The civil officials present originally thought that even if Wang Yue won, there would be false reports and exaggerations.

But just listening to the emperor's summary of the second battle report, everyone showed some slightly embarrassed looks on their faces, and those who were ready to come forward to question this so-called good news had to put away the contempt in their hearts.

Xie Qian said: "Your Majesty, could it be that the Tatars fled in the wilderness?" ”

Zhu Youzhu nodded, and said very seriously: "I still have to blame Wang Yue, he blew up the border fortress and the city to the point that it was not in shape, and he lost a lot of grain and grass baggage. However, it was precisely because he gave up the partial pass that the Tatars were arrogant and self-indulgent, and they were unguarded that they achieved such a victory. There are gains and losses. ”

Xie Qian wanted to say that he blew up the whole way, so he still had gains and losses?

Feelings are the silver of Xiuguan City, and he Wang Weining doesn't have to pay out of pocket, right?

To win a battle, you have to blow up the city and rebuild it...... This cost is a bit big.

At this time, the ministers also began to circulate the second war report.

Tu Tu said: "It's not that there are more than a thousand, what...... Over two thousand? ”

Dai Yi explained: "This is not counting the Tartar soldiers who were killed by the gunpowder of the mighty sky, there are more than 1,600 heads captured, and there are nearly 700 prisoners, if you add the ...... who were directly killed by the previous explosion or more than three thousand. ”

Now those who want to question it should weigh the risk of questioning.

It's easy to question it, plant yourself in it, and be blamed by the emperor for framing Zhongliang.

Everyone didn't care about the emperor's presence, and they were all talking in low voices.

The main thing is this result......

It's horrible.

This is the biggest result achieved by the Ming Dynasty in the northwest after the defense of the Beijing Division, and more importantly, this is an encounter battle, not a corner like the defense of the Beijing Division, and its strategic significance is equivalent to ...... The Ming Dynasty has been able to take the initiative to compete head-to-head with the Tatars and achieve brilliant results......

The Ming Dynasty's strategy of guarding the Tatar border passes may change as a result.

It just so happened that the grassland was completing a unified war, and the fire screen was defeated, and without the help of the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that Dayan Khan would take advantage of the weakness.

The plate is so big, you have a fire sieve, how can other people eat it?

When you're awesome, let you go.

When they are down, they naturally pounce on them to share the food.

The history of the fire sieve offenders seems to be about to turn the page.

Xu Qiong walked out and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, Wang Weining has achieved such a record, and the officers and soldiers of the three armies should be rewarded and rewarded." ”

Previously, Xu Qiong took the lead in congratulating, and this time Xu Qiong naturally came out to say that he wanted to reward his military merits.

Zhu Youzhu sighed and said: "At present, it is only Wang Yue's statement, how it depends on the follow-up results, I also have to prove it with the results of all parties, I will not treat those who are meritorious, and I will not tolerate those who are at fault." Ladies and gentlemen, you have worked hard today, so let's disperse. ”

The ministers did not feel a good feeling in their hearts.

Previously, they were clamoring to investigate Wang Yue, saying that Wang Yue had falsely reported his military exploits.

Now Wang Yue has more than doubled his merits, from killing and wounding 1,000 Tatar soldiers to nearly 3,000, or even 3,000 away...... But now, they have no temper, but the emperor is still sensible.

Because something...... Wang Yue, he didn't dare to make it up.

This is the time, the time!

Who to talk to?

The ministers were about to disperse out of the palace, and Tu Tu couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, what is that mighty heavenly gunpowder?" ”

Zhu Youzhi was about to leave the Wenhua Palace, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but want to say a few more words, because this was something he was proud of, he pointed to Dai Yi, meaning to let Dai Yi say.

Dai Yi said with a smile: "Tu Shangshu, that's the case, this gunpowder is amazingly powerful, and it is not a problem to open mountains and break stones, but it was deployed by Zhang Zhou and Zhang Gongsheng, the Guozijian, and after the East Factory sent people to study the formula, it has been manufactured in large quantities and used in actual combat in the northwest...... His Majesty gave the name of Mighty Heavenly Gunpowder. ”

"Huh!?"

The scene was in an uproar.

Regarding "Zhang Gongsheng", basically no one has ever seen it, revealing mystery, but the rumors of this person have been heard endlessly recently, especially after the fire in Qingning Palace and the earthquake in Xinye, Henan Province were hit by him, the minister also felt his ability to calculate the heavenly machine, and probably had a kind of meaning to regard Zhang Zhou as the future Qintian supervisor.

The current Qintian supervisor is Wu Hao can make Xian.

Right now......

Not only can it measure the heavens, but it can also study gunpowder and help Wang Weining achieve a great victory in the northwest!?

Zhu Youzhu added: "This time the strategy of the Northwest Tatars to use troops was also calculated by Zhang Zhou and Zhang Qing's family years ago, and they made suggestions, and they have the military merits of mighty gunpowder, so I naturally can't treat him badly." ”

Liu Jian heard some signs.

This may be that the emperor wants to take advantage of Wang Yue's great victory, give Zhang Zhou military merits, or even give him a knighthood?

