The civil servants present felt that even if Wang Yue won, it would be false reports and exaggerations.
But just after listening to the emperor's summary of the second battle report, everyone's face showed a slightly embarrassed look. Those who were originally prepared to come forward to question this so-called victory had to put away their arrogance.
Xie Qian said: "Your Majesty, could it be that the Tatars are fleeing?"
Zhu Youtang nodded and said seriously: "I still have to blame Wang Yue. He bombed the border fortress Guancheng to a great extent and lost a lot of food, grass and baggage. Using Guancheng and baggage as bait, it did damage the Ming Dynasty border at first. The majesty of the army. However, it was precisely because he gave up the partial pass Guancheng, and the Tatars were arrogant and neglected to take precautions that they achieved such a victory. There were gains and losses."
Xie Qian originally wanted to say that if he blew up the whole Piantou Guan, would he still gain or lose?
Love is Xiu Guancheng's money. He, Wang Weining, doesn't have to pay for it, right?
To win a battle, Guancheng must be blown up and rebuilt... This cost is a bit high.
At this time, the ministers also began to circulate the second battle report.
Tu Yu said: "It's not that there are more than a thousand, how come... it's more than two thousand?"
Dai Yi explained: "Not counting the Tatar soldiers who were killed by the mighty gunpowder, more than 1,600 were beheaded and nearly 700 were captured. If we include those who were directly killed before, of…may have exceeded three thousand.”
Now those who want to question it must weigh the risks of questioning it.
It is easy to fail to question and fall into trouble, and the emperor blames someone for framing Zhongliang.
Everyone ignored the presence of the emperor and were all talking in low voices.
Mainly because of this result...
horrible.
This was the greatest result achieved by the Ming Dynasty in the northwest after the Battle of the Capital. More importantly, it was an encounter, rather than a stand-alone battle like the Battle of the Capital. Its strategic significance is equivalent to... The Ming Dynasty has been able to take the initiative to fight with the Tatars. A head-on confrontation and achieved brilliant results...
The Ming Dynasty's border strategy of mainly defending the Tatars may have changed due to this.
It just so happened that the grassland was completing a unification war. If Huoshi was defeated, Dayan Khan would probably take advantage of it without the Ming Dynasty taking action. What kind of grand master? Once the tribes in the grassland were involved in interest disputes, they would not merge at all. Show mercy.
The plate is only that big. If you take it up with the fire sieve, how can other people eat it?
When you are awesome, I will let you go.
When you are down and out, everyone will naturally pounce on you to share the food.
The history of the fire-sifting crime seems to be coming to an end.
Xu Qiong came out and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Wang Weining has achieved such a record, and the soldiers of the three armies should be commended and rewarded."
It was Xu Qiong who took the lead in congratulating him before. This time Xu Qiong naturally came out to express his wish to reward military merit.
Zhu Youtang sighed: "At present, it is only what Wang Yue said. The specific results will depend on the follow-up results. I will also use the results of all parties to prove it. I will not treat those who have made merits ill, and I will not treat those who have made mistakes. I will tolerate it. Dear ladies and gentlemen, you have had a hard day today, so please go away."
The ministers felt bad.
Previously, they were clamoring to investigate Wang Yue, saying that Wang Yue had falsely reported his military exploits.
Now Wang Yue has more than doubled his achievements, from killing and capturing 1,000 Tatar soldiers to nearly 3,000, or even more than 3,000... But now, they have no temper, but the emperor has become more rational.
Because there are some things...Wang Yue didn't dare to make it up like this.
That moment and this moment!
Who can I talk to to reason with you?
As the ministers were about to leave the palace, Tu Jian couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, what is the mighty gunpowder?"
Zhu Youtang was about to leave the Wenhua Hall. When he heard this, he couldn't help but want to say a few more words, because this was something he was proud of. He pointed at Dai Yi and asked Dai Yi to speak.
