The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 594 Exchange time for space
At the end of the Jinzhou War, Duke Nanguo settled accounts with his brothers in the court. The expenses listed were well-founded, and the amount was astonishing. A total of more than 370 million taels of silver was spent.

Huang Sheng spent so much money in this battle, which was far higher than the standard of the Ming court, and no one lost a tael of silver, and it was actually distributed to the soldiers.

All the soldiers who participated in the war rejoiced, and the generosity of Nan Guogong made too many grassroots officers and soldiers return their hearts.

In the bill, there are nearly 100 million taels of silver for beheading alone, because the army of the Southern Kingdom planned to kill more than 20 Tatars, and the court practiced that the northern captives were rewarded with [-] taels of silver for the first level.

A total of [-] soldiers of Jiannu and Yu Ding were beheaded in the battle of Jinzhou's siege, and more than [-] slave soldiers were beheaded.

The Ming army suffered more than [-] casualties, and the pension money for the dead soldiers and the resettlement silver for the disabled soldiers were more than one million taels of silver.

The medical expenses and medical expenses of the wounded soldiers are not too old or young. Hiring the North Korean Xinhaijun "Huaxia Navy" to transport supplies and transport the wounded can't make people busy, they always have to pay for their labor costs!

Nanguo paid all the soldiers who participated in the war in Liaodong with double pay for seven months, and the total of more than 50 soldiers was [-] million taels of snowflake silver.

Horses, armor, equipment, gunpowder, daily food and expenses of people and horses, etc., each item of expenditure has a detailed ledger, with the signature or red handprint of the recipient.

Xiong Mingyu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was unable to repay such a huge debt, nor could he admit that Nanguo Gong had issued such a large amount of expenditures, so he could only submit this bill to the emperor.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the bill carefully, and asked several eunuchs in charge of ceremonies to calculate it again and again, and it was exactly the same. Except for the Liao pay that the court had already paid, there were so many expenses for this battle, the emperor was a little dizzy .

The platform of the Forbidden City continued to discuss matters, and the court officials and elders were all present.

Emperor Chongzhen's eye circles were a little dark after he had settled his account in the middle of the night, and it was obvious that he was in a bad state of mind.

He asked: "Xiong Aiqing, have you verified the payment of food and salaries by the Nanguo government?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have already verified the fact that every expenditure has been well-founded. It's just that Meng Lang, the Duke of the Southern Kingdom, gave rewards to soldiers who had achieved decapitation, without the approval and approval of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households. It is not in line with the procedures , and the compensation and resettlement money given are too high, which is not in compliance with the rules.”

The honest and upright minister of the old king of Ge came out of the squad and saluted: "Your Majesty, what my lord said is not true, the reason why everyone in the public soldiers in the southern country dares to fight must be because he is willing to give generous rewards to the soldiers, directly giving head rewards in advance to boost morale Nothing to blame."

The old god Gao Di said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that it will be done first, and the court will do it anyway. Of course, the Duke of Nanguo does not care about trivial matters, as long as he does not pretend to be rewarded, it will be great!"

Xu Guangqi said: "Your Majesty, I think that you don't look at the process but only the result. Nanguo Gong forced the slaves to retreat with the least loss and made great achievements. Although the payment is a bit higher, there is evidence for it. The court should pay for it."

Huang Sheng made extraordinary achievements, and it was inconvenient for the officials of the imperial court to impeach him at this time. With the support of three elders, all the ministers agreed that although Nan Guogong spent a lot of money.

But after all, they won a big victory over Jiannu and forced back the Jin Army II with 10,000+ soldiers and civilians. The court should recognize all the expenses of the Duke of Nanguo, otherwise who would be willing to stand up to share the court's worries in the future?
The platform played to no avail, but Xiong Mingyu repeatedly urged the emperor to reply, there was no way to be chased by others for debts all the time, no one would feel comfortable.

Chongzhen's head was getting bigger, and he no longer thought about calling the Duke of Nanguo to the capital, but was thinking about how to deal with such a famine that was brought down.Nan Guogong has already opened a list to collect debts. How will the court deal with it?

Emperor Chongzhen was unable to reply to Xiong Mingyu, Minister of the Ministry of War for a short time, so he chose to keep the bill, and also adopted the tactic of procrastinating, preparing to trade time for space.

The emperor gave Nan Guogong a statement of no recognition, no denial, no support, no opposition, and no money.Terrible?No one dared to take his life!
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Jiannu retreated for seven days, and the Patriarch also left for six days before Huang Mingli returned to Ningyuan with his army.

In terms of gains, on the contrary, his team has gained a lot, and the captures are no less than those under the city of Jinzhou, because the cavalry who went north won more than 4 horses alone, and tens of thousands of horses and bullocks. Immediately rich.

The generals of the Huang family who came back victorious from the prairie rushed to Huangjiawan Island to visit the Patriarch that day, and even Qing Getai was worried and followed.

They heard that the Ming army was talking about it, and they all said that the southern country was suffering from overwork. Although they didn't believe it, they were anxious to see it.

Seeing the Patriarch, Hei Hu looked left and right and said happily, "Sir, don't keep pretending to be sick! You scare everyone to death every time!"

Huang Mingli said: "You, Heihu, are stupid. We all know that it's fake for adults to be sick, and it's true to stay away from the court. It's just you who are skeptical, now you understand?"

Heihu stared at his small eyes and said: "Our Huang family is so strong, we can't make a fool of ourselves, we just don't want to go to the capital if we don't want to, who else would dare to come and take someone?"

Huang Sheng knocked on Heihu's head and said: "Nonsense, I am a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, how can I disobey the order and disrespect it? This is just to avoid disaster. I am not planning to turn against the court."

Qing Geertai, who was already in his early thirties, was much calmer. He was very happy to see that Nan Guogong did not hide himself, and saluted: "Nan Guogong, no matter how the court treats you in the future, Neikalkha will always be your most loyal subordinate. .”

Huang Sheng looked at Taiji, whom he had single-handedly supported, and patted him on the shoulder, saying: "Taiji, don't worry, I am a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, so I will definitely not do anything, at most, I will protect myself, and I will not embarrass everyone."

Seeing the Patriarch's attitude, all the confidants and generals stopped discussing the matter. In fact, these arrogant soldiers didn't care at all whether they turned against the court.

The next day Huang Sheng convened a meeting of senior military officers above Baizong in Liaodong. At the meeting, the development goals for the next few years were clarified and a series of personnel adjustments were made.

Since the Ming army and the later Jin army won the battle under the city of Jinzhou, Jiannu would not dare to choose to fight a war of attrition for a short time. After learning from the pain, he will definitely avoid positional warfare and city offensive and defensive warfare as much as possible. Therefore, the large area of ​​fertile land in the West Liao Corridor centered on Zhongmingbao Must be in the bag.

It is imperative to deploy defenses here and make this vast area the territory of the Huang family. Not only will there be two thousand generals left in Fort Zhongming, but we must also focus on training a cavalry.

This cavalry will not be transferred around, the base camp is Zhongming Fort, and it will be the main assault force to wipe out Jiannu in the future, and it will also be the Huang family's iron cavalry that will sweep across the prairie in the future.

Without huge cavalry, it is easy to defeat Jiannu, but it is impossible to completely chase and destroy them.

(End of this chapter)