Before Shen Xi returned to the capital, news about the Quanzhou incident reached the capital one after another, first of all, the news reported by the Quanzhou government that the Francophone people treacherously bombarded Tonggang, smashed the conspiracy for the local government and defeated it, and attached a war report.

The war report deliberately exaggerated the results of the battle, focusing on the cooperation of Zhang Lian, the prefect of Quanzhou, and Shen Xi, the Qincha, to kill the Franc machine man in one night, intercept countless warships, kill and capture nearly 1,000 people of the Franc machine, and there were all kinds of foreign things in the spoils of war, and at the same time won the compensation of the Franc machine.

According to the battle report, this was simply an unprecedented victory in the defense of the sea frontier, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it will go down in history.

The book was presented to the cabinet, and Xie Qian had a feeling after reading it...... Very unreliable!

The Francophile arrived in Quanzhou, brought hundreds of ships, and thousands of soldiers, clearly to invade the territory of the Ming Dynasty, you Zhang Lian, as the prefect of Quanzhou, did not have the slightest vigilance, and also helped the Francophile to play the imperial court, saying that these wolf ambitions want to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty?

Even if you say that you were deceived by the Francophone people, but it was not the report of the Wei Office that fought back after the invasion, but it was the report of the prefect's yamen that won a big battle, which is not reasonable.

Xie Qian specially consulted the transcript of the Fujian Chengxuan Political Envoy Division's Yamen Playing the Imperial Court, and except for the Quanzhou prefect's statement that he had won a great victory, none of the transcripts mentioned this war, not even the Francophile.

"Yu Qiao, I'm afraid that this kind of thing is intentional by the locality."

Li Dongyang didn't believe it much after seeing the war report submitted by the Quanzhou Mansion, "Didn't you send someone down?" Why is there only a place to play but no one to reciprocate? ”

The reception of the envoy of the Buddha who did not know where his home and country suddenly appeared, it was not an important task, Li Dongyang didn't even know which person was sent, and Shen Xi, the messenger, was really in name only. But think about it, this time I went back to Fujian Shenxi just to do something for the imperial court, and the imperial court sends hundreds of similar officials every year.

"I guess it's going to be fast."

Xie Qian said, but he was thinking in his heart, Shen Xiaoyou, don't let down the expectations of the emperor and me for you, if you are involved in this kind of deception, once you sit down, it will be difficult to make a difference in officialdom in the future.

Because Liu Jian is sick and resting these days, the matter of the ticket is handed over to Li Dongyang and Xie Qian to do, because both of them have reservations about such a big victory, which makes the two of them very cautious in the draft of the ticket, mainly because they want to let the company verify and then award the reward, and they can't show up to reward them first.

The recital was presented to Emperor Hongzhi, and Zhu Youzhu directly left the recital in the middle, the approximate meaning, the lonely evidence does not stand, and wait to see how the follow-up recital is, and then set the reward and punishment.

This is usually the emperor's cautious approach, no reward or punishment, and the right to treat it as ignorant of the matter, anyway, from the capital to Fujian mountains and rivers, no matter the rewards and punishments will not be conveyed at the first time, and there is no hurry, it is better to wait and see.

However, soon, the local people's feelings in the imperial history of the Fujian Provincial Supervision confirmed the victory in the battle with the Franc Robot in the port of Thornton.

Fujian's Zhangzhou Mansion, Tingzhou Prefecture and other local government offices responsible for receiving the Franco's envoy Almeida and others successively reported the victory.

Zhu Youzhu was very happy.

In the peaceful years, except for Ma Wensheng's expedition to the Western Regions, there was no large-scale conquest, this time he fought with Waiyi and won a complete victory, so that Waiyi surrendered, and sent envoys to the imperial court to pay tribute to "eternal tribute", which is to raise the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youzhu took advantage of the noon dynasty to bring up this matter, and surprisingly the ministers present did not feel much joy, and all of them showed strange expressions, as if they did not believe that such a bizarre thing would happen.

