Liu Jian personally brought several confidants in the court to check the heads sent to the capital by Chen Xi's troops before. Zhu Youxi suddenly issued an imperial edict: "Build the capital's land into the Nine Gates of the Capital, and it is in the city!"

Now Zhu Youzhe wants to shock the people no longer foreigners, but the people under his rule, because he feels that since the external troubles have temporarily subsided, the next step is that the internal troubles are most likely to threaten the imperial power.

It was not appropriate for the people of the Ministry of War to report it. After all, displaying their heads on the streets of Jiumen would make the people frightened. After all, it was the head of a dead person. However, Zhu Youzhang had made up his mind and no one could take charge of the overall situation came out to advise the emperor, and the emperor's decision could only be followed unconditionally.

After a long interval this time, the fifth batch of heads was not sent in for a long time. Everyone knew that they had to wait until the carriage was sent out in the city before the next batch of heads could be transported into the city.

Zhu Youzing asked Zhu Lie curiously: "General Zhu, how many levels are there in the fifth batch?"

Zhu Lie replied happily: "Your Majesty, it's probably seven thousand!"

This time, Liu Jian was not on the viewing platform, only Li Dongyang and others were there. Li Dongyang acted as the questioner this time and shouted loudly: "Is it a whim?"

Zhu Lie smiled and said, "I have never said that these seven thousand heads were the Tatar national sect Yi Sima who returned because of his departure. He led his troops to fight against Tumu Fort. That battle was simply a Jedi counterattack in the city, and it was so tragic that Lord Shen even supervised the battle on the top of the city. Lord Shen was infected with the cold at that time and stood on the top of the city with a battle flag. After a bloody battle, Lord Shen's condition worsened and had not improved for several days since then. The soldiers were worried..."

Xie Qian coughed twice beside him and said, "Tell me the point!"

Zhu Lie knew Xie Qian, knew that this was the old master of the dynasty, and knew that he was Chen Xi's grandfather. He had much more respect to Xie Qian than Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, so he hurriedly saluted respectfully and said:

"What the Master said is that the last general is talking about the key points. By the way, this battle was on October 23rd... This battle was very hard. After this battle, the Tatar soldiers retreated. At that time, Lord Shen said that our army was already an exhausted army and the military resources were already seriously insufficient. If the Tatar national army did not retreat, we could take advantage of the situation to counterattack. Our army could only fight to the end. It is estimated that the last general would not be able to report to the emperor and all the experts here today!"

Even though Li Dongyang did not believe in Chen Xi's merits and even believed that the level offered by Chen Xi was false, he was still deeply shocked after hearing Zhu Lie's report.

Xie Qian smiled and said, "Your Majesty, no wonder no one knew before that the Tatar national savage Yi Sima suddenly withdrew from Xuanfu and then retreated to the grassland. It turned out that he had to withdraw his troops in the battle of Tumu Fort... All of this is the credit of Chen Xi's child!"

Zhu Youzhi was excited, clenched his fists, patted his son's shoulders repeatedly and said, "Mr. Xie said that he was talking about the last battle of Tumu Fort, and the result of the battle with the Yibula troops did not seem to be included in it..."

Zhu Lie said: "Your Majesty is wrong!"

Xie Qian said coldly: "What did you say? Your Majesty is wrong?"

When Zhu Youzhang faced a hero like Zhu Lie, he no longer had the airs of an emperor at this moment, and he smiled and comforted: "Hey, Mr. Xie, don't be rude to General Zhu. General Zhu, what are you wrong about me?"

Zhu Lie said: "Your Majesty said that this is the last battle of Tumu Fort. This sentence is wrong. There is another battle in Tumu Fort. It was a Tartar general named Wulicha. He brought more than 2,000 troops and horses to restrain the troops in the fort outside Tumu Fort and return to the capital to serve the king. As a result, Lord Shen made a quick decision and fought with Wulicha's troops on October 26, and he won a great victory again!"

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Before, Chen Xi reported his contribution to the court, which was spoken in front of the emperor and ministers in the Ganqing Palace. Emperor Hongzhi did not take it seriously at all.

There are two reasons. One is that Xie Qian’s instructions to Chen Xi. When reporting the merits, try to lower your merits and not over-examination of your role in this battle;

The second reason is that Chen Xi said in the court at that time, there was no specific evidence to prove it. He said, "On October 26, breaking through the enemy in one battle, and then returning to Juyong Pass." Even the specific killing, killing and capturing Tatar soldiers were mentioned in one sentence, and no one knew what the situation was in this battle.

Now that the level is presented, the situation will naturally be different. The most intuitive manifestation of credit is the level.

Chen Xi experienced a series of bloody battles at Tumu Fort, and the blows caused by Yisima Yin's troops were almost devastating. It was precisely because Yisima Yin saw that there was no hope of attacking Tumu Fort that he chose to withdraw his troops to Xuanfu and then plotted for the hegemony of the grassland.

In Yisimayin's logic, if his family loses so many troops, if the Dayan tribe takes advantage of the victory and attacks the capital of the Ming Dynasty, or if he safely withdraws from the Central Plains, then his tribe with great strength will inevitably be unable to gain a foothold on the grassland in the future. In order to avoid occupying the magpie's nest, he might as well take the initiative first.

"Okay, good fight!"

Zhu Youzhang praised him directly.

The emperor rarely praised people so much before. Zhu Youzhe knew how to control the ministers. He could not praise anyone in front of the ministers casually, nor would he deliberately belittle anyone. Whoever has the ability and who is not capable can be remembered in his heart. When he promoted and demoted officials in the future, he knew it clearly in his promotion and demotion.

After a series of battles at Tumu Fort, Chen Xi led his troops to directly destroy more than 20,000 Tatars. Zhu Youzhang couldn't help but think about it in his mind. If these 20,000 soldiers were not destroyed by Chen Xi, but were put in the capital, would the nine gates of the capital still be defended under the fierce attack of the Tatars?

Li Dongyang had a bad expression, but he had no way to argue with Zhu Lie, thinking: "Young Fu Liu has now gone to verify the authenticity of those levels. If there is a situation where you kill good people and take credit, you will definitely notice it!"

Because the nine border areas have always had the habit of killing good people and taking advantage of merit, these top ministers in the court never fully believed the merits of the generals. When they arrived at Chenxi, the merits of Chenxi were even more incredible, and they would not believe a word.

Zhu Houzhao said excitedly: "Father, my son minister has long said that Mr. Chen has the talent of Ziya Kong Ming. How should he reward him for having made such great contributions now?"

Zhu Youzhang just now praised Chen Xi because his blood was swelling and he couldn't help but praise him. But now he needs to think about it if he wants to ask Chen Xi for his merits.

Chen Xi was already a second-rank official. If you reward him again, it seems that only the title of marquis is the most practical. However, the problem is that Chen Xi was a civil official, not a military general. In the Ming Dynasty, it was a common practice for civil officials not to be granted marquis. Before, Ma Wensheng won a great victory in the northwest and did not have a title. He was finally promoted to the Minister of Personnel and lived in the six ministries in the court.

It is obviously inappropriate to be the six ministers of Chen Xi at his age. Moreover, in this battle, there was actually Liu Daxia above Shen Xi, who promoted Chen Xi and placed Liu Daxia where?

Zhu Youzhang was a wise king after all, and he waved his hand and said, "I will discuss this matter later. My family, let me continue to accompany me to complete the prisoner ceremony!"

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Chapter completed!