Chapter 087
After reciting the imperial edict for a long time, Cheng Shijie didn't even react.
As a middle-level cadre, he naturally understands how difficult it is to get promoted within the system. However, the problem was that after he came to the late Ming Dynasty, he found that the officialdom system of the Ming Dynasty seemed to be child's play.
Spending dozens of taels of silver, you can buy the honorary title of a member of the Communist Party of China. After spending eight thousand taels of silver, he was promoted to the fifth rank Qianhu officer of Zuo Qianhu in the state. With the officers and soldiers of Zuo Qian's guard, he defeated a group of bandits in his own Qianhu post, and was directly promoted to the fourth rank. Naval garrison.
While serving on the garrison, without his knowledge, Ning Haijun launched a magical mutiny. He was promoted to the rank of general of the conquest of prisoners, governor of the left, and held the seal of the chief military officer of Ning Haijun to control the Dongjiang Army.
In just over four months, could such a magical thing happen?
Sun Yuanhua watched Cheng Shijie wandering out of his body. He had actually seen this kind of thing too many times, and had to step forward to remind Cheng Shijie: "Master Cheng, it's time for you to thank me!"
"My lord, Cheng Shijie thanks the Lord for your kindness. Long live my emperor! Long live the emperor!!!"
Because Cheng Shijie traveled through the Ming Dynasty and later generations many times, his tear glands were so developed that whenever his thoughts moved, his tears would fall down.
When Sun Yuanhua saw this scene, he was even more impressed by Cheng Shijie. Of course he knew that Cheng Shijie was not really moved. Cheng Shijie was a decisive and ruthless man. For the sake of military glory, he massacred the rebel soldiers who surrendered under Kong Youde's command, killing many heads.
It would not be an exaggeration to call such a person hard-hearted. He would never be so excited that he burst into tears just because Emperor Chongzhen promoted him.
Not only Sun Yuanhua believed that Cheng Shijie was too suitable for officialdom, but also Gao Qiqian too. This time Gao Qiqian came to convey the order, which was just a convenient job. The most important thing was that he came to see Cheng Shijie with the order of Emperor Chongzhen.
As a person who could sneak into the palace to become the eunuch of the Royal Horse Guard and the admiral of the warrior camp, Gao Qiqian was also good at flattery and even better at observing words and expressions. From the clarity in Cheng Shijie's eyes, he judged that Cheng Shijie's crying was fake. of.
But the problem is, Cheng Shijie pretends to be clever, and there is no trace of performance, let alone artificiality. If Gao Qiqian is not good at discerning people's hearts, he might have been deceived by Cheng Shijie.
He saw that it was useless. Almost everyone present thought that Cheng Shijie had a pure heart. After receiving the imperial decree of canonization, he burst into tears, more than four taels of tears.
If Cheng Shijie had lost a few ounces of meat, he would probably become Wei Zhongxian's second best if he entered the palace.
Talent, Gao Qiqian secretly made a judgment in his heart.
Cheng Shijie actually didn't care about other people's opinions. He took the imperial decree and considered one thing: whether to bring this imperial decree that did not exist in history back to future generations. It might become a huge discovery in the archaeological world and history.
The imperial edict is quite valuable for collection. In the 21st century, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is worth a fortune. If you get it as a family heirloom, one hundred and eighty years later, your descendants will be short of money and sell it for a few dollars. It must not be a problem, right?
However, Cheng Shijie also had opinions about Emperor Chongzhen. He had only achieved insignificant achievements and yet he was given such a heavy reward. If he occupied southern Liaoning in the future, how would he be rewarded?
Thinking of this, Cheng Shijie slowly understood. Emperor Chongzhen believed that Cheng Shijie could not succeed, and the entire court's civil and military ministers also believed that he could not succeed, so this time the reward was the highest. The Commander-in-Chief Zuo of the Fifth Army Commandery Mansion was the second highest reward. The left governor of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army.
This is an impossible task, and an exceptional favor has been given...
Then, Gao Qiqian gave Sun Yuanhua another imperial edict.
Sun Yuanhua was actually promoted. He, the governor of Denglai, was promoted to counselor of military affairs. Two words were changed, and he was promoted to admiral of military affairs. Although the scope of his actual power was not expanded, his rank was raised. This is like a major general in later generations being promoted to lieutenant general.