Only Zhang Heling stepped forward to congratulate him, which aroused the disgust of many loyal ministers.

Liu Jian is not there, there is one less minister with the most power to speak in the court, at this time, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, who should have spoken, both chose Mingzhe to protect themselves, and Emperor Hongzhi was on the rise, and speaking out was tantamount to pouring cold water on the emperor.

There are those who are wise enough to protect themselves, and there are those who are not afraid of touching the mold.

Ma Wensheng said: "Your Majesty, if there is a military disaster in the place, there should be no military superiority? Why don't you see the two guards of Quanzhou and Yongning, and there is no report on the battle of thousands of households under their jurisdiction? ”

The words of the military department are still the same, and they hit the nail on the head.

The tragedy of foreign invasion in the coastal area of Quanzhou is reasonable, but at least the Quanzhou Wei guarding Quanzhou and the Yongning Wei guarding the sea frontier cannot fail to pay tribute to the imperial court, and the report of the two guards should follow the good news of Quanzhou Mansion before and after.

Zhu Youji's face turned cold, he looked at Xie Qian and asked, "Does the Xie Qing family know why?" ”

The emperor was not embarrassed by others at this time, but asked Xie Qian, because Shen Xi, who was sent to Quanzhou to do the imperial errand, was recommended by Xie Qian. Xie Qian secretly scolded, Shen Xiaoyou will make trouble for me, I am far away in the capital, how do I know what happened in Quanzhou?

However, Xie Qian can speak well, and his argumentation is definitely the best among the courtiers, otherwise he would not be able to deserve the reputation of "You Kankan".

Xie Qian said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks ...... The place where the foreign Yi invaded was the port of Thornton near the capital of Quanzhou, and there was a distance from the Quanzhou Wei and Yongning Wei stations, and the situation was urgent, and the war ended overnight, perhaps the Wei Institute did not know about it, or felt ashamed that the war achievements were taken away by others, so it was not played......"

Xie Qian's explanation is generally reasonable, and even the battle report specifically states that the bombardment of Thornton Port, the landing and plunder, and the ambush and fiasco of the Franc machine man all happened on the same night.

In an emergency, it is also possible for the local government to mobilize the military and civilians to resist the invasion of foreign invaders and win a surprise victory.

Zhang Heling was still ashamed of Ma Wensheng's words just now, and quickly stood up at this time and said, "Your Majesty, what Scholar Xie mentioned is reasonable. The invasion of foreign countries, even the puppet can't get out of the matter, why bother who won such a victory for the imperial court? ”

Zhu Youzhu nodded, for now, he should be happy that the imperial court has won the victory in the war against foreign countries, instead of caring about whether it is in line with the rules. After all, the rule is that the dead are alive, and if they really encounter an invasion by a foreign enemy, doesn't the army know about it, and they still have to blame the magistrate for relying on the resistance of the local government to win?

Zhang Heling saw the smile on the emperor's face again, and took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, since the Quanzhou prefect has made meritorious contributions to capturing thieves, why not issue a reward?" ”

Meritorious service must be rewarded, this is what an emperor should do, Zhu Youzhu nodded and said: "I remember that in the first year, there was an anti-grain and civil unrest in Quanzhou, and the prefect of Quanzhou dealt with it very decisively, which did not lead to a greater disaster. Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think? ”

Zhu Youji's meaning, this is to discuss merit and ask for rewards.

The emperor mainly wanted to reward the two key figures mentioned in the war report, Zhang Lian and Shen Xi, the main of which was Zhang Lian, who was regarded as a foil in this war.

Since Zhang Lian, the prefect of Quanzhou, is so capable, he should be reused, and it is too condescending for such a capable person to stay in Quanzhou Mansion.

