In June, the heat wave is visible to the naked eye in the northern land, making it unbearably hot.

Jinzhou, in the south of the city, the military households and craftsmen who were working up and down the city wall to build the city defenses stopped what they were doing. There were two or three at the city gate, and the merchants or errands who came in and out from time to time were also hiding far away, looking at the two people in the distance.

Huo Mingjun pointed and secretly chatted.

Today is the day when the superiors ordered a change of defense. This frontier military town, which had just been devastated by war and carried the great ambition of the Ming Dynasty to regain Liaodong, ushered in a new owner.

"Congratulations to General Wang on your promotion..." Zhao Zhijiao looked at the majestic young man in front of him with confusion: "I can't believe that you have reached such a level at such a young age. You have a bright future..."

Wang Yan held up his hand and said with a very humble smile: "Thank you for the award, Commander-in-Chief. You are the goal of my efforts, haha..."

Zhao Shujiao originally had a good relationship with Man Gui. During the previous battle of Ningyuan, Jin soldiers besieged Ningyuan for three days. At that time, Zhao Shujiao was stationed at Shanhaiguan, but he did not send troops to rescue. Man Gui was unhappy, and the two had a very unpleasant quarrel.

Of course, it was not pleasant to be unhappy, so Mangui still left the business affairs to Zhao Lijiao. It was not the person he was competing for, but the position of chief military officer of Zhao Lijiao.

This time Mangui rescued Jinzhou and won a big victory on the way, and the relationship between the two became much better. This is normal. The two of them complemented each other this time. If Zhao Lijiao had not held on, there would be no rescue. Likewise.

Yes, if the battle at Yanli Mountain had not been won, Jinzhou would have been lost. Mangui saved Zhao Shujiao's life, and Zhao Shujiao took his life and gave Mangui a fortune. In the end, everyone was happy.

Everyone gets promoted and gets rich.

This time, the verification of military merit was faster. It only took more than a month to complete. It was much faster than the last battle at Ningyuan. It was a rare victory for the Ming Dynasty since Fushun. If the people below dare to do things, they will procrastinate.

Well, it depends on whether Zhu Youxiao, Wei Zhongxian, and a group of Donglin Party bosses will kill them.

The previous debate was about the great victory in Jinzhou, whether the eunuch party headed by Wei Zhongxian had more credit, or the Donglin Party composed of a vote of clean civilian officials. As for the other small parties, they are useless in front of these two parties.

Is it the younger brother among the younger brothers? It was Zhu Youxiao who managed to achieve a balance in the end. They were all ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and they all contributed to the settlement of the dispute that had lasted for half a month.

The final review was completed, and Yuan Chonghuan was still as he had been in history, with just a symbolic increase in rank and verbal praise, and that was it.

Zhu Youxiao had a strong opinion of Yuan Chonghuan. After communicating back and forth for several days, he defended Ningyuan without any movement. In the end, he was forced to send troops to rescue. If he had sent troops earlier, would the results have been greater?

Does it mean that he doesn’t have to worry about whether he can eat or sleep well? As a consolation prize, it’s good that he doesn’t masturbate. What else do you want for a bicycle?

In the same way, Wei Zhongxian thought about his idea and started playing Yuan Chonghuan, and finally ended up playing like this.

But Yuan Chonghuan is not convinced. He feels that this victory is entirely due to his previous strategies of training troops, farming, and building forts, which laid a good foundation. This victory should be his greatest contribution. Why should everyone else be promoted?

When I get rich, I, Lao Yuan, have nothing. Isn’t this bullying an honest person? Can this be tolerated? Of course not.

So Yuan Chonghuan resigned from his post, and Zhu Youxiao happily agreed to the request with an expression of "Well, this old boy is sensible", and asked Yuan Chonghuan to pack up and leave. Later, he was transferred to the former Li Baoman

Wang Zhichen of Gui became the eldest brother of Liaodong, served as the governor and also served as the governor of Liaodong, and was still stationed in Ningyuan.

Speaking of Yuan Chonghuan, there is no one to protect him. In addition, Zhu Youxiao really has objections to him, so it is not worthwhile to protect him. Originally, Yuan Chonghuan was considered a peripheral member of the Donglin Party. After Ningyuan came to power in the first battle, Wei Zhongxian wanted to take it under his control.

But Yuan Chonghuan was ignorant, so Wei Zhongxian brought a bunch of people to fight with him.

Later, Yuan Chonghuan didn't know what he thought. He wanted to build a shrine for Wei Zhongxian, maybe because he wanted to persuade Wei Zhongxian to let him go. But by doing so, he hated the big brothers of the Donglin Party. Well... Anyway, his operation is quite impressive.

