Zhang Zhou got up early, and the emperor also planned to take Zhang Zhou to the noon gate for a walk, which was regarded as officially introducing Zhang Zhou to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.

was rejected by Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou's reason is very simple, he has not yet been admitted to the Jinshi, nor has he officially passed the selection of tribute, he is not a court official, and he cannot break the rules.

This is to prepare for the future to be able to rank in the court, and not to do trespassing now.

Zhu Youzhi saw that Zhang Zhou was resolute, so he was not reluctant.

The noon gate is discussed.

No one came out that day to mention anything about the issue.

On the first day after the end of the exam, when the marking of the inner curtain has not officially begun, even if there are many criticisms of Cheng Minzheng outside, it will not happen immediately.

Historically, Hua Chang's impeachment of Cheng Minzheng, Xu Jing and Tang Yin was also in late February, when the list was about to be released, when rumors were already boiling outside.

The topic of the day was mainly military rewards.

There is basically no big problem with the rest of the meritorious people's meritorious deeds, and the main problems lie in three points.

The first is to determine whether Wang Yue will be promoted to Wei Ningbo or Wei Ninghou.

The second is the "main force" of meritorious service in this battle, whether Zhu Feng, the second son of Chengguogong, is eligible for the knighthood.

The third point is the issue of whether to punish Pingjiang Bo Chen Rui.

Let's start with the simplest issue, that is, Chen Rui's question.

“…… Your Majesty, although Pingjiangbo was guilty of slackness in this battle, he did not neglect the military orders, and the orders in the army were all from Wang Weining, who had the intention not to let Pingjiangbo and other soldiers rob the military merits, and to use this to make the Tatar troops neglect their defenses, and the strategy was appropriate. ”

Zhang Sheng, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, came out to argue with reason, indicating that the emperor could not punish Chen Rui.

Chen Rui ran a little faster, but the problem was that Wang Yue let him run, and because he ran fast, it also made the fire sieve think that the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty were really vulnerable, so he relaxed his vigilance.

It's all strategy.

In the case that the strategy achieves the goal, to punish Chen Rui's crime now, does that mean to encourage the generals in the northwest to get military orders in the future and not implement them?

Zhu Youzhu also felt a little reasonable when he heard this, and nodded and said: "Even if Pingjiang Bo's merits can be compensated, but it is not suitable to stay in the northwest at present, the chief military officer of the Biguan has asked Baoguo Gong to take over, as for Li Yan and Chen Xun, they will continue to lead the troops to coordinate defense, and Chen Rui does not have to stay in the post of Xuanfu military officer, but can be transferred back to Beijing." ”

The emperor didn't seem to have any intention of continuing to pursue Chen Rui.

If you win, everyone can say that you Chen Rui can also set a "merit and demerit offset", but don't think about getting a weight in a short time after you return to the capital.

Wang Zongyi, the right attendant of the military department, said: "Wang Yue is in the remote pass, and there are still lords and ministers stationed in the three sides and other places, so when employing people like this, why not transfer Pingjiangbo to Yansui and other places?" In this way, it can also have the effect of deterring the grassland! ”

The military department did not advocate transferring Chen Rui back.

Not to mention anything else, among the ministers in the northwest now, Chen Rui looks incompetent, but he is actually more capable than Chen Rui...... Not yet.

No matter how awesome Wang Yue is, he can only garrison one place, and the rest of the places always need to be guarded, is it that Wang Weining is all up to him everywhere on the nine sides? Is he busy?

Moreover, Wang Yue is indeed old, and it is not suitable to stay in the northwest for too long, at most, after the war in the northwest has completely subsided, he will be transferred back to the capital.

Stepping on Chen Rui now is actually not worth it, because it is not a good act to discredit Chen Rui...... Chen Rui has today's notoriety, how can he command the three armies?

"Trilateral."

Zhu Youzhu obviously didn't want to hear this proposal, he pondered for a moment and asked, "Is there no one else available among the lords?" ”

It's a very unworthy question.

Ma Wensheng walked out and said: "Your Majesty, there are not a few lords in the northwest, and Pingjiangbo did not have an advantage in the confrontation with the fire screen, but he did not fall behind in the tug of war with the little prince of Tatar and other departments!" ”

This actually revealed some things, that is, Wang Zongyi came out to speak for Chen Rui, which was actually the unified opinion of the Ministry of War, not Wang Zongyi's personal opinion.

Ma Wensheng means that Chen Rui is one loss and one draw in the confrontation with the fire sieve and Dayan Khan, which doesn't sound good, but it is actually very good, and it is not easy to find someone to pull Dayan Khan.

Zhu Youzhu nodded.

He also understood that Ma Wensheng was actually telling him when he answered him like this.

There is really no one else available in the Northwest.

"If I transfer Cheng Guogong to Yansui, do you think it is feasible?" Zhu Youzhu made a bizarre-sounding proposal.

