Two Yiding men rushed into the carriage, dragged Sun Xiangxian away and left.
Sun Xiangxian was so frightened that he was paralyzed. His staff was eighty, how could he still be alive?
Immediately, Sun Xiangxian's screams like killing a pig were heard outside the carriage. Eunuch Sun really didn't have a long memory, and he forgot the lesson he learned on the Chahar Grassland so quickly.
Today's Long Live Lord is not the same as when he first ascended the throne.
How can it be that you, an old eunuch, can speculate at will?
Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong looked at each other. Is this the power of an emperor?
Wang Chengen advised: "Long live the Lord to calm down, don't let a slave be so angry that your dragon body will be broken."
"I'm not angry." Chongzhen waved his hands and said, "But I'm worried that the soldiers who shed their blood and died for the Ming Dynasty will be angry. I'm even more worried that the enthusiasm of the soldiers will be cooled by the nonsense of a few slaves."
Zhu Cixiang and Zhu Cijiong feel a little confused. What is going on?
Isn't it just Sun Xiangxian who made some greedy remarks? Why did he involve the soldiers in the border town?
"Long live my lord, I will go and inquire now." After Wang Chengen said that, he turned around and walked out of the cabin.
"Wang Daban, no need." Chongzhen said, "What kind of character are these slaves, don't you know? If you go and check it, you will definitely deduce that it was just a casual mention, but the bad thing is the mouth of these slaves.
Because in the eyes of the people of Li and the soldiers of the three armies, these slaves and maidservants are all my domestic slaves, and what they say must be my will."
"Long live my Lord, it's my fault that I don't know how to recognize people." Wang Chengen also knelt down and said, "Long live my Lord..."
"Wang Daban, why are you doing this with me?" Chongzhen signaled Wang Chengen to get up and said angrily, "Our monarch and his ministers almost went on the road together, can I still believe you?"
"From now on, we will strictly control these slaves."
"Let's talk about this little thing, it won't bother me."
"Go and take the silver to the big gun stand."
"The reward will be given out today."
"Military pay will also be paid in advance."
"The morale of the military must not be disturbed!"
Recruiting soldiers is really difficult to manage, especially when it comes to pay.
That's why Qi Jiguang emphasized that when recruiting soldiers, he must select honest people from the countryside.
But even these honest people in the countryside often rebel because of arrears of military pay.
Therefore, Chongzhen was very generous when it came to military pay and rewards, and would rather do it early than later.
There is no way around this. Now is the time when the three armies need their lives, otherwise the Ming Dynasty will perish!
…
Of the more than 40,000 frontier troops in the ten towns, except for the more than 2,000 who died in battle, all the rest came to the central gun platform, including those who were injured, and they were all on crutches or simply carried.
Because there will be a victory ceremony in the morning.
Yang Ponu and Wang Laoshi were gathering together to chat.
Mainly they talked about life, about marrying a wife and having sons.
Wang Laoshi and others especially liked to hear what Yang Ponu said about him and Widow Wang from the same village.
"Well, mangy dog, let's talk about you and Widow Wang, is it really that exciting?
"Go, who are you calling a mangy dog? Who are you calling a mangy dog? Believe it or not, I will beat you up?"
"Okay, Yang Ponu and Yang Shichang, can you do it now? Tell me what it feels like?"
"What are you talking about about that thing with the girls? Oh, it's so beautiful. It's the most beautiful thing in the world."
Just as we were about to get to the point, a sentry officer from Tongzong suddenly came over: "Mangy dog, have you heard about it?"
"What's the matter?" Being called a mangy dog again, Yang Ponu felt very unhappy for a moment, but since the other person was a sentry officer, two levels higher than him, he could only endure it.
"I heard from the father-in-law in front of you that the reward will be cut by more than half."
The sentry officer said: "Jiannu's 50 taels must be reduced to 5 taels, and the Han army's reduced soldiers and coats must be reduced to 1 tael."
"What?" Wang Laoshi and Yang Ponu immediately became anxious upon hearing this, "Why? Why do we cut when we say cuts? How can we do things like this? Isn't this a sham?"
"You're cheating?" the sentry officer said suddenly, "You're just cheating, what can you do?"
"Even the imperial court can't cheat," another soldier said angrily.
This soldier killed two Han soldiers. He originally thought he could get 10 taels of silver, but it suddenly became 2 taels. Who can bear this? I can't bear it!
"This doesn't work, I have to ask for an explanation!"
The soldier became excited as he spoke, stood up and was about to rush forward.
"Come back! Sit down for me!" Yang Ponu quickly pulled him back, glanced at the instigating sentry officer, and said with a dark face, "This hasn't been decided yet, why are you anxious?"
While he was talking, there was a sudden noise in front of him.
"Look, it's a silver box! I'm going to give you a reward!"
"Oh my god, there are so many boxes, how much money do you get?"
"Let me do the math for you. A big box like this carried by four people usually weighs 5,000 taels. The one carried by Yiding must be hundreds of boxes. I estimate it must be 500,000 taels."
"500,000 taels?" Wang Laoshi and others looked at each other.
Yang Ponu said to the anxious soldier just now: "Take a look?"
The soldier smiled sheepishly, it seemed that the court did not want to cheat.
At this moment, the soldiers who were sitting in front suddenly stood up one after another.
Then a voice came from the front: "The Holy One is coming!"
Yang Ponu, Wang Laoshi and others quickly stood up and looked at the reviewing stand with eager eyes.
There are more than 500 small gun stands on the periphery without a reading stand, but the large gun stand in the center has a reading stand in the middle.
