In the sixth year of Xuande, on the first day of the fifth month, Beijing Chengdesheng Gate was crowded with people, colorful flags were displayed, and gongs and drums were noisy.

In accordance with Emperor Xuande's edict, Taishi Zhang Fu led the cabinet and military cabinet members to greet the triumphant division of the Jiaozhi counterinsurgency army outside the city.

Since the counterinsurgency army had not yet arrived, the officials at the scene gathered in groups to talk and laugh, discussing how Emperor Xuande would reward Li Yuntian, who had made great contributions.

Li Yuntian not only turned the tide on the battlefield of Jiaozhi, turned defeat into victory, and annihilated the Jiaozhi rebels in one fell swoop, but also unexpectedly made the Zhancheng soldiers merge into the territory of the Ming Dynasty without blood, which had both the merit of counterinsurgency and the merit of expanding the territory, which was unique for the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

There is no doubt that Li Yuntian will definitely be crowned by Emperor Xuande this time, but I don't know whether he will be a prince or a marquis, so the casinos in the capital have also opened gambling plates, betting on whether Li Yuntian will be a marquis or a prince this time, and there are many participants.

Yang Shiqi, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Zhou Zheng, the prince of Zhongguo, were surrounded by people, one of them was Li Yuntian's mentor, and the other was Li Yuntian's father-in-law, who could be said to be Li Yuntian's closest person, and was naturally praised and praised by everyone.

It is worth mentioning that since the Ming Dynasty, all troops who go out from the capital or have a class division need to abide by the orders of the imperial court when they go out of the city and enter the city.

There are two city gates in the north of Beijing, one city gate is Desheng Gate, the other is Anding Gate, the troops who go out to fight go to Desheng Gate, which means "to send troops to win", and the troops of the division go to Anding Gate, which means "the world is stable".

The reason for this is because the north belongs to Xuanwu according to the stars, and Xuanwu is the main sword soldier, so the army naturally has to enter and exit from the north gate.

"It's coming!" Just when everyone was talking and laughing, a surprised voice suddenly sounded from the crowd, and people stretched their necks to look at the official road in the distance, only to see a small black dot on the horizon.

As the small black dot approached, people saw clearly that it was a big flag waving in the wind, and if everyone guessed correctly, it was the military flag of the Xiaowu Army.

Speaking of which, the military flag of the Xiaowu Army is different from the military flag of the Daming Guard, which is not embroidered with the surname of the commander of the army, but the establishment of the troops at all levels of the Xiaowu Army.

In ancient armies, the military flags of each army were distinguished by the surname of the commander, for example, if the surname of the commander was "Li", the military flag would be embroidered with a large "Li" character.

However, the Xuanwu Army is different, the military flag is not embroidered with the surname of the commander, but embroidered with the establishment of its genus, such as "Xiaowu Army White Tiger Regiment", "Xiaowu Army Blue Dragon Regiment", "Xiaowu Army Vermilion Bird Regiment" and "Xiaowu Army Xuanwu Regiment".

This is not that Li Yuntian wants to deliberately be different, but he is deliberately weakening the influence of the generals on the troops to which he belongs, and clearly telling the soldiers that they are members of the Xiaowu Army, not the private soldiers of those who command the generals.

Moreover, Li Yuntian is particularly afraid that Xiaowu Jun will be called "Li Jiajun" in the future, although it sounds like this name sounds more popular, but in fact this is the rhythm of looking for death.

There is a good saying, the whole world is not the king's land, the shore of the land is not the king's ministers, the army of the Ming Dynasty naturally belongs to the emperor, how can the emperor tolerate the appearance of an army loyal to others under his nose?

For example, Yue Fei, a famous general in the Southern Song Dynasty, with more than 100,000 troops under his command, was known as the "Yuejia Army", brave and good at fighting, which made the Jin people lament that "it is easy to shake the mountain, and it is difficult to shake the Yuejia army".

On the surface, it seems that Jin Ren is admiring the combat effectiveness of the Yue family's army, but why is it not dividing the relationship between Yue Fei and Song Gaozong, making Song Gaozong jealous of Yue Fei?