The ministers present were all stunned by the emperor's leaping thoughts.

For a while, no one came out to comment.

Chengguo Gong Zhu Fu? Will this thing go to war? But it doesn't matter, it's the same thing with Baoguo Gong anyway! At a critical time, the emperor didn't think of others, so he had to mention Zhu Fu, did the emperor think that the vein of Chengguo Gong was a lucky star, and he should make meritorious contributions, and Lao Tzu should also go to the battlefield to exercise and exercise?

Zhu Youzhu said: "Chen Rui's recall of the Beijing Master will remain unchanged for the time being. As for who to send to Yansui and others, the inner court will discuss again. After the court meeting, the two elders of the cabinet, as well as the secretary of the military department, summoned the British Duke to go again. ”

This means that after the conference, there will be a small meeting.

The discussion was not about whether Chen Rui should go or stay, but about who would take over part of Chen Rui's military power, and then transfer him to Yansui, Ningxia and other places to guard against the little Tatar prince.

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This concludes the first item.

Then there is the issue of Zhu Feng's knighthood.

The opinions of the courtiers on this matter are basically unified...... No way!

What kind of spring and autumn dream do you Zhu Feng have? When I went to the northwest at a young age, I killed a Tartar with my own hands, saying that it was the military merits achieved by the Lingsuo Department, it is better to say that it is cheap for you to pick up, if this can be given a knight, then the title of Daming is too worthless, and a person can go to the mixed lord.

This time, Xu came in and out of the left servant of the household department to object: "Your Majesty, Zhu Feng's military merits are the overall strategic gains, if he is knighted by personal merits, then there are not a few people in the northwest who deserve the knighthood." Meritorious service shall not be claimed fraudulently. ”

What Xu Jin actually wants to say is that military merits cannot be double-counted.

This time, the military exploits are not small, but the specific numbers have not yet been calculated, the talents sent by the imperial court to the northwest have just set off for two days, and it will take some time to reach the Bitou Pass, and the supervision of the imperial history around the Bitou Pass has not yet issued a specific investigation report.

Zhu Feng is at best a general, not even a general, he can only be regarded as a guerrilla, and his official position is under the chief officer and deputy chief soldier, in fact, at this time, regardless of the merits of the commander Wang Yue, it is a bit inappropriate to talk about the marginal generals first.

The ministers also want to say.

Don't think that we don't know that Zhu Feng joined the army by climbing relationships.

In fact, he doesn't have much ability.

If this kind of person can be knighted, what will he do when he is in charge in the future?

Zhu Youzhu said: "Zhu Feng is the son of Chengguo Gong, after the meritorious service, when he offered medicine to the princess to treat the disease, he left the name of loyalty, and this time the northwest is the only one to lead the troops into the city without fear. Even if he is young and has done nothing in the past, I want to reward him for his loyalty to the monarch and the country, and from his actual combat exploits, not from Zhan Xun, and it would be unfair to say that he was afraid of his merits. ”

Listening to Xu Jin's words, Zhu Feng was said to be a little person who didn't learn and didn't know how to learn, and Zhu Youzhu couldn't listen to it anymore.

His character is ......

Short-guarding.

Of course, if it weren't for Zhang Zhou, no matter how much Zhu Youzhu protected his shortcomings, he wouldn't be able to protect Zhu Feng.

But now Zhu Feng has become "his own person" in the eyes of the emperor, and I just want to promote him, what can you do?

The ministers present had a headache.

Liu Jian came out and spoke: "With Zhu Feng's background and the military merits he has obtained, it is not impossible to plan to become a knight!" ”

When these words came out, many people at the scene looked sideways.

Did you old man Liu rebel? Actually speaking according to the emperor's wishes?

In fact, Liu Jian just came out and said a "fair word", others can't see it, can't Liu Jian see it, in fact, Wang Yue was able to receive many military merits by himself, and he took the initiative to give them to Zhu Feng?

From Liu Jian's point of view, whether Wang Yue is a marquis is more important, if some of Wang Yue's military exploits are divided and distributed to others, what is there to do?

And from a certain point of view, Zhu Feng is the second son of the Chengguo family, and Zhu Feng's eldest brother has no son, maybe the title of Chengguo Duke will be passed to Zhu Feng in the future, and the martial arts lord has not broken the principle, why should he forcibly oppose it, and annoy the emperor to cause so many discord between monarchs and ministers?

Zhu Youzhu listened to Liu Jian's words, and his face was happy, and he said, "Elder Liu, what else do you think, just say it." ”

In fact, Zhu Youzhu also knew that Liu Jianken must have prerequisites for speaking according to his will.

After so many years of getting along with monarchs and ministers, he is also familiar with the routines.

Liu Jian said: "If Zhu Fengjin is the uncle, the merits of the partial pass should be rewarded separately, and Wang Yue's merits should also be counted separately." ”

"Huh."

Zhu Youzhu smiled.

