Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 281 Reversal
Although they had rested in the horse field in Shandong for more than a month, during which time no one from the Ming army that Zhou Yanru was stationed in came to bother them, but Abatai's military appearance was still very miserable after returning.

According to the records of the Korean envoys in Shenyang, the Qing soldiers who returned "were wearing clothes that were completely torn and invisible, and they were all in the shape of ghosts".Many military family members looked forward to the sad news of the death of their father and son.For a while, "crying was heard inside and outside the city gate".

But Huang Taiji praised him wildly, rewarded Abatai with ten thousand taels of silver, and ordered the king of Korea to show off his victory.Of course, in real calculations, Abate is indeed a meritorious service. He captured 36 people, plundered 12 taels of gold, and 220 million taels of silver. Compared with the tens of thousands of war losses, the wealth of such a large population is really nothing.

With such a large population, gold and silver can be replenished easily, but the elite soldiers among them may not be replenished in a year or two.

Huang Taiji not only rewarded Abate, but also comforted Abate's captured son, expressing his willingness to help Abate negotiate with the Ming court, and willing to exchange the captured Ming generals for Boluo. Tai Chi allowed one of Boluo's sons to inherit Boluo's title of Viscount Bei.

This move made Abatai bow down gratefully, saying that from now on, only Huang Taiji will follow. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Abate took advantage of the situation and found an excuse to pull down his face and surrender to Huang Taiji, his little brother.

But politics is like this, Abate is just acting, and Huang Taiji is also happy.

In addition, a name also entered Huang Taiji's eyes: Yang Chao!

Because of the appearance of Yang Chao, the Abatai army was much worse than in history, at least 1 more people were injured, nearly half of the casualties in history, and now it is more than half, even though 10 soldiers, 4 soldiers, returned There were only more than [-] people, and less than [-] soldiers. Of course, most of them died of illness, but among the group of people that Yang Chao killed, there were at least [-] soldiers.

Especially in Haizhou, [-] million breaking [-] is too legendary. Huang Taiji can't pay attention to it. The method he adopted was not to suppress the news. On the contrary, he expressed Manchuria's respect for heroes, and publicly offered a reward for someone who can persuade Yang Chao to come. If you vote, you will be directly rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver, and you will be named a prince. Yang Chao is even directly named a prince, and still leads the army and horses of the headquarters.

Don’t think that Huang Taiji is kind, and don’t think that he really respects heroes. This guy has a dark heart. If there is no such person in Manchuria, the direction of history will be different. It can even be said that this person has laid down the Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years. foundation.

In his hands, a slave feudal military group like the Eight Banners gradually transformed into a centralized feudal small country, and it really possessed the capital to compete with the Ming Dynasty. Although his father Nurhachi was good at fighting in the past, he was not Knowing about construction, at that time, millions of Han people in Manchuria were killed by old slaves because of insufficient food.

In the hands of Huang Taiji, he used military and diplomatic methods to conquer North Korea and Mongolia, and at the same time win over these forces, turning the past disadvantage of being surrounded by Ming diplomacy into an advantage, so that he could bypass the Guanning line of defense and invade Mongolia The Central Plains has opened up another strategic direction.

Economically, he not only activated the economy of the entire Manchuria, but also wantonly plundered the population to ensure economic development. In this regard, he is a heaven and a hell compared to his father.

It is such a person who gave Yang Chao such a high evaluation. If he is really kind, then he will be damned.

Obviously he is still cheating Yang Chao.

Just imagine being promoted to such a level by him, how could the Ming Dynasty use Yang Chao if he treated him like a prince?Also crowned king?I'm sorry that the Ming Dynasty didn't have such a system. Different surnames can't be crowned kings, and they can be added to the ranks?No matter how you add it, you can't add Huang Taiji's empty favor. Will Yang Chao be resentful? If Yang Chao is an invincible reckless man, I'm afraid he will really be dissatisfied.

This is the insidiousness of Huang Taiji. It poses a problem for Chongzhen. Huang Taiji did not pay anything, which made it very difficult for Emperor Chongzhen. Said those conditions, but in fact Huang Taiji was just talking about it, and Chongzhen really wanted to show the benefits of real money.

Therefore, discussing meritorious service against Yang Chao was put on the agenda, embarrassing both civil and military courts.

Especially the Daozhou Party that had just been defeated. This faction is basically the Donglin Party.

It was time for the Donglin Party to reap the fruits, so the chief assistant would naturally belong to them, and the officials controlled by the Zhou Party in the past must also belong to them.

After arguing over the questions in the court, it was Jiangnan's turn, and now he had to face Yang Chao's questions.

To be precise, it was Yang Chao and Shi Kefa's problem. Shi Kefa tied himself with Yang Chao and put all his future as governor of water transportation on the line.

It is obvious that the Donglin Party cannot move Yang Chao. To be precise, it is impossible to move Shi Kefa. Shi Kefa also has Donglin background to some extent.

Isn’t Yang Chao’s military exploits the greatest confidence for Shi Kefa’s promotion, so everyone quickly agreed that Shi Kefa be promoted to the Ministry of War in Nanjing. Just like in history, Shi Kefa was promoted to the Ministry of War after the Manchus invaded the Qing Dynasty because of his meritorious service in protecting the water transport in the south of the Yangtze River. Shangshu.

