In the capital, Wang Chengen ran into the West Warehouse excitedly: "Emperor, a great victory! A great victory!"

"What kind of victory?" Chongzhen asked.

"Wuweibo was in Kaifeng to suppress the bandits, beheading 80,000 and capturing 150,000!"

"That's a great victory!" Chongzhen stood up overjoyed, "I will talk about this tomorrow morning. I want to reward Wu Wei Bo!"

During this period, the incident of Li Zicheng's more than one million troops besieging Kaifeng made Emperor Chongzhen anxious and uneasy.

Since last year, many vassal kings have been brutally killed. The princes alone include four princes with prominent backgrounds, including King Fu, King Xiang, King Tang, and King Chong. Countless princes and royal families have been killed by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

The tyrant officials who were able to suppress the bandits in the court, Hong Chengchou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty after Songjin's defeat, Yang Sichang died after defeat, Chongzhen had to re-activate Sun Chuanting, who was imprisoned by him. However, Sun Chuanting, who had repeatedly defeated the rebel army, was not easy to use after being released from prison. I don't know if he had been in prison for a long time and his mind was broken? After Sun Chuanting's comeback, he killed He Renlong, who was ineffective in fighting, and then led Gao Jie, Zuo Liangyu, Hu Dawei, Zhu Dadian, Liu Zeqing and others to fight with the bandit army. As a result, because of Zuo Liangyu's mistake, the Zuo Army was surrounded, and the Huguang Army failed to rescue him, and Zuo Liangyu was defeated.

Zuo Liangyu fled back to Xiangyang and reported to Emperor Chongzhen that Sun Chuanting stayed in Shaanxi and refused to save her when she was dead, which led to her own defeat. So Chongzhen asked Sun Chuanting to return to Beijing to question.

Sun Chuanting told Emperor Chongzhen that the chief general of the three armies could not be defeated, and the three armies could not coordinate and cooperate, resulting in the defeat of the three armies. The defeated three armies were all covered in scars and were unable to organize rescues of Kaifeng anymore, so they could only hide from a distance and wait and see. When Hou Xun's words adopted the Central Plains and put the country first, Emperor Chongzhen was furious and Sun Chuanting was thrown into prison again.

Therefore, the rebel army besieged Kaifeng, and none of the surrounding troops came to rescue him. The King of Zhou was in danger. Emperor Chongzhen was frightened and was worried that if the King of Zhou was killed again, he would really be sorry for his ancestors. As an emperor, he could not protect the descendants of the Zhu family. What face would he have to meet his ancestors after his death in the future?

Just when he was frightened, news of the Kaifeng victory came, and the millions of thieves were defeated, and the millions of troops scattered into birds and beasts. Kaifeng was saved, and the King of Zhou also saved.

"Wu Weibo is really a powerful general!" Wang Chengen sighed.

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "It's not just a powerful general? He is brave and resourceful, wise and brave! He can defeat a million enemies with just tens of thousands of people. Such a talent is rare. To protect our Ming Dynasty, we have to rely on this person."

Wang Chengen took the opportunity to propose to Chongzhen: "Emperor, since the Tumu Fort Incident in the Ming Dynasty, civil servants have controlled the government. All military generals who can conquer wars are constrained by civil servants and cannot exert themselves at all. Can the emperor be granted the title of Wuweibo as a general? In this way, he will not be constrained by local civil servants."

"I have already given him a title of uncle, and I am worthy of him. If I want to be named a general, I am afraid that the Chinese officials in the court will not agree." Chongzhen shook his head and said.

The generals of the Ming Dynasty were only available in the early Ming Dynasty. They were the highest-ranking ministers and had a sword of Shangfang. They could kill civil servants under the fourth rank first and then report to civil servants! The generals could not be constrained by civil servants at all, and they were not dispatched by the Ministry of War. They were the military leader representing the emperor, and their power and status were higher than civil servants. Wang Chengen proposed that Li Guodong should be appointed as the general. Even if Chongzhen proposed this proposal, the cabinet would definitely be rejected. Want to let civil servants get a general who was stepping on their heads? Don't even think about it.

Li Guodong is now a lord and his status is not inferior to that of civil servants, but he is also subject to civil servants in terms of real power, not to mention that he can take action against civil servants under the fourth rank and then report. At most, he can only be on par with civil servants.

