When they arrived in Changping, most of the 5,000 cavalry under Gao Pangshi's command had planned to be demobilized, leaving only 1,000 cavalry from the Beijing camp to escort them back to the capital. Unexpectedly, the cabinet suddenly sent a decree, saying that it was based on the emperor's oral order, ordering Gao Pangshi to remain intact. Fudou led five thousand cavalry back to the capital, and the heads obtained in this battle were also returned from the Ministry of War for them to take back to the capital.
Gao Pragmatic understood this order as soon as he heard it. It is estimated that Zhu Yijun will hold another prisoner sacrifice ceremony and then sacrifice it to the Ancestral Temple.
It can only be for this reason. Otherwise, the Gao family's servants themselves are a "gray area" force. Even if the Ming Dynasty has reached the present, the servant system has become quite strange. The armed servants of officials are often directly regarded as regular troops, but After all, Gao Jingshi was a civil servant and an official in the capital. Even if the emperor trusted him again, he probably wouldn't let him return to the capital with four thousand cavalry.
This is not a question of trust, but a question that cannot be explained in terms of the system - of course the servants of the border ministers have to resist foreign enemies, and it is understandable that the court recognizes their role, but you, a capital official, brought so many armed servants to the capital , what do you want to do?
You must know that although the Beijing camp claims that its 400,000-strong army is invincible, even a three-year-old child would not believe it. Four thousand cavalrymen who had just defeated the Mongol Khan came to the capital. This was a major event that could affect the defense of the entire capital.
So the only reason is that Zhu Yijun needs these "five thousand iron cavalry" to come to the capital to show off the Ming Dynasty's might and prowess in battle to the capital and even the world.
As for the heads of the Mongolian soldiers that had been submitted to the Ministry of War for inspection, it must have been returned to them to be used as props for this reason.
These people are really unlucky in life and cannot live in peace even in death.
In fact, many of them did not die at the hands of the Ming army, but because the Mongolian left and right wings had almost completely torn apart their relationship after this battle, Han Naji was not so kind and had to treat these enemies well. It happened that the Ming army judged merit based on the heads, so the new King Shunyi simply made a favor and gave all these heads to Gao Pragmatic for disposal.
Gao pragmatic himself didn't have much interest in these heads, but considering that the Ming army's meritorious service was different from that of his servants, it was difficult to throw away a fortune from the Ming army who followed him, so he followed the trend. The head was handed over to the Ministry of War for statistics.
Speaking of which, when these heads were sent to the Ministry of War, the highly pragmatic senior Sima Wu Dui was really happy and sad. Fortunately, the number of Mongolian heads alone this time was tens of thousands. It was the greatest victory in the past two hundred years. Although he was not the one who fought the battle, it was fought by his junior brother Gao pragmatically, and so was his senior brother. There is light on the face.
What's more, no matter what, he, Wu, is the Minister of the Ministry of War. No matter what battles the country wins, shouldn't he be counted as one of his achievements?
But after the great joy, sorrow begins.
What are you worried about? Worry about money.
After Gao Gong's reform, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry now have a "budget system" style. The previous year will roughly estimate a number and give it to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and then the Ministry of Household Affairs will make a rough estimate of the amount in the coming year. The revenue is used to allocate funds to various ministries and relevant local yamen.
But how could the Ministry of War have imagined that more than 10,000 Mongolian heads would be "accounted for" this year? Normally, if one or two hundred heads can be collected in a battle, then it is a victory worthy of sacrificing to the Ancestral Temple, right? More than ten thousand? Be a good boy...
In the end, it was only after the emperor and the cabinet got involved that they forcibly allocated about 60% to 70% of the "flexible funds" from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Then the emperor himself paid for it out of his own pocket and took money from internal funds to make up the balance. It's like collecting the reward money.
The emperor didn't feel bad about spending the money, but the Ministry of Husbandry almost scolded his mother and even refused to calculate the price at twenty taels per head. Two heads were given, and the remaining reward was made up of cloth, grain and other materials.
