After a while of embarrassment, Zhou Xian shouted in anger: "This Zhao Rujiao and that General Yang Shen are too distorted. Since they were ordered to help me Dalinghe Fort, why did they leave in a hurry? This clearly did not take the safety of my Dalinghe Fort to heart."

Yuan Chonghuan glanced at Zhou Xian with some contempt. This guy was afraid of the enemy when the Tartars of the Later Jin Dynasty came. Now the Tartars have begun to become more proud when they left. I really don’t understand why Supervisor Sun had let such a timid guy serve as the guardian of Dalinghe Fort.

Perhaps Yuan Chonghuan's contemptuous eyes stinged Zhou Xian's heart. He picked up the tea cup and stroked the tea leaves with the lid, and asked casually: "You said that Mr. Zhao and that General Yang Shen severely damaged Jiannu. So how many achievements have you made during this trip?"

The messenger replied calmly: "Reply to Master Zhou, our army won 2016 heads at Jiannu, 2025 heads at Mongolian Tartars, and 2685 heads at the rest of the auxiliary soldiers, Baoyi and other heads, and more than 6000 heads were won."

"Dang..."

A crisp sound sounded, and the teacup in Zhou Xian's hand fell to the ground. His mouth opened into an O-shaped shape, and his face also showed an incredible expression. Yuan Chonghuan, who was sitting beside him, had a stiff face for a long time, and the entire material showed a strange silence.

"Gudu!"

After a long time, the sound of swallowing saliva sounded, and Zhou Xian rang in a hoarse voice, "Ha...haha... how is this possible?"

“Well…”

Yuan Chonghuan also took a long breath, his face became particularly serious. He looked at the messenger and took a deep breath and said word by word: "Do you know what you are talking about?"

"Of course." The messenger said seriously: "If the two adults don't believe it, please send someone to Kucao Ridge to investigate. Our army dug several large pits outside Kucao Ridge to bury Jiannu's corpses. The two adults can send someone to count the number. The villain only sealed the orders of Lord Yang and Lord Zhao to deliver the letter. Since the letter has been delivered to the villain, he said goodbye."

After saying that, he ignored Yuan Chonghuan and Zhou Xian who were stunned on the spot and turned around and left the lobby.

After a long time, Zhou Xian murmured: "How is this possible...How is this possible? How could Jiannu be killed so many people so easily?"

Looking at Zhou Xian and Yuan Chonghuan, who were a little down and out, had no contempt at all, because he was in the mood at this moment, the Knight was the same as Zhou Xian. After dealing with the Later Jin Dynasty for so many years, Yuan Chonghuan knew the combat effectiveness of the Jurchen army. Over the years, the Ming Dynasty and the Jurchens fought dozens of battles in all sizes. Generally speaking, they were more defeated and fewer than defeats. In the past, they were enough to win dozens of heads. One or two hundred heads were enough to report to the court to reward their merits immediately. Now a commander from the garrison who came from did not know where they dared to say that they had won more than 6,000 heads. Are you kidding me?

Of course, Yuan Chonghuan had not thought about the reason for Zhao Lu Cult, but he didn't know what level of Zhao Lu Cult was in Liaodong for so many years. If Zhao Lu Cult had the level of being able to win 6,000 Jiannu heads in one battle, Nurhaci would have been driven back to the old village (Hetuala) to continue his old career (fighting wild boars).

After pondering for a long time, Yuan Chonghuan could not think of the reason, but this victory was nine out of ten. Zhao Rujiao and the commander from Jiangnan would not dare to make up such an outrageous victory. Finally, he could only sigh hatefully and glar at Zhou Xian. It was all this guy. If he hadn't stopped him from leading the army to attack Jiannu's camp this morning, which hadn't been many people, so that he could at least get a share of this great achievement, but now all these achievements have been ruined.

Not to mention the regret of Yuan Chonghuan and Zhou Xian beating their chests and stamping their feet, almost at this moment, the cabinet also received the news of the great victory in Jinzhou sent by Sun Chengzong, and the entire court was shocked. More than 2,000 Jiannu heads were won in front of the formation, which was a great victory that had never been seen since the Battle of Sarhu.

When Zhu Youxiao received this good news, the first thing he reported was that Sun Chengzong was lying about military merits, and then he gave up the idea. He knew very well who Sun Chengzong was. As the imperial teacher of both dynasties, Sun Chengzong's character was recognized by all civil and military officials. If even he did the matter of killing good people and lying about military merits, then there would be no one he could trust in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Holding the good news in his hand, Zhu Youxiao thought for two quarters of an hour before sending someone to call the chief assistant Gu Bingqian, the second assistant Wei Guangwei, Zhu Yanxi, the Minister of Personnel Zhou Rupan, the Minister of War Huang Liji, the Minister of Revenue Feng Quan and other ministers came to discuss matters.

