A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 236
Not long after the eunuch passed the decree, Yang Sichang, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, came in a hurry.

He entered the Nuan Pavilion and sang: "My minister Yang Sichang has seen His Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

He knelt down and kowtowed to Emperor Chongzhen respectfully. Although he was favored, every time he met the emperor, he was respectful and meticulous in etiquette.This is also one of the reasons why Emperor Chongzhen loves to trust Yang Sichang. He is capable and loyal to himself. If such a capable minister does not favor him, who will he favor?
After saluting, Yang Sichang lay respectfully on the brick floor, waiting for the emperor to speak.

Then I heard Emperor Chongzhen's extremely happy voice: "Yang Aiqing please get up quickly."

Yang Sichang thanked him respectfully again, and got up.

He is nearly 50 years old, but his body is extremely strong, with black beard and hair, bright eyes, and a shrewd and capable appearance. The red official robe on his body shows his extraordinary bearing.Compared with the prematurely aging and haggard Emperor Chongzhen, he really has nothing to say about the maintenance of his body.

He peeked at Emperor Chongzhen's expression, seeing his boundless joy, he knew it, but he still had a respectful expression, waiting for the emperor's question.

Emperor Chongzhen said happily: "Yang Aiqing, take a look at these two memorials."

Yang Sichang stood even better, taking the two memorials from the eunuch with both hands, one from Lu Xiangsheng and one from Chen Xinjia, and read them carefully.

Emperor Chongzhen took a sip of tea complacently, and looked at Yang Sichang's expression with some expectation.

But Yang Sichang looked at it for a long time, his eyes became more and more red, and finally almost tears rolled down, he solemnly adjusted his clothes, and gave the Emperor Chongzhen a big gift again, and shouted: "Lai Zu Hongfu, Holy God Tianwei, Lu Shilang and Governor Chen have such a great victory, I would like to congratulate the emperor and congratulate Daming!"

Having said that, he prostrated himself on the ground, weeping uncontrollably.

Emperor Chongzhen laughed out loud. Seeing Yang Sichang like this, he was moved. He stepped forward to help Yang Sichang up with his own hands, and said softly, "You don't have to be like this, Aiqing, get up quickly."

He called out to the left and right: "Come here, bring a chair for Yang Aiqing."

Immediately, a eunuch on duty moved a soft couch over and said respectfully to Yang Sichang: "Please sit down, sir."

Yang Sichang carefully sat on half of his buttocks, and said seriously to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, Minister Lu and Governor Chen have achieved such a great victory, we should issue a reward immediately to boost the morale of our Ming army."

He said: "Wang Dou, the guerrilla general of Bao'an Prefecture, beheaded the general and captured the flag. He has captured many people. He also needs to be encouraged. Encourage him to kill thieves for the country and make new achievements for the emperor!"

"General Wang was originally the general of Xuanzhen, Yang Guozhu, the general officer of Xuanzhen, also needs good encouragement!"

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't stop nodding. There were rumors that Yang Sichang and Lu Xiangsheng were at odds, and Yang Tinglin even impeached Yang Sichang for this.But at this time, Yang Aiqing's sincere attitude and words are completely out of public interest.He himself even personally asked for credit for Lu Xiangsheng, such a capable and direct minister is really rare.

He said slowly: "Both Lu Xiangsheng and Chen Xinjia are the ministers of the country, so I naturally want to give them compliments."

A smile appeared on his face: "However, Chen Xinjia is obviously more capable. Under his command, General Wang beheaded more than 670 people, which is really rare."

He turned around the cabinet a few times with his hands behind his back, and raised his voice and said: "As for Wang Dou, I want to spread the word to the three armies and publicize the victories of General Wang, so that all the soldiers in Ming Dynasty will follow the style of General Wang and think that they can kill the enemy." role model."

Yang Sichang bowed down again: "The emperor is wise."

Emperor Chongzhen said to Yang Sichang in a happy mood: "I have already thought about when I will win the Taimiao. You are the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. You are in charge of this matter."

Yang Sichang said: "This is the duty of my minister, the emperor can rest assured that my minister will do it properly, let the generals of the Ming Dynasty, and all the people in the capital know about this great victory, so that the barbarians outside the Great Wall will not dare to underestimate me, Da Ming .towards."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded in satisfaction. The two were talking when the eunuch came to report: "Governor Xuanda Chen Xinjia has arrived."

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Once again, Chen Xinjia was also in a nervous mood. After entering the Nuan Pavilion, he took a peek at Yang Sichang and saw him nodding slowly to himself.

He also respectfully knelt down and kowtowed to Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen asked him to get up, and said softly: "I am very relieved that you can achieve such a great victory."

