Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 1019
I don't know why, but at the several city gates of the capital, the Ministry of War has arranged people to watch them, and they have to look at all the official documents.

If it is an envoy from the Eastern Expedition Army, the people in the Ministry of War will arrange for someone to lead them to the corresponding yamen to report the letter. There is no delay at all, and the news will definitely be sent to the palace first. People went to the gate of the palace, and there were eunuchs waiting in front of the gate of the imperial city, and they had to pass the news to Emperor Wanli as soon as they got it.

This is a strange thing, the envoy who submitted the military report is not ignorant of the way, why bother to bother, but there is one thing, the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the past is that whenever a big victory is reported, the envoy will shout loudly from the moment he enters the gate of the capital. shouted and publicized, lest others would not know.

"Sisters, I don't know. This is the news that the palace is worried about our master's victory. Everyone in the noisy world knows it. Is it difficult to do it in the palace?"

In Wang Tong's inner house, Song Chanchan and several female family members explained that Han Xia and Zhang Hongying had seen the world, Zhai Xiuer was naturally intelligent, but Lu Ruomei didn't understand, so she asked curiously:
"Sister Song, why don't you let the noise go?"

"Now our master is already a marquis, and he is also the capital of Jinyiwei. He has a high position. If he makes great achievements again, he doesn't know how to award him. If the news is suppressed, the palace will come up with the regulations, and it will be more calm."

Lu Ruomei still half understood, just nodded there, Song Chanchan pondered for a while, and said:
"Madam, Hongying, you go to Tianjin Wei tomorrow, take the young master with you, and tell the outside world that you are going to visit the old man, and be filial to the old man."

Han Xia nodded. Wang Xia in her arms was looking around curiously with wide eyes. Although she could walk and talk, she was too young to understand these things. Han Xia shook Wang Xia in her arms and called The aunt who served outside took Wang Xia out to play. When there were only five wives and concubines left in the house, Han Xia got up solemnly, bowed to Song Chanchan, and said:
"Sister Song, the three younger sisters and I don't know much, but this family matter and danger are bothering my sister."

Song Chanchan hurriedly got up and supported Han Xia, and said with a smile:

"What Madam said is a family matter, and there is nothing dangerous. The master's plan is complete and thoughtful. Madam and the younger sisters don't have to worry about anything."

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Wenyuan Pavilion in the imperial city, without Wang Xijue's loud voice in the cabinet, it is much quieter than before. In May, the eunuch of the Imperial Prison led the craftsmen to replace the windows and utensils of Wenyuan Pavilion, from the winter supplies Made it for spring and summer.

The opening of the Songjiang Port was on track, and the army on the Eastern Expedition was consuming the money and food of Liao Town.

On the seventh day of May, two days after the Dragon Boat Festival, when the court meeting was about to end, a young eunuch sent in a memorial from Liaodong. Emperor Wanli did not leave everyone to continue the court meeting. He returned to the imperial study room, the cabinet and the six departments Naturally, everything is business as usual.

They said it was as usual, but in fact they didn't get up as usual, the news that the little eunuch sent during the court meeting was the memorial of the Huwei army's complete victory and the capture of the bandit chieftain.

"If someone told this old man five years ago, I would have jumped up from the chair, but now I feel nothing."

"Five years ago was too early. If someone reported the record of beheading more than a thousand to the Ministry of War six or seven years ago, the Ministry of War would go all out to check. This person has a bright future. Now? You get a thousand When you bring the head, you must first ask if you bought it from Tuan Lian, as for Wang Tong, it is not surprising that he wins so much."

"...[-] from Shenyang, almost [-] from Tieling Guard after the chase, and another [-] outside the side wall this time, more than [-] heads. The merits of this branch of the army are also too heavy, how much official status and how much money will be given for this?"

"Ma Fang has only two or three thousand heads in his life, and he is already a Marquis. How can Wang Tong's military merits be counted? Except for the head, he is now a Marquis for other credits."

Having said that, everyone became quiet. Shen Shixing, who was watching the report, was silent from the very beginning, but now he slowly raised his head and said:

"This kind of thing has its own sacred judgment, and we, as courtiers, should not discuss it arbitrarily."

After being told by Shen Shixing, everyone felt that they had lost their minds just now, coughed a few times, returned to their seats, and went about their own business.

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There was a lot of discussion in Wenyuan Pavilion, but it was very quiet in the Imperial Study Room, but the reason why it was so quiet was not that there was no discussion, but that it was not allowed to talk here.

Tian Yi and Zou Yi respectfully annotated and sorted out the memorials, and Zhao Jinliang also went in and out, giving out and picking up the internal and external papers. Although it was a chore, the palace can now be at the side of Emperor Wanli. Only Zhao Jinliang was the one who uploaded and sent down. Even Tian Yi and Zou Yi were not so close.

Emperor Wanli frowned, looked at the memorial, and reprimanded him from time to time:

"Such as important things as sesame seeds are also sent to my side. Did the imperial court give him a salary to let him write memorials for everything?"

"Absurd! He really thinks that I don't know what's going on in Jiangxi, so he dared to report a severe drought to me. Tian Yi, let the people from Jinyiwei go down to investigate and find out whether Jinyiwei's report was wrong, or his Jiujiang Mansion was wrong!"

