Jiajing was a little confused when he saw Liu Tianhe's memorial. Although he claimed to be wise and powerful, he was just a young man in his twenties after all. Compared with those shrewd and sophisticated court officials, he was far behind.

For example, he likes to provoke internal struggles among court officials. No one in the court knows this. If the court officials want to win the opponent, they really want to flatter him. However, the purpose of others is either to fight for power or to seize profits. Who will sincerely look up to him?

This matter is not so much that he is using the internal struggle among court officials to consolidate his imperial power, but rather that the court officials are using his temperament to seek personal gain.

If he is truly wise and magical, he will not use such extreme means, because he is not an omniscient and omnipotent God. His experience is far worse than those old men in the court. As long as he is not careful, he will be obsessed with others' words.

Yan Song in history is a very obvious example. He thought Yan Song was devoted to him, but he didn't know that Yan Song always treated him as a monkey.

At this moment, he seemed to be on the old path of history again, because Yan Song had gradually deceived his trust by supporting cultivation. Moreover, the Qing poems that Yan Song offered from time to time also made him mistakenly think that Yan Song was an extraordinary "capable minister". If nothing unexpected happens, Yan Song could control the government after he overturned Xia Yan.

Fortunately, Yang Cong, a big accident, happened now, and Yan Song's path to controlling the government seemed not so smooth.

In history, he colluded with the Queen Qiu Luan of Xianning, promoted Qiu Luan to the throne, and then joined forces with Qiu Luan to frame Xia Yan, thus killing Xia Yan. However, it seems that it is not so easy for Qiu Luan to get to the throne now.

After all, Jiajing is not an idiot. Although he still can't figure out who is right and who is wrong, he can see a lot from Liu Tianhe's memorial.

Liu Tianhe's memorial was written in detail. He blocked Ji Nang's main force near Yulin Guard, but Ji Nang sent two other groups to attack Yanghe Weihe and Zhenlu Guard. Liu Tianhe was unable to do anything and could only report to the court and led his army to Taiyuan Prefecture City to block the Tatars.

As a result, in less than three days, the Tartars who raided Weizhou from Zhenluwei were even defeated and fled. The Tartars who raided Datong Prefecture in Yanghewei were also beaten away. Especially in the battle of Weizhou, Yang Cong's victory was written clearly.

The memorials of Hou Qiuluan of Xianning are different. Qiuluan wrote them in a vague way when he made the memorials, as if Ji Nang was just an idiot, and he went to him for a special delivery of the heads. He ran away after the delivery. Moreover, there were very few heads given each time, fifty or one hundred. Compared with the battle of more than 100,000 people, it was too outrageous.

Jiajing used to believe that the heads of the Tartars were difficult to seize. They were cavalrymen, and they would try to take away the corpses of their comrades when they retreated. You couldn't catch them even if you wanted to. However, now he saw a clue. You said that the heads of the Tartars were difficult to acquire. Why did Yang Cong win so many heads every time? Moreover, the Tartars were not made of tofu, and they were scared away by more than 100,000 people. Dozens or hundreds of people died. This kind of thing seemed a bit unreal no matter how you thought about it.

During this period, he had heard some rumors about the Xianning Hou Qiuluan. Some court officials even proposed to establish a military palace and let Xianning Hou Qiuluan take over the military power and deal with the Tartars. At that time, he didn't find it ridiculous. He even considered this issue. Since Qiuluan could restrain the Tartars, why not let Qiuluan take over the overall situation and deal with the Tartars?

However, he didn't think so at this moment. Judging from the results, Yang Cong is much more powerful than Qiu Luan. If he wants to choose one person to deal with the Tartars, it is naturally more suitable for Yang Cong.

As for the issues of Datong Governor Liu Tianhe and the words Xia Yan wrote on the vote, he didn't care much, because how Liu Tianhe dealt with it would not have much impact on the entire battle situation.

Of course, this matter cannot be forgotten. After all, the entire court was shocked when the Tartars captured Datong Town. If there was no explanation, it would be a bit ridiculous.

So, what should Liu Tianhe do?

He was really a little confused at this moment. He could still have some ideas about Yang Cong and Qiu Luan, but he really didn't know what to do with Liu Tianhe. After all, he was a governor of a town and a chief magistrate. It would be inappropriate to deal with it hasty. He thought for a long time, but decided to organize a court discussion to see what the court officials said and then decide how to deal with Liu Tianhe.

This time he really wanted to ask the court officials for their opinions, but the way he adopted was still so willful.

The next day when Liu Tianhe's memorial was delivered to the capital, the morning court was heard. After the press conference, Jiajing ordered the officials of the Honglu Temple to read Liu Tianhe's memorial aloud, and then said solemnly: "The good news came from Datong Town, and the Tatar cavalry had been repelled. Judging from the Governor Liu Tianhe's memorial, this time the Tatars' troops split into three groups and broke into Datong Town is just a tactic. The result cannot be considered as a breakthrough of Datong Town, because the Tatars did not gain any benefits, but were defeated by the border troops of Datong Town, Xuanfu Town and Taiyuan Town and fled. What do you think about this matter? How should you deal with Liu Tianhe? Let's discuss it."

When the court officials heard this, they felt helpless. The emperor always used this method to discuss the court, which was a bit unruly. However, no one dared to mention this because Jiajing's stubborn temper was famous. Whoever dared to be unable to get along with him would have no good results.

As for the matter of Datong Town, this was originally a good thing. After all, the border troops of the three towns won rather than lost. Moreover, the achievements of the governor of Xuanfu Yang Cong were quite amazing, which can be said to be a rare victory in hundreds of years.

Logically speaking, the border army won such a great victory, which should be celebrated in a big way. However, the Ming Dynasty was such a strange thing. It was not very meaningful to fight the soldiers in the front to fight to the death. No matter how many enemies they kill, it was meaningless. It was a merit or a demerit, and it still depends on what the ministers in the court said!

This may be one of the reasons why the Ming Dynasty is heading for demise. When the border soldiers fought to the death, the merits they gained lost their meaning, who is willing to fight for the Ming Dynasty!

There were particularly many such things in the Tianqi and Chongzhen dynasties at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and other border generals all achieved great military achievements, but those who greeted them were all dead!

Their methods of dying are different, but they have one thing in common, that is, their achievements are nothing. No matter how great their achievements are, even if they can defeat the enemy, they will still not be able to escape the fate of being killed by their own people!

Datong Town has clearly won a great victory now. Even if Liu Tianhe has done so, he can make up for his merits. However, he angered Xia Yan and offended Yan Shifan because of a few words in the memorial. Therefore, what he discussed at this time is not whether he can make up for his merits, nor whether he should reward him, but how to deal with his problem.

I have to say that this is a kind of sorrow.
Chapter completed!