Wang Yuan had already taken off his hat and put it in his arms, and at this moment he took it out and handed it to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, this is the golden mink hat of the little Mongolian prince." ”

Although the hat was stained with blood, Zhu Houzhao liked it more and more, and put it on himself and said: "I want this hat, and I will exchange it with Erlang for a thousand acres of fertile land in the suburbs of Beijing." ”

"Don't dare, this hat should have been dedicated to Your Majesty," Wang Yuan said with a serious, "If it weren't for Your Majesty's proper command and the fact that the Ninety-Five Body was in danger, how could the soldiers win this great victory?" ”

Zhu Houzhao was even more happy: "Erlang is modest, whatever reward you want, I will definitely satisfy you!" ”

The eunuchs and border generals all looked at Wang Yuan stupidly at this moment.

How can he be so shameless with a dignified champion and a civil official background? You're stealing our jobs!

Zhu Houzhao put on the golden mink hat and ignored the blood stains on the hat. He also blew trumpets and sounded gold, summoned all the generals, gathered troops on the spot to count the troops, and cleaned the battlefield to collect the corpses of both sides.

Since the beginning of October, the Ming army has lost about 25,000 people, and the militia auxiliary soldiers have lost nearly 30,000. Of course, more than 10,000 of them and more than 20,000 civilians did not die directly on the battlefield, but disappeared in the wilderness after fleeing - most of them fled to Yingzhou City, and at least more than half of them were able to return to the team.

On the Mongolian side, more than 7,000 corpses were collected, mainly killed by volleys of fire and trampled in the valleys. In addition, more than 1,000 Tartars were captured alive and more than 4,000 horses were captured.

It seems that the Ming army has lost more troops, but it is a real victory!

The class went to Yingzhou City, and Yingzhou Zhizhou immediately came to meet the emperor and organized the rich families in the city to reward the army.

Celebrate the victory with all-you-you-can-drink that night.

Zhu Houzhao, Wang Yuan, Jiang Bin, Zhang Yong and others were arranged to live in the county government, and the rest of the generals lived in the military camp outside the city.

Wang Yuan returned to the room half drunk, Jiang Bin and other generals of the leopard room, Zhang Yong and other eunuchs of the army, came to congratulate him privately. In fact, they are all here to win over Wang Yuan, Wang Erlang beheaded the little prince of Mongolia, and he was born as a champion, and after returning to Beijing, he will inevitably be powerful, and no one can suppress it!

"Wang Xianggong, there seems to be some misunderstanding in Zhejiang," Zhang Yong smiled shyly, "Ningbo City Bo Division, in the future, I will fully cooperate with Wang Xiang's open sea." Our family knows that Wang Xianggong doesn't love money, so he won't give yellow and white things. But Wang Xianggong has done such a miraculous feat, and our family can't help but want to send gifts and congratulations. It just so happens that there are "Dongting Spring Fu" and "Zhongshan Pine Mash Fu" at home, both of which are authentic works of Su Dongpo, and Wang Xianggong is invited to smile. ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "Why does Zhang Dugong need to be like this, a little misunderstanding is not worth mentioning. ”

Zhang Yong exclaimed: "Wang Xianggong is generous, our family is really ashamed!" ”

As soon as Zhang Yong left with his front foot, Jiang Bin arrived with his back foot.

After some affection, Jiang Bin presented a BMW horse, which was captured from the battlefield, and I don't know which Tatar leader the original owner belonged to.

Xu Tai, Wei Bin, Zhang Zhong and others then came one after another, and they all expressed their hearts.

Wei Bin, the dead eunuch, is the most, in order to make up for the rift, he actually sent a beautiful woman, who was rescued from the hands of the Tartars. Wei Bin said: "Mr. Wang, this woman's surname is Fan, she is the daughter of a wealthy family in Shuozhou, and her family lives outside Shuozhou. The whole Fan family was killed by the Tartars, and only their mother and daughter were left, which was very pitiful, and asked the general system to take care of it. ”

Wang Yuan was furious: "Since she is a daughter of a good family, she was robbed by captives, how can she be humiliated?" Send them back to Shuozhou! ”

Wei Bin smiled and said, "What about orphans and widows, what if you go back to Shuozhou?" Sooner or later, the family property will be encroached upon by fellow villagers, and in the end it will not be reduced to dust. If President Wang can accept it, it can be regarded as saving the lives of their mother and daughter. This woman is stunning, or because of the urgency of the war, she is still perfect. ”

Wang Yuan said: "Among my disciples in the army, there is one person called Meng Kang, who shows off his talent and fame, and is not yet married. Tomorrow, I will personally be a matchmaker for them, and Eunuch Wei will not say any more. ”

"Mr. Wang is thoughtful, and if he admires it, he won't bother." Wei Bin stepped back in embarrassment, not daring to pimp again.

The next day, Wang Yuan called his disciple Meng Kang and the Fan girl and made them matchmakers in public, which can be regarded as a good story.

When this matter spread, it was naturally that Governor Wang was not moved by the beauty, and the eunuch Wei Bin became a shameless villain.

After staying in Yingzhou for a few days and doing post-war work, the emperor sent his troops to Datong Prefecture, and the Xuanfu, Yansui and Liaodong ministries also returned to their jurisdictions.