Sure enough, it's a hidden trick.

Separately?

One is the commander, the other is the general under his command, is it to divide the entire military merit piece by piece, count them one by one, and give the rest to Wang Yue if no one claims them?

In order to restrain Wang Weining, you civil officials really did everything they could.

"Zhu Fengjinjue's matter, let's postpone the discussion first, let's talk about Wang Weining's first." Zhu Youzhu took the initiative to divert the topic.

The first topic, about Chen Rui, the emperor is considered a "big victory".

But then on the second topic, that is, the issue of Zhu Fengdejue, Wenchen stumbled the emperor, and the emperor heard it, and then moved on to the third topic first.

Give Wang Yue's credit first, and then talk about Zhu Feng's matter.

Of course, there is also a hidden topic...... When it comes to Zhang Zhou, this may not be said in the court, and it can be talked about at the inner court meeting, after all, even Zhang Zhou himself did not ask for anything to be obtained with this military merit.

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The third topic then began.

When it comes to Wang Yue's military exploits, almost all the civil officials on the scene want to interject a few words.

Zhu Youzhu didn't let the people present express any opinions, he directly put his personal opinion first: "I asked the Ministry of Rites to refer to the past nearly a hundred years, involving wars in Beiguan, Jiubian and other places, and also involving repeated troops to Mongolia, and the conclusion reached that Wang Weining's merits have not only reached the point of giving the marquis, but can even be the prince of the country." ”

The emperor first made the prerequisites clear.

It is not the founding of the country, nor is it a martyrdom.

In these two major battles, the people who have obtained military merits account for more than ninety percent of the Ming Dynasty, and their merits are not obtained from Waiyi.

There may also be some people, especially those who were knighted during the Yongle period, who not only participated in the Jingjing, but also participated in the Northern Expedition during the period.

Leave that alone.

It is not an exaggeration to say that with the precedent of winning the knighthood for his military exploits in the war with these Tartars in the Mongolian steppe, it is not an exaggeration to give Wang Yue a "Marquis of Weining".

Taking Wang Ji, the first Jingyuan Bo who was knighted as a civil official, as an example, not counting his last southwest rebellion, even if he conquered Luchuan three times, he was far inferior to Wang Yue's battle in the northwest alone.

Moreover, Wang Yue also had several famous battles during the Chenghua period.

Xie Qian stepped forward and argued: "Your Majesty, although Wang Weining's merits are great, it is good at the right time and place, and it is the god of soldiers, but it has damaged my Ming border pass, and it takes a lot of money to repair. ”

In the sense of Xie Qian.

Even if we know that his credit is great, we can't be too public, just give him the title of Countl Welling.

If you have to give him the Marquis of Weining, it will make the governors and generals of the frontier feel that if you want to win the knighthood, you have to play big, and if you want to play big, you have to take risks, and follow Wang Weining's example to blow up the bias, or do similar things, so as to achieve immortal miracles.

The marquis given to Wang Yue is not to show merit, but to set a bad example.

As soon as this remark came out.

The ministers present all cast their eyes with "You thank you for Qiao's awesomeness".

Don't look at your usual gags, you don't have a proper shape, but in the absence of Li Dongyang, I still want you to thank Yu Qiao for coming out to take the lead.

Xie Qian's words fell, and Zhu Youzhu was silent for a while.

Before, Zhu Youzhu only felt that the civil officials were restricting Wang Yue for no reason, but after listening to Xie Qian's words, he felt that there was nothing wrong with him.

Wang Yue is very awesome, but the blow is off-top...... is unacceptable!

Even he, who was the emperor, had criticized him in the court for this kind of behavior before, if he only set an example, Xie Qian was right, who made you play too much, and the court will have to take out at least 100,000 taels in the future, and at least tens of thousands of servants to complete the construction?

In the process of construction, if the Tartars take advantage of the weakness to commit it again, who will be responsible for this sin?

But the emperor thought about it again, and the Tatars knew that the Ming Dynasty had this big killing weapon, and if they wanted to blow it up, they would not give it a chance.

Wang Weining has this ability, and you can't do it if you don't accept it.

Zhu Youzhu said: "If Wang Yue's fault is judged only by the destruction of the fortress, then I feel that it is a bit harsh. If you stand in the position of the soldiers in the northwest and learn that I have meritorious service but cannot clearly reward and punish, but judge my mistakes with innocent things, how can you inspire the morale of the army? If there is another expedition in the future, will it be necessary to look ahead and backward in order to affect the use of troops? ”

The emperor is tantamount to using Xie Qian's theory to refute Xie Qian.

You said that Wang Yue would set a bad example, so that the border officials would mess up in the future.

Then I retorted, saying that if you don't reward Wang Yue well, then the generals in the northwest will be too frightened to mess around......

So what is it like to mess up and get good news?

Or do you not dare to mess around, so that it is better to tie your hands and feet and lead to defeat?

(End of chapter)