"alright!"
Emperor Chongzhen rubbed his temples helplessly. The ministers in the court were all a group of people who could only quarrel and not do anything. Even though he had thousands of intentions, he could not implement them. This made Emperor Chongzhen feel very tired and very confused. : "Why is there so few hard-working ministers in such a huge empire?"
"Since the Ministry of Household Affairs cannot provide money and food, for the time being, we will follow Zhou Ge Lao's wishes. When the court becomes rich, I will make up for this time for the officers and soldiers in each town."
"Your Majesty! Never do this!"
Chen Xinjia was so anxious that he almost vomited blood, while Emperor Chongzhen frowned. He was very dissatisfied with Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War. He only clamored for money and food, but could not come up with a solution to the money and food problem. He was really irritated!
Wang Cheng'en saw what Emperor Chongzhen was thinking, so he stepped forward and said to Chen Xinjia with a smile: "Haha, my lord, please stop talking. The country is in a difficult situation and your Majesty has nothing to do. It's not that I don't know, even your Majesty's There is no money or food in the internal funds. The old slave counted it last month and found that there are only a few hundred thousand taels of silver in the internal funds. We still need to support the expenses of the palace..."
Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand: "What are you talking about!"
"Yes, it's the old slave who talks too much."
Chen Xinjia sighed and just shook his head and stamped his feet.
When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he said: "However, Liu Yan and the chief military officers of the towns have made great contributions after all. Although Zhou Ge Lao's plan took care of the difficulties of the court, I have to understand the difficulties of the soldiers. Therefore, I decided to adopt the plan. Take out 30,000 taels of silver from the internal funds and distribute them to Liu Yan and other chief military officers of each town."
"Let Chen Aiqing handle this matter. I received the money today and went to Deshengmen."
at this time
Chen Xinjia was about to cry without tears, while Zhou Yanru and Li Daiwen on the side breathed a sigh of relief: Someone finally took the big pot!
In the evening of that day, we camped outside Deshengmen.
Chen Xinjia came to the Chinese army's tent with 30,000 taels of silver. At this time, Hong Chengchou, Ma Shaoyu, and Zhang Ruoqi stood on one side, and Liu Yan, Yang Guozhu, Wu Sangui and other general military officers of the town stood on the other side.
Everyone listened to Chen Xinjia read out the edict. Emperor Chongzhen first praised everyone, and then started the matter of awarding everyone.
"The great victory in Jinzhou, the defeat of the slave thieves, and the resurgence of the country. I am very relieved. Today, the governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou, the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town, Yang Guozhu, and the chief military officer of Datong Town, Wang Pu... fought hard to defeat the enemy and made great contributions. Today Special reward!"
"...Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, was appointed as a bachelor of Dongge University and the Minister of the Ministry of War, and joined the cabinet to assist in the administration..."
"Ma Shaoyu, the Supervisor of the Army, and Zhang Ruoqi, the Supervisor of the Army, have served with the army in battles and have made great contributions. Now Ma Shaoyu is appointed as the Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Ruoqi is appointed as the Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War..."
"Yang Guozhu, the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town, hung the seal of General Hu and conferred the title of Uncle Hub. Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong Town, bore the seal of General Hu and conferred the title of Uncle Hub. Jingbei Bo; Bai Guangen, the chief military officer of Jizhou Town, was posthumously granted the title of An Jibo; Cao Bianjiao, the chief military officer of the ASEAN Association, was granted the seal of Dong'an General and was granted the title of Dong Anbo; Ma Ke, the chief military officer of Shanhaiguan Town, was granted the seal of Beiguan General and was granted the title of Beiguan Bo; Wang Tingchen, the former general of the garrison, bore the seal of the general of the avant-garde and was granted the title of uncle of the front guard; Wu Sangui, the chief of the Ningyuan town, bore the seal of the general of Anning and was granted the title of uncle of the prefecture; The soldier Zuo Guang first hung the seal of the General of Ping Kou and granted the title of Ping Kou Bo; the general of Liaodong Town
Official Liu Zhaoji was granted the title of General of Liao and was granted the title of Uncle of Liao. "
"The meritorious officers in each town will be promoted according to their merits, and the casualties in each town will be compensated in two-year installments..."
After Chen Xinjia finished reading, there was silence in the Chinese army tent. Everyone knelt on the ground. More than a dozen pairs of cold eyes kept scanning Chen Xinjia's body, making Chen Xinjia's hair stand on end.
Liu Yan was the first to stand up. This decree did not mention the soldiers of Qinglai Town from beginning to end. More than 200,000 people were killed in the Battle of Kaifeng. The imperial court only promoted a few generals and gave them a pension of more than 200,000 taels of silver. After that, There will be no more rewards.
