Emperor Chongzhen conferred the title of Jin Haibo on Yang Zhen, and Yang Zhen immediately thanked him according to the order. This was a major event after the Meridian Gate prisoner presentation ceremony, and he felt a little better.

But when he thought about having to confer another title on his ancestor's birthday, his mood immediately became depressed again.

However, at this point, after Hong Chengchou's proposal and the second proposals of Chen Xinjia and Yang Zhen, Emperor Chongzhen could not veto it in public even if he felt unhappy.

Originally, he was worried that Zu Dashou and his Liaodong Army would be at odds with the imperial court, and that they might surrender to the Qing Dynasty at any time, causing the Ming Dynasty to lose the territory outside the Pass in western Liaoning.

If the proposal to ennoble Zu Dashou was rejected at this time, wouldn't Zu Dashou become even more alienated?

Emperor Chongzhen hesitated again and again, and finally said with a stern face: "As for Zu Dashou, he led his troops to guard Liaodong for more than ten years. He has indeed worked hard and made great achievements. This battle of Songjin is not without merit. In this case, today I will grant him the title of "Zu Dashou".

Spyker!”

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

Almost everyone present knew what the emperor was thinking. When they heard what the emperor said, they were all speechless. Only Hong Chengchou still pretended to be ignorant and bowed down to praise the emperor's wisdom.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he looked at Hong Chengchou and was silent.

Emperor Chongzhen knew that the reason why Hong Chengchou acted like this was not entirely out of selfish motives, but to win over Zu Dashou and his troops and prepare for him to leave the country and settle in Ningyuan in the future.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen pondered for a moment and said to Hong Chengchou: "Hong Aiqing, in your opinion, what title should I give my ancestor for his longevity?"

Hong Chengchou had been thinking about this question since he made this suggestion. At this time, seeing Emperor Chongzhen's question, he immediately bowed and answered:

"Zong Zongzhen was born in Ningyuan Guards. He has been in Jinzhou City for a long time and was granted the title of Spyker. It is better to use Ning Jin as his title!"

"Ning Jin? Ning Jin?"

After listening to Hong Chengchou's words, Emperor Chongzhen muttered a few words in his mouth, turned around and said to Yang Zhen: "Han Qing, what do you think?"

"This, Ningjin, although Ningyuan and Jinzhou each have one word, but it is not as good as Ningliao, which shows that the Holy Emperor has more profound hopes for it!"

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen was asking him a question about a sensitive topic, Yang Zhen had no choice but to answer it reluctantly.

The so-called Jin Haibo that Emperor Chongzhen granted to himself included Gaizhou and Haizhou, two places that were completely outside his control.

Yang Zhen could guess what Emperor Chongzhen meant. He was just writing a blank check, hoping to motivate himself to never forget to take back Gaizhou and Haizhou.

Now Emperor Chongzhen is hesitant about the word Ningjin. I'm afraid it has something to do with this. After all, both Ningjin and Ningjin are in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. If this title is given to Zu Dashou, it will further confirm that the land in western Liaoning is the ancestor's home.

place.

With Emperor Chongzhen's consistent style of being very shrewd in small matters but confused in big matters, he would not agree.

In this case, I will follow Emperor Chongzhen's thinking and give him a choice. At the same time, once the news reaches Zu Dashou's ears, I will never offend Zu Dashou by saying this.

After all, Ningliao is much more grand than Ningjin.

However, Yang Zhen still underestimated Emperor Chongzhen's prejudice against Zu Dashou, and also underestimated Emperor Chongzhen's pettiness.

As soon as he put forward his suggestion, he heard Emperor Chongzhen say: "Well, let's follow what Hong Aiqing suggested and name Zu Dashou as Jin Yibo! I don't dare to expect too much. I just hope that Zu Dashou will be the uncle of Jin Yi."

I will guard the front line of the Daling River!"

At this point, Emperor Chongzhen turned to Hong Chengchou and said: "Hong Aiqing, do you understand my intention? I hope that after you lead your troops out of the border and take command of Ningyuan, you must organize your troops and horses to guard the front line in western Liaoning, and you must not let the Eastern captives again.

Enter the border from Jibei in western Liaoning, otherwise I will only ask you!"

When Emperor Chongzhen reached the end of his words, his voice was already stern.

This Hong Chengchou wanted to win over Zu Dashou and went against his own will. He insisted on granting Zu Dashou a title of Spyge. Now that he has given it, if he still cannot control Zu Dashou and his troops, like Fang Yizao did, then he will

If Liaoxi suffers a loss, don't blame yourself for being rude.

At that time, the new and old accounts will be settled together.

Hong Chengchou did not completely see through Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts, but he knew more or less that today he had hired Spyker for Zu Dashou at the risk of offending Emperor Chongzhen. If something happened to Liaoxi in the future, he would have to deal with it sternly.

Strict.

But he had no choice but to kneel on the ground immediately and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "I understand that I will live up to your majesty's trust!"

"Okay, it's getting late today, and it's getting colder outside. If you have nothing else to do, let's leave the discussion here today."

Emperor Chongzhen called the meeting on the platform today. His original intention was to ask Yang Zhen some strategies for peace and Liao Dynasty, but many of the things finally agreed upon went against his original intention.

If he had acted willfully, he would have been satisfied. But now that the Ming Dynasty was in turmoil and perilous, it was impossible for Emperor Chongzhen to satisfy his wishes in everything.

This made him very depressed and exhausted. Seeing the sun setting in the west, the tea getting cold and hot, and the charcoal basin changing several times, he was about to end the call and send everyone away.

