After being embarrassed for a while, Zhou Xian shouted a little annoyed: "This Zhao Shujiao and that Yang Counselor are too disagreeable, since they were ordered to rush to my Dalinghe Fort, why did they leave in a hurry, this is obviously not taking the safety of my Dalinghe Fort to heart." ”

Yuan Chonghuan glanced at Zhou Xian with some disdain, this guy was afraid of the enemy like a tiger when the Houjin Tartar came, and now that the Tartar is gone, he has begun to come to life, I really don't understand how Inspector Sun would let such a timid guy serve as the guard of Dalinghe Fort.

Perhaps it was Yuan Chonghuan's disdainful eyes that stung Zhou Xian's heart, he picked up the teacup and rubbed the tea leaves with the lid, and asked casually: "You said that Mr. Zhao and that Yang Shen General hit Jiannu hard, so how many gains have you made on this trip?" ”

The messenger replied quietly: "Back to Lord Zhou, our army has won 2,006 Jiannu heads, 2,0025 Mongolian Tatar heads, and 2,685 heads of the rest of the auxiliaries and coats, making a total of more than 6,000 heads. ”

"When the ......"

A crisp sound sounded, the teacup in Zhou Xian's hand fell to the ground, the whole person's mouth opened into an O-shape, and his face also showed an incredible expression, Yuan Chonghuan, who was sitting on the side, stiffened his face for a while, and the whole material showed a strange silence.

"Goo-toot!"

After a long time, the sound of swallowing saliva sounded, and Zhou Xian's hoarse voice rang out, "Ha...... Ha ha...... This...... How is this possible. ”

"Appeal ......"

Yuan Chonghuan also took a long breath, his face became extremely grim, he looked at the messenger and took a deep breath and said word by word: "Do you know what you're talking about?" ”

"Of course." The messenger Zhengse said: "If the two adults don't believe it, you can send someone to the dry grass ridge to investigate, our army has dug several large pits outside the dry grass ridge to bury the corpse of Jiannu, and the two adults can send someone to count the number." The villain only came to deliver the letter by the order of Lord Yang and Lord Zhao, and now that the letter has been delivered to the villain, he will leave. ”

After speaking, he ignored Yuan Chonghuan and Zhou Xian, who were stunned on the spot, and turned around and left the lobby.

After a long time, Zhou Xiancai muttered, "How is this possible...... How is this possible? How could Jiannu be killed so easily? ”

Looking at Zhou Xian, who was a little downcast, Yuan Chonghuan didn't have the slightest disdain, because his mood at the moment was the same as Zhou Xian. After dealing with Houjin for so many years, Yuan Chonghuan knows the combat effectiveness of the Jurchen army, over the years, the Ming Dynasty has fought dozens of battles with the Jurchens, and in general, they have lost more than they won, in the past, it was enough to make people elated, and one or two hundred heads were enough to report to the imperial court to report their merits, and now a commander of the guard who came from nowhere dared to say that he had won more than 6,000 heads, are you kidding me?

Of course, Yuan Chonghuan didn't think about the reason for Zhao Shujiao, but Yuan Chonghuan has been working in Liaodong for so many years, and he doesn't know what level Zhao Shujiao is, if Zhao Shujiao has this level and can win the head of 6,000 Jiannu in a battle, Nurhachi would have been driven back to Laozhai (Hetuala) to continue his old job (fighting wild boars).

After pondering for a long time, Yuan Chonghuan couldn't think of a reason, but this great victory should be true, and Zhao Shujiao and the commander from Jiangnan would not dare to make up such an outrageous victory, no matter how bold they were. In the end, he could only sigh hatefully and glared at Zhou Xian. It's all this guy, if he hadn't stopped him from leading the army to attack Jiannu's camp with not many people this morning, he would have at least been able to get a share of this great achievement, but now all these credits have been lost.

Not to mention the regret of Yuan Chonghuan and Zhou Xian beating their chests there, almost at this time, the cabinet also received the good news of the great victory in Jinzhou sent by Sun Chengzong, and the entire court was shaken. Before the battle, more than 2,000 Jiannu heads were captured, which was a great victory that had never been seen since the Battle of Sarhu.

When Zhu Youxiao received this good news, his first reaction was that Sun Chengzong was lying about his military exploits, and then he dispelled this idea. He knows very well what Sun Chengzong is, as the emperor of the two dynasties, Sun Chengzong's character is recognized by the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, if even he does the thing of killing good and lying about military exploits, then he has no one to trust in the entire Ming Dynasty.

With the good news in his hand, Zhu Youxiao thought for a full two quarters of an hour, and then sent someone to call the first assistant Gu Bingqian, the second assistant Wei Guangwei, Zhu Yanxi, Zhou Rupan, the secretary of the ministry, Huang Liji, the secretary of the military department, and Feng Quan, the secretary of the household department.

