Sun Chengzong valued Shi Dayong very much, which can be seen from the candidates he sent to greet Shi's tribe.
Ten miles out of the customs, those who greeted Shi's troops were Lu Ming, who participated in politics at Shanhaiguan, and Wang Tingchen, the deputy commander-in-chief.
Lu Ming was a civil servant second only to Sun Chengzong in Guanmen. Although he only participated in politics, his status was no less than that of governors of other provinces.
Shanhaiguan is an important military town, so Lu Ming's participation in politics is different from that of the Chief Secretary in other places. He only asks the people and does not care about the military. However, his participation in politics in Shanhaiguan is handled by both the military and the government. Sun Chengzong sent him here, which shows that he has great influence on the affairs of Shanhaiguan.
How much attention did Shi Dayong and his entourage take? Otherwise, if they casually ordered a fourth- or fifth-grade official to come to greet him, it would be enough to give Shi Dayong, the general, face, and there would be no need to send a third-grade officer from Shanhaiguan to participate in politics.
It is something that has never happened in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty. It can be said to be a staggering thing. [
Sun Chengzong's move can be said to be an exceptional treatment.
In fact, nominally there is another governor below Sun Chengzong and above Lu Ming, and that is the governor of Shanhaiguan, and Yang Sichang, the right censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in Yongping. But Yang Sichang spends most of his time in Yongping and is not stationed in Shanhaiguan.
, so Lu Ming, who participated in politics in Shanhaiguan, became the actual head of Shanhaiguan's civil servants.
In addition to being Sun Chengzong's right-hand man, Lu Ming also has an identity, that is, Sun Chengzong's disciple. He and Sun Chengzong are actually in a teacher-student relationship.
Lu Ming has followed Sun Chengzong since he presided over the Liao affairs during the Tianqi period. It can be said that the two teachers and students have shared weal and woe. They experienced the party strife in the Tianqi period together, resigned together, and recovered together.
The teacher is the manager of Liaodong, and he himself is involved in politics in Shanhaiguan. The teacher and student can be said to be the actual masters of Liaodong.
After Yuan Chonghuan's death, Sun Chengzong wanted Lu Ming to take over his post. If Qiu Hejia hadn't come out halfway, I'm afraid this would have happened. Unfortunately, God's calculations are not as good as those of others. Sun Chengzong had made countless calculations, but he missed one thing. Then
It's just that today's emperor actually doesn't trust himself, a veteran of the former dynasty.
Since he doesn't trust him, how could he let his protégé become the governor of Liaodong again?
Lu Ming, who had lost Liao Fu, had been depressed for a while, but now, he was in an indescribably good mood. On the way out of the customs, he laughed from time to time, and even rarely talked about the customs along the way.
.
All the subordinate officials only thought that the political ministers were happy for Jinzhou's great victory, but they did not know that Lu Ming was happy that he could finally get his long-cherished wish and be promoted to the next level - to become the governor of Liaodong.
During the great victory in Jinzhou, even though Qiu Hejia suffered from the defeat of Linghe and Xiaolinghe, the imperial court would not dismiss him as governor of Liao because of this, but I don’t know why Lu Ming was so sure that he would replace Qiu Hejia?
Compared with Lu Shenzheng, who was full of happiness and hesitation, and was preparing to go to Jinzhou to take over as governor of Liaodong, Deputy Commander Wang Tingchen had a very bitter look on his face.
It stands to reason that he, Wang Tingchen, is now the only deputy commander-in-chief in Liaodong. Now the forward commander-in-chief Zu Dashou has paid a tribute. Wu Xiang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, died in the rebellion. His boss, Song Wei, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, has himself
There is no guarantee that he, the deputy commander-in-chief, has a great chance of becoming a real master of Taiwan.
But he didn't dare to have such extravagant hopes, or even think about it, because everyone knew that he was from Song Wei. Song Wei was also from the former Minister of War Liang Tingdong. Now that Liang Tingdong has stepped down, the new Minister Xiong has expressed his disapproval of his predecessor.
How do you treat people like you?
In addition, Sun Chengzong did not like Song Wei and only had eyes for the generals in western Liaoning. Therefore, Wang Tingchen knew himself and neither Sun Chengzong nor the Ministry of War would allow him to be promoted to chief military officer.
