The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

The court officials were helpless.

After all, Wang Yue's victory in Helan Mountain was only for killing 42 bandits.

Wang Yue was promoted to Shaobao and Taizi Taifu; Zhang An and Hao Shan had the most military merits and were promoted one level each; Zhang Xian, Li Jun, Zhu Jin, and the general Wu Jiang who led the troops, Zhang Zhenshu, the right assistant censor in charge of the supply, and Li Duancheng, the assistant in charge of grain, were all rewarded with silver coins of varying amounts. Among the Ming army participating in the war, two were promoted to the second level, 47 were promoted to the first level, 73 were promoted to the first level, and 635 were rewarded... This was discussed by these court officials.

There was no way, at that time they were all scared of the Tartars, and it can be said that they were terrified by the Tartars.

So the whole Ming Dynasty needed a "great victory" to boost morale, and the victory of Helan Mountain came about in this way.

As a result, it has now become a perfect example for Emperor Zhu Houzhao.

How to reward?

Just reward according to the "precedent"!

What "precedent"?

The great victory at Helan Mountain!

There are so many rewards for beheading 42 levels. Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao killed more than 50,000 people in battle and captured the Mongolian prince alive. Such a great achievement that swept away the decline of the country, no matter how generous the reward is, it is not too much, right?

They can only hold their noses and refresh their bottom line again and again, and raise the level of reward.

There is no other way, it can only be like this.

This time, the achievements made by Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao are really too great!

If he had not captured the prince alive, if he had killed fewer people, the civil officials and gentry could still mediate.

Of course, everything in the court has nothing to do with Li Tanghao at present.

Now that the war is over, he naturally has more things to do.

The war was originally coordinated by him, the Zhongshan Hou, and the post-war affairs were naturally arranged by him.

Such as the arrangements for these Mongolian tribes, the statistics of captured materials, the casualties of soldiers and generals, the elimination of the remaining bandits... There were so many things that he was almost dizzy. He was too lazy to pay attention to the conspiracy in the court.

One battle was successful.

Destroyed the Mongolian manpower!

Captured Mongolian Dayan Khan Batu Mengke alive!

Undoubtedly, it has exceeded Tang Hao's expectations and plans.

But the price is also high.

The Beijing army has nearly 30,000 soldiers and generals, and nearly half of them were lost in this battle!

However, these are all worth it, everything is worth it.

Because after the Tumu, the number of people slaughtered by the Mongolian Tartars is countless!

A group of generals were busy with excitement, and the "housekeeper" Tang Mu was responsible for coordinating and calculating the captured materials.

After a moment, he rushed over excitedly to report: "My Lord, the materials have been counted. In terms of gold and silver alone, we have seized more than 5 million taels this time!"

"If we count the cattle, sheep and horses, it will be countless and the value is inestimable!"

No wonder Tang Mu was so excited.

The previous tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty was only 3 million taels a year.

They seized so much gold and silver in this battle. You can imagine how big a reward this is.

It is interesting to say that these gold and silver are used as property by the Mongolian dignitaries to reward their warriors to encourage them to fight.

After all, the Mongolian military system is different from that of the Ming Dynasty. Under the Qianhu system, some big leaders lead a large group of small leaders to fight together.

No one is willing to die for you if they can't see the benefits!

As a result, the Ming army has benefited in vain.

And this astronomical figure of property is only part of it. In the chaos, there are naturally many losses.

In addition, several small Mongolian defeated soldiers took advantage of the chaos to escape, and they also took away a lot of property.

Of course, gold, silver and other valuables are not important, but more important are food and supplies!

Dayan Khan Batu Mengke recruited 100,000 cavalry for this battle, almost emptying all the assets and resources of the entire Great Mongolian Empire. There are countless cattle, sheep and horses, and food and supplies piled up like mountains. This is the biggest gain of this battle!

Thinking back to the time when Tang Hao calculated Jeju Island of Korea for war horses, was it easy for him?

Fortunately, all the efforts are worth it, and today is finally the time to harvest.

Tang Hao smiled and said: "The cattle, sheep, horses, food and supplies will continue to be counted, and no one can interfere without authorization!"

"In addition, take out 500,000 taels from the seized gold and silver to reward the entire army, and double the pension for the fallen heroes!"

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers of the three armies cheered and shouted "Long live the Ming Dynasty".

But after Tang Mu left, Zuo Yidao appeared.

"My Lord, isn't it... inappropriate to do this?"

If you reward the soldiers without reporting to the court, and if it is spread by someone with ulterior motives, then you are buying people's hearts and plotting something bad!

Tang Hao glanced at him unhappily and scolded him with a smile: "Aren't you here? What are you still standing there for? Report to His Majesty!"

Zuo Yidao: "..."

Damn it!

I'm fed up with you, this bastard, who kills first and reports later!

But Zuo Yidao was also helpless, because he knew too well the deep friendship between His Majesty the Emperor and this Marquis of Zhongshan.

Not to mention rewarding the three armies in advance, even if he mobilized troops without authorization, His Majesty the Emperor would not blame him!

Well, this bastard seems to have mobilized troops without authorization!

Zuo Yidao left angrily, but Tang Hao smiled and said nothing.

With this guy by his side, he didn't have to worry about anything he did. At most, he would have a quarrel with Emperor Zhu Houzhao after returning.

But to appease the army, this is what must be done.

For this stunning victory, the soldiers of the three armies fought to the death, and half of them were killed. This was the most tragic battle since Tang Hao led the army!

The price paid for the stunning victory is unimaginable for ordinary people!

This reward is just a prelude!

The real big head will come after returning to Beijing.

Tang Hao believes that no matter how much the civil officials and gentry try to stop him, Emperor Zhu Houzhao will give the soldiers of the three armies the rewards they deserve this time.

What's more, the civil officials and gentry can't stop it!

How to stop it?

Annihilate the Mongolian living forces in one battle!

Capture the Mongolian prince and the orthodox Khan in one battle!

Make the Mongolian Tartars surrender to the Ming Dynasty in one battle!

This is an achievement that even His Majesty Emperor Yongle failed to achieve!

What can you do to stop it?

Tang Hao exhaled a long breath of turbid air.

Then he looked at the Mongolian leaders.

Especially the Yongshebu tribe and the Ordos tribe.

Their leaders Yibula and Mandulai did not die at the hands of Dayan Khan, but died at the hands of their allies, the Ming army. So now the two tribes are a little panicked, not knowing where to go.

Tang Hao looked at the noble lords of the two tribes and ordered in a cold voice: "The Yongshebu tribe and the Ordos tribe will be merged into the Tumed tribe from today, and will be directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. All leaders will accept the canonization of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty will open a trade with you!"

"The three Tumed tribes can be stationed in the Hetao area, but they are not allowed to plunder and harass the border towns of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise I will come to the Hetao again and teach you how to be a man!"

A group of right-wing noble lords looked at each other, and then all knelt on one knee and pledged allegiance to the Ming Dynasty.

"We obey your orders!"

"We will always be the vassal of the Ming Dynasty in this life, and we will never rebel!"

Now they can only go all the way to the end, otherwise they will face the crazy revenge of the left-wing Mongolia!

So, it is better to follow the Ming Dynasty father, at least they can open a trade!