Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 127 Reward?Hidden hand?
Jia Rui's memorial asking for merit was sent to the capital at an accelerated speed of [-] miles.

After this memorial came to the capital, it did not go through the emperor, but was sent directly to the Supreme Emperor.

This is also Jia Rui's privilege, and it is also the favor of the Supreme Emperor for Jia Rui.

In fact, the Supreme Emperor has been paying attention to the war in Gansu. He is not afraid of losing troops and generals, because with the current strength of the Central Plains, Su Si can be arrogant for a while, but in the end he cannot escape the fate of being annihilated.

The reason why the Supreme Emperor has been staring at Gansu is because he is worried about Jia Rui.

The last time Jia Rui was defeated, the Supreme Emperor lost his temper, because with so many years of political experience, he had already seen the tricks in it.

If ordinary ministers faced the emperor's strangulation, the Supreme Emperor would tolerate a little bit and give his son some face.

But when this happened to Jia Rui, the Supreme Emperor couldn't tolerate it anymore.

Your emperor touched my confidant again and again, what does this mean?Could it be that you can't wait, and want me, an old man, to return to the West as soon as possible and take power?
As the emperor's politics became increasingly mature, the Emperor's fear of him became more and more profound.

Therefore, the emperor is also very strict, as long as he has some small actions that threaten the Supreme Emperor, the Supreme Emperor will deal with it immediately.

What's more, this time the emperor touched the most important person of the emperor. How could the emperor tolerate it? Therefore, an imperial edict directly dismissed Zhang Ji, who was in charge of the three armies.

Not to mention, Zhang Ji is still locked up in Jinyiwei Prison.

Although the emperor came to Longshou Palace again and again to declare Zhang Ji's innocence to the Supreme Emperor, it was Jia Rui who was guilty, begging the Supreme Emperor for mercy, and let Zhang Ji go.

But the Taishanghuang ignored it, and even scolded the emperor loudly once, and directly drove the emperor out of the Dragon Head Palace.

This time the emperor was so embarrassed that he never dared to come to Longshou Palace again from then on.

As usual, Jia Rui's memorial passed through Dai Quan this time, allowing the Supreme Emperor to see it easily.

The Supreme Emperor was sitting on the kang in Longshou Palace, drinking tea, looking at Jia Rui's memorial, and nodded repeatedly.

"Jia Rui has made a lot of progress. He actually discovered a flaw in Zhang Ji's tactics and changed them into new ones. This allowed us to capture Su Si with minimal losses."

Dai Quan said jokingly: "This is the result of the training of the Supreme Emperor. When Mr. Jia first came to Long Jinwei, he was just a young man. How long has he been able to follow the Supreme Emperor and command an army?" ”

The Supreme Emperor laughed while stroking his gray beard.

Then the Supreme Emperor continued to look at the memorial.

Jia Rui's memorial began by describing to the Supreme Emperor the process of his leading troops in battle. Of course, it was inevitably exaggerated and boastful.

With the experience of the Emperor of Ether, he can tell at a glance which part of the memorial is real and which part is false.

However, the Supreme Emperor was very tolerant of this and basically laughed it off.

The end of the memorial is the awards for meritorious soldiers and the arrangements of the armies.

At this point, the Supreme Emperor finally became serious.

Jia Rui first asked for merit from the meritorious officers and men, the first of whom was Huang Gun.

Jia Rui asked the imperial court to appoint Huang Gun as Shaanxi Jiedu envoy, in charge of military affairs in Shaanxi.

No. 2 is Fan Yong. Although his contribution is not great, he personally served as the commander of Jia Rui's soldiers during this war. He has withstood the test in these few months and can be regarded as Jia Rui's use. one of the people.

Jia Rui asked the court to appoint Fan Yong as the envoy of Datong.

His reason was that Fan Yong had been on the battlefield and was used to fighting, while the generals of the Datong army had been guarding the city and rarely participated in the battle. Once the barbarians from the northern grassland invaded, the generals of Datong might not be able to resist due to lack of experience.

This reason is simply nonsense. The generals of Datong are very brave and have always been at the forefront of confrontation with the barbarians on the grassland. In terms of combat experience, Fan Yong can't compare with them.

But this kind of nonsense was actually said by Jia Rui with confidence.

The Taishanghuang didn't feel anything strange about this, because in the Taishanghuang's view, it was normal for Jia Rui to promote some of his own people this time.

The rest are the names of other generals who participated in the war, but because the place was full, most of them were placed in Gansu.

On this point, the Supreme Emperor was very satisfied with Jia Rui.

According to the nature of the previous generals, if the army wins, they will definitely hope to be relocated to a prosperous town in the interior.

But this time, Jia Rui actually placed all the generals who had fought with him for such a long time in Gansu, a province that had just been destroyed. This shows that Jia Rui was not only thinking about personal gain, but also for the imperial court.

Next is the arrangement for Song Jian who surrendered.

Jia Rui said this in the memorial: The cavalry of Song Jian's tribes are brave and good at fighting. If they stay there, they may suffer future troubles. Therefore, they hope that the court will transfer them to the north of the capital to garrison. Firstly, if the northern grassland barbarians invade the capital, they must first Facing the obstruction of Song Jian's cavalry.

