Not long after, Privy Councilor Fang Fengshi led Zhong Changdong, Zhang Guozhong, Ma Shilong, Hu Huaide, Li Juexian, and Chen Yijiang to the outside of the Thanksgiving Palace.
As soon as these six people were brought in, the ministers, civil and military officials and students in Changping Prefecture all focused on these six people.
Zhu Yijun also looked at these six people.
I saw that these six people had different appearances. They couldn't be said to be rich and handsome, and they couldn't even be said to be strong-backed and strong-backed. They also wore different armors and helmets, but they all looked bright and energetic.
"Greetings!"
At this time, under Fang Fengshi's order, the six people pushed up the gold mountain and overturned the jade pillar and knelt at the foot of the steps outside the palace to pay homage to Zhu Yijun.
Zhu Yijun, who was sitting on the high platform at the palace gate, first received the courtesy from these people before declaring himself free.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
And these six people also thanked him.
Then, Fang Fengcai began to ask Zhu Yijun for the ceremony of awarding the seal.
Zhu Yijun nodded: "It's accurate!"
Boom!
Boom!
Then the drums started to sound.
The whole scene suddenly made Zhu Yijun himself feel a little excited.
The generals of the retinue standing like a forest outside the hall, as well as the generals and soldiers of the Jizhou army guarding the side wall built against the mountains in the distance, all looked over.
The chief minister of Honglu Temple also came out at this time, and the roll call began.
"The first person to attack Pyongyang and ascend the city was Xu Changdong, a member of the Liaodong Dusi Tieling Guards, with military status!"
After the roll call at Honglu Temple, Xu Changdong walked up to Zhu Yijun according to the procedure he had been taught in the Privy Council, holding his head high, pursed his lips tightly, and blushed.
When Zhu Yijun stood up and walked down from Gaotai Danqi, Xu Changdong started to sweat on his forehead.
When Zhu Yijun took a piece of python jade from Fang Fengshi, Xu Changdong even forgot to kneel down because of this, and was still stunned in place. It wasn't until he saw that the emperor was looking at him without moving that he hurriedly knelt down, sweating profusely. I kowtow to the ground under the rain:
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Then, Xu Changdong took the python jade from Zhu Yijun.
Because those who were awarded military medals were treated as scholars, Xu Changdong changed his name to Zhu Yijun as His Majesty.
As soon as he took the python jade, Xu Changdong suddenly burst into tears and started sobbing on the spot. He kept kowtowing to Zhu Yijun as if worshiping a Bodhisattva.
Zhu Yijun knew that Xu Changdong was suddenly awarded a seal by the emperor, and he lost control of his emotions when he thought that he was a run-down military household that was worse than a wealthy family's dog. After all, such a huge gap in personal dignity caused, It is true that not everyone can stabilize their emotions.
Zhu Yijun had seen this situation more than once, so he was not too surprised and just let the Han general help Xu Changdong down.
Then Zhang Zhongguo and Ma Shilong, the immediate superiors who followed Xu Changdong to attack the city, were also awarded the Python Jade.
Both of them were also full of tears and looked excited.
Then, we arrived at Nanbing.
Hu Huaide, who was the first to storm Fengyue Tower and capture Pyongyang's defender Zheng Che alive, walked up to Zhu Yijun with his mouth sullen, and then left with his mouth sullen after being awarded the python jade by Zhu Yijun.
Li Juexian and Chen Yijiang, Hu Huaide's immediate superiors who rushed into Fengyue Tower with him, were calmer and only rubbed their eyes after returning to their positions.
Military medals are not awarded lightly.
Although more than 20,000 North Korean troops were questioned this time, Zhu Yijun only awarded it to six people.
It's just that names and weapons cannot be faked by others, so no matter how few people are awarded, Zhu Yijun has to personally award them.
But even if it was only awarded to six people, it still made the soldiers' eyes sparkle when they came over.
After being awarded the Military Medal, Zhu Yijun asked Zhou Yong, Governor of Jiliao, about local border conditions and people's conditions. That night, he also specially announced that five generals, Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang, Guo Hu, Ma Fang, and Ma Jin, were accompanying him. See you in the Political Hall.
When these five generals arrived, there were Zhang Juzheng, Fang Fengshi and other ministers sitting or standing in front of Zhu Yijun.
After the five generals saluted him, Zhu Yijun also sat down with the five generals and said: "I asked you to come to Gonghua City Palace to see me for no other reason than the enlargement of the camp. You should ask your ministers, they are all leaders of troops, and they should know more clearly how many troops should be deployed at each critical point."