Dai Yi smiled and said: "Tu Shangshu, that's it. The power of this gunpowder is amazing. It can break mountains and rocks. It was prepared by Zhang Gongsheng, Zhang Zhou, the Imperial Academy. After the Dongchang sent people to study the formula, it has been manufactured in large quantities and used in the northwest." In actual combat... His Majesty gave it the name Mighty Heavenly Gunpowder."
"ah!?"
There was an uproar.
Regarding "Zhang Gongsheng", almost no one has ever seen it, and it is mysterious. However, rumors about this person have been endless recently, especially after the fire in Qingning Palace and the earthquake in Xinye, Henan Province. Ministers also felt that he had the ability to predict the secrets of heaven. , he probably wanted to regard Zhang Zhou as the future imperial eunuch.
The current Qin Tian Supervisor, Wu Hao, can give way to Xian.
Now……
Not only can he detect heavenly secrets, but he can also study gunpowder and help Wang Weining win the great victory in the Northwest! ?
Zhu Youtang added: "The military strategy of the Northwest Tatars this time was all calculated by Zhang Zhou and Zhang Qing's family years ago, and they made suggestions. With the military achievements of the mighty gunpowder, I naturally cannot treat him badly."
Liu Jian heard some signs.
Maybe the emperor wanted to take advantage of Wang Yue's victory to give Zhang Zhou military honors or even a title?
This is a dangerous sign.
He hurriedly walked out and said: "Your Majesty, there are still many uncertainties in the war situation in the northwest. All parties should deploy troops and horses to prevent the Tatars from taking advantage of our lax defense at the remote pass and waiting for an opportunity to invade. As for the matter of asking for rewards based on merit, we should wait for the northwest. After the war subsides... it will be decided as appropriate."
Zhu Youtang was not in a hurry to criticize Zhang Zhou's merits. He also knew that this matter would definitely encounter resistance from civil servants, so he nodded without forcing it.
"Let's discuss it later, but I guess with Wang Weining in charge of Pianguan, the Tatars won't dare to attack again..."
When the ministers called Wang Weining, it was mostly just a familiar title, because this title was louder than Wang Yue's own name. The emperor suddenly called Wang Yue "Wang Weining", which had a hint to tell the ministers present that I am actually I want to return his title.
Naturally, there were many people present who had serious opinions about this.
When a civil official gets a title... it is always something that others have and they don't have, and the civil official will defend it by citing things like destroying the ancestral system.
It will not be uncommon for Wang Yue to use excuses such as flattering a middle-ranking official, being dismissed for a crime, or even "contrary to the late emperor's employment" in the future.
It's just that at this special moment, no matter how important the minister's opinion is, he can only reserve it for now.
…
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The ministers left the palace in small groups and noisy discussions.
Ma Wensheng and Liu Jian were left behind. They would go to the Qianqing Palace. At the same time, they were also summoned by the emperor to see the British Duke Zhang Mao, the Baoguo Duke Zhu Hui, and the Chengguo Duke Zhu Fu.
The Baoguogong lineage can be regarded as a typical example of military honors obtained after the Jingnan. Zhu Hui's grandfather Zhu Qian relied on the defense of the capital to guard the pass after the war, and was awarded the title of Fu Ningbo, while his father Zhu Yong relied on Chenghua's 15th year to send troops. The Jurchens of Jianzhou were awarded the title of Hereditary Protector of the Country for their merits of "capturing and beheading 695 levels, capturing 486 people, breaking more than 450 villages, capturing more than a thousand cattle and horses, and possessing countless armors and weapons". of title.
Zhu Yong did not pass away until the ninth year of Hongzhi. He was the last to receive a title among the first-generation princes of each family, and was also the last to die.
Duke Bao Zhu Hui is now in his fifties, because he and his father had followed Wang Yue to fight the Tatars in the northwest. Zhu Youtang summoned him this time to send him to the northwest. Assist Wang Yue.
