prosperous age

At this moment, a figure flickered outside the palace door, and a small servant was already standing by the door, and whispered inside: "I want to report to the emperor, two old cabinet ministers, Xu and Yuan, and Yang Bo, Minister of the Ministry of War, are asking to see you. "

Hearing the servant's report, Emperor Jiajing frowned.

The ministers of the cabinet and the head of the Ministry of War must have important military reports, and those who can become important military reports must come from the north.

Could it be that An Dahan led the team to detain the customs again?
I suddenly felt irritable, but there was still no delay, and I nodded slightly.

Immediately, Huang Jin beside him quickly walked over, whispered a few words to the servant, and the servant turned around and ran out.

Huang Jin stood in front of the palace gate and watched for a while, then hurried back to the throne and reported to Emperor Jiajing in a low voice: "My lord, it seems to be good news."

"Well, that's the Fujian side."

Hearing Huang Jin's words, Emperor Jiajing's brows relaxed.

The current Emperor Jiajing, adhering to the same heart disease as the previous emperors, is actually most worried about the threat from the northern grasslands, and the current strength of the Ming army in the border town can't really reassure them.

When he came to Emperor Jiajing, he was still worried about the Fuguang Rao thief.

This news scared Yu Dayou half to death.

Speaking of which, although Yu Dayou has been promoted to deputy commander in chief, there are still many people on his head who can control him.

Although there are small discrepancies, but generally not bad.

At this time, a fierce dialogue was erupting in a huge military tent in the center of the camp.

As for who wiped out the rebels, right and wrong is up to the court to decide. After all, the transcript they have seen now is just a good report. Later, a more detailed description of the battle will be sent to the capital, and the local censors will also conduct inspections. Verification, falsification is impossible.

King Yu also heard the conversation between Wei and Tang just now, but he doesn't pay attention to it right now.

In addition, the credit book drafted by him also needs to add people from Yu Dayou's side.

Unexpectedly, after Zhang Lian knew that Xiao Xuefeng's troops were destroyed, perhaps because he was worried about being surrounded by the Ming army, he didn't lead his troops to rush back to the lair in desperation, but called three groups of people to return the same way and fled eastward.

Slowly loosening his grip on the armrest, Emperor Jiajing tried his best to calm down his excited mood.

The leader of the bandit is tied up and escorted to the capital to hold a prisoner offering ceremony, which can also demonstrate the achievements of the Ministry of War.

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely true. The good news is that Zhang Nie, the admiral of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Chen Wangmo, the commander in chief, jointly presented the report. There must be no falsehood."

But this time is different, many of Zhang Lian's network are hard-to-suppress bandits, and he has also instigated many key people, unexpectedly pulling out a scale of more than [-] people.

With the achievement of pacifying Fujian, this year's assessment of the Ministry of War should be no problem.

The content of the good news is exactly the same as what Yang Bo said, two thieves Zhang Lian and Xiao Xuefeng were captured, the thieves had already been defeated and fled in all directions, now Zhang Nie and Chen Wangmo are urging the ministries of the Ming army to wipe out the remnants of the bandits.

Even when he heard that the Japanese pirates were approaching the capital of Nanjing, he had no fear in his heart, only strong anger. He was shocked by the strength of the Japanese pirates, and worried that the Ming army in the south of the Yangtze River was so unbearable.

If it was really the bandit army defeated by Zhang Nie and Chen Wangmo, he would naturally have nothing to say, but if Yu Dayou won the battle and was robbed of his credit, then the Yu Palace could not just sit idly by.

The three dawdled for a while before Yang Bo came out under the direction of Xu Jie and Yuan Wei, bowed and said, "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, the admiral Zhang Nie, the assistant minister of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the commander-in-chief Chen Wangmo sent the military report. When the soldiers suppressed the three men, Zhang Lian and Xiao Xuefeng, the leaders of the bandits, were all captured, beheading [-] is a miracle."

Tang Ruji sneered.

When Zhang Lian's rebels were wiped out, the situation in the south of the Yangtze River became stable. Although Japanese pirates still harassed them, suppressing rebellion and resisting Japanese pirates were not the same thing.

If it was normal, Emperor Jiajing would have been unable to sit still at this time.

After Yang Bo heard it, he knew that Emperor Jiajing did not agree with the proposal of the Ministry of War to hold a prisoner offering ceremony, and directly convicted Zhang Lian and other bandit leaders.

It's really because the Ministry of War hasn't produced any outstanding results recently, and it's no wonder that the people in the Ministry of War haven't taken the initiative to spread such good news all of a sudden.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it is not that there have been rebellions, but like Zhang Lian, there are really no people in the four provinces who have been burned.

Yin Shizhen just nodded slightly, while Zhang Juzheng remained silent.

The news was so great that he never expected that Zhang Lian would be caught.

King Yu didn't care about their conversation, he was very happy now.

After ambushing Xiao Xuefeng's troops, Yu Dayou could only send people to investigate the movements of Zhang Lian's remnant troops while sending out military reports to Liu Xian and Zhang Nie.

