Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 421, on the reward for meritorious deeds

Early the next morning, in the streets and alleys of Beijing and Tianjin, the Mingming Morning Post went on sale on time. As soon as the newsboys appeared in the streets and alleys, a large crowd of people immediately gathered around them, all scrambling to buy newspapers, getting ready take a look.

Although everyone already knew about the great victory yesterday, the complete annihilation of the Tartars, and the beheading of the little prince, but the specific process and details are not clear to everyone, but the Ming Morning Post can report it in detail.

So everyone is very anxious, eager to see the details, and everyone is very concerned about which hero beheaded the little prince. You must know that Emperor Hongzhi has already made a decree. A reward was placed, and the reward was one hundred thousand taels of silver.

The deeds about heroes are definitely what everyone likes the most and what they want to see the most.

"Sell newspaper~sell newspaper~"

"The three-way army united to wipe out the grassland army, and Yang Yun beat the enemy chief~"

While the newsboy was busy selling newspapers, he kept yelling out the main content of today's Ming Morning Post in order to attract more people to buy newspapers.

In the Golden Luan Hall, Emperor Hongzhi and his officials were going to the court. Emperor Hongzhi was smiling all over his face. He was in a good mood, and all the officials could tell.

The emperor was in a good mood, and naturally the following courtiers were all smiling and also very happy. The entire Golden Luan Hall was in a festive atmosphere.

"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly to Xiao Jing who was on the side, Xiao Jing immediately understood, took out an imperial decree that had been prepared a long time ago, and began to read it at the top of his voice.

"By God's blessing, the emperor's edict said: The remnants of the violent Yuan, repeatedly went south, violated our frontiers, burned, killed and looted, committed all kinds of crimes... Fortunately, thanks to the blessing of the ancestors, the Ming Dynasty was united, the officials were talented, the soldiers were brave, wiped out the bandits who went south, and beheaded the enemy chief... ..."

Xiao Jing's voice was very resonant, and it was transmitted to everyone's ears very clearly. This was an imperial decree announced to the whole world, announcing this great victory to the entire Ming Dynasty.

"Wang Yue was granted the title of Marquis of Dingbian, promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, and conferred the title of Grand Master to the Prince!"

"Liu Yu was granted the title of Uncle Jingbian, promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War, and bestowed upon the crown prince as Taifu!"

"I ordered Li Gao to be the Boss of the Blue Sky, and he was promoted to the Tripartite Command~"

"Emperor Yang Yun was made Marquis of Polu..."

"..."

After reading the imperial decree to announce to the world, Xiao Jing began to read a long list again, good guy, the titles that were extremely stingy in the past were rewarded like cabbage.

Wang Yue of the West Route Army and Yang Yun who beheaded the little prince were named Marquis, Liu Yu of the East Route, Li Gao of the South Route, and some important generals, commanders, and brave men who killed the enemy Feng Bo. More than [-] people got their jobs.

From this alone, we can know how happy Emperor Hongzhi was, and he was not stingy, and the iron rice bowls were handed out one after another.

Of course, this is also related to the rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Except for those related to the old Zhu family, if you want to be knighted, you must have military merit. A title without military merit is not called an iron rice bowl. There is no way fellow practitioners with the country.

This time, it was a real big victory, a big victory that had never been done before.

They wiped out all the prairie people and beheaded all the little princes. It is not too much to confer a few marquises and a batch of uncles. There are even too few marquises, only two people.

Wang Yue is a veteran. He is almost seventy years old. He has worked hard and made great achievements. Now that he is old, he is about to be buried in the ground. Unexpectedly, he even picked up a Marquis.

Yang Yun was granted the title of Marquis because Emperor Hongzhi had spoken ahead of time, beating the chief of the enemy and making him a Marquis. Otherwise, at most, he could only be a Earl.

As for Liu Yu, Li Gao and others, their credit can only be made an earl. After all, the victory of this war has nothing to do with them.

It is also possible to win the battle with just another person in command, because it is not them who really win the war, but Yin Zi, the following Ming army stimulated by Yin Zi.

It is enough to be named an earl, and it is enough for the world to see.

"Sigh~ The military commander Xungui Group is afraid that its power will increase greatly because of this battle. Moreover, His Majesty won this battle, and he will definitely respect martial arts even more in the future. I don't know whether it is good or bad."

As the names continued to be pronounced, some people were envious and jealous, while others began to worry.

The civilian group has always been dominant, controlling everything in the court, and completely crushing the military general Xungui group to death, but this time, with the victory of this battle, the military general Xungui group has grown in power and has the right to speak. With the expansion, naturally, the power of this civil servant group will be weakened, which makes many people become worried.