What needs to be considered now is not whether he will be promoted to a senior officer at all, but whether he will be implicated by Song Wei and not even be able to serve as the deputy commander-in-chief.
One is full of joy and wants to be promoted, while the other is frowning and worried about losing his position. The expressions of the civil and military are completely different.
Lu Ming knew what Wang Tingchen was worried about and ignored him. After seeing Jinzhou Xianjie's troops and horses from a distance, he happily sent someone to contact him.
After knowing that it was Shanhaiguan's political officer and deputy commander-in-chief who were greeting him, Shi Dayong did not dare to entrust him, so he got off his horse and led the generals on foot to meet him.
When he came forward, he cupped his fists and saluted, and said with great respect: "The last general Shi Dayong has seen Mr. Lu, Mr. Wang!" [
"General Shi, there is no need to be polite."
Lu Ming smiled and raised his hand to signal Shi Dayong and others not to be polite, but he was on the horse but did not get off. Wang Tingchen tried his best to squeeze out a smile and nodded to Shi Dayong and the generals.
"Are those carriages carrying the heads of slaves?" Lu Ming's eyes fell on those carriages with deeply imprinted wheels.
The officials who came with him also looked over one by one, looking forward to it.
Even Wang Tingchen's expression changed, and a hint of envy appeared in his eyes.
"Exactly!" Shi Dayong turned around and pointed, "The carriage carried 3,572-level heads of slaves, and 2,460-level heads of Han soldiers who were slaves, a total of 6,000
Remaining level."
"It's amazing, it's amazing!" Lu Ming sighed with emotion, and couldn't help but get off his horse and walk towards the carriages, "I want to see whether his Tartar's head is harder than ours or not, haha."
"Of course it's not hard anymore. If it was hard, we would have to cut it down." A sixth-grade official from the Shenzheng Yamen said with a smile.
Everyone laughed when they heard this.
Seeing the general coming with a group of senior officials, the soldiers beside the carriage hurriedly pushed aside the hay covering it, revealing rows of heads made of lime. Those heads were lined up in a row, with teeth grinning and expressions surly.
The color is so frightening.
It was the first time he saw so many heads of slaves. Even though it was broad daylight, Lu Ming was still startled, and then he laughed secretly. Living people are scary, so what is there to fear about dead people?
Although some of the officials were timid and did not dare to look, there were also bold ones. Two seventh-grade officials even took out two heads in a serious manner, holding them in their hands and looking left and right, while looking at each other.
Keep nodding.
Even Shi Dayong admired such courage.
All the officials gathered around to watch, but Lu Ming walked towards the carriage at the back. After looking at the three carriages, he was convinced that there would be no lies. Jinzhou was really a great victory this time.
As expected, they are all true Tatars, and they are definitely not killing good people and taking credit for their merits.
It seemed that his mentor's words were inseparable, and he really wanted to take advantage of the victory in Jinzhou to be promoted to Liaofu.
Lu Ming was happy in his heart, but he heard someone softly screaming in pain. Looking behind him, he saw more than a hundred people in ragged clothes, like beggars, hanging behind several war horses, lined up in several long rows.
Know what it does.
"What are those?" Lu Ming was a little confused.
Shi Dayong said calmly: "Oh, they are the slaves who were captured alive. The general was afraid that they would escape, so he asked someone to pierce their mouths and noses with iron wire, so that they could not escape."
Hearing this, Lu Ming frowned and said with some dissatisfaction: "Our dynasty governs the world with benevolence, but General Shi's behavior is a bit cruel."
Shi Dayong disapproved and said: "Sir, what General Mo did is already benevolent and righteous. If all of them are made like those four people, it will be truly cruel."
"Um?"
Following Shi Dayong's gaze, Lu Ming took a deep breath and saw four human-looking heads protruding from the four jars. The jars were so small that it was impossible to fit one person into them.[
Judging from the heads of these four people, it is obvious that they are all big men. Such big men are huddled in a jar, which can make them shrink inside, unless it is
Human pig!
Lu Ming was horrified and stared blankly at the four jars. He didn't know if it was because he was dazzled or if it was really like this. He seemed to see a head suddenly raised up, and his closed eyelids opened instantly, shooting towards him.