Chapter 20: Rewards

Say ginseng, Yang Mingzhen holds candles and night books.

is different from the official style of the Northern Zhili faction and the faction are full of factions and dismantle each other in everything, relatively speaking, the six teams of the Southern Zhili are much more harmonious - they are all officialdom degenerates, and they laugh and grudge each other. And they are all depressed and frustrated, everyone has nothing to do except read the Di newspaper and drink tea all day long, and scolding the rice bucket of the North Zhili gang of pit fathers (monarchs) who mislead the country has become an indispensable and important daily work content. Since the "stubborn sheep male" is going to study, how can he let go of such a great opportunity to block his colleagues in Beijing? Even Meng Liangchen, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Jiao Zecun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Yu Tairan, the waiter of the Criminal Department, and several bigwigs who were directly or indirectly "sent" by Yang Yushi/Yang Shilang have temporarily put aside their grievances and hatreds, and the "righteous present" have signed one after another. The next day, the stagecoach galloped to the Beijing Division with this piece of music that was almost embellished with the signatures of almost half of the Nanzhili officers.

On the dragon chair, Emperor Zhengli frowned and finished reading the playbook, snorted, and handed it to the side disdainfully. Bingbi eunuch Li Shizhong hurriedly took a few steps forward, bowed down and took it with both hands, and asked in a cautious low voice: "Long live, this ......"

Emperor Zhengli smiled faintly and said softly: "Let's stay in the middle." These people know that they are looking for a sense of existence all day long, and they are obviously a big victory, and they are alarmist about 'losing their teachers and losing their land' and 'disaster is imminent'! Go back and send me the good news, I'll see what else they can say! ”

"Yes." Li Shizhong promised in his mouth, but he was silent on the surface, but he was very happy in his heart.

Gonggong Li is an old man of the Taoist Kangzhen Dynasty, not only loyal, but also sincere in his feelings and admiration for the emperor. When the Emperor of Heaven secretly deposed Yang Mingzhen Mingsheng to Jiangning, Li Shizhong had some opinions in his heart. But he also knows his identity, and Gonggong Li will never say anything about such things. As the saying goes, once the Son of Heaven is a courtier, and he is also the old man of the former emperor, the Son of Heaven at least seems to be trusting on the surface, and Gonggong Li is becoming more and more cautious in his words and deeds - he doesn't want to be sent to Fengyang to guard the emperor's mausoleum because of his mouth. But in my heart, I still hope that the dry cities of countries like Lord Yang can be reopened and do their best for the Ming Dynasty.

Father-in-law Li's good impression of Lord Yang has another reason.

At that time, Cao Xiwang, the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, was very favored by the emperor, and he repeatedly bullied himself when he was still Xiao Lizi. It was this Lord Yang who killed Cao Xiwang's godson of the fox and the fake tiger, and another righteous and strict letter scolded Cao Xiwang to the blood. At first, the emperor wanted to make big things small, so Lord Yang went to the ground one after another, and finally let Gonggong Cao slip to Fengyang with a blanket on his back...... And then I had a day to come out. Although Lord Yang and himself have never had the opportunity to have a private relationship, Father-in-law Li still has a special affection for Lord Yang.

Not long ago, Gonggong Li, who learned to read and write in the palace, saw the good news of Yulin Mansion and Lord Yang's recital at the same time, and couldn't help but sigh secretly. Of course, it is completely impossible for him to change the content of the transcript or hide it - such a heinous crime as "bullying the king", let alone committing it, even if you think about it, you will be punished by heaven. However, after many years of experience in the inner court, in order to help Lord Yang, who was loyal to the country, Gonggong Li still did one thing: he reversed the order of the two pieces.

Put the good news on top, so that Emperor Zhuangzong will see it first! The Son of Heaven, who was in a good mood, was likely to laugh at the words of the bad scenery, and on the contrary, he might be furious—if that was the case, it would be too unfavorable for Lord Yang.

