The Prosperous Era of Longwan

At this moment, a figure flashed outside the palace door, and a young chamberlain was already standing by the door, whispering to the inside: "Inform the emperor, the two cabinet ministers Xu and Yuan and the Minister of War Yang Bo want to see you."

Emperor Jiajing frowned when he heard the servant's announcement.

With the arrival of the ministers of the cabinet and the chief commander of the Ministry of War, there must be important military reports, and those who can become important military reports must be from the north.

Could it be that Anda Khan led his troops to break the barrier again?

Suddenly I felt very irritable, but I didn't waste any time and nodded slightly.

Immediately, Huang Jin hurried over and whispered a few words to the waiter. The waiter turned around and ran out.

Huang Jin stood in front of the palace gate and watched for a while, then quickly returned to the throne and reported to Emperor Jiajing in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it looks like there is good news."

"Well, that's the Fujian side."

After hearing Huang Jin's words, Emperor Jiajing's brows relaxed.

The current Emperor Jiajing, following the same concerns as the previous emperors, is actually most worried about the threat from the northern grasslands, and the current combat power of the Ming army in the border town cannot reassure them.

When Emperor Jiajing arrived, he was still worried about the Fu Guangrao bandit.

Half a year ago, the Fujian, Guangdong, and Gansu Ming armies were defeated steadily by the so-called Feilong Army brought by Zhang Lian, and their frontline was directed at Zhejiang and South Zhili. At that time, he also had a deep feeling for Zhang Lian. of fear.

As for the Japanese pirates, Emperor Jiajing was more angry. After all, the Japanese pirates began in the Meng Yuan Dynasty. They actually happened intermittently in the early Ming Dynasty, but they only became more and more serious in the past few years.

Even when he first heard that the Japanese pirates were approaching Nanjing, his capital, he had no fear in his heart, only deep anger. He was shocked that the Japanese pirates were so powerful, and he was even more worried that the Ming army in the south of the Yangtze River was so weak.

Of course Emperor Jiajing knew how to take advantage of your illness to kill you. After the Zhejiang Ming Army finally defeated Zhang Lian, Zhang Lian had to shrink his troops. It was the time when the morale of the rebels was low. If they could not take this opportunity to completely eliminate them, they would be defeated once they were defeated. Their resurgence is even more difficult to deal with.

After the three of them entered Yuxi Palace and saluted Emperor Jiajing, the three of them looked at each other, but no one spoke.

In normal times, Emperor Jiajing would have been unable to sit still at this time.

Fortunately, Emperor Jiajing could see that it was not a bad thing since the three people entered the palace, because although the three people's faces were serious, they could not hide the smile at the corner of their mouths.

The three of them lingered for a long time before Yang Bo walked out at the signal of Xu Jie and Yuan Wei, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the Admiral and Guangxi Minister Zhang Nian and the Commander-in-Chief Chen Wangmo have sent military reports. The army defeated three people, captured the thieves Zhang Lian and Xiao Xuefeng, and beheaded 1,200 people."

As soon as the words fell, the hall fell silent for an instant. Emperor Jiajing on the throne had his eyes wide open, holding the armrests tightly with both hands and looking at Yang Bo.

The news was so big that he never expected that Zhang Lian would be caught.

"Is the news true?"

Emperor Jiajing became a little excited and couldn't wait to ask.

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely true. The good news was jointly reported by the Admiral and Guangxi Minister Zhang Nian and the Commander-in-Chief Chen Wangmo. There must be no lies."

Yang Bo still looked humble and replied.

"Okay, okay, okay."

In a moment of excitement, Emperor Jiajing said three good words in a row.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there were no rebellions, but there were really no such thief as Zhang Lian, who devastated the four provinces. Most of them just stayed in the chief envoy's office and were quickly wiped out.

Those rebels are actually not as difficult to suppress as bandits and robbers.

But this time it was different. Many of the people in Zhang Lian's network were bandits who were difficult to suppress, and the key people were also incited by him, and he actually attracted more than 100,000 people.

