Chapter Twenty-Three: The Great Joy of the Dragon's Face
However, Yu Xiaotian reminded Xiong Wencan in private, and by the way, he also gave Xie Longyi a credit, after all, Xie Longyi is the chief soldier of Fujian, even if he does not have any credit for this victory, he can make up for the mistakes of the repeated defeats of the official army some time ago.
Xiong Wencan found another advantage in Yu Xiaotian, that is, he was not greedy for merit, nor did he get carried away, and he still knew how to make good colleagues.
After Xie Longyi learned about this, he was naturally secretly grateful to Xiaotian in his heart, because some time ago, the official army was in the hands of Blackbeard, and he was defeated repeatedly, although he was not personally led and commanded, but once the court investigated, it was indispensable to follow the black pot, and now Yu Xiaotian specially asked Xiong Wencan to add a stroke to him on the concert of Song Jie, which is very beneficial to him, so Xie Longyi gradually put away his thoughts of rejecting Xiao Tian, and turned to secretly ponder, he still has to make more friends with Xiao Tian in the future, After all, Fujian is also indispensable to such a cadre as Yu Xiaotian, and if something happens, it will not make their entire Fujian military disgraced.
Of course, defeated generals like Zhang Jiace and Sun Cheng are destined to be unlucky this time, especially Sun Cheng, who was impeached by Xiong Wencan, and it is estimated that it is impossible not to die.
However, this time the Zhang Qianzong who was subdued by Yu Xiaotian was a blessing in disguise, with Yu Xiaotian defeating Blackbeard and being listed among the meritorious personnel of the Jie Battle Table, it is estimated that it is indispensable to take advantage of it, and he is happy enough to choke this Zhang Qian, and he is determined to follow Yu Xiaotian in the future.
For Chongzhen, this performance from Fujian has undoubtedly become a rare highlight among the various pieces of music after he ascended the throne.
To say that Chongzhen is indeed one of the saddest emperors, he was originally just a king of letters, if it weren't for the early death of Emperor Tianqi, he wouldn't have been able to be the emperor.
But the Emperor of the Apocalypse had a good time, and he left the crane to the west early, but he threw a super mess that had been tossed to his brother Emperor Chongzhen.
After Chongzhen took over the position of emperor, he first had to face Wei Zhongxian's party, and he was frightened all day long, and finally killed Wei Zhongxian, but the world began to be in chaos.
First of all, there was the rebellion of luxury in the southwest during the Apocalypse, as well as the disaster of Jiannu in Liaodong, and then after he ascended the throne, the armies in the north continued to begin to mutiny because of long-term arrears, and there were repeated mutinies.
Shaanxi out of Wang Jiayin, Gao Yingxiang, Wang Daliang and other bandits, the strength grew rapidly, gathered a large number of refugees, everywhere to attack the city, like locusts swept most of Shaanxi, Shaanxi border army to suppress it, but repeatedly frustrated, the peasant army even Keshu County, killed several counties.
Since the first year of Chongzhen, the Jiannu army led by Huang Taiji in Liaodong has also begun to move frequently, and the Liaodong army has frequently reported urgency, and the urgent chapters from all over the country have flown to Beijing like snowflakes, which have been placed on Chongzhen's desk.
Some time ago, it even included the recital of Blackbeard's successive defeats of the Fujian official army on the Fujian side, and Chongzhen really felt depressed in the face of so much unfavorable news.
But not long after, there was such good news from Fujian, for the disaster of Fujian's Yanping Mansion and Tingzhou Mansion, the Blackbeard people were actually defeated by the Fujian official army, and the thief leader Blackbeard was killed on the spot, exterminating the thieves.
It was not until this time that Yu Xiaotian's name jumped on the paper and officially entered the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen.
When Chongzhen carefully read this recital, he couldn't help but feel refreshed, since he ascended the throne, this is the first time to see such a performance, just like the dark clouds in the sky suddenly cracked a gap, from the dark clouds sprinkled a colorful glow, so that Chongzhen felt that his body and mind were suddenly light, and his mood was much better.
Therefore, Chongzhen immediately read this battle table in front of many courtiers on the morning of the second day, and ordered the cabinet ministers to discuss the merits accordingly.
This matter has also set off a wave in Beijing, and many court officials have certain doubts about Fujian's ability to achieve such a great victory, thinking that this matter will be a little greasy, and it is better to press it first, and after it is ascertained, it is not too late to discuss it.
As a result, this matter was pressed for more than half a month, and there was no result, but more and more news from Fujian reached the Beijing Division, and after all kinds of news were summarized, the officials of the Beijing Division were basically sure that this matter was indeed true, and Xiong Wencan did not exaggerate too much in the music.
As a result, many people began to be interested in this newly promoted Fujian coastal defense general Xiaotian, and only after inquiring did they learn that this Yu Xiaotian was actually the thief leader of the sea wolves who made trouble in the coastal areas of Fujian two years ago, and had repeatedly defeated the Fujian officials, troops and sailors, which turned the coastal areas of Fujian upside down, and forced the resignation of two governors of Fujian one after another.
After Xiong Wencan arrived at the post of governor of Fujian last year, he finally recruited him, and he was directly appointed by the thief to the post of general of Fujian coastal defense; for this reason when Emperor Tianqi was alive last year, many people in the court and the central government also impeached Xiong Wencan for this matter, saying that Xiong Wencan abused his official position to recruit thieves.
