In the next two days, Emperor Chongzhen's arrangements for various affairs in Liaodong were successively passed at the court meeting and soon spread.

No matter what kind of quarrels Emperor Chongzhen experienced during the two days of court meetings, in short, the situation that Yang Zhen had been worried about did not appear. This time, Emperor Chongzhen did not change his mind temporarily.

Although Yang Zhen did not see the edict with his own eyes, Lu Zhide, who was ordered to deliver the news to Yang Zhen, told Yang Zhen the general results of the court meeting one by one.

The major decisions Emperor Chongzhen made when he summoned Yang Zhen twice were fulfilled one by one.

Yang Zhen was named Jin Hai Bo, Zu Dashou was named Jin Yi Bo, and Shen Zhixiang was named Xiang Ping Bo.

At the same time, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, will also leave the border and go north before the end of the year, sit in Ningyuan City, and begin to truly assume the important responsibility of governor of Jiliao.

As for Fang Yizao, the governor of Liaodong, he was dismissed from his post as governor of Liaodong.

However, because Chen Xinjia, Minister of War, and Yang Zhen interceded for him, Emperor Chongzhen did not leave him idle in the end, but gave him the position of Minister of War, stationed at Shanhaiguan, in charge of the military affairs of the branch.

The term "Ministry of War's additional assistant minister" is a bit like the meaning of "Ministry of War's supernumerary minister".

The number of officials in the six ministries of the Ming Dynasty was determined from the beginning.

For example, in the Ministry of War, in addition to being under the Minister of War, there is a left minister of the Ministry of War, a right minister of the Ministry of War, and then the lieutenant of each department. Below the lieutenant of each department, there are the chief ministers of each department.

Most of the so-called assistant ministers are temporarily appointed to take charge of a certain matter of the ministry, or to deal with a certain matter of the ministry. Once the matter is over, the position will be revoked.

The Minister of War title that Fang Yizao received this time is this type of official. It is a temporary official title that is established for certain matters and will be terminated when the matters are completed.

Emperor Chongzhen originally wanted to remove Fang Yizao, but the reason why he finally gave Fang Yizao such a position was mainly because of Yang Zhen's intercession for him.

Yang Zhen interceded for Fang Yizao, which made Emperor Chongzhen feel that Fang Yizao could still be used.

Although he could not control the Liaodong Army under Zu Dashou, he still had a great influence on Yang Zhen's troops, so it was still useful for the imperial court to control and command Yang Zhen's troops.

It happened that according to the proposal of Chen Xinjia, Secretary of the Ministry of War, in the future, Yang Zhen's troops and horses would be transferred to the Beijing camp, and the Ministry of War's control and command of Yang Zhen's troops and horses would be carried out through the Shanhaiguan Military Department.

As a result, it was necessary to arrange for someone who had influence on Yang Zhen to take charge of the Shanhaiguan Military Department Office.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it briefly and dealt with the two matters in one. As the saying goes, one thing does not bother two masters. The control and command of Yang Zhen's troops must still be left to Fang Yizao.

But how to arrange this method?

Emperor Chongzhen really put a lot of thought into this.

As the governor of Liaodong, Fang Yizao was stationed in Ningyuan City, but he could not effectively control and command the Liaodong Army in Ningyuan City. This made Emperor Chongzhen very dissatisfied with him.

This time, Emperor Chongzhen removed him from the position of governor of Liaodong as a punishment for him. Naturally, it was impossible to give him a higher or equal position.

But since he still needs to be used, it would be a bit too much to demote him from the high position of governor of Liaodong to the position of director of Shanhaiguan Military Department.

The Military Department in Shanhaiguan had a low level when it was first established. The largest official was the chief sent by the Military Department, who was called the Chief of the Military Department.

Later, the status of Shanhaiguan became more and more important, and the rank of the chief officer of the Military Department in Shanhaiguan also began to rise, and he was promoted to the rank of Langzhong.

However, even if he is promoted to doctor, it is only the fifth rank. Compared with the position of governor, which starts from the second rank, there is a huge gap.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Emperor Chongzhen finally gave Fang Yizao, the former governor of Liaodong, the title of Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War, and asked him to sit in charge of the Shanhaiguan Military Department and be responsible for liaison with Yang Zhen's troops.

Yang Zhen is certainly satisfied with this result.

For Yang Zhen, the most important achievement of his trip to the capital was to resolve in advance all kinds of troubles that may arise from affiliations.

In other words, from now on, Yang Zhen's Jinhai Town soldiers and horses, and the advance army for the Eastern Expedition, are not directly under the command of Denglai Governor Xu Renlong, nor are they directly under the command of Jiliao Governor Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou could write to the emperor and then mobilize Yang Zhen's troops to participate in the war outside the pass through the Ministry of War, but he could not directly command Yang Zhen's troops or interfere with the actions of Yang Zhen's troops.

In this way, Yuan Chonghuan's murder of Mao Wenlong will never happen to Yang Zhen again.

Of course, it is unrealistic to completely eliminate such risks.

Under the current situation, if Emperor Chongzhen himself or Hong Chengchou had the intention to negotiate peace with the Manchus, then Yang Zhen would still be at risk of being killed by his own people.

However, judging from the current situation, this risk is still within a completely controllable range.

The reason why Yang Zhen did not want to be under the command of the Governor of Denglai and the Governor of Jiliao was mainly from the perspective of his own autonomy.