"Have you read this report?" Zhu Youxiao raised the handwritten memo written by Sun Chengzong in his hand and asked the people present.

Gu Bingqian and the others nodded silently, as the elders of the pavilion and the important ministers of the imperial court, they had naturally read this good news a long time ago.

Zhu Youxiao continued to ask: "Huang Aiqing, you are the secretary of the Ministry of War, is this matter true or false?" ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and everyone looked at Huang Liji, the secretary of the military department.

Huang Liji stood up and bowed to Zhu Youzhen, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has received a total of 2,138 Jiannu heads from Liaodong yesterday, including 1875 Jiannu heads and 213 Mongolian Tatar and Baoyi heads. The Ministry of War's Driving and Clearing Division has completed all the counts, and it has been confirmed that all of them are the heads of the thief chiefs. ”

"Good...... All right! ”

Zhu Youxiao's right hand slapped the armrest of the dragon chair and laughed: "Inspector Sun is worthy of being the pillar of the country, and all the generals in Liaodong have a heart of loyalty to the country. By the way, Huang Aiqing, has your military department drawn up a list of rewarded soldiers? ”

Huang Liji hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has begun to make preparations since it received the report documents and the list of meritorious soldiers sent by Inspector Sun, this is the list of rewards drafted by the Ministry of War, please take a look at it!" After speaking, Huang Liji took out a fold from his sleeve and handed it over to the top of his head.

Zhu Youxiao was overjoyed: "Oh...... Huang Aiqing is worthy of being a capable minister, so quickly drew up a plan to reward meritorious soldiers? Hurry up and bring it up. ”

A little eunuch hurriedly stepped forward to take the fold and handed it to Zhu Youxiao, who took the fold and looked at it. At the beginning, he was still smiling, but slowly his smile began to fade, and after reading it, he looked at Huang Liji deeply and asked lightly: "Huang Aiqing, it is appropriate for other people to be rewarded, but I thought that the reward for Yang Feng, the commander of Jiang Ningwei and the general of Nanjing East Road, was still too little." I really read Sun Aiqing's good news, the Jiangning army won 500 Jiannu heads in this battle, did your military department give him a deputy general's mission? ”

Although Zhu Youxiao did not scold, a layer of sweat had begun to ooze from Huang Liji's forehead, and he stammered in defense: "Your Majesty, the ministers and colleagues in the military department think that Yang Feng was only promoted to the commander of Jiang Ningwei and the general of Nanjing East Road this year, and if he is promoted again in just a few months, it will probably cause criticism." ”

"Criticism?"

Zhu Youxiao stared at him in surprise for a while, "Huang Aiqing, I remember that the last time Yang Feng offered thousands of catties of potatoes per mu, I wanted to reward him, and then he was stopped. Someone told me that Yang Feng had just been promoted from a five-rank thousand households to a third-rank commander, and if he was promoted again at this time, it would probably not be a good thing for him, so it would be better to send him to Liaodong and reward him after his meritorious service, yes or no? ”

Huang Liji stammered, "Okay...... It seems like yes. ”

"And who is this?"

"Yes...... It is Huo Weihua, the secretary of the Taifu Temple. The beads of sweat on Huang Liji's face became more, and he glanced around with a pleading gaze, expecting someone to stand up and say something for him. It's just that these old foxes around are watching their noses and noses one by one, and they don't care about themselves, you Huang Liji's broken things will never be mixed up, who doesn't know that you Huang Liji is a nine-thousand-year-old person, and it won't be our turn to save you.

"Then that's how you rewarded it?" Zhu Youxiao pointed to the chapter in his hand and said: "Zhao led the teaching department of the Governor and the chief soldier of Dalinghe to seize 321 heads, and your military department plans to promote him to the rank of Governor Tongzhi, Zheng Erpin Wuxian General and Chief Soldier, and give him two thousand taels of silver. The deputy general Zu Dale's department captured 213 first-level soldiers and gave him a general rank, why did you get to Yang Feng here and you only gave him a deputy general, did he capture too few Jiannu heads or did he not give you Huang Liji Bing Jing Tan Jing? ”

Zhu Youxiao's last sentence was a heart-wrenching word, Huang Liji was so frightened that he knelt down, his face turned pale, and he kowtowed again and again: "Your Majesty, Weichen has no such intention, no such intention!" ”

Zhu Youxiao stood up and strode to Huang Liji, threw the fold in his hand in his face, and shouted angrily: "I have no intention of doing so, I see that you are deliberately suppressing meritorious people." Huang Liji, what kind of heart do you have? ”

"Minister...... Minister......"

