There were two thousand and one hundred Japanese soldiers, one thousand nineteen defenders, one thousand and five beheadings, and the rest were annihilated, and the defenders killed more than five hundred people, that is to say, it was almost a casualty ratio of three to one, Ming one, Japanese three, this ratio, it seems that since the beginning of the Japanese Rebellion, it has not appeared, right?

Emperor Jiajing was stunned for a while, staring at Xia Yan directly, and after making sure that Xia Yan had no protégés or any children in Suzhou, or was involved in this matter, his doubts about Xia Yan were dispelled, and then he said to Huang Jin: "Huang Jin, you go and bring this report to me." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Huang Jin was also stunned, he was startled by this sudden battle report, he didn't react for a while, he reacted only after hearing Emperor Jiajing say this, stepped forward, took the report from Xia Yan's hand, and handed it to Emperor Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing opened the report, and repeatedly read the report of more than 500 words three times, making sure that all the words were seen, then closed the report, walked back to his throne and sat down, closed his eyes, and seemed to be thinking about something.

Xia Yan was a little angry in his heart, waiting for the emperor's explanation, while Yan Song and Huang Jin were so frightened that they didn't dare to take a breath, the whole hall was very quiet, and after Emperor Jiajing took a deep breath and opened his eyes, the three of them tightened up in unison, waiting for the emperor's speech.

"So who is Zheng Guang? Can there be relatives in the DPRK and China? And did his father have any relatives in the imperial court? Does anyone of you know? Also, how do I feel a little familiar with this name? Emperor Jiajing opened his mouth to ask this sentence, this sentence exposed the strange psychology of Emperor Jiajing from a dark point of view, if Zheng Guang has relatives in the imperial court, it is really easy to enter the inertial thinking of Emperor Jiajing.

Hearing this, Xia Yan felt unexplained disappointment in his heart, so he didn't speak, but Yan Song opened his mouth and said: "Back to Your Majesty, I have checked the court records, Zheng Guangzu has three generations, except for his father Zheng Wei, who was admitted to Suzhou Mansion as a Xiucai, there is no one in the family who is an official in the court, three generations ago was a peasant in distress in the north, went to the south for refuge, and later ran some small businesses, bought some land, and settled down in Suzhou.

Until Zheng Guang's generation, there were no relatives who were officials in the court, as for this name, Your Majesty forgot? The former Song Dynasty anti-Yuan general is also called Zheng Guang, Emperor Taizu also personally made a biography for him, praising him for turning the tide in the fall, supporting the general of the building, continuing Song Zuo, great merit, hating to coexist with it at the end of the Song Dynasty, and punishing Yuan Kou. ”

When Emperor Jiajing heard this, he began to think, he may have some problems at the beginning, Zheng Guang is probably not a young man who was specially supported by some people, no one in the family is an official, there are no relatives in the court, and he is only seventeen years old, he may really be a hot-blooded young man who stepped forward and fought for his hometown?

"Pretending to surrender to the Japanese Invaders, conspiring with the prefect, tying up the prefect, opening the city gate, standing in front of the Japanese Invaders, and the divine rocket stood behind it, and the divine rocket was launched, and the prefect lay down on the ground together, and the arrows hit the Japanese chieftain, and the Japanese chief died, and then the artillery on the city rang out, and the Japanese invaders were in chaos, and the armies in the city were killed, and then all the Japanese were annihilated, Zheng Guang took the lead, beheaded thirteen, and was dressed in eighteen wounds, still fighting endlessly......"

Emperor Jiajing read this paragraph out with interest, and then looked at the two ministers below: "So brave and strategic, and the name of the former Song general, what a coincidence?" But do you think a seventeen-year-old talent can really be so brave and resourceful? It's General Zheng, and he didn't start fighting for Song until he was twenty-five years old, right? ”

Suspicious and sensitive, does not believe in ministers, and starts from conspiracy theories in everything, this is the Ming Supreme.

