I am one year older than Chongzhen

The historical Dengzhou offensive and defensive battle was not a perfect encirclement and annihilation battle at all.

The final result was that more than 10,000 rebels and Jiaxiao led by Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming not only escaped, but also successfully surrendered to the enemy.

Now history has been rewritten, and the counterinsurgency war has ended more than three months ahead of schedule, greatly reducing the burden on the court.

Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were captured alive and sent to the capital. The traitor King Sanshun who established the slaves died immediately.

It stands to reason that the merits are far greater than the history, and the rewards from the imperial court should also increase!

Huang Yi was not prepared to be loyal to Emperor Chongzhen or the decadent Zhu Ming Dynasty, but he fully expected high-ranking officials, generous salaries, and power to dominate the government and the public.

Not all of the captured ships were warships, but more than half were merchant ships. Some of the shipowners were not killed by the rebels. What should I do?

The governor, supervisors, and governors cooperated so well that Huang Yi reciprocated. Not only did he take away the prisoners, but he also took all the survivors, including ship owners, mine owners, and land managers, with their families and brought them back to the base for resettlement.

Later, Huang Yi learned that Wang Kun, Liu Yulie, Xie Lian, and the civilian and military generals under their command still had ways to make money.

That’s Borderland! Unowned gold and copper mines...

Landowners and wealthy people died in large numbers, and Huang Yi took the survivors with property to the base area.

Wang Kun, Liu Yulie, Xie Lian and other civil and military generals had millions of acres of fertile land, and dozens of mines, large and small, and mines to divide. Of course they would make a lot of money.

Therefore, the domineering Huang Yi no longer looked so annoying, and won unanimous praise from the civilian and military generals who participated in Denglai's counterinsurgency.

Entering the twelfth lunar month of winter, the Forbidden City under the cover of white snow becomes more solemn and solemn.

In the imperial study room of Xinuang Pavilion, Emperor Chongzhen, who had been restless, began to smile.

He asked: "Wang Banban, how long does it take to get to the capital from Dengzhou?"

Wang Chengen, who always served the emperor as much as possible, immediately replied:

"Back to Your Majesty, in the past when the governor of Denglai went to Denglai, the longest trip from the capital to Dengzhou took three months, and the shortest was nearly two months!"

Chongzhen couldn't help but frown and said: "I'm not asking officials to take office!"

Wang Chengen knew that the impatient emperor was probably eager to know the current situation in Denglai, so he added:

"It's six hundred miles away and can be reached in two days on an expedited basis!"

The battle has been won, and the memorials from Wang Kun, Liu Yulie, Xie Lian, etc. have been delivered, and they have all stated that the rebels will be completely annihilated. Why do we need to rush for 600 miles?

Emperor Chongzhen simply said bluntly: "How long do you think it will take Wang Kun to return to the capital from Dengzhou?"

Wang Chengen understood that the emperor wanted to hear Wang Kun personally describe the situation in Denglai, and he couldn't wait any longer.

Wang Kun is really lucky. He is thousands of miles away from the emperor, but the emperor still cares about him so much. Our family must get along well with a capable official like him in the future.

He replied respectfully: "I think Wang Kun will spend at least half a month!"

"Half a month? I'm afraid it won't be that fast. He is escorting a group of captured rebel generals!"

"Servants are different from foreign ministers. They work tirelessly for His Majesty. I think Wang Kun will definitely be able to come back before the tenth day of the first lunar month!"

"Oh? I'll wait and see."

Chongzhen picked up the memorial he had just read and looked at it carefully. Then he breathed a long sigh of relief and murmured to himself:

"It's finally over! It seems that the Xinghe Army is really good at fighting! But I don't know when it will be able to regain its fighting strength after paying huge casualties?"

The Xinghe Army indeed suffered huge casualties. The total number of casualties in several battles reached more than 1,700, of which more than 400 were killed and more than 300 were disabled.

