After listening to Li Lu's words, the emperor felt that it was reasonable, but he did not completely believe it. Instead, he turned around and said to Dai Quan: "Go out and ask what is going on?"
Dai Quan then ran out of the hall, summoned a young eunuch, and said a few words to him. The young eunuch then ran away, and Dai Quan waited beside him for a short time. Then he saw a middle-aged eunuch.
The old eunuch and the young eunuch came running over together.
As soon as he saw Dai Quan, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed to him, saying: "My son kowtows to his godfather, and I wish his godfather a long life." This middle-aged eunuch is Dai Quan's godson Dai Lian, who is responsible for intelligence in various places.
collection.
Dai Quan said angrily: "What's going on? Don't talk about useless things now, the emperor is still waiting inside."
Dai Lian quickly replied to Dai Quan: "My son has brought all the information sent by the boy below. Will my godfather read it myself, or will my son tell you again?" He handed a stack of paper to Dai Quan.
Dai Quan said impatiently: "The emperor is still waiting inside. How can I have time to look at this? If you wait outside, if the emperor wants to ask something, you can go in and reply."
Dai Quan took this stack of information and entered the hall again, came to the emperor's side, and then opened the information to read it to the emperor.
The emperor said gloomily: "Louder, let the adults below listen."
Dai Quan quickly agreed, walked to the imperial case, and read the information loudly: "On the second day of September, Jia Ke, the garrison of Kaiping Town, fought with the enemy outside Kaiping Town, and won a great victory, defeating five thousand enemies. On the fourth day of September, Kaiping Town
Jia Ke, the town garrison, received the documents from the Ministry of War and immediately organized the army. On the fifth day of September, he led the troops out of Kaiping Town. During this period, he gathered more than 8,000 troops. On the tenth day of September, he arrived at Xuanfu Town at noon. The enemy chief led 60,000 cavalry to attack. Jia Ke
He killed more than ten generals in front of the battle, which greatly shocked the army. Then they defeated the Tatars and outside the city, beheading countless people. The Tatars were afraid of their power and did not dare to fight. Jia Ke then cut off his water source. The Tatars repeatedly sent people to fetch water.
, Jia Ke laid an ambush near the water source and defeated them. On September 13, the Tatars were fighting internally over the water source. Jia Ke led his troops to attack them, and then defeated the Tatars. The enemy chief Alslen led his people to escape, and Jia Ke pursued them.
Already moved north to regain the lost territory."
There was no expression on the emperor's face after hearing this. In fact, he was very satisfied with Jia Ke in his heart. He still had feelings for Jia Daishan. Ever since he knew that Jia Ke was Jia Daishan's grandson, he had paid more attention to him. At this time, he couldn't help but
A good impression of Jia Ke arose in his heart. This good impression came too quickly, but he himself did not feel anything strange about it. After hearing Jia Ke's information, he still wanted to know about Wang Tao's situation, so he said to Dai Quan: "It's still...
Yes, please tell me everything."
Dai Quan then took out another piece of information and read: "On August 18th, Xuanhua commanded Huo Jiu to flee without fighting, and Xuanhua fell into the hands of the enemy. On August 20th, the Tatars suddenly arrived at Xuanfu
In the town, Jiedushi Wang Tao was caught off guard and ordered to gather his troops and defend the city with all his strength. On August 21, the Tatars drove the people to attack the city. Jiedushi Wang Tao ordered to shoot arrows to kill countless people. That night Wang Tao sent people to attack the camp.
, and sent dead soldiers to Kaiping Town to ask for help. From this day until the tenth day of September, the Tatars attacked the city urgently. Wang Tao led his troops to resist desperately, and there were not even ten soldiers left in the city. Wang Tao recruited the young men in the city to continue to defend the city.
City. By September 13th, Xuanfu Town will be relieved."
The emperor's face had calmed down at this time, and he understood the right and wrong of the matter. It was Jia Ke who led his troops to defeat the Dada people, and Wang Tao pretended to claim military merit. However, Wang Tao also deserved credit for leading his troops to defend the city to the death.
