Sure enough, Jiang is still old and spicy, and I have to say that Fang Congzhe made the wisest choice.

Now that the court has said that the three parties of "Zhejiang, Chu, and Qi" have gained power, the Donglin Party has been eyeing the tiger and is ready to engage in "counteroffensive liquidation" at any time.

They used Jingcha to expel only a group of high-level officials of the Donglin Party, and the Donglin Party still has a strong force among the middle and lower-level officials.

Therefore, the true content of this "good news" cannot be known to these people for the time being.

In fact, it is common for the border army to exaggerate its achievements, and Yang Hao's "good news" of first defeating and then winning a big victory makes people feel unreliable no matter how they look at it.

Especially this Li Xianzhong's record, it is really a bit incredible, if it weren't for the fact that Li Yongfang was captured alive and that Abatai and Amin could not be faked.

Both of them felt that this was Yang Ho's serious nonsense.

Huang Jiashan said: "According to Yang Hao, Li Xianzhong's capture except for the Han army has the support of the first level. ”

"Although the killing of 2,000 Han troops cannot be identified by the head, there is living evidence of Li Yongfang."

The Ming Military Department naturally has a set of methods for identifying the head of the captive.

They will use the braids, teeth, and skull structure to distinguish whether the reported head is a real captive or not.

It is still easy to distinguish between braided braids that have been braided for a long time, so it is simply not feasible to try to impersonate them by braiding the hair of the first shaved hair.

The head of the Jianyu is related to the reward of silver, and the military department is naturally strictly controlled.

Even if the braids you turn in are genuine, if your face is broken by the firecracker, the military department will not recognize it.

The head of the old, weak, women and children, the military department will definitely eliminate it for you.

Therefore, the number of heads that can be awarded to the Ministry of War must be far less than the number of reports you have reported.

The heads of the Ming generation, whether they were Mongols or Jurchens, have always been the cash cows for border generals to make a fortune, whether it was Li Chengliang or Ma Fang before, they all relied on a large number of gains in exchange for silver.

Originally, the Tatar heads were the most valuable, first, they were strong in battle and a great threat to the Ming Dynasty, and second, these Tatars were not easy to kill on horseback.

You will destroy tens of thousands of enemies, and it is likely that you will be beheaded in hundreds.

At the highest time, a soldier who captures a Tatar head can be directly promoted to a higher rank and receive a reward of 20 taels of silver; If you are not promoted, you can directly receive 50 taels.

This Tatar has simply become a copy of the border general's gold, so it is not difficult for you to understand why Li Chengliang and others have to conquer the barbarians every year.

And the head of the Japanese is the most worthless, after all, most of the Japanese are not real Japanese people, and the bounty of the imperial court is not so easy to deceive.

Originally, the bounty of the head of the Jianguo was only half of that of the Mongols, but as the threat of the Jianyu grew, their heads also rose, or the Tatar heads were not so valuable.

In this expedition to Hetuala, in addition to Nurhachi's reward of 10,000 taels of silver, and Houjin's reward of 2,000 taels of silver, the head of each Jianyu can also receive 20 taels of silver.

Yang Hao naturally knew about the inspection of the head by the Ministry of War, and since he dared to say so, he must have achieved certain results.

Amin and Abatai's heads have been sent to the military headquarters along with Liaodong's "good news", and Li Yongfang is still on the way to escort them.

However, it is enough to use the heads of these two enemy chiefs to release the news of a "great victory" from the military headquarters.

Huang Jiashan said: "Elder Fang Ge, don't worry, I will arrange for someone to release the news from the military department, but how should we report it on Your Majesty's side?" ”

The Donglin Party can still fool the past for the time being, after all, it is normal for the military department to need time to verify the data, and no one can say that the military department is not.

But Wanli is afraid that it is not easy to fool.

Although this emperor does not go to court at all, it would be a big mistake if you think he is so foolish.

