Lu Ming

Chapter 471
The knight holding the banner of the general army entered Guangqumen first.

Following the flag into the city was a man in bright armor, representing Chen Ce, the young chief executive of the governor's office in Fujian.

Chen Ce's entry into the city drew huge cheers—on the tip of the spear he raised in his hand, it was the head of the great Kou Amin.

The next one to appear on the stage was Erwu Zai, who had just gotten up from a mid-life crisis, and "personally" stabbed to death Shuo Tuo's Yongping General Li Jichun.

Li Jichun was also wearing armor, with Shuo Tuo's head stuck on the spear in his hand.

Riding on the horse, Li Jichun's face was flushed at the moment, and he couldn't tell whether he was stimulated by the cheers of the men in the capital, or he was ashamed, or both.

In short, the knight holding the heads of two Tartar leaders attracted the loudest cheers and attention.

After that, Cao Zongbing appeared.

Cao Zongbing, who was dressed in a red official robe, didn't need to attract attention at all, so he was escorted by his personal guards and walked through the long street step by step in the team, not very eye-catching.

Ever since the time-traveling people from later generations became masters, they all suffered from persecution delusions.Therefore, in public, Cao Zongbing always follows the general style of successful people in later generations, and is always surrounded by personal guards.

Otherwise, what if the lurking Tartar shoots him with an arrow?If you wear seven or eight holes, you won't be Kennedy.
After the leading guard team passed by, the ones following behind were 500 members of the Flying Tiger Battalion, wearing copper basin hats and brand-new bright red Ming army mandarin duck jackets.These Tianjin natives took off their green jackets today, put on formal clothes, and pretended to be a regular Ming army.

The army was neatly organized, and the cavalry team marched in four rows, and the places they passed also attracted applause one after another.

The members of the Flying Tiger Battalion riding on tall horses raised their heads and chests high at this moment, trying to put on the posture of a veteran soldier.

These aborigines from Tianjin really never dreamed that one day they would be able to make such a show in the capital.

Accompanied by waves of applause by the side of the road, some young people gradually couldn't pretend to be forced in the eager atmosphere, so from time to time some team members grinned and waved to both sides, destroying the solemn and solemn atmosphere of the queue. do.

The last ones to appear were soldiers from the Guards Battalion in green coats and rifles on their backs.

The Guards Battalion soldiers who had received "formal education" all had sullen faces and seemed to follow a little casually at the end of the brigade, showing no excitement at all when they entered the great capital and were about to meet the emperor.

In addition, the Guards Battalion did not give the aborigines a goose step performance that is necessary for the crossing people's military parade today, and just followed the squad in a very low-key manner.

Travelers have thought about doing this.

There is always a process of familiarization and acceptance in everything.What needs to be done now is to pack these short-haired and green-coated soldiers into special arms under the command of remote chieftains like "white soldiers".

In this way, when the number of short-haired people in the Beijing-Tianjin area gradually increases in the future, the people will gradually accept it.

So there is no need to shock the world anymore today, let the Internet celebrities holding their heads and Tianjin natives attract attention.

In this way, the low-key soldiers of the Green Coat Battalion followed behind the brigade and marched steadily.Apart from the fresh and curious comments of some Ming people along the way, nothing went wrong.

When the banner of General Cao came to the gate of Daming, the Jingguan on the left and right sides of the tower had already been piled up, and it was only a matter of "finishing the finishing touch".

Under the gaze of thousands of eyes, the two knights holding the heads of Amin and Shuotuo stretched out their spears to the soldiers standing at the top of the Jingguan.

Then the heads were removed from the tops of the spears, and each was placed on top of the pyramid.

So, Licheng, thousands of cheers sounded.

Accompanied by the sound, Cao Zongbing came out of the crowd and came to the gate of Daming alone.

At the same time, the bells and drums at the foot of Daming Gate rang together, and two rows of trumpeters blew a low and long tone at the same time.

The next moment, three side-by-side doors slowly opened.From the central gate of the country, a jade chariot drove out. On it was the Chongzhen Emperor in a bright yellow dragon robe and a crown on his head.And from the side doors on both sides, a group of officials lined up came out.

