Only two days later, Li Xiao received 20,000 taels of silver and 8,000 taels of silver respectively from Lu Baozhong, the commander of Xuanzhen, and Du Shi, the commander of the Longmen Guard. Li Xiao, the www.biquge.info of Pen, Fun, and Pavilion, also kept his promise and gave 140 Tartar heads to the visitors to bring back.

Liu Bangzhen, the governor of the imperial history, also brought a handwritten letter from Yang Sichang, the governor of Xuanda, and Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuanzhen, in which the two agreed to Li Xiao's plan, which extended to the Tangquan River in the north, the border mountain in the west, and the vast land boundary 10 miles away in the east and south were all under the management of Li Xiaojun, and promised that Xuanfu Town would not send people to intervene.

Li Xiao knew that the reason why Yang Sichang and Chen Xinjia were so generous and happy was purely because these lands were barren and useless, and it was difficult to cultivate them. After all, in these years, a general of the Ming army like Li Xiao who is willing to bear his own military expenses to garrison the border fort, and there is only one wronged leader in the whole country.

Then Liu Bangzhen sent 45,400 taels of silver for the purchase of 227 Tartar heads, and Li Xiao, who was in a good mood, immediately gave the remaining 327 to Liu Bangzhen to bring back.

After the distribution of the first level was completed, Yang Sichang, the governor of Xuanda, and Wang Kun, the superintendent of the army, respectively wrote a report on the victory and sent people to Beijing as soon as possible.

On the third day after Li Xiao reported to the head of the rebels, the recital of Wang Kun, the supervisor of Xuanzhen, was held tightly in the hands of Cao Huachun, the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor and the governor of Dongchang, and he trotted all the way to the Qianqing Palace.

It is now the period of the Xiaoice River, once the weather begins to cool, the temperature drops rapidly, and the autumn wind is quite cold. It's just that Cao Huachun, who was trotting all the way, had fine sweat on his slightly chubby face, but he didn't dare to stop and take a breath.

Because since the invasion of the Tartars, the worried Emperor Chongzhen strictly ordered him to accept the military report from Xuanda, and he must not be put on hold, and he must be handed over to him as soon as possible.

Cao Huachun, who was running out of breath, finally quickly entered the Qianqing Palace, and then respectfully sent Wang Kun's recital to Emperor Chongzhen's dining table.

Eating while reading is the emperor's latest habit.

This aging and festering Ming Empire, internal and external troubles, there are many urgent chapters to be reviewed, the young emperor is haggard and overwhelmed to deal with it, in order to save time, from some time ago, he began to correct the recitals while eating.

His lunch was very simple, a small bowl of yellow rice, a few plates of side dishes, a small plate of sour pickled snow red, and a small plate of fried peanuts, which was the formal meal of a monarch who ruled the world's largest empire at the time.

It's so chilling that people can't help but sigh.

"History of the Ming Dynasty" records that Emperor Chongzhen in order to prepare for military salaries, life is extremely frugal, on weekdays, food and clothing, are as much as possible to save, even the clothes are torn, are to be called the virtuous Empress Zhou sewing. In the last few years of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the emperor's frugality reached the point of speechlessness, and he even let the eunuchs sell his silver night pot for silver to raise military salaries.

And the real history always makes people sigh, this frugal and diligent Emperor Chongzhen, who is comparable to the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, finally ended up with a tragic ending of death and national destruction.

"Your Majesty, this letter was sent by Wang Kun, the supervisor of Xuanzhen, for 600 miles." Cao Huachun said in a humble tone.

Emperor Chongzhen sighed, took the music and looked at it.

Cao Huachun nervously watched the emperor's expression.

During this period of time, the emperor was angry after reading the concerto, he had seen it too much, and even several times the emperor lost his temper and threw the concerto on his face, as if he Cao Huachun was specially bringing bad news.

The emperor, with his dark and haggard face, opened his puffy eyelids and read the recital with a casual look.

Cao Huachun was pleasantly surprised to find that today's emperor, as he read deeper, quickly flushed with excitement on his face, and finally slapped his palm on the table and sat up from the stool.

"Good, good, good!" The young emperor threw down the recital, clapped his hands and laughed.

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen smiling so comfortably, Cao Huachun's heart was sunny, and his whole body was relieved.

