Chapter 56 Yue Taishi

"If you invade our land, you will be punished even if you are far away; trespass into my borders, and you will have no return. ”

This sentence is a portrayal of the Ming Dynasty, not only when Yue Su was in power, but also hundreds of years later. The best proof of this sentence is the two large tombs on Niutou Mountain and Sifang Mountain, these two tombs are called Tartar Tombs, and it is said that tens of thousands of Tartars are buried underneath.

Of course, there are not only these two tombs on Niutou Mountain, there is also one called "Tiancong Khan Tomb", which has become one of the attractions on Niutou Mountain hundreds of years later. In addition to enjoying the scenery on the mountain, future generations of travelers should also remember the Lord Yue who was killed here in Laikou.

I don't know who it is, but also on this Niutou Mountain to Yue Daren set up an ancestral hall, specifically to commemorate the war, in front of the ancestral hall there is a statue of Yue Dashuai riding a horse, above the middle hall, hang the four-character plaque of "Jing Loyal to the Country", in the ancestral hall, there is a statue of Yue Dashuai sitting upright, on the left and right sides are Jiang Jie, Pei Huzi, and the two compartments are the golden cicada, Yin Zhu, Tong Guan, Tie Qiu.

To tell the truth, the guy who designed this ancestral hall really has some ways (.

However, these are all later words, after Yue Su killed all the Tartar pits, he ordered Sima Qiaoyu to destroy Abatai who was guarding Yan'an, and then led the army to return to the court. Before Lord Yue entered Beijing, the capital was already lively, and the officials headed by the Junyi Party, plus the Junzuo Party, had already begun to sing praises for Yue Su, hoping that the emperor would reward him greatly. The officials headed by the Donglin Party, plus some non-party officials, impeached Yue Su in the last book, and the crime was very simple, Yue Su was untrustworthy in his words, killing and surrendering the army, and losing the dignity of the state of etiquette. As for the Ilo Party, he doesn't care about anything, he doesn't say anything, he just plays soy sauce.

One by one, they were sent to the celebrant and transferred to Zhang Yan. She was not surprised by the folds of singing the praises of Yue Su, Yue Su can really be said to be a great achievement now, annihilating all the main forces of the Tartars, solving the worries of the imperial court, and without much loss, which played a decisive role in the recovery of Liaodong in the future. How can such an achievement not be praised.

When Zhang Yan saw the impeachment of Yue Su, she couldn't help but sigh, and thought to herself, these people really have nothing to do, when the Tartars called, they were helpless one by one, and now that the Tartars have been exterminated, you all jumped out one by one. People like you just don't clean up.

However, Zhang Yan did not really embarrass these officials who impeached Yue Su, but sent someone to hand over the excerpts to Yue Su. This is the usual practice, you Lord Yue can explain.

Yue Su had just crossed the Yellow River now, and when he saw the excerpt sent by Zhang Yan, Yue Su smiled and immediately made an explanation. ////

"As the old saying goes: Soldiers are not tired of deceit, this is war, and the way to use soldiers is not something that some corrupt people can understand. When the Tartars invade my territory, they naturally want to kill them all, what's wrong. Could it be that these Tartars have entered the door and I am not allowed to kill them, and if so, what did I mean by allowing me to lead troops to resist in the first place, so I should simply let the Tartars burn and loot at will, and then go away. ”

Yue Su's words were very arrogant, but now he does have arrogant capital. Yue Su's reply was sent back to Beijing, Zhang Yan looked at it, and seemed to feel that Yue Su was a little arrogant, although you Yue Su made great achievements and made countless contributions to my Ming Dynasty, but you would not talk like this. It's too frivolous.

Zhang Yan has such a characteristic, when something happens, she is looking for Yue Su, and when the matter is done, you have to beat it a little, so that you Yue Su knows that there is still one on your head, and you toss it lightly (.

Good guy, without waiting for Lord Yue to enter Beijing, Zhang Yan asked Liu Mingguo to draw up the will and send it directly to Yue Su.