But I didn't expect this Yu Xiaotian to win such a big victory for Fujian so quickly after Zhao'an, it seems that Xiong Wencan really took shit luck, and actually inadvertently appeased such a capable guy.
In this way, after the news was confirmed, and Chongzhen repeatedly urged this matter, the cabinet ministers drafted a ticket for rewarding merit and submitted it to Chongzhen's desk.
After Chongzhen read it, he was generally satisfied with this ticket, and immediately waved his pen, and Zhu approved this draft, and ordered the palm print eunuch to use the seal and issue it accordingly.
Soon this holy decree of rewarding merit was issued to Fujian, and Emperor Chongzhen praised Xiong Wencan in the holy decree, and also praised Xie Longyi.
By the way, the responsibility for the defeat reported by Fujian some time ago was also dealt with this time, and Zhang Jiace, who was unfavorable in the last battle, was removed from his post as deputy general and reduced to the people; For Sun Cheng, the garrison of the place where the arson is a disaster, make a decision! The other thousands of generals also killed those who should be killed, and those who should be dismissed were dismissed, and they were dealt with quite severely.
Sun Cheng is considered to have bad luck this time, he offended Yu Xiaotian, in fact, it is equivalent to offending Xiong Wencan, don't look at his clamour, claiming that there are people in the court, but this time Yu Xiaotian did it so beautifully, no one will at this time, for him Sun Cheng a small garrison, to offend a party like Xiong Wencan, the governor of Fujian, who is now being looked at by the current saints.
Therefore, Sun Cheng didn't take Yu Xiaotian in his eyes, and acted recklessly in Yongan County, this time he was completely kicked to the iron plate, but the result was that no one at this time could save him, and ended up being beheaded and abandoned in Fuzhou City, and even his home was confiscated and seized, and his wife and children were taken down and exiled for thousands of miles.
For Sun Cheng such a severe punishment, so that the Fujian generals were all surprised, although at first everyone thought that Sun Cheng lost his official position and resigned, but they did not expect that the imperial court would actually issue an order to kill Sun Cheng, and even confiscated his family property, and his wife and children were exiled for thousands of miles, which is almost the most severe punishment.
Think about the reason why Sun Cheng was so unlucky this time, in fact, it was all because he offended Yu Xiaotian and didn't take Yu Xiaotian in his eyes, which objectively led to him completely offending Xiong Wencan, Lord Futai.
If Yu Xiaotian hadn't been able to take down Blackbeard on time this time, then Sun Cheng probably wouldn't have ended up like this, but Xiaotian's guy did a really beautiful job in Yongan County, not only killed Blackbeard as scheduled, but also wiped out Blackbeard and the others, so it was a foregone conclusion that Sun Cheng would be unlucky.
After thinking about this, the generals of all walks of life in Fujian couldn't help but be vigilant, and made up their minds to treat Yu Xiaotian carefully in the future, this guy is now a big celebrity in front of Xiong Wencan, and Xiong Wencan is said to have taken the lead in impeaching Wei Zhongxian, and he also made a blockbuster in the court, so that today's saints have more eyes on him, so offending Yu Xiaotian is actually similar to offending Xiong Wencan.
Of course, the most important thing is the praise of Xiaotian, because Yu Xiaotian's achievements this time are impressive, winning more with less, and winning a big victory, so that the saint Longyan is happy, and in the past two years, the strength of Fujian's official army has been seriously weakened, and the original commander-in-chief Yu Zhigao has been beheaded, and now the deputy commander-in-chief Zhang Jiace has also been cut to the people, so that there is a vacancy in the senior military generals in Fujian.
Therefore, the special brigadier general of the Holy Sun was promoted to the deputy chief soldier of Fujian in Xiaotian, acting as Zhang Jiace, commanding the Fujian Navy Division, and leading the two towns of Zhangzhou in Quanzhou, and gave Xiaotian's eldest son the position of hereditary captain of a thousand households, and rewarded Xiaotian with a thousand taels of silver, and gave a pair of gilded mountain armor refined by the master craftsman of the Beijing Division, and gave a wrong silver goose Ling treasure knife!
Such a reward can be described as the emperor's grace and prosperity, and he was suddenly promoted to Xiaotian to become the most prominent general in Fujian, with nearly 20,000 officers and soldiers in his hands.
In the past, many of Zhang Jiace's subordinate generals were now subject to Yu Xiaotian's moderation and became Yu Xiaotian's direct subordinates, which made many generals in the Fujian military even more shocked and dropped their jaws.
In their opinion, although Yu Xiaotian unexpectedly defeated Blackbeard and others in Yongan County this time, this battle was really beautiful and won a lot, but this kind of credit is not too big, the big deal is to reward some silver, and praise it a lot.
But he didn't think that after the report of the victory battle was submitted, the current saint would attach so much importance to it and give Yu Xiaotian such a heavy reward, and he was promoted to the deputy general of Fujian, and he really became a member of the Fujian town army.
(Thank you again to all the brothers who have been watching the moon and to the brothers who have always supported me!) Don't say anything else, write well, write more coolly, so that everyone won't scold me for breaking more! In the past two days, I have a cold, dizziness, and a little low-grade fever, but I am still fighting in front of the computer! Don't dare to slack off! )