However, neither Wang Kun nor Liu Yulie reported the facts to the court.

Because they felt that the huge casualties mentioned by Huang Yi were just drizzle. In such a fierce battle, and it was a formidable battle, shouldn't there have been over 10,000 casualties, with seven or eight thousand killed?

There were more than 1,700 casualties, and only more than 400 people died. This data was not in line with the norm. No civil servants or generals would believe it unless they saw it with their own eyes.

So they quintupled the number of Xinghe Army dead to 2,500, bringing the total number of casualties to 4,876.

The casualties of soldiers and horses led by generals such as Yang Yufan, Deng Qi, Chen Hongfan, Liu Zeqing and others also reached about 5,000.

The casualty data of the Xinghe Army were neat and orderly, and the number of casualties was in line with the norm. The Ministry of War first believed it, and the emperor also believed it.

There are beacons everywhere in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and the fierce fighting in Liaodong is endless. The emperor is in urgent need of troops who can fight, dare to fight and win.

The Xinghe Army, which achieved perfect results in the Denglai battlefield, has entered the emperor's sight.

What he is worried about now is that the veterans of Xinghe's military division are too tired to fight anymore.

Therefore, he wanted to meet Wang Kun as soon as possible and ask personally about the situation of the battle in Denglai and how long it would take for the Xinghe Army to recover.

The emperor's thoughts were already clear. As the most reliable eunuch around the emperor, of course he had to share the emperor's worries.

So Wang Chengen quietly walked out of the imperial study room to make arrangements.

Two days later, Wang Kun, who was rushing on the road in ice and snow, received a handwritten letter from his godfather Cao Huachun, who traveled 600 miles to rush it.

At this time, Wang Kun was already walking in front of Liu Yulie who was returning to Beijing.

Liu Yulie is completely different from when he came here. At that time, he was engaged in counterinsurgency tasks like mourning for his heir.

Beginning in the second year of Chongzhen, the war was fierce and dangerous, and the civil servants who led the troops in the war had a high-risk job.

Many colleagues were not optimistic about him, and it was impossible for anyone to rush to curry favor with him. In addition, Liu Yulie himself was in a bad mood. The journey could be described as deserted and miserable.

Now and then, now that Liu Yulie has returned in triumph, the prefectures, cities and counties he passes by are like a completely different world.

During the reception banquet and farewell wine, officials waiting to be summoned by the governor lined up at the gate of the palace.

It was a great battle, and it was an impeccable victory. How should the court judge merits and reward them?

As long as the governor writes his name on the merit report and keeps active, he will be promoted to at least one level, and even three levels may not be impossible!

After all, the state capitals along the way participated in countering the rebellion. At least they collected food and grass, organized young men, and transported ordnance.

It does not matter if some state capitals do not do these things. As long as the governor believes that the state capitals have done so, the credit will not go away.

At this time, you can get twice the result with half the effort by using social media. You must seize the opportunity to show hospitality and give generous gifts when the governor passes by.

Therefore, Liu Yulie was always enthusiastically retained by civil servants, and he could not walk thirty miles a day.

Fortunately, Liu Yulie took the initiative to discuss it with Wang Kun. From now on, they will still maintain separate paths as civil servants and eunuchs. They will not interact with each other until they die, and they will meet in private when necessary.

The two of them also agreed on a private place to meet, which was the other courtyard of Jiaofangsi Hongpai. This redpai was Liu Yulie's old friend, so there was no need to worry about the news leaking out.

In fact, it is not a big deal if the news leaks out. Historically, Cao Huachun also openly helped Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party, to escape guilt, which led to the resignation of Wen Tiren, the first assistant.

It's just that civil servants colluded with eunuchs. To put it bluntly, they were eunuchs, and they were despised by the scholar-bureaucrats.

Eunuchs who collude with foreign ministers will be suspected by the emperor and risk being executed with a stick.

Therefore, the two of them were in conflict with each other, but when they returned to the capital, they went their own way to the same destination.