Gonggong Li guessed right.

Zhengli Tianzi was very happy, because he saw the good news of Yulin Mansion.

"More than 10,000 thieves and thieves in the Tartars and soil committed crimes, and Xiao Changhua, the prefect of Yulin, spent a lot of money to recruit the recalcitrant people in the market to help defend the city. The border army was outnumbered and fought bloodily. The thieves once climbed the city wall, the prefect Xiao Changhua personally risked the arrow, the back of his hand was scratched by the bandits, the skin broke to see the red danger and was not afraid of the command Ruoding, and the general sentence Zhou Zhizheng was wearing a sword, and was wounded in five places, the main book Feng Jixiang leaned out and threw stones, his forehead was injured by the bandits, and the blood flowed all over his face, and he still shouted to kill the thieves more than once, and the deputy general of Yulin, Wu Duogui, the general of the staff, Li Changfa, led the personal guards to supervise the battle, and killed more than 20 soldiers...... In order to motivate the soldiers, Xiao Changhua put the silver box at the head of the city, and ordered: Throw a stone, reward five coins of silver, reward a thief with one tael of silver, kill a thief and reward five taels of silver, and kill a thief with a heavy reward of fifty taels! Under the heavy reward, the officers and soldiers fought bravely, everyone rushed to be the first, broke the strong enemy, and the casualties were not counted! The thieves were crushed and wept away. Originally, he planned to take advantage of the victory to pursue, considering that many horses would be killed, and he was afraid that the thieves would transfer the tiger away from the mountain, but he could not stick to it, and secretly combined with the meaning of the art of war 'not moving like a mountain'. It was a service, and the reward shared 53,000 taels of silver, and the people were recruited to defend the city, and more than 8,200 stone of rice and beans were consumed, and a number of soldiers and military funds were spent. Fortunately, the saint is blessed, God blesses the Ming, and Yulin is solid. Congratulations to the saints! ”

Finally, there is a long list of guarantees.

"Yes, I'm done! The Ministry of Officials will evaluate the merits of the division. ”

Without waiting for Zhuang Zong to calm down from the excitement, Liu Zhijin, the left attendant of the ministry, played: "Weichen is long live congratulations." But...... There seems to be something wrong with the number of thieves. More than 10,000 people are not a small number. I've never heard of such a big group of thieves before, is it ...... Did they come out of a crack in the stone? ”

Hubu Shangshu Lin Xiang Quan came out of the class and said, "Your Majesty." The minister thought that Yulin was located on the border, and it was not a day for the northern captives to invade the border. In the land of poor mountains and bad waters, there are many bandits. The Beiyu tribe coerced the homeless people and the scoundrels and lawbreakers, gathered and roared, coming and going like the wind, even if there were less than 10,000, there were seven or eight thousand, eight or nine thousand, it was normal. ”

Liu Zhijin glared at Lin Xiangquan and continued: "Even if there are more than 10,000 thieves, even if there is a big victory, what about the first level?" It cannot be said that more than 10,000 thieves were defeated and fled, and all local civil and military officials were injured...... Not even a single decapitation? ”

Yuan Shijie knew that Lin Shangshu was speaking for his protégé Xiao Changhua, of course he couldn't watch the excitement from the side, so he stepped forward: "The minister is also congratulating the saint!" Wei Chen remembered that Yulin's last side newspaper had already mentioned the death of horses. At the time of this great victory, a place can take into account the treacherous tricks of thieves, although this move is a little twilight, it is inevitable that it will be doubted......" said Liu Zhijin with a glance, "However, it can also be called an old plan." If you are greedy for the merits of the first level, you will chase after the city, in case the thieves ambush a strange soldier and take advantage of the weakness, the consequences may be unimaginable! The minister thinks that Yulin is cautious and careful, and the sapwood is rare, which is the blessing of the Ming Dynasty! Please congratulate the saint again! ”

