After listening to Li Lu's words, the emperor also felt reasonable, but he didn't fully believe it. Instead, he turned his head and said to Dai Quan: "You go out and ask, what's going on?" ”

Dai Quan trotted all the way out of the main hall, summoned a little eunuch, and said a few words to him. The little eunuch flew away and ran away, and Dai Quan waited next to him for a short time. I saw a middle-aged eunuch and a little eunuch running over together.

As soon as he saw Dai Quan, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed to him, and said in his mouth: "My son kowtows to my godfather, and I wish my godfather a long life." "This middle-aged eunuch is Dai Quan's godson Dai Lian, who is responsible for the collection of intelligence in various places.

Dai Quan said angrily: "What is the situation? Now don't talk about those useless things, the emperor is still waiting inside. ”

Dai Lian hurriedly replied to Dai Quan: "My son has already brought all the information sent by the kid below. Does the godfather see it for himself, or does the son tell you about it? As he spoke, he handed a stack of papers to Dai Quan.

Dai Quan said impatiently: "The emperor is still waiting inside, how can I have time to look at this." You are waiting outside, in case the emperor wants to ask anything, you can go in and reply. ”

Dai Quan took this stack of information, entered the main hall again, and came to the emperor's side, and then opened the information to read to the emperor.

The emperor said with a gloomy face, "Be louder, and let the adults below listen to it." ”

Dai Quan hurriedly agreed, walked to the side of the imperial case, and read out the information loudly: "On the second day of the ninth month, Jia Ke, the garrison of Kaiping Town, fought with the enemy outside Kaiping Town, won a big victory, and broke the enemy by 5,000. On the fourth day of the ninth month, Kaiping Town garrisoned Jia Ke to receive the documents of the military department and immediately reorganized the army. On the fifth day of the first month of September, he led the troops out of Kaiping Town, during which he collected and sent more than 8,000 troops. On the tenth day of the first month of September, arrived at Xuanfu Town at noon, the enemy chief cavalry 60,000 came to attack, Jia Ke beheaded more than ten generals in front of the battle, so the military power was shocked, and then the Tatars and the outside of the city were broken, and countless beheadings were made. The Tatars were afraid of its might and did not dare to fight. Jia Ke then cut off his water source. The Tatars repeatedly sent people to fetch water, and Jia Ke ambushed near the water source and broke it. On September 13, the Tatars were fighting due to the water source, Jia Ke led the troops to attack them, and then broke the Tatars, and the enemy chief Arslen led the people to flee, Jia Ke chased closely, and has now gone north to recover the lost territory. ”

The emperor didn't have any expression on his face after hearing this, in fact, he was still very satisfied with Jia Ke in his heart, he still had feelings with Jia Daishan, since he knew that Jia Ke was Jia Daishan's grandson, he paid more attention to him, and then he couldn't help but have a good impression of Jia Ke in his heart, this kind of good feeling came too quickly, but he didn't feel anything strange in it. After listening to Jia Ke's information, he still wanted to know about Wang Tao's situation, so he said to Dai Quan: "Also, please tell me everything." ”

Dai Quan then took out another piece of information, and then read: "On August 18, Xuanhua commanded Huo Jiu to flee without a fight, and Xuanhua fell to the enemy. On August 20, the Tatars rushed to Xuanfu Town, and Wang Tao was caught off guard by the festival, and he ordered to gather his troops and defend the city with all his might. On August 21, the Tatars drove the people to attack the city, and Wang Tao ordered to shoot and kill countless people. That night, Wang Tao sent people to attack the camp and sent dead soldiers to Kaiping Town for help. From this day until the tenth day of the ninth month, the Tatars attacked the city very urgently, Wang Tao led his troops to resist desperately, and there was no one of the remaining soldiers in the city, Wang Tao recruited the young and strong in the city and continued to defend the city. By September 13, the siege of Xuanfu Town was lifted. ”

The emperor's face was smooth at this time, and the merits of the matter had been understood, it was Jia Ke who led his troops to defeat the Dada, and Wang Tao pretended to admit military merits, but Wang Tao led the army to defend the city desperately, which was also meritorious.