In the Qianqing Palace.
Wen Chen and Wu Xun were listed on both sides.
Zhu Youtang first asked General Dai Yi to tell the three princes present what he had said before in the Wenhua Hall.
The reaction of the three people was much more direct than that of the civil servants. Zhang Mao was even more delighted and said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty. It seems that we can defeat the wolves in the grassland on the border of Ming Dynasty and revive the great cause of sealing wolves and living in Xu... "
"Okay, okay." Zhu Youtang couldn't listen anymore.
Let me tell you something serious, what kind of flattery is your old man Zhang doing? Can we do something practical?
Zhu Youtang then looked at Zhu Fu, the Duke of Cheng, who was standing aside, and said: "Gong Cheng, your son is in the northwest, leading the right army troops and horses, storming into the city, beheading one Di Yi with his own hands, and capturing more than a hundred prisoners. His army killed hundreds of Di Yi's heads in the formation... He is so brave when he is just a fledgling, I am really pleased that he is indeed a general."
"Well?"
Zhu Fu heard this.
What's happening here?
Are you talking about my son? Or is it that besides my second son Zhu Feng, I have other sons with the army?
Killed one Di Yi with his own hands, captured over a hundred enemy troops, led his troops to kill hundreds of Tatars...
"Quanzi is just joining the army for the first time, so he should have no experience." Zhu Fu felt outrageous when he heard this. To be cautious, he would not admit that this was his son.
He encouraged Zhu Feng to go to the northwest with the army. Of course he felt good about being able to practice with Wang Yue.
But if Wang Yue gives Zhu Feng a group of troops and Zhu Feng assists in leading the troops...
Zhu Fu would never believe it.
Comparing my feelings, even I, the father-in-law, would not be able to give military power to that bastard. He is just a second-generation noble who is waiting to die and does not even have the right to inherit the title...
How can you be so virtuous?
Doesn’t Wang Yue have eyesight?
Zhu Youtang took out a battle report: "Zhijie is brave and fearless. Even I didn't expect that he would travel thousands of miles to the capital to offer medicine to the princess. I felt at that time that he was loyal and loyal, so I fought in Pianguan." , he has lived up to the trust that I and Wang Yue have placed in him, oh, and Zhang Zhou’s appreciation for him, Bingkuan has always had a good vision.”
When Zhu Feng heard this, his heart was surging.
That is really my son!
This kid...
It's enough to step on shit once, but why is it not over after you step on it? Getting luckier every time! ? Is there smoke coming out of the ancestral graves?
He understood one thing.
Zhang Zhou played an irreplaceable role in his son's meritorious service.
Or maybe Wang Weining just wanted to give Zhang Zhou face, so he deliberately left out a great contribution to his son and let his son get a big advantage.
"The battle at Pianguan has just ended, and the situation has not subsided. After everything is settled, I will reward him as appropriate and give him a title!" Zhu Youtang was very generous.
Judging from the military exploits that Zhu Feng achieved by leading his troops into Pianguan, it was indeed enough to earn him a title.
After all, Zhu Feng was not a civil official. He was the son of a military commander. The conditions for military commanders to obtain titles were not as stringent as those for civilian officials.
It is also a question of whether to give or not.
But who told Zhu Feng to hang out with Zhang Zhou?
From Zhu Youtang's point of view, Zhu Feng's greatest contribution was to recommend Zhang Zhou. For this alone, the emperor wanted to find a way to reward him, and Wang Yue happened to give Zhu Feng another opportunity to perform meritorious service. Zhu Feng No matter how he performs on the battlefield, at least he has a famous general to lead him, and the famous general is willing to give him the credit, and then...
Even if the emperor wanted to do a favor, it would be logical for him to give Zhu Feng a title.
"I am ashamed of myself." Zhu Fu quickly knelt down and declined politely.
