Volume 3 Chapter 37 True and False

Jiajing did think about promoting the Marquis of Xianning to Qiuluan, the commander of the trilateral system, and let him command the border army of the three towns of Shaanxi to deal with the Tartars.

However, Qiu Luan's performance made him a little undecided, because Qiu Luan had been the chief soldier of Ganzhou Town for many years, and he had never had any outstanding achievements, but this time he suddenly defeated more than 100,000 Tatar cavalry, and the suspicion of fraud was too great.

It is no secret that the vice habit of killing good and risking merit has prevailed in the border army in recent years, and Jiajing also has a little suspicion that Qiu Luan is killing good and taking merit, if this is the case, promoting this kind of person to the trilateral general system is not to restore the decline, but to make the situation in the northwest even more uncontrollable.

This trilateral general system is not a small official, it can be said to be equivalent to the military version of the trilateral governor, but it can't manage civil affairs, these three sides are originally military towns, where does the civil administration come from, so this trilateral general system is actually a trilateral governor, but the military post serves as the feudal official.

With such an important position, Jiajing felt that he should be cautious, wait and see.

He didn't expect that Yan Song would suddenly mention this problem, if others told him this, he probably wouldn't be too lazy to deal with it, but Yan Song was different, in his heart Yan Song was already his own person, and Yan Songqing wrote quite well, in his opinion, this is ability.

Of course, he had to think carefully about the suggestion made by such a capable person.

He thought seriously for a while, and then asked, "Weizhong, do you think it's true that Qiu Luan led the border army of Ganzhou Town to defeat more than 100,000 Tatar cavalry?" ”

Don't dare to pack tickets casually for this kind of thing, in case something happens to Qiu Luan in the future, Jiajing is likely to blame himself for it.

The so-called companion is like a tiger, and everything is still careful.

Yan Song's cunning was vividly reflected at this time, he did not pat his chest and pack the ticket, saying that Qiu Luan led the border army of Ganzhou Town to defeat more than 100,000 Tatar cavalry This is true, he just knocked on the side and said: "Weichen did not witness it with his own eyes, so he didn't dare to draw conclusions randomly, however, there is no doubt that Ji Nang led more than 100,000 troops to Ganzhou Town, Yansui Town and Ningxia Town have issued warning documents, and Ganzhou Town is thousands of miles away from the Hetao grassland where the Tartars gather, presumably Na Ji Nang has a plan, Otherwise, he would not have been able to lead an army of more than 100,000 to run thousands of miles. We also know the final result, Ji Nang found nothing, returned to Hetao to rest and then went straight to Xuanfu Town, which can't be faked. ”

There is no mention of Qiu Luan in the whole paragraph, but the meaning is obvious, that is, Qiu Luan led the border army of Ganzhou Town to defeat more than 100,000 Tatar cavalry, which is nine times out of ten, true.

When Jiajing heard this, he couldn't help but ponder, what Yan Song said was indeed the truth, Ji Nang led more than 100,000 Tartar cavalry to attack thousands of miles to attack Ganzhou Town, but the people found nothing and returned home, there is no doubt about this.

So, why did Ji Nang retreat, there seems to be only one explanation, that is, the defense of Ganzhou Town was too tight, he attacked, suffered a little loss, and found that he couldn't get a profit, so he had no choice but to retreat.

No matter how smart he is, he can't imagine that Qiu Luan, this guy is so bold and fat, he even dares to bribe Ji Nan!

Jiajing was fooled by Yan Song, and suddenly felt that Qiu Luan led the border army of Ganzhou Town to defeat more than 100,000 Tartar cavalry.

He thought for a while, then nodded and said: "We should really think of a way to deal with this matter in the northern frontier, since Qiu Luan has the ability to lead a town of soldiers and horses to repel more than 100,000 Tatar cavalry, and all the soldiers and horses of the three towns will be handed over to him to command, and I will definitely not be disappointed." Then take revenge on Prime Minister Luan's three sides and deal with the Tartars. ”

When Yan Song heard this, he hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "The emperor is wise." ”

This is Yan Song's power, Jiajing was obviously fooled by him, but he didn't feel anything wrong, he thought it was the result of his own analysis.

Xianning Hou Qiu Luan was promoted to the trilateral general system, which really caused a lot of sensation in the government and the opposition, because many people know that Qiu Luan is an officialdom bastard, and it is not good to lead troops to fight at all.

However, at this time, Jiajing has spoken, and everyone doesn't dare to say anything anymore, this emperor is very stubborn, and he decides something, whoever dares to go against the tune will definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

Before the sensation caused by Qiu Luan subsided, an even more exciting news followed, Xuanfu Inspector Yang Cong led the army to defeat the Tartar cavalry, captured more than 1,000 heads, and captured hundreds of war horses!

Really?

Xuanfu Town is more than 300 miles away from the capital, send a fast horse to investigate, one day is enough, Yang Cong dares to lie, it is a crime of deception.

Moreover, the Tartar cavalry's attack on Xuanfu has long been in the uproar in the capital, and everyone knows that the Tartars have begun to manufacture siege equipment a few days ago, preparing to attack Zhangjiakou and Xinbeikou, and the possibility of a major battle in these days is very high.

However, if you want to say that Yang Cong, the new champion, can lead a town of soldiers and horses to defeat the Tartar cavalry, few people really believe it.

Even Jiajing didn't dare to determine whether this was true or false, although he knew that Yang Cong was unlikely to lie, but with a town of troops, he could defeat 50,000 Tatar cavalry and capture more than 1,000 first-class soldiers, which is also too untrue, you must know that a veteran like Qiu Luan only relied on the help of the fortress and city wall to repel the attack of the Tatar cavalry, and won dozens of first-level ones.

Jiajing really couldn't believe that this was true, and Xia Yan and Yan Song also took the opportunity to slander Yang Cong and slander Yang Cong for wanting to kill Liang and risk his future, so he was even more suspicious in his heart.

In the end, he still sent Mao Bowen, the secretary of the military department, to personally lead the team to Xuanfu Town, ostensibly to let Mao Bowen go to reward the meritorious soldiers of Xuanfu Town, but in fact, he went to check the authenticity of the battle results.

This Mao Bowen is notoriously fair and strict, Jiajing still trusts him quite a lot, Jiajing also knows that Yang Cong has a background in the Yangming lineage, has in-laws with Lu Song and Zhang Yue, and has deep contradictions with Xia Yan's party, so he did not send people from Jinyiwei and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to inspect, nor did he order the cabinet to send people to inspect, but personally selected Mao Bowen, who did not join any faction, to lead the team.

However, there is one thing he didn't expect, although this Mao Bowen did not join any faction, but his personal relationship with Nie Bao, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, is still good, because of Nie Bao's relationship, he still appreciates Yang Cong, the new champion, so before leaving, he ordered someone to quickly inform Yang Cong, which roughly means that he will be sent to Xuanfu Town by the emperor's order to comfort and reward meritorious soldiers, so that Yang Cong can prepare well.

Yang Cong received Mao Bowen's notice and understood that someone was chewing his tongue in front of Jiajing.

It's been like this in these years, no matter how powerful you are in the war, no matter how great your merits are, those ministers in the court can say black as white and white as black in order to compete for power and profit.

This kind of thing is too common in the Jiajing Dynasty, obviously a bastard who kills good people and makes meritorious contributions, often gets commendations and even promotions to knighthood, and is obviously a great meritorious hero who kills the enemy and makes meritorious contributions, but is often framed by slander, removed from his post and investigated, or even unjustly killed.

This is the current situation of the officialdom of the Jiajing Dynasty, which is helpless and resentful.