The good news of capturing Zhang Lian, of course, he also recognized it on the spot, but they were just picked out thieves, some petty officials among the rebels.

He didn't know about Chen Wangmo, but he knew about Zhang Nie. This person had some connections with his teacher, Xu Jie. He was recommended by Xu Jie to be the admiral of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Of course, Emperor Jiajing knew the reason to take advantage of your illness to kill you. After the Zhejiang Ming army finally defeated Zhang Lian, Zhang Lian had to shrink his troops. It was the time when the morale of the rebels was low. It's even harder to deal with them resurgent.

"Is the news true?"

In the end, Emperor Jiajing ordered Yang Bo to keep his eyes on the good news on the imperial book case while speaking.

However, Emperor Jiajing also saw another name in the victory report. Although it was only mentioned once, it was obvious that he also made great contributions in this battle.

When the memorial arrived at Emperor Jiajing, Yang Bo, Minister of the Ministry of War, announced the plan of the Ministry of War.

Fortunately, since the three of them entered the palace, Emperor Jiajing saw that it was not a bad thing, because although the three of them had serious faces, they couldn't hide the smile at the corner of their mouths.

Slightly nodding, when Yang Bo said this, the doubts in Emperor Jiajing's heart stopped, so the only thing before him was the offering of prisoners proposed by Yang Bo.

"Good, good, good."

Yu Dayou has already transferred to Zhang Nie's camp, mainly to bring over the captured Xiao Xuefeng. Hearing that he has captured Zhang Lian who ran away, he naturally wants to take a look.

Yang Bo's memorial was already held there, Huang Jin also quickly stepped forward to take the memorial, turned around and handed it to the emperor's imperial book case.

"According to the good news, it is indeed so."

Perhaps because he was afraid of Yu Dayou's background in the Yu Palace, although Chen Wangmo was the commander in chief, he still repeatedly explained to Yu Dayou that it was nothing more than the identification they asked the captives to do.

If the person caught was not Zhang Lian but Yang Shun, thinking of the official document he sent out a few days ago, Zhang Nie would feel sweat on his forehead.

At this time, the two cabinet ministers below and the Minister of the Ministry of War all received the order.

Of course, Emperor Jiajing listened to Yang Bo's words, but he didn't express his opinion immediately, but picked up the memorial on the imperial book case and read it carefully.

But at this time, only Admiral Zhang Nie, Chief Soldier Chen Wangmo, and Deputy Chief Soldier Yu Dayou were left in the tent of the Chinese Army, and the others had already been kicked out of the tent.

In a moment of excitement, Emperor Jiajing uttered three good words.

Perhaps, if Bianzhen can capture Altan Khan, the emperor will decide to hold a prisoner offering ceremony.

The news of Rao thief Zhang Lian's capture had already spread in the official circles of the capital from the moment Yang Bo entered Xiyuan, and the Sixth Ministry and all yamen in Beijing knew about it within a short period of time.

Zhang Nie thought he had captured Zhang Lian, so he rushed to send someone to the capital to deliver the victory report that day, but the official memorial was still being drafted. Come, polish it and put it in the memorial.

"General Yu, we have found a lot of thieves to confirm, that person is undoubtedly Zhang Lian, so please stop messing around."

But for these, we have to wait for the following memorials to come up before we can decide, so there is no rush.

Emperor Jiajing thought for a moment before saying: "All ministries have made meritorious deeds in suppressing the rebellion, and the inspectors should be ordered to check the merits and crimes in detail, and the Ministry of War will determine rewards and punishments based on this.

"Admiral, the one you caught was Yang Shun, not Zhang Lian. If you repay your merits like this, once you are caught, you will be punished."

Yang Bo replied with a still humble look.

"After the Ministry of War returns, join the various ministries to send battle reports, and list the battle process in detail and play it separately.",

Those rebels are actually not as difficult to suppress as bandits and robbers.

"According to the order."

The Ministry of War issued a document asking him to follow the command of Liu Xian, the governor of the capital, to exterminate Zhang Lian's rebels, but the cabinet also issued a document asking Governor Zhang Nie, who was in charge of military affairs in Guangdong and Guangxi, to suppress the rebels in Fujian, not to mention Hu Zongxian, who had been appointed governor of the military affairs of Jiangnan provinces long ago. .

"Judging from the success report, Zhang Nie and Chen Wangmo should have captured Zhang Lian, and Yu Dayou captured Xiao Wan."

Although he didn't believe all of Yu Dayou's words, they did have some truth. He captured Xiao Xuefeng, and at the same time, his own soldiers. These people who followed Xiao Xuefeng must know Zhang Lian.

"If you think about it, the detailed process will come soon."

Although they have read the memorial, they have only read it briefly and not exhaustively.

Although a little disappointed, what Emperor Jiajing said was right.

In fact, Emperor Jiajing was clear about why this happened. Wei Guangde had reported it when he came back. Although the prediction and the result were slightly different, it was actually the case.

