"Wu Qingbo was promoted from a military general in the border pass to the Marquis of Jingshi within a few months, isn't this a bit fast?"

Listening to Cheng Jing recite the oracle of reward, an official muttered in a low voice.

How many officials have been busy all their lives, but the four words of the marquis and the prime minister are out of reach, even if Shi Heng has meritorious service in guarding the Jingshi, this reward is really a bit too much.

"It can only be said that Your Majesty really paid a lot of money."

Another official replied sarcastically.

On the merits of the war, allowing Shi Heng to step into the threshold of honorable relatives can already be called a great gift.

I think that at the beginning, Wang Ji, the uncle of Jingyuan, as the peak of the civil official status of the secretary of the military department, personally went to the land of Luchuan poisonous insects and miasma, and it took five years to fight two battles before he was named Jingyuan Bo by the emperor Zhu Qizhen.

How can Shi Heng be able to surpass Wang Ji and be the first to step into the threshold of the marquis?

There is no doubt that the reason why the saint is so lavishly rewarded today is to buy Shi Heng in order to control the military power in his hands.

"Be careful!"

Hearing this sarcastic remark, an old official with a white beard reminded him that if this kind of remark was listened to by someone with a heart, it would kill his head.

The discussions of the ministers inside and outside the Fengtian Palace naturally attracted the attention of the imperial historian in charge of etiquette, and he immediately shouted loudly: "Silence, whoever makes a loud noise will be dealt with according to the loss of etiquette in front of the palace!" ”

After this warning, the ministers who had been discussing in a whisper before instantly fell silent.

At the same time, Cheng Jing continued to read: "Changping Bo Yang Hong, Jin Jue is the Marquis of Changping!" ”

If Shi Heng was promoted to Wu Qinghou, it only made the courtiers lament that the promotion speed was too fast, which caused some discussions. Then Yang Hongjinjue, the chief military officer of the Xuanfu, was the Marquis of Changping, which made the civil and military officials present feel indignant.

You must know that one of the direct reasons for the defeat of Tumubao is that Yang Jun, the son of Yang Hong, abandoned the city and fled, thus cutting off the back route of the 200,000 pro-conquest army, and could only be trapped in the Jedi of Tumubao.

Before the Jingshi Guard War, considering the importance of Xuanfu, an important town on the nine sides, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu pardoned Yang Hong for the crime of not reporting it, and also promoted him to Changping Bo. At that time, it caused dissatisfaction among many courtiers, considering that the enemy could not have internal chaos at present, so it was brushed aside.

Although in the process of defending the Jingshi, Yang Hong fought bravely to kill the enemy, which played a role in making up for his mistakes. But compared with Shi Heng's exploits in breaking the enemy army, it is still a little worse, why can he be named a marquis.

Even if you want to buy people's hearts, you can't abuse your status like this, right?

"Your Majesty, the minister has the courage to admonish, Changping Bo's merits are not enough to be promoted!"

When the crowd was angry, a young figure stood up directly from the team and admonished Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu with great righteousness.

This person can also be regarded as Shen Yichen's old acquaintance, he is Yang Hongze, who entered the cabinet to participate in the pre-aircraft service and was crowned Shaoqing of Dali Temple!

After so many years, he has always maintained a scholarly spirit, and in the face of this unreasonable reward, he resolutely stood up against it.

Seeing that someone openly stood up against it, and the other party was still a newly promoted minister, Yang Hong's face was a little ugly. However, in this case, he couldn't justify himself, so he could only look at Zhu Qiyu, the Jingtai Emperor on the dragon chair.

"Yang Qing's family, the Marquis of Changping saw through the Tartar tricks and insisted that the Xuanfu would not be opened. Later, in the defense battle of the Beijing Division, he urgently mobilized 20,000 elite soldiers from Shanxi to aid the Beijing Division, and chased and killed Yu Kou all the way to Bazhou, which can be described as a high level of hard work. ”

Zhu Qiyu faced Yang Hongze's questioning, and did not use imperial power to suppress it, but patiently explained the reason for the promotion.

It's just that seeing Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu acting like this, Shen Yichen secretly shook his head. He and Yang Hongze can be said to be mortal enemies, and they know each other's temperament and temperament deeply, this guy is a "rotten Confucian" who admits death.

The explanation is useless, there is a high probability that you can't talk about him, and after falling into a war of lips and teeth, it will greatly weaken the emperor's authority.

In history, Zhu Qiyu's too amiable personality did not win him the respect of the courtiers, but suffered a lot of contempt. Especially in the matter of changing the crown prince, he actually thought of bribing the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, which is really eye-opening.

People are good and are bullied, and the same is true for the emperor.

Sure enough, in the face of Zhu Qiyu's explanation, Yang Hongze didn't buy it at all and said: "Changping Bo is rushing to the aid of Beijing, but when he arrived, the Tatars had already withdrawn. The so-called pursuit of Yu Kou only captured forty-eight people and beheaded four hundred and eighty people. ”

"If this function is promoted to a marquis, then Wu Qinghou should be called Wu Qinggong!"