The content of the will is probably like this, you Yue Su exterminated the Tartars this time, and you have made great contributions and great achievements, but you are good at making claims, negotiating with the Tartars, and finally tearing up the contract, and also killing the surrendered Tartars without authorization, which will lose the reputation of my ceremonial state, and I hereby decide to remove your title of Taifu and fine you for one year. However, the merit is greater than the fault, there is a deserved punishment, of course, the merit can not be rewarded, special purpose, add Yue Su as the master, award the special Ronglu doctor, reward 10,000 taels of silver.

The interesting thing under this holy decree is that he first dismissed the Taifu and fined him for one year, and then gave you a Taishi and rewarded him with 10,000 taels of silver. Although Taifu and Taishi are both genuine products and are considered to be at the same level, the grade of Taishi is still higher than that of Taifu. Lord Yue's annual salary, although his salary has been raised, is only more than 1,000 taels, and the fine is 1,000 and 10,000, no matter how it is calculated, it is also a advantage. In the end, it was given to a loose official who was a good product. From this point of view, where there is a punishment, it is clearly a reward.

However, after receiving the will, Yue Su's subordinates were very happy, and the adults were promoted, but Yue Su was not very happy, he realized that his reply to Zhang Yan was not appropriate, and he was a little frivolous, which made Zhang Yan unhappy. As an official, you must abide by your duty, and you can't be proud of your achievements, and it seems that in the future, you still have to pay attention. It's also that Mr. Jiang is not around, if Jiang Jie is here, discuss it with him, and if he mentions it, he will definitely not be able to reply to the Queen Mother like this. Anyway, the replies are all replied to, it's useless to regret it, Zhang Yan also has a meaning, let's go back to Beijing and talk about it.

After returning to Beijing a few days later, Yue Su went to the palace to see His Majesty, and had to admit his mistake in front of the emperor and Zhang Yan. The minister should not discredit the Ming Dynasty, and ask the emperor to resend it. Seeing that Yue Su was so polite and so low-key, Zhang Yan was also very happy, and expressed his position at the moment, Lord Yue, you are also a meritorious person, this time to exterminate the Tartars, it can be described as an immortal achievement, it is a small one, it is nothing, there will be such a thing in the future, remember to say hello to the emperor first. The adults came back from afar, thinking that they hadn't had lunch yet, so they stayed in the palace and had a meal.

Of course, Zhang Yan can't really eat at the same table with Yue Su, this is etiquette, and everyone must abide by it. In the past, when Carpenter Zhu was there, it was okay, but now he is a widow, and Yue Su is a foreign minister, and he is only in his thirties. Therefore, it was the emperor and Yue Su who had dinner, and she returned to Cining Palace on her own.

The next day, the emperor had to feast on the meritorious officials, and the civil and military officials who participated in the battle were all happy. During the banquet, the emperor also read out the holy decree and rewarded the meritorious ministers. Don't look at the fact that you don't fight much, but the reward given by the court is still not small. After all, it was a big war, and nearly 200,000 Tartars were wiped out, which was unprecedented since the Ming Dynasty started its war against the Jurchens. After this battle, the vitality of the Tartars was greatly damaged, and the recovery of Liaodong was just around the corner.

For example, Jin Chan and other generals were promoted to the governor of Tongzhi, and were rewarded with General Zhaoyong, a military officer of the third grade. This is a great honor, Jin Cicada, Yin Zhu, and Tie Qiu are just from the green forest road, and they never dreamed that they would one day be a general. Tong Zhou is the same, when he met Yue Su, he was a small head catcher, but now he has become General Zhaoyong, which is no different from dreaming. Li Dingguo and Pei Huzi's rewards were higher than theirs, because they were high, and they were given the general Zhenguo, a military officer from the second rank. Sima Qiaoyu was rewarded by General Huaiyuan from Sanpin, and added Zuo Dudu. Wu Rumeng gave the essay official, the Jiayi doctor of the third grade.

