Dolgon's head was transmitted to the city of Beijing along with the report of victory, which immediately caused a sensation in the government and the public.

Dolgon, one of the Eight Great Baylors of the Later Jin Dynasty and the younger brother of Huang Taiji, the Great Khan of Jiannu, was actually beheaded by the Xuanfu soldiers!

Daming and Jiannu have been fighting for more than ten years, and they have never killed such a level of enemy generals!

Of course, in the Battle of Ningyuan a few years ago, the Ming army claimed to have injured the old slave with artillery and caused him to die of serious injuries, which made Yuan Chonghuan famous. In fact, no one knows what the cause of Nurhachi's death was, and whether it was really because he was seriously injured under Ningyuan City.

All in all, Dolgon's head greatly boosted the morale of the government and the opposition, coupled with the unsuccessful return of Jiannu in Liaoxi not long ago, in the eyes of the Ming court, the Jiannu who had failed repeatedly was no longer so terrible.

Encouraged by this, some people even clamored for the army to cross the Liao River and recover the homeland of Liaodong.

No, in the court, many young imperial historians were impassioned, asking to mobilize a large army to launch a comprehensive counteroffensive against Jiannu, and for a time it attracted many officials to echo it, as if Jiannu had become a lost dog, as long as he sent troops, he could easily recapture Liaoshen.

Zhu Youzhen just smiled and listened, ignoring these young guys.

Although he is younger than many of the impassioned imperial historians, he has experienced vicissitudes in his heart and will no longer be easily excited.

Zhu Youzhen knew that except for the accidental killing of Jiannu Belle Dolgon, the victory in this battle was not as great as imagined. According to the detailed report of the battle sent by Jin Yiwei, this battle was just a trap set by Hong Chengchou to trap and kill the Jiannu who went to the horse market to trade, but he didn't expect to catch a big fish.

"Don't talk about the proposal to conquer Liao, it's not the time yet." Zhu Youzhen said, "Now it's time to discuss how to seal the reward." ”

The court suddenly fell silent, and the officials present knew that Hong Chengchou was now a thorough emperor, and the emperor was now going to take the opportunity to promote Hong Chengchou.

However, in just one year, Hong Chengchou participated in politics from the political envoy of Shaanxi, to the governor of Yansui, and then to the governor of Xuanda, he was already a feudal official, and he could only enter the court for the reward, which was six books, and the promotion was too fast, which made many officials a little uncomfortable.

All the officials did not speak, and Huang Liji, as the first assistant, had to say: "Hong Chengchou has indeed made a lot of meritorious service this time, and he can be promoted to Xuanda, the governor of the imperial history of the right capital, and then add the title of prince to reward his merits." ”

"The minister seconded the proposal." Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the ministry, also stood up.

"The ministers seconded the proposal." Other officials have also taken their positions.

Hong Chengchou was originally suspended as the left deputy capital of the imperial history, but now he has been promoted to one level and has become a member of the second grade, which is already equivalent to the six Shangshu in terms of grade. But the authority is still the same. The prince is less protective, and he is being added to the second grade, but he only received an extra salary, which is of little significance.

Zhu Youzhen was not satisfied with this result.

"Jisuke, what do you think?" Zhu Youzhen looked at Shi Fenglai.

Shi Fenglai smiled bitterly in his heart. Of course, he knew that it was now a game between the emperor and the ministers headed by Huang Liji.

It is no secret that Zhu Youzhen really wants to transfer Hong Chengchou to the imperial court to take charge of the military department, but whether it is the former eunuch faction headed by Huang Liji or the officials of the Donglin family, they do not want Hong Chengchou, who is an imperial party, to return to Beijing.

In the final analysis, it is still a game of power and monarchy, and on this point, the civil officials are on the same page. For 200 years, civil servants have never compromised on trying to restrain the emperor.

Zhu Youzhen did not listen to the dissuasion of the imperial driver's personal conquest, established the Praetorian Guard, set up Yansui Town, and killed a large number of squires in northern Shaanxi on the grounds of civil unrest, which had greatly touched the nerves of the civil officials. Hong Chengchou has completely abandoned the position of the gentry and took refuge in the emperor, if he is allowed to return to the court, the emperor will jump even more if he has Hong Chengchou's advice!

Shi Fenglai knew that Zhu Youzhen wanted to support him, but if he spoke up against Huang Liji's decision now, it would be tantamount to standing on the opposite side of most civil officials, and he would be very isolated in the court in the future. If there is no support from the civil officials, even if he steps down, he may not be able to sit firmly in the first place.

"Your Majesty, Xuanda is an important town on the nine sides, and the minister thinks that he should add the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of Hong Chengchou and make it the governor Xuanda." After thinking nervously, Shi Fenglai finally replied.

Give Hong Chengchou the title of secretary of the military department, if there is a vacancy in the future of the secretary of the military department, Zhu Youzhen can take advantage of the situation to transfer Hong Chengchou back to the imperial court, which can be regarded as a response to Zhu Youzhen's hint. And it was only to add a military department secretary to Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou's own job was still the governor of Xuanda, and he did not return to Beijing, and the governor and the military department were also normal, and they did not exceed the bottom line of the civilian officials.

"Elder Shi Ge is really smart." After taking a deep look at Shi Fenglai, Zhu Youzhen smiled.

Since no one proposed to transfer Hong Chengchou back to the imperial court, Zhu Youzhen had no choice but to temporarily let Hong Chengchou stay in Xuanfu. What's more, the current Shangshu Wang Zaijin of the military department has not made a mistake recently, and it is not good to dismiss his official at will and let Hong Chengchou replace him, it seems that he can only find another opportunity.

"Your Majesty, Liu Mao has a book to start the matter." Just when Zhu Youzhen was about to announce his retirement from the court, a royal historian in a green robe stood up.

"Last year, His Majesty asked the ministers to be responsible for rectifying the post stations in the world, and the ministers and colleagues formulated the rectification measures for the post stations and asked the court to approve them. After more than half a year of trial implementation, the situation has been greatly improved, the situation of private use of post cars has been greatly reduced, and the documents for the use of stagecoaches can also be recovered in a timely manner. However, there are still powerful families, relying on power to privately occupy the resources of the post station, and the post keepers dare not ask, and the local officials do not dare to stop it. The abuse, enslavement, beating, and enslavement of the servants continued. Liu Maoyu said.

Zhu Youzhen frowned: "Who dares to do this, you can report it to the imperial court and never tolerate it!" ”

Liu Mao shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, there are thousands of post stations in the world, even if you punish a few people, it will not help, there are too many such things." ”

"Do you have a solution?" Zhu Youzhen asked.

Liu Mao gritted his teeth: "The minister has a way, the reason why the magnates dare to bully the post is because the status from the post to the post is too low, and there is no way to resist." Weichen suggested that the world post station should be included in the Jinyiwei system, which can give the post people the identity of Jinyiwei, if anyone dares to oppress again, they can play directly through the Jinyiwei system, and the court can also punish them in time. ”

"Ridiculous!"

"Nonsense!"

As soon as Liu Mao's words fell, many officials shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty," Li Banghua, the squire of the military department, took the lead in standing up with anger on his face, "Please kill Liu Mao's thief!" ”

Zhu Youzhen was surprised: "Li Shilang, Liu Mao is just talking about things, even if you don't agree with his opinion, why shout and kill?" ”

Although the Beijing battalion has not improved its combat effectiveness much, after his rectification, the phenomenon of taking up labor and paying money has disappeared, and the vacant quota of 50,000 or 60,000 people has been counted, saving nearly one million dollars and grain for the imperial court every year.