In response to the great victory in Yingzhou, Zhengde personally wrote the document of the victory, which was quickly sent to the capital through the post station, and because this was the handwriting of His Majesty the Emperor, it could only be handed over to Zhou Zhong in the end, and only he, the king of Zhao, was qualified to review this document.

As soon as Zhou Chong opened this report, he immediately concluded that this was definitely not from Zhengde's handwriting, because Zhengde's words were not so good-looking, and his dog crawling words couldn't even compare to Zhou Chong, let alone such a regular Xiaokai. However, when I read two sentences, I found that all of them were the tone of Zhengde's speech, and it was estimated that this was dictated by Zhengde, and then let others write it on behalf of others, and it was all colloquial, which was also strongly requested by Zhengde.

This document is very long, Zhou Zhong took a look at it, and found that it was mainly Zhengde who personally described the entire process of the battle of Yingzhou, and then reported the results, and finally attached a list of meritorious soldiers, and the rest was not enough, but the results in the middle were extremely watery, Zhengde said that they went through a few days and nights of chaos, and finally repelled the attack of the little prince of Tatars, and after statistics, it was found that more than 50,000 enemies were killed, and this number was known to be false at a glance, after all, the steppe people generally did not exceed 50,000 people going south, If Zhengde had killed 50,000 enemies, wouldn't they have wiped out the troops of the little prince of Tatar?

In addition to the official report, Zhengde also sent a private letter to Zhou Chong, which was written by him, in addition to showing off his military exploits to his younger brother, especially the Mongolian officer he killed with his own hands, and finally pointed out that Zhou Chong would give him a knighthood, and he had a good name. It's called Zhenguo Gong.

For this requirement of Zhengde to be knighted. Zhou Zhong was also crying and laughing. Zhengde had already asked the Ministry of War for the appointment of a chief military officer, and now it's good, he even wants to add a knighthood to himself, but no matter how high the title is, it will be more noble than his emperor?

Although Zhou Zhong also felt that what Zhengde did was ridiculous, he could also understand that Zhengde was a very conceited person, in his opinion. His throne was inherited from his father, and he didn't have any ability, in contrast, he is now making military achievements, which is his own ability, so he naturally wants a title to show off, but with the military merits he has established, he actually wants the title of a duke, obviously some lions are open-mouthed.

For Zhengde's report, Zhou Zhong was not arbitrary. Instead, he took it to the cabinet and asked Yang Ting to discuss it with them, and when these people saw the sentence of killing 50,000 enemies. They all shook their heads and smiled bitterly, the people who could sit in their positions were all human spirits, and they naturally knew that the grassland cavalry was only 50,000 at most, how could they all be killed, and it would be good to have seven or eight thousand at most.

Fortunately, Zhengde was still a little measured, and he didn't dare to write the matter of him personally going to the battlefield and killing a Mongolian officer on the success document, just showing off in a letter to Zhou Chong, otherwise if the cabinet knew that he personally went to the battlefield, I am afraid that the cabinet and other ministers would immediately run to Xuanfu, and then desperately return Zhengla back to the capital.

After everyone finished reading it, Zhou Chong discussed with them again, for Zhengde's military exploits, they naturally did not dare to conceal it, and even if they wanted to conceal it, but there was still Zhou Chong in the capital, and they couldn't hide it, but for the imaginary number of 50,000 beheadings, they couldn't ignore it, after all, the atmosphere of falsely reporting military merits could not be promoted, so in the end, Wang Qiong, the secretary of the military department, had to go to Datong to review the military exploits in person, and only important ministers like Wang Qiong did Zhengde dare not play any tricks.

Datong is not very far from the capital, Wang Qiong is also a very talented person, so he quickly reviewed the real results clearly, the battle of Yingzhou, Datong, Xuanfu and Liaodong tripartite battle, and finally killed more than 8,600 enemies, the reason why there is no exact number is because of the application of artillery and mines, so that some of the enemy's corpses were blown up incomplete, and it is impossible to count the exact number.

Other generals will naturally be severely punished for falsely reporting their military exploits, but this time it was Zhengde who led the way, and no one dared to mention the punishment, but the rewards for the army were all according to the actual military exploits, and Zhengde also asked to give him the title of the Duke of Zhenguo, and as a result, Zhou Zhong spent a lot of effort to let the cabinet relax, so Zhengde finally got his wish, and was rewarded by the Duke of Zhenguo, and at the same time let the imperial court allocate funds to build a Zhenguo Mansion in Xuanfu, it seems that he intends to live in Xuanfu for a long time.

Just finished the matter of the army's reward, Zhou Chong thought that Zhengde would not do anything in a short time, the little prince of Tatar was beaten so badly this time, it is estimated that he will not dare to come again next year, or even the year after that, after all, more than 10,000 people died, and with the recovery speed of the steppe people, it is estimated that he will not want to recover in a few years.

