The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 414 Huge Harvest
The court officials were helpless.

After all, Wang Yue’s great victory in the Helan Mountains was only killing forty-two levels of bandits.

Wang Yue was promoted to Shao Bao and Tai Tutor of the Crown Prince; Zhang An and Hao Shan had the greatest military achievements and were promoted one level each; Zhang Qian, Li Jun, Zhu Jin, as well as the lieutenant general Wu Jiang who led the troops, the right assistant censor-in-chief Zhang Zhenshu who was responsible for supervising the pay, and Li Duancheng who was in charge of grain, were all rewarded with silver coins of varying amounts. Among the Ming troops who participated in the war, two were promoted two levels, forty-seven were promoted one level, seventy-three were promoted one level, and six hundred and thirty-five were rewarded... This was decided by discussion among these court officials.

There was no way out. At that time, they were all scared of the Tartars. They were terrified at the mere mention of them.

Therefore, the entire Ming Dynasty needed a "great victory" to boost people's morale, and that's how the Helan Mountain Victory came about.

As a result, it has now become a perfect example for Emperor Zhu Houzhao.

How to award rewards?

Just award the reward according to "precedent"!

What "precedent"?
The great victory in Helan Mountain!

There are so many rewards for beheading forty-two people. Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao killed more than 50,000 people in the battle and captured the Mongolian prince alive. Such a great contribution to sweeping away the decline of the country, no reward is too much, right?
They can only hold their noses and refresh their bottom line again and again, raising the limits of their reward levels.

There is no other way, it has to be like this.

This time, the achievements made by Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao are truly great!
If he had not captured the little prince alive, if he had killed fewer people, the civil officials and gentry could have still intervened.

Of course, everything in the court has nothing to do with Li Tanghao at the moment.

Now that the war is over, he naturally has more to do.

The war was originally coordinated by him, the Marquis of Zhongshan, and post-war affairs were naturally arranged by him as well.

Such as the arrangements for these Mongolian tribes, the statistics of seized materials, the casualties of soldiers and generals, the elimination of the remaining bandits... There were too many things to do, which almost made him dizzy. He was too lazy to pay attention to the conspiracies and calculations in the court.

The battle was won.

Destroy Mongolia’s vitality!

Captured Mongolian Dayan Khan Batu Mengke alive!
It has undoubtedly exceeded Tang Hao's expectations and plans.

But the cost is also high.

The Beijing army had nearly 30,000 soldiers and generals, and in this battle, nearly half of them were lost!
But it's all worth it, everything is worth it.

Because after the Tumu, the number of people massacred by the Mongolian Tartars was too numerous to count!
All the generals were busy and excited, and the "chief steward" Tang Mu was responsible for coordinating and calculating the captured materials.

A moment later, he rushed over excitedly and reported: "My Lord, the materials have been counted. In terms of gold and silver alone, we have seized more than 5 million taels of silver this time!"

"If we count the cattle, sheep and horses, the number would be countless and the value is inestimable!"

No wonder Tang Mu was so excited.

Previously, the Ming Dynasty's annual tax revenue was only three million taels.

In this battle they seized so much gold and silver alone, you can imagine how huge a reward this was.

It is interesting to say that these gold and silver were originally property given by Mongolian nobles as rewards to their warriors to encourage them to fight.

After all, the Mongolian military system is different from that of the Ming Dynasty. Under the Qianhu system, some big leaders lead a large group of small leaders to fight together.

If they don't see the benefit, no one will be willing to die for you!

As a result, the Ming army now gets a free advantage.

And this astronomical amount of property was only a part of it. Naturally, there were many losses in the chaos of the army.

Moreover, several small defeated Mongolian troops took advantage of the chaos to escape, and they took away a lot of property.

Of course, gold, silver and other valuables are not important, what are more important are food and supplies!
Dayan Khan Batu Mengke recruited 100,000 cavalrymen for this battle, almost emptying out all the assets and resources of the entire Mongol Empire. There were countless cattle, sheep and horses, and food and supplies piled up like mountains. This was the biggest gain of this battle! Back then, Tang Hao calculated Jeju Island of Korea without caring about his face for war horses. Was it easy for him?
Fortunately, all the efforts are worth it, and today is finally the time to reap the rewards.

Tang Hao smiled and said, "Continue to count the cattle, sheep, horses, food and supplies. No one is allowed to interfere without authorization!"

"In addition, take out 500,000 taels of gold and silver from the seized gold and silver to reward the entire army, and double the pensions for fallen heroes!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the soldiers of the three armies cheered and shouted "Long live the Ming Dynasty".

But after Tang Mu left, Zuo Yidao showed up.

"My Lord, is this... not appropriate?"

If you reward soldiers without reporting to the court, and if this gets out to someone with ulterior motives, then you are buying people's hearts and plotting something ill!

Tang Hao glanced at him unhappily and scolded him with a smile: "Aren't you here? What are you still standing there for? Report to His Majesty!"

Zuo Yidao: "..."

Oh shit!

I've had enough of you, a bastard, acting without authorization!

However, Zuo Yidao was also helpless, as he knew too well the deep friendship between the Emperor and the Marquis of Zhongshan.

Not to mention rewarding the three armies in advance, even if he mobilized troops without authorization, His Majesty the Emperor would not blame him!

Well, it seems that this bastard really did mobilize troops without permission!
Zuo Yidao left angrily, but Tang Hao just smiled without saying a word.

With this guy by his side, he doesn't have to worry about anything. The worst that can happen is he'll have a quarrel with Emperor Zhu Houzhao when he returns.

But to appease the troops, this is what must be done.

In order to achieve this stunning victory, the soldiers of the three armies fought to the death and half of them were killed. This was the most brutal battle that Tang Hao had ever fought since he took command of the troops!
The price paid for this stunning victory is simply unimaginable for ordinary people!
This reward is just a prelude!
The real big money will be gained after we return to Beijing.

Tang Hao believed that no matter how much the civil officials and gentry tried to object, Emperor Zhu Houzhao would give the soldiers of the three armies the rewards they deserved this time.

What's more, even the civil officials and gentry couldn't stop it!
How to stop it?

Wipe out all Mongolian forces in one battle!
Capture the Mongolian prince and the legitimate Khan in one battle!

One battle forced the Mongolian Tartars to surrender to the Ming Dynasty!

This is an achievement that even Emperor Yongle could not achieve!

What can you do to stop it?
Tang Hao let out a long breath.

Then he looked at the Mongolian leaders.

Especially the Yongshebu tribe and the Ordos tribe.

Their leaders Yibula and Mandulai did not die at the hands of Dayan Khan, but died at the hands of their allies, the Ming army. So now both major tribes are somewhat panicked, not knowing where their future lies.

Tang Hao looked at the noble lords of the two tribes and ordered in a cold voice: "From today on, the Yongshebu tribe and the Ordos tribe will be merged into the Tumed tribe and will be directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. All leaders will accept the title conferred by the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty will open a trade with you!"

"The three Tumed tribes can stay and graze in the Hetao area, but they are not allowed to plunder or harass the border towns of the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, I will personally come to the Hetao area again to teach you a lesson!"

A group of right-wing noble lords looked at each other, then all knelt on one knee and pledged allegiance to the Ming Dynasty.

"I'll obey!"

"I will always be a vassal of the Ming Dynasty and will never rebel!"

Now they can only go down this path to the end, otherwise they will face the crazy revenge of the Left Mongols!
Therefore, it is better to follow the Ming Dynasty, at least we can start trade!
(End of this chapter)