The emperor said: "The matter has been understood, what else is there to say? How to deal with this Wang Tao? How to reward Jia Ke? There must be a charter. Set it down today, and then send out the documents. We cannot let the soldiers who fight desperately fight feel cold.
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Academician Yan Mu stood up and told the emperor: "Wang Tao must be severely punished for pretending to claim military merit, otherwise everyone will imitate him, and no one will serve your majesty in the future. I think he will be escorted back to Dali Temple in Beijing for disposal."
Academician Pan Yong also stood up and said: "The words of Prime Minister Yan are reasonable, but Wang Tao is so bold! If he is not severely punished, how can he manage the army in the future?"
Li Lu, the great scholar, Huo Tu, the Minister of War, and Peng Bi, the minister, all expressed their support. These civil servants hated Wang Tao, the Jiedushi, who dared to kill civil servants casually. Although they now know that he has merit, no one does it for him.
say.
When the emperor saw this situation, it was in line with his own wishes. He had a bad impression of Wang Tao, the governor of Jiedu. It seemed that he was impeached by the officials last time for killing the prefect without authorization, and now such an incident has happened again.
Come on, if you are so restless, why not just deal with it.
At this time, Lei Ying came out of the mission and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, please do not. Although Wang Tao made some minor mistakes, he still deserved credit for defending the city with all his strength in this battle against the Tatars. It cannot be because of this incident."
, just wipe out all his achievements."
After hearing what Lei Ying said, the emperor suddenly realized something. Although he was still dissatisfied with Wang Tao, he felt that what Lei Ying said was reasonable. As the emperor, he could not bury the merits of the ministers because of his own temporary preferences.
So he asked Lei Ying: "Then what do you think should be done?"
Lei Ying hastily replied: "Wang Tao should issue an edict and reprimand him, but his official position will not change. Although Jia Ke is young, he is brave and good at fighting. He can be promoted to a commander."
The emperor thought for a while and said: "This is how Wang Tao's matter will be handled. He will reprimand him, but his official position will not be changed, and let him continue to stay in the position of Jiedushi. Jia Ke, I think this is the case, and I will promote Jia Ke to the commander."
Let him supervise the two towns of Xuanhua and Kaiping at the same time. Let this general block the front line of Xuanfu Town so that Wang Tao, a loser, will not cause any more trouble in the future."
Li Lu, a bachelor, came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, Jia Ke's contribution this time is too great. Just being promoted to commander is not enough to make up for his contribution. Please increase the reward to appease the soldiers."
Academician Yan Mu objected: "Your Majesty, Jia Ke is too young. He cannot be given an official position that is too high, otherwise he will not be able to convince the public."
Li Lu was dissatisfied and said: "The world rewards people based on their merits. I have never heard of people giving rewards based on their age. If this is the case, no one will do anything in the future. They will all wait until they get older and their official positions will rise naturally."
Already."
Because the two of them represented their views, the ministers below were quarreling, and the emperor heard that it was really outrageous. He slapped the table hard and said, "Shut up, you all. I have my own reasons."
After the emperor finished speaking, he said to Dai Quan: "Draw up the decree."
Dai Quan quickly stood next to the imperial case, opened a piece of imperial edict, dipped it in red ink, and quietly waited for the emperor to dictate the imperial edict.
The emperor thought for a while and said: "Jia Ke has made great achievements in defeating the Tatars. I am very pleased. I have appointed him as the commander, supervising Xuanhua, opening two towns, and granting him the title of General Zhaoyong of the third rank."
When everyone heard it, the emperor's method was quite good. In this way, Jia Ke did not get a big official position. However, he was given the title of general, which was regarded as a reward for his merits and not as a mistreatment of the meritorious officials.
At the same time, let him guard Xuanhua and Kaiping towns. He blocked the gate for the Tatars to go south for Xuanfu town. In the future, if the Tatars want to invade Xuanfu town, they must pass through these two important places. These two important places are also difficult to control.
If the defense is limited, it may not be easy for the Tatars to break through.
In this way, Xuanfu Town will be safe, and the northwest of the capital will be safe and sound.