Wuyuan, named in the Xia and Shang periods, has a long history, and has always been the frontier of the Central Plains Dynasty due to its special geographical location.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, Wuyuan was as famous as Shuofang, Yunzhong, Dingxiang and Yanmen, and became one of the important border counties to fight against the Xiongnu.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, it was deserted, why is that?

The reason is actually very simple, that is, because it is too far away from the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and the logistics supply is difficult, so during the Yongle Xuande period, this place was abandoned.

If Daming doesn't give up here, how can there be trouble in the Hetao?

Yang Cong sat in the temporary line of Wuyuan County, looking at the latest map, and sighed.

He was considering whether to continue the pursuit, drive the Tartars out of the so-called Xitao, and let them go to Monan to eat soil completely.

Originally, he thought that after recovering the Hetao, the Tatars would only be able to eat the soil, but he never thought that this time, he sent scouts to pretend to be fleeing herdsmen, and followed the footprints of the Tatars, only to find that there were still scattered grasslands in the west of the Hetao, and the Tatars called it the West Loop.

The area of the western set is even larger than the eastern one, stretching for more than a thousand miles from the west of Wuyuan to the town of Ganzhou, all of which are the range of the western setter, if the Tartars multiply there, I am afraid, it will be difficult to stop the disaster of the northern captives.

So, how do you drive the Tartars out of the suit?

His idea is to build a railway along with the advance of the fortress, and build the fortress all the way to Ganzhou Town, "driving a long car and stepping through the lack of Helan Mountain"!

Helan Mountain is the junction of the East and West Sets, and his strategy is in line with the sentence in "Man Jianghong".

Anyway, at this time, the imperial court seems to have stagnated, and he doesn't care about the battle in the northwest at all, and he is idle, so it is better to take advantage of the situation to recover the western set, so that the Tartars will completely lose the place where they can thrive.

Of course, if he wants to enter the western set, he still has to obtain the approval of the imperial court or Jiajing, because he was only ordered to recover the east set this time, and if the east set is recovered, the task will be completed.

Moreover, the size of the western set is probably not something that can be recovered in a year or two, and if you don't say a word to Jiajing and rashly launch such a protracted war, I'm afraid it's a bit unreasonable.

He wrote down his thoughts in detail, ordered people to send them to the capital in an expedited manner for 800 miles, and then began to dispatch men and materials to make advance preparations.

He believes that Jiajing will definitely agree to his plan, because at this time, the Tartars are newly defeated and their morale is low, and the Ming army has just recovered the Hetao, and the momentum is like a rainbow, at this time, it is a good opportunity to recover the Xitao, if this opportunity is missed, it will be difficult to recover the Xitao in the future.

So, will Jiajing agree to his plan to recover Xitao as he thinks?

At this time, it is not Jiajing who has the final say on the major affairs of the court, but Yan Song!

It's just that Yan Song's "final say" was said through Jiajing's mouth.

In other words, at this time, Jiajing has been fooled into a dog by Yan Song, Tao Zhongwen, Chen Hong and others, and Yan Song will do whatever he wants!

Yang Cong's recital was transmitted back to the capital, of course, through Yan Song's hands first.

When Yan Song saw this twist, he was immediately unhappy.

You don't think you have enough credit for it?

Still fighting, beating Nima!

You must know that at this time, the household department of Nanjing is making every effort to allocate the military rations and salaries in the northwest, and in other places, the household departments of the imperial court are supporting it, and the household department of the imperial court wants to distribute money to tens of thousands of officials in the Ming Dynasty, and there is not much oil and water, even if they try hard, they can only pull out some money, barely ensuring the rations of the border troops in Jizhou Town and Liaodong Town, as for the salary, they have been owed to wait for the end of the war in the northwest.

In other words, he was very unhappy to make money at this time, almost all of the food and salary of the border army were used to support the war in the northwest, and the household department of Nanjing was also controlled by the Yangming lineage.

He has become the head of the cabinet, and Jiajing doesn't care about anything at this time, the court is almost up to him, and he actually makes less money than before, how can this work!

This battle must not be fought again.

Yang Cong can't let him control the border army and continue to make merits.

