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Chapter 275 9.21 The Capital Responds to Wu Xun's Discussion
Chapter 9

9.21 Beijing Response, Wu Xun Discussion

A few days later, the Imperial Palace in the capital, the Imperial Study Room of Daming Palace.

"Ping Yuanbo, Jiangnan Admiral Chen Xuyan: On July 15, [-]th year of Yongzheng, after half a month of secret mobilization and integration, I arranged for a unified operation in all parts of Jiangnan at Yinshi that day, and the war has basically ended, with great results.

I mobilized more than 11 available troops from all parts of the south of the Yangtze River, and launched an attack on the prefecture or county in the area at the same time. Thanks to your majesty's blessings, the soldiers worked hard, and most of them won.

The rebellious armies in various places have been divided for a long time, the morale of the army is exhausted, and the morale of the initial stage is no longer there. Therefore, the combat power is meager. With less than [-]% of the bandits, the minister has won a huge victory, and I hereby give a victory.

In this campaign, all the prefectures and cities in the south of the Yangtze River have been recovered, and more than [-]% of the counties have been recovered. The rest are mostly remote or marginal places. It has been more than two years since the civil disturbances began, and most of them can be pacified today.

According to reports from various places, the power of the rebellious people has been wiped out, and the leader has won [-] meritorious deeds, twice as much as the number of rebellious people captured, more than a hundred leaders, big and small, have been killed, and [-]% of Jiangnan has been pacified.

Although the battle was victorious, the casualties were also huge. The casualties of each unit generally reached more than [-]%, and the entire army was even wiped out in some defeated areas. its number.

Today, Jiangnan is in a state of desolation, with a thousand things waiting to be done, countless victims of the villagers, and the gentry are also in distress. They are really unable to support the army. In addition to retaining the main forces and some mobile forces, more than [-] have been abolished.

The minister bowed his head, begging to be exempted from taxes and corvees in the south of the Yangtze River, so that the villagers can cultivate themselves and the gentry can live. "

"Everyone has read this memorial, but what do you want to say?" Emperor Yongzheng casually flipped through the memorial and threw it on the imperial case, and asked a group of civil and military officials below with a cold face.

In the cold, it was obviously good news, but the atmosphere at the scene seemed to be in mourning!

No one expected that Wei Xu could fight so well, and while they were still discussing how to "help" finish it, he had already organized a decisive battle, and basically killed the main force of the rebel army in the first battle!

Although the loss was a bit tragic and the cost was an exaggeration, just listening to the figures on his memorial, the number of casualties exceeded [-], because the so-called "cutting" [-] people took it for granted as a euphemism for "loss".

According to Wei Xu's memorial, Jiangnan has successively pulled out 15 troops. Now it seems that there are [-] soldiers left to fight, but it can be regarded as a solution to the chaos, not to mention that people directly say that it will be completely settled by the end of the year. .

They certainly didn't expect that [-]% of Wei Xu's reported figures were water, and his actual irrecoverable loss was less than [-], which was death and disability. If the [-] Dongfang Bai took away were taken away, the remaining troops in Jiangnan were roughly true. It is fifty thousand.

"Boom—" Yongzheng slapped the imperial case with an angry face, "Why are everyone dumb? Now who will tell me how to end this time? And how to reward them?"

"Your Majesty, the [-] elite soldiers in the Beijing camp have been prepared and are ready to go at any time. Since General Wei said the losses were heavy, it is better to reinforce them now and calm them down as quickly as possible." Minister of Rites Bai Xian still did not understand the situation.

"Pa——" Emperor Yongzheng grabbed the memorial just now and smashed it on Bai Xian's face, stunned the audience. Thousands of people passed by?
Alright, why not let Lord Bai lead the troops himself?Didn't you always say that you need to arrange a supervising army when you dispatch troops and horses?According to the pre-Ming tradition, I named you the Jiangnan Supervisor, how is everything going? "

"Chen, Chen..." Bai Xian's face turned blue with anger, but he could only kneel down and plead guilty.

"Dai Quan, draw up the decree. The minister of the Ministry of Rites, Bai Xian, is loyal to his duties. However, he is already old. Special permission allows him to serve as a scholar of the Wenhua Palace. Send it out when you are ready!" Yongzheng was not interested in listening to him. Explain, one sentence stunned the audience.

"Master Bai, please!" What Yongzheng meant just now was actually a tactful "dismissal" order. It was just to take care of the court's face, so it didn't make it so ugly, but Dai Quan, as a dog's leg, must show the truth.

"Your Majesty, Lord Bai has been an official for many years after all." Knowing that it is not suitable to speak now, Minister of the Ministry of Officials Shen Yan, as the head of civil officials, still stood up and begged for mercy.

"Do you need another order from me?" This time, Yongzheng didn't give him any face, and pushed Shen Yan to a dead end with one sentence.

There is no way, the performance of the civil servants this time is no longer a matter of "poor" or "extremely poor", but that it is better to have nothing. During the entire period of civil unrest in the south of the Yangtze River, what they played was always counterproductive.

If it was during the war period, if Emperor Yongzheng had to endure any longer, now that the war is clearly over, if he loses his temper, he is no longer an emperor, but a saint.

