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Yueyang's war report blew like a whirlwind all over the government and the opposition, and the court, the people, and the yamen of Shanxi's governors were all frightened by this war report.

The first reaction of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces was that this battle report was fake, and it was definitely Yue Yang who wanted to report his military exploits. So the next day, many imperial historians put up a lot of excerpts, asking Emperor Chongzhen to severely punish Yueyang who dared to report his military exploits.

But before Emperor Chongzhen could react, there was news that Yue Yang had sent a team of men and horses to send the heads of the Tartars he had captured to the capital, and all the officials were dumb. Battle exploits can be faked, but the head of the Tartar can't be fake, I think that Yue Yang is not stupid enough to use the head of a good citizen to pretend to be the level of the Tartar, right?

In the warm incense pavilion of Chongzhen's office, there are Wen Tiren, the auxiliary minister, Yang Sichang, the secretary of the second auxiliary military department, Zhang Yandeng, the imperial history of the left capital, Chen Xinjia, the left attendant of the military department, and Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and a group of civil and military ministers.

In front of Chongzhen, there is a stack of stickers with folds, which are two inches high, and the yellowing and pasting yellow on the folds are so eye-catching. At this time, Chongzhen's originally fair cheeks looked pale and haggard under the sun, and he was only in his twenties, and he already had several deep crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, and his eye sockets were also a little dark.

But the expression on Chongzhen's face at this moment was very complicated, with excitement and relief, and even more anger and disdain.

No one spoke in the Warm Fragrance Pavilion, and everyone looked at the soles of their shoes, as if the official boots on their feet could grow a flower.

Chongzhen snorted coldly: "Zhang Aiqing, there is a stack of folds on my table that you all sent from the procuratorate. I've only read a few of these things, and I'm going to let you take the rest back and read them for yourself. What does Aiqing think? ”

Zhang Yandeng immediately walked out and knelt down towards Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers are panicked, the ministers are not effective in restraining their subordinates, and the ministers are guilty!" ”

"Guilty?" A hint of sarcasm appeared at the corner of Chongzhen's mouth, "What are you guilty of?" Emperor Taizu set up six departments to supervise the imperial history and give things to let you pick thorns, and now it seems that you are really happy! Even if you have done such a thing as framing Zhongliang, you sue me, what else can't you do? ”

Just when Chongzhen said that he had framed Zhongliang. Zhang Yandeng's body shook violently, his face became paler, and he struggled and said: "Your Majesty, it is indeed the responsibility of the ministers who have not entered the supervision at this time, but the ministers are also acting in accordance with the laws of the ancestors, and the ministers are at fault, but there is nothing wrong!" ”

When it comes to the law of the ancestors. A hint of helplessness flashed on Chongzhen's face. The Ming Dynasty's speech officials and imperial historians had a privilege, which was specially given to them by the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, that is, the wind and news.

The so-called "hearsay" means that the whistleblower can report based on hearsay, without having to show real evidence and not sign. Even if he said the wrong thing, the emperor could not hold the whistleblower accountable.

Wow...... This right is a cow, since the Hongwu period, the Ming Dynasty's officials and imperial historians are like beating chicken blood, as long as they don't like what they see, they can say it, anyway, it doesn't matter if it's wrong. Just like this now. If you open your mouth, you will scold, and if you scold wrong, you will not be careful. Anyway, it's all a rumor!

Thinking of this, Chongzhen was helpless for a while, although he couldn't wait to drive the person in front of him and those guys who had eaten all day long and had nothing to do to go to the teahouse to inquire about the gossip back to his hometown to eat himself, but so far he still had to pinch his nose and endure it, who let their rights be given by their ancestors. At most, he just changed someone to do it, but what if he did? Whoever sits in this seat will have the same result.

He took a deep breath and turned his gaze to Chen Xinjia, the squire of the military department, and spoke.

"Chen Aiqing, as the left squire of the military department, it is your duty to count the level and verify the combat merits. Now you tell sù me, what is the number of those levels sent by Yue Aiqing, is it true? ”

The emperor asked, and Chen Xinjia hurriedly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister was ordered to check the level sent by Yue Yang yesterday. After counting, there are a total of 2,127 pieces, all grades are Tartar level, and there is no act of killing good and risking merit, the ministers are His Majesty Xià He is the Great Ming He, long live my emperor, long live long live! ”

After speaking, Chen Xinjia also slapped Chongzhen on the back. Seeing Chen Xinjia's flattering appearance, the people around couldn't help but feel sick, this guy's horse was really timely. However, although they had a burst of contempt for this person in their hearts, they had to kneel down and repeat Chen Xinjia's words just now.

Chongzhen's face finally showed a smile, this grandson of the Wanli Emperor and the younger brother of the Emperor of the Apocalypse has been in order to support this crumbling country since he boarded the plane, in order to make the extremely corrupt regime of the Ming Dynasty not only avoid destruction, but also delusionally think that he can be Zhongxing, and he himself will become the "master of Zhongxing", so he continues to struggle desperately.