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while and said, "Parent Wang, then I will give him a marquis."

The next morning, Emperor Chongzhen commended Li Guodong's achievements at the court meeting. The ministers agreed and praised Emperor Chongzhen for his wiseness. Wuweibo had such a great victory. However, when Emperor Chongzhen mentioned that he wanted to be a marquis of Li Guodong, he was opposed by his ministers.

The first one who jumped out to oppose was Chen Yan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace: "Your Majesty think twice! Then Li Guodong is now a marquis. If he is granted a marquis and he will have another great victory, wouldn't he be granted a title of Duke? If he makes great contributions, then what should he be granted? Could he be granted a title of King of a different surname? So please take back his life!"

Zuo Maotai, the doctor of the Ministry of Personnel, said: "I am a follower! Your Majesty! I am a Shandong person. I heard from the people of my hometown that Wu Weibo relied on the emperor's kindness to be arrogant in Shandong and embezzled the land of the people to farm for his military households! Such a domineering person who harmed the people would have been severely punished if he had not been able to fight a war!"

"Zuo Aiqing, why did I hear that Wu Wei Bo treats the people well? Wherever the Jinyang army passes, it is loved by the people?" Chongzhen asked.

Zuo Maotai stomped his feet and gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, that's exactly the treacherous and cunning thing about this man! He deprived the gentry of the land and distributed it to the mud legs, just to please those mud legs. From this point of view, what is the difference between this man's actions and the thief?"

"Why did I hear that the fields he distributed to the people are all unparalleled? If he was said to be a thief, why did he want to station in Kaifeng and save the King of Zhou? He had repelled Jiannu in Jinan and had saved King De. He said that he saved two vassal kings. How could Zuo Aiqing say that he was no different from the bandits?" Chongzhen said.

At this time, the editor Wei Zaode stood up and said righteously: "Your Majesty, Zuo Yuanwai was also in a hurry and said a few harsh words. It would be too much to compare Wu Weibo into a bandit, but Your Majesty thought twice. If you defend Kaifeng, you will be granted a marquis. If you destroy the construction in the future, pacify Liaodong and destroy the thieves, wouldn't you be granted the title of king? I think that Zuo Yuanwai is actually considering His Majesty's country and country. Although his words are a little harsh, he is entirely for the Ming Dynasty."

"Then my dear friends, how should I reward Wu Wei Bo?" Chongzhen asked.

The chief assistant Zhou Yanru came out to report: "Your Majesty, I think that you should reward Wuweibo with silver. This time, Wuweibo beheaded 80,000 yuan, and according to the rewards of 1st-level thieves, 20 taels of old thieves, and 50 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of 100 taels of

"I'm going to discuss it!"

"I'm going to discuss it!"

A group of civil officials in the court agreed. Anyway, the silver was paid by the court, and it was the silver of Emperor Chongzhen. What does it have to do with him? As long as Li Guodong is not promoted to a title or even promoted him again, their goal will be achieved.

Chongzhen was so anxious. He originally wanted to give Li Guodong a marquis. As for the issue of silver, is it difficult to deal with it after being appointed as a marquis? With Li Guodong having a marquis, wouldn’t it be easier to make money? But if he wants to reward Jinyang Army so much money, he will probably have one million yuan in total, right? Where can I ask Chongzhen to get so much money? Chongzhen can afford to give him a title, but he has to give one million taels of silver. Chongzhen really has no money.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen felt panicked: Where did these civil servants have so many things? Anyway, they would object to what they were happy about; they would do what they were unhappy about. However, the ministers all suggested not to grant Li Guodong and only give silver rewards, so Chongzhen could only pinch his nose and recognize it.

After returning to the harem, Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen: "Parent Wang, it takes at least one million taels of silver to reward Wuweibo. Where did you say you asked me to get so much silver?"

"The emperor, Wu Wei Bo is a reasonable person. As long as you ask someone to tell him that the court cannot afford so much silver for the time being, you should first reward him with a golden belt. When the court has the silver, then give him the reward to him. He will definitely not blame Your Majesty for this time." Wang Chengen quickly knelt down and said.

"That's all." Chongzhen sighed and nodded slightly.
Chapter completed!