At the same time as receiving the joint report of Mao Wenlong and Chu Xianxian, Emperor Chongzhen also received the secret report transmitted by Chu Xianxian, Mao Wenlong and Yuan Shu. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the secret report to the emperor, Chu Xianzhang reported his observations on a series of battles between Dongjiang Town and Jianyu, as well as his understanding of Mao Wenlong, Qu Chengen, Shen Shikui, Mao Chenglu and other generals of Dongjiang Town, and also reported on the return of Mao Youde to Dongjiang Town with the fleet from Yingzhou Island, and suggested that the imperial court vigorously develop the naval division and immigrate to Yingzhou Island as soon as possible, etc.

Yuan Shu, a thousand households of the Qianhu Institute of Dongjiang Town, reported on the power of the Chongzhen first-style front-loading flintlock smoothbore gun, as well as his opinions on a large number of Chongzhen first-type equipment and fixed ammunition, and also suggested that the imperial court should repair the city in Yizhou or Anju to facilitate the long-term defense of Dongjiang Town, and so on.

And Mao Wenlong's secret report was in the arms of Emperor Chongzhen. In his report, Mao Wenlong implored the imperial court to agree to the disembarkation of the troops of Dongjiang Town, and to completely hand over the cities of Yizhou, Dingzhou, Anju and Tieshan from the Joseon Li clan and rightfully hand over the management of Dongjiang Town, so that Dongjiang Town would have more space and more territory to settle the fleeing Han people of Liaodong and supply more troops.

At the same time, Mao Wenlong also asked for instructions on how to deal with the prisoners with red flags and blue flags, and suggested rewarding Liu Xingzuo and Liu Xingzhi's brothers, as well as the meritorious generals of Dongjiang Town under his command, and by the way, he also piggybacking on the situation that Mao Weizhang, the superintendent of Dongjiang Town, led the army to occupy Jeju Island and led people to reclaim Jeju Island, and asked the imperial court to reward them together, and so on.

Through the cross-comparison and confirmation of Mao Wenlong, Chu Xianxian, and Yuan Shu's family of secret reports, Emperor Chongzhen basically mastered the entire Dongjiang Town victory before and after, as well as the performance of meritorious generals, so the rewards for Mao Wenlong, Liu Xingzuo and others are of course a little heavier than the rewards in the original history.

After Emperor Chongzhen's personal proposal, the cabinet ministers and several ministers of the Military Aircraft Department, in accordance with the "Regulations on the Reward of Military Meritorious Achievements" approved and promulgated by the emperor not long ago, held a meeting and deliberated, and the awards for the meritorious soldiers of Dongjiang Town, as well as the arrangements for relevant matters after the war, were soon released:

There are two people who were knighted for merit: one of them is to seal Mao Wenlong, the governor of the left army, the chief military officer of Pingliao in Dongjiang Town, as the Marquis of Andong, and grant the seal of the general of Zhengdong, and appoint him as the commander of the soldiers and horses of the five roads in the front and rear of Dongjiang Town.

At the same time, the imperial court built the Andong Marquis Mansion in Beijing, and gave Mao Wenlong's mother the first rank of Mrs. Decree and his wife Lady Erpin, so that his mother, wife and daughter, who originally lived in Hangzhou, came to live in Beijing.

Second, Liu Xingzuo, the former commander-in-chief of the Jianju Fuzhou Army, who had returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway, was appointed as the chief military officer of the right road of Dongjiang Town, and ordered him to open the general military office of the right road of Dongjiang in Pyongyang.

There are four people who were appointed as the chief soldier for merit: one is Qu Chengen, who was promoted from the post of deputy general of Dongjiang Town to the chief officer of the left road of Dongjiang Town, stationed in Jinzhou Wei on the Liaodong Peninsula, and built Jinzhou City, and ruled the headquarters of Liu Xingzuo's younger brother Liu Xingpei and Liu Xingji, who had been in Fuzhou Wei at this time.