Can't understand.

In any case, Yuan Chonghuan went down.

The three greatest contributors to the Jinzhou victory were Man Gui, Zhao Lejiao, and Wang Yan. Man Gui and Zhao Lejiao were both at the top of their military generals, and had a lot of official titles, and the next level up was the title of nobility. But this way

It was obvious that the credit for this battle was not enough, so in the end Shuangshuang Yinzi's hereditary commander was rewarded with thirty taels of silver and a flying fish uniform. Man Gui still served as the chief military officer of Liaodong, but he was the only chief military officer, and all the soldiers and horses here were

He was under his control. Zhao Lijiao was transferred to Jizhen as the chief military officer, and he was the only one.

Wang Yan was so outstanding that he was directly promoted to command the general affairs of the department. He was promoted to general Zhaoyi and was actually appointed as a staff general. He commanded 20,000 troops and horses to garrison in Jinzhou. He also offered a son to be a hundred households and was rewarded with twenty taels of silver.

This is the number of heads he has beheaded since he was promoted to the garrison, as well as the accumulation of credit for this great victory in Jinzhou, plus he, Wang, is a sensible person and gave Wei Zhongxian a generous gift, and Zhu Youxiao was happy, so he came up all at once

It went directly from a small garrison stationed in one place to a powerful general stationed in a major border town.

This is why Zhao Shujiao calls him General Wang.

Others had mixed reactions to Wang Yan's rise to power. But what we have to admit is that among the nine sides, Wang Yan, a boy under the age of eighteen, is indeed the most capable of fighting. So Zhu Youxiao took such a capable person to fight

The people are arranged in Jinzhou, which shows that it is not just about defense, they must fight north. And if they want to fight against Jiannu, it is better for them to stay behind. If they win, they will not be able to stay. If they lose,

How many generals have been killed in these years? Let this kid go...

Of course, the civil servants did not agree. How could the military and state affairs be entrusted to the hands of a small man? Of course, they did not want Zhu Youxiao to have a dedicated army. As for Wang Yan's 20,000 people, even 80,000, it was still a small

In their eyes, military generals were all lackeys. In the end, it was Zhu Youxiao who gave two positions to civil servants and encouraged Wei Zhongxian to take over. This settled the controversy over Wang Yan's rise to power.

"You kid..." Zhao Shujiao smiled and patted Wang Yan on the shoulder: "Jinzhou is left to you, do your best and let's go..."

Wang Yan bowed and clasped his fists in salute: "Best farewell to the Commander-in-Chief."

Coach Zhao did not look back, he just waved his hand on his horse and galloped away with a group of servants.

Until he saw Zhao leading his men away, Wang Yan waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Brothers, enter the city."

The group of leading soldiers behind shouted in unison three times, and followed their general in a neat queue, marching into the city amidst the sound of footsteps.

At the front of the team were soldiers, behind them were military cooks and a group of doctors, craftsmen and their families, etc. escorting the long motorcade.

Wang Yan has moved all his family assets here, and Jinzhou will be his base camp in the future. Moreover, it is very convenient for him to act here in Liaodong now. His eldest brother is Mangui, who controls all the troops and horses in Liaodong. Mangui's eldest brother is the king's minister.

, the top military and political leader. They have cooperated for such a long time, and Man Gui feels relieved about him. Now there is no need to ask Man Gui about the war. After the battle, he can just report the victory later...

That being said, it is still quite difficult to do things. After all, there is a godson sent by Wei Zhongxian to supervise the army in Ningyuan City, as well as a civil servant to act as civil servant. These two things are constraints. But the problem is not big, it won't take long

, I guess these two people are our own... If you don't know how to praise, you won't be able to appoint them.

After entering the city, Wang Yan chatted with the supervisor and the civil servant for a while. The supervisor was okay, he was Wei Zhongxian's godson, and he had a strong backing, so Wang Yan should give him some face. The same couldn't be said for the civil servant, who was only a seventh-grade man.

They are just officers. As long as they have some background, they will not be sent to the front line. Of course, as long as they dare to come, they still have some ambitions in their hearts.

In the general's mansion, a group of boys were cleaning and arranging things.

Wang Yan was sitting at the top of the central hall. Sun Fugui, who was sitting at the bottom, put down his tea cup and said, "Sir, what are the arrangements for the next step?"

Sun Fugui was lucky. At Yanli Mountain, he was facing Wang Yan. He was only shot with an arrow in the shoulder and cut with a few more knives.

He survived this, and Wang Yan didn't plan to let him go to the battlefield again, and there would be no chance for him to go to battle in the future. Sun Fugui had done things well in the past, and Wang Yan planned to arrange for him to be in his hometown to coordinate logistics in the future.