In fact, Emperor Jiajing knew why this was the case. Wei Guangde had already reported it when he came back. Although there were some deviations between the prediction and the result, that was actually what happened.

Slowly loosening his grip on the armrest, Emperor Jiajing tried hard to calm down his excitement.

Yang Bo was already holding a memorial there, and Huang Jin quickly stepped forward to take it, turned around and handed it to the emperor's royal writing desk.

"We have heard from Guangdong that the Ministry of War has requested that the thieves Zhang Lian and Xiao Xuefeng be sent to the capital to be held as prisoners of war. The remaining party members who have not yet been pacified should be punished and suppressed immediately, and the inspectors will be ordered to verify their merits and crimes in detail."

The memorial was sent to Emperor Jiajing, and it was then that Yang Bo, the Minister of War, told the Ministry of War's plans.

The leaders of the thieves were bound and escorted to the capital for a prisoner presentation ceremony, which could also demonstrate the merits of the military department.

Of course Emperor Jiajing listened to Yang Bo's words, but he did not express his position immediately. Instead, he picked up the memorial on the imperial desk and read it carefully.

In fact, this cannot be regarded as a memorial, but a good report, a good report sent to the Ministry of War. A more detailed memorial should be sent to the capital later.

However, this good news was enough for Yang Bo to send him to the emperor.

The content of the victory report was the same as what Yang Bo said. Two thieves, Zhang Lian and Xiao Xuefeng, were captured. The thieves had been defeated and fled. Now Zhang Zhen and Chen Wangmo were urging the Ming army to clear out the remaining bandits.

However, Emperor Jiajing also saw another name in the victory report. Although it was only mentioned once, it obviously also made great contributions in this battle.

"Dayou set up an ambush to attack Xiao Xuefeng?"

Emperor Jiajing murmured, "Were Zhang Lian and Xiao Xuefeng captured separately?"

Regarding the emperor's question, Xu Jie and Yuan Wei's eyes naturally fell on Yang Bo.

Although they had read the memorial, they had only read it briefly and not in detail.

"It seems from the good news that this is indeed the case."

Yang Bo said: "Based on the previous war reports in Fujian, this war should be that the two thieves Zhang and Xiao led their troops to attack Pinghe County, but were defeated by Hu Qiheng's troops. Yu Dayou, the deputy general of the Southern Gansu Province, took the opportunity to lead his troops to raid the thieves' nest, and the Zhang thieves returned. During the rescue, he was ambushed by Yu Dayou and captured Xiao Xuefeng. Afterwards, all the troops surrounded him, and Zhang Lian and Chen Wangmo led their troops to capture Zhang Lian."

After Yang Bo saw the victory report from the Guangdong Admiral, he looked through the previous battle reports, quickly connected the relevant clues, and roughly understood the course of the battle.

Although there are small discrepancies, it is generally not bad.

Nodding slightly, when Yang Bo said this, the doubts in Emperor Jiajing's heart disappeared. Then the only thing left before him was the prisoner sacrifice proposed by Yang Bo.

Emperor Jiajing thought for a moment and then said: "Each ministry has made meritorious service in suppressing the rebellion. The patrol officer should be ordered to examine the merits and crimes in detail, and the Ministry of War will determine rewards and punishments accordingly.

As for the sacrifice of prisoners, our ancestors have been away for a long time. Zhao Wenhua pretended to be a thief and took credit for his work. He desecrated the court and became a fire. This place has become a place for offering incense and silk for annual reports. If you bring peace to a country or use its rituals, this is the beginning of a great rebellion. Because the ministers wanted to cause more disasters, they deceived and slandered the emperor, and the consequences were determined to be punished. They were the first to be punished in that place, and the three provinces were punished by snowing the anger of the people. "

After hearing this, Yang Bo knew that Emperor Jiajing did not agree with the proposal of holding a prisoner dedication ceremony agreed upon by the Ministry of War, and directly convicted Zhang Lian and other thieves.

