The Houjin and Mengyuan coalition forces were defeated and retreated, Huang Taiji fled, and this battle to defend the capital ended.

Counting the casualties, Houjin's losses are actually not large, except that at the beginning, Mang Gurtai was yin by Zhang Bin for recklessness, and lost thousands of Houjin Iron Cavalry, and later, Houjin had almost no losses.

At this point, Huang Taiji is even smarter than Nurhachi, from Houjin to Mites, from Huang Taiji's succession to the demise of the Ming Dynasty, and even the successors of Huang Taiji in the back eliminated the various regimes of the Southern Ming, and the losses of Houjin or the Eight Banners of Mites are actually very small, adding up to less than 100,000 in total.

The loss of 100,000 people in exchange for the demise of a huge dynasty with a population of hundreds of millions is simply a miracle.

Huang Taiji is such a miracle creator, he has always fought based on strategy, basically does not fight hard with people, and to fight is also the servant army of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty to fight, and he rarely fights hard with others after the Golden Eight Banners.

This time it's like this, the Mengyuan tribes have suffered heavy losses, but Houjin itself has not suffered much loss, it seems that he has not suffered much loss.

However, if you compare it with the change in history, then his loss is great.

At that time in history, without Zhang Bin making trouble, he reversed the situation of the entire Houjin and Daming in one battle.

That time, the blow to Daming was simply fatal.

First of all, he plundered everywhere, captured more than ten large and small cities, looted gold, silver, jewelry, food and materials, and even ordinary people, etc., the number was quite amazing, so that the entire Shuntianfu was devastated, all industries withered, and the entire capital and even Jizhou Town, Xuanfu Town, Datong Town and other nine-sided important towns The defense system was also seriously damaged, and the Ming Jinggi was shaken and the vitality was greatly damaged.

Then, the border generals suffered heavy losses, the general soldiers Zhao Shujiao, Man Gui, Sun Zushou, Ma Dengyun, Heiyunlong, Zhu Guoyan, Zunhua Governor Wang Yuanya, Prime Minister Ji Liao Bao Military Affairs Liu Ce, etc. were either killed or captured or imprisoned, Ji Liao Governor Yuan Chonghuan was even more executed by Ling Chi, plus Sun Chengzong was forced to resign, Huang Taiji almost had no opponents, and the Ming Dynasty was reluctant to parry Houjin, let alone fight back.

Finally, the most important point is that the remnants of the eunuch party cooperated with Huang Taiji to beat Yuan Chonghuan into the abyss, Ling Chi was executed, and thus created a huge "collaborator with the enemy" case, and implicated the cabinet scholars Han Yi, Qian Longxi, Cheng Jiming, Sun Chengzong, and Li Biao into the Yuan Chonghuan case, the entire cabinet was purged, Chongzhen was forced to stop the investigation of the eunuch party, and the eunuch remnant Wen Tiren was able to enter the cabinet, since then, Chongzhen was fooled by him for nearly eight years, and Chongzhen's dream of Zhongxing has been shattered since then.

Of course, now, by Zhang Bin's stirring, Huang Taiji's trip is in vain, Chongzhen's dream of Zhongxing is even more eager, because the Ming army has achieved an unprecedented victory, the battle of Yongdingmen, the battle of Nanyuan, the victory of Yongqing, the battle of Zunhua The Ming army annihilated a total of nearly 50,000 "Jiannu", although the real Jiannu is less than 5,000, but this victory is real.

From the Wanli Dynasty to the Apocalypse Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Houjin War for more than ten years, Liaodong lost thousands of miles, and the Ming army soldiers were killed no less than 200,000 people, although they achieved the victory of Ningyuan and Ningjin, but it was all relying on the Guanningjin defense line, the victory of passive defense, which is like this time, after the Jin retreated again and again in the field battle, and finally fled in defeat.

Chongzhen even had a strong hallucination, he was very strong, stronger than both Wanli and Tianqi, and Da Ming would inevitably flourish in his hands!

Of course, there is one thing that he is indeed stronger than Wanli and Tianqi, that is, he has never been stingy with meritorious officials, unlike Wanli and Tianqi, meritorious ministers basically end up miserable.

Like Qi Jiguang of the Wanli Dynasty, he was dismissed from office and died depressed.

Like Nan Juyi of the Apocalypse Dynasty, he was dismissed from office and died depressed.

Like Cai Fuyi of the Apocalypse Dynasty, he was dismissed from office and died of anger in the army.

Chongzhen is like this, as long as you have merit, he will definitely reward him, of course, he doesn't have much money, and the rewards are generally official positions.

