Wuyuan, named during the Xia and Shang dynasties, has a long history. Due to its special geographical location, it has always been a key border defense area for the Central Plains dynasty.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Wuyuan was as famous as Shuofang, Yunzhong, Dingxiang and Yanmen, and became one of the important border counties to fight against the Huns. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Wuyuan was also an important place to fight against the Turks. Li Jing, the general manager of the Dingxiang Road, led his army to fight with the Turks here.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, the place was abandoned. Why is this?

The reason is actually very simple, because it is too far from the capital of Daming and has difficulty in logistics supply, so it was abandoned during the Xuande period of Yongle.

If the Ming Dynasty did not give up here, how could there be a problem with Hetao?

Yang Cong sat in the temporary headquarters of Wuyuan County, looking at the latest map depicted, and sighed.

He was considering whether to continue pursuing the Tartars and drive them out of the so-called Western tactics and let them go to the south of the desert to eat soil completely.

Originally, he thought that after the recovery of Hetao, the Tartars would have to eat soil, but he never thought that this time, he sent a scout cavalry to dress up as a fleeing herdsman and investigated the Tartars' footsteps and found that there were sporadic grasslands distributed in the west of Hetao, and the Tartars called it Xitao.

The area of ​​Western Taks is even larger than that of Eastern Taks. It stretches for more than a thousand miles from west of Wuyuan to Ganzhou Town, all of which are in the Western Taks. If the Taks reproduce and survive there, it is probably difficult for the disaster of the Northern Captains to stop.

So, how do you drive the Tartars out of the Western Talk?

His idea was to build a railway with the advancement of the fortress, and he built the fortress all the way to Ganzhou Town, "drive a long car and break through the fog of Helan Mountain"!

Helan Mountain is the junction between the eastern and western sluts, and his strategy is exactly the same as the sentence in "Manjianghong".

Anyway, the court seemed to have stopped at this moment and ignored the battle in the northwest. He was idle and was idle. It would be better to take advantage of the momentum to recover the Western tactics, so that the Tartars would completely lose their place to reproduce and reproduce.

Of course, if he wants to enter the Western Talks, he still has to obtain the approval of the imperial court or Jiajing, because this time he was only ordered to recover the Eastern Talks. If the Eastern Talks are recovered, the task is equivalent to completing.

Moreover, the greatness of the Western Talks is probably not something that can be recovered in a year or two. If you don’t tell Jiajing and start such a protracted war, it would be a bit unreasonable.

He wrote a memorial in detail and ordered people to send them to the capital in a 800-mile manner. Then he began to dispatch people and supplies to prepare in advance.

He believed that Jiajing would definitely agree with his plan because the Tartars were newly defeated and morale was sluggish. The Ming army had just recovered Hetao and was full of momentum. At this time, it was a good opportunity to recover Xitao. If you miss this opportunity, it would be difficult to recover Xitao in the future.

So, will Jiajing agree to his plan to retake the Western Talk as he thought?

At this moment, it was not Jiajing who had the final say in the major affairs of the court, but Yan Song who had the final say!

However, Yan Song's "final" was just spoken through Jiajing's mouth.

In other words, Jiajing has been fooled by Yan Song and Tao Zhongwen, Chen Hong and others at this time. He will do whatever Yan Song wants him to do!

When Yang Cong’s memorial was sent back to the capital, of course, he had to go through Yan Song’s hands first.

Yan Song was immediately unhappy when he saw the memorial.

Do you think the credit you made is not great enough?

He still beats, he beats!

You know, the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue is fully allocating the Northwest military supplies and food and wages. In other places, the court's Ministry of Revenue is supporting it. The court's Ministry of Revenue is going to pay salaries to tens of thousands of officials in the Ming Dynasty. There is not much oil and water. Even if you try hard, you can only dig out some money and barely guarantee the food for the border troops of Jizhou Town and Liaodong Town. As for the money, you are still owed to wait for the Northwest War to end.

In other words, he was very unhappy in making money at this moment. Almost all the food and salary of the border troops were used to support the war in the Northwest. Nanjing’s Ministry of Revenue was also controlled by the Yangming lineage. Apart from these two pieces of fat meat, the court still had a lot of money.

He has become the chief minister of the cabinet, and Jiajing is no longer in charge of the matter now. The court almost had the final say. He actually made less money than before. How could this be done!

