Night falls deep in the sky over Beiping City, this ancient and atmospheric city is like an old and majestic giant beast nesting on the horizon, quietly looking into the distance.

The west of the Forbidden City in Yanjing City is the location of the various yamen of the imperial court, one of which is built in a particularly atmospheric manner, the two stone lions in front of the door that weigh thousands of pounds are extremely majestic, they are different from the stone lions of other yamen, the stone lions of other yamen are either thin, or lively, or step on the hydrangea, or hold the lion cub in their arms, but the stone lion in front of the yamen is vigorous, the head is big and the face is broad, there is fashionable hair on the neck, the posture is very majestic, mighty and domineering, This yamen is known as the military department yamen that is in charge of millions of troops in the Ming Dynasty.

In a room deep in this yamen, a middle-aged man with an easy-going but dignified demeanor is sitting behind a bookcase looking at a war report sent by Qingzhou in his hand, he is wearing a vermilion official robe, a majestic lion embroidered on the patch on his chest, and stepping on thick-soled official shoes, which is the standard dress of first- and second-grade officials. He is Yang Sichang, the current secretary of the military department of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Yang Sichang was holding a battle report sent by Song Xinghe, the commander of Qingzhou, which said that Pang Gang, a hundred households of Qingzhou Lingshan Wei, went to Yangzhou to buy grain on the order of the Yamen, and encountered hundreds of Japanese raiders to disturb Yangzhou. Pang Gang, a hundred households in Lingshanwei, led the headquarters of the army out of the city to kill the enemy bravely, annihilated all the Japanese and captured more than 300 heads, and captured countless Japanese knives and other things. However, Zhao Jie, the Yangzhou soldiers and horses, waited for Pang Gang to defeat the Japanese but took the opportunity to go out of the city to snatch military merits, Pang Gang was dissatisfied with Zhao Jie's argument, Zhao Jie was angry and wanted to order his subordinates to forcibly expel Pang Gang and other Qingzhou soldiers, so the two sides had a dispute. Later, Pang Gang refused to accept a complaint and reported the Yangzhou garrison to the Qingzhou Command Envoy Yamen, and the Qingzhou Commander Yamen had no choice but to present the heads of the Japanese Kou to the capital together with the booty

In this war report, Song Xinghe explained the cause and effect in detail, and the war report also mentioned the former Ministry of Rites Shangshu Sun Zhili, in the war report, Song Xinghe did not say a bad word about Sun Zhili, but every sentence pointed to Sun Zhili.

Yang Sichang put down this war report from Qingzhou, and picked up another war report, but this war report was sent by Yangzhou, with the signature of Yangzhou prefect, the former Ministry of Rites Shangshu Sun Zhili, and the soldiers and horses garrison Zhao Jie, in this war report is completely different from the war report sent by Song Xinghe, the war report said that in the previous days, the Japanese invaders, the soldiers and horses garrisoned Zhao Jie led the troops to resist, Yangzhou prefect Gu Shou commanded in the middle, and the former Ministry of Rites Shangshu Sun Zhili was properly scheduled, and finally broke the Japanese invaders, However, Pang Gang, the guest army of Qingzhou, took advantage of the unpreparedness of the Yangzhou soldiers to snatch the heads of the Japanese and various captures, and wounded Zhao Jie and then went to Yunyun

Yang Sichang looked at this defeat full of loopholes and smiled dumbly, Yangzhou really fooled himself as a three-year-old child. Not to mention whether the results described in this battle report are true or false, Pang Gang alone was able to snatch the heads and trophies of the Japanese from thousands of Yangzhou soldiers, could it be that these soldiers were all dead?

And Yang Sichang has worked with Sun Zhili for more than ten years, and knows him very well, this person has an empty stomach of articles, full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but his ability to do things is a mess, otherwise he would not have been sent home by Emperor Chongzhen to care for the elderly after only one year of being a secretary of the Ministry of Rites. To say that he can calmly command the Yangzhou army and people to annihilate the Japanese invaders, Yang Sichang can assert that the Manchu civil and military forces are afraid that they will laugh off their big teeth.

"Sun Zhili, Sun Zhili, do you still want to make a comeback at this time?" Yang Sichang smiled disdainfully, and threw the battle report in his hand into the fire cage beside him, and the faint green smoke rose, and this battle report turned into ashes in the fire cage.

