The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 183 Noble Marquis of Wu'an

After the crown prince was blown away by the emperor, several cabinet ministers looked at each other and understood the emperor's intentions.

Jiang Chuan wanted rewards, but Yuan Chonghuan couldn't punish him. This was the emperor's bottom line.

Shoufu Wen Tiren's thinking was even more transparent. The emperor was about to use his emperor's art again. To put it bluntly, it was a way of checks and balances.

"Okay, let's talk about how Jiang Chuan should be rewarded, and how this matter should be settled." The emperor waved his hands, and his tone calmed down.

Wen Tiren said: "Your Majesty, I believe that this matter must have been caused by a misunderstanding between Yuan Dushi and the rebel army. Yuan Dushi is an upright man who wholeheartedly serves the country. The imperial court should bestow appropriate official titles on Jiang Chuan, the leader of the rebel army, and give certain financial rewards, so that he can understand the grace of His Majesty and the kindness of the court. If you make more contributions in the future, you will be rewarded again."

Several other cabinet ministers waited for the first assistant to finish speaking, and said in unison: "What the first assistant said is very true, and the ministers will second it."

The old emperor thought about it for a while, and said: "Such a righteous man should be rewarded. Then tell me how to reward him and what kind of official position should he bestow? Do you want to be knighted?"

Chief Assistant Wen Tiren said: "Your Majesty, since Jiang Chuan is good at using soldiers, he should naturally be given a military post. Moreover, the post must have the right to lead the army in combat. I think it is appropriate to give the post of commander-in-chief."

Several other people also seconded and had no opinion.

The emperor thought for a while and said: "Then give him the post of Liaoyang Commander-in-Chief, a thousand taels of silver, a hundred pieces of silk, and a flying fish suit. Let him lead his troops to continue to garrison Liaodong and wipe out the Tartars."

"Your Majesty is wise!" Several cabinet ministers flattered in unison, but in fact they were slandering the emperor for being extremely stingy.

The so-called General Soldier of Liaoyang is an empty title, not one soldier is given, one grain is not given, the so-called reward of one thousand taels of silver, and one hundred bolts of silk are not on the table.What's even more weird is that Liaoyang, where the Liaoyang General Soldier is stationed, is still in the hands of Man Qing.

In other words, if Jiang Chuan, the general soldier, wants to be worthy of his name, he must go to conquer Liaoyang City by himself in order to become the real general soldier of Liaoyang.

The emperor's move was really empty-handed, and he took in an elite army capable of recruiting and fighting with the hat of a general soldier. This business is simply not too cost-effective.

But the cabinet ministers are used to it, the emperor of Ming Dynasty has always been stingy, and now Daming has internal and external troubles, asking for money everywhere.Moreover, natural disasters and man-made disasters, the sharp drop in the revenue of the court, and the empty treasury are not willing to come.

And the 1000 taels of silver, Wen Tiren knew, the emperor would never take it out of his family's internal funds, it would definitely fall on the head of the household department.

Sure enough, the emperor went on to say: "Wen Qing, you are in charge of the household department, and the reward money should be transferred from the account of the household department."

As expected, Wen Tiren felt the same in his heart, but he couldn't see the slightest bit of displeasure on his face, and bowed to accept the order: "I obey the order."

The emperor thought for a while and said: "Wen Qing, you are just drafting an edict. This matter is imminent, and the edict must be announced as soon as possible, lest the frontier army and the rebel army clash, and all the soldiers of my Ming Dynasty will die."

Just as Wen Tiren bowed to speak, he was suddenly interrupted by the sound of hurried footsteps. Looking back, he saw Wang Chengen, who had always been calm and introverted, staggered in, knelt down in front of the emperor and said urgently: "Your Majesty, it's a big deal!" Not good, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong turned against him again!"

When the old emperor heard it, his eyes went dark and he almost fainted.

These two have been his nightmare for more than half a year. They finally surrendered. After two days of peace, why did they turn back again?
The old emperor forced himself to hold on, leaning on the armrest of the imperial couch and sat up straight, trying to calm himself down: "What's going on? Tell me!"

The last word was already stern, his hands were trembling, and his eyes were fixed on Wang Chengen, obviously his heart was extremely restless.