This battle will definitely not be fought any longer.

This guy Yang Cong cannot let him control the border army and continue to make achievements.

He picked up the pen without hesitation and wrote a large number of notes to attach to the memorial. Then he ordered someone to send the memorial to the palace and asked Jiajing to "decide" it.

At this time, although he had almost taken charge of the court, he did not dare to "take charge without authorization" in such matters. He also knew that if he dared to do whatever he wanted without hiding it from Jiajing, Yang Cong would definitely go to Jiajing to file a lawsuit.

Although Jiajing was confused, he was not a fool. If some things were done too much, Jiajing could still see the tricks.

He was quite sure of this, otherwise Jiajing would not have been fooled by him.

When Jiajing saw the memorial, he remembered that Yang Cong had recovered Hetao. Such a great achievement had not been rewarded by others.

During this period, he was really tortured by the pain of losing his son and was a little confused. He even forgot such a big thing.

As for the strategy to recover the Western Talks proposed by Yang Cong, Yan Song has already written it very clearly in the votes. It is not that it cannot be done, but that the conditions do not allow it.

At this moment, the court tightened its belt and supported the war in the northwest. Both the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing and the Ministry of Revenue in Beijing were struggling to support it. If this continues, not to mention the food and salary of the border troops in Jizhou Town and Liaodong Town, even the salaries of the court officials will be problematic.

The recovery of Xitao was a protracted war, and the court could not afford it!

To be honest, Jiajing was already very satisfied with the situation at this moment. After the Hetao recaptured, it would not be so convenient for the Tatars to invade the Central Plains. Moreover, the Western Tatar is four or five thousand miles away from the capital, and the Tatars are unlikely to come to the capital. What else can he be dissatisfied with?

Now, the most important thing is Yang Cong’s reward problem.

Others would like to say that they can be promoted to a first-class civil servant at this time. Now Yang Cong has gone from a first-class prince to a first-class prince. If he is promoted to a first-class civil servant in the Ming Dynasty for more than a hundred years, he seems to have been promoted to a first-class civil servant before he is alive. Can Yang Cong be promoted?

Jiajing was a little hesitant again. After all, there was no such precedent in the Ming Dynasty. He was willful, but he was not unruly. Especially for other people's affairs, he tended to follow the rules, and he would be willful and reckless about his own affairs.

He hesitated and could only order someone to call Yan Song to discuss.

After the monarch and ministers met, Jiajing couldn't wait to ask: "How can Qingfeng reward the regaining of Hetao? Is it appropriate to be promoted to Taishi, Taifu or Taibao? "

Of course it is not suitable. When Yang Cong rises, where will I put my face?

I am the chief assistant of the cabinet and only the second rank. If Yang Cong was promoted to the first rank, I would not have the face.

Of course, Yan Song didn't want Yang Cong to be promoted to the first-class official position. In that case, his face would be swollen by Yang Cong. As for how to reward Yang Cong, he had already considered it, but Jiajing never mentioned it, and he was too lazy to say it.

This kind of thing can be delayed for a day. After all, the longer it is, the more unhappy Yang Cong feels, the more unhappy Yang Cong feels, the more unhappy Yang Cong feels, the more happy he feels!

Since Jiajing asked about it now, he was naturally embarrassed to drag it on.

He thought for a while, and then said solemnly: "It is indeed not appropriate to be promoted to Taishi, Taifu or Taibao, because there is no such precedent in the Ming Dynasty. However, such great achievements are not worthy of rewards. Otherwise, let's escape the precedent of Wang Shouren and give Lord Yang an earl, the emperor, what do you think?"

A title?

This is a good idea, but Yang Cong's achievements are much greater than that of Wang Shouren. Jiajing thought about it again and then said slowly: "Earl, it seems a bit too low, be granted a marquis. After all, Qingfeng's merits this time are not comparable to Wang Shouren. But what is the name of this marquis, what's the good name?"

Damn it, Marquis!

Well, it’s just a false title anyway, it doesn’t matter. There are too many Duke and Earls of the Ming Dynasty, and not many Yang Cong.

As for the title, he had actually thought about it a long time ago.

Yan Song pretended to think for a while, then had a sudden inspiration and said, "Many titles come from the place name. Lord Yang's ancestral home is Hui'an. Why not just call him Hui'an Hou, Emperor, what do you think?"
Chapter completed!