Chen Xinjia vowed to promise that after the Battle of Jinzhou, he would reward all the soldiers of Qinglai Town, but now he broke his promise again. Liu Yan's anger surged in his heart and his face became extremely ugly.
"My lord, don't you want to explain?"
Faced with Liu Yan's questioning, Chen Xinjia, the superior officer, hurriedly apologized. Just as he was about to speak, Wang Pu also jumped up and shouted: "Call me General Ping Hu and Uncle Ping Hu? What kind of title is this? It's a miscellaneous title from the imperial court. Generals don’t have these things. After we fought bloody battles and made great achievements, we didn’t even get to join an ordinary general. The imperial court was too perfunctory!”
Liu Yan and Wang Pu took the lead, and then Yang Guozhu, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen, Li Fuming, Zuo Guangxian, and Liu Zhaoji all stood up and started to angrily rebuke. Tang Tong and Ma Ke also jumped up and down when they saw this, and their voices were even louder than the crowd. The commander-in-chief forced Chen Xinjia to retreat continuously.
Although Wu Sangui didn't yell like everyone else, he was staring at Chen Xinjia with a dark face at the moment, and the anger in his heart was burning.
Commander-in-chief of each town
There has always been a tradition of "cutting off". Part of the military pay for the soldiers and horses under his command, and the pensions for the casualties and casualties will be cut off as "extra money" for the generals and generals at all levels.
But this time, not only did the officers and soldiers in each town receive no reward money, they even had to pay their pensions in two years. The pensions for the fallen soldiers were not very much, so if they were paid in two more years, it would be clear that the court wanted to default on the debt! How could all the general officers not be angry?
At this moment, Hong Chengchou was also stunned, never expecting that the court would make such a decision. Ma Shaoyu and Zhang Ruoqi also looked at each other. Both of them were completely dumbfounded. They didn't expect that the imperial court would be so mean to the generals in various towns. These arrogant and brave generals fought bloody battles for a long time, and they were just waiting for rewards. Now that the imperial court is mean, why don't they start to make trouble? ?
Chen Xinjia faced the people's accusations and hurriedly explained: "This is what Mr. Zhou Ge meant. The court has no money or food. It can't come up with so much money and food at the moment, so it has to work hard for the soldiers in various towns..."
Liu Yan shouted loudly: "The soldiers in each town are already poor. After fighting for several months, their military pay is often in arrears. Many of the soldiers' families have died of starvation. How can it be that they don't even have a reward of silver now? The soldiers in our towns can die on the battlefield, but they cannot die of hunger." Death!"
Liu Yan's words were like sparks falling on dry firewood, which immediately ignited everyone's anger. Wang Pu directly shouted: "We are going to meet the Holy Spirit and ask for an explanation from His Majesty!"
Tang Tong and Ma Ke hurriedly echoed: "Go to Beijing! Face the Holy Spirit! Ask for an explanation!"
The crowd was excited, which frightened Chen Xinjia. Seeing that he could not suppress the soldiers, he had no choice but to look at Hong Chengchou for help.
Hong Chengchou sighed, stopped everyone, and said: "The court's move is very sad, but
I am also helpless. I believe I have tried my best. "
"Please be patient for the time being. When I come to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit, I will give you an explanation for the commander-in-chief and all the officers and men of the army."
Chen Xinjia paused and clapped his hands, and several general officers shouted that it was enough to meet the saint, why did you, Hong Chengchou, join in the fun?
"No, Governor Hong. His Majesty has already made a decree. How can he change it? I think it's better to let the officers and soldiers in each town go back first. Let me consider this matter in the long term. I will definitely give an explanation to the officers and soldiers in each town. Be patient and don't be impatient. Be patient and don't be impatient." ah!"
Hong Chengchou stopped talking. At this time, he had to express his position. When Chen Xinjia stopped him, he hesitated. Now that he had entered the cabinet, if he really went to meet the emperor, what if the emperor was angry and expelled him from the cabinet again?
When everyone saw that Hong Chengchou had stopped talking, their hearts felt cold. Without Hong Chengchou to come forward, could they just accept their bad luck?
Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, Cao Bianjiao and others all looked at Liu Yan, and even Wu Sangui also looked over.
Liu Yan's face was livid at this time and he said coldly: "Since I have said that we need to take a long-term approach, please continue to provide food and grass for our soldiers in Qinglai Town."
"Ah? Your Majesty means that the soldiers and horses of each town will return to their respective stations in two days. Why do you have to..."