This time, how can such a great credit be rewarded?

First of all, the meritorious general soldiers, Qi Yuangong, Zu Dashou, Hou Shilu, and You Shiwei all entered the right capital of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and the military positions were all mentioned as Zhengyipin.

There is also Qin Yiming, deputy chief soldier, who was directly promoted to chief soldier.

Then, meritorious officials, too, are promoted.

Qin Liangyu was also promoted to the first grade, but she was just a lady of the first grade.

There is also Yuan Chonghuan, who was wronged for a wave, and made a great contribution to Shouzunhua, and was directly promoted to the prince Shaobao, although it is a first-class product, it is also a first-class product.

There is also Lu Xiangsheng, according to Zhang Bin's meaning, he took his position and was directly promoted to the right of the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, the Servant of the Military Department and the Governor of Fujian.

In the end, Zhang Bin, Chongzhen had a bit of a headache, not that he had no room for improvement, the main thing was that he had just been promoted, and it was less than a month, and he was immediately promoted again, which was really unruly.

Chongzhen thought about it and came up with a trick, that is, to seal his wife and give his family a promotion!

So, there was a dramatic scene in the imperial study.

The other heroes were all promoted, and Chongzhen finally called Zhang Bin to the imperial study, which meant that he was going to be rewarded.

Zhang Bin naturally came to receive the reward, and after the monarch and the ministers saw the salute, Chongzhen apologized and said: "Shuangquan, it stands to reason, with your merits, I can't even give you a three-level promotion, but you just been promoted to the military department last month and the left deputy capital Yushi, the governor of Fuguang, and now you are really unruly." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he fainted at the wrong point, this meaning, he didn't have to rise, he was happy in vain!

Chongzhen said with a little embarrassment: "If you don't have merit or not, it will definitely not work, so let's do it, I will crown your mother as the second-grade Mrs. Decree, and your wife in the main room will be named the third-grade Mrs. Decree!" ”

This, it is naturally a good thing that his mother can be named the second-grade wife, but his wife, he has not yet married!

Zhang Bin thought about it, pretended to be embarrassed, and said embarrassedly: "Thank you for the emperor's grace, Weichen thanked the emperor on behalf of his mother, but the emperor, Weichen has not yet married, and this wife in the main room has not yet." ”

Chongzhen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this: "You haven't married yet!" ”

Zhang Bin's eyes rolled, pretending to be selfless, and sighed: "Alas, Your Majesty, Weichen originally set up a family affair, but he was hindered by the eunuch Wu Chunfu's father and son, and he had not yet married until the seventh year of the Apocalypse. After Weichen took office as the governor of Fujian, he originally wanted to get married as soon as possible, but the result was to suppress pirates, fight Hongmaofan, build Yuegang New City, and set up Dongfanwei, there were too many things, and the marriage was delayed. Weichen originally thought that during the Chinese New Year, he would have to do this family affair, but he didn't expect to encounter Jiannu's sneak attack on the capital, alas. ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he was really moved, there are such officials who serve the country and the people, and they must be rewarded!

He thought for a while, and then said solemnly: "I will give you a marriage, and the woman's name will be reported, and I will immediately ask my companion to write a holy decree for you." ”

Marriage is a great reward in ancient times, generally only the emperor's relatives have this treatment, if the minister is given marriage by the emperor, it is definitely a major event to honor the ancestors.

Zhang Bin was really excited, but he was embarrassed again in an instant, because he had two family affairs, and the emperor wouldn't like it!

He said cautiously: "Your Majesty, originally Weichen only had one family affair, but later he set up a family affair, so he ...... it." ”

It's normal to have three wives and four concubines, Chongzhen raised his hand without hesitation and said: "Then the two of them will marry together, and the names will be reported, and they will be accompanied and written." ”

When Cao Huachun heard this, he immediately bowed down and walked in, took two blank holy decrees, and then knelt down in front of the small table on the side, picked up the pen, and prepared.

Chongzhen immediately urged: "Shuangquan, report the woman's family name." ”

Zhang Bin said with a little embarrassment: "One is Hong Rong'er, the daughter of Hong Xianchun, the commander of the Fujian Dusidu, and the other is Qi Fanghua, the younger brother of Qi Wulie Gong and the daughter of Qi Yin. ”

Hearing this, Cao Huachun nodded, and swiped his pen and wrote.

