The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 596
Ma Xiangling was in a trance during this period, and her sweetheart suddenly left without saying goodbye, and it was rumored that he was terminally ill.

How could a man who is as powerful as a dragon and fierce as a tiger suffer such bad luck at the time of his success?Is it really jealous of talents?
Ma Xiangling and Liu Guozheng are the best acquaintances. She always asks Liu Guozheng about the current situation of Nan Guogong from time to time. Seeing Ma Xiangling's haggard face and tears in his eyes from time to time, Liu Guozheng's heart softens.

He quietly told Ma Xiangling that the Patriarch was not ill, but deliberately used this as an excuse to avoid coming to the capital...

Although the model beauty doesn't quite understand why her sweetheart is like this, but the crime of deceiving the emperor is not a joke. She chose to remain silent, and her heart is already full of joy.

At the time of parting, he entrusted Liu Guozheng to bring a thick letter with him, exhorting and exhorting him to send it to the father-in-law of Nanguo.

Liu Guozheng is the confidant of the Patriarch, how could he not know the careful thoughts of this tall beauty, he is of course happy to see the result, and solemnly promised to send the letter to the Patriarch.

When the victorious master returned to the capital, the emperor knew that as long as he did not repay the debts of Duke Nanguo for the time being, the imperial family would be rich enough to reward the soldiers who returned from meritorious deeds. Anyway, the big head reward had been fulfilled, and the imperial court could afford the rest.

The Dukes of Gung and Gun began to argue for a long time about how to award the award, but no one dared to discuss how to award the Duke of Nanguo. It was obvious that the elders were going to let the young emperor Gan Gang decide on this important matter.

The final result is that false titles are flying all over the sky, and other people don't describe them one by one. Huang Mingli, Heihu, and Liu Guozheng won the honor of Wu Jinglue, Lu Chengzu became the chief soldier who was added as the left governor, and Ye Haowu mixed into the Zhejiang general soldier. Official grant.

Generals Ma Xianglin and Qin Yiming of the Sichuan Army were both vacant generals of the Jiayou Commander-in-Chief, and Ma Xiangling also received the military post of a third-rank guerrilla general.

Heihu was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, Liu Guozheng became the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town, and Lu Chengzu was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Denglai.

Mao Yuanyi became the governor of Denglai, and the chief eunuch who supervised the army was Lu Zhi who had made great achievements in defending the city of Jinzhou for one year.

He guarded Jinzhou for a year without loss, and personally led [-] soldiers and civilians out of the city to fight back. After the Jin army won [-], He Kegang, who had worked hard and made great contributions, joined the right governor, Prince Shaobao, and led the general officer of Jinzhou.

The Jinzhou Army ushered in a military eunuch, that is Ji Yong, an old acquaintance.Xiong Zhaogui, who had always hoped to stay in Liaodong to kill the enemy, got his wish. He was promoted to a higher level and became Jinzhou Zhengliupin Tunliang Tongju.

Wang Yingchao negotiated with the slave chieftains because of the great victory in Jinzhou, and rescued Zhang Chun, the former Yongping soldier who refused to defect.

In the past, eunuchs were afraid of working in Liaodong, because the risks were uncontrollable at that time, and several eunuchs died in the chaos.Today is not what it used to be, and the benefits outweigh the risks.

What's more, there is Zhongmingbao, a barrier run by the Huang family, in front of Shanhaiguan, which can be said to be as strong as gold.

Wang Yingchao is happy to continue to look for opportunities to make military achievements here, and strive to become one of the eunuchs who are in charge of ceremonies one day.

On the day Zhang Chun came to the capital, he voluntarily bound himself and knelt down at the Meridian Gate, praying for the emperor to heal the crime of losing his land.

Most of the civilian and military generals of the Ming Dynasty who were captured during the Battle of Changshan were enslaved, and the imperial court needed this Bing Beidao who refused to defect as an example.

Zhang Chun was pardoned by the imperial court and was not punished. He was reinstated as an official and became a soldier, but he could not go to Yongping Mansion to take up the post.He lost many Yongping soldiers in Changshan, and he was really ashamed to go.

The imperial court also knew that Zhang Chun should be placed in another place and let him work in Denglai.Zhang Chun, who was a man of two lifetimes, was so grateful that he kowtowed in front of the emperor, vowing that he would never die with Dongnu in this life.

Cheng Dashi was also promoted, and he took over Mao Yuanyi's Ningqian Taoist military preparation officer and stationed in Ningyuan.This is entirely because he won the first lottery slip in the heart of the emperor in the first month of the third year of Chongzhen when he guarded the small Funing county seat alone.

The Huang family has used their network of connections, and they have accomplished political achievements and military achievements. Ning Qiandao is in a more dangerous position. Ning Yuan is often surrounded by slaves.

Although Ye Chengjing's family network spreads all over the government and the public, but due to lack of qualifications, he was not able to take over the position of the master of Yongping Mansion, who made a big deal.

The emperor was already wary of the spread of Huang Sheng's power, but unfortunately sometimes it was a last resort, because the civil servants and military generals who were close to Nan Guogong all had solid military and political achievements, and it was difficult to stop Youyou's mouth without giving them real jobs.

Huang Sheng tried his best to keep a low profile and did not form cliques, but the lack of faction among the courtiers is full of strange things!
The civilian and military generals who are closely related to the interests of the Southern Kingdom gradually and naturally formed a faction, and there was a "God of War" faction that should have a good name.

The emperor had already begun to be afraid, but the final result of the award was that many officials from Huang Sheng's faction were promoted. Liaodong, a place where fierce battles often occurred, almost all the generals came from the Nanguogong faction.

Jinzhou has He Kegang, who has already devoted himself to the Huang family, as a general, and Ningyuan has a personal Cheng Dashi who is almost equal to the Huang family.The commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, Xiongguan in the world, is also Heihu, a fierce general under Huang Sheng's tent.

Zhongming Fort has Qing Geertai, which has been canonized as Neikha Dataiji and is stationed under the name. There will be thousands of troops hidden by the Huang family here. Huang Sheng has actually controlled the western section of the Liaoxi Corridor.

All the meritorious personnel have been rewarded, and many adults in the capital have also been honored and promoted to the ranks, but the reward decree of the Nanguo Duke who has made the most contributions has been delayed.

If Huang Sheng didn't come to the capital, most of the civil and military people knew it well, and no one talked about it. They didn't dare to offend the emperor, and they didn't want to offend the Duke of Nanguo. They waited for the emperor to make a final decision.

During this period of time, family generals under Duke Nan Guo kept going to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households to demand repayment of the military expenses and resettlement money that the Patriarch had advanced for the court, which made the two Lord Shangshu one head and two elders.

The people began to spread gossip in the market, implying that the court was ungrateful, that the Duke of Nan Guo was so exhausted for the court that he was too tired to get sick, and the emperor not only failed to honor the reward from Duke Nan Guo, but also relied on not paying back the military expenses. Cross the river and demolish the bridge.

For a while, rumors spread everywhere and different opinions spread, and soon spread to the palace. The hesitant Emperor Chongzhen was ready to make his own decisions.

Operations such as manipulating public opinion and spreading rumors are nothing more than pediatrics. The Beizhili Military Intelligence Department has existed in the capital for seven years, and it can be said that its tentacles are all over all walks of life in the capital.

Qian Meng, Zuo Shouquan, Wu Yi and other Huang family spies have been supplemented by many retired soldiers in the past few years. The Military Intelligence Department has successfully penetrated Shanxi. Sui town.

(End of this chapter)