"Take inventory of the supplies in the city, count our family assets, see how many people we can support, and report the statistics to me. As for the city defense work currently being carried out, it is mainly about repairs, and there is no need to put in a lot of effort to build watchtowers.

Now it is not a big problem to defend these fortifications for ten and a half days, and what we want to do is to defend the enemy from outside, not let people come to the city to clamor for us."

"Our brothers, all dispersed to become officers. Pull up all the soldiers and horses in the city and teach them how to form first. Just follow the original method. After the generals have recovered their health, we can then compete. Follow our original rules and reorganize them according to their strength rankings.

Team.”

"We must pay close attention to the farming issue. We can't always buy food from outside. Relying on supplies from the army is not enough. We still have to rely on ourselves. Military households are reserve forces and cannot stop recruiting. They can also be used in farming. Later, you and Mr. Manchu

Go and ask for it from the soldiers."

"Craftsman, doctor, let's do it slowly as usual. But recently we need to find a group of people who are good at building sea-going ships. This is a top priority and cannot be delayed. Please be more careful."

Wang Yan said: "As for these things, you can watch and arrange them. Now we are mainly sorting out Jinzhou City. If we want to take any action, it will have to be two months later."

"Yes, sir." Sun Fugui gave a hard sound, looked around randomly, stepped forward and whispered: "Sir, the emperor fell into the water last month. It is said that he has not recovered yet. He is still bedridden. Is it okay?

What impact will it have on us?”

Yes, Zhu Youxiao still had some fun. It happened on the 10th of last month.

Wang Yan, a little butterfly, did affect Ming's fortune to a certain extent, but it mainly had the greatest impact on Houjin. The rest was just because of his victory in the battle, which affected a series of personnel changes.

Its influence on the general trend of Ming Dynasty is really limited.

No matter how Zhu Youxiao died in the original history, in this world of Xiuchundao, it was Zhu Youjian who was the king of Xin and a group of civil servants who joined together to kill Zhu Youjian. But behind this, there was far more than

So simple on the surface.

This involves the struggle for the orthodoxy of Confucian schools of thought, psychology, Neo-Confucianism, etc., coupled with the struggle for governance that reflects this, as well as the struggle for the right to speak between the imperial power and the cabinet, and the struggle between the central and local governments, etc.

The battles are going on and on, and the water is very deep.

The same is true. It would have been better if Zhu Youxiao died early because of his victory.

The Great Victory of Jinzhou was the Ming Dynasty's first real victory over Hou Jin. For Zhu Youxiao, this victory was like eating popsicles in the summer, feeling cool and happy. In this way, a victory brings

It is possible that due to the small expansion of imperial power, he would implement some policies that were relatively radical and offended many people.

Fortunately, this victory came late. If last year's Ningyuan had been as successful as Jinzhou this time, Zhu Youxiao would have been gone long ago. After all, Ming's foreign trouble is Houjin. If the tail is too big, it can't be killed. It keeps destroying Ming.

Being dragged into the quagmire of war, military expenditures are getting higher year by year. If the war here brings a long period of peace, and the energy is diverted to the country, plus a lot of military expenditures are reduced, then it is not good.

Already...

It doesn't matter who the emperor is, it's important whether there is an emperor or not.

If you, Zhu Youjian, are dissatisfied with the school, that's the whole problem, right? Okay, then let's change him to another one. Zhu Youjian is a good kid. He has been smart since he was a child, and he is very close to us. He is quite good...

Just like this, Zhu Youxiao is about to die...

"What impact will it have on us?" Wang Yan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Old Sun, you are worrying too much. We have done this step by step, and we are not taking any side. Relax, it will be fine."

"But... we, the factory owner Wei Zhongxian, are..."

Sun Fugui has experienced a lot, and he can read books and other things when he has nothing to do. He can understand what Wei Zhongxian is doing. Everything about Wei Zhongxian comes from the imperial power, and the eunuch himself is the emperor's domestic slave. So if Zhu Youxiao is good

, that's all. If it's not good, then Wei Zhongxian's loss of power is certain, and it's hard to have a good ending.

And he knew that Mr. Wang and Wei Zhongxian were very close, and he even did many things personally. If Wei Zhongxian fell, they would be affected no matter what.

"Just keep your heart in mind and don't say that we did it in secret and didn't rush to give gifts blatantly. Even if we are really affected, it won't be a big problem. At worst, we will take the initiative to fight with the slaves. Don't trust anyone at the critical moment.

Dare to touch us. Then we will fight a big victory, won't it be easy to say anything?"

Sun Fugui looked at Wang Yan in surprise: "Sir, do you want to raise..."
To be continued...