August of the second year of Jingtai, Beijing.

The news that the army of Yanzhou Town had inflicted heavy losses on 200,000 Warat Iron Cavalry, and that Warat Khan had also led his troops to retreat back to the grassland, this great news was like a hurricane, and it swept the entire capital in a very short period of time.

For several days, the city was filled with laughter and laughter, with countless people pouring into the streets to celebrate, and even many liquor shops put up signs to serve spirits for free.

At the same time, Emperor Jingtai was also a dragon-hearted delight, and constantly praised Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Yanzhou Town, as "the cadre of the country" in the court, and ordered the military department to reward Liu Juntao and the soldiers of Yanzhou Town.

Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, was also overjoyed, after all, he was the one who advocated the mobilization of the army of Yanzhou Town to the north to defend against the enemy, and now Liu Juntao led the troops to achieve a great victory, and he and the military department also had a bright face.

What's more, once Liu Juntao led the army back to Beijing, the imperial court would definitely reward him with a big reward, and Yu Qian's heart was overjoyed when he thought that he had recommended another fierce general for the imperial court.

Soon, Yu Qian reported the reward agreed by the Ministry of War to Emperor Jingtai, and Wang Zuhe, the overseer who returned to Beijing, also praised Liu Juntao and the soldiers and horses of Yanzhou Town, and Emperor Jingtai waved his pen and played the reward submitted by the Ministry of War.

On this day, Shi Heng, the governor of the right capital, had a gloomy face and drank with Cao Jixiang, the eunuch of the eunuch, in the palace.

However, neither of them seemed to have any Yaxing, just drinking stuffy wine, and their faces were full of resentment and worry.

"Shi Dudu, that Liu Juntao has always been at odds with you, and now he has made a great contribution, according to the miscellaneous family, it won't be long before Liu Juntao will climb on your head!"

Shi Heng snorted coldly and said, "He is just a local commander, even if he makes more military exploits, what can he do!" Can he still enter the court as a general? ”

"Why not?"

Cao Jixiang said coldly: "I've heard that this time the imperial court is very likely to knight that Liu Juntao!" In this way, Liu Juntao is a martial artist, not a reckless martial artist, do you say he has a chance to enter the court! ”

Hearing this, Shi Heng's face changed instantly, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and then he said fiercely: "At this time, Yu Qian must not be allowed to do it!" It's okay to reward the army, but Liu Juntao must never be knighted! ”

Cao Jixiang glared at Shi Heng as if he was looking at an idiot, and said, "Don't act rashly as Lord Shi!" Now that the Chinese officials are becoming more and more arrogant, even Xu Youzhen has left us and run to jump among those imperial historians, doesn't he just want to draw a line with the martial artist of the Du Du and the eunuch of the miscellaneous family? ”

"Now in the court, only Shi Dudu and the miscellaneous family are advancing and retreating together, we are weak! Once we stab Liu Juntao's hornet's nest, not only will we offend Yu Qian and a large number of military attachés in the DPRK, but the civil officials in the DPRK and China will definitely rush over and fall into the ground! Moreover, the military and civilians inside and outside the capital are full of admiration for Liu Juntao, and now the whole city is singing about the battle between Yanzhou Town and Wara, and when the time comes, the reputation of you and me will be all stinky! ”

After listening to Cao Jixiang's words, Shi Heng's face became even more ugly, and on his iron-blue face, his brows were almost twisted into a lump of flesh, which looked very scary.

"In this way, we can only sit and watch that Liu Juntao grow stronger and stronger!"

Cao Jixiang also sighed, shook his head slightly, and said, "Besides, is there any good way for Shi Dudu?" ”

Shi Heng slammed the table, then took a sip of a large bowl of spirits, and said, "Why can't those Warattars fight like this, why don't they kill Liu Juntao on the battlefield!" ”

Cao Jixiang didn't speak, but he secretly said in his heart: "Look at it, after Liu Juntao gains power in the future, he will definitely find you, the right governor, to settle accounts, and then the miscellaneous family will have a good show!" ”

Although Cao Jixiang has always had close contact with Shi Heng, the two are not monolithic, at best, they just use each other. Even in some things, there are still quite a few contradictions between the two.

So at this time, seeing that Shi Heng was being pressed steadily by Liu Juntao, Cao Jixiang was also very happy in his heart.

At this time, Shi Heng raised his head and sneered: "By the way, this time Liu Juntao led the troops to a great victory, and in His Majesty's heart, the weight of the military department is a lot heavier, and now your department has a hard time setting up a prison, right?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Cao Jixiang's face became ugly.

