Chapter 508: Military Parade on the School Field (1)
Most of the generals in the hall have been guarding Liaodong for generations. Over the past hundred years, they have developed the habit of calling the shots in the territory of Liaodong. Even the original Emperor Chongzhen did not dare to force them too much. Now, a man suddenly came.
Dragon Crossing the River, I swear that I will kill you if you don't accept it. The worst part is that this Dragon Crossing the River is not just talk, they have the real thing in their hands, don't mention how aggrieved they are now
Well, Zu Dashou was still experienced and he immediately raised his hands and admitted his mistake.
Looking at Zu Dashou who was kneeling on the ground, Li Yan looked slightly cold and remained silent. Li Yuan and a group of generals stood behind Li Yan. They just looked at Shang standing behind Zu Dashou and stared at them with eager eyes and sneered.
These people are all hard-core people who are accustomed to being bosses in the past. They think that our country is just like the Ming Dynasty in the past. We can do nothing to you even if we let you have fun. Does it make sense to pay empty wages?
Doesn’t the imperial court pay you any money? If you want to make a fortune, it’s easy. Just go to the battlefield and rob it. What’s the point of getting rich by drinking the blood of soldiers!
After Zu Dashou knelt down to plead guilty, after a while he realized that Li Yan just stood on the spot and said nothing. What was going on with his natural way? He couldn't help cursing these idiots in his heart. How long had it been and they were still putting on airs, so
He turned around and shouted sternly at the generals behind him: "What are you waiting for? Why don't you kneel down to the supervisor and apologize!"
Zu Dashou was startled by Zu Dashou's stern shout. Everyone looked at each other for a while, then knelt down in aggrieved manner and praised: "Don't blame me, Supervisor, it's all our fault. From now on, no one will do anything else."
I dare not violate military regulations."
Seeing all the generals kneeling on the ground, Li Yan's expression softened a little, and he said loudly: "Everyone, it's not that I am criticizing us, but that the imperial court has its own rules. Although I, Dahua, am
When he was first established, military merit was the most important thing to the emperor, and he ordered the army repeatedly not to falsely report military merit, and not to embezzle military pay. Violators would be killed without mercy. The emperor also knew that most of the border officers and soldiers came from the pre-Ming Dynasty, and bad habits have been deeply rooted in people's hearts for hundreds of years. But bad habits are bad habits, regardless of whether they exist or not.
For whatever reason, it is wrong to live on empty wages. A man’s wealth and glory can only be obtained from the direct, how can he obtain it by doing those things like chickens crowing and dogs stealing?”
At this point, Zu Dashou's face turned pale again. They could tell that the court was serious this time, and Zu Dashou was secretly upset. He originally thought that His Majesty had told him personally that he wanted to rectify the border.
Military discipline. But he always thought that these centuries-old traditions, even His Majesty, could not be too hasty and had to be taken step by step. Unexpectedly, the new inspector sent by His Majesty showed his steel sword as soon as he arrived, and it was even more...
Naked threat, if you are not honest, I will kill you all.
Zu Dashou let out a long sigh. After all, his arms couldn't twist his thighs. Seeing that the situation was over, he cupped his hands and said, "Supervisor, I'm sorry. It's all because of the lax discipline of the generals. Please take some credit for their achievements in the past."
Please forgive them this time!"
After saying that, Zu Dashou lowered his body to the ground. He meant that if you want to be beaten or punished, just do it. I will never fight back.
Li Yan's original intention was just to give the opponent a show of strength, and he did not really want to kill all the generals in Liaodong. Now that he saw that Zu Dashou and others had really admitted their mistake, he took the opportunity to get off the donkey, nodded and said: "Since
General Zu intercedes for the generals, and I will spare you this time, but you must know that the army has its own military rules. No one is allowed to break them, do you remember it?"
Everyone said in unison: "We will remember it and we will never do it again next time!"
"Okay." Li Yan nodded and said, "Okay, everyone, get up!"
"Thank you, Inspector!"
After hearing that Li Yan had forgiven everyone, everyone stood up together. They looked at Li Yan with complicated eyes, including awe, resentment, and even a hint of dissatisfaction.
Li Yan naturally saw the looks in his eyes. Chinese people have always paid attention to keeping a tightrope in everything they do since ancient times. Since they had just been slapped, it was natural that they should be given a sweet date next. He nodded slightly and said: "Of course
Since then, Your Majesty has also considered that the officers and soldiers are living in poverty, and the salary given in the previous Ming Dynasty is too low. It is naturally difficult for the officers and soldiers to make ends meet with their salaries. Therefore, Your Majesty has also set a new rule, that is, from now on, all generals’ salaries will be reduced.
The salary will be doubled according to the original level. If there are military achievements, there will be rewards. I will tell you the details one by one in the future."
"What, the salary has been increased?"
The expressions on everyone's faces suddenly became exciting. This was not easy. When they worked under the Ming Dynasty, their salaries had been set since Zhu Yuanzhang was defeated. It has been almost three hundred years and has never been increased.
