Wang Yuan had already taken off his hat and put it in his arms. Now he took it out and handed it to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, this is the golden mink hat of the little Mongolian prince."
Although the hat was stained with blood, Zhu Houzhao liked it more and more as he looked at it, and said: "I want this hat, and I will exchange it with Erlang for a thousand acres of farmland in the suburbs of Beijing."
"Don't dare. This hat should have been dedicated to Your Majesty," Wang Yuan said in a serious flattery. "If Your Majesty had not commanded properly and remained calm in the face of danger, how could the soldiers have won such a great victory?"
Zhu Houzhao was even more happy: "Erlang is humble, whatever reward you want, I will definitely satisfy you!"
The eunuchs and generals were all looking at Wang Yuan stupidly at this moment.
How can you be so shameless when you are a top scholar and a civil servant? You are robbing us of our jobs!
Zhu Houzhao put on the gold mink hat, regardless of the blood stains on the hat. He also blew the trumpet to call for gold, summoned the generals, gathered troops on the spot to count the troops, and cleaned the battlefield to collect the corpses of both sides.
Counting from the beginning of October, the Ming Dynasty's main army lost about 25,000 people, and the civilian auxiliary troops lost nearly 30,000. Of course, more than 10,000 regular soldiers and more than 20,000 civilian soldiers did not die directly on the battlefield, but disappeared in the wilderness after being routed.
——Most of them fled to Yingzhou City, and at least half of them were able to return to the team.
As for the Mongolian side, a total of more than 7,000 corpses were collected and buried, mainly killed by volleys of fire and trampled to death in the valley. In addition, more than 1,000 Tatars were captured alive and more than 4,000 war horses were captured.
It seems that the Ming army lost more troops, but it was a real victory!
The squadron went to Yingzhou City, and the magistrate of Yingzhou immediately came to see the emperor and organized a large army to reward the wealthy households in the city.
Have a drink that night and celebrate your victory.
Zhu Houzhao, Wang Yuan, Jiang Bin, Zhang Yong and others were arranged to live in the county government office, while the other generals lived in the military camp outside the city.
Wang Yuan returned to his room half drunk. Jiang Bin and other generals from the Leopard Room, Zhang Yong and other eunuchs who accompanied the army came to congratulate each other privately. In fact, they were all here to win over Wang Yuan. Wang Erlang killed the little Mongolian prince in a formation, and he was the top scholar himself.
, after returning to Beijing, he will definitely become so powerful that no one can suppress him!
"Ms. Wang, there seems to be some misunderstanding about the matter in Zhejiang," Zhang Yong apologized with a shy face, "Ningbo Shipping Company will fully cooperate with Mr. Wang in the future. Our family knows that Mr. Wang does not love money, so we will not give away yellow and white goods.
But since Mr. Wang has achieved such a remarkable achievement, our family can’t help but want to send gifts to congratulate him. We happen to have "Ode to Spring in Dongting" and "Ode to Zhongshan Pine Mash" at home, both of which are authentic works by Su Dongpo. I hope Mr. Wang will accept them."
Wang Yuan smiled: "Why is Governor Zhang doing this? A few misunderstandings are not worth mentioning."
Zhang Yong exclaimed: "Ms. Wang is so generous, our family is really ashamed!"
As soon as Zhang Yong left with his front foot, Jiang Bin arrived with his back foot.
After some efforts to sweeten the relationship, Jiang Bin presented a BMW as a gift, which was seized from the battlefield. It was unknown which Tatar leader the original owner belonged to.
Xu Tai, Wei Bin, Zhang Zhong and others came one after another and expressed their feelings.
Wei Bin is the most ridiculous eunuch. In order to make up for the rift, he actually sent a beautiful woman who was rescued from the Tatars. Wei Bin said: "President Wang, this woman's surname is Fan. She is the daughter of a wealthy family in Shuozhou. She lives in Shuozhou.
Outside the city, Fan's whole family was killed by the Tatars, and only mother and daughter were left. They were very pitiful, and they asked Mr. Wang to take care of them."
Wang Yuan was furious: "Since they are daughters of a good family and were robbed by captors, how can they be humiliated? Send them back to Shuozhou quickly!"
Wei Bin smiled apologetically and said, "What if you are an orphan and a widower, and you go back to Shuozhou? Sooner or later, your family property will be usurped by fellow villagers, and in the end you will end up in the dust. If Mr. Wang can accept it, it can be regarded as saving the lives of the mother and daughter. This is
The woman is extremely beautiful, perhaps because of the emergency of the war, she is still in perfect condition."
Wang Yuan said: "Among my disciples in the army, there is a man named Meng Kang. He is a scholar and has not yet been married. Tomorrow, I will personally act as a matchmaker for them, so I won't talk about it anymore, Superintendent Wei."
"Mr. Wang is thoughtful and considerate. I admire you so much that I won't bother you anymore." Wei Bin retreated in embarrassment, not daring to pimp any more.
The next day, Wang Yuan called his disciple Meng Kang and the Fan girl to play matchmaker for them in public, which was a good story.
When this incident spread, naturally Governor Wang was not moved by beauty, while eunuch Wei Bin became a shameless villain.
After staying in Yingzhou for a few days to complete the post-war work, the emperor then sent his troops to Datong Prefecture, and the Xuanfu, Yansui and Liaodong ministries also returned to their jurisdiction.
