A group of senior generals at the entrance of the temporary school ground knelt on one knee to greet the emperor. The infantry soldiers also knelt down on one knee before and after like a wave to greet the emperor together.
Tall Han generals holding gourds in their hands, wearing iron armor, bows and arrows, and red tasseled iron helmets on their heads, led the way into the temporary school grounds and were distributed to the front, back, left and right of the stands.
Emperor Chongzhen was in the middle of the procession. He did not sit in a sedan chair, but came on horseback.
He ordered the generals to lie down and go directly to the stand. The four generals Tianwu were located on the four corners of Emperor Chongzhen. A group of senior generals came to the stage after the Jinyiwei collected their weapons and were arranged on both sides.
Emperor Chongzhen did not sit down in his seat. Instead, accompanied by Sun Chengzong, he walked to the front of the stand and looked at the dense crowd of foot soldiers in front of the stand.
These infantrymen were all left after the troops were eliminated and had gone through the Battle of Gyeonggi. They were all outstanding in terms of their body shape and mental outlook.
Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied and ordered: "Pingsheng."
Standing side by side under the stands were a group of burly generals who were specially selected to have loud voices. When they heard the emperor's order behind them, they shouted in unison: "Pingsheng." [
The sound was loud and loud, and spread far away. Then I heard "Ping Shen" coming from other places on the school ground. It spread level by level, and the sound covered the entire school ground.
"Long live, long live, long live!" The infantry's chorus of shouts shook all directions, showing extraordinary momentum.
The soldiers who stayed in the Qinwang Army camp also heard this shouting, and suddenly they became commotion. They got out of their tents one after another and looked towards the temporary school ground.
"Brother Hu, is this the emperor's visit in person?" Wang Er, one of Hu Hao's younger brothers, asked him in surprise.
"Aren't you talking nonsense!" Hu Hao looked at Wang Er and said impatiently.
He also wondered why all the cavalry were left in the camp.
"Brother Hu, in terms of military merits, although our cavalry army suffered a defeat, we also killed many captives. The merits should be greater than the faults. The emperor is here in person, why did he leave us in the camp?" Wang Er actually said
I also knew that the emperor was here, but just like that, I couldn't figure it out even more, so I asked the doubts in my heart.
"You ask me, who am I asking!" Hu Hao replied angrily, and then when he saw the people patrolling back and forth at the camp gate, his eyes lit up, and he immediately continued: "In terms of credit, the credit of those people
Biggest, didn’t they go to the school grounds too!”
The Yebushou people surrounding him all followed Hu Hao's gaze and discovered that Hu Hao was referring to the Minzhuang Army from Daming Prefecture.
After seeing clearly that they did not go to the temporary school grounds, the hearts of these cavalry soldiers suddenly became balanced. The civilian Zhuang army with the greatest military achievements did not go, so there must be a bigger scene waiting for them. The cavalry soldiers were thinking in their hearts.
guessed.
At the temporary school ground, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the infantrymen standing with their chests high. He recalled what he saw when he went to the capital camp the day before. He secretly compared the mental outlook of the soldiers on both sides and made up his mind to face the audience.
He shouted: "The Ming Dynasty's Beijing camp is very well-paid. It can be said that it is the most well-paid army in the Ming Dynasty."
The generals on the stage and the foot soldiers below the stage couldn't help but be stunned when they heard Emperor Chongzhen's opening remarks. Aren't they talking about merit and rewards today? Why are they talking about the Beijing camp?
Even though they thought so, no one was so bold as to jump out and ask questions.
"Why are they treated the best? Because they once followed Taizu in the southern and northern wars, expelled the Tartars, restored China, and made great military exploits. They also followed Chengzu out of Mobei for the sixth time, and the Tartars trembled in fear and bowed their heads.
Therefore, they deserve to enjoy the most generous treatment among the Ming army."
"But what about now? The Jianlu were raging in the capital and attacking the capital. When I needed the capital the most, what did the capital do? Standing on the wall and trembling, allowing the Jianlu to show off their power outside the city, panicking and being shot.
Where is the glory of my own coach, Jingying, back then?"[
When Emperor Chongzhen said this, his tone was quite serious.
The Han generals who conveyed the message conveyed Emperor Chongzhen's emotions according to his tone of voice, so the word "where" roared out, shaking the whole country.
"You won the Battle of Gyeonggi, killing Jianlu corpses everywhere, and the heads you brought back were piled all over the Meridian Gate. I saw them all. I thought that only such an army that dared to fight could have such a record.
Only the army can restore the glory of Beijing Camp."
"Therefore, I want to rebuild the capital camp. I want the bravest soldiers to enter the capital camp and enjoy the best treatment."
When the general soldiers on both sides of the stage heard this, they realized that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to mobilize the border troops to serve as the Beijing camp. They couldn't help but guess in their hearts which border army the emperor would mobilize to serve as the new Beijing camp.
If I was lucky enough to be transferred to the Beijing camp, I would definitely not be as arrogant and domineering as Jiang Bin during the Zhengde period, and it would be no problem to live in glory and wealth.
Thinking of this, the hearts of all the soldiers began to heat up.
When Emperor Chongzhen said this, he also stopped and glanced at the foot soldiers in the audience to see their reactions.
Seeing the longing eyes in the eyes of each infantryman, he couldn't help but nodded secretly, and then continued: "Those who have outstanding achievements in the battle of Gyeonggi Province will be elected as soldiers of the fifth military camp of the Beijing Camp. The rest will be rewarded by the Ming Dynasty based on their merits."
Jiu Si Bao Chao."
When the generals heard this, they all looked at each other. What kind of trick was the emperor doing? Could it be that he was not transferring border troops to the Beijing camp, but just sending infantry to the Beijing camp?
