Hmph, Wang Chengen, since you know everything, then you give me an idea, what should I do with Wang Zezhi? Chongzhen handed over an excerpt from Song Tongyin, the governor of Shanxi, Geng Ruqi, the governor of Xuanfu, and Wei Yunzhong.

What is reported in this excerpt is the news that Wang Zezhi defeated the tiger and squatted rabbit and recovered southern Mongolia.

"The minister never dared to make decisions for the emperor."

"And what else you Wang Chengen didn't dare to do? I want you to come up with an idea, or I'll kill you. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that Wang Zezhi should be brought to justice immediately and put him in prison."

"Wang Zezhi has lived in Guihua City for a long time, and there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers and strong generals under his command, if a mutiny is provoked, it will be far better than the anti-thief rebellion in Shaanxi."

"What the emperor said is extremely true, and the minister is not thoughtful. Rong Chen thought about it. Wang Chengen wiped the sweat from his forehead, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and came up with a solution with a difficult expression.

"The minister thinks that if you want to arrest Wang Zezhi, you must not use the Jinyi Guard and the forbidden army, which will easily cause a mutiny, and you can't arrest it blatantly."

"Don't talk nonsense." Chongzhen said impatiently.

"According to the ministers, Wang Zezhi should be arrested with generals under Wang Zezhi.

This general must first be loyal to the emperor, and secondly, he must be in a high position in the army and have a certain prestige, and only in this way can he stabilize the morale of the army. ”

"Is there such a person?"

"Yes, there is a general in the Datong Zhongyi Battalion under Wang Zezhi, named Yang Guo, who was originally one of the hundred households in the Datong border army."

"Yes, this person is good, I can use him to replace Wang Zezhi and promote him to a thousand households, no, promote him to the chief soldier of Datong Mansion, and let him serve Daming."

"The emperor is wise, the emperor is wise."

"Before he is captured, a reward should be placed to paralyze him, and then he should be taken down with lightning speed."

"Okay, let's do it according to this."

Chongzhen decided on this matter, and then convened the ministers above the second rank and held a small meeting, and the content of the meeting was how to reward Wang Zezhi.

"The king of the general army of Shanxi is the power to resist the tiger and squat the rabbit, first recover the Hetao, and then pacify the southern Mongolia, this is the immortal miracle of opening up the territory, according to the routine should be the official position from a product, awarded the Ronglu doctor.

However, Wang Zezhi used his life to protect Chen Qiyu to quell the rebellion in Shaanxi, and now Chen Qiyu is not good for the thief, and Wang Zezhi has become a guilty person.

The merits and demerits are offset, and they can only be awarded the second-grade Dragon and Tiger General. ”

After the ministers discussed, Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the ministry, stepped forward and replied.

Chongzhen was very satisfied with the results of the ministers' discussions, and he didn't want to reward Wang Zezhi in the first place.

Wang Zezhi has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, if he is promoted to a grade now, what will he do when he recovers Liaodong?

Why don't you have to give him a king with a different surname?

The most important point is that Wang Zezhi has done a lot of things on behalf of others.

There are private mutual markets, a new king of Shunyi, and privately compiled the herdsmen of the various departments outside the Saiwai as households.

These things he did made Chongzhen feel that his majesty as emperor was threatened.

Therefore, he wants to kill Wang Zezhi and support an obedient general.

He was going to kill Wang Zezhi, so he was naturally reluctant to give him a too high reward, and he was very satisfied with the reward Chongzhen that the ministers discussed.

"That's good, let's do it."

......

In the second year of Chongzhen, the fifth day of the fifth month of May.

After Wang Zezhi rushed back to Huacheng, he gathered all the soldiers and horses stationed in various places, and the military meritorious soldiers who had been disbanded were gathered back.

Since most of the silver and grain in his hands were in Datong Mansion, he had no choice but to transfer the construction corps out and go to Datong Mansion to escort money and grain to Guihua City.

Wang Zezhi looked at the report in his hand, after the battle with Lin Dan Khan, there were only more than 30,000 soldiers in his hand, and there were only more than 10,000 military meritorious soldiers, but there were more and more temporary soldiers.