For other generals, the rewards are not small at all, and there are many people here, so I won't list them one by one.

After the celebration banquet ended, Yue Su began to recover Liaodong, the elite of Huang Taiji, all buried in the Central Plains, even his own life, the morale of the Tartars, will inevitably fall and underestimate, at this time, do not take advantage of your illness to kill you, what are you waiting for.

Yue Su actively dispatched troops, but at this juncture, Wu Sinan in Japan sent an excerpt, the content of which was particularly simple, don't look at the thousands of words written in a sprinkled manner, in the final analysis, it is actually two words - increase troops.

Lord Yue is now transferring all the soldiers and horses on hand to Liaodong, how can he give him extra men and horses. Moreover, Yue Su also studied the war situation in Japan, and the excerpts sent in the past were all good news, and when he asked the officials who sent the excerpts, Wu Sinan did not encounter any major setbacks in Japan. After careful study, Yue Su guessed why Wu Sinan asked for more troops, the reason was that after withstanding Tokugawa Iemitsu's crazy counterattack, the Ming army had injured more than 30,000 people, of course, the devil's loss was about this number. Tokugawa Iemitsu was gathering a large number of troops and horses at the moment, preparing to make a more frantic counterattack, and sent heavy troops to block the main road from Chiba to Edogawa (. The road to the Edogawa River could not be opened, so he could only stay in Chiba and wait for the devil to come, which was too passive, and Wu Sinan was worried about an accident, so he asked the imperial court for reinforcements.

So, Yue Su didn't give any instructions to Wu Sinan's excerpts, but just asked someone to bring a letter back to Wu Sinan, telling Wu Sinan that now the soldiers and horses of the imperial court will be thrown into the battlefield in Liaodong, and your side, as long as you hold Chiba, the grain and grass will never be short of you, and when the imperial court recovers Liaodong, it will naturally give you more troops.

The letter was delivered to Chiba, Wu Sinan's hand, and after Lord Wu read it, he almost vomited blood. How to say, just yesterday, Tokugawa Iemitsu gathered a large number of soldiers and horses and drove towards Chiba again. This time, the devil claimed to have an army of 500,000, which scared Wu Sinan a little. Fortunately, Jiang Jie told him that this must be a nonsense shouting by the Japanese people, it is pure bragging, we don't have to be afraid of him, just stick to it.

Wu Sinan was suspicious of the letter, but just in case, he still wrote a letter to Yue Su, and this time asked his confidant Wu Ping to send it to Yue Su.

The content of the letter is like this, Lord Yue, you are really a cheater, when you coaxed me to come, you said that you want soldiers and soldiers, you want food and food, and what you want, but now it's good, you don't want some reinforcements. Right now, Tokugawa Iemitsu is leading 500,000 soldiers to call, if you don't send reinforcements, if you can't fight, you can wait to help me collect the body. It's a pity that my three wives have to be widowed at a young age, do you have a little humanity.

After reading his letter, Yue Su was angry, and thought to himself, this kid also had some skills back then, and he saw everything very thoroughly. Especially on the battlefield, how can I be even less daring.

Now he still expects this kid to fight, and he can't be too reprimanded, so Yue Su sent him a letter back, telling him that Tokugawa Iemitsu would never be able to get 500,000 horses at once, and there was no need to listen to his scare, this is a common trick of marching and fighting, you can rest assured, with Jiang Jie here, it will definitely be fine. Also, didn't I mention to you at the beginning, find a puppet to support, and in his name, turn Japan's foreign war into an internal war, why haven't you found a puppet now? In this way, let me remind you again, Tokugawa Ieyasu was able to establish the Tokugawa shogunate back then, mainly because of the destruction of the Toyotomi family. If you find a way to find a descendant of the Toyotomi family, in his name, you can fight against the Tokugawa shogunate, and you can more or less pull a group of people. Okay, I'm not going to say more, you're a smart person, you should be able to understand what I mean.

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