The emperor said: "The matter has been understood, what else is there to say?" What to do with this Wang Tao? How is Jia Ke rewarded? You have to have a charter, set it today, and then send it out. We can't chill the soldiers who are fighting to the death. ”

The scholar Yan Mu stood up and said to the emperor: "Wang Tao pretended to admit that military merits must be severely punished, otherwise everyone will follow him, and whoever has not served His Majesty in the future, I think he will be escorted back to Dali Temple in Beijing for disposal." ”

University scholar Pan Yong also stood up and said: "Yan Xiang's words are reasonable, this Wang Tao is bold and reckless!" If they are not severely punished, how can they govern the army in the future? ”

Li Lu, a scholar, Huo Tu, a scholar of the Ministry of War, and Peng Bi, a waiter, all seconded the proposal, and these scholars hated Wang Tao for daring to kill the ministers casually. Now I know that he has merit, but no one speaks for him.

The emperor saw this situation, and it was also very much in line with his own mind, he had a bad impression of Wang Tao on this festival, as if he was impeached by hundreds of officials last time because of the unauthorized killing of the prefect, and now there is such a incident, so restless, it is better to deal with it.

At this time, Lei Ying came out of class and said to the emperor: "The emperor can't, although Wang Tao is a little wrong, but in this battle against the Tatars, he still has merit in defending the city desperately." He can't be wiped out because of this one thing. ”

The emperor listened to Lei Ying's words, and suddenly woke up, although he was still dissatisfied with Wang Tao, but he felt that what Lei Ying said was reasonable, and he, the emperor, could not bury the minister's credit because of his temporary preferences.

So he asked Lei Ying: "Then what do you think should be done?" ”

Lei Ying had already hurriedly replied: "Wang Tao should give an order to denounce him, but the official position will not move." Although Jia Ke is young, he is brave and good at fighting. Can be promoted to Commander. ”

The emperor thought for a while and said: "Wang Tao's matter is done, and he issued an order to reprimand, but the official position did not move, and let him continue to stay in this position of Jiedu Envoy." Jia Ke, I think so, promoted Jia Ke to the commanding envoy, and let him supervise the two towns of Xuanhua and Kaiping at the same time. Let this general stand in the way of Xuanfu Town, let Wang Tao be a waste, and don't have any trouble in the future. ”

Li Lu, a university scholar, came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, Jia Ke's contribution this time is too great, and only being promoted to commander is not enough to raise his credit, please increase your Majesty's reward to comfort the hearts of the soldiers." ”

The scholar Yan Mu objected: "Your Majesty, Jia Ke is too young to be crowned with an excessively high official position, otherwise it will not be enough to serve the public." ”

Li Lu said unconvinced: "The world is rewarded for meritorious deeds, and I have never heard of rewards based on age. is waiting for the old age, and the official position will naturally go up. ”

Because the views of the two of them represented, the ministers below quarreled, and the emperor listened to it from above, slapped the table hard, and then said: "You all shut up, I have a point." ”

After the emperor finished speaking, he said to Dai Quan: "Draft." ”

Dai Quan hurriedly stood next to the imperial case, opened a holy decree, dipped it in vermilion ink, and quietly waited for the emperor to dictate the holy decree.

The emperor thought for a while and said: "Jia Ke broke the Tatars, made outstanding contributions, and was very relieved, looking for Jiafeng as a commander, supervising Xuanhua, Kaiping two towns, and crowning General Zhengsanpin Zhaoyong." ”

When everyone heard it, the emperor's method was still very good. In this way, Jia Ke did not get much of an official position. But he gave him the title of a general, which can be regarded as a reward for his merits, and it is not a mistreatment of meritorious heroes, and at the same time let him guard Xuanhua and Kaiping two towns. The town of Xuanfu blocked the gate for the Tatars to go south, and if the Tatars wanted to invade Xuanfu Town in the future, they had to pass through these two important places. These two important places are defended by Jia Ke, and if the Tatars want to break through, I am afraid it will not be so easy.

In this way, Xuanfu Town will be safe in the future, and the northwest of the capital will be safe and sound.