Zuo Guangming said: "The foolish brother is short-sighted, please ask the third brother for advice." ”

Zuo Guangdou said with a smile: "We came out to be officials, not like those who came from a poor background, just want to make a few dollars." The family already has enough money to spend, but they just want to realize some of their ideas, the emperor's so-called ideals. Naturally, if you want to be a big official, you can do more for the country and the people. The will of the Divine Mind cannot be speculated at will, but the things of the past can be used as a mirror. ”

"It's also a party and empty talk, why is it that my brother governs the river here, Yang Lian became the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, but Sun Shenxing Wang Ji and Zhao Nanxing can only go home to retire, because we can do practical things. Xu Gebu does not mix with the dispute of the country, but also holds the body rightly, and does things with heart, which is in line with the emperor's likes and dislikes, and will naturally be reused. The foolish brother can manage water conservancy in this life, his wish is sufficient, and he will remember the words of his brother today, and there will be room for progress in the future. ”

Zuo Guangming said: "Thank you for the third brother's mention, the foolish brother will remember it." ”

The Second Division of the Guards, under the leadership of Zhao Shujiao, set out from Shanhaiguan and lived on Juehua Island. The 6th Division, Zhou Yujibu, stationed on Juehua Island, set out by land and came to Hetuala, taking over the 1st and 5th Divisions.

The 5th Division went to Qinghe to station, which was different from the original Liaodong with Liaoyang and Shenyang as the central point, Qinghe was so close to the Mongols that even with the mobility of the infantry, it could attack the headquarters of the Mongol Horqin tribe in three days. Horqin was shocked, so he sent someone to ask Man Gui, and Man Gui said: "On the orders of my emperor, to prevent the resurgence of the Jianzhou Jurchens, they are stationed here." ”

The army of Jianzhou had been disbanded, and most of the Jurchen men of Jianzhou had either leveled the land in the interior or cleared the land in Hetuala, a statement that would have taken many stupid Mongols to believe. Horqin couldn't, so he had to ask Lin Dan Khan for help, and Lin Dan Khan asked people to interrogate Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong said: "The Great Khan has always been worried that the Mongolian tribes in the east are against the yin, and now my Ming garrison in Qinghe is to help the Great Khan stabilize the left wing of Mongolia, and it is right for Horqin to raise objections, why does the Great Khan also think this is a bad thing?" ”

Lin Dan Khan thought about it, left-wing Mongolia has always been close to Jianzhou, and now that Jianzhou has been destroyed, it is a good time to bring the left-wing Mongolia back. So he sent someone to comfort Horqin, saying that the Ming garrison was to prevent some Mongols from running to the ground of Yuanjianzhou, and as long as the Mongols did not cross the border, there was no need to worry that the Ming army would provoke a war.

After Zhao Shujiao laid down two battalions of troops on Juehua Island, the whole army went out to live in Quang Ninh. He chose Zhenyibao as the station of the second division, which was also close to the Mongols, because there was a precedent for Horqin to plead, so the Mongols here no longer went to complain to Lin Dan Khan, but only withdrew the camp tent and kept a distance from the Ming army.

Lu Xiangsheng's first division returned to Shanhaiguan, and after the army was settled, Lu Xiangsheng waited for another half a month, and when Mangui also arrived, the two returned to the capital together. The emperor ordered the east gate to be opened, and he led his ministers to meet him five miles outside the city gate.

When Lu Xiangsheng Mangui and his guards were fifty miles away from the city, two horsemen came with flags and sang on the horse: "His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty personally greeted the warriors who destroyed the country, and specially ordered the Jinyi Guard to lead the way." ”

Along the way, there were constantly Jinyi Guard cavalry coming, and when they arrived at the Triumph Pavilion outside the city gate, there were already six pairs of twelve Jinyi Guards in front of the road.

Lu Xiangsheng Mangui dismounted two miles from the pavilion, and when he reached the pavilion, he knelt down in front of the emperor's guard of honor. shouted loudly: "Your Majesty Emperor Qiming, Jiannu has been destroyed." ”

Zhu Youxiao walked out quickly, helped Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Brother Xiaotian, please get up, it's hard work." He picked up Man Gui and said, "General Qianyi, please get up, it's hard work." ”

The two said in unison: "Serving Your Majesty and being loyal to the Ming Dynasty is the duty of the minister, and I dare not take the word hard work." ”

Zhu Youxiao laughed and said: "After five years of hard work, I finally put down the rebellion, and the Qing family has contributed a lot, and now it's time to reward you for your meritorious deeds." ”

Wang Tiqian took the holy decree and said, "Lu Xiangsheng listens to the decree." ”

Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly knelt down, only to listen to Wang Tiqian's recitation: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: In the second year of the Apocalypse, Lu Xiangsheng explored the flowers, exterminated the Jiannu, and made outstanding contributions. ”

Fengtian Yiyun Tuicheng is the third rank in the title, the front is the first-class founding auxiliary Tuicheng when the Ming Dynasty was founded, and the second-class Fengtianjing Tuicheng when Zhu Dijing was martyred. If you are not given an iron coupon, you are a liujue, and you can't be hereditary, but you are already the highest rank among the marquis who can be crowned now.

Lu Xiangsheng thanked him, and Wang Tiqian took out another holy decree and said: "Man Gui listens to the decree." ”

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: The fifth division of the Guards Army is full of Gui, an expedition to the Japanese country, sweeping away Jiannu, with outstanding meritorious achievements, and was named Fengtian Yiyun Tui Cheng Xuanli Wuchen Mansion Yibo, Qin this."

Yixing is Lu Xiangsheng's hometown county, and Fuyi is Mangui's hometown county. This kind of sealing method is inconsistent with the original sealing law of the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Youxiao decided that the future sealing law will be carried out according to this, the emperor is the largest, and naturally the ministers will not oppose the emperor in this regard.

The titles of the Ming Dynasty are all super grades, that is to say, they are first-class members, and when they see Man Gui, a third-class earl, they also have to salute first. The Ming Dynasty has not had a title with a different surname for many years, only the original hereditary duke-to-earl. Now that the emperor has begun to be knighted, this is a signal to civil officials, a signal that the emperor will pay attention to military generals.

The civil servants were not very happy, but there was nothing they could do. Whether it is to quell the White Lotus Sect or sweep the southwest, to the current extermination of Jiannu, it is necessary to have military generals to contribute. However, Lu Xiangsheng's knighthood is something that civilian officials like to see, because Lu Xiangsheng is essentially a civil official.

In addition to Lu Xiangsheng and Man Gui, the other commanders of the various departments of the Guards were also knighted. Among them, Lu Qin was named Changqing Hou, Zhao Shujiao was named Jingyubo, Zhou Yuji was named Sui Ningbo, and Cao Wenzhao was named Datongbo. As for the Yang brothers, they were originally royal relatives and already had titles, so they would no longer be titled.

There were also two generals of the non-Guards who were knighted, Shen Yourong was named Jinghaihou, and Qin Liangyu was named Loyal Uncle. Shen Yourong was knighted as a reward for his exploits in the Korean War, and Qin Liangyu's knighthood was given for his efforts to pacify the southwest.

Shen Yourong is already old, and this title that cannot be hereditary is more like an honor. And Qin Liangyu's knighthood is much more significant. She is a woman, and she is of the Yi nationality (she is a Han Chinese, but her husband is a Tusi and is regarded as a Yi person), and those Ming Dynasty officials look down on her, and now she is named a super earl, which can make her raise her eyebrows a lot. Although she doesn't want to show off in front of her colleagues, it's always a good thing that her merits can be recognized, and others no longer look at her with white eyes.