October of the seventh year of Tianshun, Hanhai City.

Liu Juntao finally dealt with the affairs of the various departments of the grassland desert, and after leaving the three battalions of the left army of the garrison army to garrison in the western part of the grassland, he led more than 100,000 soldiers of the Tiance Army, as well as a total of six battalions of soldiers and horses of the garrison army and the right army, to return to Hanhai City.

At this time, the military department once again sent an urgent report, and once again asked Liu Juntao about the time of the withdrawal of the army, and at the same time, the military department attendant who came to deliver the official document also said that the imperial court was discussing the establishment of the Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate, after all, opening up the territory and expanding the territory was a feat of Grace Wandai, and the civil officials in the DPRK could also take the opportunity to leave a name in history, so for the proposal put forward by Liu Juntao, the uncle of Ningbei, to establish the Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate, the Chinese officials of the DPRK rarely expressed support.

After sending off the people from the military department, Liu Juntao deployed all the units of the Tiance Army, the two armies and the six battalions of garrisons around Hanhai City, thus building a northern defense line for Datong Town, making Datong Town from a border military town to a mainland military town.

At the same time, Kyoshi.

Emperor Tianshun has been bedridden for two months, and has been recuperating in the palace for this time, and the affairs of the court are discussed and reported by the cabinet ministers and the ministers of the various ministries in the palace.

When Emperor Shun received the good news from Liu Juntao, the uncle of Ningbei, Emperor Tianshun, who was already seriously ill, suddenly sat up, his face was also ruddy, and he immediately laughed wildly regardless of the strange eyes of the surrounding ministers.

"Haha! The Tatar Ministry has been destroyed, and the desert is all under my emperor's name, and the world is at heart! The world is in the heart! ”

At this time, Huang Yuande, the secretary of the military department who had just taken office, coughed lightly and said: "Your Majesty, at present, Ning Beibo has led the army to make great contributions, and the military department and the Ministry of Rites have discussed a plan to reward the soldiers of the army, and I also ask Your Majesty to take a look." ”

Emperor Tianshun said with a smile when he heard this: "Okay! As it should be! ”

As he spoke, Emperor Tianshun took the proposal handed over by Huang Yuande, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and after only looking at it for a while, he frowned.

In this proposal, Ning Beibo and Longhu General Liu Juntao were named Zhengyipin Zuozhuguo, and the scattered rank was directly promoted by Longhu General to Zhengyipin Guanglu Doctor, at the same time, Liu Juntao still served as the governor of Shanxi, and there was no transfer for the time being, which also shows that Liu Juntao's official position has reached its peak, and it is no longer possible to be promoted.

However, for all the generals of the Tiance Army, they were all promoted, and the Ministry of War was ready to send all parts of the Tiance Army to garrison various parts of Shanxi, so that the generals of all departments could open towns in various parts of Shanxi and be promoted to the chief military officer.

According to this recital, Yan Hu, the general of the Eagle Yang Army, was promoted to the chief officer of Taiyuan Town, and led the soldiers of the Eagle Yang Army to garrison Taiyuan Mansion and open the town of Taiyuan Mansion.

The trapped army returned to Shandong Town after the war, and guarded Shandong with Zhang Xiaojun, the deputy chief soldier of Shandong Town;

Sun Xu, the general of the Tiger Ben Army, was promoted to the chief officer of Pingyang Town, and led the soldiers of the Tiger Army to guard Pingyang Mansion and open the town of Pingyang Mansion;

Chen Ziping, a general of the Vietnamese cavalry army, was promoted to the chief officer of Zezhou Town, and led the soldiers of the Vietnamese cavalry army to guard the Zezhou Mansion and open the town of Zezhou Mansion;

Gao Ran, the general of the Zhichong Army, was promoted to the chief officer of Lu'an Town, and led the soldiers of the Zhichong Army to guard Lu'an Mansion and open the town of Lu'an Mansion;

Zhou Zongsheng, a general of the Changshui Army, was promoted to the chief officer of Hanhai Town, and led the iron cavalry soldiers of the Changshui Army to garrison Hanhai City, and shocked the desert together with the soldiers of the Ming Army who were successively mobilized by the imperial court.

Long Xiangjun, together with Liu Juntao, the uncle of Ningbei, continued to garrison Datong Town.

After Emperor Tianshun read this proposal, he had no opinion on the arrangement of the troops of the Tiance Army, and Emperor Tianshun was also preparing to disperse all parts of the Tiance Army, and was ready to reward the generals of the Tiance Army, so as not to let Liu Juntao have an army of more than 100,000.

However, Emperor Tianshun thought that in this proposal, the reward for Liu Juntao himself was too mean, and the title was still Ning Beibo, and there was no promotion, so it was inevitable that he would be a little unkind.

Moreover, for the generals of the various departments of the Tiance Army, together with Hu Dexing, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, there is no reward on the title, and Hu Dexing has not even been promoted, which is very unfair.

Emperor Tianshun understood that at this time, the Tiance army had made great achievements, and the subjects of the world were paying attention to him, and if the reward was not in place this time, it would definitely chill the hearts of the subjects of the world.

So, Emperor Tianshun said lightly: "The reward for this proposal is too thin, you better go back and discuss it again!" ”

After the courtiers came out of the dormitory, they went to the Yamen of the Ministry of War, after all, this time was mainly a military matter, so Huang Yuande, the secretary of the Ministry of War, supported this discussion.

But before they could say a few words, they began to quarrel.