The second is Mao Chenglu, who was promoted from the post of deputy general of Dongjiang Town to the chief military officer of the front road of Dongjiang Town, and allowed the establishment of the front road general military office in the new Andong City, so that on the basis of the original Yizhou city, he stepped up the renovation of the city wall and ditch, and added forts to facilitate the permanent defense of the town.

The third is Shen Shikui, who was promoted from the post of deputy general of Dongjiang Town to the chief officer of the Chinese army in Dongjiang Town, stationed on Phi Dao, but did not set up a general military office, but as Mao Wenlong's assistant, he was in charge of the garrison on the islands around Phi Dao.

The fourth is Li Xingzhong, who was promoted from the deputy chief soldier of the Dengzhou Town Water Division to the chief officer of the Dongjiang Town Houlu Water Division, stationed on Phi Island, without a general military office, as Mao Wenlong's assistant, in charge of all the ships of the Navy Division in Dongjiang Town.

Ten people were promoted to positions because of their merits: Liu Xingzhi of the head of Azig and Liu Xingxian who sacrificed the east gate of Yizhou, both of whom were deputy commanders on the right side of Dongjiang Town, assisted Liu Xingzuo to continue to lead the Fuzhou soldiers who had cut their braids and grown their hair.

In this battle, he used artillery for street fighting and made meritorious contributions, killed Azig in one fell swoop, and restored his original surname, and in the name of Shang Kexi, he was promoted from the Dongjiang Zhendingzhou garrison guerrilla to the deputy general of Dongjiang Town, stationed in Changzhou City, about 100 miles north of Yiju and on the east side of the Yalu River.

At the same time, Mao Youde, who led the fleet to block the Yalu River and bombarded the cavalry of Fu Erdan with the blue flag, also restored his original surname, and in the name of Kong Youde, he was once again promoted, promoted to the deputy general of the Dongjiang Town Water Division, continued to garrison Yingzhou Island, and was controlled by the envoys of Yingzhou Town.

Mao Wenlong, a general of the Chinese Army, Mao Zhongming, also restored his original surname because of his merits, and was promoted to the deputy chief of the Chinese Army in the name of Geng Zhongming, and continued to command the department.

Mao Shi, Mao Youxing, Mao Zhongyu, Mao Kejin and other meritorious generals in Dongjiang Town were all promoted from guerrilla to generals, and they were stationed in Tieshan, Dingzhou, Anzhou, and Daludao respectively. The Tianjin Water Division and the Denglai Water Division each returned to their own towns to garrison, and so on.

In addition, the imperial court's edict of reward also abolished the administrative divisions of Pyongan Province and Hamgyong Province in North Korea, and officially handed over all the urban land between the Yalu River and the Daedong River to Donggang Town for full jurisdiction, and allowed Mao Wenlong, Marquis of Anton, Liu Xingzuo, Bo Liu Xingzuo of Pyongyang, and various military officers of Donggang Town to stake land on this land, or take it for themselves, or reward their subordinates, all of which were disposed of by themselves.

In the will of this reward, it is of course the emperor's proposal to restore the surnames of Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, and Kong Youde, who have made military exploits.

After all, these people exist by these names in later generations, and every time they talk about Mao Kexi, Mao Zhongming, and Mao Youde, the current Emperor Chongzhen feels awkward.

Besides, in the name of the Holy Decree, let these people restore their original surnames, first, they may be able to buy the loyalty of these people, and secondly, they can break down Mao Wenlong's descendant forces in Dongjiang Town.

Although the edict ordered these people to change back to their original surnames, it may not be able to make them really separate from Mao Wenlong, but at least it is a little better than the entire Dongjiang Town surnamed Mao.

As for why only these people changed back to their original surnames, but their own brothers did not issue an order to change them back, of course, it was to look better on face and not to embarrass Dongjiang Marshal Mao Wenlong too much.