Yang Hongze not only attacked Yang Hong, but also involved Shi Heng by the way, making it clear that there was something to say.

When this passage came out, not only Yang Hong's face was ugly, but Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu couldn't get off the stage. After all, he had only been registered for a few months, and it was the first time that such a big court meeting was held, so he never expected that the courtiers would be so faceless.

It can only be said that Zhu Qiyu was really in a bit of a hurry in the face of the pressure of the imperial brother returning to Beijing, hoping to win people's hearts by relying on grace. Yang Hong refused Zhu Qizhen's call in Xuanfu, and there must be no way to stand on the side of the Emperor Taishang, plus he controls the military power of the important town on the nine sides, so he is indeed the best target to woo.

But it's a pity that the black spots of Yang Hong's son can't be erased, and his combat achievements are far inferior to Shi Heng. In normal times, the courtiers may have acquiesced, but now the forces supporting the return of the Emperor Taishang to Beijing are getting bigger and bigger, which will naturally breed trouble.

"Yang Shaoqing is reasonable, as the saying goes, the son is not the godfather's fault, how can the matter of Yang Jun abandoning the city and absconding from the city by the civil fort horse battalion can be regarded as not happening?"

At this time, a Hanlin official stood up, he was the same class as Yang Hongze, and now the power pattern of the imperial court has changed greatly, and the civil officials have the absolute upper hand, and they no longer need to be accustomed to the border generals.

Responsibility for the defeat of the civil fort should be liquidated.

"That's right, General Yang Feng Bo is already the emperor's grace, and the marquis is really unworthy!"

"Your Majesty, please think again."

"Your Majesty is cautious!"

In the face of the opposition of the ministers, especially when he said "virtue is not worthy", Yang Hong's old face turned red. And Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu also sat on the dragon chair in a daze, with no experience in dealing with this kind of thing, and didn't know what to do next.

Zhu Qiyu's "helpless" performance was seen by Yang Shan and others in the hall, and a mocking smile appeared on his face.

The "King of Time" is nothing more than that, and it seems that it is far from being able to control the court.

Looking at this scene, Yang Hong knew that he couldn't embarrass the emperor, let alone risk the world's disapproval to be promoted to the rank of official. Just as he was about to excuse himself, another young courtier stepped forward, his scarlet robe unusually conspicuous.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this official has different opinions, and thinks that General Yang can afford the title of Marquis of Changping."

That's right, the person who stood up to stand up against the public was Shen Yichen!

"Shen Shilang, this official would like to hear it, what is your opinion."

Immediately followed by He Pingyan stood up, he was inexplicably pressed by Shen Yichen in the morning, and his heart could be described as aggrieved.

Now that Shen Yichen has begun to talk nonsense again, He Pingyan wants to see what flowers this son can say.

"Although the Marquis of Changping had already withdrawn when he arrived in Beijing, the Tatars had already retreated, and their battle exploits were only hundreds of enemy leaders. But don't forget one thing, that is, in the course of pursuit, tens of thousands of people and animals were captured. ”

"To be exact, 36,127 people, more than 50,000 heads of livestock of all kinds. The lives of my Ming people are thousands of times better than the Tartars, isn't this skill enough to seal the marquis? ”

Shen Yichen's words were categorical, and his feats were not only to kill the enemy, but also to save his compatriots.

If more than 30,000 people were taken captive by the Tartars and taken to Mobei, there would not be one survivor in the end. Yang Hong held the city of Xuanfu before, did not let the Mongolian army cross the thunder pond, and then saved thousands of people, why couldn't he be crowned?

As soon as Shen Yichen's words came out, it instantly caused an uproar in the court, and indeed in the past military merit statistics, only the head of the enemy army was killed, and the recaptured Ming people were never counted.

How can the lives of more than 30,000 people be taken away in a word?

"As a general of the Ming Dynasty, it is my duty to protect the country and the people, and this can also be regarded as a military merit?"

He Pingyan immediately refuted, according to this calculation, everyone in the nine-sided generals was knighted.

"For one term as an official, it is a political achievement to benefit one party, why not regain my Ming people. This official just wants to ask He Shaoqing, if there are your relatives and friends among the captive people, will you feel that Changping Bo has no credit? ”

"You're using strong words!"

Listening to Shen Yichen turn his head to himself, He Pingyan felt that the other party was simply unreasonable, is this the same thing?

"The minister thinks that Shao Sima is reasonable, military merit is not only to kill the enemy, but also to protect the country and the people."

Just as the two were arguing, Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, stood up and supported Shen Yichen.

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Shi Heng, who had just been promoted to Wu Qinghou, expressed his attitude.

