The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 434 The Unwilling Fact

There is one more month to the New Year.

The situation in the imperial capital this year is much calmer than last year.

The same is true of the major families in the imperial capital.

This time last year. , the major families basically have two major topics.

One is that Jia Min led the government corps in Bukui and won the great victory in South Wendura.The imperial court is preparing to use troops against North Wendura.

This made those big families, especially the big families with the Fu Corps, also see the hope of earning military merits, and prepare to join the battle.

The desire to join the war was fulfilled, but the hope of earning military merit was completely defeated.

With the complete defeat of the 15 army, the soldiers of each family also suffered heavy losses.Except for some who escaped by chance, most of the descendants of the log family either died in battle or disappeared.

The money that was originally invested in training soldiers was also wasted.

The only exception is the Bukui Mansion Corps composed of the Jia family, the Shi family, the Feng family, the Chen family, and the Wei family.

Not only did they achieve the great victory in South Wendura last year, but they also defeated the Tatars in Erdaojiang this year, successfully preventing the Tatars from going south.

Although this battle involved a sensitive person like Jia Min, people were unwilling to talk about it publicly, but in private, it was inevitable to talk about it.

With the news that the prince and princess had been rescued successively, the topic of the Bukui Mansion Corps was brought up again.

That sensitive person, Jia Min, was also inevitably mentioned.

Looking at the brilliant achievements of the Bukui Mansion Corps, and then looking at what happened to the Corps of my own mansion, it is inevitable that there will be many sighs and sighs.

In the midst of sorrow, the four families of Zhen Guogong, Li Guogong, Qi Guogong and Zhiguogong finally received good news.

Their children Niu Jizong, Liu Fang, Chen Ruiwen, and Ma Shangde were saved.

In addition to being happy, there is also some regret.The person who rescued them was the Bukui Mansion Corps.

These few families used to be quite dirty with the Jia family, and today's result made them feel a little embarrassed.

Nevertheless, several still have to express.

So several families organized together, took gifts, and visited Jia's, Shi's, Feng's, Chen's and Wei's houses to express their gratitude.

These families are polite in their mouths, but they can't help but feel a little proud in their hearts.

This is especially true for Rongguo Mansion.

At the beginning, those companies plotted against them in the bus and carriage business. Although they failed later, the Niu family and others have never formally apologized.

This time, what they said was very sincere, and the old lady, Jia She, Jia Zheng and others were all very helpful.

Another hot topic at this time last year was the annual meeting of the major families imitating the Jia family.Especially the Best Prodigal Award, even the royal family followed suit.

However, at this time of year, no one brought up this topic again, and no one held similar activities.

The reason is also very simple.

One is that due to the defeat of the corps of each family, there is neither mood nor reason to hold such activities.

Second, the founder of this idea, Jia Min, is still a sensitive person.Even the royal family, which was held in a boom last year, didn't make any announcements about it, so other families naturally didn't dare to make an announcement.

The reason why Jia Min became a sensitive person was naturally because he firmly opposed the use of troops against North Wendura.

Subsequent events proved him to be right.However, that didn't change his sensitive nature.On the contrary, with the achievements of the Bukui Mansion Corps created by him in Erdaojiang and the record of rescuing the prince and princess, this sensitivity became more sensitive.

There are some inside stories that ordinary people don't know.These sensitive big families are clear.

Therefore, in the current imperial capital, Jia Min is not only a sensitive person, but also an embarrassing person for many people.

It seemed that this kind of sensitivity was not exciting enough, and another even more shocking news came out from Bu Kui.

Under the auspices of Her Royal Highness Princess Chang'an and Prince Teng, the imperial envoy for Wendula affairs, the imperial court successfully recovered South Wendula.

The invincible Tatars have been defeated and obediently retreated to North Wendura.

After the 15 army was defeated by the Tatars and fled, Wang Ziteng's Beijing camp had 500 people and defeated [-] Tatars.

Jia Min created a 6000-member Fubing Regiment, which defeated [-] Tatars.

Such a brilliant record is in stark contrast to the defeat of the 15 army of the spring court.

Although it was said that His Highness Chang'an organized and carried out this battle, anyone with a little knowledge would understand that His Highness Chang'an had no troops under his command, and those who participated in the battle were the Jingying and Bukui Mansion Corps.

Among them, although the Bukui Mansion Corps was small in number, it was the main force in this battle.

As long as you mention the Bukui Mansion Corps, you can't do without Jia Min's shadow.

Although Jia Min did not appear in the imperial capital, nor did he have any official positions, but these victories seemed to remind people time and time again of the mistake of using troops against North Wendura.

The recovery of South Wendura is of great significance to the imperial court.

First of all, it restored the dignity of the court and proved the power and control of the court.

Secondly, it is a powerful deterrent to some vassal states and some surrounding forces that are about to move, making them dare not act rashly and disrespect the court.

An obvious sign is that the tough-minded Tatar mission, which had been negotiating with the imperial court in the imperial capital before, quietly set off and left the imperial capital the next day after receiving the news.

In addition, this battle completely eliminated the threat of the Tatars to the Northeast.From then on, there is no need to worry about the Tatars going south.The situation in the Northeast tends to be stable.

This huge victory aroused bursts of cheers among the people.Officially, it was like a pool of stagnant water, and there was no violent reaction.It's as if this never happened at all.

