The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 173 Authenticity
After hearing Li Lu's words, the emperor thought it was reasonable, but he didn't fully believe it.Instead, he turned his head and said to Dai Quan, "Go out and ask, what's going on?"

Dai Quan trotted out of the hall, summoned a young eunuch, and said a few words to him.The little eunuch ran away quickly, and Dai Quan waited beside him for a short time.I saw a middle-aged eunuch and a young eunuch running over at a gallop.

Ask him to kneel down and kowtow to Dai Quan as soon as he sees him, and say in his mouth: "Son, kowtow to godfather, may godfather live a long life." collection.

Dai Quan said angrily: "What's the situation? Don't talk about those useless things now, the emperor is still waiting inside."

Dai Lian quickly replied to Dai Quan: "My son has brought all the information sent by the boy below. Should the godfather read it by himself, or should my son tell you?" He said and handed a stack of papers to Dai Quan.

Dai Quan said impatiently: "The emperor is still waiting inside, I don't have time to read these. You wait outside, in case the emperor wants to ask something, you can go in and answer."

Dai Quan took the stack of information, entered the hall again, came to the emperor's side, and then opened the information to read to the emperor.

The emperor said with a gloomy face, "Speak up, let the adults below listen too."

Dai Quan quickly agreed, walked to the side of the imperial case, and read out the information aloud: "On the second day of September, Jia Ke, the garrison of Kaiping Town, fought the enemy outside Kaiping Town. He won a big victory and defeated five thousand enemies. On the fourth day of September, Kaiping The town guard Jia Ke received the documents from the Ministry of War and immediately reorganized the army. On the fifth day of September, he led the troops out of Kaiping Town, and gathered more than [-] troops during the period. On the tenth day of September, when he arrived at Xuanfu Town at noon, the enemy chieftain led [-] cavalry to attack. Jia Ke He beheaded more than ten generals in a row before the battle, and the army was greatly shocked, and then he smashed the Tatars and outside the city, and beheaded countless people. The Tatars were afraid of their power and did not dare to fight. Jia Ke then cut off the water source. The Tatars repeatedly sent people to fetch water , Jia Ke ambushed near the water source and smashed it. On September [-]th, the Tatars were fighting among themselves because of the water source. Jia Ke led the troops to attack and then smashed the Tatars. Has gone north to regain lost ground."

The emperor didn't have any expression on his face after hearing this. In fact, he was still very satisfied with Jia Ke in his heart. He still had feelings for Jia Daishan. Ever since he knew that Jia Ke was Jia Daishan's grandson, he had paid more attention to him. At this time, he couldn't help but There was a burst of goodwill towards Jia Ke in his heart, this kind of goodwill came too quickly, but he himself didn't feel any difference.After listening to Jia Ke's information, he still wanted to know about Wang Tao's situation, so he said to Dai Quan: "There is more, please tell me everything."

Dai Quan then took out another piece of information, and then read: "On August 21, the commander of Xuanhua made Huo Jiu flee without a fight, and Xuanhua fell to the enemy. On August [-], the Tatars rushed to Xuanfu Jiedu envoy Wang Tao was caught off guard, and then ordered to gather his troops and defend the city with all his strength. On August [-], the Tatars drove out the people to attack the city, and the Jiedu envoy Wang Tao ordered to shoot arrows to kill countless people. That night Wang Tao sent people to attack the camp, and The dead soldiers were sent to Kaiping Town for help. From this day until the tenth day of September, the Tatars attacked the city very urgently. Wang Tao led his troops to resist desperately. There were not one out of ten soldiers left in the city. Wang Tao recruited the young and strong in the city to continue to defend the city. By September [-]th, Xuanfu Town will be released from the siege."

The emperor's face was calm at this time, and he understood the right and wrong of the matter. It was Jia Ke who led the army to defeat the Dada people, and Wang Tao pretended to be a soldier, but Wang Tao led the army to defend the city to the death.

