The Rise of the European Emperor

After reading it, Zhengde slapped his thigh excitedly and said loudly:

"It's really great! These bandits of Frangji were finally beaten away, and I feel much better!"

At this time, Gu Dayong, Jiang Bin, Qian Ning and others who were originally serving in the leopard room chased out one by one and surrounded Emperor Zhengde. Hearing about the great victory in Guangdong and Guangxi, several sycophants rushed to flatter, making Emperor Zhengde laugh out loud.

In a good mood, Zhengde waved his hand and said:

"Wang Aiqing has made such a great contribution, I want to confer a knighthood on him!"

Liang Chu, Jiang Mian, and Mao Ji Qiqi were taken aback. You must know that once Wang Hung was enshrined, Wang Hung would suddenly change from a civil servant to a military honor, and he was no longer allowed to hold civil positions. But all three of them are optimistic about Wang Hung and plan to promote him, how can they watch him become a martial artist?

Historically, after Wang Shouren was made an earl, it was difficult for him to serve as a civil servant, so he could only return to his hometown to give lectures, and then perfected the study of mind. Even if he came back later, he served as the governor to counter the rebellion.

But Wang Hung is not the same as Wang Shouren. In fact, Wang Shouren is not very popular among civil servants, and belongs to the alternative among civil servants. Therefore, no one protects Wang Shouren. But Wang Hung is different. He already knows how to exploit, and is treated as one of his own by the civil official group. Moreover, he defeated the Portuguese with the strategy of defeating the enemy most appreciated by civil servants. The three Liang and Chu were relatively upright ministers, so they naturally wanted to preserve Wang Hong's political future.

So, Liang Chu said:

"Your Majesty can't, Wang Xuanzhi is a civil servant, how can he be awarded a martial arts honor? Once he is awarded a martial arts honor, he will not be able to serve as a civil servant and serve the court!"

Zhengde was taken aback for a moment, thinking about it, this is really the case. So he asked back:

"Then what do you say? He has made such a great contribution, he must be rewarded appropriately!"

Gu Dayong, Qian Ning, Jiang Bin and others responded loudly, agreeing with Zhengde's statement.

Jiang Mian thought for a while and said:

"How about promoting his official position by leapfrogging, and then allowing his son Enyin to be a hereditary military attache?"

This is also a method of rewarding civil servants. For some military merits, civil servants cannot receive them by themselves, otherwise they will be transferred from their posts. Therefore, in addition to promotion rewards in his own position, the son of the civil servant Enyin is often allowed to be a hereditary general.

However, this kindness is often given to the civil servant's son who failed to study.

After all, no one can guarantee that their sons are good at studying and can take the imperial examination. Therefore, having a hereditary military position can be regarded as a guarantee of wealth.

At this time, Mao Ji also said:

"Your Majesty, why don't we wait until the prisoner presenting ceremony to discuss the matter of rewards? You know, there are more than 3,300 ghosts. Presenting prisoners in front of the Taimiao will definitely boost our Ming Dynasty's prestige!"

Mao Ji's original intention was to avoid letting Zhengde make a decision with a slap in the face. As long as things are delayed, won't the cabinet have the final say?

Sure enough, when it came to the prisoner offering ceremony, Zhengde got excited and asked:

"There are really 3351 fan ghosts? Are they all yellow-haired and blue-eyed, like Marin, the Duke of Beihai?"

Liang Chu replied:

"According to what the messenger said, there are quite a few black-haired people, but they all have high nose bridges and eye colors that are different from those of Ming Dynasty. You can tell they are ghosts at a glance!"

"That's good. It just so happens that the Leopard Room hasn't seen anyone fight. If it's according to the people of Ming Dynasty, you will definitely be scolded to death by your civil servants. Well, I will let those ghosts fight in the Leopard Room. Do you have any objections?" ?” Zhengde, who likes to watch gladiators, suddenly planned to let the more than 3,000 Portuguese prisoners of war fight in the leopard room for him to watch...

The poor Portuguese didn't know that their prisoners of war, Zhengde didn't even have a chance to spend money to redeem them, and they were directly dragged into gladiators. However, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty did not regard these Frangji people as human beings, so they acquiesced to Zhengde's absurd behavior.

Because the Ming Dynasty refused the Portuguese's request to redeem prisoners of war, the relationship between the two countries could not be eased, which made Marin laugh for a long time...