However, many ministers immediately thought of another prefect who was called by the emperor exceptionally, and he was also promoted in Fujian, and thought that Gao Mingcheng, the governor of the Tingzhou Prefecture, had done evil after serving as the governor of Henan, and now the court knew that Emperor Hongzhi used Gaoming City to make a wrong move, but Zhu Youzhi also reused it, and now Gao Mingcheng was ordered by the emperor to go to Beijing, Henan, Shandong and other places to find out the disaster, and the emperor did not reflect on his own mistakes.

Many people are thinking: "This Zhang Lian, but don't be the second Gaoming City." ”

Ma Wensheng spoke again: "Your Majesty, this is a meritorious work to resist foreign enemies, but it is not a political achievement. ”

Ma Wensheng means that as a local parent official, if you want to be promoted to pass the assessment of the Ministry of Officials, you need real political achievements rather than military achievements, and even if you have military achievements, it cannot be a reason for promotion.

Zhang Heling was a little dissatisfied: "Ben Hou does not agree with Ma Shangshu's words, now that the country is peaceful and the people are safe, the prefect of Quanzhou can be prepared for danger in times of peace, expose the conspiracy of the Francophiles, win the first battle, and make the foreign Yi surrender, such a credit is not rewarded, is it not against today's official rule of Qingming?" Who will serve the court in the future? ”

Zhang Heling's words were approved by some ministers.

Regardless of whether Zhang Lian is a civil rule or martial arts, it can be regarded as meritorious, and the merit is not small, if he is not promoted, it will make people feel that the rewards and punishments of the imperial court are unknown.

If there is another invasion by foreign enemies in the future, the magistrate thinks that even if I try my best, I will only get a little painless reward, so what should I do with so much effort?

Even Zhu Youzhu nodded, thinking that Zhang Heling's words were in line with his heart.

Ma Wensheng wanted to say something, but at this time, Liu Daxia suddenly stopped him and took the first step and said: "Your Majesty, after the envoy arrives in the capital, he will award a reward as appropriate, so that he can also convince the foreigners." In addition, the old minister thought that he should send people to the place to reward the meritorious people. ”

Liu Daxia and Ma Wensheng opposed the emperor's reward to Zhang Lian at the same time, because they knew very well that Zhang Lian was greedy for political achievements, and last year's anti-grain case was still not concluded, so there was an invasion of the Franco, and they were afraid that there would be something hidden in it.

To say that Liu Daxia's proposal is also very good, at the moment the imperial court only knows that the battle has been won, and the specific situation still needs to be slowly verified, and the envoy of the Franc machine will arrive in the capital in a few days, and it is reasonable to see if the Franc machine man is subdued, and then set the reward.

"Hmm." Zhu Youzhu nodded happily, "Then for the time being, according to what Liu Shangshu said, after the envoy arrives in the capital, the specific reward will be determined." As for the selection of local candidates......"

Zhang Heling said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Wang Shouren, the head of the military department, is doing a decent job, so he might as well go there." ”

Zhu Youzhu nodded, waved his hand and said, "Hou Shouning will convey my intentions on his behalf." ”

As the uncle of the country, Zhang Heling is currently serving as the former governor of the military capital, and has the right to command the army, and he has always been in opposition to Ma Wensheng, because Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the military department, has the right to transfer troops, and the two have a conflict in power. Zhang Heling has always hoped that he can change from a "martial artist" in the eyes of others to a respected Wenchen Zaige, so he spared no effort to participate in the court meeting and find an opportunity to suppress Ma Wensheng and others.

This time, he directly recommended Wang Shouren, and also had the intention of coming against Ma Wensheng.

Ma Wensheng admired Wang Shouren very much, and after Wang Shouren served in the military department, he had many appointments. This time, Zhang Heling specially recommended Wang Shouren, which is equivalent to making Ma Wensheng mind this, once he is estranged from Wang Shouren, Zhang Heling can take the opportunity to win over this new science and technology practitioner who is considered to be the most promising at present.

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PS: The fifth update is here!

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