In response to the great victory in Yingzhou, Zhengde personally wrote a report of 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 Chong in the end, and only he was qualified to review this letter.

As soon as Zhou Chong opened this report, he concluded that it 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 letter 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 others were just fine, but the results in the middle were extremely watery, Zhengde said that they jīngguò a few days and nights of chaos, and finally repelled the attack of the little prince of Tatar, jīngguòtǒngjì found that more than 50,000 enemies were killed, and the number was known to be fake at a glance, After all, the steppe people generally do not exceed 50,000 people when they go south, and if they kill 50,000 enemies, wouldn't they have completely annihilated 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 himself, in addition to showing off his military exploits to his younger brother, especially describing 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 name. It's called Zhenguo Gong.

For Zhengde to be knightly zhègè requirements. 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.

Regarding 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 until they were all human spirits, and naturally knew that the grassland cavalry was only 50,000 at most, how could they all be killed, at most seven or eight thousand would be good.

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 in the report, but only 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 run to Xuanfu and then desperately return Zhengda 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 Qiongzhègè The military department still had to go to Datong in person to review the military exploits, and only important ministers like Wang Qiong, Zhengde did not dare to 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 incompletely, and it was impossible to tǒngjì out 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 in accordance with the merits of the war, and Zhengde also asked to give him the title of Duke of Zhenguo, but Zhou Zhong spent a lot of money 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 dǎsuàn lived 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 next, after all, more than 10,000 people died, with the speed of the steppe people, it is estimated that he will not want to come over in a few years.

However, Zhou Zhong obviously underestimated Zhengde, just after the reward to the border army was 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 zhǔdòng 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 a huge amount of military expenditure every year to maintain a huge border army.

Zhou Zhong was very appreciative of Zhengde's zhègè idea, and even thought that this was the idea that an emperor should have. However, appreciation is appreciation, and Zhou Zhong is also resolutely opposed to the idea that zhègè will not work at a 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 it, 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 troops, in addition, the Yuan Dynasty had just been driven out, and there was a natural fear of the Ming army, Moreover, the remnants of the Yuan and Mongolian forces were divided, intriguing with each other, and in the face of the Ming Dynasty's purge, they could not form an effective command at all, so they would be defeated again and again in the end.

However, even in the Ming Dynasty, it was not always pressed by the grassland people to fight, 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 Jīngguò's many years of use of troops also depleted the Ming Dynasty's treasury, and then Jīngguò took many years to huīfù over.

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 Zhong is also dānxīn, in case this cavalry is established, Zhengde personally took this cavalry into the grassland on a whim, with Zhengde's temper, he definitely did it, and even probably took the cavalry into the grassland, like Wei Qing and Huo Quai, directly on the grassland to eat, then His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty took the army to be robbers on the grassland, killing people and setting fires to everything, although Zhou Chong didn't care, but the entire Ming Dynasty's ministers had to go crazy.

Thinking of the terrible consequences after the establishment of the cavalry, Zhou Chong 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 anything, then Zhou Chong 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 the courtier 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 moderate 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 he will 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 when the Ming Dynasty, the emperor and the ministers are naturally in confrontation, and then Zhou Zhong wants to implement the reform, I am afraid that whether this reform is right or wrong, it will attract the opposition of a large number of courtiers. Therefore, for Zhou Chong, Zhengde jiùshì 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 the report that Zhengde wants to establish an elite cavalry, he 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 the idea of zhègè.

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 bànfǎ, with Zhengde's temper, as long as he makes up his mind, he won't 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 ......)