Chapter 42

"The Jianzhou Tatar tribe was completely raided by Zhu Ying leading the army, completely dragged down, and could not support the Yuan court."

"After nearly a month of great battles, Zhu Ying commanded four thousand cavalry to stay alone in the northern frontier foreign land, and now the strength still remains at three thousand two hundred, exchanging less than a thousand deaths for tens of thousands of Tatar kills."

"This is a victory for our Great Ming, a joy for Great Ming."

"I, according to the Great Ming military merit system, promote Zhu Ying to Garrison Commander, and reward him with a hundred gold."

"I hope Your Majesty knows."

When the words reached here.

The voice of Yun Qi reading stopped; it had already been read.

Hearing these battle results.

The expressions of many ministers in the hall who originally had no waves also changed.

"Leading four thousand troops deep into the enemy's hinterland, not only survived, but four thousand troops even only lost less than a thousand deaths."

"How is this possible?"

"This Jianzhou Tatar tribe, even if it is weak, is a tribe with a population of one million, everyone is a soldier, with a strength of nearly one hundred thousand, and they were actually slaughtered by this Zhu Ying without any way to deal with it? Is it that the Tatars are too stupid, or is this Zhu Ying's use of troops too powerful?"

"A small tribe, even if they have a horse farm, the cavalry is at most more than twenty thousand; the previous military report mentioned that the Daning border army broke their ten thousand cavalry after charging into their territory, and our Great Ming also captured many warhorses."

"Now Zhu Ying has again led the army to slaughter ten thousand Tatar cavalrymen; this can be considered to have completely cut off the Jianzhou Tatars' cavalry."

"Good means, a very powerful person."

"First destroy the Tatar cavalry, in this way the Tatars lost their cavalry power, and he can lead the cavalry under his command to roam in the foreign land, and the Tatars have no way to deal with it."

"How did he do it?"

"With such tiny strength, he could annihilate Tatar cavalry several times his own? This is fundamentally impossible to do?"

"Yes."

"In the foreign land, the enemy's home field, Zhu Ying could actually annihilate the enemy army, and four thousand troops still had more than three thousand left; I can't imagine how he did it."

"This son is extraordinary."

With such results.

It also made many ministers in their hearts shocked.

Of course.

Especially for the many military ministers in the hall.

"Lao Da."

"This Zhu Ying, what do you think?" Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and looked at Zhu Biao.

"Young and promising, valiant and courageous, and also has the ability to command troops."

"He is indeed a talent." Zhu Biao replied with a smile immediately.

As soon as these words fell.

The officials in the hall looked sideways one after another.

There was no doubt.

This remark of Zhu Biao, although it seemed casual, actually contained another meaning.

In today's Great Ming, the army is still dominated by the Huaixi faction, which has a great influence.

And under imperial power, it is naturally not allowed to have this one family dominating, so there has always been a lot of promotion for generals outside the Huaixi faction, but in terms of real combat and commanding troops, it is a bit unsatisfactory.

And this time, Zhu Biao's words revealed a great expectation for Zhu Ying.

"Hahaha."

Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang laughed out loud.

Then he said: "Biao'er is right."

"Among the younger generation, this Zhu Ying is indeed not bad."

Getting this high praise from Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang, the civil and military officials in the hall understood the thoughts of Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang and his son.

"Report to Your Majesty."

"Zhu Ying does not fear danger, ventures into danger to drag down the Tatars, avoiding our Daning Prefecture from being attacked from both sides, this is a great merit."

"I think he should be heavily rewarded." Song Ne, a Grand Secretary of the Hall of Splendid Canopy, stood out and reported loudly.

"I second the motion."

"Garrison Commander Zhu has made a great merit, he should be rewarded."

"Being in a dangerous place not only dragged down the enemy army but also dealt a heavy blow to the enemy army, with rich results, he should be heavily rewarded."

"We second the motion."

With Song Ne speaking out, many ministers in the hall who were good at observing the situation also seconded the motion one after another.

After all, this was also the thought of Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang and his son.

And.

The Huaixi faction had high prestige in the army, and there were many in the hall who were afraid of it.

In short, following the imperial will is the best strategy.

"Biao'er."

"How do you think we should reward this Zhu Ying?" Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao and asked with a smile.

Clearly.

Today's Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang was already old, and every step he took now was to pave the way for his son.

"I think."

"Now the war in Daning Prefecture is not yet settled, and Zhu Ying has been promoted from a soldier to a Garrison Commander in half a year, which is already a great grace."

"This rich result is enough to see Zhu Ying's courage and heart for the country."

"Promotion to Garrison Commander is only one of the rewards."

"I think we should add a title of nobility." Zhu Biao smiled and said firmly.

As soon as these words fell.

All the ministers in the hall were shocked.

Title of nobility.

Compared to an official position, this was even more rare.

This was a symbol of status.

"What title do you think should be conferred on Biao'er?" Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a smile.

For Zhu Biao's proposal, he had no intention of opposing it at all.

Zhu Ying, his name had entered this Hall of Heavenly Abundance twice.

And this time was different from the first time; this time it was personally reported by the Duke of Song, Feng Sheng, which showed that Zhu Ying's battle merit had truly moved Feng Sheng, otherwise he would not have praised Zhu Ying's battle merit so heavily in the military report.

"I think we can add the title of 【Hereditary Baron】." Zhu Biao smiled and said firmly.

As soon as these words fell.

Many ministers in the hall were shocked.

Title of nobility!

Even many ministers standing in this hall did not have it, because these titles were mostly obtained through military merit; it was very difficult for civil officials to obtain titles, except for those founding heroes and founding civil officials who obtained titles, now there were few civil officials who obtained titles in this period.

Of course.

Even those who were conferred before were now bones buried in the yellow earth, and they were long gone.

Baron.

A title that still existed during the Emperor Hongwu period, although it was the lowest title, the gold content was higher with the word hereditary added.

In history.

Baron, Viscount.

Only existed during the Emperor Hongwu period, and were cancelled later, because the titles above them, Earl, Marquis, Duke, would become more noble.

The cancellation was also to show nobility to a greater extent.

It could be said.

If Zhu Ying really obtained this title this time, it would definitely be catching the last train.

"What do you think of the Crown Prince's proposal?" Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and scanned the hall.

Although it was an inquiry.

It was actually already decided.

He would definitely support his Biao'er's decision.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, ever since his wife and grandson passed away, the only relative in his heart was Zhu Biao; of course, this was also for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang had many sons, but Zhu Chongba only had one son left.

"The Crown Prince is wise."

"We second the motion."

"The Crown Prince is wise."

The civil and military officials shouted one after another.

Everyone had no opposition to Zhu Biao's decision.

At this moment, opposing Zhu Biao was opposing the living Yama on the high seat!

No one would be that stupid.

Unless they didn't want to live and insisted on provoking the living Yama above.

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