This is a red flag.

He hurriedly walked out and said: "Your Majesty, there are still many uncertain factors in the war situation in the northwest now, and troops and horses from all sides should be deployed to prevent the Tatars from waiting for an opportunity to enter with our lax garrison. As for the matter of rewarding meritorious service, it should also wait for the war in the northwest to subside...... As appropriate. ”

Zhu Youzhu was not in a hurry to give Zhang Zhou a lecture, and he also knew that this matter would definitely encounter resistance from civil officials, so he nodded and was not reluctant.

"Let's talk about it later, but I think that Wang Weining is in charge, and the Tatars will not dare to make another offense......"

The minister's call for Wang Weining is mostly a familiar title, because this name is louder than Wang Yue's own name, and the emperor will suddenly call Wang Yue "Wang Weining", which has a hint that tells the ministers present that I actually want to return his title.

Naturally, there were many people present who had big opinions on this.

Civil officials are knighted...... It is always someone else's own thing that they don't have, and the civil officials will defend themselves against the destruction of the ancestral system and the like.

Even Wang Yue used to befriend the officials, was convicted and assigned, and even pretexts such as "against the previous emperor's employment" and so on, will not be uncommon in the future.

It's just that at this special juncture, no matter how big the minister's opinion is, he can only keep it first.

……

……

The ministers left the palace in groups of three or five and noisy discussions.

Ma Wensheng and Liu Jian were left behind, and they would go to the Qianqing Palace, and at the same time, the emperor was summoned by the British Duke Zhang Mao, Baoguo Duke Zhu Hui, and Chengguo Duke Zhu Fu.

Zhu Hui's grandfather Zhu Qian relied on the Beijing division to defend the fortress after the war, and won the title of Fu Ningbo, while his father Zhu Yong relied on Chenghua to send troops to Jianzhou Jurchen in the fifteenth year of Chenghua, and won the title of hereditary Baoguo Duke with the merit of "capturing 695 levels, capturing 486 people, breaking more than 450 villages, obtaining more than 1,000 cattle and horses, and armor and weapons are not counted".

Zhu Yong died in the ninth year of Hongzhi, and he was the latest of the first generation of princes to be knighted, and the latest to die.

Zhu Hui, the Duke of Baoguo, is now in his fifties, because he and his father had followed Wang Yue to fight the Tatars in the northwest, and the purpose of Zhu Youji's summoning him this time was to send him to the northwest to assist Wang Yue.

Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Wenchen and Wuxun are listed on both sides.

Zhu Youzhi first asked Dai Yi to tell the three princes present what he had said in the Wenhua Hall before.

The reaction of the three of them was much more direct than that of the civil officials, and Zhang Mao was even more overjoyed: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, it seems that I can level the wolves of the grassland in the border of the Ming Dynasty and revitalize the great cause of sealing the wolf Juxu......"

"Alright, alright." Zhu Youzhu couldn't listen to it.

Let me tell you something serious, what kind of sycophant did you shoot old man Zhang? Can we do something real?

Zhu Youzhu looked at Zhu Fu, the Duke of Chengguo, who was standing on the side, and said: "Duke Chengguo, Ling Lang is in the northwest, leading the soldiers and horses of the right army, storming into the city, killing one Di Yi with his own hands, capturing more than 100 prisoners, and his army killing Di Yi's head in the formation is also hundreds...... He is so brave when he is just starting out, and it is really the gate tiger that makes me happy. ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Fu listened.

What's going on?

Is this talking about my son? Or do I have other sons in the army besides my second son, Zhu Feng?

Killed Di Yi with his own hands, captured more than 100 enemy soldiers, and led his troops to kill hundreds of Tartars......

"Dog, he's only a first-time soldier, so he shouldn't have any experience." Zhu Fu felt outrageous when he heard it, and for the sake of caution, he still didn't admit that this was his son.

He encouraged Zhu Feng to go to the northwest with the army, and he could follow Wang Yue to experience, of course he felt very good.

But if Wang Yue gave Zhu Feng all the way and let Zhu Feng assist in leading the troops......

Zhu Fu would not believe it.

Compare my heart to my heart, even I, who is Lao Tzu, can't give the right to the army to that boy, he is a second generation of knights who eat and wait for death, and he doesn't even have the right to inherit the title......

How can he be deserved?

Doesn't Wang Yue have long eyes?

Zhu Youzhu took out a war report: "Zhijie is brave and fearless, even I didn't expect that he traveled thousands of miles away to the capital to offer medicine to the princess, I felt that he had a loyal style, and he lived up to the trust I and Wang Yue placed in him, oh, and Zhang Zhou's appreciation for him, Bingkuan's vision has always been good." ”

When Zhu Feng heard this, he was already excited.

That's really my son!

This kid......

Shit luck is enough to step on it once, how can this be stepped on and not finished? Get luckier and luckier!? Is there smoke coming from the ancestral grave?

There was one thing he understood.

In the matter of his son's meritorious service, Zhang Zhou played an irreplaceable role.