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he stood up and was about to leave, but he heard Yang Zhen suddenly say: "Your Majesty, I still have something to report!"

Emperor Chongzhen, who had already stood up, saw that it was Yang Zhen who had something to report, so he immediately stopped and asked him, "Do you have anything to report?"

"Your Majesty, I am leading the expedition to the east with the main force of the advance battalion to cross the Liaohai Sea and seize Fuzhou, Jinzhou, Lushunkou and other places. There is a person who has made great contributions. I would like to request a title for this person!"

Yang Zhen saw that Emperor Chongzhen was about to leave, but he still had something to say, so he had no choice but to stop the emperor and claimed that he had something to report, and the matter he wanted to report was related to Shen Zhixiang, who had returned to the Ming Dynasty in Jinzhou City.

As a result, when he said this, Emperor Chongzhen stayed to listen carefully and did not leave directly. However, seeing that he wanted to imitate Hong Chengchou and ask for a title, he felt quite unhappy, so he stood there and looked at Yang Zhen.

Seeing this, Yang Zhen quickly continued: "Your Majesty, if he had not repented, led his troops anyway, and surrendered the city, would I have been able to regain Jinzhou and Lushun in one fell swoop, and could I have captured the Donglu puppet auxiliary village?

Qi, it’s hard to say whether it’s true or not! That’s why I would like to grant this person a title!”

Having said this, Yang Zhen gritted his teeth and simply kowtowed and said: "I also know very well that the Emperor Ming Shijue has always been noble. No title can be awarded unless it is for social and military merit, and no title can be awarded unless it is specially decreed by the Holy Emperor. But this person has returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway.

It is so important that I would rather not grant him the title this time, but give this person the title of Spylord!"

"Yang Zhen, you are so presumptuous! Your Majesty's eloquent words are as true as the constitution. How can you say that you won't seal them, and you will give them away if you say they will be given to others?! Why don't you take back your false words and apologize to His Majesty!"

As soon as Yang Zhen finished speaking, the eunuch Wang Dehua, who was about to step forward to wait for the emperor to leave, opened his mouth and scolded Yang Zhen.

But inside and outside the words, it was completely like an elder scolding a younger generation, and Yang Zhen could understand the meaning contained in it.

But now that Yang Zhen has said his word, he will not take it back.

He had made a promise to Shen Zhixiang and his gang. Although he didn't explicitly say that he would treat them to a knighthood, that was what he meant.

If he doesn't mention it now, how will he explain it when he goes back?

If he proposed it at this time, but Emperor Chongzhen vetoed it, it could only be said to be a loss for the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Zhen will feel sorry, but he will not be too dissatisfied.

Because if Emperor Chongzhen vetoes or refuses, it will be tantamount to completely pushing Shen Zhixiang and his subordinates to himself.

From now on, he has completely inherited the legacy or mantle of the old Dongjiang Town.

However, Yang Zhen still hoped that Emperor Chongzhen would accept his request. After all, once Shen Zhixiang was knighted, he would have a precedent to follow in the future using Shen Zhixiang as an example to poach Huang Taiji, and it would be easier to handle.

"Please seal me? Please seal me? Okay, tell me, who is it that you want to seal me for?"

Emperor Chongzhen was a little helpless in the face of Yang Zhen's kneeling request. He saw that Yang Zhen was scolded by Wang Dehua, but did not take back the words, so he had to sigh and ask him.

"Your Majesty, this person is Shen Zhixiang, the puppet Xushun Gong of the Donglu. This person was originally the nephew and general of the former general Shen Shikui of Dongjiang Town in the Ming Dynasty. When Pidao fell, the commander-in-chief Shen Shikui was captured and died unyielding.

My nephew Shen Zhixiang gathered the fleeing troops from various tribes in Dongjiang, gathered them in Shicheng, and held on to fight!"

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen finally accepted his words, Yang Zhen quickly gave a brief introduction to Shen Zhixiang's situation. He first said the good side, and then said after careful consideration:

"This, this, later Shen Zhixiang obtained the seal of Shen Shikui, the general of the army. In order to command the tribes of the islands, he called himself the general of the army. From then on, he violated the king's law and lost contact with the court. Last spring famine, there was a great famine on the island, and everyone was eating each other.

The crowd gathered and abandoned the island and surrendered to the Donglu!"

Having said this, Yang Zhen raised his head and saw Emperor Chongzhen looking into the distance with a gloomy face, but he did not mean to interrupt him, so he quickly said:

"However, Shen Zhixiang always had the heart to avenge his uncle's clan, so I led his troops to cross the Liaohai Sea eastward and besieged Jinzhou. He led his troops in the city anyway and returned with the whole city. Later, our troops surrounded Lushun, and Shen Zhixiang pretended to be a captive in the east.

Reinforcements, enter the city as internal response, and capture Port Arthur in one fell swoop! Without this person, I will have a strategy of attacking from the east and defending from the west. Looking around the Liaohai Sea, there is no place to start!"

"So that's it. If it's as you said, this person has made a great contribution. However, since this person did not have the position of Chief Soldier before, it is enough to be granted the title of Chief Soldier now!"

After hearing Yang Zhen's words, Emperor Chongzhen looked much better, but his idea was still not to make him a knight, but to make him a general soldier.

After Yang Zhen heard this, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, I also know that Shen Zhixiang's contribution in our Ming Dynasty is indeed not enough to make him a knight. However, Shen Zhixiang was granted the title of Lord Shungong in Donglu. Now he is
Chapter completed!