Chen Xinjia knelt down again and said, "It's all thanks to the great blessing of the sage, that such a great victory can be achieved, and I dare not take credit for it."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded slowly, and gave Chen Xinjia a chair to sit down and talk. Although there was a great victory in the memorial, Emperor Chongzhen still wanted to listen to Chen Xinjia's speech in person.Of course, this was not difficult for Chen Xinjia, he articulated it easily, and told a thrilling battle he had never seen before, and added a lot of literary rhetoric, which made Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but marvel.

After Chen Xinjia finished speaking, Emperor Chongzhen sighed: "It's really hard for Chen Aiqing to come to the battle in person, and he was in a dangerous place. It's really my great fortune to have a loyal minister like Aiqing who sacrificed his life for the country."

Chen Xinjia was in a turbulent mood. With the emperor's words, he had an extremely bright future. His eyes were red, and he stood up from the chair and kowtowed. .”

Emperor Chongzhen sat down with satisfaction, and looked at Yang Sichang on the left and Chen Xinjia on the right. Although the situation of the country was very difficult, with the assistance of these two loyal and capable ministers, there might not be a day when the situation could be reversed.

He suddenly remembered something, and said to Chen Xinjia: "General Wang is in your camp now? I intend to call him to personally commend him."

Chen Xinjia and Yang Sichang looked at each other, Chen Xinjia said with a wry smile: "Returning to the emperor, this matter is really a coincidence. Baoding's military situation is urgent, and Duchen Lu also sent people to ask for help, so I reluctantly asked General Wang to lead the army to help. This morning, General Wang led the army and left."

Emperor Chongzhen was a little disappointed, and sighed: "It's really a pity."

He glanced at Chen Xinjia: "It turns out that under your command, General Wang is even more powerful, making new contributions to the country... Forget it, they are all ministers of the Ming Dynasty, regardless of each other, whoever General Wang is under will kill thieves in the same way."

He looked at Chen Xinjia and nodded again and again: "I am very happy that you can care about the military situation, bear the pain and give up love, and put the state affairs first."

Chen Xinjia kowtowed again: "As the emperor said, I and Lu Shilang are both ministers of the Ming Dynasty. I am stupid, but I know that this is not the time to be timid and avoid war. Although I admire General Wang very much, my subordinates only He is the most brave and good at fighting, but the military situation is urgent, and the first thing I think of is to send him to lead the army."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, asked Chen Xinjia to get up, and said to him: "I just discussed with Yang Aiqing about the victory of the Taimiao. I heard that this great victory, General Wang captured many slaves and bandits?"

Chen Xinjia said respectfully: "Exactly, General Wang beheaded more than 670 ranks in this great victory, many of them were enslaved by the bandit Jia Lazhangjing, who were assigned to leaders such as Boshiku. Armor, and the rest have countless banners, and the humble ministers have all been properly preserved."

When Wang Dou asked Wen Daxing to transport his head, all the captured flags were also sent to him. The killed Jialazhang Jinghuda, his flag, his armor, Wang Dou knew that the matter was very important, so he didn't keep it in his own treasury, but carried it with the car. delivered.After Chen Xinjia got the Lazhangjing banner and the armor, he felt like he had found a treasure, but thought the banner was not tattered enough, so he tore it up himself.

Hearing what Chen Xinjia said, Emperor Chongzhen was even more joyful. In this case, it was difficult to obtain the banner armor of the leader of the Qing army, such as Pashiku, let alone Jia Lazhangjing's big banner armor. He said excitedly : "With the banner of the leaders of this group of slaves, when they win the Taimiao, it will boost the morale of the army even more."

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Coming out of the Nuan Pavilion, Chen Xinjia still felt light all over his body, but from time to time he peeked at the expression of Yang Sichang beside him, but his face was respectful.

In front of Chen Xinjia, Yang Sichang certainly did not look the same as he did in front of Emperor Chongzhen, but looked proud.

He seemed to be meditating all the way, and after a long time, he smiled at Chen Xinjia and said, "Brother Fang Yuan, the emperor has a very good opinion of you. With this batch of military achievements in hand, it is not a bad idea to hone in Xuanda for a few years in the future and enter the cabinet in the future." Difficult."

Chen Xinjia was overjoyed, and bowed deeply to Yang Sichang: "It's all thanks to Yang Ge's cultivation and praise."

Yang Sichang nodded slowly, then suddenly said: "You'd better get some more military merits, then Wang Dou, you have to win him over."

Chen Xinjia said bitterly: "Mr. Ge, although Wang Dou fought bravely, he was too domineering. He left without making a sound. He didn't pay attention to the students."

Yang Sichang said indifferently: "Wang Dou is a warrior, nothing to worry about, just need to win over, the key is that Lu Xiangsheng..."

(End of this chapter)