Now the Chongzhen Emperor knew that Xu Guangqi was almost a perfect person in this era, in addition to Confucianism, he was a master in astronomy, geography, arithmetic, agriculture, etc., and he was also very proficient in military affairs.

But he still didn't expect that Xu Guangqi would be able to see so far and think so deeply about the problem of Southwest Tusi, and his ass was not crooked at all, and his position was on the side of the Ming court.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded at him, smiled and said, "Xu Aiqing's words are indeed the words of Lao Cheng to seek the country!" Qing and others have this insight, and the auxiliary ministers can be said to win people, and I am very relieved! ”

For people like Xu Guangqi, Emperor Chongzhen was not worried about his ability to do things at all, but what he was most worried about was actually his position, worried that because of his conversion to Catholicism, he would turn his heart to those Jesuit missionaries, and thus take the wrong position on a series of issues.

Now it seems that although Xu Guangqi has sympathy for the Jesuit missionaries who were sent to the northwest to preach, his mind is still clear, and his ass is still firmly on the side of the Ming court.

"Since Qing and others have no objection to the general strategy of rewarding meritorious deeds and Yongding the southwest, then I will talk about my opinion!

"Zhu Xieyuan's request for a recital, as well as the suggestions of the secretary and other parties, I see that they are all feasible, and the cabinet and the military aircraft department should draft the edict as soon as possible, draft it one by one, and send it to me for review.

"As for the matter of rewarding the world, what Qing and others said is also reasonable, the emperor and the Ming lord are precious, it is true that it should not be too much, I intend to be the one who is awarded the title of the lord with the merit of pacifying the southwest, Hou Liangzhu, Qin Liangyu, plus one Zhu Xieyuan, the three of them can also!"

After Emperor Chongzhen said this, Li Guowei, Xu Guangqi, and Zhang Weixian, the important ministers of the court in Beijing, all looked at the emperor.

And Emperor Chongzhen didn't give them a chance to speak, and then said: "Sichuan General Soldier Hou Liangzhu led his troops to collect Xuyong, Fu Lin Prefecture, Kezhen-Xiong, conquered Bijie, and captured Bike all the way, and it was the first merit on the Goose Xiang Ridge, and his son Hou Tianxi was even closer to the head of the thief chief An Bangyan!" Such a great achievement! ”

Emperor Chongzhen laid out the merits of Hou Liangzhu's department one by one, Li Guoqi and Xu Guangqi naturally had nothing to say, and the Minister of Military Aircraft, the British Minister Zhang Weixian, also opened his mouth, and finally did not speak.

Hou Liangzhu is arrogant and arrogant, but this time the credit in pacifying the rebellion of luxury is real, although he did not kill An Bangyan with his own hands, but it was his subordinates who killed An Bangyan, specifically his son.

At the beginning, Mao Wenlong was able to be crowned a marquis in a battle because of a great victory in Dongjiang Town, which was not too high in gold content, and Liu Xingzuo was also crowned Pyongyang Bo because he returned anyway, so Hou Liangzhu's subordinates left so much credit, and it was not an exaggeration to behead An Bangyan and be crowned a knight.

Seeing that they had nothing to say, they obviously recognized Hou Liangzhu's merits, so Emperor Chongzhen continued: "Hou Liangzhu's merit is mostly obtained from the pacification of the Yi Miao Rebellion, this time even broke the water in the West Yi Tusi army, and even killed An Bangyan, who was called the king of Luodian of the Yi people's Luoshi ghost country, can be the pillar stone of the southwest of the pacification. ”

Li Guoqi, Xu Guangqi, and Zhang Weixian looked at each other, and they were all relieved.

Emperor Chongzhen said so much before, and the foreshadowing was so long that these important ministers thought that they were afraid that they were going to be crowned marquis, but when they said the result, they were raised high and gently put down, but what was given was a Ding Yi Bo.

Zhang Weixian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Your Majesty is wise! If Hou Liangzhu knew His Majesty's comments, if he knew His Majesty's expectations, he would definitely be dead in the future! ”

Li Guowei and Xu Guangqi saw that the emperor directly set the grade of the title and the name of the title, and they also knew that the emperor had been concerned about this matter for a long time, and he had already made up his mind.

At this time, after listening to the statement of Zhang Weixian, the head of the ministers and the minister of military aircraft, they all nodded and said nothing.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded slightly, looked around, and saw that everyone else had nothing to say, and then said:

"As for Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou and the governor of Guizhou, this time the governor led the troops of the five provinces to pacify the southwest in one fell swoop. I will seal him as the Marquis of Jingnan, and the descendants will be hereditary and replaced, and they will be the Ming Yongzhen Miao Jiang! ”

After Emperor Chongzhen's words, Li Guoqi, Xu Guangqi, Zhang Weixian, and the Zhongshu people who accompanied them in the palace, the military attachés who served them, and the commanders of the three guards of the pro-army were not calm.