The second reason is to keep it away from the headquarters, and the supply of food and grass must be handled by the court, thereby restraining this army.

The Supreme Emperor nodded repeatedly after looking at it.

Then he said to Dai Quan who was standing below: "I think Jia Rui's arrangement is very appropriate. Send his memorial to the cabinet and let them approve it, and quickly let the Ministry of War pass the order."

Dai Quan, who was standing aside, opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something after hearing what the Supreme Emperor said.

"If you have anything to say, just say it, don't hold it back."

Dai Quan quickly took a step forward, and then whispered in the ear of the Supreme Emperor: "I'm afraid there is something wrong with Mr. Jia's arrangement." "What's wrong?"

"In the important place of Datong, Fan Yong is suddenly promoted, I'm afraid he won't be able to convince the public."

After hearing this, the Supreme Emperor pondered for a while, and then said: "This is indeed the truth. Datong is too tight, and Fan Yong's ability is not enough to stick to it. Let's change Fan Yong to Taiyuan Jiedushi."

"The slave understands."

Jia Rui's memorial and the Emperor's approval were quickly transferred to the Ministry of War through the cabinet.

Regarding the words of the Supreme Emperor, the people in the Ministry of War did not have any doubts at all, so the continuous official documents were sent to Shaanxi through the Ministry of War.

The spoils on Jia Rui's side had just been distributed, and before Jia Rui had a good rest, the documents from the Ministry of War arrived.

Jia Rui opened it and saw that he was very satisfied. Basically, the rewards on it were based on his own memorials, except that Fan Yong changed Datong Jiedushi to Taiyuan Jiedushi.

But in Jia Rui's view, this is not a big deal, and it is even a better arrangement for Jia Rui.

Although Datong is an important border area that can command more troops, the Taiyuan Jiedushi is the general backstage of the entire Datong defense line. Controlling this place can even restrict the nine-border towns to a certain extent.

The next day, Jia Rui summoned all the generals in his Xingyuan.

In fact, the generals have been very anxious these few days, because they all know that Jia Rui's memorial to the public has been sent to the court, and they are all anxious about their future.

This time, the generals were in the lobby. Seeing that Jia Rui had not yet arrived, they began to whisper to each other, speculating on what rewards they and their colleagues could get.

But most of them are just guesses.

Soon the soldiers outside shouted loudly: "The commander is here."

The generals in the hall immediately stopped talking, and the hall that was whispering and buzzing just now had become completely silent.

Jia Rui wore ordinary uniform and entered the lobby under the guard of several personal soldiers.

He took square steps to the main seat in the middle, and then sat down firmly.

The generals below were all staring at Jia Rui, their longing eyes unable to be concealed.

Jia Rui got goosebumps from the sight of these reckless men.

If it weren't for knowing what these people were thinking, would you think they were plotting against you?
In order to relieve the embarrassment, Jia Rui coughed and said, "Everyone, by the grace of the Emperor, your reward has been handed down."

After saying this, Jia Rui stretched out his hand, and the soldier next to him immediately handed over a stack of documents. Jia Rui did not accept it, but said:

"Okay, I won't read them one by one, you can take them down and read for yourself."

With that said, Jia Rui waved his hand and asked the soldiers to hand over the documents to the generals below.

The generals got their own copy of the document and couldn't wait to open it. They immediately beamed with joy, and one or two even couldn't help but burst out laughing in the hall.

Among them, Huang Dang and Fan Yong laughed the most.

Because these two people almost rose to the top in one step, from an ordinary general to a military governor of the temperance side, which can be regarded as a big leap in their official career.

Among these people, Song Jian was also very grateful with the paperwork in his hand.

Originally, he thought that he and his subordinates would be dismissed, but he did not do so. Instead, he added officials to the rank of nobles, and retained the army for himself to lead.

Although he will be transferred to the north of the capital, that place is very close to the capital, and it is also a prosperous place in the world. It is self-evident that he is stationed in this place.

"General Song."

Jia Rui's words brought back the moment from joy.

"The end is here."

Now Song Jian no longer calls him a sinner, he is directly called "the last general".

"You organize the troops, prepare food and fodder, and follow me back to Beijing in three days."

"The last will obey."

Jia Rui nodded, and then said to the others: "Don't just be happy, pack up your things, and take the people in the department to take up their posts."

"The last general is waiting. I will obey the command of the commander-in-chief." The other generals cupped their fists and bowed their hands together, saluting upwards.

Jia Rui nodded with satisfaction and then dispersed the tent.

Since he was going back to the capital soon, Jia Rui's side also started to get busy. First, several 10 taels of silver had to be loaded and transported away.

I have to arrange a few servants to go to Gansu to serve as Zhuangzi's Zhuangtou.

Although these servants said they didn't want to leave the bustling capital city, they had nothing to do with their master's order, but at least they could be regarded as small bosses, and it could be regarded as a kind of compensation!

Three days later, Jia Rui finished packing, and then took Song Jian's more than [-] cavalry to leave Shaanxi and go straight to the capital.

(End of this chapter)