Xia Yan opened his mouth and said, "Why doesn't Your Majesty believe that this is true? ”

Emperor Jiajing sneered and said: "I used to believe in what you said, and believed that the Ming Dynasty was peaceful and prosperous, until I was beaten to the capital!" ”

In the last two words, Emperor Jiajing aggravated his tone, expressing his absolute distrust of his courtiers, so frightened that Yan Song knelt on the ground again, shouting "The old minister is guilty, Your Majesty forgives the sin", while Xia Yan stood neither humble nor arrogant, and said with some anger: "The minister doesn't know what thief is bold enough to deceive Your Majesty!" But the old minister never lied to His Majesty! If you violate this oath, heaven and man will be outraged! Xia Yan pointed to his heart and pointed to the sky, his words were clear, and his eyes were clear, so he knew that he was not lying to him.

Emperor Jiajing didn't know that the old man in front of him was a rare bone straight minister, but after the Great Rites Discussion incident, he no longer wanted to believe any minister, and his arrogant mind of self-esteem made him a conspiracy theorist, who started from the darkest point of view, and regarded everyone as Yang Tinghe, the only one who could be trusted a little bit After Zhang Xuan resigned, he no longer trusted any foreign ministers, and always felt that they were plotting to deceive himself and gain benefits, even if reason told him that Xia Yan was trustworthy, but Xia Yan was neither humble nor arrogant, Always disliked him.

Seeing Xia Yan's righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, Emperor Jiajing waved his hand irritably, and said: "I'm too worried, don't worry about the elder pavilion, Yan Song, you should get up too!" However, the stakes are very high, the head of the 1,500 level, since I ascended the throne, no matter whether it is the south or the north, the Ming Dynasty has never achieved such a victory, I can't help but wonder, has the head been escorted to the capital? ”

Xia Yan saw that the emperor softened, and his tone became gentle: "Back to Your Majesty, this matter is indeed very big, so I waited for the news to check the information of the relevant personnel as soon as possible to ensure that the personnel were correct, but because it was a war report sent by Suzhou to the capital, more than half a month has passed, and many reports have not been sent to the capital, and the first level has been escorted to the capital for inspection, and we have not seen it yet, but all the officials of the Suzhou prefect are willing to guarantee with their lives that the number of heads is true and the battle achievements are true, this is the first time." ”

Emperor Jiajing nodded, adding a point to the credibility of this war in his heart, these subordinate officials are the most timid, and they will never joke with their lives, it can be seen that this matter is indeed true, he continued to look at the battle report, and then his eyes narrowed, and he said: "Why only mention the prefect of Suzhou and that little Xiucai, and not mention the governor of Su Song and other officials?" ”

Xia Yan said with a little anger: "It's hateful, it happened to be the Nanzhili Township Test, Governor Su Song and Governor Yingtian and others all gathered in Nanjing City, and they were not stationed in Suzhou, and the main forces were all stationed in Nanjing, which made Suzhou empty, and when the Japanese invaded, the number of garrisons was even less than that of the Japanese Invaders, and it was to force Fan Qing and Zheng Guang to use such a strategy to deal with the Japanese Invaders, but as the Governor of Su Song, he left his post without permission!" What a hate! ”

Emperor Jiajing let out an "oh" and said in a low voice: "Withdraw him and send him back to the capital, Xia Yan, Yan Song, you preside over the cabinet to select a suitable candidate to replace Governor Su Song." After a pause, the emperor continued to speak: "Choose someone who knows soldiers, can fight, and has a hard temper, don't get an old master who doesn't know how to soldier!" Net is bullied by the Wakos! I have lost the face of me and Daming! Even a small show can do things, but the executives of the second and third grades can't do it, hateful! ”

The two responded, but they guessed in surprise that the emperor was probably preparing to launch a new round of strikes against the Japanese in the southeast.