, now that I have just changed my boss, my salary has increased three times immediately. It seems that this slot is really in the right place.
Zu Dashou was the first to react. He glared at the dumbstruck generals and shouted: "Why are you still standing there, why haven't you thanked the supervisor!"
Only then did everyone react and quickly bowed and said: "General, thank you to the supervisor!"
Li Yan could not accept this favor. If His Majesty knew about it, he would not be able to reap the benefits. He quickly waved his hand and said hurriedly: "Hey... why are you thanking me? Your salary is too high."
It was not issued by me, it was issued by the Emperor after seeing the hard work of the border officers. If you want to thank the Emperor, thank the Emperor!"
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty!" Everyone came to their senses and quickly changed their words.
When they heard that the imperial court had given them a salary increase, everyone's expressions became normal. Although compared to the empty quota, the salary increase was still a little less. In any case, a salary increase is always a good thing, and it was paid by the imperial court.
Only fools don't want the honest money that comes down.
Seeing that the matter had been dealt with, Li Yan lost the appetite to continue eating, so he said: "Okay, everyone, that's the end of tonight's banquet. You must remember that at midnight tomorrow, the entire army will gather together.
At the school ground, the governor will review all the soldiers, read out the imperial edict to the soldiers, and issue them with pay. Anyone who fails to do so will bear the consequences!"
"yes!"
The day passed like this. In the blink of an eye, the night passed, and the sky gradually became brighter. A new day began. The time soon arrived at Chen hour, and the thunderous drums rang in the school grounds in the east corner of the city.
As if the sound of drums was a signal, bursts of chaotic or orderly footsteps soon sounded from everywhere and began to converge towards the school grounds.
Bu Ji, Yi Qian Ye Bu Shu and others also came to the school field. When the drums sounded for the second time, they and others also entered the school field. Since it was a military parade at the school field, they did not ride horses, but went with other infantry.
As we ran forward together, so many people rushed in at once, and the dust on the campus was flying for a while, and the whole sky was filled with dust.
At this time, Li Yan, Zu Dashou and others were all standing on the viewing platform in the center of the school field. Looking at the soldiers coming like a tide on the school field, Zu Dashou and others nodded secretly. Since they had said hello in advance, the soldiers also had
Mentally prepared, they came running as soon as the drum beat, and now almost all of the nearly 10,000-strong army had arrived. This was a pretty good result.
Zu Dale came up to Zu Dashou and said with some pride: "Brother, our Jinzhou children are in very good spirits today! Look, almost everyone has arrived before the second tong drum is finished.
, much faster than the people brought by Inspector Li!"
Zu Dashou glared at him and reprimanded: "Don't talk nonsense. Their camp is nearly a mile longer than ours, so it will naturally come slower. What's there to be proud of? But during the days when we are away, you guys
He is not lazy, which is what makes me happy."
Speaking of this, Zu Dashou tied his beard with his hand and looked slightly concerned. His ancestral family has been camped in Jinzhou for nearly a hundred years. It is not an exaggeration to say that the more than 10,000 soldiers in Jinzhou City are his ancestral family's private soldiers. In addition,
Last night, he was beaten by Li Yan in the hall. Although the two sides seemed to be reconciled later, it is impossible to say that the Liaodong generals did not have knots in their hearts. At this moment, seeing these soldiers fighting for him so hard, Zu Dashou's heart
Naturally, a sense of self-satisfaction arises.
Zu Dashou's second brother Zu Dachou also said proudly: "Haha, what the eldest brother said is true. They say that His Majesty once defeated the Tatars. But according to my younger brother's opinion, our sons in Jinzhou may not be worse than them."
"Haha... what the second brother said is true!" Zu Dale nodded frequently.
Just when the brothers of the ancestral family were secretly proud, a burst of neat footsteps came from a distance.
"One two one...one two one"
"one two three four........"
At the same time, a sound that sounded like a chant also reached their ears at the same time. The sound of footsteps was so regular that even the earth began to tremble slightly.
"What is this sound?"
Everyone's faces couldn't help but change color. Everyone, including Zu Dashou, had been serving as soldiers for half their lives. How could they not understand that this must be a formation that could only be achieved by thousands or even tens of thousands of people marching in unison?
Woolen cloth.
"One two one, one two one!"
As the footsteps became louder and louder, the sounds of orders one after another reached their ears one after another. At the same time, groups of soldiers in black and black armor also ran over in neat steps.
Everyone holds the gun belt tightly in their right hand and swings their left hand vigorously up and down. The whole team looks neat and unusually solemn.
The faces of Zu Dashou brothers suddenly became a little ugly. Although they marched with this army from the capital to Jinzhou for half a month, due to their tight schedule, almost all their time was spent on the road, and
They had never seen them in action before, so they couldn't help but be shocked when they saw them.
Zu Dashou couldn't help but tighten his hand while twirling his beard and murmured: "It seems that I still underestimate them..." (To be continued...)
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