Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

"My lord, the package has not been opened, and the details are not yet known to the slaves..."

"Ok?"

Seeing Chongzhen's downcast face, Wang Dehua didn't panic. He knew the emperor's temper very well, so he smiled and said: "When the report arrives, it will be sent by the urgent envoy from Huguang in person, and the red flag will be planted to announce the great victory." , claiming to be beheaded at the level of seven thousand, Zhang Xianzhong was also executed, and his head was beheaded..."

"what?"

He had the same reaction as all his ministers. At this moment, Chongzhen stood up suddenly as if he had been struck by lightning, his eyes were wide open, and his mouth was wide open, and he didn't close it for a long time. [

The emperor's reaction was not beyond the expectations of the outstanding eunuchs, and the officials of the East Palace present were no better than Chongzhen.

Including the crown prince, all of them were seized.

In the past ten years, the deep palace in Beijing has received countless reports of the death of Zhang Xianzhong and others, including Li Zicheng, who have been presumed to be dead [-] times, if not [-] times.

But not once, dare to declare confidently that the head has been cut!

Having a head means that Zhang Xianzhong is already dead, and there is absolutely no excuse or accident!

If it is not certain, none of the civil servants and generals in the local supervisors dare to tell such lies, not even Yang Sichang or Zuo Liangyu!

"The thief Xian is dead?"

"That's what you said!" Wang Dehua smiled, knelt down and bowed to the dance: "My servant congratulates the emperor!"

"My servant congratulates the emperor!"

"My son congratulates my father!"

"I'm waiting to congratulate the emperor!"

For a moment, all the eunuchs and officials in the palace, including the crown prince, all bowed down.

Chongzhen was almost insane. Compared with the pressure Li Zicheng put on him a few years later, the pressure Zhang Xianzhong put on Chongzhen at this time was no less than that of Li Zicheng later.

Conquering Fengyang, burning down and excavating the imperial mausoleum, such things were done by Zhang Xianzhong and the other thieves, and among them Zhang Xianzhong was the most famous and the most murderous.

Such a gangster leader has been difficult to control for ten years. Zhang Xianzhong was caressed in Gucheng two years ago, he did not listen to the propaganda, did not explain the soldiers and horses, practiced day and night, and was good at building barracks. Close your eyes, don't want to think about it.

If he had the confidence to deal with Zhang Xianzhong by force, how could he tolerate the fact that Zhang Xianzhong was in Gucheng in the name of appeasement but actually a feudal town?

At this moment, looking at the sealing package in front of him, Chongzhen felt that it was so heavy that he could hardly lift him.

After a while, he opened the packet and took out the memorial written by Yang Sichang himself.

"Sure enough, it really is the thief offering the head..."

As soon as he saw the first half, Chongzhen burst into two lines of tears.The eunuchs present all looked moved, but they also had a tacit understanding and did not try to persuade them.

After ten years of hard work and tremendous pressure, it would be good for the emperor, who is just in his early thirties, to vent his emotions.

At this time, the bachelors also rushed over after hearing the news.

Headed by Xue Guoguan, followed by Fan Fucui and others, the five great scholars filed in. They were not surprised to see Chongzhen weeping in Jintai, as expected.

At the moment, there are all mountain shouts and worship dances, and all the mouths are full of Taoism. This is the emperor's congratulations and the great Ming congratulations.

"Gentlemen, please stand up, give me a seat, and give me tea."

Chongzhen finally calmed down gradually and continued to read the memorial. When he put down Yang Sichang's memorial, the expression on his face became extremely solemn.

"This time, Zhang Shouren led Dengzhou Town to attack [-] bandits with [-] people, and defeated bandits in the area of ​​Baiyang Mountain. Besides Zhang Xianzhong, Cao Wei, Ma Yuanli, etc. were also executed together, beheading [-] people! Since the beginning of Chongzhen Every year there are thieves infesting, and for more than ten years, the officers and soldiers have not won such a big victory!"

"It turned out to be General Zhenglu!"

The Crown Prince's eyes lit up, and he let out a soft breath.Young people inevitably have a hero-worship complex, and the crown prince is no exception.

Zhang Shouren's various experiences, starting from scratch at the age of [-], creating a team, exterminating pirates and thieves from all over the world, beheading many people, and his martial arts skills have gradually become legends. listen.

The battle of Jinan and the trip to the north are also quite legendary.

At least in the crown prince's heart, Zhang Shouren is already a legendary general, and like Qi Jiguang and even Yue Fei, he will be a famous general and good general in history.

In the past, Zhang Shouren's military exploits and qualifications were not so good. After the battle of Baiyang Mountain, no one would dare to speak up.

Xue Guoguan exhaled softly, feeling extremely comforted in his heart.

This young general from Jiaodong, he has been fond of the opponent since he was a guerrilla general. As expected, Zhang Shouren lived up to expectations, and every one of his military exploits is heavy.

For a while, he was also a little lost.

If I can put a little effort into "knowing the soldiers", this time I invite myself to be the chief assistant to see the teacher.

It's a pity that there is no one who sells regret medicine in the world, and it is too late for regret.

But on the bright side, all the academicians and officials and eunuchs bowed down again: "Congratulations to the emperor for winning another good general. Zhang Shouren's martial arts this time are not inferior to Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang."

"I mean it!"

