayal, the Ming army would not have been able to find the location of the Japanese pirates. All his efforts were accomplished in one battle. He also personally killed and captured many Japanese pirate leaders. He even captured Wang Zhi and offered him as a prisoner. This was a real achievement and the court would certainly reward him.
Huang Jin then seemed to think of something and said:
"Hu Zongxian, the governor of Xuanda, immediately went to Shu after learning of the great victory in the southeast and requested that Xu Hai be killed immediately to comfort the people in the southeast."
So cruel! Jiajing curled his lips visibly, obviously disapproving of this.
Killing Xu Hai would relieve his anger, but the credibility of the Ming Dynasty would be lost. On this point, Emperor Jiajing was still very clear.
"Give me a command!" He thought for a while and made a decision.
…
Japan, the outer waters of Hirado Island.
A naval battle is going on here.
No, it's more of a massacre than a naval battle.
"boom!"
"boom!"
The sound of shelling was endless, and the warships that Wang Zhi stayed here sank one after another. They were no match for the Luzon Navy.
What's more, the news that "Wang Zhi is dead" spread wildly on the island in the past two days made their resistance not very firm.
Since Wang Zhi is dead, why continue to work for him?
Although his ambitious subordinates quickly took over the command of his troops and tried to become Wang Zhi's second, it was obvious that he did not have Wang Zhi's ability, and the pirates were not convinced by him.
In this case, those ships that faced the battle were either sunk or quickly raised their flags.
Luzon's army was overwhelming and landed on Hirado Island. They never encountered organized resistance again.
The savings that Wang Zhi had left here for several years were easily taken over by the Luzon army, including a full four million taels of silver and thousands of new muskets and artillery.
He didn't know how long he had saved up to have such a rich family fortune, and now it was all taken over by the Luzon Governor's Mansion.
Winner takes all.
Over Wang Zhi's base camp, Songpujin, the flag of the Luzon Governor's Palace was soon raised, standing in the wind, announcing the arrival of the new conqueror here.
The Japanese people raised their heads and glanced at this unfamiliar flag, but there was no strange reaction.
Over the years, the city has been changing with the King's Banner, and they have become accustomed to the city constantly changing hands.
Are they from Luzon or Japanese...is there any difference? Even the people under Luzon's rule are living a better life, at least they will not collect their own taxes in advance for next year.
Seeing this scene, the navy commander was relieved, which meant that the rule was basically stable.
As for the princes of Japan?
A sneer appeared on the corner of the navy commander's mouth.
They didn't even dare to attack Wang Zhi, let alone them who were countless times more powerful than Wang Zhi?
Now, this ocean completely belongs to the Luzon Governor's Palace!
(End of chapter)