After Yue Fei's victory in Zhuxian Town, Song Gaozong issued twelve gold medals in a row to Yue Fei issued an edict to the class teacher, although there were various historical reasons in it, but the strength of Yue's army at that time and Yue Fei's reputation undoubtedly became a heart disease of Song Gaozong.

According to historical records, Yue Fei was unwilling to carry out the edict after receiving the edict of Song Gaozong's master, and cried angrily: "Ten years of power will be destroyed in one fell swoop." ”

However, later, under the pressure of the imperial court and the clamping of the surrounding Song army, Yue Fei had to order the class division, so that the Jin army captured the Henan region recovered by the Song army.

Although Qin Hui was a powerful minister in front of Song Gaozong, if it was not for Song Gaozong's acquiescence, how could he dare to kill Yue Fei, who worked hard and commanded tens of thousands of troops, on a "trumped-up" charge? And afterwards, he was only reprimanded by Song Gaozong, and the matter was closed lightly, and the Yue family army was disbanded.

Li Yuntian knew very well that with the continuous growth of the Xiaowu army, it will become the most elite main force of the Ming Dynasty, in order to avoid making Emperor Xuande suspicious of him, so he vigorously absorbed the royal family and the sons of the nobles in the lecture hall, so as to reassure Emperor Xuande, there is no intention of monopolizing power at all.

Li Yuntian, who was dressed in a straight black Xiaowu army uniform, rode on a high-headed horse with a black body, and walked in front of the Xiaowu army of the class master in high spirits.

The roads along the way were already crowded with people who came to see the excitement, and they all rushed forward to see the true face of General Dingnan, who had won a great victory in Jiaozhi, and the soldiers of the Beijing army who were maintaining order on both sides of the road were staggered.

Li Yuntian waved his hand to the people on the side of the road with a smile on his face, which made the people burst into earth-shattering calls and endless applause.

"The lower officials see the Taishi, the adults." After coming to Zhang Fu and the others, Li Yuntian turned over and dismounted, bowed to Zhang Fu, Yang Shiqi, Zhou Zheng and others, bowed down and said.

"Uncle Zhen Wu doesn't need to be polite." Zhang Fu smiled and helped Li Yuntian up, "This time, the martial arts of Jiaozhi Town have worked hard and made great achievements for the Ming Dynasty, and they are really the pillars of my Ming Dynasty." ”

"The Taishi has won the award, if it weren't for the Taishi's advanced age, how could it be the turn of the lower officials to show ugliness." Hearing this, Li Yuntian hurriedly said in a respectful voice, with a very humble attitude.

"Uncle Zhenwu, the emperor has been waiting in the palace for a long time, hurry up and follow this official into the palace to see you." Seeing Li Yuntian's humble appearance, Zhang Fu immediately laughed, and then beckoned Li Yuntian into the city.

After entering the city, Zhang Fu and Li Yuntian rode side by side, and Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu and others rode horses and hugged each other.

The city has already been empty of thousands of people, and the streets on both sides are densely surrounded by people watching the excitement, and they cheered after seeing Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian greeted the people with a smile, and the atmosphere was warm and cheerful.

In order to welcome the triumph of the Xiaowu army, Emperor Xuande specially convened a great court, when Li Yuntian entered the Taihedian Square under the guidance of Zhang Fu under Zhang Fu, the civil and military officials standing in the black pressure on the square invariably fell on him, and their eyes were full of admiration, jealousy and envy.

No one could have imagined that Li Yuntian would really destroy the Jiaozhi rebels with just 3,000 Xiaowu troops, let alone that Zhancheng was inexplicably incorporated into the Ming Dynasty, and it was also the request made by the prince of Zhancheng, De'en'an, which was simply incredible.

"Your Majesty, General Dingnan has arrived." In the Taihe Palace, Zhang Fu walked to the front of the hall and bowed his hand to Emperor Xuande, who was sitting on the dragon chair, and said loudly.

"Minister Li Yuntian knocked to see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live long live!" Under the gaze of the civil and military ministers in the palace, Li Yuntian knelt on the ground with his legs bent and bowed to Emperor Xuande.