He has such a bad temper, and the rest of the people are very careful, for fear of being affected by this anger. After reviewing a few memorials, Emperor Wanli suddenly asked:
"Wang Tong's military achievements are so grand, how can he reward him?"

Asking this question was expected by several people in the imperial study. According to the order of status, Tian Yi should naturally answer, but Tian Yi is definitely not willing to be the chief at this time, but the emperor asked, and he could only bow down. replied:

"Long Live Lord, Mr. Wang is now a Marquis. This time he should be the Duke of the State. Rewarding slaves and maidservants for military merits has also been arranged in various yamen for the past few days. Now that the palace has enough money, please don't worry about it, Long Live Lord."

"Why do you need to talk about these things? I knew how to reward me when I was in the Tiger Mighty Martial Arts Hall. For Wang Tong's merits, if I was promoted step by step to be a Duke, and then gave him land and property, what would the people of the world think of me? Let me tell you, rewards for military merits, you have a lot of money on hand, not gold flowers and silver from Tianjin Wei!!"

Emperor Wanli suddenly became irritable, Tian Yi quickly knelt down and kowtowed to apologize and said:
"Long live God calm down, the servants are not thinking carefully."

However, Tian Yi's face was facing the ground, and other people couldn't see any expression. It's hard to tell if there is a bit of regret on it. Emperor Wanli didn't care, he patted the table and said impatiently:
"Kneeling and kneeling, what's the use of kneeling, get up and do things, Zou Yi, what do you think?"

"Long live lord, this... This slave thinks that Wang Tong's merits seem to be comparable to Xu Da and Li Shanchang's slave servants feel that no matter how great Wang Tong's merits are, he is also a subject of the long live lord, and the long live lord will be grateful for any reward he wants."

After Zou Yi said a few words, he saw that Emperor Wanli's expression was not right, so he quickly changed his words and bowed his hands. Emperor Wanli stared at Zou Yi for a few times, but then raised his voice and asked Zhao Jinliang, who was standing in the distance and sorting the memorials:

"Xiao Liang, Wang Tong has made such great achievements, how do you think he should be rewarded?"

"This world belongs to Lord Long Live, and Lord Long Live can award rewards as he wants!"

Zhao Jinliang answered without any hesitation. Emperor Wanli nodded in satisfaction, but then shook his head again, as if he hadn't said anything.

Emperor Wanli did not continue to ask, and did not even arrange for someone to go to the cabinet to ask for advice.

But the next day there was a vague legend in the palace, saying that after returning to the residence, the eunuch Tian Yi, who was in charge of the official seal, said to his cronies:

"In 20 years, maybe it won't be 20 years, Zhao Jinliang will take the position of Supervisor of Rituals."

Needless to say, everyone knows that such a close person will accompany him several times when his life is at stake, and Zhang Cheng to Zou Yi are all his elders. Such a person will definitely be there in the future. He has been in the position of supervisor of ceremonies for a long time, and Zhao Jinliang is actually the steward of the Qianqing Palace now. This status is even more remarkable. Maybe he can also serve the prince's generation.

But this is not the biggest thing. What is really amazing is that Tian Yi went to the Marquis of Wuqing Mansion to greet the Empress Dowager Cisheng, but this news was tightly sealed. Apart from Emperor Wanli, only Zou Yi knew about it. Others saw it as routine The emperor sent eunuchs to the Marquis of Wuqing to greet him, which was considered unfilial, and it was just a matter of saving face on a regular basis.

For Wang Tong's reward, Emperor Wanli couldn't make up his mind, so he was going to ask Queen Mother Li. This behavior scared Zou Yi into a cold sweat. If Zhang Cheng hadn't warned him before leaving, he would really be out of control. Zhang Cheng What was said at the time was that after all, the Queen Mother and Lord Long Live are biological mothers and children, there is nothing unspeakable between the two mothers, but Lord Long Live should be on guard.

Wang Xijue's memorial came to the capital one by one. In the memorial, he explained the prosperity of Liao Town and the disadvantages of the general's dictatorship. He also said that the other towns on the nine sides were all dealing with one enemy, while Liao Town was dealing with all sides, Mongolia, Regarding Jurchen and Goryeo, each has its own department, and it is too easy for one person to be in charge of it, and it is too easy to deal with it.

Therefore, Wang Xijue suggested that Liao Town be divided into three general armies, Liaodong, Liaonan and Liaobei, each of which is divided into one side, and it is easy to act. He also said that Liaozhen is vast, the land is fertile, and there are large areas of land that have not been cultivated. The poor have moved in, and now the development outside the border wall is about to start, and the civil affairs are heavy, so we should set up a province and send civil servants to guard it.

Wang Xijue has an interesting saying, saying that the people outside the customs are different from those inside the customs, and that people with clear minds and practical skills should be selected to take office. The ministers, political representatives, and magistrates naturally use imperial examination candidates, but the officials who handle specific affairs below are best in places like Tianjin Wei Selected, extraordinary times to do extraordinary things and so on.——
Regarding the completion of this book, please don’t guess ^_^
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