A group of officials led by Huang Yuande, the secretary of the Ministry of War, advocated obeying the will of Emperor Tianshun, and rewarded Liu Juntao, the chief of Ningbeibo, and the officers and soldiers of the Tiance Army.

Of course, Huang Yuande and others are not good men and women, as civil officials, they still have an innate sense of precaution for military generals, so they advocate taking advantage of the opportunity to promote the generals of various departments of the Tiance Army, disperse all these fierce generals, deploy them to various places, and refuse to knight these fierce generals.

Other officials were more radical, and they opposed the ideas of Huang Yuande, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and others, believing that the earth-shattering exploits of Liu Juntao, the uncle of Ningbei at this time, were too great, so that the imperial court could not be sealed!

If calculated according to the military exploits of the Tartar Ministry this time, then Liu Juntao should not be said to maintain the post of governor of Shanxi, even if he directly entered the cabinet and replaced Huang Yuande, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to become the new secretary of the Ministry of War, it is not an exaggeration, and the title of Earl of Ningbei should also be promoted again. Those fierce generals of all departments of the Tiance Army should also be knighted and promoted.

But in this way, Liu Juntao will become the first powerful minister of the Ming Dynasty, not only in a high position, but also with a group of fierce generals who died with his birth, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers!

This is a real meritorious master!

Not to mention that at this time, Hamiwei has not yet recovered, and the leader of the Grakli Tribe, Gathlan, still has 300,000 troops. In the face of such a strong enemy, in order to strive for stability and win the battle, the imperial court will definitely dispatch the Tiance army again.

According to the record of the Tiance Army's victory in a hundred battles, defeating the leader of the Qikeli tribe, Ji Kathlan, and recovering Hamiwei must be a sure thing, and how will the imperial court reward Liu Juntao at that time? How to reward the generals, soldiers and horses under Liu Juntao?

For this reason, it didn't take long for the two sides to quarrel in the yamen of the military department, and the two sides insisted on their own opinions and refused to give in to each other, and they quarreled for two hours, and finally broke up unhappily.

After waiting for a few days, Emperor Tianshun still didn't see the cabinet come up with a new reward plan, and his heart was also angry, so he summoned Huang Yuande, the secretary of the military department, into the palace and asked, "How is the matter of rewarding the matter discussed?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's still under discussion."

"It's still under discussion!" Emperor Tianshun said coldly: "Now the soldiers of the Northern Expedition are stationed in Hanhai City, and more than 100,000 soldiers have been fighting bloodily for nearly a year, and now the imperial court can't even discuss the reward, what is this?" What do I want you to do! ”

Huang Yuande, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was ashamed when he heard this, and hurriedly said the controversy between the court and the court at this time, and then said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter should be considered in the long run, and the matter is big, and it must not be because of rewarding meritorious ministers, and create a powerful minister who leans towards the government and the opposition, and what is even more worrying is that this powerful minister still holds a strong army, and once it is ...... in the future."

"Enough!"

Emperor Tianshun naturally knew what Huang Yuande, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was going to say, and he was worried that once Liu Juntao was rewarded, he would create a Shi Heng again in the future.

As soon as he thought of this, Emperor Tianshun felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart, looking at Huang Yuande, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Emperor Tianshun couldn't help but feel a trace of disgust, and some regretted that he had promoted him to the post of secretary of the Ministry of War.

"Your Majesty, although there is still a debate between the court and China at this time, but the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all dedicated to the country, no matter how heavy the rewards of Ning Beibo and the soldiers of the Tiance Army are, they should not be too much, they should still be rewarded with more money as before, and the title and official position should be as cautious as possible!"

Emperor Tianshun's face turned pale, and he said, "Be cautious? Aren't you afraid of snubbing the morale of the soldiers? Aren't you afraid of chilling the hearts of the people of the world! ”

"The minister thinks that as long as His Majesty is firm in his heart, as long as the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty are dedicated to the country, the subjects of this world will definitely be able to understand and understand His Majesty's painstaking ......."

Huang Yuande paused and continued: "Moreover, the minister thinks that Ning Beibo is loyal to the country, and he can also experience His Majesty's love. ”

"Fart!"

Emperor Tianshun scolded fiercely in his heart, and then said coldly: "I have already said that I must not snub the heart of the soldiers of the army to serve the country, and the Ministry of War must continue to discuss with the cabinet about the reward." ”

"Your Majesty......"

Before Huang Yuande could speak, Emperor Tianshun said loudly: "Three days! I only give you three days, and you must come up with a suitable plan, otherwise I will punish you severely! ”

After Huang Yuande left the palace, he was in a very bad mood, and when he thought of Emperor Tianshun's request, he felt very uncomfortable.

If according to Emperor Tianshun's wishes, Liu Juntao will definitely soar into the sky, and even bring a group of generals to be knighted and enter the court, which is no less than a huge disaster for all the civil officials in the court.

But what if the plan that everyone came up with did not meet the wishes of Emperor Tianshun?

Huang Yuande knew in his heart that if Emperor Tianshun was dissatisfied, there would definitely be many people in the court who would lose their officials, and some would even be imprisoned!

After thinking about it, Huang Yuande also didn't have a good idea, so he returned home, and found his colleagues who were generally good friends at night, and everyone discussed together for half the night.

In the end, everyone had no good way, and suddenly Huang Yuande thought, what if this matter was delayed?

One person replied: "If we delay, Your Majesty will definitely be very anxious, and maybe you will compromise with us!" ”

"What about the three-day period?"

Huang Yuande frowned and thought for a while, and finally said, "Then there is only a few scapegoats to be thrown!" Drag! Keep putting it on! ”