Chapter 149 Ming Dynasty’s Military Medals [Please read]

After hearing Duan Gong's words, Basaravarmi's face changed slightly.

This Duan Gong usually seems honest, but he is actually an old fox.

Basaravarmi knew in his heart that Duan Gong's concerns were correct. If he killed those people who were deceiving the people under such circumstances, it would definitely destabilize the people. But if he left it alone, it would be even more worrying!

"Your Highness, the general is willing to lead troops to resist Chen Youliang, so that the thieves cannot cross Desheng Pass! Your Highness can sit in the rear, gather troops from all over the country, and provide support to the general at critical moments!" Duan Gong continued.

Duan Gong's words made Basara Varmi's eyes light up. He immediately stood up and said, "Yes, I think so too. If you and I work together, we will definitely defeat the red scarf thief Chen Youliang!"

Of course Duan Gong knew the purpose of Liang Wang Bazalawar's secret visit to Dali. Since he couldn't avoid it, he had to take the initiative to fight.

He smiled and said, "Your Highness is wise."

"Haha, General Manager Duan is really a loyal minister and good general. Let's go and follow this king to gather an army to destroy the traitor Chen Youliang!" Basara Varmi said happily.

Duan Gong also showed a smile and said: "I obey, Your Highness!"

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The capital, Yingtian Mansion.

Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty was discussing the latest intelligence about the southwest with Zhu Han.

"Chen Youliang is not simple. He has the strength to attack Yunnan so quickly!" said my elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Brother, I just received news. It is said that Basara Varmi, the king of Liang in Dali, sent Duan Gongguo to lead an army of 200,000 to prepare for Chen Youliang. It will definitely be a fight to the death." Zhu Han said worriedly.

"We heard that Duan Gong is brave and good at fighting, and under the Duan family's management for hundreds of years, the people of Dali have become loyal and have many advisers. If he is sent here this time, it is really possible to defend Yunnan." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Brother, Chen Youliang's Huguang veteran is not a decoration. Although Duan Gong is powerful, he may not be Chen Youliang's opponent!" Zhu Han said.

"It would be great if Duan Gong and Chen Youliang are in a fierce battle! Anyway, as long as the Mongolian Yuan forces in Yunnan are not resolved, Chen Youliang will never be able to free his hands to deal with us. We can concentrate on dealing with the Meng Yuan!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

The Ming Dynasty now has strong troops and horses, and Zhu Han and his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang have discussed launching a final conquest against Meng Yuan.

In order to fully demonstrate the martial virtues of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang had already discussed and adopted the strategy of advancing the Northern Expedition on multiple routes.

The army of the Northern Expedition was divided into three groups: the West Route Army, the Middle Route Army, and the East Route Army.

The West Route Army was led by Xu Da, starting from Guanzhong, and mainly attacked Ningzhou, Xiazhou and Shanxi in the northwest.

The east route army was led by Zhu Han.

The attack is mainly from Liaodong to the north. The attack direction is mainly the eastern grasslands, nomadic tribes and Jurchen tribes.

The Central Route Army was commanded by Zhu Yuanzhang himself.

Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang have already discussed that this battle is the most critical battle for the Ming Dynasty.

As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang had to personally take over the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun to show the world the martial virtues of the Ming Emperor.

"When we defeat the Mongols and completely regain the Central Plains, it won't be a problem for Chen Youliang to live in the southwest. It will be a matter of time to deal with Chen Youliang sooner or later." Zhu Han said.

No matter how powerful Chen Youliang's ability is.

The best result is just to repeat the Shu Han regime in history. The Shu Han regime included Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, a pair of ceiling-level monarchs and ministers, as well as Jiang Wei, Zhuge Zhan and a group of loyal ministers who dared to die to inherit the legacy. But in the end

The result was still defeat to Wei! The biggest reason was the absolute gap in national power.

Therefore, as long as the Ming Dynasty regains the entire Central Plains, no matter how well Chen Youliang manages in Yunnan and Sichuan, he will not be able to withstand the attack of the Ming Dynasty army in the end.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very clear about this.

Now basically all the capable generals of the Ming Dynasty have to be mobilized to join the battle to the north to conquer the Ming army's biggest opponent, the Mongols.

"By the way, Tang He will be back from Guizhou soon. The chieftain rebels in Guizhou have caused us a lot of trouble this time. However, I heard that an officer named Luo Guanzhong has made great contributions. According to what you said before

, Should such meritorious generals and soldiers be awarded some medals?" Brother Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

For the modern army, medals are a very useful thing.

It can inspire morale and enhance cohesion.

As long as they are meritorious generals or soldiers, they can receive corresponding medals.

After all, rewards such as elixirs, iron coupons or gold and silver treasures are not convenient to display in ordinary times, so they will have less of a role model for other soldiers.

But medals are different. These medals can be worn by soldiers in ordinary times or during major ceremonies, which can highlight their merits and status, and also have a good motivating effect on other soldiers.

"I've already prepared this matter. Let's first set the names of the first batch of military medals, which will be called the Hongwu Meritorious Medal." Zhu Han said.

The Hongwu Meritorious Medal is divided into four levels.

They are third-class meritorious officials, second-class meritorious officials, first-class meritorious officials and special-class meritorious officials.

