Blood from Daming

Chapter 243: Court Discussion
Emperor Apocalypse is very happy now. His teacher won the battle in Liaodong, and suddenly he felt a bright light. The cancer of Jianlu is not impossible to get rid of. Maybe he can rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty and catch up with Taizu and Chengzu. Emperor Apocalypse sleepwalks When it was enough, he looked at the ministers of His Highness again.

"I want to worship the ancestors, reward the three armies, and amnesty the world." Emperor Tianqi stood up and said excitedly.

The officials in the hall naturally followed suit. It is necessary for the court to worship the ancestors, reward the three armies, and amnesty the world after a great victory. At this time, no minister will come out to sing the opposite, because almost all the ministers hope that this victory has already passed. It's been a long time, don't say that Sun Chengzong of Liaodong Economic Strategy has eliminated more than 7000 Tartars this time, but only more than 700 Tartars have been eliminated.

Soon the ancestor worship and amnesty were settled, but when it came to rewarding the three armies, there was trouble. Emperor Tianqi believed that Hongluo Mountain was the most glorious victory since the Taizu and Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, and promised a reward of 50 silver , and issued a thousand silver medals and dozens of gold medals.

Wang Jiazhen, the servant of the household department, cried out bitterly: "Your Majesty, the household department does not have any silver deposits and cannot pay the reward silver to the Liaodong Army."

Emperor Tianqi was dumbfounded when he heard it. Why did you say no when I mentioned money? Isn’t this just to cause trouble for me? Can the Ministry of Finance not even give you a reward of 50 silver?"

Wang Jiazhen, the servant of the household department, knew that the emperor was dissatisfied with him, but the household department really didn't have much money, so Wang Jiazhen could only grit his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, let alone a reward of 50 taels of silver, it is a reward of 5 taels of silver. I can't even take it out."

Emperor Tianqi ran away without a trace as soon as he heard that he was happy. Emperor Tianqi looked at Gu Bingqian, the chief assistant of the cabinet. The trembling Emperor Tianqi knelt down and saluted. Seeing the white-bearded old man in his early seventies kneeling and saluting there, Emperor Tianqi couldn't bear it and said, "Gu Aiqing, don't be polite, just stand and talk."

Gu Bingqian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, still insisted on finishing the ceremony before getting up to speak: "Qizou Emperor, I don't have much taxes in the Ming Dynasty, and [-]% of the money from the household department is used in Liaodong. I'm afraid it will be difficult to raise a lot of silver. The manager Sun Chengzong used the captured property to reward the officers and soldiers, but it was really not enough and the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households tried to make up for it."

Emperor Tianqi didn't understand the mystery. According to the record reported by Sun Chengzong of the Liaodong Economic Strategy, the Tartars numbered as many as tens of thousands. Even if the Mongolian and Han troops were eliminated, there would probably be as many as 5000 people. There is no 30 silver. There are 100 dead soldiers' pensions, and thousands of disabled soldiers' retirement subsidies, even [-] million taels of silver is not enough.

Gu Bingqian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, played football and asked Sun Chengzong, the governor of Liaodong, to solve it himself. All the ministers in the court pretended to be confused and kept quiet. Some felt sorry for their teachers, so they proposed to add officials to Sun Chengzong. Wei Zhongxian, the supervisor of ceremonies, Bingbi, the eunuch, and the admiral of the East Factory, was a little unhappy, and gave his best friend Cui Chengxiu a wink.

Cui Chengxiu, Minister of the Ministry of War and censor of the left capital, is Wei Zhongxian's disciple, and has always acted on Wei Zhongxian's will. Now the emperor is going to add officials to Sun Chengzong, but Sun Chengzong is his boss Wei Zhongxian. In line with the principle that the enemy must be attacked, Cui Chengxiu stood up under Wei Zhongxian's hint.

Cui Chengxiu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, said to Emperor Tianqi: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Victory at Hongluo Mountain in Liaodong has not yet verified it. Should we wait for the Ministry of War to verify it before awarding the reward?"

As soon as Cui Chengxiu, Minister of the Ministry of War, said this, he poured cold water on the emperor and the ministers. The military exploits of the Ming army are very high. If everyone wipes their eyelids, it’s fine. It became a victory, and killing dozens of Tartars was boasted as a great achievement for killing hundreds or even thousands of Tartars. If the practice of the Ming army was followed, the battle at Hongluo Mountain would have resulted in the defeat of the Ming army and the death of more than 1 people. Only hundreds of Tartars were captured.

However, Sun Chengzong, the emperor's teacher in Liaodong economic strategy, is not a liar, let alone captured Ba Duli, the commander-in-chief of the Jianlu army, and Li Yongfang, the rebel general of Fushun of the Ming Dynasty. It is impossible to capture them, but among Sun Chengzong's colleagues, Yang Lian, Wei Dazhong, Zuo Guangdou, and Gu Dazhang are not among the hard bones. The remnants of the Donglin Party did not dare to come out to argue for Sun Chengzong. Everyone thought to themselves that anyway, after the Ministry of War has verified the credit, then we will see how you, Wei Zhongxian and Cui Chengxiu, will block the promotion of our Donglin Party leader, Sun Daren.