He did not hesitate to pick up the pen, and wrote a large number of tickets to be attached to the fold, and then ordered someone to send the fold into the palace and ask Jiajing to "decide".

At this time, although he has almost monopolized the dynasty, he does not dare to "call the shots" in this kind of thing, and he also knows that Yang Cong's energy, if he dares to hide from Jiajing, Yang Cong will definitely go to Jiajing to complain.

Although Jiajing is confused, he is not a fool, if some things are too much, Jiajing can still see the trickiness.

He still has a pretty good grasp of this measure, otherwise Jiajing would not have been fooled into a dog by him.

When Jiajing saw the twists and turns, he remembered that Yang Cong had recovered the Hetao, and he hadn't rewarded anyone for such a great achievement.

During this time, he was really a little delirious from the pain of losing his son, and he even forgot about such a big thing.

As for Yang Cong's strategy to recover the western set, Yan Song has written it very clearly on the ticket draft, not that it can't be done, but that the conditions don't allow it.

At this time, the imperial court is tightening its belt to support the war in the northwest, whether it is the household department of Nanjing or the household department of the capital is struggling to support, and if it continues like this, not to mention the food and salary of the border army in Jizhou Town and Liaodong Town, I am afraid that there will be problems with the salaries of the court officials.

The recovery of the West is a protracted war, and the imperial court can't afford it!

To tell the truth, Jiajing is already very satisfied with the situation at this time, after the recovery of Hetao, it is not so convenient for the Tartars to enter the Central Plains, and besides, the West Loop is four or five thousand miles away from the capital, and it is unlikely that the Tartars will come to the capital, so what else can he not be satisfied with?

Now, the most important thing is the issue of Yang Cong's reward.

Others are good to say, just upgrade a few levels, Yang Cong is from the prince of the first product at this time, and then promoted, it is the first product, the Ming Dynasty has been promoted to the first grade for more than a hundred years, it seems that he has not been alive to be promoted to the civil official of the first grade, can Yang Cong be promoted?

Jiajing was a little hesitant again, after all, Da Ming has no precedent, he is willful, but he is not unruly, especially for other people's affairs, he is still more inclined to follow the rules, and he will be willful about his own affairs.

He hesitated, so he could only order someone to summon Yan Song to come and discuss.

After the monarch and the ministers saluted, Jiajing asked a little impatiently: "Weizhong, how can Qingfeng be rewarded for his work in recovering the Hetao, will he be promoted to Taishi, Taifu or Taibao?" Is it appropriate to do so? ”

Of course it's not suitable, Yang Cong is going up, where is my face going!

I am the first assistant of the cabinet, and I am only the second grade, if Yang Cong is promoted to the first grade, how can I still have face.

Of course, Yan Song didn't want Yang Cong to be promoted to a positive product, in that case, his face would be swollen by Yang Cong, as for how to reward Yang Cong, in fact, he had already thought about it, but Jiajing never mentioned it, and he didn't bother to say it.

After all, the longer it drags on, the more unhappy Yang Cong will be, the more unhappy Yang Cong will be, the more unhappy Yang Cong will be, the happier he will be!

Since Jiajing asked at this time, he was naturally embarrassed to drag it out any longer.

He thought about it for a while, and then said solemnly: "It is indeed not very suitable to be promoted to Taishi, Taifu or Taibao, because Daming has no precedent for this, but such a great achievement, if you don't reward it, you can't say it." Otherwise, the precedent of King Shouren, give Lord Yang a earl, your Majesty, what do you think? ”

Knighted?

This is a good idea, but Yang Cong's merit is much better than Wang Shouren's, Jiajing thought about it again, and then said slowly: "Earl, it seems to be a little too low, let's make a marquis, after all, this Qingfengli's merits are not comparable to Wang Shouren." It's just that what is the name of this marquis? ”

Nima, Marquis!

Well, anyway, it's just a false title, it doesn't matter, there are more Marquis and Earls of Daming, and there are not many Yang Cong.

As for the name of the title, he had actually thought about it a long time ago.

Yan Song pretended to think for a while, and then said: "Many titles come according to the name of the place, Lord Yang's ancestral home is Hui'an, why don't you call it Hui'anhou, Your Majesty, what do you think?" “

Hui'anhou, okay, that's a good name.