Before leaving, the border generals from all over the country also came to visit Wang Yuan and sent gifts one after another to build a relationship.

Wang Yuan accepted all the gifts and gave them back according to the degree of preciousness. This side general gave it, and it was transferred to that side general, and the gifts were still those, but they were changed to a different owner.

The border generals were very happy, and consciously got in touch with Wang Yuan, and when they met people, they said that Wang Xianggong didn't love money.

In the blink of an eye, in mid-November, Zhu Houzhao refused to leave in Datong Mansion, and no matter how much advice he took, it didn't work!

Wang Yuan went to ask: "Why didn't Your Majesty return to Beijing in triumph?" ”

Zhu Houzhao took out a map, pointed to the territory of Duoyan Sanwei and said: "The little Mongolian prince has been eliminated, and I want to take advantage of the situation to recover the Daning Dusi!" ”

According to later generations, the jurisdiction of the Daning Dusi includes the northern part of Hebei, the southeastern part of Inner Mongolia, and the northwestern part of the northeastern provinces. It controls the upper reaches of the Liao River in the north, the Daling River basin in the east, connects with Xuanfu in the west, and the Yanshan Great Wall in the south.

As long as it is recovered, Liaodong, Hebei, and Xuanfu can be gathered together, and the strategic significance is similar to that of the Hetao in the northwest.

Once the imperial court regained control of the Daning Dusi, the barbarians of Liaodong could only be their grandsons. No matter what Jurchen tribe he is, if he really dares to rebel and send troops directly from Daning to kill him, it will be easy to get it any way.

Although he performed badly during the war, Zhu Houzhao's strategic vision was very vicious.

Wang Yuan reminded: "Your Majesty, although this battle was a great victory, our army consumed countless grains and grass. After the war, we still have to talk about meritorious deeds and compensate the fallen soldiers, and the household department will inevitably be overstretched, so how can there be money and food to fight another war? ”

"Money, money, money," Zhu Houzhao was very irritable when he heard it, "When it comes to war, there is no money, what do the princes of the court do to eat?" What do I want them to do! ”

Wang Yuan continued: "The center is urgent, and there are thieves in Hebei, and it is necessary to immediately lead troops to suppress it. ”

Although no one in Beizhili dared to pull the flag to rebel, thieves bloomed everywhere, and even horse thieves patronized the suburbs of Beijing.

It was nothing more than because the emperor wanted to fight, requisitioned many people, and looted countless grains. The peasants of Hebei can't survive, so they can only turn into thieves, so how can they continue to fight?

"That's it, that's it, let's go back." Zhu Houzhao was depressed.

Wang Yuan suggested: "The little Mongolian prince is dead, and the steppe is bound to be in chaos. And my Ming army is mighty, and the three guards of Duoyan will inevitably send envoys to attach, so why not take the opportunity to restore the Daning Guard? ”

Zhu Houzhao shook his head and said: "Duoyan Sanwei is unreliable, surrender and rebel, rebel and surrender, how can it be possible to give up Daning City?" ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "The sky is asking for a price, and the money will be paid back on the ground." Now that Daming has won the battle, he can take advantage of the situation to threaten, if Duoyan Sanwei does not hand over Daning City, he will send troops to attack them! Even so, Duoyan Sanwei definitely did not want to suffer, and then he could propose to let the ministries send his eldest son to stay in Beijing as a proton to study in the country. ”

"What's the use of protons? is to kill the proton, and Duoyan Sanwei will inherit it with another son. Zhu Houzhao asked.

Wang Yuan explained: "First, the proton must be the eldest son and have the right of tribal inheritance. If the patriarch dies and the second son inherits the clan, we can choose to send troops to recruit or put the proton back. No matter what you choose, there are benefits, and it is all for us to take advantage of. Second, keep protons in Beijing, induce them to eat, drink and have fun, and kill their ambition. When they returned to the tribe, they became the leader. ”

"Yes, this method is good," Zhu Houzhao asked, "What if you have high aspirations, study hard in Guozijian, and learn the strategies of the Han family?" ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Send the brocade guards to keep an eye on them at any time, if there is really such a proton, it will definitely die." ”

"It's decided," Zhu Houzhao's mood was much more relaxed, "Let's put Duoyan Sanwei and one horse for the time being, and when the money and food of the imperial court are enough, I will definitely ask for it in person!" ”

Historically, Zhu Houzhao never forgot Duoyan Sanwei and delayed his return to Beijing in February of the following year. I just came back and ran away, and I heard that my grandmother (the Queen Mother) had died of illness, so I ran back to mourn.

The ministers were afraid that the emperor would slip away here, so they kept staring at it.

As a result, Zhu Houzhao gave his grandmother a funeral under the pretext that the empress dowager had just entered the ground, so the goods rode out of the customs again and stationed directly at Xifengkou - outside Xifengkou is Duoyan Sanwei.

Zhu Houzhao lived in the frontier for a whole year, and Yang Tinghe was so angry that he resigned several times, but it was not approved.

Yang Shen's exhortation was withheld by the eunuch, and he was so angry that he resigned, and his resignation was successful.

I don't know if the emperor, who was persuaded by Wang Yuan to return to the capital in advance, will also go to the frontier next year to have fun.

That's really infuriating!