"A total of 697 Jurchen Tartar heads, 255 Mongolian Tatar heads, 249 Han army heads, and 23 Jurchen Tatars, 48 Mongolian Tatars, and 10 Han soldiers were captured. I am very relieved, I am so relieved! Cao Daban, you have finally brought me good news. The emperor's face was flushed, and his face was irrepressible with excitement, and he clapped his hands together and paced back and forth excitedly.

At this time, a little eunuch came to report, saying that Shoufu Wen Tiren had a great victory to report.

The emperor laughed and said: "Changqing is here, he must have received a good news from Yang Sichang, the governor of Xuanda, so let's pass him on to meet him." ”

Wen Tiren, the word Changqing, a native of Wucheng, Zhejiang, when Chongzhen was six years old, he was a scholar of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of Dongge University, and entered the cabinet as an auxiliary minister. In the middle of last year, he overthrew the original first assistant Zhou Yanru and succeeded him as the first assistant. This person is gloomy, lonely, cold and vicious, and is known as a traitor. It is a famous traitor in the Chongzhen Dynasty.

During this time, Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, went to the increasingly erosive land of Huguang in Henan Province to command the coordination of the suppression of thieves, so the Ministry of War received the text of the report from the Governor of Xuanda, and forwarded it to the first assistant Wen Tiren.

Wen Tiren has not made any actual achievements since he became the first assistant of Zhou Yanru, and the situation of the Ming Empire is still collapsing day by day. Some time ago, Wu Ganlai, Zhuang Ao, Huang Shaojie and others took turns to impeach and attack him, although Chongzhen tried to protect it, but it also made this traitor exhausted. Now that the news of such a big victory comes from Xuanda, it is simply a shot of heart booster for this languishing Wen Shoufu!

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live! Qi to the emperor, Xuanda came with the news of a great victory, Weichen did not dare to delay, and immediately came to report the good news to the emperor! ”

With a sunny smile on his face, Shoufu Wen Tiren happily walked up to the emperor, then knelt on the ground, and immediately shouted to Emperor Chongzhen.

"Aiqing is flat! I know. ”

The emperor's kind smile, Wen Tiren can't remember how long he hasn't seen it, he has been under tremendous mental pressure for days, and his heart is as comfortable as drinking honey.

Wen Tiren thanked him and got up, and hurriedly handed Yang Sichang's recital to Cao Huachun, who was standing quietly on the side, and after Cao Huachun took it, he held it with both hands and handed it to Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that on Yang Sichang's recital, the number of beheadings and distribution were the same as the number of people played by Wang Kun, but he praised himself so badly in the recital that the emperor frowned.

In the recital, Yang Sichang brazenly boasted about how he led well, how he governed the army effectively, and how he rewarded and punished clearly, so in the end, Xuanfu Town shared the same enemy Kai, so that he could break the Tartar army. The Jurchen Tartar heads were respectively attributed to 200 of his own, 200 of the deputy chief of the Liaodong Forward Battalion Zu Dale, 127 of Xuanfu Governor Chen Xinjia, 100 of Xuanzhen General Lu Baozhong, 40 of the Longmen Guard Commander Du Shi, 30 of the Shandong Qianhu Li Xiao, and 23 Jurchen Tartars, 48 Mongolian Tatars, and 10 Han soldiers. Overseer Wang Kun obtained the relevant flag and ceremonial staff of the Blue Flag.

Behind the recital, there are the various distributions of the heads of the Han army and the heads of the Mongol Tatars.

For Yang Sichang's deliberate invitation, Emperor Chongzhen watched the fire.

He snorted coldly in his heart, Yang Sichang, you have only been in Xuanda for a few days, can you really clean up the situation so quickly and win this big victory? Hmph, I'm really a fool.

The most likely reason for these heads obtained by Yang Sichang was that they were obtained from a certain punishment, rather than the wisdom and ability that he boasted to himself in the recital. As for Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuanfu, who has also just taken office, Lu Baozhong, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, and others, it is estimated that the number of heads they have obtained is also the same.

Profit sharing military merits, this unspoken rule of Ming officialdom, the emperor actually knows it, but he is helpless. After all, this has been the case for a long time, and there is a cap on each person's promotion to an official position. Then, this person's extra military exploits were naturally divided by Shangguan, and this practice was really normal in the eyes of these Ming Dynasty generals.

However, Chongzhen did not intend to expose Yang Sichang's true lie.

Because the current Ming Empire really needs a big victory to boost morale and boost the morale of the army and the people.