Wang Chengen held up a memorial in his hand to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the governor of Shaanxi hastened the battle report for eight hundred miles!"

The emperor took it, opened the battle report with trembling hands, scanned it hastily, his face changed drastically, his eyes darkened, and he fell backwards all of a sudden.

Wang Chengen and several cabinet ministers hurriedly surrounded him, and Wen Tiren hurriedly ordered a young eunuch to call the imperial doctor.

As soon as the emperor fainted, the entire Qianqing Palace jumped up and down, and all the concubines, princes and daughters rushed over to visit after hearing the news, and Wang Chengen took the lead.

After the emperor fainted, Wen Tiren and the others also knew the contents of the Babaili urgent battle report sent by Shaanxi.

The surrender of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong a month ago was just a false surrender.In order to appease them, the imperial court came up with a foolish trick. They continued to lead their own troops to form a battalion of their own, and Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were appointed as the commander-in-chief and the other as the garrison.

Moreover, the imperial court also gave them supplementary food, weapons, etc., intending to appease them and make them submit wholeheartedly.

Although the imperial court's idea was to wait until they were free to break up and dismantle them, they still tried their best to appease them at the beginning.

But every time the court took action, the two turned against each other first.With his troops, he entered the city of Xi'an, killed the magistrate of Xi'an and hundreds of officials, and looted the treasury.Zhang Xianzhong led people to storm Hanzhong, intending to march into Sichuan.

The two men rebelled again, and the Ming defenders in Shaanxi did not react at all, and they were defeated one after another, and the entire Shaanxi had been corrupted.The governor of Shaanxi saw that the matter was beyond his control, so he hurriedly reported it to the court within eight hundred miles.

This kind of news was so explosive that the emperor couldn't help but faint.

Wen Tiren and the others were also shocked, but they all looked at each other in blank dismay, not having any good ideas at all.

They couldn't handle it before, but now they have a psychological shadow on these two, and they can't handle it even more.

At this time, everyone thought of one person, and that was Yuan Chonghuan who was far away in Liaodong.

But no one dared to make their own claims, the emperor didn't speak, no one had the power to call Yuan Chonghuan back, and that person only recognized the emperor's orders.

Besides, Yuan Chonghuan was guarding Liaodong. Once Yuan Chonghuan left, the Liaodong frontier army would be even more empty. If the Tartars took the opportunity to attack, it would be really dangerous.

No one can bear this kind of responsibility, so only the emperor can make up his mind.

After more than a dozen imperial doctors tossed and tossed for a long time, at night, the old emperor woke up faintly.

The first thing to do after waking up was to call Wen Tiren in front of him and said in an old and weak voice: "Qing Wen, draw up another decree. There are two decrees. The first one bestows on Jiang Chuan, the leader of the rebel army, as the commander-in-chief of southern Liaoning, and confers the title of Wu'an Hou, reward 5000 liang of silver, [-] pieces of silk, and give bullfighting clothes. He also transferred [-] stones of grain and grass from the Datong treasury to the rebel army, and said that Marquis Wu'an and the Datong frontier army should cooperate with each other to resist the Eastern captives. He can recruit troops by himself. , the missing food and payment will be made up by the imperial court in the future.”

"The second way is to pass on my decree and transfer Yuan Chonghuan to return to Beijing as soon as possible. He will serve as the governor of the six provinces and be fully responsible for the suppression of bandits. On the day the decree arrives, he can hand over military affairs and return to the capital."

After Wen Tiren listened carefully, he drafted the decree on the spot, and after showing it to the emperor, he called Wang Chengen to stamp the jade seal "Treasure of the Son of Heaven", and the two urgent decrees were freshly released.

Wang Cheng'en selected capable personnel overnight and rushed to Liaodong with two imperial edicts.

It was almost midnight when he walked out of the palace.

Sitting in the carriage, Wen Tiren looked at the north for a long time, and sighed slightly. Unexpectedly, Li and Zhang's rebellion benefited the most from the little-known boy Jiang Chuan.

It's really funny to think about it, the emperor was so stingy with official titles before, and only when the crisis suddenly came did he know how to overweight and win people's hearts, it's really the emperor's mind, only looking at benefits.

　The third is coming.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)