Picking up the battle report of Qingzhou again, Yang Sichang picked up the pen and drew a circle on Pang Gang's name, and muttered: "Could it be that this Pang Gang really has such a ability to break through three hundred widows with two hundred soldiers?" If this is the case, it would be a good general, but how could this son be so brave that he was just a hundred households? ”

Thinking of this, Yang Sichang picked up his pen and commanded Song Xinghe in Qingzhou to write on the invitation to promote Pang Gang to Lingshan Wei Qianhu: "Quasi! ". Then he put this battle exploit into his sleeve and shouted loudly: "Come on, prepare a sedan chair, this official is going to court." ”

When Yang Sichang rushed to the Forbidden City, the sky had already begun to darken, and all the officials had already begun to wait outside the Forbidden City for the palace gate to open. When the time came, the palace gate was wide open, and hundreds of officials began to rush in, and the tall Han generals stood in the Forbidden City one by one, looking particularly solemn.

When the "official street drum" sounded, the hundred officials had already stood in accordance with their official ranks, according to the rule that civil officials were on the left and military attaches were on the right, Yang Sichang, who was the secretary of the military department, stood on the first seat on the right, which was also one of the closest positions to the emperor.

Soon, Emperor Chongzhen, who was wearing a golden five-clawed dragon robe, walked in from the front of the inner hall, and hundreds of officials knelt down and saluted along the way.

After about three minutes, Chongzhen finally walked to his dragon chair and sat down, and said loudly: "Zhongqing is flat!" ”

"Long live thanks!"

Yang Sichang, who was standing at the front, took the opportunity to look up at Emperor Chongzhen, the twenty-five-year-old Ming monarch's complexion was not very good, his face that should have been healthy and ruddy had become a little pale due to too many late nights, and his eye circles showed a faint black, causing his originally handsome face to show a sense of old-fashionedness, and his brows were furrowed at the same time, and it seemed that he was still worried about a lot of bad news.

At this time, a eunuch shouted in a shrill voice: "Zhongqing has something to do, and there is nothing to retreat!" ”

Yang Sichang hurriedly walked out of the class and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister has his own music." ”

Chongzhen didn't sleep all night last night, and his spirit was naturally not very good, but after seeing Yang Sichang stand up, he still forcibly cheered up and said: "Yang Aiqing, is there any good news over there in Shaanxi, Henan?" ”

Yang Sichang said respectfully: "Your Majesty, what the minister wants to play is not the war of the Liukou, but about Yangzhou. ”

"Yangzhou!" Chongzhen was shocked, stood up and asked eagerly: "South, is there also an accident in the south of the Yangtze River?" ”

Now the taxes and salaries of the imperial court are almost all supplied by Jiangnan, if Jiangnan is chaotic, then the imperial court will be in great trouble, no wonder Chongzhen is in a hurry.

"The emperor can rest assured that what the ministers want to play is not a bad thing, but a great thing. Yesterday, the commander of the Qingzhou Mansion came to report that a hundred households of Lingshanwei in Qingzhou went to Yangzhou to buy grain in the name of Song Xinghe, the commander of Qingzhou, and happened to encounter the invasion of Yangzhou by the Japanese invaders. ”

"Oh! And what else is there? Sure enough, Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard this, and asked, "What is the name of that hundred households?" How old is it? Where did you come from? ”

Yang Sichang bowed down and replied: "Back to the emperor, the name of this hundred households is Pang Gang, he is only twenty-four years old this year, and he was originally from a military family, but it is not hereditary, but a military registration that he only entered this year. ”

"Good, good!" Chongzhen happily stood up and kept walking, and ordered: "Have Yang Aiqing checked all those battle results?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the minister has personally checked that a total of 322 Japanese heads are all true, and there is no falsehood."

Yang Sichang naturally didn't dare to be sloppy about this kind of thing, and he had already asked someone to carefully check those heads, and the results of the inspection made him feel very satisfied, all of these heads were genuine widows.

"Then we will reward the commander of the hundred households and Qingzhou all of them." After the excitement, Chongzhen spoke, "I have never been stingy with rewards for meritorious officials. ”

Yang Sichang, who had been prepared, hurriedly took the opportunity to say: "This minister has a preliminary charter, and for the hundred household ministers, he has been promoted to Lingshan Wei Qianhu, with a reward of 1,000 taels of silver and 20 pieces of silk, and the commander of Qingzhou, who has a good command, will be rewarded with 2,000 taels of silver, which will be excellent in this year's evaluation." ”

"Okay, just according to what Aiqing said." Chongzhen, who has been plagued by the Liukou in Shaanxi during this time, rarely heard a good news at this time, and his original worry was also a lot more relaxed, and in this way, the matter of Pang Gang's promotion to 100 households was decided.

Thank you for the tips of book friends Lee Yueling and Chao Chao Twilight R, thank you!

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