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In the evening, when Liang Chu went home, he received a private letter from Wang Hung. After reading the secret letter, Liang Chu not only praised:

"Wang Xuanzhi is indeed a fellow of my generation. He is really a virtuous minister who thinks so much about the court! Such a pillar of talent, I will protect him!"

Yang Yiqing, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, also received a secret letter after returning home. After reading the secret letter, Yang Yiqing also admired Wang Hung's approach of "taking care of the overall situation" and planned to escort him.

Afterwards, both of them wrote replies, and sent their servants to Wang Hung's courier who lived in the inn. In the letter, the two highly praised Wang Hung's behavior of "considering the overall situation" and directly promised that they would speak for him. In this way, Wang Hong also had a great opportunity to hug the thighs of the two big shots.

In the routine morning court the next day, Liang Chu publicly announced the great news of the "Deep Water Bay Victory" at the regular morning court meeting, which drew cheers from the courtiers.

Emperor Zhengde was also high-spirited. After all, he was the emperor who "led well" when he defeated a powerful enemy. The ministers also had good eyesight, and congratulated Zhengde one after another, which made Emperor Zhengde secretly happy.

At this time, Wang Qiong, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, suddenly made a suggestion-he suggested that the captured 1,800 Portuguese matchlock guns and about 300 Francois cannons unloaded or salvaged from the ship do not need to be transported immediately. Returning to the capital, it was transported to the Fujiang area of ​​Guangdong nearby, where it was used to wipe out the rebel army of Fujiang Wang Gongxun.

You know, in the Fujiang area of ​​Guangdong right now, in order to suppress the peasant uprising of Wang Gongxun, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Chen Jinzheng, is leading an army of 100,000 from the Guangdong, Guangxi and Huguang areas, and is advancing in six ways. However, because Wang Gongxun's strength is strong and he is familiar with the terrain, there is no result for the time being.

You must know that in the original history, Wang Gongxun's uprising was not completely suppressed until November of the twelfth year of Zhengde (1517). In other words, Chen Jin will fight for more than a year. After all, it is only the summer of 1516, and the winter of 1517 is still early.

And if the 1,800 matchlock guns captured from the Portuguese and more than 300 Francois cannons were transported to the front-line battlefield, it would definitely be of great help to wipe out the rebel army of Wang Gongxun. After all, the Peasant Rebel Army had little firepower to speak of. If Chen Jin had such powerful firepower, he would definitely be able to speed up the progress of suppressing bandits.

After Wang Qiong finished speaking, Jiang Mian gave Wang Qiong a grateful look. why? Because Chen Jin is Jiang Mian's father-in-law...

Wang Qiong's proposal to send the batch of guns and artillery to the front line is tantamount to helping Chen Jin to speed up the pace of quelling the uprising. Chen Jin, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, who was responsible for suppressing the peasant uprising, was the father-in-law of the second assistant Jiang Mian. Wang Qiong's move, in addition to helping to suppress the bandits, hoped that the suppression of the bandits would end as soon as possible, for reasons of saving military expenses, and also to please the second assistant Jiang Mian.

Wang Qiong was appointed Minister of the Ministry of War in the tenth year of Zhengde, and he served for less than a year. After he heard about Wang Hung's deeds, while admiring Wang Hung's ability, he also worried that he would be replaced by Wang Hung. After all, Wang Hung's record is too dazzling.

At this time, he proposed to leave the batch of guns for Chen Jinna to suppress the bandits, which was tantamount to flattering the second assistant Jiang Mian. In this way, Jiang Mian will accept his love, and then protect him, Minister of the Ministry of War...

However, both the DPRK and China agreed that this proposal is very good. After all, not to mention the 1,800 matchlock guns, the more than 300 Francois machine cannons, pulled to the front of the battle, can smash the peasant uprising army to pieces...

Both Emperor Zhengde and the ministers of the court hoped to end the "bandit suppression" battle on the Fujiang River as soon as possible to save food. After all, the daily food and grass consumption of a 100,000-strong army is an astonishing figure. Therefore, whether it is Zhengde or the ministers of the DPRK and China, they all approved Wang Qiong's proposal, and sent all the matchlock guns and Franco machine guns seized from the Portuguese to the front line of Fujiang and handed them over to Chen Jin, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. In order to make it defeat Wang Gongxun's peasant uprising army as soon as possible...