In the end, the Ministry of Finance paid out 160,000 taels of this bounty, which was nothing compared to the pragmatic money spent. However, the funds in the Ministry of Finance all had a fixed destination, so suddenly a large sum would be a big headache. Besides, there have been floods in Jiangnan and Liaodong this year, and the emperor has just reduced taxes by more than 300,000 yuan not long ago... The Ministry of Household Affairs feels that if this continues next year, we will have to drink wind and smoke again.
Of course, after this great victory, there are more than just these impacts on the central government. However, there are too many details, and there is no need to state them one by one. In short, after a great victory, the whole country celebrates. Sure, but there were also a lot of "happy worries" within the court.
Fortunately, these troubles have nothing to do with Gao pragmatism for the time being. He only needs to cooperate with the performance in accordance with the instructions of the cabinet.
Five thousand cavalry have been repairing in Changping for two full days in order to better demonstrate their majesty. The Beijing camp attaches great importance to this - after all, the Beijing camp has sent troops this time. Regardless of whether there is a war or not, there will always be Also showed his face.
A group of Jingnan nobles gathered together and sent thousands of sets of military armor and horse equipment to Gao Jingshi. They secretly asked Gao Jingshi to help him put on these outfits, so that Jingying would only show his face once. Show enough.
It is difficult to calculate clearly the debt of gratitude between Gao Jingshi and these nobles. However, this matter is very important to these nobles, but to him it is just a matter of giving an order. Helping him is just a matter of lifting a finger. No excuses.
When they arrived outside the Desheng Gate of Yanjing City, there was indeed another emperor's outskirts reception. This time the scale was larger than when Zhu Yijun celebrated Gao Pragmatic's pacification of Annan last time. This must be because the Ming Dynasty paid much more attention to Mongolia than Annan. reason.
But big in scale, big in scale, the routine is still the same, with the familiar formula and familiar taste, so there is no need to repeat it a second time.
The only difference is probably that after the sacrifice to the Ancestral Temple this time, a Jingguan was built in the south of the city with human heads obtained from left-wing Mongolia to show the majesty of the Ming Dynasty.
Hmm... This seems to demonstrate the prestige of being highly pragmatic.
Anyway, the storytellers and tea doctors in the capital have all been dispatched urgently to find the Jingying camp, Gao family cavalry, etc. who participated in this battle, to find out the news, to dig into the inside story of this battle, and to start writing the latest patriotic war drama starring Gao Longwen. drama.
As for Gao Pragmatic himself, he no longer has the leisure he had ten years ago. It is difficult for him to have the opportunity to go to teahouses and restaurants to listen to his big drama. He can only hand over the imperial envoys in accordance with the imperial system and prepare to return to Hanlin. In the courtyard and Zhan Shifu, I drank tea and read newspapers, dawdling about and finishing my seniority.
As for meritorious service, Gao Pragmatic didn't have too much hope. After all, it had only been less than half a year since his last promotion. Even if the emperor was his old classmate, it would be difficult to create a minister under the age of twenty, right?
After all, this is the Ming Dynasty. According to the original history, it is even the late Ming Dynasty. It is relatively rare to promote people at will according to the emperor's personal wishes. It is almost impossible for Gan Luo to be the twelve prime ministers.
After all, the Hanlin Academy and Zhan Shifu mainly rely on seniority for transfer, unlike the transfer of ministers and generals, which mainly rely on merit.
Gao Jingshi was very calm, even calm enough to start preparing for his birthday party. The Gao family's internal affairs office also began to send out invitations under the auspices of Gao Mo, inviting officials of the Practical School, nobles, Hanlin Academy and Zhan Zhan who were in the capital. Colleagues from the government attended Gao Pragmatic's crowning ceremony on May 26th - the crowning ceremony was only in name, because it was his twentieth birthday. In fact, he was given a title after he was elected. Having a title actually means he has reached adulthood. .
The strange thing is that the reward for him has never been issued. I don't know if there was a dispute in the cabinet or the emperor himself couldn't make up his mind. It was not until Gao Pragmatic's birthday that the reward should have been announced within three days of his return to Beijing. , still no movement.