Although a little disappointed, Emperor Jiajing's words are still right.

To sacrifice prisoners, if it is to bring peace to a country or to use its rituals, it is indeed too much to sacrifice prisoners just to wipe out a few bandits.

Perhaps, if Bianzhen could capture Amada Khan, the emperor would decide to hold a prisoner dedication ceremony.

"According to the order."

At this time, the two cabinet ministers below and the Minister of War all received the order.

The emperor has already made a decision on how to punish them, and all they have to do is prepare and issue them according to the emperor's orders.

"After the Ministry of War returns, it will work with various ministries to send battle reports, and list the battle process in detail and submit it separately.\

,"Finally, Emperor Jiajing gave Yang Bo instructions. While speaking, he stared at the successful report on the imperial book case.

The words in it were thought-provoking, but Yang Bo already understood that the emperor discovered the hidden tricks in the battle report.

The news that the thief Zhang Lian had been captured had already spread in the official circles of the capital from the moment Yang Bo walked into Xiyuan. The six departments and all the yamen in Beijing knew about it in a short period of time.

It is true that the Ministry of War has not been able to produce any outstanding results recently. It is strange that people from the Ministry of War did not take the initiative to spread the good news when they suddenly received such good news.

With the achievement of pacifying Fujian, this year's assessment of the Ministry of War should not be a big problem.

"Judging from the victory reports, it seems that Zhang Nian and Chen Wangmo captured Zhang Lian, and Yu Dayou captured Xiao Wan."

In Prince Yu's Mansion, Prince Yu, Yin Shizhen and others were also circulating the copy of the good news from the Ministry of War, and analyzed it after it finally fell into the hands of Wei Guangde.

"Zhang and Chen wrote the good news very well. No one would notice the line in the article unless they read it carefully."

Tang Ruji sneered.

Yin Shizhen just nodded slightly, while Zhang Juzheng remained silent.

He didn't know Chen Wangmo, but he knew Zhang Zhen. This man had some connection with his teacher Xu Jie. Who could he be the commander-in-chief of Guangdong and Guangxi or Xu Jie?

In fact, when he saw the good news, he also noticed something strange in it.

The entire victory report mostly talked about how Zhang Zhen led Chen Wangmo to annihilate Zhang Lian's traitors, and only mentioned Yu Dayou when talking about the capture of the two thieves.

"I think the detailed process will be communicated soon."

King Yu was not impressed by their conversation. He was very happy now.

After Zhang Lian's rebels were wiped out, the situation in Jiangnan became stable. Although there were still Japanese pirates harassing them, suppressing the rebels and resisting the Japanese were not the same thing after all. They were two different things in nature. Zhang Lian had raised the flag of rebellion.

As for who killed the rebels, the court will decide the merits. After all, the transcript they see now is just a victory report. A more detailed description of the battle will be sent to the capital later, and the local patrol censor will also conduct Verification, fraud is impossible.

King Yu also heard the conversation between Wei and Tang just now, but he was not paying attention to it at the moment.

In his opinion, if he wins the battle and eliminates the chain thieves, it is not about grabbing the credit.

If it was really the thieves defeated by Zhang Zhen and Chen Wangmo, he would naturally have nothing to say, but if it was Yu Dayou who won the battle and others took away the credit, then Prince Yu's Mansion cannot sit idly by and ignore it.

However, we have to wait for the memorial below to make a decision, so there is no rush.

In the southern suburbs of Pinghe County, Fujian, at the foot of Tashan Mountain, there is a huge military camp surrounded by a wooden fence. There are many flags in the camp and military tents are densely covered.

At this time, a heated conversation was breaking out in a huge military tent in the center of the camp.

"Admiral, the one you caught is Yang Shun, not Zhang Lian. If you go up here to report your merits like this, you will be punished once you are found out."

Yu Dayou has transferred to Zhang Nian's camp, mainly to transfer the captured Xiao Xuefeng. I heard that he captured Zhang Lian who ran away, so he naturally wanted to take a look.