Each meritorious deed is provided with silver rewards ranging from one hundred taels to one thousand taels.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty's silver mining in Japan's Iwami Domain has become more and more successful, and a large amount of silver has poured into the Ming court's treasury like running water.

It is not too simple to spend more than one hundred taels of silver to reward meritorious officials.

"As long as the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty's army have made contributions to the Ming Dynasty, even if they do not have great military merits, whether they are killed or disabled soldiers, they can still receive medals. Then this kind of medal is called the Hongwu Dedication Medal."

Ming soldiers who receive the Hongwu Dedication Medal of the Ming Dynasty can receive silver rewards ranging from one hundred taels to five hundred taels.

And you will also receive a piece of land awarded based on your merits.

The Hongwu Medal of the Ming Dynasty is to highlight these soldiers who dedicated themselves to the country, so that their descendants and themselves will not be unable to maintain their future lives after the bloody sacrifice.

There was actually pension money in the feudal dynasty, but this kind of pension money was not transparent at all. After layers of embezzlement by upper-level civil and military officials, the amount that actually reached the hands of soldiers and their families was pitifully small.

Zhu Han's medal system has been polished to perfection after repeated consideration. Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but nod in admiration after hearing this.

"After our Ming Dynasty had this medal system, the soldiers must have fought bravely and were not afraid of death! If you defeat the enemy and gain military merit, you will be rewarded with military merit. If you are disabled or die in battle, you will be rewarded with dedication. From now on, our Ming Dynasty will really

You can be invincible in the world!"

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have seen the heroic demeanor of countless soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, who were not afraid of hardships, dangers and casualties, and fought everywhere.

The awarding ceremony for the first batch of military medals of the Ming Dynasty was held just two days later.

Luo Guanzhong was one of the first batch of recipients of the Hongwu Meritorious Medal, and was rated as a first-class military meritorious service because of his heroic performance at Zuowei Buffalo Village in Guizhou.

"Man, why don't you take Wu Gou and collect the fifty states in Guanshan?"

Luo Guanzhong stroked the medal of first-class meritorious service on his body with one hand, and in the other hand was the reward for the first-class meritorious service. Inside the exquisite military merit box was a silver note of one thousand taels from the Ming Dynasty treasury, and a five-cent silver note.

A pioneer certificate for one hundred acres of land.

The pioneer certificate is Zhu Han's latest addition to the medal military merit system. With the pioneer certificate, you can obtain an equal amount of land in the frontier lands that will be developed by the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Zhu Han's move was a basic preparation for the Ming Dynasty to expand external colonies in the future. These military merit recipients could sell or give away these lands at will, and then a large number of people would go to the new territories for these lands.

Settling down and taking root.

Today, the awarding ceremony for recipients of the Ming Dynasty Military Medal is being held in the Ming Dynasty Palace.

This palace hall was originally used to hold Jinshi examinations.

Zhu Han placed the awarding ceremony for recipients of military medals here to show the world that whether they were meritorious officials or Jinshi, they would be treated equally by the Ming Dynasty.

This attention from the imperial court moved the Ming Dynasty soldiers to tears. People like Luo Guanzhong, who had ink in their stomachs, would use an ancient poem to express their inner emotions.

Most of the people clenched their fists and choked with sobs, repeating their vows to always be loyal to the Ming Dynasty in the palace hall.

Deshengguan, Yunnan.

Chen Youliang led the Han army to advance with great success. The battle along the way was like chopping up melons and vegetables. The defenses along the way were unable to stop the Han army led by Chen Youliang.

However, at Desheng Pass, Chen Youliang led the Han army and finally encountered a strong opponent, Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.

Not long ago, the King of Liang made a strategy with Zarawalmi and Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali. Duan Gong led 30,000 elite Dali troops to Desheng Pass to resist Chen Youliang. The King of Liang sent Zarawalmi to Dali to take advantage of this time.

Gather all the armies in southern Yunnan to Dali City, and then lead these armies to Desheng Pass to support Duan Gong under the leadership of Liang Wang Balazavarmi.

Now Chen Youliang's Han army encountered the 30,000 elite men led by Duan Gong himself.

On the wall of Deshengguan, the Dali army's swords and guns were shining, their armor was neat, and they looked like an elite.

"The people came forward and said that as long as Duan Gong is willing to surrender, I will give him the treatment of the hereditary king of Dali. Guarding Yunnan for the Han is much better than being the general manager of Dali for the Mongols." Chen Youliang said with a wave of his horsewhip.

After receiving the order, several new soldiers recruited locally from Yunnan immediately went forward to the gate of Deshengguan to shout.

Chen Youliang not only gave Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, treatment like a Dali king.

Moreover, he also ordered that all Dali soldiers would receive double the original treatment, and each would be rewarded with land, gold and silver, as long as they were willing to submit to him.

But these newly recruited soldiers from Yunnan did not even finish their words when they shouted.

He was shot by a burst of arrows from the top of the city and fled.

"Chen Youliang, you rebel!"

After firing arrows from below and chasing away Chen Youliang's troops trying to persuade him to surrender, Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, also sent someone to persuade him to surrender.

"Rebel Chen Youliang, surrender quickly and spare your life!"

"The Yuan Dynasty had millions of elite soldiers. You, a rebel, dare to invade our Yunnan province with tens of thousands of rabble under your command. If you don't surrender, you will definitely die without any body parts."

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The generals around Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, shouted threats to the city.
To be continued...