After a period of discussion and push and pull, the ministers of the six cabinet departments finally unified their thoughts and opinions.
All sergeants who participated in the war were paid three taels of silver as victorious generals.
This standard is already quite high. A sergeant in the border army only earns more than a dozen taels of silver per year.
The salary and salary of the southern army is much lower than that of the frontier army. Three taels of silver is definitely enough.
Moreover, most of the people participating in the battle were guardsmen and chieftains. These soldiers had no military pay at all, and only a small number of serious battalion soldiers with Xiangyin accounted for it.
If it hadn't been for Zhu Youxiao's suggestion that the salary should be paid, let alone three taels, I'm afraid even one tael would be a high price.
There were also 40,000 sergeants participating in the battle. Although more than 4,000 people died, the court still had to pay about 100,000 taels of silver.
Including those who died and those who were injured, Zhu Youxiao also added ten taels and five taels respectively as pensions on the basis of thirty taels of silver.
The Ming Dynasty has always used the head to achieve military merit, and then exchanged military merit for silver rewards.
Although the heads of those chieftains were not as valuable as Jiannu and Tartars, they were still cashed in after all.
Taken together, the imperial court would have issued 200,000 taels of silver just for the sound of silver and the reward of silver.
As for this money, Zhu Youxiao also knew that the empty household department would definitely not be able to come up with it.
Therefore, he once again asked the Ministry of Accounts to write an IOU for him by borrowing, and he would advance the payment of 200,000 taels, and then pay it back to him after the taxes were collected in the coming year.
As for the posthumous title of Mu Changzuo, Duke of Guizhou, the Ministry of Rites and the Cabinet originally wanted to give him a posthumous title of Rongkang and posthumously give it to the Taifu and Shangzhu Kingdom.
According to Mu Changzuo's military achievements and reputation in his life, the posthumous title Rongkang is already very objective.
But Zhu Youxiao raised the posthumous title to a higher level and named it Wu Jing, the same as his ancestor Mu Sheng, the first Duke of Guizhou.
After all, he wanted to use Qin Liangyu to implement decentralization and checks and balances.
Giving him a better posthumous title also shows in disguise that he, the emperor, has not alienated and forgotten the contributions of the Mu family.
Zhu Youxiao was also relatively generous in terms of promotions and rewards for the generals who participated in the war.
After all, he wanted to completely change the pattern of the noble and the military, so he certainly couldn't be stingy with this reward.
Qin Liangyu, who was the chief general of the Southern Expedition, was promoted to Zhongzhenhou from Pingnan Bo Jin. With the right general seal, he continued to control the military affairs of Sichuan and Yunnan.
The title of Duke of Guizhou was passed to Mu Qiyuansi, the grandson of Mu Changzuo, who still held the seal of the General of the South and was promoted to the Chief Military Officer of Yunnan.
But Mu Qiyuan needs to be controlled by Qin Liangyu. He will transfer Yunnan's right-hand envoys and inspectors back to the capital, and then send them to the northwest as officials.
Among the senior administrative officials, there is only one Left Chief Envoy, and two more vacancies. When he arrives, he will transfer a few of them from the Six Ministries in Nanjing.
Pingyi Guard Commander Zhao Guang and Dali Guard Commander Liu Yihu made peace adjustments with the two Guard Commanders from Sichuan and Guizhou.
Qin Yiming filled the post of commander of the Dali Guard, which not only weakened the power of the Mu family, but also improved Qin Liangyu's voice and control in Yunnan.
Lu Qin, the commander-in-chief of the Guizhou army, offered a son to a hundred households and was rewarded with three thousand taels of silver.
As a deputy general of the Left Army in this battle, he himself did not have much merit, so the reward was reasonable.
The six ministries of the cabinet had no objections to this, so they drafted the edict on the spot, stamped it with the seals of the cabinet and the Ministry of War, and sent it out.