Standing with his hands behind his back, Chongzhen's face was already full of joy: "The supervisor and assistant minister will quickly take Zhang Xianzhong's head into safe custody and send it to the capital as soon as possible!" [

"Yes, my lord!"

This kind of thing is within the purview of the supervisor of ceremonies, so Wang Dehua naturally agreed to it.

"Prepare to win the Taimiao, I will come in person!"

"The ministers and others obey the order and inform the Ministry of Rites to prepare."

This matter is the head and tail of the Ministry of Etiquette of the Cabinet, and it is naturally agreed by all the cabinet scholars.

Zhang Xianzhong has caused chaos in the world for ten years, costing tens of millions of salaries, dispatching more than one million officers and soldiers, the governor, the governor, dozens of military officers, and hundreds of military officers can't control him, and he burned down the imperial tomb, so this person was punished, just because of this matter. It is a matter of course for Taimiao and relatives to go to Fengxian Hall to worship the emperor's ancestors.

As for subsidizing local exile, appeasing people's hearts, counting and capturing war supplies, resuming local production, and preparing for spring farming in the coming year, these things are usually very complicated. Detailed and not overly cumbersome.

The cabinet agreed one by one. After a while, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War will be busy.

"Issuing [-] silver from the treasury, and silver medals, iron whips, etc., are determined by the cabinet and the Ministry of War according to the circumstances, and I will not refuse."

In front of such a big victory, the emperor was also unprecedentedly generous.

At the end of the previous year, when Lu Xiang was promoted to supervise the Xuanda Bing Ma Qin, the emperor was still very reluctant to give out [-] or [-] in silver. This time, he offered [-]. Such a generous reward has never been given since the Wanli Apocalypse.

"The ministers obey the order."

This matter is a headache for the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry, and the cabinet will not come to trouble the emperor when he is happy.

"Yang Sichang's supervisor has meritorious service, and he was awarded Doctor Ronglu, Zuo Zhuguo, Jia Shaobao, and Prince Taibao."

Originally, the rewards at the rank of officials and honors should be in the meeting of the Cabinet of the Ministry of War. It is calculated according to the number of beheads and the number of first-class battles won. Daming has its own reward method and reward system.

However, the emperor was delighted and was willing to give rewards to the ministers who made meritorious deeds on the spot, which was not an exaggeration in terms of the Ming Dynasty's monarchy system.

At the time of Chongzhen's announcement, the ministers of the cabinet, the Hanlin who recorded the daily life notes, and the people who supervised the ceremonies, all the people from the three parties were able to use their pens like flying, and did not dare to omit a word.

When they heard that Yang Sichang was promoted, many people turned their eyes to Xue Guoguan.

Yang Sichang is a bachelor of Dongge, who is also in charge of the two departments of rites and soldiers. He has great power, but he is not ranked high in the system of bachelors.

After this great achievement, it is different from before. In any case, the more powerful Yang Sichang is, the greater the threat to Xue Guoguan. It seems that such a super military achievement this time will also affect Ming Dynasty's political system.

On the contrary, Xue Guoguan himself did not express anything. Recently, the emperor has made several decrees to embarrass and embarrass Xue Guoguan in many things.

Yang Sichang's wanting to be in power is someone else's business and has nothing to do with him.

"Zhang Shouren... Well, this battle is the result of a town in Dengzhou Town, Zhang Shouren..."

After Yang Sichang, Zhang Shouren, the deputy commander-in-chief of Dengzhou Town, was naturally the most meritorious general. After Yang Sichang's award, it was naturally his turn.

A while ago, when Zhang Shouren led his troops to help, Chongzhen's admiration for him came to his mind again.And when the news of the defeat in Dengzhou Town came soon after, although Chongzhen was not annoyed, he was inevitably disappointed.

At Zhang Shouren's age, Chongzhen still wanted to cultivate him. To be able to build this person into a general and famous general in the Chongzhen dynasty, like Qi Jiguang in the Jiajing period, was also a very tempting idea for Chongzhen.

At the beginning, he didn't give the post of chief soldier of Dengzhou Town simply because he wanted to suppress Zhang Shouren in terms of qualifications. Now it seems that this approach is wishful thinking and too stupid.

How can the sharpness of a famous general be suppressed at the first level?

Thinking about the fact that there are police in Shandong now, and Li Qingshan is rising up, it is really hard to judge whether Shandong can put down the rebels and restore water transportation. At this time, we can no longer hesitate!

"Zhang Shouren has traveled thousands of miles and led his troops to Huguang. His loyalty and bravery are commendable, and he has made great achievements. Today, seven thousand people were killed in the battle, and the heads of the thieves were captured and beheaded. I am really happy. I bestow honor as an uncle and inherit five thousand households!"

"According to the order!"

Compared with the decisiveness of the eunuchs, the civil servants were much more hesitant.From the Wanli period to the present, Li Chengliang was the only one who conferred the title of uncle, and the civil officials jointly deprived him of the hereditary right. Later, before his death, Wanli made his own claim and passed on the earl to the Li family.

Li Chengliang beheaded thousands of local barbarians, subdued the Jurchen ministries, and guarded Liaodong for decades to make Liaodong safe in the Ming Dynasty. , will threaten the existing system of civilian officials suppressing generals.

But at this moment, the emperor proclaimed Zhang Shouren an earl, and all the scholars looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a while.