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Chapter 507 Why is meritorious service not rewarded?
The little emperor left the Daqing Palace, and the imperial court dispersed. Civil and military officials gathered in their own small circles to discuss the war in Shunliao.Even though there is not much information, everyone knows that Dashun actually won this battle again!

This is a great event. You must know that in the past 60 years, Dashun has only won two games against the Liao Kingdom. One was the first year of the little emperor's power.In the second match, I just learned that the lone army penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Liao Kingdom and won a battle on the banks of the Luan River!
It is an anecdote to be able to defeat the Khitan people, and what is even more strange is that this victory was actually announced by the envoys of the Liao Kingdom.If it hadn't been for Yeluren to tell the truth first, these civil and military officials would still be kept in the dark and would not know about it at all!
The civil servants are not stupid, the little emperor's actions are worth pondering.Why not announce this matter to the world, there must be something inside!The first inside story, everyone knows it well, is the non-aggression treaty signed by Shunliao and Liao last year.The little emperor didn't want to make it public, because he definitely didn't want to tear his face openly.This is a typical example of being good-looking when you get cheap. This is indeed not in line with the rules of conduct for a gentleman. The little emperor knows how to hide his clumsiness, and civil servants can understand it.

But the second point, then not everyone can guess.It stands to reason that apart from the emperor, the people who controlled the military power in the Dashun Dynasty were the privy envoys and deputy privy envoys.But the little emperor was able to issue a secret decree, bypassing the Ministry of War, bypassing the cabinet, and instructing the frontier troops of Fengsheng Prefecture to rush for hundreds of miles.If there is nothing tricky in it, no one will believe it.

Dashun's military system is actually very simple.Most of the military power is in the hands of the emperor, that is, without the emperor's conferment of the military talisman, there is no way to mobilize a single soldier.Usually, when troops were to be dispatched, the emperor would pretend to ask for the opinion of the Ministry of War and the Privy Council.After all, although ministers of the Ministry of War and privy envoys are military posts, they are generally held by civil servants.This is also a precautionary measure to prevent military generals from arrogating power, but in this way, the brave generals and brave soldiers that Dashun relied on to build a dynasty and build a country are equivalent to abolishing half of them.

There is no way, the soldiers are raging, and the generals are raging.Just because civil servants served as military officers, the grand strategic policy was inaccurate, which led to the disastrous defeat at the border of Youyun 60 years ago.Although the strength of the Dashun frontier army is still there, in the past 60 years, the Dashun court not only did not learn from the pain, but ignored it.Now it's all right, the Liao Kingdom commits southern crimes every year, and treats Dashun as a sheep, and keeps coming to shear the sheep.

And everyone has forgotten that since the little emperor came to power, he not only abolished the prime minister and established a cabinet system, but also set up a military staff department.Privy envoy Jiang Yu, deputy privy envoys Pan Xingyi and Peng Jinkang, Weiyuan Hou Han Fan and other meritorious children are members of the military staff.This is all right, the little emperor is fully capable of passing through the military staff department, bypassing the cabinet, bypassing the Ministry of War, collecting military amulets, and dispatching troops with secret orders.

At this moment, I think back to when the little emperor set up the military staff department, no one objected, and no one dared to object.At that time, the little emperor's murderous intentions were serious, more than 200 corrupt officials were imprisoned, and everyone in the court was in danger. How could he dare to stroke the little emperor's beard?In this way, the little emperor completed the dual control of the political power and military power without hindrance.Is this really something a 17-year-old can imagine?

Over there, Minister of the Household Department Lin Zhenzhong quietly asked Xu Chongguang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, if it was his idea.Xu Chongguang said with an innocent face: "If this old man can have this kind of ability, he will not be just a cabinet chief assistant." The implication is that Xu Chongguang is still dissatisfied with the position of cabinet chief assistant.Thinking about the glory of Zaifu back then, the current cabinet chief minister is far from 01:30.

Lin Zhenzhong sighed: "So, the emperor at that time already had such a plan?"

Xu Chongguang nodded, and said, "The emperor's vision is far beyond that of you and me..."

As for Privy Envoy Jiang Yu, not many people dared to ask him the truth.Only Weiyuan Marquis Han Fan approached and asked in a low voice: "Secretary Envoy Jiang, is this really the emperor's order?"

Jiang Yu nodded, and the two agreed.

In fact, they all guessed wrong. This was just a secret discussion between Lu Chengqi and the Privy Council, and it had nothing to do with the military staff.Otherwise, how could even Han Fan not know about it!In Lu Chengqi's view, these meritorious children have no real skills.If they get mixed in, maybe something will leak out.So on the second day, under the pretext of insufficient "professional skills" of the military staff department, all the meritorious children including Han Fan were thrown into the Royal Military Academy, which is called "returning to the furnace".In this day's court, most of the meritorious children do not have real jobs, so they don't need to go to court.And Han Fan came to the Li court because he took the real position of a privy direct bachelor.Now he will go back to the Royal Military Academy to continue his "study".

The civil and military officials were talking in a low voice, and they arrived in front of the Xuande Building not long after. Facing the imperial guards, all the civil and military officials consciously shut their mouths.

As expected, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and the next day's newspapers were full of various reports on this hundred-mile raid.On the contrary, Dashun's "official newspaper" "Dashun Minbao" was silent.

Of course, none of this can stop the people of Dashun from speculating, and within two days, the whole world will know about this matter.

Restaurants, teahouses, singing halls and dance houses are all discussing why the emperor doesn't award meritorious ministers. Is it because he wants to blackmail this credit!

Of course, there are still many experts among the people, and there are many insightful people who retorted: "This matter should not be rewarded wildly, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom is still in Chang'an! The two countries signed a non-aggression treaty last year. If the emperor does this , the Liao Kingdom can only mobilize troops to the south. This war, Dashun does not want to fight, and the Liao Kingdom does not want to fight. Since it cannot be fought, it can only be resolved through negotiations..."

Everyone agreed, and some even speculated: "Hey, if you don't reward those who have made meritorious deeds, I'm afraid they will be punished!"

These are the masters who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and they all asked: "How do you say?"

"Think about it, this matter is clearly the emperor's idea. But the emperor can't be wrong, whose fault is that? It can only be the fault of Fengshengzhou frontier army and Fengshengzhou state shepherd! Tell me, isn't it? This reason?" The man said unhurriedly.

"You can't say that, maybe after the Liao envoys go back, the emperor's reward will come!"

"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed loudly, saying that this person was naive. "Could it be that after the envoys of the Liao Kingdom returned, they didn't know about this matter? This is obviously not giving the Liao Kingdom face. It's no wonder that the Liao Kingdom is not angry from embarrassment!"

The man scratched the back of his head with a silly smile: "That's the reason!"

(End of this chapter)