As for verifying military achievements, Zhu Youxiao also specifically asked Wang Zaijin to send a reliable official.
It is necessary to ensure that after verification, the report to Qin Liangyu is correct, then the silver reward can be issued, and the imperial edict of the reward can be read out, while the military pay can be issued directly.
Zhu Youxiao will also send Jin Yiwei to accompany him covertly and covertly to supervise the investigation and prevent them from covering up and making false reports.
Wait until all the ministers have left.
Zhu Youxiao summoned Wei Zhongxian without stopping.
"Tell Cui Yingyuan that no matter what method is used, even if it means sparing their lives, as long as they are willing to cooperate, I will also agree."
"Here is the edict written by me. If Xu Hongru and others don't believe it, you can ask Cui Yingyuan to show it to him."
Zhu Youxiao has made up his mind to eliminate the Kong family. No matter what the price, he must solve it before summer.
Even if Xu Hongru doesn't cooperate, he still has other methods, but the effect will not be so good, and the resistance and abuse he will encounter will be even greater.
But he can no longer care about so much. As long as he can eradicate the Kong family and wipe out the Jiannu, Mongolia will be divided into parts and crippled by himself.
The domestic resistance forces with greater influence have also been dealt with. In terms of military, the Ming Dynasty no longer has much pressure.
Even if Zhu Youjian is replaced by then, even if there are still rogue bandits such as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, I believe he can put it down if there are no foreign invasions.
After saying this, Zhu Youxiao picked up a yellow silk letter from the imperial case and handed it to Wei Zhongxian himself.
Wei Zhongxian also knew the emperor's intention, so he did not dare to neglect, and immediately sent his confidants to Shandong to convey the emperor's will.
For the current Zhu Youxiao, Xu Hongru is like a dog. It doesn't make much difference whether he can kill him or not.
Kong is the real cancer, and he must eradicate it.
It's absolutely worth trading his life for the lives of the entire Kong family.
"It is announced that Zhang Weixian, Zhang Zhiji, Zhang Shize, the four battalion generals of the Yulin Army, and the Minister of Military Affairs will come to Qianqing Palace at noon tomorrow to discuss matters."
Now that the war in Yunnan has come to an end, it’s time to start preparing how to conquer the slaves.
This is a big deal and cannot be taken lightly.
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty was facing financial difficulties, so he had to prepare in advance to avoid being in a hurry.
"In addition, I am sending a message to Li Zhilong, the commander-in-chief of Datong, Mangui, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, and King Shunyi, asking them to arrange the defense matters at hand and come to Beijing as soon as possible."
Now that he has decided to fight against the slaves, Horqin, who is in alliance with the slaves, naturally cannot let him go.
Horqin is the Mongolian tribe that Zhu Youxiao hates the most. As the earliest ally of the slaves, their hands have been stained with the blood of the Han people since the Wanli period.
In this northern expedition, we simply hunted down the rabbits and dealt with them together, so as not to waste people and money in the future and spend a lot of effort to travel so far to find them.
At the same time, Zhu Youxiao also sent a decree to Xiong Tingbi, Hong Chengchou, and Li Songping.
Hong Chengchou was able to win over the three Mongolian tribes Duoyan, Taining and Fuyu next to Liaodong.
Therefore, he was also asked to continue to strengthen control, lest they turn to Jiannu and backstab Ming Dynasty, and strictly monitor their every move.
After all, they also understand the principle of lip-destroying and teeth-shattering. They naturally don't want to see Jiannu disappear like this.
What Xiong Tingbi and Li Songping have to do is the key. The policy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country must be implemented to the end.
No one or any force is allowed to step outside Liaoshen. Anyone who dares to disobey the order will be directly killed on the spot for the crime of treason without asking for instructions.
He believed that Boar Skin's sense of war could sense that the Ming army was sending troops to conquer again, but he had no source of information.
It makes the wild boar skin panic all day long, and makes the slaves in the white water and black mountains have trouble sleeping and eating.