At the same time, it can also stimulate the young generals who change their surnames to Mao, as long as they make meritorious deeds, they can get an imperial decree from the imperial court and change their surnames back to their original surnames without offending the handsome Mao Wenlong.

Of course, using Pyongyang City, which is still under the control of the Lee dynasty in Korea, as the place where Liu Xingzuo is stationed, and allowing the generals and colonels of Dongjiang Town to stake their horses east of the Yalu River and west of the Datong River to reward meritorious soldiers, of course, is also the proposal of Emperor Chongzhen himself.

Although the three ministers of military aircraft had some doubts about the emperor's proposal, they finally agreed. At that time, the chief minister of military aircraft, the British Gong Zhang Weixian, said to the emperor: "The Korean Li family has always been loyal and respectful to our Ming Dynasty. If the court does not sue and punish, and punishes without crime, it may be difficult for the ministers to convince the hearts of the people in the world. At the same time, it also caused other foreign vassal states to be separated from the Ming Dynasty. ”

Sun Chengzong also said: "North Korea has always been the eastern barrier of our Ming Sea, and if we seize its land and expel its people, then North Korea will inevitably centrifuge." In this way, my Ming Dynasty will have one less barrier and one more enemy country. Now that there are natural disasters and disasters in the Ming Dynasty, and there are strong captives outside, it is really not the right time to turn the foreign vassals of the imperial court into counties. Your Majesty, please be clear. ”

Li Banghua said: "The ministers know that since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has the ambition to open up the outside world, and since the Taizu became the ancestor, my Ming Dynasty has a growing population, and the land is getting narrower, and the land of the externalized state is vast but the population is sparse. It's just that now that the Ming Dynasty has serious internal and external troubles, the imperial court has been overstretched to eliminate this internal and external troubles, and it is really not appropriate to be in a hurry to turn North Korea into a county. ”

The statements of the three military ministers basically reflect the positions and attitudes of many so-called righteous men and gentlemen in the Ming Dynasty.

In the eyes of these so-called righteous men and gentlemen, the court has nothing to do with their personal or family interests, but it seems to be detrimental to the moral teachings on which they have always relied to stand up, or to restrain imperial power.

But for this point, today's Emperor Chongzhen has his own way of dealing with it, that is, to tightly bundle the interests of these so-called righteous men and gentlemen with the external development of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, after listening to these ministers of military aircraft who are now about to rely on, Emperor Chongzhen was not unhappy, but said with a smile: "This time, Dongjiang Town not only plotted against Liu Xingzuo and his Fuzhou soldiers, but also defeated the invading Jianyu army, and even killed the eldest son of Azig, the owner of the Red Banner of Jianyu, and Amin, the owner of the Blue Flag, and captured 4,000 people from Jianzhou.

"Mao Wenlong and Liu Xingzuo's subordinates have made such great contributions, which is the only thing I have seen in the Ming border army since Salhu, and it is not enough to reward the Dongjiang soldiers and comfort their hearts.

"And to reward heavily, it is not a problem to be knighted and promoted, but it is also necessary to give money and land. Although the imperial court is now a little more generous, if tens of thousands of soldiers in Dongjiang Town are rewarded with gold and silver, it will not be enough to reward the merits, and the court will be unable to bear it.

"The land is very different. Between the Yalu River and the Datong River are fertile land, rather than keeping the enemy, it is better to reward the soldiers. Moreover, the land on the islands of Dongjiang Town is barren and cannot be self-sufficient, and there are many Han people accompanying the army, if the officers and soldiers are ordered to run away from the horses and enclose the land, so that the cultivators have their fields, and the court does not spend a penny, it is enough to reward them for their military merits, reassure their military morale, and boost their morale.

"Moreover, I think that the great victory of Dongjiang Town, the cabinet and the military aircraft department, the ministers of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, the Academy of Martial Arts, and the Armament Institute are not all without merit. The military aircraft department can be used in Dongjiang Town, and the children of the Qing and their relatives can buy real estate on both sides of the Datong River free of charge. I don't ask. ”