Then, the emperor suddenly said: "Nanzhili Township test...... Did that little Xiucai named Zheng Guang also participate in the Nanzhili Township Test? ”

Xia Yan didn't pay attention to this matter, but Yan Song paid special attention to it, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the scholar Zheng Guang participated in the Nanzhili Township Examination in the twenty-fifth year of Jiajing, and won the second place Yayuan, which is already a person. ”

Emperor Jiajing became interested, and then asked, "Oh? After winning the battle and taking the exam, is this the first time he has taken the imperial examination? ”

Yan Song replied: "I am only seventeen years old, of course, it is the first time to participate in the scientific examination, it is said that in Suzhou Prefecture, I even won the small three yuan, the county test and the hospital test are the first place, this township test is also very likely to win the championship, however, it seems that it is still a little bit worse, otherwise, it is not only a small three yuan, but it will become a big four." ”

Emperor Jiajing put down the report, and his tone seemed to become a little relaxed: "If you can take a Xie Yuan exam while winning the battle, that is a good story, and the group of officials in Nanzhili don't know the beauty of adults, if this military exploit is true, then, this little showman, oh, Xiaojuren, how should I reward it?" After all, it's a fifteen-hundred-level achievement......"

Emperor Jiajing began to think, and after a while, he asked, "Do you two have any ideas?" How should I be rewarded? ”

It seems that the emperor has begun to tend to believe that this matter is true, not only his tone is relaxed, his face is relaxed, but he also began to discuss the content of the reward, Xia Yan pondered for a while, and then said: "The military general is knighted, the civil official is promoted, Fan Qing is a Jinshi in Jiajing for 14 years, originally the prefect of Suzhou, the fifth rank, it is better to be promoted to one level, and the fourth rank of the soldier is hung in the military department. ”

Emperor Jiajing nodded slightly and asked Yan Song: "Elder Yan Ge, what do you see?" ”

Yan Song immediately said: "There is no objection to the minister, a talent like Fan Qing should be reused." ”

Emperor Jiajing retracted his gaze, thought for a moment, and then said slowly: "I also think that this is almost the same, such a great achievement, it should be rewarded well, and talents should also be reused, and it is indeed good to be able to work against the Japanese Kou, and the courage is indeed good, so it is drafted first, and when the merit is verified, it will be rewarded like this, as for Zheng Guang's small lifter, this is a little difficult to do, not an official body, or a person, how to reward it?" ”

Xia Yan said: "The old minister thinks that since Zheng Guang can take the second place in the examination of Nanzhili, he is obviously knowledgeable, if he is given an official position, it will delay his scientific examination, which is a little unbeautiful. ”

Emperor Jiajing nodded and said: "It makes sense to say this, to be able to take the second place in the Nanzhili exam, I think it is indeed a very good level, and it is right to continue to take the exam, so there will be no other reward, but, after all, it is the mastermind or the main general, and he can behead thirteen at a young age, he is indeed brave and strategic, such a young man, I haven't seen it for a long time, if I don't reward it, I'm afraid it's not good?" Do you have any great ideas? ”

Yan Song's eyes rolled and he said: "Your Majesty, I heard that Zheng Guang's father Zheng Wei died in the Japanese rebellion seven years ago, the reason is that in order to cover tens of thousands of Suzhou people to escape from the pursuit of the Japanese invaders, he used fire to lead away the Japanese and save tens of thousands of people, and then was brutally burned to death by the Japanese invaders, which was very heroic, and the imperial court did not know the inside story at that time, but the prefect of Suzhou and the magistrate of Wu County gave some rewards and preferential treatment. ”

Emperor Jiajing nodded: "Well, this is good, this is good, then, first book like this, you go and watch it, and when the head of the Japanese invaders arrives in the capital, you count carefully, there must be no mistakes, otherwise, I am the only one who asks!" ”

Xia Yan and Yan Song saluted together: "The minister obeys the order, and the minister retires!" ”

Emperor Jiajing waved his hand: "Go!" ”

After Xia Yan and Yan Song withdrew, Emperor Jiajing's eyes narrowed habitually, and he picked up the report that he put down and read it several times, but said softly to Huang Jin: "Go and find Lu Bing for me." ”