Under the scorching gazes of more than 40,000 soldiers, Chongzhen led Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cijiong, Huang Degong, Gong Yonggu and other generals and nobles slowly onto the reviewing stand.
"Long live!" the soldiers cheered spontaneously.
But these cheers should be more for the money.
Chongzhen pressed his hands repeatedly before finally suppressing the cheers of the soldiers.
After three cheers, the cheers of the soldiers finally died down.
Immediately, hundreds of carefully selected soldiers with loud voices ran to the stage and lined up.
There were tens of thousands of people attending the ceremony, and the ceremony site was still open. Even if Chongzhen broke his throat, it would be impossible for his voice to be transmitted to every Ming army soldier present.
So someone has to pass it on.
These more than a hundred soldiers were responsible for passing the message from the middle.
This is equivalent to the Han general responsible for delivering messages in the Forbidden City.
Chongzhen was not polite, he came up and said: "The first item of the ceremony of congratulations: praise your merits in front of the emperor! Yang Ponu, Zhen Laojiu..."
The ceremony of congratulating victory was not Chongzhen’s first creation, but the link of boasting in front of the emperor was definitely Chongzhen’s original work, inspired by the imperial officials who praised themselves in the streets after becoming the number one scholar among the scholars.
After a scholar wins the first prize, he will be praised by the imperial court.
After a soldier has done great service for the country, he should also be praised in front of the emperor.
After a scholar wins the first prize, a civil official will sound the gong to clear the way, and the people in the capital will kneel down to pay homage.
This link should also be included after the soldiers have made great contributions to the country. The person who blows the gong to clear the way can be replaced by a noble general, and the people in the capital kneel down to pay homage and congratulate. This link will be added later.
In short, Chongzhen had only one purpose,
That is to say, as far as possible, the officers and soldiers who have made great achievements should be given character profiles.
We want them to become the envy of the world and the first choice for choosing a husband.
Or to put it more bluntly, it is to improve the status of soldiers as much as possible!
In short, recruiting troops and increasing pay is by no means a long-term solution. No dynasty can afford such huge expenditures.
Therefore, it is inevitable to return to the garrison army or compulsory soldiers from recruiting soldiers. Of course, it is impossible to return to the garrison army founded by Zhu Yuanzhang. Lao Zhu's garrison system is completely rotten and must be overthrown and started over.
Chongzhen's effort to praise his achievements in front of the emperor was only a small step.
The first name Chongzhen called was Yang Ponu. When he heard "General Han" calling his name, Yang Ponu suddenly felt a little confused. What's going on? What should I do?
"Skinny dog, Your Majesty invites you to come on stage."
The sentry who had just instigated him said a little jealously.
Only then did Yang Ponu wake up from a dream and hurried forward.
But after running for two steps, he turned back, glared at the sentry officer and said, "Call me Tadao from now on."
The sentry officer's face fell instantly. What's wrong with you?
When Yang Ponu ran to the reviewing stand, more than fifty soldiers whose names were called by Chongzhen had already arrived.
Each of the more than fifty soldiers selected by Chongzhen had killed or captured at least five slaves, and there must be at least two real slaves among them.
The eunuchs have already prepared horses and red silk.
Yang Ponu and other more than 50 soldiers were quickly covered in red silk and helped onto horses. Then Huang Degong and other generals led the horses, while Gong Yonggu and other nobles played gongs in front to clear the way, and walked around the gun platform to receive cheers and congratulations.
Seeing Yang Ponu riding a horse passing in front of the queue, Wang Laoshi and others were so excited that their throats broke.
The sentry officer who had just had a conflict with Yang Ponu also suddenly changed his attitude and cheered enthusiastically, because he had realized that Yang Ponu would definitely become famous.
After going around for a while, Yang Ponu and the others returned to the reviewing stand.
Chongzhen said with a smile: "The army is so simple that we can only make do with it for a while. When you make greater achievements in the future, I will definitely take you back to Nanjing and arrange for you to parade in the streets to praise your achievements and accept the people all over Nanjing kneeling down to pay their respects!"
Yang Ponu and the others had already been so excited that they were speechless. Today, everything has gone beyond imagination.
Back when he was angry and joined the army because of Widow Wang's anger, how could he have imagined that everything like this would happen? Looking back now, it's like a dream.
…
At the same time, in the Nanjing Imperial College.
Just as Zheng Sen was about to go out, he was suddenly stopped by Lu Xiangtong, who was sleeping with him.
"Brother Tongren." Zheng Sen turned around and asked, "But what's the matter?"
Tong Lu Xiang said: "That's right. Didn't the Holy One win a great victory in Xuzhou? In one battle, more than 9,000 Jiannu were beheaded. It can be said to be the greatest victory since the beginning of the East."
Zheng Sen nodded and said, "So?"
Comrade Lu Xiang said: "So a group of classmates made an appointment to hold a poetry meeting in Meixiang Building to praise the civilized and martial arts of today. Maochao people, Hou Chaozong and Chen Dingsheng will all participate. Chen Dingsheng also specifically told me that he would definitely
I want to invite you to Meixiang Tower, so I’ll give my little brother some face no matter what this time."
Zheng Sen's eyebrows immediately tightened.
If he really wanted to be honest, he really didn't want to associate with members of aristocratic families like Hou Chaozong.
They are just a group of dandy boys who are relying on the shadow of their ancestors to dominate the country. They talk about saving the country very well, but real swords and guns are useless. They are really lacking in strategy.
Lu Xiangtong bowed again: "Brother Damu, please."
"Okay." Zheng Sen finally felt that the hospitality was hard to refuse.
"But brother, this is the only time I'll do it."
"Okay, just this once." Lu Xiangtong agreed repeatedly.