"The Ming Dynasty Jiusi Baobao is a kind of banknote, which is different from the previous Ming Dynasty currency. The Jiusi Baobao can be exchanged at the Ming Dynasty Royal Bank and Yinliang. It was issued by the imperial court to facilitate the inconvenience of retrieving the money."
If one day, the banknotes and silver cannot be exchanged one by one, you will come to the capital to complain, and I will make the decision for you."
The idea of taking advantage of the opportunity to sell banknotes was thought up by Emperor Chongzhen himself. He was inspired by Zhong Jinwei's discount on banknotes in the sales of state-owned enterprises.
Now he has given a credit guarantee for the banknotes in front of hundreds of thousands of foot soldiers, which can be regarded as a kind of endorsement. Once the emperor opens his mouth, how can it be fake? Most foot soldiers will think so.
In fact, Emperor Chongzhen never thought of cheating. He had already prepared the reward money, but he just deposited the reward money into the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty and took the banknotes to distribute them.
After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he turned to the generals on both sides and said, "Your contribution is great. We will reward you after the imperial court comes up with the regulations."
"I don't dare," the generals from all walks of life replied habitually.
Emperor Chongzhen ignored them and said to Sun Chengzong: "Master Sun, I leave this place to you."
"I obey," Sun Chengzong replied with a slight bow.
"The holy chariot returns to the palace." The servants on one side sang, and then Emperor Chongzhen walked back to the palace amidst everyone's "respectfully sending off the holy chariot".
After the emperor left, the person with the highest status was Sun Chengzong, a scholar of Dongge University and Minister of War.
He said to the generals standing on both sides: "Everyone, please sit down."
Most of the generals' moods fell from great joy to the lowest point of depression, and they sat back in their seats languidly, thinking secretly not to redeploy too many of their subordinates. These are all elites!
After sitting down, Cao Minglei, the commander-in-chief of Baoding, couldn't help but said to Sun Chengzong: "I have only a few men under the command of the last general. Do you think you can skip the last part of the general?"
When the other general soldiers heard this, they all wanted to speak, but they saw Sun Chengzong raised his palm to stop them from speaking, and then said: "The emperor just promised the soldiers from Chrysostom that those with outstanding military merits will be selected to the Beijing camp. The military merits will be reported after everyone confirms them."
To the Emperor, the selected candidates have been confirmed according to their rankings, do you want the Emperor to break his promise in front of hundreds of thousands of troops?"
With a big hat on, the generals did not dare to have any objections, and could only hope in their hearts that other generals would be rewarded with more military achievements than themselves.
Sun Chengzong called his guards, took out the roster, and ordered the selection of infantry to begin.
The infantry watched nervously as the White Guards followed the roll call of Sun Chengzong's personal guards, then walked to the corresponding position to call out the person who was called, and exited the entrance of the school ground.
Most of the infantrymen whose names were called walked out with their heads held high, without even glancing at their own soldiers in the stands.
I asked you to deduct military pay, but you can't do it now. When you get to Beijing camp, even if you deduct some more military pay, it will still be more than when you were in the border army!
After they exited the school entrance, they were guided to a row of book offices to register their names, positions, where they live, how many immediate family members they have, and other information.
After they registered, they were ordered to go to the original camp to pack their luggage and were given a limited time to report to another location.
The entire process was carefully planned in advance, so even though it involved hundreds of thousands of people, it was carried out in an orderly manner.
The flow of people was like tens of thousands of trickles, gathering from the temporary school ground to the entrance of the school ground, forming a small river towards the Qinwang Army Camp. After reaching the entrance of the camp, it turned into thousands of trickles and disappeared into the camp.
Then they flowed out from each camp and were gathered in the open space outside the camp gate near the capital city gate, where they were organized by the Jin Yiwei.
Many of the cavalrymen of King Qin's army took the infantry back to camp and asked them about the situation, and then they were all envious.
Whoever chooses between the Beijing camp and the frontier army will choose the Beijing camp without hesitation.
While they were envious of the infantry selected for the Fifth Army Battalion, they were also secretly looking forward to whether the cavalry would also have this opportunity.
About 45,000 people were selected to enter the Beijing camp, and the roll call was over.
The rest of the infantry were a little disappointed, and many people started shouting, "Why is it that so-and-so's contribution was not as great as his own? Why was he chosen but not himself?"
For these people, the White Guard Cavalry has already taken precautions. If there are any signs, they will directly warn them. If they want to blame, they will go back and blame their own soldiers. They will not give you military merit. If you violate military discipline again, the merits and demerits will be equal, and you will not be rewarded.
Silver.
When Sun Chengzong saw that the selection of soldiers was over, he ordered his guards to serve tea. He drank tea and chatted with the generals on the stage, and did not let them ask about the silver rewards for the soldiers.
There were many exits on one side of the entrance to the school grounds, and then the infantry went out to collect the reward according to the organizational structure.
Now, unlike in the past, the most time-consuming thing is to find people on the flower list, press fingerprints, and distribute the amount of money, but it can be done in minutes.
The infantrymen returned to camp while admiring the exquisite banknotes still scented with ink.
As soon as I got this banknote, I felt that it was different from the previous Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes. The court had put some thought into it, and the emperor's golden words came first, so only a small number of soldiers thought about going back to exchange it.
The silver is back.
After all the infantrymen had received the reward and returned to camp, Sun Chengzong sent all the generals back.
Watching these generals go away, Sun Chengzong turned to Qin Liangyu, who was still standing behind him, and said, "It's been hard on you today. Tomorrow you have to dispatch people to the Beijing camp to reorganize the five thousand battalions. Come on, let's go back and discuss it."
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"I will obey your orders." Qin Liangyu answered resoundingly, without any complaint in his heart. It was obvious that the emperor trusted him more and made such an arrangement.