You must know that Shi Heng was originally a tiger general, and in the later period, he was even more inflated. Yang Hongze implicated himself in front of him, he was worried that he had no chance to fight back, now Shen Yichen is leading, Yu Qian is standing in line, when will he not express his position at this time?

Yu Qian and Shi Heng are the biggest contributors to the defense of the Beijing Division, especially Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, who called it the general of the building and turned the tide of the tide.

If it weren't for his words "those who move south should be beheaded", I'm afraid that the defense battle of the Beijing division would be another ending, and the Ming Dynasty would also become the Great Song Dynasty who crossed to the south in clothes.

More importantly, these two people not only worked hard, but also controlled most of the soldiers and horses of the 10th battalion of the Beijing Division. offended the popular ministers, even if they were as upright as Yang Hongze, they all chose to forbear at this time and did not refute as a leading bird.

"I think Shen Qing is reasonable, the Marquis of Changping brought back tens of thousands of captive Ming people, and he also has outstanding achievements, and the Marquis of Feng is a matter of course!"

If Zhu Qiyu, the prospect of Emperor Tai, still has the meaning of discussion, then now his words have a final word that belongs to the emperor.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Shen Yichen immediately shouted, maintaining Zhu Qiyu's majesty, and taking Yang Hong's marquis seriously.

It is true that Yang Hong had some mistakes before, but the flaws are not hidden. Only if he continues to guard Xuanfu can Mongolia have no opportunity to take advantage of.

"Your Majesty."

Realizing that the dust had settled on this matter, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty shouted this sentence one after another, even Yang Hongze and others were no exception.

This situation made the Empress Dowager Sun behind the bead curtain look in her eyes, she subconsciously clenched her fists, and her nails were deeply sunk into the flesh. The more powerful Emperor Zhu Qiyu is, the more support he gets, which means that even if his son returns to Beijing, it will be impossible for him to sit on the throne again.

Too much has changed in a few months, and the once only servant king slowly has his own foundation!

With the precedent of Wuqing Hou Shi Heng and Changping Hou Yang Hong, the subsequent rewards will be much smoother, and basically the heroes have been satisfied. But soon came to the highlight of this meritorious reward, that is, Yu Qian, the biggest hero of the Jingshi Guard War, what kind of reward should he get?

At this moment, Cheng Jing, who was standing on the imperial platform, finally spoke: "Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, turned the tide and protected the Jiangshan Sheji, and was specially crowned as a peaceful candidate!" ”

Sealed marquis?

Hearing Cheng Jing say the words of the marquis, the civil and military ministers inside and outside the Fengtian Hall opened their mouths one after another, their faces full of shock.

You must know that so far in the Ming Dynasty, only the former military department Shangshu Wang Ji was in charge of military affairs and was knighted, and many people thought that there was no one to come. As a result, I didn't expect that so soon, the second civil official knighthood appeared in the Ming Dynasty, and it was directly crowned as a marquis!

If this matter becomes a common practice, then in the future, the honorable relatives will no longer be the exclusive domain of military generals, and I am afraid that the pattern of noble and military will become a foregone conclusion!

However, many officials think about it carefully, and there is some unreasonable and expected feeling. After all, Shi Heng and Yang Hong both relied on this Jingshi to guard the battle of the marquis, so it is not surprising that the commander Yu Qian was the marquis!

But what people never expected was that Yu Qian resolutely stood up and refused at this moment: "There are many bases in the suburbs, and the shame of Doctor Qing." But if you don't have an alliance under the city today, what is the merit? ”

The translated meaning of this sentence is that there are fortresses and fortifications everywhere in the suburbs, which is a shame for the prince, and now he has only done not sign the alliance under the city, where is the credit?

"Yu Aiqing, this ......"

In the face of Qian's rebuttal, Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu subconsciously wanted to persuade him.

However, as soon as he spoke, Yu Qian interrupted: "The minister is worthy of it, and the civil official title cannot be abused, and I hope that Your Majesty will take back his life!" ”

In addition to Yu Qian's belief that the nine-sided crisis was the shame of Dr. Naishi, he also had the foresight to see the disadvantages brought about by the wanton knighthood of civil officials. Now there are almost no leading figures in the court eunuchs and relatives, and the qualifications and prestige of upstarts such as Shi Heng are far from enough. Not to mention that in the hearts of the ministers, they thought that their knighthood was the result of being bribed by the emperor.

If you wantonly open the civil official knighthood again and completely break the pattern of power in the court, it will not be a blessing for the country in the future!

Yu Qian has never been a selfish person, he would rather give up his knighthood than start a disaster.

In the face of Qian's firm refusal, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu instantly understood what the other party meant, so he nodded and stopped asking.

turned to speak and said: "Since Da Sima refuses to be a marquis, then I will make you the Ming Shaobao, the governor of the world's military affairs." ”

From this moment on, Yu Qian will become the "Yu Shaobao" in history!