The only thing people expected was to wait for His Highness Chang'an to return to the imperial capital to bring an end to the entire North Wendura War.

Previously, upon hearing the news of the recovery of South Wendura, some people thought that Jia Min would be promoted, or at least reinstated.

However, after a while, there was no movement.Only then did people realize that things were not that simple.

Whether it is saving the prince, saving the princess, or recovering South Wendura, if it is done by anyone else, it is something worthy of special mention and celebration.

However, it is not a happy thing that these major events have been accomplished by the Pukui Mansion Corps.

This is a fact that many people, including the emperor, are unwilling to accept.

There are many reasons, but the most fundamental reason is that Jia Min, who built the Bukui Mansion Corps, was the one who opposed the use of troops against Wendula.

On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, Princess Chang'an returned to the imperial capital under the escort of 100 people sent by Wang Ziteng.

Emperor Yuanheng was very happy, and personally held a grand welcoming ceremony in front of the Meridian Gate to welcome Chang'an's return with honor.More than 300 people, including civil and military officials, princes and nobles, attended the welcoming ceremony.

At the welcoming ceremony, Emperor Yuanheng praised Princess Chang'an for leading troops to recover South Wendula in front of civil and military officials.Civil and military officials also echoed, praising Chang'an Highness's military strategy.Make immortal contributions.

At the welcoming ceremony, the emperor issued an imperial decree.Reward 100 taels of gold to Chang'an.

Posthumously presented Li Chengbin as a general, and awarded 2000 taels of silver to his family members.Posthumously present Lixia, Lichun, and Lidong as the fifth-rank concubines, and reward family members with 1000 taels of silver each.

General Sun Shen, who has been protecting the prince, was promoted from general to general because of his meritorious service in protecting the prince.

Wang Ziteng made great achievements in handling Wendula affairs, and was awarded the title of Shangshu, and was promoted from the second rank to the first rank.Reward 1000 taels of silver.

Some people thought that the generals of the Bukui Mansion Corps would be rewarded, but this has not been proved.

The next day, Princess Chang'an handed over to Emperor Yuanheng the materials she and Lichun had collected on the battle of North Wendura during the Battle of North Wendura, about the emptiness of the army and the rotten military rations, and was retained by Emperor Yuanheng. Not sent.

Prince Teng, the imperial envoy of Wendula, the commander-in-chief, requested to promote Feng Ziying, the chief of staff of the Bukui Mansion Corps, to Bukui Guerrilla, and the meritorious military officers of the Bukui Mansion Corps to be promoted to one level each.

Emperor Yuanheng remained silent for a long time after reading it, and the notes were left unpublished.

Afterwards, the emperor orally ordered He Shen, the general of the Beijing camp stationed in Bukui, to temporarily act as Bukui's yamen.

As for the official positions of Feng Ziying and others, since the emperor did not have a clear order, the Minister of Military Aircraft, Lu Dashi, and others decided to temporarily retain their original positions after discussion.

In the early dynasty on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, Xiao Daozhong, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, gave a play.In view of the fact that the corps of the various aristocratic families did not have any military exploits and suffered heavy losses in the Battle of North Wendura, most of them are now dead in name only, and request the abolition of all the corps.

This motion was seconded by Luo Qihua, a military scholar, Li Yuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Wan Xintang, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

This motion was shelved by the emperor and will be discussed later.

Liu Changfeng, the admiral of the Nine Gates, asked to investigate the crime of fleeing on the battlefield, including General Ningguta Han Tiankui and General Gao Li, during the Battle of North Wendula.

The proposal was shelved by the emperor.

Yin Xiu Tonggui of Shuntian Prefecture submitted a lawsuit in some places in the Northeast. Someone revealed that during the Battle of North Wendura, illegal grain merchants sold moldy grain to the army.

Emperor Yuanheng ordered to return to the local area for investigation and disposal.

This is the last early dynasty in the Wuyin Year.Other ministers had something to play.But seeing that the emperor either shelved it or returned it to his original place for disposal, he felt that there would be no result if he played the concert, so they all became discouraged and stopped playing.

The last morning court in the Wuyin Year ended hastily like this.Then came the Chinese New Year, and the yamen was about to close down, so everything was postponed until after the new year.

In the year of Wuyin, for the imperial court, the top priority was the Battle of North Wendura.

It started with a vigorous war in the first month, and ended with the recovery of South Wendura in late November.

Not to mention on the surface, but in private, there are still many ministers talking about it.

Those who advocated war, those who ran away on the battlefield, those who ate empty pay, those who were greedy for military pay, and those who sold rotten military rations, those who should be held accountable, were not held accountable.

Luo Qihua, Li Yuan, Wan Xintang, Han Tiankui and others were all officials as usual, while General Sun Shen did nothing and was promoted to general.

He opposed the war and made great contributions in rescuing the prince and princess. At the critical moment, he stopped the Tatars at the Erdao River, prevented the Tatars from going south, and recovered Jia Min and the soldiers of the Pukui Mansion Corps in South Wendura. Not a single person get rewarded.

Not only will He Shenjiang take over the power of Bu Kui, but the Fubingtuan may also face disbandment.

Those who are meritorious are not rewarded and may be punished.Those who have done wrong are not punished, but rewarded.

Such a thing can be regarded as a miracle.

(End of this chapter)