Zhang Minghe, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, glanced at the two hummed people in the household department, and also stood up, and said in a strange voice: "Although I haven't seen a head, there must be a lot of loss of arrows and armor, right?" If they all say it casually like this, they will have to be supervised and transferred by the Ministry of Industry, and the next official will not be able to live this day! ”

It has been a long time since the former Khan committed the border, and the military expenditure account has been pressed on the household department, and it has not been written off for several years. As expected, after seeing off Lord Yuan, who had not eaten a few chopsticks and went home hungry after a feast, the household department changed its old style and vigorously completed the write-off of the multi-year old case in just a few days—and the standard was still very broad: it was much higher than his own expectations. The adults of the military department, who had long been accustomed to asking for money on the spot, were overjoyed. Wang Yucao, the secretary of the military department who had just warmed up a lot of white flowers and silver, knew that it was time for him to go on at this time, and he went out of class with righteousness and made a generous statement: "Your Majesty, the old minister has something to say. Not long before the thieves rebelled, there was already a rumor in the military department, so they sent a commissioner to Yulin to take precautions! According to Jia Shouren, director of the department, the morale of the soldiers in the area is like a rainbow, and the civil and military forces are of the same heart, and the officers and soldiers are united in hatred of the enemy. This victory was not easy to come by, and it must not chill the hearts of the soldiers......"

Lin Xiangquan threw a grateful look at Wang Yucao: "The old minister is attached to the proposal of Lord Wang, and the saint knows thousands of miles, so you can't chill the hearts of the soldiers." ”

Zhuang Zong waved his hand and stopped Zhao Dongzhu, the right capital Yushi who was about to jump out to make a mess together: "Okay, okay, I know." In my opinion, it is really difficult to go out of the city to cut off the head according to the city wall to defend against the enemy. However, a few years ago, Xuanda said that the Tartars were all blood relatives and attached great importance to corpses, so they were all dragged back at the risk of death, so although there was no head, these thieves in Yulin Mansion were a rabble, and the corpses that were smashed by arrows and stones couldn't be taken away, right? If you can't go out of the city, you can recruit dead soldiers to go down the wall, and cut a few steps to come back? Aiqing also saved these tongues, and Xiao Changhua was also more cautious. ”

Zhuang Zong raised his hand again as he spoke, stopping Yuan Shijie, who was about to speak: "Aiqing doesn't need to say any more. Of course I know that I can't let the civil and military forces in the bloody battles be wronged, am I the kind of mean and ungrateful king? There is no head and you can't remember the merit is the ancestral system, but you can remember the reward! Let's discuss it according to the list, and if the commander commands thousands of households or something, the reward will be given, and the list will be reported, and I will approve it. I will reward another thousand taels of silver, and you will see and distribute it. That's it. ”

"My Emperor Shengming!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Under the prays of the civil and military officials who were as happy and convinced (well, at least it sounded true), Zhuang Zong retired to the court with satisfaction and drove back to the palace.

The Son of Heaven is very happy. The victory is of course good news, but what is more satisfying is their proper disposal: the reward is not counted, which not only abides by the ancestral system, but also reflects the grace of the rain and dew in the vast world. If you want to come to the local civil and military officials and people, you will definitely be grateful to Dade and swear to swear to the ground for my Daming......

It's a pity that the Son of Heaven, who grew up in the deep palace and almost didn't know what fireworks in the world were, didn't know was that the 1,000 taels of internal money that he thought could make the local civil and military liver and brain smear the ground was just the weight of the red envelope that Luo Yonghao, the first poor official of the Ming Dynasty, gave to Yulin Tong to judge Zhou Zhizheng.

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When everyone in the court was fighting happily, Guan Shengyun, who was now a strong soldier and a strong horse, had already left Yulin, crossed rice fat and plundered Suide, and at this moment he had come to Ansai County outside Yan'an Mansion and firmly gained a firm foothold.