Or Wang Weining just gave Zhang Zhou face, so he deliberately missed a big credit to his son, so that his son picked up a big bargain.

"The battle has just ended, and the war has not yet subsided, and after everything is decided, I will reward him as appropriate, and it is not impossible to give him another knighthood!" Zhu Youzhu is very generous.

Judging from the exploits taken by Zhu Feng leading all the way to the side pass, it is indeed enough to give a knighthood.

After all, Zhu Feng is not a civil official, he is the son of Wu Xun, and the conditions for a military general to be a knight are not as harsh as those for a civilian official.

It is also a question of whether to give or not.

But who let Zhu Feng mix with Zhang Zhou?

From Zhu Youji's point of view, Zhu Feng's greatest credit is to recommend Zhang Zhou, just this emperor wants to find a way to reward him, and Wang Yue just gave Zhu Feng such an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, Zhu Feng is also angry, no matter how he performs on the battlefield, at least people have famous generals to bring, and famous generals are willing to give him the credit, and then ......

Even if the emperor is a favor, it is logical to give Zhu Feng a title.

"The old minister is ashamed." Zhu Fu hurriedly knelt down and declined.

"Your Majesty......" Even Liu Jian couldn't listen to it, and wanted to come out to oppose it.

It's not that Liu Jian thinks that Zhu Feng is not suitable for the knighthood, he doesn't even bother to think about it.

He objected because he felt that the current battle situation was unclear, the battlefield was changing rapidly, and he didn't even know the current situation, so the rear began to talk about meritorious deeds.

Zhu Youzhu interrupted Liu Jian's words and said, "I just have this idea, and it has not yet been decided, Liu Ge Lao does not need to oppose it first, and the court will discuss it later." ”

Liu Jian could only retreat.

He knew that once the emperor moved this thought, in fact, Zhu Feng would be knighted, and he would already be nine out of ten.

As soon as the emperor Chrysostom opened, it was impossible to take it back unless there was a major change.

"Bao Guogong." Zhu Youzhu said.

"The minister is here." Zhu Hui hurriedly knelt down.

These generals have nothing else, they must show loyalty to the emperor at all times, and their kneeling posture is very smooth.

Zhu Youzhu said: "There is no need to do this, I want you to go to the northwest and serve as the chief military officer to assist Wang Yue in the end of the pass." ”

Ma Wensheng raised the wat board and said, "Your Majesty, that Pingjiang Bo ......"

At present, the chief military officer under Wang Yue is actually Chen Rui, the chief military officer of Pingjiang, since the emperor wants to transfer Zhu Hui to the side pass to be the chief military officer, he naturally wants to give Chen Rui's official position, but this is good news, and the chief military officer was changed before the battle, so it can't be said.

Zhu Youzhi's face was also a little unkind, although Wang Yue did not say anything bad about Chen Rui in the performance, at a critical time, Lao Wang still knew the importance of military unity, and would not slander his colleagues while taking credit, which seemed to be too tasteless.

But Chen Rui's previous style was as if the emperor didn't know.

What did the emperor do with Dongchang and Jinyiwei? Don't you even know that Chen Rui is afraid of the fire sieve? If it weren't for the fact that you have been fighting in the northwest for many years and have experience, you wouldn't have been asked to cooperate with Wang Yue.

I thought that if you followed Wang Yue, you could perform well and reverse the infamy that was not good for you.

You're good as a result......

Evacuated from the pass, and you ran away with the troops?

That's it, can I still keep you in the side?

It's easy to be spoiled by your rat feces, and the whole pot of porridge of the Northwest Victory.

"As for Uncle Pingjiang, I plan to transfer him to Xuanfu, first as the chief military officer, and then after the matter subsides, there will be a transfer."

Chen Rui could have been transferred to Ningxia to fight Dayan Khan.

Because Chen Rui's battle with Dayan Khan did not fall behind, Chen Rui can be regarded as having relatively high qualifications and prestige among those martial artists in the northwest.

But now that you have won the battle of Yitouguan, the emperor feels that there is no need for this, you Chen Rui should go to Xuanfu for a few days first, and then transfer you back to Beijing to be idle after the war is over, or arrange you to go to the southwest to guard the cottage, or go to Jinghai in the southeast......

The world is so big, there is always a place to arrange for you to go.

It's just that the northwest is not suitable for you to mix.

I have Wang Weining in the northwest, and that's enough.

Zhu Hui said: "The minister receives the order." ”

Although the situation in the northwest is basically settled now, Zhu Hui knows that he may not have a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions when he goes to the northwest, but now Wang Yue is in the limelight, who doesn't want to follow the famous generals to mix?

Even if you pick up Wang Yue's leftovers and come back with a mixture of qualifications, you can be of infinite use.

Zhu Hui has inherited his father's title for less than three years, and he has not made an inch, which naturally becomes his best opportunity, otherwise he can only command a battalion of the 12th regimental battalion.

It is still a bit big to be a bit big from the princes of other countries, such as the governor of the Metropolitan Mansion, the Governor of Jingying, and the garrison of Nanjing.

(End of chapter)