Zhu Yijun said, "Now, the land clearing has been completed, and taxes have been increased a lot. Therefore, sir, I have asked me to cancel the preferential exemptions, and the officials and gentry must pay the grain and serve as errands together. Therefore, it is a powerful weapon." , it is completely possible to add more troops, and completely solve the various hidden dangers raised by the Privy Council before. Therefore, the ministers can report the number of troops they need to increase based on their actual military needs, and there is no need to worry, the court can Can’t pay enough.”
On the surface, Zhu Yijun informed Yu Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang and others in the form of a notice that the imperial court would cancel the preferential exemptions and implement the unified payment of grain and errands by officials and gentry.
In fact, we are consulting these generals for their opinions.
Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang and others also understood the emperor's implication.
But what they were not sure about was whether this was what the emperor really meant from his heart, or whether Zhang Juzheng meant it and just guided the emperor to express it.
But whether it is Zhang Juzheng's intention or the emperor's intention, it is not important to Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang and others. What is important is whether they now support the imperial court's implementation of the new policy of paying grain and serving as errands for both officials and gentry.
"Your Majesty, I would like to inform you that the Jizhou frontier army, after being ordered to increase the number of 20,000 troops and training for many years, is already familiar with chariot warfare, and can defend and attack. There is no need to increase the number of troops."
"And the remaining soldiers who were assisting the defenders of the South can be used as troops to attack the Japanese, and there is no need to increase them;"
"If we want to increase the number of troops in the future, I can only fulfill Mr. Tan's long-cherished wish, which is to reorganize the Beijing camp and the guards of the pro-army, increase the number of troops in the pro-army, and transfer southern troops to the pro-army guards to guard the training. Recruit."
"As for the number of new pro-military guards, I think it can only be decided after the Privy Council calculates how many southern soldiers can be retained in the capital to assist in guarding and training."
Qi Jiguang stood up first and directly suggested that his Qi family army should be used to enrich the emperor's personal army and train the emperor's personal army, hoping to expand the emperor's personal army.
Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this. He knew that Qi Jiguang was expressing his support for officials and gentry to pay food and serve as errands. Otherwise, he would not advocate strengthening the military power of the emperor, and even actively asked to give his troops to the emperor, hoping that the emperor would trust him. soldiers, as if he believed that he would support the decision of the court officials and gentry to pay food and serve as errands.
But after Qi Jiguang said this, except for Zhang Juzheng, all the civil and military officials present looked at Qi Jiguang in horror, and then they all looked at Zhang Juzheng.
But Zhang Juzheng said nothing, as if he didn't hear Qi Jiguang's words.
Li Chengliang's mouth was half open at this time, and he didn't speak for a long time.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun had to take the initiative to ask Li Chengliang: "Li Qing's family, where are you? Don't you lack troops in Liaodong? If you don't lack troops, why haven't the remnants of the traitor Wang Gao been wiped out yet?!"
After hearing this, Li Chengliang hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, it is indeed due to the lack of troops!"
Li Chengliang must recognize Zhu Yijun as a saint.
Because he didn't dare to admit that he was deliberately raising bandits.
"Since we are short of troops, we have to say it!"
"If you don't tell me, who knows? Besides, I am not an unknown person, so there is nothing I dare not say."
Zhu Yijun spoke at this time, and also made Li Chengliang stand up.
After Li Chengliang thanked him, he explained: "This is my first time meeting the Holy Emperor. I am quite afraid of the Emperor's power, so I lost my composure for a moment. Please forgive me!"
"As for the shortage of troops, I also mentioned it in the Liaodong Tongfu Yuan. If we really want to completely eliminate the danger in Liao, we need to increase the number of troops by 20,000! We also train infantry and can attack strongholds with heavy armor. After all, the Jurchens are different The Mongols are not nomadic, they make a living by fishing and hunting, and they often form strongholds, so cavalry alone is indeed not enough to control Liao."
Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this, then looked at Ma Fang, Guo Hu, and Ma Jin: "Where are you?"
Ma Fang also hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Xuanfu should also increase the number of troops by 10,000 to build chariot camps so that the Tatars will not dare to invade the border."
Guo Hu also said: "Your Majesty, Datong also needs 10,000 additional troops to build a chariot camp."
Ma Jin followed: "Your Majesty, Shanxi needs to increase its troops by 5,000 troops, build chariot camps, and strengthen border defenses to the west of Ningwuguan to prevent the captives from going deep into Jin."
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but laugh: "Very good, we all want the army in the border town to be able to combine infantry, artillery and cavalry, right?"
(End of chapter)