Although the supervisor of the department is an internal official supervisor, he has always been at odds with the Ministry of War, and Cao Jixiang, the eunuch of the Department of Supervision, is naturally very unaccustomed to Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

Cao Jixiang sneered and said, "It's okay! As long as the Emperor Taishang is here, we will have a day to make a comeback, and then his good days for Yu Qian will come to an end! ”

A few days later, the military department sent the reward of the imperial court and the will of Emperor Jingtai to Datong Town, and mobilized a hundred elite brocade guards from Beizhen Fusi to escort the whole process.

The reward of the imperial court this time can be described as heavy:

Yanzhou Town was abolished and Shandong Town was added to Jinan Prefecture; Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Yanzhou Town, was transferred to the chief military officer of Shandong Town, opened the mansion, added the general seal, sealed the three products on the light car (Wu Xun), and awarded General Zhaoyong (Wu Sanjie).

The generals of the original battalions in Yanzhou Town were awarded martial arts and martial ranks, and armor and good horses were issued, and the soldiers of the army were also rewarded.

(The Shandong General Military Defense Area here does not include the Liaodong region: in the Ming Dynasty, the Liaodong region was administratively under the jurisdiction of Shandong.) ）

In the Ming Dynasty, the status of the general soldiers is also different, the general general military officers are not with the general seal, once the general seal is added, it is one level higher than the general officer without the seal in terms of rank.

Therefore, this time the court's reward for Liu Juntao can be described as heavy!

However, including Liu Juntao, the positions of the generals of the whole army have not been improved, after all, Liu Juntao is already the chief military officer at this time, and there are several staff generals and more than 10 guerrilla generals under his command, and there is basically no room for improvement in the official position, unless Liu Juntao can go further.

That's why the imperial court will add titles to the generals on such a large scale, and find a balance for the generals in terms of titles and money.

Secondly, this time the imperial court rewarded him, and Emperor Jingtai also specially issued an order to name the army of Liu Juntao, and the army was crowned as the Tiance Army.

This time for the reward of Liu Juntao and his army, Emperor Jingtai also specially issued an edict to record it in the newspaper of the palace and distribute it to the world.

In the Ming Dynasty, Di Bao is the most important way for officials and people from all over the world to learn about the world's major events.

Di Bao is officials at all levels to the imperial court to deliver the chapter, after the imperial court approves, transferred to the six sections, and then by the six departments to copy each piece of the chapter, to rough and fine, compiled together, every four or five days out of a briefing, issued to the Beijing officials and local officials, and allowed the lower-level officials and ordinary gentry, the common people to copy, to put it bluntly, is the Ming version of the newspaper.

The news of the imperial court's reward spread, and the pot exploded inside and outside the capital, and there was talk of the court's reward for Liu Juntao and his soldiers, and for a time Liu Juntao and his soldiers became well-known figures in the Daming Dynasty.

In this regard, Shi Heng, the governor of the right capital, and Cao Jixiang, the eunuch of the Si Governor, both looked at it coldly, although both of them were very resentful in their hearts, but they did not act out of the ordinary.

The civil official group in the court is a lot of court discussions, and many imperial historians are playing, saying that the court's reward for Liu Juntao is too much, and it is recommended to "streamline" this reward.

But Emperor Jingtai ignored this.

Although the orthodox emperor of the Taishang Emperor had been suppressed steadily at this time, Emperor Jingtai was still a little uneasy in his heart, so he wanted to reward Liu Juntao again, take this person from the undefeated tiger general as a confidant, and promote his trusted Wenchen military generals as soon as possible, so that the orthodox emperor of the Taishang Emperor has no possibility of rising!

For a while, the reward after the war became a whirlwind, involving all the forces in the government and the opposition, and even forming a huge whirlpool, I don't know where it will be swept away!

During this period, Xu Youzhen, who supervised the imperial history, was surprisingly quiet, although he also had too close contacts with the imperial historians in the court, but he did not express any opinion on this reward turmoil.

Xu Youzhen has always been a wall grass, and this estrangement from Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang is proof of this.

"Liu Juntao? I didn't expect it to be a dragon crossing the river! It seems that I will also have a good relationship with him, and I may need his help in the future! ”

Xu Youzhen has wishful thinking in her heart, for her, as long as she can help her career, no matter who she is, she has to make friends.

If Liu Juntao could see Xu Youzhen's face at this time, it is estimated that he would be disdainful.