Liu Yan said loudly: "From today on, our officers and soldiers of Qinglai Town will live outside Deshengmen. The rewards for the Battle of Kaifeng and the Battle of Jinzhou must be given to us, otherwise this town will never give up." withdraw troops!"
"Three days, this town only gives the imperial court three days. Once the three days are up, this town will personally lead tens of thousands of elites into the capital and directly ask the Holy Lord for an explanation!"
Hong Chengchou's eyes widened when he heard this, and he exclaimed
: "Dinglupp be careful what you say!"
Ma Shaoyu and Zhang Ruoqi immediately let out an ooh and ahhhhh, and they only regretted why they didn't pass out early and encounter the scene where Liu Yan fell out with each other.
The general officers of the other towns were all stunned. Then Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, Cao Bianjiao, and Wang Tingchen all looked solemn, gritted their teeth, and roared loudly one after another. Although they did not dare to lead the army into the city like Liu Yan, But they would never leave. The armies of the four towns were stationed outside the city and blocked the Desheng Gate of the capital together to support Liu Yan.
Seeing this, other towns also shouted in support of Liu Yan. Needless to say, Zuo Guangxian, Liu Zhaoji, Li Fuming and others, with Liu Yan taking the lead, Liu Yan was the one who took the lead if there was a problem, and everyone followed suit. After all, Everyone understands that the law does not punish everyone.
Tang Tong and Ma Ke did not think it was a big deal, and they shouted that each town should divide its troops to block the gates of the capital, so that the traitorous officials in the court who treated the soldiers harshly could not escape.
Ma Ke kept shouting that he wanted to "clear the king's side", and while shouting, he looked at Liu Yan.
Wu Sangui also spoke at this time: "The imperial court is treating the soldiers unfairly. We will never withdraw our troops. We will wait here for the Holy One's decision!"
When Chen Xinjia saw this, his eyesight went dark again, and he almost fainted, but two followers supported him.
Then Chen Xinjia glared at the two followers fiercely. At this time, he might as well just pass out and be done with it. He didn't want to know what these arrogant soldiers did, and he didn't want to participate!
Chen Xinjia persuaded everyone with a grimace, but they were too lazy to pay attention. Liu Yan said coldly: "Do you want to stay here, or go back to the city to send a message? I'd better explain it, so as not to delay everyone."
thing! "
"This this……"
Chen Xinjia immediately grabbed Hong Chengchou and said almost pleadingly: "Director Hong, please say something, this is a disaster, what should we do?"
Hong Chengchou wanted to kick Chen Xinjia away at this moment. A dignified minister of the Ministry of War can't handle the matter of rewarding the army. What else do you want?
But at this time, the two of them can only deal with it together. If more than 200,000 troops from each town really send troops to the capital, then everyone will wait together to kill the nine tribes!
"Don't be impatient, please allow me and my soldiers to enter the palace together to meet the saint. There will definitely be an explanation for this matter."
Ma Shaoyu and Zhang Ruoqi also hurriedly stood up and expressed their intention to go to meet the saint together to get an explanation for the soldiers in each town.
Liu Yan sneered and said, "Come here, prepare horses for the adults and send them into the city!"
"However, this town would like to remind the four adults: the deadline is three days, and today is already dusk. The four adults still have two days, so hurry up!"
Chen Xinjia shouted: "Today counts as just one day! Can Dinglupp give me some face?"
"face?"
Liu Yan sneered and said: "I will give you face, who will give me face? Now that I have lost face, then everyone will lose face! There are still two days left. By then, whether I am a powerful minister or a treacherous minister, I will Take it!"
Half an hour later, Chen Xinjia, Hong Chengchou, Ma Shaoyu, and Zhang Ruoqi left the Chinese army camp with dark faces. When the four of them, escorted by their servants, rode out of the Chinese army camp, the various departments of the New Army in Qinglai Town had already received Following Liu Yan's order, soldiers and horses from all battalions were dispatched one after another and began to block the main roads outside Desheng Gate.
Even Hong Chengchou pointed out that when he saw Qianying
Commanding Chen Xun, at this time Chen Xun was leading the new army officers and soldiers from the front battalion to the outside of the Chinese army camp. He was cursing and commanding the soldiers and horses to surround the Chinese army camp and Hong Chengchou's Supervisor Biao camp.
The four of them finally believed Liu Yan's words. He was definitely not trying to scare people. If the court didn't explain it after two days, Liu Yan would really kill people and attack the city!
"Hurry into the capital and meet the Holy Spirit, hurry up!"
Hong Chengchou and Chen Xinjia were so distraught that they galloped on their horses and rushed back to Beijing as hard as they could.