When his grandfather and elder brother were emperors, they did not go to court all year round, did not look at the ministers and ministers, and handed over a major state affairs to the eunuchs of his cronies to deal with.

This year is the seventh year of his accession to the throne, but the state affairs are still festering and sluggish. After killing people and robbing property, he walked away, but the great Ming had nothing to do about it, which also made Chongzhen lose face.

Originally, this time the Houjin army was committed, and Chongzhen had already planned to remove a few ministers and even kill a few people to vent his anger, but he didn't expect to see an exciting news in a fiasco, the guy who planted the land and planted a thousand catties per mu actually led his army to a big victory.

Yes, it's a big victory. Originally, in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the heaviest military merit of winning the Mongolian Tartars, and after the end of the Ming Dynasty, the heaviest military merit was the level of the Tartars. According to the regulations, if you win one grade, you can receive a reward of 40 taels of silver, and if you win three grades, you can upgrade to one level.

Now Yueyang's department has not won a few dozens of pieces, but more than two thousand, Chongzhen is happy and worried when he hears it. I am glad that Daming has won such a big victory and raised the prestige of the country, but I am worried that if the more than 2,000 gold levels are rewarded, the silver needed will be gone, and it will not be possible to do it without 100,000 taels of silver.

Chongzhen, who was both happy and distressed, fell into the trouble of happiness for a while, and forgot for a while that there was a group of ministers kneeling in front of him.

In the end, Wang Chengen, who was still serving on the side, couldn't stand it anymore, and took two steps forward and whispered in Chongzhen's ear: "Your Majesty, the adults are still kneeling." ”

Wang Chengen's words finally woke Chongzhen from his contemplation, he raised his head, smiled apologetically, and waved his hand casually.

Seeing this, Wang Chengen hurriedly screamed: "Ministers, flat down!" ”

"Long live thanks!"

After everyone got up, except for Zhang Yandeng, they all looked at Chongzhen with inquiring eyes, and Chongzhen pondered for a while before asking Yang Sichang: "Yang Aiqing, what is the charter of your military department for rewarding meritorious soldiers this time?" ”

The military merits of the Ming Dynasty have always been reported by the patrol according to the imperial history, and the verification of the great merit is limited to two months, and the verification of the small merit is completed within one month, and then reported to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War will send people down to check, and the final result is often several months.

However, the merits of destroying thousands of enemies like this are generally done on special occasions, and the military department also knows Chongzhen's thoughts, so he has already drafted a charter.

Yang Sichang coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers have discussed it, and Lord Yue has made great contributions this time and won countless victories. Not rewarding is not enough to inspire people's hearts, and not rewarding is not enough to show that the court rewards and punishments are clear. But ......"

Speaking of this, Yang Sichang secretly looked at Chongzhen's face, saw the corners of the other party's eyebrows raised slightly, and hurriedly said: "But at present, the treasury is empty, and the imperial court is not rich, so the military department thinks that the reward of 10,000 taels of silver will be released first, and the rest will be made up after the treasury has silver." ”

"This Yang Sichang simply understands my mind too well!"

At this time, Chongzhen's eyes when he looked at Yang Sichang were not only appreciative, but extremely satisfied. Isn't the favorite of a monarch a courtier like him who is understanding?

Although Chongzhen was overjoyed in his heart, he still had to pretend to nod his head on the surface, and said reservedly: "This Yueyang, last time, not only paid 100,000 taels of silver salt tax, but also handed over 60,000 quintals of grain, and now he has won more than 2,000 grades, and he has made great contributions to the country, I am very relieved!" ”

When he said this, Chongzhen's words could no longer hide his appreciation for Yue Yang, nodded and smiled: "It stands to reason that such a great victory in the imperial court is not too much to praise, but Yang Aiqing is right, who let us lack silver." In this way, the imperial court first transferred 10,000 taels of silver from the treasury, and then I mobilized 2,000 taels of silver to reward Yue Aiqing. In addition, he was rewarded with ten horses of silk and six pairs of golden flowers. ”

Speaking of this, Chongzhen thought about it again, and still felt that the reward was a little thin, and then said: "In addition, Yue Yang was promoted to General Xuanwei, and his main room was a five-grade pleasant, didn't he still have two concubines, I was also generous this time, and named them seven-grade widows, and his grandmother I was also canonized as Mrs. Mingwei!" Well, that's all for now, what do you ministers think? ”

When everyone heard this, they were okay. Our emperor is really good enough to pick on the door, and he said a lot of things, all of which cost nothing. Boss, can we not be so picky?

However, Chongzhen is a big boss after all, so they naturally don't dare to say anything, after all, this Yueyang has been too showy during this time, so it's okay to give him a cold shoulder.

But in the end, Chongzhen remembered the new Xuanda Governor Lu Xiangsheng. Although Lu Xiangsheng's performance this time is not very good, he has just taken office, and Chongzhen is not too harsh on him. In the end, he only sent an order, ordering him to immediately strengthen the defense of the Xuanda area. The Tartars must not be allowed to commit any more crimes.