The army is still the same army, and the defense zone is still the same defense zone, but the level has been improved.
Sun Yuanhua burst into tears when he saw Cheng Shijie receiving the imperial edict. However, his tear glands were too developed and he couldn't cry no matter how hard he tried. But the problem was that Cheng Shijie was already crying. If he, the governor, didn't cry, would he be resenting his promotion? Is it too small?
This was in front of hundreds of royal guards and dozens of internal servants. These people would transmit his every move to the ears of Emperor Chongzhen. In desperation, Sun Yuanhua reached out and touched the soft flesh of his lower back and pinched a piece of soft flesh. Twist hard.
"hiss……"
Sun Yuanhua was so painful that he burst into tears, his tear glands were stimulated, and he was finally able to cry. He bowed deeply, with tears streaming down his face, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Sun Yuanhua accepts the order, long live my emperor! "
Cheng Shijie felt a little strange when he saw Sun Yuanhua crying.
At this time, Sun Yuanhua wiped his hands vigorously. He was very cruel to himself, and the soft flesh of his lower back was twisted and bled.
After the imperial edict was read out, Gao Qiqian followed Sun Yuanhua into the city, followed closely by Cheng Shijie.
Originally, Gaoqi was walking in front, but Sun Yuanhua was halfway shoulder-to-shoulder with Cheng Shijie further behind.
Gao Qiqian took the initiative to stop a few steps and said to Cheng Shijie: "General Cheng, you have made a great contribution this time! This great contribution has reached the heavens. Jane is in the heart of the emperor. It is impossible for you to be successful!"
"Being an official is just to take advantage of the emperor's salary and share the emperor's worries. I dare not take any credit."
Cheng Shijie bowed, using his body to block him, and flicked his sleeves.
With his quick eyes and quick hands, he copied a golden object into his sleeve. Judging from the proficiency of his movements, he could be considered familiar with it.
Don't get me wrong, this isn't gold.
Cheng Shijie would not give it away easily if he had gold. He would definitely keep it for himself. The thing given to Gao Qiqian was just a piece of yellow crystal Maitreya Buddha.
Because it was big enough, it could be sold for more than 400 in later jewelry stores. It was a car ornament, but at Cheng Shijie's scrap collection station, the price of this thing was the same as scrap glass.
Gao Qiqian flipped his wrist and glanced quietly. His eyes were very vicious, and he could tell at a glance that this was definitely not an ordinary thing.
"Get on the road!"
This is much more valuable than giving away silver or gold. Even if such a large piece of gold is worth, fifty taels is as high as the sky. Fifty taels of gold. Now the price of silver is even lower. In the past, one tael of gold could be exchanged for eight taels of silver. Now, one tael of gold can be exchanged for ten taels of silver. . Fifty taels of gold is equivalent to five hundred taels of silver.
Five hundred taels of silver is just a piece of cake for Gao Qiqian, the eunuch in charge of the Royal Horse Supervisor and the admiral of the Warrior Battalion.
Entering the Denglai Governor's Yamen, Gao Qiqian waved his hand and said: "Here, bring the things your Majesty gave to General Cheng!"
Several Tiqi responded in unison, turned around and walked out. After a while, they saw them and several young eunuchs walking in in a line. The eunuch held a silver plate high in his hand, and inside was a purple brocade robe made of pure silk.
Purple is also the purple in the idiom. There are no first- or second-grade official ranks. Wearing purple brocade robes is taboo. Who gave Cheng Shijie the title of Zuo Governor now?
He has become a first-class military attache.
Then there was a piece of silver armor. This was the Ming-style bright light armor, a pure silver armor with no mottled colors.
"General Cheng, please change your armor!"
Cheng Shijie stepped forward and stretched out his hands. Four Tiqi hurried up and removed Cheng Shijie's armor. When Cheng Shijie's armor was removed, this silver armor was draped on his body.
According to records, this kind of Ming-style Mingguang armor required forty-one workers. It went through dozens of processes such as tapping, rough grinding, perforating, cutting holes, cutting strips, staggering edges, and fine grinding. It cost more than 200 yuan. It takes several working days to complete one piece.
In fact, this kind of flashy armor is the best target when placed on the battlefield. Cheng Shijie would never dare to wear it. Moreover, this kind of armor has gorgeous patterns on it. The shoulder pads and cape have patterns, and they are still incised. Yes, I am so afraid that the nail blades will become strong.