Before leaving, all the generals from various places came to visit Wang Yuan and gave him gifts to build relations.
Wang Yuan accepted all the gifts and gave them in return according to their value. The gifts given by one general were given to that general, and the gifts were still the same, but with different owners.
The generals were very happy, and they consciously had a relationship with Wang Yuan. They said to everyone that Wang Xianggong did not love money.
In the blink of an eye, it was mid-November, and Zhu Houzhao stayed in Datong Mansion and refused to leave. No matter how he tried to persuade him, it was of no use!
Wang Yuan went to ask: "Why doesn't your Majesty return to Beijing in triumph?"
Zhu Houzhao took out a map, pointed at the territory of the three guards of Duoyan, and said: "The little prince of Mongolia has been eliminated, and I want to take advantage of the situation to regain Daningdusi!"
According to later generations, the jurisdiction of Daning Dusi includes northern Hebei, southeastern Inner Mongolia, and the northwest of the three northeastern provinces. It controls the upper reaches of the Liao River in the north, the Daling River Basin in the east, is connected to Xuanfu in the west, and is bordered by the Yanshan Great Wall in the south.
Block ninety cities.
As long as we take it back, we can bring Liaodong, Hebei, and Xuanfu together, and its strategic significance is similar to that of the Hetao in the northwest.
Once the imperial court regains control of the Daning capital, all the barbarians in Liaodong can only be regarded as grandsons. No matter what the Jurchen tribe is, if they really dare to rebel, it will be easy to send troops directly from Daning to kill them.
Although he performed poorly during the war, Zhu Houzhao's strategic vision was very vicious.
Wang Yuan reminded: "Your Majesty, although this battle is a great victory, our army has consumed countless amounts of food and grass. After the war, we have to reward the soldiers for their merits and provide compensation for the fallen soldiers. The household department will definitely be stretched thin. How can we have money and food to fight another battle?"
"Money, money, money again," Zhu Houzhao became very irritated when he heard it. "When it comes to fighting, there is no money. What do the princes in the court do for food? What use do I need them for!"
Wang Yuan continued: "The Central Committee is reporting urgently that thieves are everywhere in Hebei and we need to lead troops to suppress them immediately."
Although no one in Beizhili dared to rebel, bandits were everywhere, and even horse thieves visited the suburbs of Beijing.
It was simply because the emperor wanted to fight, so he recruited many civilians and plundered countless grains. The farmers in Hebei could not survive and could only turn themselves into thieves. How could they continue to fight like this?
"That's it, that's all, go back." Zhu Houzhao was depressed.
Wang Yuan suggested: "The little Mongolian prince is dead, and the grassland will inevitably be in chaos. And our Ming army is so powerful that the three guards of Duoyan will definitely send envoys to join us. Why not take the opportunity to reestablish the Daning Guard?"
Zhu Houzhao shook his head and said: "The three guards of Duoyan are unreliable. They surrendered and then rebelled, and rebelled and surrendered again. How could they give up Daning City?"
Wang Yuan said with a smile: "The price is high, and the money will be paid on the ground. Now that the Ming Dynasty has won the battle, it can take advantage of the situation and threaten. If the three guards of Duoyan do not hand over Daning City, they will send troops to attack them! Even so, the three guards of Duoyan will definitely not want to suffer a loss.
After that, you can ask the ministries to send their eldest son to stay in Beijing as a hostage and study in the Imperial College."
"What's the use of proton? Just kill proton and replace Duoyan Sanwei with a son to inherit." Zhu Houzhao asked.
Wang Yuan explained: "First, the proton must be the eldest son and have the right to inherit the tribe. If the patriarch dies and the second son inherits the tribe, we can choose to send troops to conquer, or we can choose to put the proton back. No matter which choice there is, there are benefits, and
We are the ones who have great righteousness. Secondly, we raise the hostages in Beijing, induce them to eat, drink and have fun, and kill their ambition. When they return to the tribe, they will be useless as leaders."
"Yes, this method is good," Zhu Houzhao asked, "What if there is a protégé with high ambitions who studied hard in the Imperial College and learned the strategies of the Han family?"
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Send the Jin Yiwei to keep an eye on you at any time. If there is such a proton, you will definitely die a violent death."
"That's it," Zhu Houzhao felt much more comfortable. "For the time being, let Duoyan's three guards and one horse go. When the court has enough money and food, I will conquer it myself!"
Historically, Zhu Houzhao was obsessed with Duoyan Sanwei and delayed his return to Beijing until February of the following year. He ran away again just after he came back. When he heard that his grandmother (the Empress Dowager) had died of illness, he ran back to pay his respects.
The ministers were afraid that the emperor would escape here, so they kept a close watch on him.
As a result, Zhu Houzhao made an excuse to bury his grandmother. As soon as the Empress Dowager was laid to rest, he rode out of the customs again and stationed directly at Xifengkou - just outside Xifengkou was the Duoyan Sanwei.
Zhu Houzhao lived in the border area for a whole year. Yang Tinghe was so angry that he resigned several times, but was never approved.
Yang Shen's letter of remonstrance was withheld by the eunuch, and he was so angry that he resigned, and his resignation was successful.
I don’t know if the emperor, who was persuaded by Wang Yuan to return to the capital in advance, will go to the border to have fun next year.