"Aiqing is flat." Emperor Xuande's face was full of smiles, and he raised his hand to Li Yuntian in the void.

Since the city was annexed to the Ming Dynasty, some officials in the capital began to slap Emperor Xuande's ass, saying that Emperor Xuande became a martial artist and was the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, which made Emperor Xuande quite useful in his heart.

At the same time, the senior ministers in the court also restrained a lot in front of Emperor Xuande, and no longer preached to them at every turn, which made Emperor Xuande's ears a lot cleaner.

"Long live thanks." Li Yuntian stood up and bowed down in front of the hall, waiting for Emperor Xuande's instructions.

"Someone, proclaim." Emperor Xuande glanced at Li Yuntian with a smile, and said to Jin Ying, the eunuch who was standing on the side.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said......" Jin Ying bowed to Emperor Xuande, and after that, he picked up a holy decree from the tray held by one of the attendants on the side, and read it out in a frustrated manner.

The content in front of the holy decree is to commend the Xiaowu army in the Jiaozhi counterinsurgency of the text, although the rhetoric is gorgeous but the content seems bland, the content is the reward for Li Yuntian and other counterinsurgency generals, but also the focus of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military attention, the officials on the scene have supported their ears and waited for the reward part behind, wondering how Emperor Xuande would reward Li Yuntian and others.

"General Dingnan, Zhenwu Bo Li Yuntian has made meritorious contributions to the rebellion of Jiaozhi, and from now on, he will enter the third-class Fengtian Yiyun to push Cheng Zhenwuhou, the governor of Jiaozhi Guangxi, the Hanlin attendant, and the governor of the Huguang Road of the Metropolitan Procuratorate Li Yuntian has made remarkable achievements in governing Jiaozhi Guangxi, and from now on, he will be promoted to the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and the left of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy!"

Finally, after Jin Ying finished reading out the previous content of the holy decree, his words turned around, and he read out Emperor Xuande's reward to Li Yuntian with a sharp voice, "In addition, the Jiaozhi rebellion was initially decided, and soon after the occupation of the city was subordinated, Li Yuntian, the martial secretary of the town, was specially ordered to hang the rank of general in the south, and the military and political affairs of Guangxi and Jiaozhi were to be the governor of southern Xinjiang. ”

Hearing this, the civil and military officials at the scene couldn't help but feel a small commotion, the governor had never appeared before, even the governor was relatively rare, and Emperor Xuande actually awarded Li Yuntian the post of governor of Guangxi and Jiaozhi, and hung the rank of general in the south, which means that Li Yuntian will have the power to command and transfer troops in Guangxi and Jiaozhi, and he is an out-and-out feudal official, and his power is comparable to that of the vassal king in the early Ming Dynasty.

Li Yuntian had already known about this, so he stood there calmly, looking unfazed.

In fact, he was also taken aback when he learned about this incident, and he did not expect that Emperor Xuande would value him so much, and he would hand over Guangxi and Jiaozhi to him to govern.

It is worth mentioning that although Li Yuntian was appointed governor of Guangxi and Jiaozhi, he did not have to stay in Jiaozhi and Guangxi, and the affairs of Jiaozhi and Guangxi would be handled by the governor's office set up in Jiaozhou City, and the officials of the governor's palace would naturally be appointed by Li Yuntian to be responsible for the operation of daily affairs.

As stated in the holy decree, Li Yuntian became the governor of Jiaozhi and Jiaozhi in order to appease the local people and ensure that the policies he pursued in Jiaozhi and Guangxi would be carried out smoothly.

In Emperor Xuande's opinion, except for Li Yuntian, no one could guard Jiaozhi, and the initial situation of Jiaozhi was not stable, and he didn't want to have a rebellion like Li Li again.

I have to say that Emperor Xuande showed the courage of the emperor in this matter, and he did not adopt the advice of some close ministers to suppress Li Yuntian, so as not to lose Li Yuntian's tail, but chose to trust Li Yuntian, and strengthened Li Yuntian's power, and tried to ensure the stability of the southern Ming Dynasty.