I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

The distance between Shaoxing and Suzhou is closer than that between Nanjing and Suzhou. However, the news of Wu Changqing's victory over Liu Liangzuo reached Shaoxing later.

After all, what Nanjing received was an expedited battle report delivered by the warhorse, and Qiu Zhaojin had to bypass Hangzhou to deliver news to Shaoxing.

On the 28th, King Lu of Shaoxing received news of Wu Changqing's victory.

This time, it was much more shocking than the last time. Last time, Wu Changqing only captured a Suzhou and defeated more than 3,000 enemy troops. But this time, it directly defeated 40,000 Qing troops, killed more than 8,000 enemies, and captured more than 10,000 people.

This kind of victory stunned the officials in King Lu's small court. They couldn't imagine how such a big victory came about. None of you present dared to say that with 8,000 troops, he could still achieve such a great victory against 40,000 Qing troops.

Not to mention a big victory, with 8,000 troops against 40,000, as long as the city is not lost, it is considered a great achievement.

"These talents must be used by me. Governor Qiu said in the letter that Wu Changqing's subordinates were dissatisfied with our previous awards. What kind of awards do you think should be given?"

Zhu Yihai asked the crowd.

"The minister thought that he could bestow the marquis, from a commoner to a marquis, he must be able to feel the mighty grace of His Majesty."

General Fang Guoan said, of course, he is not saying good things for Wu Changqing.

Fang Guoan is currently the Duke of Yue in King Lu's regime, and he is the duke. He naturally didn't want Wu Changqing to be on an equal footing with him. After all, he had led the army to fight for more than ten years, and Wu Changqing was just a boy.

If Duke Wu Changqing was sealed, wouldn't he be able to meet each other as equals in the future?

If it weren't for Wu Changqing's great contribution now, he wouldn't even want to give it to the Marquis.

"The Marquis may be a little lower. After all, he defeated 40,000 Qing troops. Now he has tens of thousands of troops, and he can expand his army by tens of thousands at any time. With this kind of strength, a duke is also responsible."

Zhang Guowei spoke. He knew that Zhu Yihai wanted Wu Changqing's allegiance very much. After all, Wu Changqing was on the front line of fighting against the Qing Dynasty.

As long as they get Wu Changqing's allegiance, they can concentrate on dealing with Li Chengdong alone. After defeating Li Chengdong, he can also link up with Wu Changqing's territory, thus commanding Nanjing.

Nanjing is too important to Zhu Yihai, so Zhu Yihai is absolutely willing to give the duke's reward in order to gain Wu Changqing's allegiance.

Anyway, the reward of their small court is not worth much.

Zheng Zhilong in the Longwu court in the south had hundreds of thousands of troops, and Emperor Longwu only made a marquis.

On King Lu's side, there are only two Dukes, besides Fang Guoan and Wang Zhiren. And the troops in their hands are only more than 20,000 each.

Moreover, the combat strength of more than 20,000 soldiers is very worrying, and it cannot be compared with Wu Changqing's troops who are constantly winning battles.

In terms of strength, Wu Changqing may only be an earl in the Longwu court, but he is worthy of a duke in the small court of King Lu.

"Master Zhang, don't forget his age. At his age, isn't it enough to be named a marquis? If he is named a duke now, then when he conquers Nanjing, won't he be named a different surname king? If he recovers Beijing, There is no reward for that.”

Fang Guoan sneered, what he said was the truth. If the duke is sealed now, what if Wu Changqing will make even greater contributions in the future? Is it possible that he will reward the throne?

Originally, awarding a reward was something that needed to be very cautious. Emperor Longwu in the south did a good job in this regard.

And King Lu, due to various reasons, had to make Fang Guoan and others dukes. And now, the consequences of this casual reward have appeared.

"If General Fang can retake Nanjing, a king with a different surname will not be without General Fang."

Zhu Yihai said something indifferently.

He understands what Fang Guoan means, but Zhu Yihai is not stupid. Now that he can't even win Nanjing, he still thinks about winning Beijing, which is a bit too far.

Even Zhu Yihai is not sure whether he can recover his country in his lifetime. The most important thing for him now is to maintain his power, and this requires Wu Changqing's allegiance.

As for Wu Changqing in the future, if he can regain Beijing and drive the Tatars out of the customs, he can think of other ways to solve the problem of awarding rewards.

Or reward Wu Changqing's father, wife and son, or use power to deprive Wu Changqing of military power.

Anyway, this kind of trick, there are many records in the history books.

In short, Zhu Yihai now just wants to take care of the present, and only wants to take down Nanjing first, so that he will have the conditions to compete with the Tang king for orthodoxy.

When Zhu Yihai spoke, Fang Guoan closed his mouth. Although he was dissatisfied, he had nothing to say. After all, Zhu Yihai has made it clear that as long as he can win Nanjing, he can also be named a different surname king.

But does he have the patience?

He can't solve just one Li Chengdong. If it wasn't for the news that Wu Changqing defeated Liu Liangzuo to Hangzhou, which caused Li Chengdong's military instability, Hangzhou would have been taken down by Li Chengdong by now.

Although Fang Guoan was dissatisfied, he had no way to object. He blamed Wu Changqing for his beautiful record.

Fang Guoan, the general who led the army, no longer objected, and naturally not many others objected. Bringing Wu Changqing to his side can strengthen their strength, which is also beneficial to them.

"If there is no objection, then let's make a decree. Make Wu Changqing the Duke of Wu, and lead the governor of Zhili. His wife is named Erpin, and his wife..."

Zhu Yihai spoke, put this

Things are given.

In addition to the title of the duke, the official position was also the governor of Zhili.

This official position is extraordinary. The governor has the local military and political power, and it is the highest official position that a frontier minister can obtain. More importantly, Wu Changqing was still the governor of Zhili.

Zhili is divided into South Zhili and North Zhili, North Zhili is the Beijing area, and South Zhili is the Nanjing area. The governor of such a place is much more important than the governors of other provinces, and can be said to be the most powerful minister of the frontier.

This time, Zhu Yihai was a bloodbath. Of course, he, the governor of Zhili, was not given in vain. After all, it is now under the rule of the Qing army in Nanzhili.

Zhu Yihai's meaning couldn't be more obvious. He hoped that Wu Changqing could quickly bring down Nanjing.

In addition to rewarding officials and titles, after learning that Wu Changqing was about to get married, Zhu Yihai also asked people to prepare a big gift to congratulate him to show his importance.

Zhu Yihai only awarded Wu Changqing a reward. As for those generals under Wu Changqing, Wu Changqing himself needed to draw up a list and report it.

After all, Zhu Yihai didn't know that those generals were more highly valued by Wu Changqing, so it's not good to blindly reward them.

As long as the reward Wu Changqing asked for was not too excessive, the imperial court would generally allow it.