"Have you read this memorial?" Zhu Youxiao raised the memorial written by Sun Chengzong in his hand to ask the people present.

Gu Bingqian and others nodded silently. As cabinet masters and important officials of the court, they had naturally seen this good news long ago.

Zhu Youxiao continued to ask: "Huang Aiqing, you are the Minister of War. Is this matter true or false?"

Everyone was silent for a moment, and everyone looked at Huang Liji, Minister of War.

Huang Liji stood up and bowed to Zhu Youjian, saying respectfully: "Report to Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has received a total of 2,138 Jiannu heads sent by Liaodong yesterday, including 1,875 Jiannu heads and 213 Mongolian Tatars and Baoyi heads. The Ministry of War Cars and Qingguan Department has counted all of them, confirming that these are all thieves and chiefs. "

"Okay... OK!"

Zhu Youxiao's right hand patted the armrest of the dragon chaise and laughed: "Super Sun is worthy of being a pillar of the country. All the generals in Liaodong all have the heart of loyalty to defend the country. This great victory really exerted the prestige of our Ming Dynasty. By the way, Huang Aiqing, has your Ministry of War drafted a list of reward soldiers?"

Huang Liji quickly replied: "Your Majesty, since the Ministry of War received the documents of victory and the list of meritorious soldiers sent by Supervisor Sun, he has begun to prepare. This is the reward list drafted by the Ministry of War. Please read it with Your Majesty!" After saying that, Huang Liji took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it over his head.

Zhu Youxiao was overjoyed: "Oh... Huang Aiqing is worthy of being a capable minister. Has he formulated a commendation plan for the meritorious soldiers so quickly? Prepare it quickly."

A little eunuch quickly stepped forward and handed it to Zhu Youxiao. Zhu Youxiao took it and looked at it. At the beginning, he still smiled, but slowly his smile began to fade away. After reading it, he looked at Huang Liji deeply and asked faintly: "Huang Aiqing, it is appropriate for other people to reward Yang Feng, the commander of Jiangning Guard and the governor of Nanjing East Road. I have really seen Sun Aiqing's good news. The Jiangning Army won 500 Jiannu's heads in this battle. Did your Ministry of War give him a deputy general?"

Although Zhu Youxiao did not scold anyone, a layer of sweat had begun to seep from Huang Liji's forehead. He stuttered and said, "Your Majesty, I and my colleagues from the Ministry of War think that Yang Feng has only been promoted to Jiangning Guard Commander and Nanjing East Road General this year. If he is promoted again in just a few months, it may be criticized."

"Criticize?"

Zhu Youxiao stared at him in surprise for a while, "Huang Aiqing, I remember that when Yang Feng offered potatoes with a yield of thousands of kilograms per mu, I had to reward him, and then was stopped. Someone told me that Yang Feng had just been promoted from a 15th-rank thousand household to a 3rd-rank commander. If he was promoted again at this time, it would probably not be a good thing for him. It would be better to send him to Liaodong and reward him after he made a contribution, right?"

Huang Liji stammered: "Okay...it seems to be."

"Then who is this?"

"Yes... it's Huo Weihua, the Minister of Taipu Temple." Huang Liji's face was sweating more. He glanced around him with a begging gaze, hoping that someone would stand up and say something for him. But the old foxes around him looked at each other and looked at their noses and their hearts. It was not up to me to keep things high. We will never interfere with your Huang Liji's destruction. Who doesn't know that you, Huang Liji, are nine thousand years old, and it's not our turn to save you.

"Then are you rewarding this way?" Zhu Youxiao pointed to the memorial in his hand and said, "Zhao Shujiao, the deputy general of the governor and general of Dalinghe, seized 321 heads. Your Ministry of War plans to promote him to the governor and Tongzhi, the second-rank general Wuxian, and the rank of general and general, and granted 2,000 taels of silver. The deputy general Zu Dale's headquarters seized 213 heads, the Ministry of War also gave him a general rank. Why did you give him only one deputy general when you arrived at Yang Feng? Is it because he seized too few Jiannu's heads or did he not give you Huang Liji Bing Jing Tan Gong?"

Zhu Youxiao's last sentence was a heart-killing statement. Huang Liji was so scared that he knelt down with a thud, his face turned pale, and he kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, I have no such intention, no such intention!"