"Your Majesty..." Even Liu Jian couldn't bear to listen and wanted to object.
It's not that Liu Jian thinks Zhu Feng is not suitable for the title, he doesn't even bother to consider this issue.
He objected because he felt that the situation of the war was still unclear, the battlefield was changing rapidly, and the current situation at the frontier was not yet known, so the rear started to reward based on merit?
Zhu Youtang interrupted Liu Jian and said, "I just have this idea and it's not decided yet. Mr. Liu Ge doesn't need to object first. The court will discuss it later."
Liu Jian could only retreat.
He knew that once the emperor had this idea, it would be almost certain that Zhu Feng would win the title.
Once the emperor opens his mouth, it will be impossible to take it back unless there are some major changes.
"Mr. Bao Guo." Zhu Youtang said.
"I'm here." Zhu Hui quickly knelt down.
These generals have nothing but to show their loyalty to the emperor at all times, and their kneeling postures are very smooth.
Zhu Youtang said: "That's not necessary. I want you to go to the northwest and serve as the chief military officer to assist Wang Yue in finishing the battle at Pianguan."
Ma Wensheng raised the wat board and said, "Your Majesty, Uncle Ping Jiang..."
At present, the chief military officer under Wang Yue is actually Pingjiang Bo Chen Rui. Since the emperor wants to transfer Zhu Hui to Pianguan as the chief military officer, he will naturally give Chen Rui his official position. However, this is a good news. The commander-in-chief was changed before, but it can't be justified.
Zhu Youtang also looked a little unkind. Although Wang Yue did not say anything bad about Chen Rui in his memorial, Lao Wang still knew the importance of military unity at the critical moment and would not slander his colleagues while taking credit. That would appear that he was too No product.
But Chen Rui's past style was as if the emperor didn't know.
Why does the emperor keep Dongchang and Jinyiwei? Don't you even know that you, Chen Rui, are afraid of fire? If it weren't for your experience in fighting in the northwest for many years, I wouldn't have allowed you to cooperate with Wang Yue.
I thought that by following Wang Yue, you could perform well and reverse the bad reputation that was brought against you.
The result is good for you...
When you evacuated from Pianguan, you just led the troops and ran away?
Just like this, can I still keep you in Pianguan?
It's easy for your mouse excrement to spoil the entire Northwest Great Victory.
"As for Uncle Ping Jiang, I plan to transfer him to the Xuan Mansion and serve as the chief military officer first. After the matter calms down, I will make further arrangements."
Chen Rui could have been transferred to Ningxia to fight Dayan Khan.
Because Chen Rui and Dayan Khan did not fall behind in the battle, Chen Rui can be regarded as the one with higher qualifications and prestige among the martial arts in the northwest.
But now that we have won the battle at Piantou Pass, the emperor feels that this is no longer necessary. You, Chen Rui, should go to Xuanfu for a few days first. After the war is over, you will be transferred back to the capital to rest, or you will be arranged to go to the southwest. Go to Shou Shanzhai, or go to Southeast Jinghai...
The world is so big, there is always a place that can be arranged for you to go.
It's just that the Northwest is not a place suitable for you.
It is enough for me to have Wang Weining in charge in the northwest.
Zhu Hui said: "I accept the order."
Although the situation in the northwest is basically settled now, Zhu Hui knows that he may not have a good chance to make meritorious deeds in the northwest, but now Wang Yue is in the limelight. Who among the soldiers doesn't want to follow a famous general?
Even if you pick up the leftovers from Wang Yue and come back with some qualifications, you can still benefit a lot.
Zhu Hui had just inherited his father's title for less than three years and had not made any achievements. This naturally became his best opportunity, otherwise he would have to be the admiral of one battalion of the 12th Regiment.
There is still a big gap between the princes of other families, who are often the governor of the Dudu Mansion, the admiral of the capital camp, and the honorary minister of the Nanjing garrison.
(End of chapter)