At this moment, Cheng Shijie discovered that several eunuchs were painting with brushes and drawing boards around him.
A spear also painted silver, more than four meters long, was handed to Cheng Shijie. After Cheng Shijie took it, he discovered that it was simply a martial arts prop from later generations, so light that it was almost weightless.
Gao Qiqian pointed to a carved lacquer bow and said, "General Cheng, this is a three-stone strong bow. Please give it a try, General Cheng. Is the strength suitable?"
Cheng Shijie was slightly startled.
"Are you kidding me?"
One stone in the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to about 150 kilograms in later generations, and three stones was equivalent to 450 kilograms. Cheng Shijie didn't have this ability, but Gao Qiqian kept winking at him, so he took it over.
Cheng Shijie pulled lightly, and the bow opened in response, until it was almost full moon.
"Snapped……"
This gorgeous lacquered bow broke at the sound, and one of the bow arms hit an eunuch. The eunuch immediately covered his arm and shouted: "My arm is broken... General Cheng is so powerful, and the three-stone bow is so powerful." Break it with one pull!"
The eunuch who was painting was painting quickly, and the eunuch who was recording was recording quickly.
Cheng Shijie realized that this was a group of eggless eunuchs who had joined forces with him to put on a show for Emperor Chongzhen.
In fact, it was just as Cheng Shijie guessed.
Cheng Shijie is now the Changshan Zhao Zilong in the heart of Emperor Chongzhen. Although this Zhao Zilong is a bit older, when he really saw Cheng Shijie, Gao Qiqian discovered that Cheng Shijie was extremely well-maintained, and his skin was even better than that of the nobles in the palace. point.
He doesn't look like he is thirty-five years old at all. In fact, the aesthetic views of later generations do not like fat people, but fat people have an advantage, that is, they have more collagen and are anti-aging.
When a fat person is in his twenties, he looks like he is in his thirties, but when he actually reaches his thirties, he looks younger.
Unlike the people of the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Shijie was at least well-nourished. Even a young general in his twenties looked older than Cheng Shijie.
However, Gao Qiqian looked at Cheng Shijie's movement of turning over and dismounting, and judged that Cheng Shijie didn't have any kung fu, so he made two preparations in advance.
In this way, a group of people drew a portrait of the meeting with Cheng Shijie, including the scene of him wielding a spear and breaking the three-stone bow.
A group of eunuchs who acted as eyes and ears completed their mission and set off immediately without stopping to report to Emperor Chongzhen the process and results of their interview with Cheng Shijie.
Gao Qiqian attended the banquet hosted by Sun Yuanhua.
The banquet was very lively and sumptuous.
Sun Yuanhua looked at Cheng Shijie and said with some sadness: "Master Cheng, I'm afraid it won't be long before it's time for me to salute you!"
"Yeah?"
Cheng Shijie said calmly: "Then it's like you don't have to salute me now!"
Sun Yuanhua was speechless for a moment.
This is indeed the case. Cheng Shijie is already the governor of the left, so he should salute to the superior. But the question is, is the commander of the Dengzhou Guard still a third-rank military officer? He asked the Dengzhou Prefecture magistrate to salute a fourth-rank civil servant?
First ask Jin Yousheng if he dares to accept this gift.
However, Cheng Shijie was different. He really dared to take it.
While everyone was asking Gao Qiqian to drink, Cheng Shijie lowered his voice and said, "Master Futai, let's talk!"
"good!"
The two of them have the highest status now, so they have to say hello to Gao Qiqian.
Gao Qiqian took the opportunity to end the banquet.
Then the banquet dispersed, and the three of them came to Sun Yuanhua's study.
There was actually a huge map in the study room, on which were roughly drawn the patterns of dozens of cities, marked with Jinzhou Guard, Haizhou Guard, Gaizhou Guard, Shenyang Guard, etc. Cheng Shijie looked at it and found that the approximate locations were The direction is good, but it seems very blurry.
If you rely on a map like this to fight, there will be almost no need to fight. Soldiers will die of exhaustion because many rivers and mountains are not visible.
Gao Qiqian sat on the main seat, looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "General Cheng, we have a few questions for you. Please answer them truthfully!"
"Father-in-law, please speak!"