However, in the imperial meeting in the Qianqing Palace, only the important ministers recruited by the three emperors such as Li Guowei had the right to speak, and although the others were in turmoil, they were only riots.

"Your Majesty, Li Banghua, a scholar of the Middle Pole Hall and Minister of Military Aircraft, was ordered to supervise Shanxi, exterminate the thieves of the Qin and Jin Dynasties, and beheaded dozens of thieves below Wang Jiayin, the head of the thieves.

"Now Zhu Xieyuan is still in Guiyang with the title of secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and he is also commanded by Wenchen, and he has been awarded the title of Marquis of Jingnan by rebelling against the seedlings in Pingshui West, and he has clearly decreed that his descendants will be hereditary in the southwest of Yongzhen, and the ministers are afraid that once the edict is issued, the government and the opposition will criticize it!"

After listening to Emperor Chongzhen's reward for Zhu Xieyuan, Li Guowei immediately said this.

Li Guowei has a lot of contact with the emperor, and knows that the current emperor is not an ordinary appreciator of Zhu Xieyuan, not only entrusting him with full power to quell the chaos in Yungui, but also obeying his words, but all the attacks and impeachments of Zhu Xieyuan, whether they are from the court of Beijing or from the Yunnan-Guizhou place, are all ignored.

But he still didn't expect that a Wenchen would use his mouth to plan a little, and he didn't go into battle in person, but followed the army into Shuixi without any danger.

After Li Guoqi said this, Xu Guangqi continued: "After Zhu Xieyuan reinstated Guiyang, there were many imperial historians and local officials in the northern and southern capitals and Yunnan-Guizhou places, impeaching them for indulging soldiers and burning and killing looters. Your Majesty, please see it! ”

As soon as Xu Guangqi's voice fell, Zhang Weixian also said: "Wenchen has to be named a marquis, the court has never tasted it after Taizu, when Wang Yangming pacified the rebellion of Zhu Chenhao, the former king of Ning, the merit is in the community, which is not small, but only the new uncle is sealed, until after his death, the court will give a marquis!" The dignity of the title of the dynasty and the prudence of the reward can be seen from this! Old minister, please think twice before acting! ”

If the original Emperor Chongzhen, after hearing them say this, I am afraid that he will retreat, after the rebellion of luxury in history was pacified, the matter of the southwest general's meritorious service reward has been delayed for a long time, although there are factors of Hou Liangzhu and Xu Chengming competing for merit, but it has a lot to do with Emperor Chongzhen's cherishing of the court name, and the court discussion is also constantly criticizing and arguing, which has a lot to do with it.

However, now this Emperor Chongzhen is different, after listening to the words of these important ministers, I thought, you people don't know, only ten or eight years later, the Ming Dynasty's cherished title began to dive and reduce prices, and rewards were distributed everywhere as if they didn't need money.

Any commander-in-chief, as long as he can win a battle against a thief or a prisoner, can get a count.

At that time, the merits of the generals who were awarded the title of Shijue were nothing compared with the exploits of Zhu Xieyuan and others in the southwest to quell the rebellion of Lu'an.

Of course, it is impossible for Li Guowei and others to know about these aftermaths.

However, now this Emperor Chongzhen will not let those meritorious ministers who have made meritorious contributions for the Ming Dynasty and even for Huaxia feel cold, leaving the regret that they cannot be rewarded for their merits.

Therefore, after listening to the words of these people, Emperor Chongzhen had no smile on his face, and said with a cold face: "When I was in the hidden mansion, I often heard the words of the scholars of the court and the opposition, and they all said that the stupid seedlings in the southwest were not enough to be flat!"

"However, since the apocalypse, the rebellion of luxury has been undecided for nine years, and the southwest governors, fu, town ministers, and even civil and military generals, who have fallen into the hands of thieves and died, do not know how many, and the imperial court has spent tens of millions of dollars and food!

And Zhu Xieyuan has been in office for only one year, what is the effect? Now that all the rebel thieves and chieftains have surrendered to the law, the southwest land has been greatly determined, and since then, the court can peacefully destroy the eastern captives, and I will no longer worry about the southwest!

"If the Qing and others are not enough to be crowned marquis for this purpose, then I may ask you, what merit will be for the military generals to be crowned marquis in the future?!"