In his opinion, if he wins the battle, it's good to wipe out the chain thieves, as for the matter of taking credit.

Emperor Jiajing murmured, "Were Zhang Lian and Xiao Xuefeng captured separately?"

The entire victory report mostly talked about how Zhang Nie led Chen Wangmo to destroy Zhang Lian's bandits, and only mentioned Yu Dayou when talking about the capture of the second bandit.

Yang Bo said: "Combined with the previous Fujian battle reports, this time the battle should be that Zhang and Xiao led troops to attack Pinghe County, but they were defeated by Hu Qiheng. During the rescue, he was defeated by Yu Dayou's ambush halfway, and Xiao Xuefeng was captured. Afterwards, under the siege of all the ministries, Zhang Nie and Chen Wangmo led the troops to capture Zhang Lian."

To offer captives, if one country is to be pacified or other ceremonies are used, it is really too much to offer captives just to wipe out a few bandits.

After that, Zhang Nie led the general Chen Wangmo to mention the encounter between Guangxi wolf soldiers and Zhang Lian's troops. After a fierce battle, he received Zhang Nie's battle report, saying that he defeated Zhang Lian's troops, captured Zhang Lian alive, and captured more than [-] people. There was also an order to bring Xiao Xuefeng to meet him as soon as possible.

But this good news is enough for Yang Bo to send him to the emperor.

After the three entered Yuxi Palace and saluted Emperor Jiajing, the three looked at each other, but no one spoke.

Half a year ago, the Fujian, Guangdong, and Gan Ming armies were defeated steadily by the so-called Flying Dragon Army brought by Zhang Lian. fear.

In fact, this is not a memorandum, but a victory report, which was submitted to the Ministry of War. There should be a more detailed memorial to the capital later.

When the two people in the hall were talking fiercely, the admiral Zhang Nie in the front seat also frowned slightly.

Regarding the emperor's question, both Xu Jie and Yuan Wei's eyes naturally fell on Yang Bo.

In the southern suburb of Pinghe County, Fujian Province, at the foot of Tashan Mountain, there is a huge military camp surrounded by wooden fences. In the camp, there are many flags and military tents.

After Yang Bo saw the victory report sent by the admiral of Guangdong, he looked through the previous battle report, and quickly connected the relevant clues to get a general understanding of the course of the battle.

As soon as the words fell, the hall fell silent instantly. The Emperor Jiajing on the throne had his eyes widened, and his hands were tightly grasping the handrails to look at Yang Bo.

As for the festival of presenting captives, the ancestors have been away for a long time. Zhao Wenhua used fake thieves to pretend to be meritorious. Because the ministers want to cause more disasters, they will be arrested for deceiving the emperor, Shangjin, etc., but the three provinces, the leader of the punishment, will take Xuemin's anger as justice. "

"Chen Zongbing, I also asked Xiao Wan's personal soldiers to identify them. They have been following those thieves all year round, and they will never admit their mistakes. The person you arrested is Yang Shun, the leader of the thieves."

In fact, when he saw the good news, he also noticed something strange.

"Guangdong Jiewen, the Ministry of War please send Zhang Lian and Xiao Xuefeng, the leaders of the bandits, to the capital to offer prisoners to be punished. The rest of the party who have not won peace will be ordered to punish them, and order the inspectors to verify their merits and crimes in detail."

In King Yu's mansion, King Yu, Yin Shizhen and others were also circulating the transcripts of the good news from the Ministry of War, and finally fell into Wei Guangde's hands before analyzing them.

Emperor Jiajing became a little excited and couldn't wait to ask.

"Da You set up an ambush to capture Xiao Xuefeng?"

"Zhang and Chen's good news is well written. If you don't read carefully, no one will notice that line of writing in the article."

The discourse in it is thought-provoking, but Yang Bo already understood that the tricks hidden in that battle report were discovered by the emperor.

The emperor has already made a decision on how to punish, and all they have to do is to issue it according to the emperor's order.

As for the Japanese pirates, Emperor Jiajing was more outraged. After all, the disaster of the Japanese pirates began in the Meng and Yuan Dynasties. It was actually intermittent from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty to now, but it has only become more and more severe in recent years.

But when he saw the person and was identified by the prisoners he captured, he found that the so-called Zhang Lian was actually Yang Shun.

"Although it's not Zhang Lian, capturing Yang Shun is also a great achievement. Next, we will continue to lead troops to encircle and suppress the remnants of the rebels. We don't have to worry about not being able to catch anyone."

Yu Dayou is still talking with Chen Wangmo, but Chen Wangmo can still listen to him.

After he and Zhang Nie captured the man, they found many prisoners to identify him. They kept saying that he was their chief, and some of them even accurately said that he was Zhang Lian. There must be no mistake on their side.

Yu Dayou said these words because he was jealous of his first victory.

He intends to teach Yu Dayou a lesson, but thinking of the Prince Yu Mansion behind him, he can only shake his head in his heart, forget it.