Cheng Shijie looked at Gao Qiqian's posture. He came with the imperial decree and oral instructions from Emperor Chongzhen.
"What is Ning Haijun's combat effectiveness now? If he meets Jian Nu in the wild, can he defeat them?"
This question is a bit amateurish.
However, Cheng Shijie did not care about these trivial matters and bowed: "Ning Haijun's army has only been established for a short period of time. If we encounter Jian Nu, if we have the same number of people, we can barely remain undefeated. It's just that Ning Haijun lacks horses and cavalry, so if you Victory is a small victory. Jiannu wants to run away, but Ning Haijun can't catch up. If he loses, he must be defeated, and Ning Haijun can't escape! If in the wild, Ning Haijun's entire army meets Jiannu's troops under one banner, and they can't remain unstoppable. No matter how many defeats there are, I can’t guarantee it!”
Of course, there was an element of bragging in Cheng Shijie's words. Ning Haijun was stronger than the bandits and Kong Youde's rebels, but the problem was that Jiannu's combat effectiveness was still a real small power in Northeast Asia. If nothing else, their ability to withstand casualties is absolutely unparalleled in the world.
Gao Qiqian was slightly disappointed, and then asked: "If Liaonan is restored, are you sure of it?"
This question is even more stupid. Even if we use the superior equipment of the beautiful national army, there is no guarantee of victory against Ka Dazuo. Any accident is possible. Of course, the probability of this accident is very low and can almost be ignored.
"I can only guarantee that from me on down, all the generals and officers of the Ning Navy will fight to the death."
At this time, Gao Qiqian stopped asking Cheng Shijie. Cheng Shijie's attitude was similar to what Emperor Chongzhen had guessed. He turned to look at Sun Yuanhua and said, "If the Ning Navy fights across the sea, how much rations can Denglai provide to the Ning Navy?"
This issue finally touched on something.
Sun Yuanhua had a bitter look on his face. Originally, Dengzhou had prepared 200,000 stones of grain and grass, but the problem was that these grains and grass had been taken away by Cheng Shijie. His Dengzhou warehouse was so empty that rats could run away. If it were not for the support of the gentry in Dengzhou City, Without Sun Yuanhua's three thousand shi of grain, the governor's Yamen would be out of food.
Sun Yuanhua did not dare to tell the truth. If he did, he would expose his own shortcomings. He thought for a while and said: "Dengzhou can provide 15,000 troops with military rations for a month of fighting!"
"It's a little less!"
"However, if I transfer food from Qingzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture one month later, it will be enough to ensure that the army can continue to fight!"
"So good!"
Gao Qipian looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "When will Ning Haijun be able to send out troops?"
"The leading troops have already set off, and the follow-up troops are ready to set off tomorrow!"
Cheng Shijie has received a military report from Shen Mingyu that there are only a few hundred slave herdsmen in Jinzhou Acropolis in Maodong. After a round of shelling, hundreds of herdsmen fled and they occupied the deserted Jinzhou City. .
Cheng Shijie thought that he must send troops as soon as possible, otherwise Huang Taiji would definitely know that the Ming army was attacking Jinzhou Acropolis. Although he judged that Huang Taiji was very weak at this time, the judgment was a judgment, which did not mean that it was a fact. He must lead all Ning Haijun's troops, Top it up in advance.
"According to His Majesty's order, we have temporarily taken over the post of Ning Haijun to supervise the army. We are supervising the army in Dengzhou and wish General Cheng a triumphant return."
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Penglai Water City, the school grounds outside the city.
Cheng Shijie, Gao Qiqian and Sun Yuanhua reviewed Ning Haijun soldiers. Ning Haijun's military flags fluttered in the wind. The soldiers of Ning Navy, with their helmets on their heads and their chests held high, were lined up in thirty rows. The sea breeze blew their black helmets, like clouds of ink dancing wantonly in the wind.
On the commander's stage, the handsome flag with the word "Cheng" was fluttering in the air, and the tiger bared its teeth and claws, seeming to burst out of the flag and tear the people in front of it into pieces. Thousands of troops and horses are silent, like a silent mountain peak. Standing in front of them, it is difficult for you not to make the hairs on your body stand up one by one!
Let's not talk about the combat effectiveness of Ning Haijun, but their appearance is indeed not comparable to that of other Ming armies.