His Majesty has been angry with the courtiers because of the fact that the ministers opposed him and made the king the crown prince, so that now he has completely struck and is not going to court at all.

In order to disgust these ministers of the DPRK and China, he often did not fill the vacancies of officials. Neither retiring nor replacing existing ministers is to increase their workload.

Previously, the nine central departments (six plus the Department of General Administration, Dali Temple, and the Inspectorate) only had the Ministry of Household and the Department of General Administration having formal chiefs, and the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Industry were managed by other departments part-time, and the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War only had official seals, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple were the most ruthless, and no one went to work, even the official seal was lost.

If it weren't for the conquest of Jianzhou, there would be no Huang Jiashan, the secretary of the military department.

Ye Xianggao's predecessor, Li Tingji, the first assistant of the cabinet, once submitted 123 resignation letters in one go, but Emperor Wanli just didn't approve it. Li Ge was angry, donated his house, sent the family back to his hometown, and lived alone in the broken temple.

But in this way, Wanli still sent someone to send the music to the temple to let Li Ge Lao work, so he got a nickname of "Temple Zhu Ge Lao".

In the end, Li Tingji completely collapsed, simply fired himself, and ran back to his hometown in Fujian on his own initiative on the charge of resisting the decree and risking his head.

Fortunately, Wanli didn't even bother to pursue it, so he let him go.

After all, Li Tingji is Wanli's teacher, and the two still have a teacher-student friendship, Fang Congzhe doesn't dare to pick on him directly.

However, the matter of calling the sick strike has also been done, and Wanli has long been accustomed to the minister's call for illness.

So while sending the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat you, he also sent someone to urge you to "insist on working while sick", which directly made Fang Congzhe lose his temper.

Don't look at Wanli Chengtian not going to court, his desire to control is still very strong, before Donglin was dominant, he tried his best to use Fang Congzhe, a member of the Zhejiang Party, as the first assistant, and this move alone easily resolved the situation.

Fang Congzhe had the courage to fool the ministers, but he didn't dare to fool Wanli.

He said: "It's getting late tonight, so I won't disturb Your Majesty's rest, and tomorrow you and I will go together to present Your Majesty." ”

On the second day, Fang Congzhe and Huang Jiashan came to the Forbidden City and asked to see Emperor Wanli.

The reason why I didn't go early in the morning was because Wanli had a habit of sleeping lazy, and if he went early, the eunuchs wouldn't report it, let alone see Wanli.

Of course, the chance of them being able to see Wanli this time is also very slim.

The only time Wanli took the initiative to summon courtiers in the past 20 years was four years ago to announce the results of the "attack case".

This case involves the crown prince, and the spearhead is directly aimed at Wanli's favorite concubine Zheng Guifei. Wanli had to come forward in person to calm down, which also allowed many courtiers to pay homage to Long Yan for the first time.

However, Fang Congzhe, as the first assistant, was still fortunate to have seen Wanli a few times, and there was generally no big thing, and Wanli would never be easy to see.

Soon, the celebrant and eunuch Chang Yun came to the two of them.

This father-in-law Chang is already the eunuch with the highest status in the inner court today, and the eunuch who holds the seal of the eunuch and the eunuch who writes has long been history.

Wanli not only does not make up for the lack of courtiers, he also does not make up for the lack of the celebrant eunuch, since the death of the celebrant more than ten years ago, Chen Ju and Bingbi Tianyi and others, the celebrant has almost become an ornament.

However, to the surprise of the two, this time they were actually summoned by Emperor Wanli.

When they heard Chang Yun say, "The emperor has a will, the first assistant of the Xuan Cabinet is Congzhe, and Huang Jiashan, the secretary of the military department, will meet him", they couldn't believe their ears.

Fang Congzhe is okay, Huang Jiashan is fortunate to brush the dragon's face twice, which is definitely a rare thing in the late Wanli Dynasty.

Under the guidance of Chang Yun, the two finally entered the Qianqing Palace.

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