"Death penalty!" Shen Yan's face flushed with embarrassment, but he still knelt down to apologize sincerely. If he dared to continue beeping, Emperor Yongzheng would also remove him if he dared. "Your Majesty, as General Wei said, the people's livelihood in Jiangnan is now in decline and there are many wastes waiting to be done. It really should recuperate and recuperate. It is better to exempt them from full tax for one year and corvee for three years." Jiang Xing, the Minister of Household Affairs, quickly changed the topic.

"Yes!" Yongzheng nodded, without looking at Shen Yan who was kneeling on the ground, he turned to Niu Jizong and asked, "Niu Aiqing, what should we do this time about the award?"

"Your Majesty, for such a great achievement, a marquis is indispensable." Even if he didn't want to, Niu Jizong could only admit that a large part of the reason why he could become the leader of the nobles was that he had the highest title, but it is a pity that he is no longer.

"Is there anything else?" Emperor Yongzheng nodded his head, which is indispensable. The key is what to do with the position, is it Gao Shengrong?Then his reputation as an emperor will immediately be on par with Song Gaozong!

"Your Majesty, I heard that Mrs. Wei is old and has been bedridden with illness for a while, unable to manage affairs." Even in front of so many people, Niu Jizong gritted his teeth and said it. After all, this was what he resisted at the beginning. pot.

"Niu Aiqing is indeed loyal to the affairs of state, so let's do it!" Emperor Yongzheng nodded in satisfaction, "Also, the soldiers fought bloody battles, and they must be rewarded. The five armies' governor's office will make arrangements according to the law!"

"Weichen obeys the order!" Niu Jizong agreed with a bitter face. After knowing this, it is lucky that he and Wei Xu can not be hostile.

"Let's go!" After making arrangements, Emperor Yongzheng waved his hand and went back to the inner room without even looking at the civil servants.

A moment later, a group of military generals had just left the palace gate, and Niu Jizong stopped them with his hand, signaling to walk slowly, because he dared not delay any longer.

"Old Niu, if you do this, you won't be afraid that that kid will trouble you?" Liu Fang asked angrily.

"Otherwise, what should we do? It's not like you didn't know when he was promoted to be the admiral of Jiangnan!" Niu Jizong was also very helpless. Although he proposed to promote Wei Xu to be an admiral, it was he who asked him to raise soldiers at his own expense.

If it's just like this, it's fine. The key is that Wu Xun was obviously incompetent at the time, and Wei Xu took the cauldron of the Jiangnan civil unrest.That is the fate of death and family destruction!

Does Wei Xu know these things?That needs no discussion at all!What's more, after such a long time, Wu Xun's lineage has already understood that Wei Xu and them are not completely on the same side.

Especially now that he has soared into the sky with his achievements in civil unrest in the south of the Yangtze River. If he is allowed to return to the capital, the only possible position is a certain governor of the five armies.

Although four of the five governors are false, it depends on who will do it. If Wei Xu comes, he will definitely be able to take back all the powers according to the position of the five military governors in the early days of the founding of the country with his current strength!
When that time really comes, where should Niu Jizong, the "Head of Martial Arts" go?In fact, it's not just that he is worried, other families really hope that a young man in his early twenties will be higher than himself?
"Brother, if you let Ding You, I'm afraid it will end in immortality in the future." Hou Xiaokang, who is still somewhat conscientious, kindly reminded Wei Xu that as long as Ding You comes back to Wei Xu, Emperor Yongzheng is absolutely not interested in letting him come back again!

"That's why I stopped you." Niu Jizong breathed a sigh of relief, "When the time comes, we will act together, please pass the decree to seize the love! In this way, you can only stay in the original position, and there is no need to discuss the issue of promotion."

Even if he is the leader of martial arts, everyone else is staring at him like an idiot. Don't you have any idea of ​​Wei Xu's position with Emperor Yongzheng?At this time, asking him to make a decree to seize love, how much difference is it from forcing the palace?
In the feudal era, when the parents of officials passed away, they had to "Ding You", that is, to resign and go back to keep their filial piety. .

Although the order of feudal status is "Heaven, Earth, Monarch, Parent, Teacher", most dynasties also have the slogan "Rule the world with filial piety", and the emperors can't bear the infamy of "unfilial piety", so there are not many examples of "taking love". .

"Old Niu, if there is any way, you can tell it together!" Liu Fang said impatiently, expecting them to force the palace in order to win Wei Xu's love, then go to sleep!

"Actually, it's not a new method. It's just to keep the theater troupes busy for a few more days and sing a few performances of "Hu Jia Jiang" (who was slandered and killed) and "Storm Pavilion"." Niu Jizong said without confidence.

"You—" Liu Fang pointed at Niu Jizong speechlessly. The relationship between Wu Xun and Yongzheng has improved significantly these days, but after this, it is probably back to the past.

"That's it!" Shi Guangzhu was the first to agree, and then pouted at the palace gate under the puzzled eyes of a group of people, "If I force that kid to change his mind."

"Yes!" After a while of silence, Liu Fang spoke on behalf of Wu Xun and others.

"Actually, it's not impossible for those poor people to negotiate." After hesitating for a while, Chen Ruiwen suggested softly, "Don't forget what happened today, in fact, they lost more."

"I'll arrange someone to contact Shen Yan!" Niu Jizong nodded slowly.

(End of this chapter)