But the difference is that in history, Shi Kefa only protected water transportation. Compared with Ma Shiying's military exploits in Fengyang, in fact, this achievement is nothing to show for it. However, Ma Shiying belongs to the Zhou Yanru Party, so Shi Kefa can only be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War. With Yang Chao's super military achievements as a guarantee, it is reasonable for Shi Kefa to be transferred to the Nanjing Military Department.

It's just that he encountered a problem in dealing with Yang Chao. Yang Chao handed in more than 5000 heads and more than 1000 captives this time, allowing Emperor Chongzhen to present the captives to his ancestors for a while, and he took good care of the people in Beijing. Showing their faces in front of them, these captives paraded through the streets and exhibited for a month before they were ordered to be beheaded by Emperor Chongzhen.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen had a good idea in his heart, and it was impossible to question the crime, but it was difficult to reward him.

According to the military merit system of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Chao is a guest army, and the military merit of the guest army will be doubled, which means that the number of heads Yang Chao killed this time will have to be multiplied by two, which is more than 1. If the chief is promoted to the chief soldier, he can even be promoted to the highest rank. If the left and right governors of the five armies are all governors, and the generals are sealed, I am afraid that Yang Chao's official position will have to be sealed to the top all at once.

Not to mention the disgusting act of Manchurian Huang Taiji wanting to crown Yang Chao king.

Chao Yi had been discussing for three days, and finally the clever officials of Ming Dynasty came up with a solution, and they still had to catch Yang Chao's act of releasing the water, and the merits and demerits would be equalized.

So what to do about being promoted, Yang Chao has no credit, and Shi Kefa's promotion to Minister of the Ministry of War seems to be groundless, and the two are tied together now.

Smart officials have their own way.

They offset Yang Chao's credit for killing the enemy and the crime of releasing water, but they "smartly" accidentally discovered that among the prisoners captured by Yang Chao, there was Boluo, the son of the captive chieftain Abatai, and many Baya brothers, large and small. Erzhen, the most important thing is that Yang Chao cut off the head of Erzhen Turg, the deputy commander of the entrance, Xiangbaiqi Gushan Ezhen.

The leader's military merits and negligence offset, and the beheaded general found out by accident, and the emperor kindly wrote it down to Yang Chao, so after a heated discussion in the court hall, this method was approved.

In fact, it is really hard for this group of people, because Yang Chao's crazy contribution does feel a bit "unrewarded", especially for Emperor Chongzhen who is now poor and wants to be a gold and silverware in the palace. If Yang Chao All these credits are counted, but they have to be treated as things again.

There are more than 1 military heads, not to mention the level Yang Chao wants to promote, even if he rewards silver, he will get 50 million taels of silver, which the emperor really can't afford.

In the end, Yang Chao was successfully promoted to the deputy general of the Xinjiangkou Water Battalion, filling the vacancy of Yu Chengwu who had just returned from old age and returned to his hometown. He was promoted to the first level of the governor and Tongzhi, and a second-rank military officer.

But for Yang Chao, he is quite satisfied. Even if he is a general, he would not be happy to let him leave Xinjiangkou. The chief officer of the water camp is obviously the most suitable for him. He cannot directly hold important powers. It is best to stay in Nanjing to accumulate strength.

But there is another windfall that makes Yang Chao even happier than being promoted, that is, the emperor decreed that Yang's mother, Zhao Lan, be granted the title of first-rank wife!
This can be regarded as an honor earned for his mother. Although it is vanity, let alone, Yang Chao feels that he is really a little bit of this. Feel really happy.

In just one month, Yang Chao was still on the cusp of being impeached in the first month, but in the next month, he suddenly turned around and became a very popular figure. Chao Feng Wang.

In the end, although there was a lot of thunder and little rain, the administrative position was promoted a lot at once, but the actual position was only promoted by one level, from Chief Qian to Lieutenant General.

From the perspective of outsiders, the emperor still feels that he has treated his heroes badly, but when he really understands people, he catches up with them one by one to make friends.

So for a while, Yang Chao kept drinking and feasting, socializing every day.

Feng Kezong successfully dealt with Xu Zhongxiao, and what he did was far more extreme than what Yang Chao asked. Yang Chao only asked him to deal with Xu Zhongxiao alone, and did not ask him to kill Xu Zhongxiao, as long as he sent him away from afar.

Feng Kezong didn't kill Xu Zhongxiao, but he confiscated the Xu family. All the male members of the Xu family were dispatched to the Liaodong army, and all the women were recruited into the Jiaofang Division.

This made Yang Chao, who had always felt impersonal and inhumane, sigh, but Feng Kezong spoke with reason and evidence, saying that cutting the weeds would cause endless troubles, especially because Feng Kezong wanted to beg for food in the Jinyiwei, not to kill all the enemies If you kill them, there will be too many troubles in the future.

The matter has been done, so Yang Chao can only acquiesce.

It's a pity for Xiong Mingyu. When the Nanjing Ministry of War couldn't find anyone, the imperial court urgently asked him to leave the mountain. Now that Shi Kefa appeared, he was immediately kicked aside, and Yang Chao sent him off. This old guy He was in a good state of mind, and even appeared relaxed, saying that he could finally go home and rest, as if the gold-lettered signboard of Nanjing Ministry of War Shangshu was like shit to him, and he wished he could throw it away sooner.

After dealing with all this, it was already August, and Yang Chao started to rectify the barracks again. It would be impossible without rectification. There were too many problems in the army that Yang Chao could not have imagined.

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From this chapter, another new plot begins. Yang Chao will stand on a higher stage and operate at a higher level. I hope everyone will continue to support it.

(End of this chapter)