Compared with Yang Sichang's boasting, Emperor Chongzhen was more interested in the Li Xiao who was mentioned in Yang Sichang and Wang Kun's recital.

Li Xiao, such a familiar name.

Isn't it, the one who beheaded level 18 in Liaodong last time and was promoted to a thousand households?

In addition to capturing 30 Jurchen Tartars, he also captured 23 Jurchen Tartars, 48 Mongolian Tartars, and 10 Han soldiers. This rare captivity, all of which were captured by this person, is really impressive.

In Emperor Chongzhen's heart, he became more and more appreciative and curious about this rather mysterious Li Xiao.

He had a strong intuition that this Qianhu Li Xiao, who was regarded as a supporting role in both letters, was likely to have far more than the number of performances, and it was very likely that there were even greater merits that were forcibly divided by Shangguan.

After all, Li Xiao is a small thousand households, and these captives and heads, unless they are obtained from their own battles, it is absolutely impossible for any official to share the profits with him.

"Changqing, this Li Xiao, do you know?" Chongzhen put together the music and asked Wen Tiren.

Wen Tiren's heart moved, and he nodded hurriedly: "This person's story, but Weichen still knows some of it." ”

"Tell me."

Seeing that the emperor was interested in this Li Xiao, Wen Tiren hurriedly coughed lightly twice, and said calmly to the emperor: "Emperor Qiqi, according to Weichen's understanding, this Li Xiao was originally a rural hunter in Jinzhou, Liaodong, in July last year, the Tartars embezzled Jinzhou, Li Xiao's family was killed by the Tartars, and his mother and daughter-in-law were all lost at the hands of the Tartars. Li Xiao's home was destroyed, and there was nowhere to stay, and in order to avenge his family, he left Jinzhou and went to Jinzhou Guangning Zhongtun to join the army. ”

"Alas, this Li Xiao is from such a humble background. Pity his relatives for the loss, but he is also a miserable person. Chongzhen said.

Wen Tiren saw that the emperor listened carefully, and continued: "That Li Xiao, who was then selected by the sentry cavalry of Zhongtun in Guangning, was appointed as the deputy captain of the sentry cavalry because of his outstanding martial arts. ”

"This person has won a bloody battle, and he is a good man!" Chongzhen praised.

Next, Li Xiao was stationed at the pier of no return in the southeast of Jinzhou. In November last year, Li Xiaoqin led a group of sentinel cavalry, joined the ancestral Dabi department, braved the wind and snow to rescue the grain team that was robbed by the Tartars, won the first eighteen pieces, and was promoted to the general of a thousand households. ”

"Yes, this person is affectionate and righteous, resolute and resolute, and can be an example for my Ming officers and soldiers, not like those soldiers who are afraid of Tartar like a tiger and make my teeth cold. Li Xiao's victory in this battle that day made me happy for a long time. Chongzhen laughed, a look of remembrance.

"Li Xiao is very famous in Jinzhou because of this battle, and everyone knows that Liaodong is a young hero. Later, in order to retaliate, the Tartars sent troops to attack and harass the lands of western Liao, and wantonly burned, killed and looted. Li Xiao's troops were meager, and seeing that the Tartars were so vigorously invading Liaodong, he felt that it was difficult to continue to gain a foothold in Liaodong, so he led his people to move south and defect to Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong. In the land of Denglai, Shandong, build a Chifeng Fort to settle down. The pier of no return, where he had a foothold in Liaodong, had been burned by the Tartars. ”

Hearing Wen Tiren say this, Chongzhen frowned and said: "This Li Xiao, crossing the sea to the south, although there is a suspicion of avoiding the enemy's cowardice, it is indeed because of the lack of troops that it is difficult to survive, which can be regarded as excusable." ”

Wen Tiren coughed twice and continued: "Li Xiao went to Shandong, but he didn't do nothing. In May of this year, he led his army to attack thousands of miles and wiped out the bandit Black Scorpion in the southeast of Koushan Mountain. Subsequently, at the end of June this year, in accordance with the military order of the imperial court to send troops and horses to aid the north, Li Xiao personally led the soldiers and horses to aid the Longmen Wei Jinjiazhuang Fort in Xuanfu Town. But I didn't expect this person to get a lot of meritorious service in this Xuanfu Town, which made Weichen really impressed. ”

"Haha, I am a good general, isn't God bless me?" Chongzhen laughed loudly, with a look of joy on his face, but he immediately lowered his voice and said: "Changqing, I dare to expect that the first rank obtained by Yang Sichang, Chen Xinjia and others is afraid that it is also related to Li Xiaoduo. It is likely to be obtained from Li Xiao's disposition. ”

"The saint's eyes are like a torch, and where the emperor's heart shines, everything is meticulously investigated, and the ministers are impressed." Wen Tiren smiled and made a long gesture.