The emperor said: "The matter is clear, what else is there to say? How will Wang Tao be dealt with? How will Jia Ke be rewarded? There must be a charter. It must be finalized today, and then the documents will be issued. The soldiers who are fighting desperately cannot be chilled." .”

University scholar Yan Mu stood up and played to the emperor: "Wang Tao must be severely punished for pretending to be a soldier, otherwise everyone will follow his example. In the future, whoever has not served His Majesty, I think he will be escorted back to Dali Temple in Beijing for disposal."

University scholar Pan Yong also stood up and said: "The Yan Prime Minister's words are justified, but this Wang Tao acted recklessly! If he is not severely punished, how will he manage the army in the future?"

Li Lu, the scholar of the University, Huo Tu, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Peng Bi, the servant, all expressed their support. These civil servants hated Wang Tao, a Jiedu who dared to kill civil servants casually.Now although he knows that he has merit, but no one speaks for him.

The emperor saw this situation, and it was very in line with his own wishes. He had a bad impression of this Jiedu Envoy Wang Tao, as if he was impeached by all the officials last time for killing the magistrate without authorization, and now such a incident happened again Come on, if you're so restless, it's better to just deal with it.

At this moment, Lei Ying came out of the squad and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, no, although Wang Tao has made some minor mistakes, he still deserves credit for defending the city with all his might in this battle against the Tatars. It cannot be because of this incident. , and wipe out all his credit.”

Hearing Lei Ying's words, the emperor suddenly came to his senses. Although he was still dissatisfied with Wang Tao, he felt that what Lei Ying said was reasonable. As the emperor, he could not bury the merits of the minister just because of his temporary preferences.

So he asked Lei Ying, "Then what do you think should be done?"

Lei Ying hastened to reply: "Wang Tao should be reprimanded, but his official position will not be changed. Although Jia Ke is young, he is brave and good at fighting. He can be promoted to commander."

The emperor thought for a while and said: "That's how Wang Tao's business was done. He issued an order to reprimand him, but his official position will not be changed. Let him continue to stay in the position of Jiedushi. Jia Ke, I think so, and Jia Ke was promoted to be the commander. Let him supervise the two towns of Xuanhua and Kaiping at the same time. Let this general stand in the forefront of Xuanfu Town, and let Wang Tao, a worthless wretch, stop any trouble in the future."

University scholar Li Lu came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, Jia Ke has made too much contribution this time. It is not enough to be promoted to the commander. Your Majesty, please increase the reward to comfort the hearts of the soldiers."

University scholar Yan Mu objected: "Your Majesty, Jia Ke is too young to confer a high official position, otherwise it will not be enough to convince the public."

Li Lu said in dissatisfaction: "The whole world rewards meritorious deeds, and I have never heard of rewards based on age. If we say so, everyone will stop doing things in the future. We are all waiting for the old age, and the official position will naturally go up." gone."

Because the views of the two of them represented, the ministers below were arguing, and the emperor heard it was outrageous, he patted the table hard, and then said: "You all shut up, I have a reason."

After the emperor finished speaking, he said to Dai Quan: "Draft the decree."

Dai Quan hurriedly stood beside the imperial case, opened a piece of imperial edict, dipped it in red ink, and waited quietly for the emperor to dictate the imperial edict.

The emperor thought for a while and said: "Jia Ke has made great achievements in defeating the Tatars. I am very relieved. I am looking for Jia Ke to be appointed as a command envoy to supervise Xuanhua and Kaiping.

Everyone heard that the emperor's method is still very good.In this way, Jia Ke did not get much official position.However, he was given the title of general, which was regarded as a reward for his meritorious service, and it was not regarded as treating the hero badly. At the same time, he was allowed to guard Xuanhua and Kaiping towns.Blocked the gate for the Tatars to go south for Xuanfu Town. If the Tatars want to invade Xuanfu Town in the future, they must pass through these two important places.These two important places are defended by Jia Ke. It may not be so easy for the Tatars to break through.

In this way, Xuanfu Town will be safe in the future, and the northwest of the capital will be safe and sound.

(End of this chapter)