Zhu Youxiao stood up and strode to Huang Liji and threw the memorial on his face and shouted angrily: "There is no such intention. I think you are deliberately suppressing meritorious ministers. Huang Liji, what are you feeling?"

"My...My..."

Huang Liji, with a pale face, could no longer say anything to defend himself. The reason why he suppressed Yang Feng this time was not only Wei Zhongxian, but also heard that Yang Feng was not liked by the Donglin Party members. Suppressing him not only made Wei Zhongxian happy, but also helped the Donglin Party members. It was simply a killing two birds with one stone. Why didn't he do such a thing? But he didn't expect that Zhu Youxiao was furious as soon as he submitted this memorial. It seemed that he was in trouble.

Zhu Youxiao ignored Huang Liji, who was so scared that he couldn't speak, turned his head and asked Gu Bingqian, "Gu Aiqing, as the chief minister of the cabinet, what do you think should be dealt with?"

Gu Bingqian stood up and bowed to Zhu Youxiao and said, "I raised my majesty. The old minister thought that a gentleman had no faith and did not stand. Since he had made a decision in front of all the civil and military officials in the court last time, he could not regret it. This time, Yang Feng made such a great contribution, the court should reward him well. I propose to grant Yang Feng the general of Nanjing, and to be awarded the title of General Jianwei."

"hiss……"

The people in the Dongguan Pavilion couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The Governor General of the Governor and General Jianwei were nothing. These things were at best considered a false title, but this Nanjing general was different. What does the Nanjing general mean? This official position is equivalent to the position of commander of the Nanjing Military Region in later generations. The entire Nanjing area is under his jurisdiction, which is quite awesome.

The second assistant Wei Guangwei couldn't bear it and said, "Gei Gu, Yang Feng should naturally be praised for his contributions, but appointing him as the general of Nanjing is a bit too much. You should know that Nanjing is my Ming Dynasty's capital, and my Ming Dynasty has never been the general of Nanjing since its founding. I'm afraid that this is a bit inappropriate?"

Feng Quan, the Minister of Revenue, also stood up: "That is, I have never had the position of general in Nanjing since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. If Yang Feng is appointed as general in Nanjing, wouldn't it be the commander of all the troops in Nanjing? When I go to the Nanjing Ministry of War, where is the Duke of Wei?"

"Well... do you all mean this?" Zhu Youxiao asked again without hesitation, "Who else objected to Gu Aiqing's opinion?"

No one said anything. After everyone looked at each other for a few times, Donghunting Pavilion fell into silence.

Zhu Youxiao asked lightly: "Gu Aiqing, since you have made this suggestion, you will naturally have your reasons. Let's talk about it."

"yes!"

Gu Bingqian first gave Zhu Youxiao a respectful salute, then looked at the ministers around him and sneered in his heart. These guys didn't even know how to think about His Majesty. You deserved to be unlucky. I didn't see His Majesty getting angry about this matter. You still have to bite Yang Feng tightly. I have never seen such a stupid person.

Gu Bingqian stood up and said seriously: "First of all, although Yang Feng is still inexperienced, he has repeatedly made contributions to the court since he entered the officialdom. He first quelled the Japanese pirates' rebellion, and then presented magical artifacts like potatoes to the court. It is not an exaggeration to say that they can save countless people. Now he has won 500 Jiannu's heads and has won such great achievements. Why can't the court enthroned him as the general officer?"

Wei Guangwei retorted: "But it is not necessary to enthrone him as the general of Nanjing. Isn't it possible elsewhere? It's great if you are the general of Xuanda or Jinzhou."

"Xuanda, Jinzhou?" Gu Bingqian looked at Wei Guangwei with a smile, "Mr. Wei, are you really confused or fake? Yang Feng was originally the commander of Jiangning Guard, and his foundation is in Jiangning. Do you enthrone him to Liaodong or Xuanda? Are you planning to remove the firewood from the bottom of the pot?"

"What kind of cauldron is used to remove the firewood from the cauldron?" Wei Guangwei, who was said to be worried, was a little angry and embarrassed: "He Yang Feng is my Ming Dynasty official. How to enthrone him will naturally be decided by the court. How can he let him decide by himself? Could it be that he dares to resist the order?"

"What if he really resists the order and is disrespectful?" Gu Bingqian said in a sequel.

Wei Guangwei said without hesitation: "Then he is a rebellious, and the court will encircle and suppress him!"

"Enough!"
Chapter completed!