"Li Xiao is really a rare tiger general in my Ming Dynasty! If all of my Ming officers and soldiers work hard for the country like Li Xiao and work hard to kill the enemy, then the Tartars will not be destroyed, the thieves will not be eliminated, and the world will not be uncertain! Chongzhen raised his head and sighed, and asked softly: "In Aiqing's opinion, how should Li Xiao be rewarded for such a great achievement this time?" ”

Seeing that the emperor was so interested in this Li Xiao to get to the bottom of it, and bypassed the promotion and reward of many big officials, he came to ask himself how to reward this small thousand households, and for a while, Wen Tiren's heart was also a little jealous.

"On the sage, according to the minister's opinion, Li Xiao was beheaded at 30 levels, and the official rank can surpass the command of the officer, and the commander of the same knowledge will be promoted to the position of commander and envoy. As for the military dispatch, this person was originally the general manager, but he could cross the thousand generals, garrisons, and be promoted to the capital division. But I don't know whether the Holy One left this person in the army, or put him in the guard? Wen Tiren thought for a moment and replied in a low voice.

Chongzhen listened to Wen Tiren's answer, but shook his head dissatisfied.

"Qingzhi's opinion is too decent. In today's world, our Ming officers and soldiers are as timid as tigers to the Tartars, and it is rare to win, and in such a situation, it is necessary to reward the meritorious soldiers to stimulate their desire to serve the country. Chongzhen sighed lightly, and his face was already solemn: "Take You Shiwei, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, and say that since he came to aid Datong, he has been doing nothing for two months, supporting the troops and watching the Tartars capture the state fort, and even the king of the Dai Dynasty has sent a secret letter to complain to me, which really makes me angry." I have decided to dismiss You Shiwei from his post and let Zu Dale, the deputy commander of the forward battalion who won the 200th level of the Tartar head, replace him as the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, add the rank of right governor, and give Wuxun as a protector as a favor. As for Li Xiao, who had both the first rank and many captives who had made great contributions, he also handled the same. ”

"Oh, what does Your Majesty mean?"

"Promote Li Xiao to be the commander of the guard, send the military position by the prescribed capital division, overrun the promotion to guerrilla, give Wuxun the rank of lieutenant of the light car, and add the rank of general Huaiyuan." Chongzhen replied word by word, and the words were clear.

"The emperor is so honored, then Li Xiao must be grateful. But where does the emperor want to put this person? Seeing that the emperor gave Li Xiao another martial honor, and added a scattered rank, such a grace made Wen Tiren, who was the first assistant, also quite envious in his heart.

"There is no need to release other guards, didn't Li Xiao build a Chifeng Fort in Shandong, then upgrade Chifeng Fort to Chifengwei, and put the nearby plots under Li Xiao's management. I want to see what this Li Xiao, in this now barren Denglai realm, can build this Red Fengwei into! Changqing, you go and bring the picture. Chongzhen's eyes were shining, and he said with a smile.

Wen Tiren took out the map, and soon, Chongzhen personally inspected the map and delineated the scope for Li Xiao's Chifengwei.

"The west is bounded by the boundary river, separated from Laizhou, south to the Luanjia River in Zhaoyuan County, and the east is bounded by Jiangshui, separated from Huang County. This middle boundary is the jurisdiction I have demarcated for Chifengwei. ”

Emperor Chongzhen's golden mouth finally demarcated a formal place for Li Xiao.

Then, Chongzhen and Wen Tiren agreed on the rewards of the other personnel except Zu Dale and Li Xiao.

"Spread my will, and the military department quickly verified the head and the prisoner, and then sent it to the Beijing Division, I want to go to the Taimiao to sacrifice the prisoner, and pay tribute to the ancestors and ancestors. In addition, it is necessary to reward other meritorious personnel in battle to comfort the hearts of the soldiers. These things need to be done as soon as possible. Okay, Changqing, you go down and draft it. Emperor Chongzhen issued a decree, he looked up at the gray sky outside the window, and his eyes were full of infinite longing.

"Wechen obeys the holy commandment."

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