After all, he incorporated Lin Dan Khan's lost people, and the most important thing was that the Khalkha Three Khan sent back tens of thousands of Chahar and Ordos tribesmen who fled to him.

With the addition of these people, the number of temporary soldiers in his hands has reached more than 30,000.

More than 70,000 people, even if they can't beat Chongzhen, they can bite off a piece of meat in the Ming Dynasty.

If you want to take down him, you must be ready to break a mouthful of teeth.

"My lord, a eunuch came to the court, with two little eunuchs, and he said that his name is Wang Chengen, and he is here to give you good news."

"Oh?"

Wang Zezhi was a little puzzled, he did not report the results of the battle with Lin Dan Khan to the court, how did the court know?

Wang Zezhi thought for a moment and understood.

The information that Li Hua gave him was given to him by Wei Yunzhong at the risk of death.

He and Lin Dan Khan fought in Guihua City, and the soldiers and horses on both sides had reached more than 200,000, and it was impossible for such a big movement not to alarm him.

It is very likely that he reported the results of the battle to the imperial court.

Wang Zezhi, who had already prepared to end up together, was instantly relieved.

Of course, it is best not to fight.

Wang Zezhi figured out the key to it, no longer hesitated, and took the generals above the company level out of the city to welcome Wang Chengen.

When the news came out, the soldiers gathered in the Naturalization City came out to watch, and the walls of the Naturalization City became crowded with people for a while.

Wang Chengen took two little eunuchs, not even a brocade guard, and came to Wang Zezhi with a pleasant face, and congratulated him with fists.

"Congratulations, congratulations, Mr. Wang has been promoted again."

"Wherever and wherever it is, it's the emperor's sage."

"The king of Shanxi's chief soldier obeys the order." Wang Chengen politely paused it, unfolded the holy decree and began to read it.

"The last will take the order."

"Carried by heaven, the emperor summoned and said... Awarded the second rank of the dragon and tiger general, admiration. ”

"The last general is grateful."

Wang Zezhi thanked him, took the holy decree with both hands, led Wang Chengen, and invited him into the city to drink two cups.

Wang Zezhi received the holy decree, but he was muttering in his heart, how did Chongzhen become so stingy, and the reward given to him was like no reward.

Wang Zezhi always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it.

The name of the dragon and tiger general Wu Sanguan, the Ming Dynasty, the second product was awarded to the hussar general, the second was awarded to the Jinwu general, and the dragon and tiger general was awarded, and the Ming Wu Sanguan was called the general, which is the highest rank.

On top of this, he was awarded the first prize of Ronglu Doctor and promoted to Guanglu Doctor.

The first time this rank is conferred, it is called "initial award".

On the basis of this rank, it is called "promotion".

Those who have made outstanding contributions and entered the seal by special order of the emperor are called "special advances".

"Doctor Ronglu" and "Doctor Guanglu" are both official ranks that belong to the first grade, but "Doctor Guanglu" is more noble than "Doctor Ronglu".

In the Ming Dynasty, the civil official rank of Zhengyipin was initially awarded the special entrance to the Ronglu doctor, and the promotion was awarded the special entry to the Guanglu doctor.

The military rank is also the first to be awarded to the special entrance to the Ronglu doctor, and the promotion to the special entry to the Guanglu doctor.

Method of awarding loose officials: Initial award or promotion of a certain rank official, giving the first award of a loose official; When the initial examination is qualified, he will be promoted and dissolved; Those who have made significant achievements in the re-examination will be given additional dismissal officials.

Originally, Wang Zezhi's merits could be rewarded from a product and the first award of Doctor Ronglu.

Because he was implicated by the recommendation of Chen Qiyu, he was demoted and only got a dragon and tiger general.

At the banquet in the Naturalization City, Wang Chengen told Wang Zezhi with the strength of the wine.

Because he was implicated by Chen Qiyu, the ministers in the court began to impeach him, it was Emperor Chongzhen who overrode public opinion, so he sought to obtain such a reward, he hoped that Wang Zezhi would not forget the emperor's grace and remember Chongzhen's goodness.

Regarding what Wang Chengen said, Wang Zezhi naturally agreed, and what he said was called sincerity.

In fact, Wang Zezhi had already felt a little bad from this reward.