After eliminating some unqualified officials, Zhu Youxiao worked with hundreds of officials to implement the awards for those who had made meritorious service in the Southwest Campaign.
The reason why he chose to draft the rewards in front of all civil and military officials at the great court meeting was actually very purposeful.
It is not easy to change the situation where civil servants are superior and military officials are inferior.
The civil servants looked down on and despised military generals from the bottom of their hearts. They blindly promoted officers, promoted them to nobility, and awarded military merits, but they could only make a short-term change.
Li Chengliang was crowned as having the greatest military merit in a century, but as a result, the title was stripped away by officials in every possible way just a few years after it was conferred.
Even though there were powerful generals like the Li family and his son who were full of military merit and killed countless enemies, their status as military ministers during the Wanli period did not necessarily improve.
Qin Liangyu was granted the title of Nanbo this time. Although they kept silent on the surface, Zhu Youxiao knew that every one of them was jealous.
It was only because of the emperor's moodiness that they did not dare to openly oppose it. If it had been Emperor Wanli, I am afraid that the matter of being granted the title of uncle would have been discussed long ago, and the government and the public were shocked.
Moreover, the emperor bypassed them and directly conferred the title, which was not in line with the etiquette. This was completely treating them as nothing.
Therefore, during this so-called merit discussion, except for a few of the emperor's closest ministers who spoke, the rest of the officials remained silent.
They will never support the emperor's behavior, even if it has become a fact, they will not face it.
Zhu Youxiao didn't care about their attitude. As long as the cabinet and the Ministry of War discussed it, the matter would be settled and no one could stop it.
After discussion, the ministers of the cabinet and the Ministry of War unanimously agreed on the military system drawn up by the emperor, as well as the promotion and transfer of officials and generals with meritorious military exploits.
Qin Liangyu also received many rewards. The title of Ping Nanbo and the official position of Chief Military Officer were officially appointed by the imperial court.
The General Military Office was established in Chengdu and was responsible for the overall military affairs and military preparations in Sichuan.
The post of deputy general is held by Chengdu garrison Qin Yanzuo. He has been stationed in Chengdu for seven years and knows the situation in Chengdu well.
Although Qin Liangyu is well-known, she is a newly appointed military commander and a female general. It is inevitable that some people will look down upon her and make trouble in secret.
A staff of one staff general and four guerrillas was established under the general military officer. The person who held the post of staff general was the son of a Miao leader.
In this southwest battle, the chieftain soldiers leading the Miao and Zhuang tribes often charged forward and were extremely brave, not much worse than Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers.
But the reason why Zhu Youxiao appointed him was because of his identity.
After all, people are fighting to the death for you, so it doesn’t make sense if you don’t give them any benefits after the war.
Because the reform of native land and returning to local people has been implemented, there are no chieftains in Sichuan now, and counties and townships have been established to control everything.
Zhu Youxiao also established two military preparation generals in Sichuan. One was stationed in Chongqing and the other was stationed in Bijie. The two were at odds with each other and were stuck at the junction of Sichuan and Guizhou.
This is also the area where the chieftains have the strongest influence, and An Bangyan and She Chongming are also based in this area.
Although it has been calmed down, it is still chaotic, riots often occur, and fights between minority ethnic groups and Han people are frequent.
If Zhu Youxiao doesn't send heavy troops, maybe one day a capable person will appear to increase the difficulty for him again.
The post of Chongqing branch garrison general was assumed by Li Weixin, a famous general from central Sichuan, while the person guarding Bijie was Zhu Xieyuan's general, Yang Minghui.
The generals of Wang Ping's guard were rewarded with silver and silk, but were not promoted to official positions.
Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of Sichuan, and the censor of Zuo Qiandu, also awarded a large amount of silver and silk and cloth.
Lu Qin was transferred to Guizhou and was named the Chief Military Officer of Guizhou. He was the prime minister of Guizhou's military affairs and military preparations, and the government office was established in Guiyang.
Three branches of garrison troops and generals were also set up to station in Zunyi, Hechi, and Anshun respectively, forming a triangle with Guiyang as the center and radiating control over the entire province.
Zhu Youxiao promoted Zhang Yanfang and Liu Chao from among the generals who performed best in the Battle of Guizhou. These two men were also the main generals in quelling the She'an Rebellion in history.
Zhu Youxiao is also relatively reassured, at least in terms of position and military ability, he has basic guarantees.
The other was a general. He selected a chieftain with a higher reputation and greater power from among the chieftains in Guizhou to serve as his chief. The purpose was also to show favor to those chieftains who had surrendered.
Generals such as Chen Guang, Qin Bangping, Cao Wenzhao, and Ma Xianglin who accompanied the Yulin army on the expedition also all received rewards.
Zhu Youxiao gave them casual official titles to all those who had meritorious service, and rewarded all those who could be rewarded. It can be said that he achieved the ultimate.
More than 20,000 sergeants were also rewarded with a large amount of silver. After all, this trip to the southwest made him rich, and everyone who saw it had a share.
After discussing the merits of the war, the meeting was basically over. Under Wang Fuchen's sharp voice of retreating from the court, Zhu Youxiao took the lead in walking out of the Huangji Hall in his imperial robes.
The ministers also slowly left during the conversation, but Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo, still stood in his original position and refused to leave, staring blankly at the throne above the Dragon King.
And his expression happened to be caught by some civil servants who were paying attention.
When Zhu Youxiao returned to Qianqing Palace, he immediately summoned Liu Shimin, the admiral of the inner factory.
He hasn't seen his younger brother for nearly half a year, and he doesn't know how he is doing or whether the officials have contacted him.
The reason why he asked Sun Chengzong to be his teacher was to prevent him from being brainwashed.
Civil servants are very sensitive to politics. They have already seen that the emperor is not the same as them, and they can no longer change the emperor.
Therefore, these political speculators are very decisive in finding another target and finding the "sage emperor" who meets their interests and needs.
That's why he imprisoned Zhu Youjian in a different way and prohibited him from contacting people outside the palace.
Although Sun Chengzong is a member of the Donglin Party, and Zhu Youxiao doesn't like this person who is more eloquent than capable, his moral character is still good. He doesn't bother to do such secretive things.
But when Liu Shimin reported it to him, he realized that he was still too naive and underestimated these literati.
These officials were extremely imaginative. Seeing that they could not contact Zhu Youjian directly, they actually contacted him through books.
They gave some so-called annotations of great Confucian scholars to Sun Chengzong and brought them to Zhu Youjian to read, thinking that they could be read all over the world, but in fact they were all in the eyes of Neichang Fanzi.
It seems that these people's evil intentions are still alive.
As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves missing you. The only way to solve the problem is to put Zhu You out of prison and send him to the feudal state as soon as possible.