Special edicts like marriage edicts are generally customized, Cao Huachun doesn't have to think too much, just write according to the format, just fill in the name, he brushed and brushed for a long time, wrote two marriage edicts, and after writing, he immediately got up and respectfully handed it to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen read it carefully, and then picked up the big seal on the table and stamped it on the two edicts, which was considered complete.

Chongzhen thought for a while, and then said to Cao Huachun: "Spread my oral message, order the celebrant to go to Fujian to read the edict, and order Xu Guangqi, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and Jinyiwei to command the same acquaintance Panzong to go to Fujian to arrange the marriage for Zhang Aiqing on behalf of me. ”

For more than 200 years in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor gave marriage to ministers, which is really rare, and generally gave marriages to princes and princesses, and gave marriages to ministers, which are enough to go down in history.

Zhang Bin, the governor of Fuguang, was given marriage by the emperor, and as soon as the news spread, it immediately caused a sensation in the Ming Dynasty, what kind of grace is this!

The next day, Zhang Bin said goodbye to Chongzhen and a group of familiar military generals and embarked on the return journey.

This time, he really returned to his hometown with honor, and he brought back three copies of the emperor's edict alone, as well as the eunuch who read the edict, and the officials who handled the marriage on behalf of the emperor, these are all great honors.

The marriage of the governor of Fuguang is also a sensational event in the southeast, and I don't know how many guests need to be entertained, Zhang Bin returned to Dongfan on the tenth day of the first month, but his marriage was set on the thirtieth day of the first month, because there are various processes to go, and invitations must be issued to gather guests, and it is not enough to have ten or twenty days.

Zhang Bin's mother Huang is really happy to close her mouth now, the baby son finally agreed to get married, not to mention, and was given the title of Mrs. of the second grade by the emperor, her Huang family has never had such a big "official"!

There are Zhang Chengde and his wife and Xu Guangqi, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites appointed by the emperor, and Jinyiwei to command the same acquaintance Panzong, Zhang Bin is idle, and he doesn't have to worry about the marriage at all, he just needs to wait to be the groom's official.

All kinds of bride price are ready, the letter of appointment, the letter of gift, and the letter of welcome are ready, and the process of this wedding begins.

At this time in the Ming Dynasty, it was really troublesome to get married seriously.

Nacai, asking for names, Najib, recruitment, and invitation, this set of preparation processes has gone down, and half a month has passed.

Then the invitations were distributed, the banquet was prepared, and the guests were gathered, and the twenty days passed like this.

On the thirtieth day of the first month of the third year of Chongzhen, the auspicious day of the zodiac, Zhang Bin, the governor of Fuguang, married Hong Rong'er, the daughter of Hong Xianchun, the commander of the Fujian Dusidu, and Qi Fanghua, the daughter of Qi Yin, the younger brother of Qi Wuliegong.

Zhang Bin took a large team of people to complete the last process to welcome the relatives, and welcomed the two ladies back to the house, and the wedding could officially begin.

The first item is naturally to read out the emperor's marriage edict, ordinary people do not have this item, it stands to reason that only the emperor's relatives have this edict, Zhang Bin's wedding can be said to have entered the climax at the beginning.

The celebrant and the eunuch Fang Zhenghua held the edict and sang loudly.

Fengtian carried the emperor's edict and said:

The three colors are the stingers, and the Hongxi gathers. Zhang Bin, the governor of Fuguang, the left deputy of the Imperial History and Military Department of the Imperial Procuratorate, after the martyrdom, he has been a martyr for eight years, and he has been in good faith for eight years, with excellent meritorious service, both civil and military, and he has a powerful Fanbang, and he has been loyal and honest in the Ming Dynasty, and he has no wife in the recent years. The daughter of the Qi family, after the martyrdom, was named Yide, behaved elegantly, taught Kexian, and covered Mo's poetry and book heirlooms. Tan Zhi Yingxiang, the two of them have a good relationship made in heaven, and now they will give marriage, and Qi will give the three products to the wife, give the book and give clothes, and remember the chapter. The people are related to the prosperity of the country, and the two of them are of one heart and one mind, and they will respect the country and do not live up to their intentions

After reading this one, another one came, and the guests were envious, and there were double copies of the marriage edict, which was simply ancient and modern!

After the grand wedding, the next step is to send it to the cave room, the so-called "cave room candle night, when the gold list is inscribed." The two great blessings of life, the taste of which cannot be described in detail, will stop here.

Zhang Bin should do the right thing after the marriage is done, and then focus on the north to deal with Jiannu or turn his attention to the south to deal with the powers?

At the end of this volume, if you want to know what will happen next, please see the breakdown of the next volume.