Huang Liji, whose face was pale, couldn't say anything to justify, the reason why he suppressed Yang Feng this time was actually not only Wei Zhongxian's meaning, but he also heard that this Yang Feng was very unpopular with the Donglin Party, and suppressing it not only made Wei Zhongxian happy, but also could please the Donglin Party, it was simply a double win, why didn't he do this kind of thing? It's just that I didn't expect that Zhu Youxiao would be furious as soon as this recital was handed over, it seems that this is in trouble.

Zhu Youxiao ignored Huang Liji, who was kneeling on the ground and was speechless, turned his head and asked Gu Bingqian: "Gu Aiqing, as the first assistant of the cabinet, how do you think this matter should be handled?" ”

Gu Bingqian stood up and bowed to Zhu Youxiao and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the gentleman has no faith and does not stand, since he has made a decision in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces in the court last time, he can't go back." This time, Yang Feng made such a great contribution, the imperial court should reward him generously, and the minister proposed to crown Yang Feng as the chief soldier of Nanjing, and award him the rank of governor Tongzhi and Jianwei general. ”

"Hiss......"

Everyone in the Dongnuan Pavilion couldn't help but gasp, what Gu Bingqian just said about Governor Tongzhi and General Jianwei is nothing, these things can only be regarded as a false title at best, but this Nanjing General Army is different, what does Nanjing General Army mean? This official position is equivalent to the position of the commander of the Nanjing Military Region in later generations, and the entire Nanjing area is under his jurisdiction, which is quite awesome.

The second assistant Wei Guangwei couldn't help but speak: "Gu Ge Lao, Yang Feng's meritorious service should naturally be commended, but isn't it too much to appoint him as the chief soldier of Nanjing, you must know that Nanjing is the capital of my Ming Dynasty, and besides, my Ming Dynasty has never been the chief soldier of Nanjing since the founding of the country, so I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate, right?" ”

Feng Quan, the head of the household department, also stood up: "Exactly, I have never been the chief soldier of Nanjing since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, if Yang Feng is appointed as the chief soldier of Nanjing, wouldn't it be under his command of all the soldiers and horses in Nanjing?" In this way, where did the Yamen of the Nanjing Military Department and the Duke of Wei come from? ”

"Hmm...... Is that what you all mean? Zhu Youxiao asked quietly again, "Who else opposes Gu Aiqing's opinion?" ”

No one said a word, and after everyone looked at each other a few times, Dongnuan Pavilion fell silent.

Zhu Youxiao asked lightly: "Gu Aiqing, since you have made this suggestion, you naturally have your reasons, you can talk about it." ”

"Yes!"

Gu Bingqian first gave Zhu Youxiao a respectful salute, and then looked at the ministers around him, and sneered secretly in his heart. These guys don't even know how to figure out Your Majesty's thoughts, you deserve to be unlucky, I didn't see that Your Majesty was angry about this matter, and you still have to bite Yang Feng to the death, I really haven't seen such a stupid person.

Gu Bingqian stood up and said: "First of all, the minister thinks that although Yang Feng is still young, he has repeatedly made contributions to the imperial court since he joined the office, first quelled the rebellion of the Japanese invaders, and then presented artifacts such as potatoes to the imperial court, it is not an exaggeration to say that he can save countless people, and now he has the great merit of winning the head of five hundred Jiannu, why can't the imperial court canonize him as the chief military officer?" ”

Wei Guangwei retorted: "But it doesn't necessarily have to be canonized as the chief soldier of Nanjing, can't it be done elsewhere?" For example, Xuanda or Jinzhou General Soldiers are very good. ”

"Xuanda, Jinzhou?" Gu Bingqian looked at Wei Guangwei with a smile, "Lord Wei, are you really confused or fake, Yang Feng was originally the commander of Jiang Ningwei, and his foundation is in Jiangning, you canonized him to Liaodong or Xuanda, is this planning to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle?" ”

"What a salary?" Wei Guangwei, who was said to have hit the heart, was a little annoyed and angry: "He Yang Feng is my official of the Ming Dynasty, how to canonize him is naturally decided by the imperial court, how can he be left to his own decision." Could it be that he still dares to resist the decree? ”

"What if he really disrespects?" Gu Bingqian said solemnly.

Wei Guangwei said without hesitation: "Then he is a rebel, and the court will encircle and suppress him!" ”

"Enough!"

Hearing only a bang, Zhu Youxiao's fierce row of dragon cases pointed at Wei Guangwei and shouted: "Wei Guangwei, is this how you are the second assistant?" Yang Feng has just made a great contribution to my Ming Dynasty, and you are going to declare him a rebel and send troops to encircle and suppress him, this is how you treat meritorious officials? Next, do you want to force the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Liaodong to rebel and let Jiannu enter the customs to make you happy? ”