"Amnesty for the world, all criminals, except those who are heinous, will be pardoned!"

In the end, Emperor Hongzhi directly came to amnesty the world, as long as he was not a heinous person, he would pardon all his crimes.

This time, Emperor Hongzhi also spent his money, rewarding people for their meritorious deeds. The iron rice bowls were awarded one after another, and it was another amnesty for the world, which can be described as a festive occasion.

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On the other side, on the official roads leading from the capital to Shaanxi, Ningxia, and Gansu, a huge team escorted boxes of silver and was constantly on their way.

Among this huge team, Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin rode tall horses and walked very leisurely, discussing something while looking at the scenery along the way.

"Building monuments and martyrs' gardens?"

Zhu Houzhao listened carefully to Liu Jin's words, and said very puzzled.

"Yes, these two things must be done, and when the time comes, Your Highness, you must go to sacrifice in person. In this way, Your Highness, you can take all the hearts of the generals and let more people know For those who died in this battle, let everyone remember their names forever and never forget their great achievements."

Liu Jin nodded. The construction of monuments and gardens for martyrs is almost the routine operation of later generations. It is the highest respect for the sacrificed soldiers.

But in this era, there is no such concept at all. For these high-ranking people, they only need to reward meritorious deeds and confer titles on some outstanding people.

As for the dead soldiers, no one cared about them at all. It would be a good idea to find a place to bury the bones if someone helped them clean them up. Where would they build any monuments or special martyrs cemeteries.

Even if a place like Lingyan Pavilion is built, it is to commemorate and write about the great achievements of the top generals and ministers. No one will care about the sacrifice of soldiers at the bottom.

Even if there is, it would be pretty good to find a place to sell it and erect a tombstone.

"Okay, old Liu, what you said makes sense. The monument and martyrs' garden have been built."

After listening to Liu Jin's words, Zhu Houzhao nodded after thinking about it. Isn't it just a matter of spending money? He has plenty of silver.

These [-] Tatars, each of them is one hundred taels of silver, that is [-] million taels of silver. This time, the Ming army also suffered heavy casualties. Almost [-] people died, and each person cost two hundred taels of silver. The pension, calculated to be almost [-] million taels of silver.

In addition to the rewards that will be given to these generals and commanders, there are almost several million taels of silver, and the total adds up to almost [-] million taels of silver.

Fortunately, this time, the entire Ming Dynasty raised a lot of money, more than [-] million taels of silver. After the distribution, there will be about [-] million taels of silver left. According to Liu Jin's suggestion, a war under the supervision of the prince will be established. Fund, the War Foundation will invest this money, and the money earned from this investment will be used to reward the Ming army who fought bravely.

"Your Highness, not only to build monuments and gardens for martyrs, but His Highness should also show concern and concern for the families of the fallen soldiers."

"One of the most important points is to ensure that the families of these fallen soldiers can get their rewards and pensions for killing the enemy."

"In addition, Your Highness should also care about the parents and children of these fallen soldiers, see if they have any difficulties, and help if you can, even if it's just for a show, let the whole Ming Dynasty know that Your Highness cares about them. "

Liu Jin thought for a while and then said to Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao offered such a price, and everyone worked hard with their lives, so everyone's hard work must be worthwhile, and they can truly fulfill their promises.

"Hmm~"

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and had to say that Liu Jin's set of tactics was really one after another. According to Liu Jin's set of operations, even if he, the prince, had never been in the army for a day, he could still be able to control the hearts of the generals. Subdue him, gain a good reputation and evaluation, and make the soldiers of Ming Dynasty more loyal to themselves.

"No wonder he urged me to go there in person. There are so many things that I can't do if I don't go."

At the same time, he immediately understood the reason why Liu Jin wanted Zhu Houzhao to go there in person. Of course, he only thought of this aspect, but Liu Jin also had his own considerations.

If you want to compete for hegemony in the next global colonization, how can you do it without a strong waist? If you want to have a strong waist, the army of Ming Dynasty must carry out reforms, and at the same time, the control of the army must be taken back from the hands of the civil servants.

If these civil servants are allowed to control the military power all the time, no matter how powerful the army is, these civil servants will be turned into waste, and no matter how powerful the country is, let these civil servants control it, it will become a weak little sheep.

This is very unfavorable to Liu Jin's next plan. The grasslands in Mobei, as well as the development of the Northeast and Siberia regions, the conquest of the Americas, the South Seas and Australia, without the support of a strong army, all these are castles in the sky, and it is easy to It will be punctured.

(End of this chapter)