But when he saw the person and identified it with the prisoners he captured, he discovered that the so-called Zhang Lian was actually Yang Shun.

This news scared Yu Dayou half to death.

Zhang Nian thought he had caught Zhang Lian, so he hurriedly sent people to the capital to deliver the victory report that day. The formal memorial was still being drafted. The main purpose was to wait for him to come over and send him detailed battle reports of the consecutive battles since he sent out troops. Come, polish it and put it into the memorial.

In addition, the credit book he drafted also needs to include people from Yu Dayou's side.

Speaking of which, although Yu Dayou has been promoted to deputy commander-in-chief, he still has many people in charge of him.

The Ministry of War issued a document asking him to follow the command of the Governor Liu Xian and annihilate Zhang Lian's rebels. However, the cabinet also issued a document asking Zhang Zhen, who was in charge of the military affairs of Guangdong and Guangxi, to be the governor of Fujian to annihilate the traitors, not to mention Hu Zongxian, who had been appointed governor of the military affairs of Jiangnan provinces long ago. .

After ambushing Xiao Xuefeng's troops, Yu Dayou could only send people to detect the movements of Zhang Lian's remaining troops while sending military reports to Liu Xian and Zhang Nian.

Unexpectedly, after knowing that Xiao Xuefeng's troops were destroyed, Zhang Lian, perhaps worried about being surrounded by the Ming army, did not lead his troops to rush back to his hometown in desperation. Instead, he summoned three groups of people to return the same way and fled eastward.

After that, Zhang Nian led the general Chen Wangmo to mention the encounter between the Guangxi wolf soldiers and Zhang Lian's tribe. After a fierce battle, he received a battle report from Zhang Nian, saying that Zhang Lian's tribe was defeated, Zhang Lian was captured alive, and more than 30,000 people were captured. At the same time, He was also ordered to take Xiao Xuefeng to reunite with him as soon as possible.

However, at this time, there were only three people left in the Chinese army's tent: Admiral Zhang Nian, Commander-in-Chief Chen Wangmo, and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yu Dayou. The others had been driven out of the tent.

"General Yu, we have found many thieves to confirm, and there is no doubt that that person is Zhang Lian. Please stop messing around."

Perhaps because he was afraid that Yu Dayou had a background in Prince Yu's palace, although Chen Wangmo was the commander-in-chief, he still repeatedly explained to Yu Dayou that it was nothing more than the identification they asked the prisoners to do.

"Mr. Chen, I also asked Xiao Wan's personal soldiers to identify them. They have been following those thief leaders all year round and will never admit their mistakes. The person you arrested is the thief leader Yang Shun."

While the two people were talking fiercely in the hall, Admiral Zhang Nian, who was sitting in the seat, also frowned slightly.

Of course he had also identified the good news about Zhang Lian's capture on the spot, but the thieves he had picked out were just some minor officials among the rebels.

Although he didn't believe everything Yu Dayou said, it did make some sense. He captured Xiao Xuefeng, and at the same time there were his own soldiers. These people who were following Xiao Xuefeng must know Zhang Lian.

If the person caught was not Zhang Lian but Yang Shun, Zhang Zhen felt sweat on his forehead when he thought of the official documents he sent out a few days ago.

"Although he is not Zhang Lian, catching Yang Shun is still a great achievement. Next, we will continue to lead troops to encircle and suppress the remnants of the rebels, so we don't have to worry about not being able to catch him."

Yu Dayou was still arguing with Chen Wangmo, but Chen Wangmo was still listening at this time.

After he and Zhang Nian caught the man, they found many prisoners to identify him. They kept saying that he was their leader, and some of them accurately said that he was Zhang Lian. There was definitely no mistake on their part.

Yu Dayou said these words because he was jealous of his first victory.

He wanted to teach Yu Dayou a lesson, but thinking about Prince Yu's Mansion behind him, he could only shake his head in his heart and forget it.