However, Gao Qiqian frowned. Ning Haijun's equipment is really weird. There are more than 4,000 soldiers in the entire army, but there are only a few muskets. Ning Haijun's main equipment is actually spears and crossbows.
Although spears and crossbows are one of the best weapons to restrain cavalry, the Jiannu not only have light cavalry and red armored soldiers, but also white armored soldiers wearing three layers of iron armor. The three layers of armor on these white armored soldiers , you can ignore the crossbow machine's shooting. Unless it is when the white-armored soldiers are within thirty steps in front of the crossbow.
In addition to these crossbows and spears, Ning Haijun soldiers also wore a dog-legged scimitar more than a foot long on their waists. This scimitar is sharp enough, but is it too short for frontal fighting on the battlefield? Too much?
Gao Qipian looked at Cheng Shijie, sighing in his heart, Cheng Shijie still didn't understand Jiannu, how could he only use a crossbow? He was relieved when he thought that Cheng Shijie had never fought against Jian Nu.
What can I do if I don't feel relieved? Now the arrow is on the string and I have to take action.
The bells rang from the Cathedral in Dengzhou City, one after another, ringing throughout the city at twelve o'clock at noon.
"The auspicious time has come!"
"Dong dong..."
The sound of the war drums sounded as if the ground was shaking. Hundreds of buglers blew their horns at the same time. The gloomy and desolate trumpet sound resounded through the sky, bringing everyone to the battlefield where the setting sun was like blood.
Cheng Shijie ascended the commanding platform, and his bodyguards brought a sheep over. Cheng Shijie pulled out the Tang straight sword and slashed it down with one strike. The sheep's neck was cut off, and a blood arrow spurted out two meters away, stained red. raised the battle flag.
The soldiers lined up the sheep's heads in front of the general's platform with great care, and then brought in a ram. Cheng Shijie slashed the sheep's head again, and the sheep's head fell to the ground. He brought three sheep in a row and had their necks cut off casually. The sheep's blood spattered all over the general platform.
Cheng Shijie handed the knife to the guard to wash it clean, wiped off the blood on his hand, looked around the three armies with bright eyes, and asked in a deep voice: "Everyone must know where we are going, right?"
"Kill Jiannu! Kill Jiannu!"
"That's right, kill Jiannu!!"
Cheng Shijie said loudly: "Soldiers, are you ready? Are you ready to make a fortune? I can tell you that the heads of slaves are much more valuable than the heads of bandits. The court rewards them with fifty taels of silver for each head. Cut off Niu Lu's real head and get a promotion."
Upon hearing Cheng Shijie's words, Ning Haijun's eyes immediately glowed with green light, and some even cheered loudly.
"Ready!"
"Set off!"
Cheng Shijie waved his hand, and Ning Haijun soldiers lined up and began to move forward slowly.
Cheng Shijie walked towards Sun Yuanhua and said, "Master Futai, I leave Ning Haijun's escape to you!"
"Cheng Shuai, don't worry!"
Cheng Shijie walked towards the dock in the distance.
As Ning Haijun moved, Gao Qiqian felt that Ning Haijun was different. He raised his legs neatly, set his feet neatly, and waved his arms neatly. No matter from which angle he looked at it, Ning Haijun's soldier seemed to have been measured with a ruler.
Perhaps sensing Gao Qiqian's dissatisfaction with Ning Haijun, a eunuch lowered his voice and said, "Godfather, did the man named Cheng lead thousands of people to fight against Jiannu? He was lucky enough to win a few battles. He couldn't tell the difference between east, west, north and south. He thought that Jian Nu was the same as bandits and bandits. He could come wherever he wanted! Hum, let a group of infantrymen who didn't even have a few muskets fight to the death with Jian Nu's cavalry? It’s a shame he figured it out!”
Gao Qiqian sighed and said: "We don't know where he got the courage to lead such a group of soldiers... We have never seen any Ming army that is not equipped with firecrackers!"
Jiannu always liked to throw white-armored heavy infantry into the battlefield at the most critical moment, like a hammer, to break through the Ming army's defense, and then take advantage of the Ming army's defeat to cover up the enemy.
Of course, Gao Qiqian didn't know that Cheng Shijie had his own confidence. It was proven by the practice of Kong Youde of the Dongjiang Army that in the face of thunderbolts, cavalry rushing into battle was a joke.
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