Emperor Apocalypse had no choice but to announce the rewards of the Xue Mansion in the capital. The Emperor Apocalypse said: "My dear friends, Sun Chengzong of the Liaodong Economic Strategy has attached a special book to ask for credit. He said that he is loyal to Xue's mansion and made great contributions in the victory of Hongluo Mountain. Lieutenant General of Datong Xue Yun rushed to help and wiped out thousands of enemies. Ba Duli, the commander-in-chief of Jianlu, and Li Yongfang, the rebel general of Fushun of the Ming Dynasty, were both captured by Xue Yun's men. In the central army of the Jinglue Mansion, more than [-] soldiers died in battle and still refused to give up an inch of land. When the reinforcements arrived, Xue Zong, the general manager of Ningyuan, broke through the enemy formation with [-] soldiers. In the end, there were only a hundred people left. The Xue family made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty. I would like to reward Xue Mansion in the capital first."

Superintendent of Rituals, Bingbi, Eunuch, Admiral Wei Zhongxian of the East Factory heard that he was rewarding Xue Yun's family. Knowing that Xue Yun is Eunuch Wei's confidant, he is naturally happy to reward the Xue family.

But if you, Wei Zhongxian, don’t object, then we civil officials will object. Didn’t a philosopher say that we support what the enemy opposes and oppose what the enemy supports? Now that you, Wei Zhongxian, are silent, who doesn’t know Xue Yun is an eunuch, and if it is an eunuch, our civil officials will oppose it. Wei Zhongxian can't do anything to you, can't we not do anything to Xue Yun?

The head of the Ministry of War, Qian Yuanxi, was the first to stand up and said: "Qi Zuo the emperor, the achievements of the Hongluo Mountain War have not yet been verified, and it is really impossible to reward the so-called hero, let alone the family of the so-called hero, and the Datong army is far away. Thousands of miles away from Liaodong, it is not a blessing for the country to be mobilized by Liaodong Jingluefu."

Emperor Tianqi heard the words of Qian Yuanxi, the head of the Ministry of War, and he didn't know how to answer. These civil servants are really tricky officials. The emperor got a little angry and said: "Vice General Xue Yun is killing the Mongolian rebels in western Liaoning. It is cheap to join hands with Lord Sun Chengzong to deal with Jianlu. Lord Qian, don't worry about it."

The head of the Ministry of War, Qian Yuanxi, was choked, and Wang Zhidao, the censor of Zuodu, went out and said: "Your Majesty, otherwise, it will not be too late to reward Xue's family when the witnesses and physical evidence of the great victory at Hongluo Mountain arrive."

After hearing the words of Wang Zhidao, the censor of Zuodu, Emperor Tianqi was not angry. In fact, Emperor Tianqi didn't necessarily want to reward Xue's family, but these ministers really hated him no matter what he said, they could always find various reasons to oppose him. What's the point of being an emperor in front of me? I'm just a puppet placed in the court.

Emperor Tianqi had just gotten angry when a large group of civil servants in the court came out to agree with Qian Yuanxi, the head of the Ministry of War, and Wang Zhidao, the censor of Zuodu. Emperor Tianqi couldn't take it anymore and said: "It is said that Xue's family has been loyal to the country for generations and devoted themselves to the Ming Dynasty. They will reward ten treasures, one hundred taels of gold, and one hundred brocades from Suzhou and Hangzhou, and retire from the court."

As soon as Emperor Tianqi finished speaking, he turned around and left the dragon chair, left the Hall of Supreme Harmony surrounded by inner officials and went back to the main hall. The officials in the main hall once again blocked the eunuch minion Xue Yun's family's superiors, although the emperor I gave the Xue family some rewards, and those things are no worse than official positions.

Today, the Xue family received a message from the eunuch in the inner court that the emperor wanted to reward the Xue family for their outstanding achievements in the battle at Hongluo Mountain in Liaodong, and informed Xue Rui and Xue Aoren to wait outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony. It was an hour and a half, and no one came to talk to me. Just when the two were dizzy, a large number of officials poured out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and Xue Rui and Xue Aoren knew that the court had dispersed.

Most of these officials pretended not to see Xue Rui and Xue Aoren, and some officials showed contempt for Xue Rui and Xue Aoren, which made Xue Rui and Xue Aoren baffled until the eunuch Xuanzhi came to them After reading the emperor's reward, Xue Rui hurriedly and secretly handed over the Xue family's "Sanjiang Huitong" banknote to the eunuch Xuanzhi, and only then learned from the eunuch Xuanzhi that the fact that the Xue family was promoted to a noble was disturbed by the court gangsters. yellow.

Xue Ruixin said that my Xue family recruited you or provoked you. You are dealing with my Xue family like this. I thought about what the eunuch said in the morning decree. How many more orphans and widowed mothers have been added to the family, and the lost money has gone away. Xue Rui has been very sad but still endured it forcefully, and now he is slandered by the officials in the court. He cried bitterly outside the hall.

Xue Rui cried bitterly outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, but Xue Aoren was so frightened that he lost his position, and hurriedly carried his father and fled to the outside of the palace. Although Xue Aoren has a big official addiction, he knows that crying in the palace is a big or small thing, if those unscrupulous ministers It is not uncommon for some incidents to enrage the emperor, such as losing his official position and beheading even his family members.

Xue Aoren helped his father out of the Meridian Gate, and quickly ran towards the Xue Mansion under the support of all the family members. After returning, Xue Rui fell ill. The army of the Ming Dynasty had a certain nature of private soldiers. It is very limited, and it is up to the generals who lead the troops to find a way to solve it. It is the responsibility of the generals to eat, drink, sleep, kill, and injure. The Xue family died in Liaodong this time. Disabled soldiers need to be supported. According to the compensation standard set by his grandson Xue Yun, it is impossible to deal with the loss of 5000 million taels of silver. Even after paying such a price, he was not recognized by these civil servants, and Xue Rui was disheartened and lay down on the sickbed under this heavy mental blow.

(End of this chapter)