In this regard, it is obviously more beneficial for him to let Fang Yizao, a person who is both good to himself and also good to Chen Xinjia, sit in the middle of the Shanhaiguan Military Department and act as a liaison.

What's even more rare is that Fang Guangchen, who has been helping his father in the capital, is also extremely satisfied with this result.

Although he was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of War, he was still the Minister of the Ministry of War after all. Fang Yizao's character, which he had worked hard for for many years, had not declined much, and he had also returned from the relatively dangerous outside the customs to the relatively safe inside the customs. Others did not know this.

How could Fang Guangchen and his son not know the difference?

So as soon as the decree came out, Fang Guangchen was overjoyed. He also knew that Yang Zhen played an important role in it, so he quickly found Yang Zhen and thanked him for his kindness.

Of course, when the platform summoned Yang Zhenyu to perform the prelude, Chen Xinjia and Zhang Ruolin were both present. After they dispersed, what Yang Zhen said naturally reached Fang Guangchen's ears.

In front of Emperor Chongzhen, Yang Zhen not only begged for Fang Yizao's favor, but also personally mentioned Fang Guangchen's name and contribution, which made Fang Guangchen especially grateful.

Although Emperor Chongzhen did not express anything afterwards, such as granting Fang Guangchen a formal official status, Yang Zhen's approach convinced him extremely and strengthened his determination to follow and serve.

On the afternoon of November 17, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Yang Zhen finally greeted him at the Beijing camp in Xuanwumen, who was countersigned by the cabinet and conferred the title of Jin Haibo.

Here are the edicts from the general who conquered the east and the chief military officer, and the governor of the left army governor's mansion.

This edict is addressed to Yang Zhen himself.

Since he is in the capital, he does not have to wait until he returns to Songshan City to get it.

As for other generals under Yang Zhen who have meritorious service and deserve to be awarded the title, he has already forwarded the list of names to the Ministry of War.

Naturally, the rewards for those people had to be officially announced after the imperial court sent special envoys to Ningyuan, Songshan and other places to see them in person.

Of course, those lists were finalized by Yang Zhen himself, and of course he knew it well.

However, after receiving the reward on November 17, Yang Zhen felt that all matters related to his trip to the capital were over. He also remembered Emperor Chongzhen's order to return to Liaodong as soon as possible, so he passed the order on the spot through the secretary of the cabinet who had delivered the order.

A request was made to express his majesty to Emperor Chongzhen.

The Imperial Speech is a court etiquette in which a minister enters the palace to meet the emperor before leaving the capital after receiving an important appointment, and then bids farewell to the emperor in person and asks for instructions.

Yang Zhen originally wanted to take this opportunity of entering the palace to say something to Emperor Chongzhen.

Unexpectedly, Yang Zhen's request for a speech was not approved by Emperor Chongzhen.

Perhaps because Emperor Chongzhen was dissatisfied with Yang Zhen's three so-called countermeasures to remedy the current problems, and was therefore disappointed with him, Emperor Chongzhen did not summon him again.

And in the evening of the same day, Emperor Chongzhen asked Wang Dehua to send Lu Zhide to convey an oral instruction to Yang Zhen, telling Yang Zhen to just leave the capital directly after receiving the imperial edict without a message from his Majesty.

Although Yang Zhen still had many things to say to Emperor Chongzhen, it was a pity that he had no chance.

Fortunately, the words he said in front of Emperor Chongzhen, that is, the countermeasures he proposed in front of the emperor to remedy the current problems, did not spread.

At least when he went to see Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War, at the Ministry of War headquarters inside Daming Gate and outside Chengtian Gate, Chen Xinjia still treated him with courtesy.

Zhang Ruolin, a doctor in the Ministry of War's official department, and other officials of the Ministry of War were still very enthusiastic about him, running around for his affairs, and they seemed to regard him as a guest of the Ministry of War.

Including Yang Zhen's request to visit relatives in Xuanfu first and then exit through Zhangjiakou, the paperwork was given to him on the spot and approved on the spot.

This made Yang Zhen feel a little more at ease.

If the words he said in front of Emperor Chongzhen spread, he would immediately become the target of public criticism by the civil and military ministers of the dynasty, and by then the situation would be completely opposite.

In the early morning of November 18th, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Yang Zhen led the soldiers, chariots and horses brought to the capital, and also took the edicts, seals and customs obtained from this trip to the capital, and left the inner city from Xuanwu Gate.

Then I left the outer city through Xibianmen and headed west.

At the same time, Yang Zhen led his troops to sacrifice prisoners at the Meridian Gate, which brought a lively atmosphere to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. It also followed the public executions that lasted for three days at the intersection of Luoma Market and Vegetable Market outside Xuanwu Gate.

ended and dissipated.

The heads of the Eastern captives that Yang Zhen and his party brought to the capital from Liaodong were first displayed outside Xuanwu Gate for a day, and then transported to the Chaoyang Gate for further public display.

As for the living prisoners who were brought to the Meridian Gate by Yang Zhen to be sacrificed, they were first taken outside the Xuanwu Gate and beheaded alive one by one, and then their heads were beheaded and sent to the Imperial Ancestral Temple and the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

The Sheji Altar comforts the ancestors and the spirits of heaven and earth.

The heads of Dodo, the ten princes of the Manchu Tatars, and the auxiliary Duke of Tunqi, as well as the heads of Turge, Yildun, Jinweicheng, Tong Tulai, Wu Shojin and other generals above Mele Zhangjing are still offering sacrifices to the Ancestral Temple and Sheji
Chapter completed!