However, Zhou Zhong obviously underestimated Zhengde, just after the reward for the border army was just sent, Zhengde gave the court a very formal twist, and the content of the fold made Zhou Chong even more headache, because Zhengde actually wanted to establish an elite cavalry, and then use this cavalry to take the initiative to attack the grassland people, like the historical Tang Taizong and Ming Chengzu, directly lead the military disaster to the grassland, lest the Ming Dynasty spend huge military spending every year to maintain a huge border army.

Zhou Chong appreciated Zhengde's idea very much, and even thought that this was the idea that an emperor should have. However, praise is appreciation, and Zhou Zhong is also resolutely opposed to this idea that does not work at first glance.

Let's not talk about whether we can establish a cavalry on the grassland now, even if it can be established, but who can guarantee that the current little prince of Tatar can be beaten, after all, the current grassland is no longer the grassland of the year, the Tang Dynasty will not say, the time is too long, there is no comparison, the reason why Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, was able to beat the grassland people crying father and mother, in addition to its own strong army, the other is that the Yuan Dynasty has just been driven out, there is a natural fear of the Ming army, and the remnants of the Yuan and Mongolian forces are divided, Intrigue with each other, in the face of the Ming Dynasty's purge, it is impossible to form an effective command, so in the end, it will be defeated again and again.

However, even in the Ming Chengzu period, it was not always pressed by the grassland people, and several times it was also defeated by the grassland people, after all, the Ming army was not suitable for the grassland, and it was normal to lose the battle, and Zhu Di also exhausted the treasury of the Ming Dynasty after many years of using troops, and it took many years to recover.

Now Zhengde wants to establish an elite cavalry and transfer the war to the grassland, although this idea is good, but it is not realistic, first of all, the current situation in the grassland is no longer the original fragmentation, but by the Tatar little prince unification, the power of the entire grassland condensed into a rope, even if Zhengde can train an elite cavalry, it may not be able to take advantage.

In addition, Zhou Chong is also worried, in case this cavalry is established, Zhengde personally took this cavalry into the grassland on a whim, with Zhengde's temper, he will definitely do it, and it is even likely that after entering the grassland with the cavalry, he will be like Wei Qing and Huo Quai, eat directly on the grassland, and then His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will take the army to be robbers on the grassland, killing people and setting fires to everything, although Zhou Chong doesn't care, but the entire Ming Dynasty Wenchen has to go crazy.

Thinking of the terrible consequences after the establishment of the cavalry, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but shake his head in fear, in addition, if Zhengde really led the cavalry into the grassland in person, in that dangerous environment, no one could guarantee Zhengde's safety, in case he had any accidents, then Zhou Zhong was likely to take over the throne of Zhengde, after all, his sons were still too young.

Maybe in the eyes of others, Zhou Chong's sitting on the throne may be more convenient for his reform of the Ming Dynasty, but he himself knows very clearly that if he sits on the throne, it is not as convenient as the current identity of the prison country, first, he is still a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and Yang Tinghe and others are barely standing in the same ranks, if you want to implement the reform, you can also use more gentle means, if it really doesn't work, let Zhengde make a holy decree to push hard, anyway, the absurdity of Zhengde is known to the world, The ministers have already been made of his temper.

However, if Zhou Zhong sits on the throne, then become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, although the emperor is nominally the ruler of the Ming Empire, but in fact, his power is also limited by the ministers, especially at this time of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor and the ministers are naturally in a position of confrontation, and then Zhou Zhong wants to implement the reform, I am afraid that no matter whether this reform is right or wrong, it will attract the opposition of a large number of courtiers. Therefore, for Zhou Chong, Zhengde is the shield for him to implement reforms, if he is not there, then Zhou Chong will directly face the criticism of his courtiers.

It is precisely because of this that Zhou Chong does not want to let Zhengde take risks, at least before the initial results of his reform, Zhengde must not have an accident, so after receiving Zhengde's desire to establish an elite cavalry, he immediately convened the cabinet to discuss, but the inner space of the discussion is not whether to establish this cavalry, but how to make Zhengde dispel this idea.

The cabinet is also reluctant to establish such a cavalry, as soon as they oppose Zhengde's departure from Beijing, if Zhengde is allowed to establish cavalry again, God knows when he will return? Second, now the national situation of the Ming Dynasty has just improved, although there is money in the treasury, but there are many places in the Ming Dynasty that need money, if the money is invested in the frontier, then what should be done in the country?

The cabinet agreed with Zhou Chong, only about how to get Zhengde to dispel the idea of building elite cavalry? They don't have any good way, with Zhengde's temper, as long as it is his decision, he will not change it easily, not to mention that now Zhengde has just won a battle, it is the time to be full of ambition, if they are resolutely opposed at this time, maybe Zhengde will really stay in Xuanfu and not come back. (To be continued......)