At this time, you can't pretend to be coercive. This person is here to get to know each other, not Gengyao.So when he saw the highly recognizable bright yellow figure, Cao Zongbing immediately got off his horse, pushed the golden mountain and inverted the jade pillar, knelt down and yelled: "Your servant Cao Chuan kowtows to my emperor, long live long live long live."

The jade chariot stopped after passing through the city gate.Soon, the emperor came in front of him, bent down and stretched out his arms, helped Cao Zongbing up, and said in a gentle voice: "Aiqing, please forgive me!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" General Cao stood up.At this moment, Ming Jun's loyal ministers finally met each other's eyes, and both sides showed excited expressions.

"The general has made an indelible contribution to the imperial court this time. Today, I personally lead a group of ministers to disarm the general. There will be a big reward later."

"Thank you, Your Majesty! From now on, but I have something to entrust, and the last general will die!"

"Good! Good!" The emperor raised his head and laughed, his young face was radiant, and his eyes were shining brightly: "My love, please come with me on the chariot."

"I am frightened!"

The next moment, under the gaze of thousands of complicated eyes, amidst the drums and the shouts of the Ming people behind him, the young emperor stretched out his hand to support Cao Zhongchen's arm, and the two boarded the jade chariot together, and the car drove slowly into the Daming Gate.

This action created a new record: the main entrance of Daming Gate, which only the Supreme Emperor, the emperor and the queen of the main palace on the day of her wedding, could enter and exit, passed a military general for the first time.

In this way, accompanied by hundreds of officials lined up on both sides, the jade chariot slowly passed through the Daming Gate, passed the long government offices under the high walls on both sides, passed the Waijinshui Bridge with white marble railings, and continued to pass through the majestic Chengtianmen (Tiananmen) and Meridian Gate, cross the Inner Jinshui Bridge, pass through the Huangji Gate, and finally stop in front of the broad Huangji Hall.

The extremely honorable and favored treatment put Cao Zongbing in a mysterious state after he got off the car - he could feel the countless curious or cold eyes around him, how many of them were full of intense emotion. Strong malice.

Fortunately, Comrade Zhang Dongdong also visited the Forbidden City back then, so he was not nervous when he stood in front of the Huangji Hall today, but he had some emotions after time and space disorder: the dense tourists were replaced by dense officials, and the plaque of the Hall of Supreme Harmony It was replaced by the Emperor Palace.

After the emperor got off the car, he went to the apse to rest and prepare under the service of the eunuchs and guards.The rest of the officials waited outside the hall for a while, and after forming a line, they entered the Huangji Hall one by one.

Although today is not the day of the Great Court Meeting, the grandness has already surpassed the Great Court Meeting, so all the officials in Beijing, including Xungui's relatives, were all present.

In this way, those who can get a place in the Huangji Palace are basically officials of the fourth grade or above, and the rest of the dicks line up in line, from the gate of the palace to the square, which is very spectacular.

After three blows of the whip, there was a loud and shrill shout from Empress Dan: "The emperor is here!"

After hearing the protracted shout, the officials inside and outside the hall collectively became solemn.Immediately afterwards, the emperor, who had replaced the troublesome crown and put on a crown of golden gauze wings, walked out from behind the throne.

The emperor ascended the throne, and the officials kowtowed, and after the cutscene, they returned to their places.

The next process is not to return to court without incident.

Relying on the small merit of the first good news, I obtained a Fangzhenghua eunuch wearing a boa robe from the emperor. At this moment, after seeing the emperor nodding his head, he happily walked to Dan Majesty, and unfolded an imperial edict in his hand. : "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: Cao Chuan, the general soldier, stepped forward to accept the seal!"

This is an imperial decree that anyone on Earth can guess the content of: "With the Cao family's outstanding military exploits, this special decree confers—Dr. Ronglu, Zhu Guo, Zhongyong Bo, Minister of the Ministry of War, Zuo Dudu of the Rear Army Commander's Mansion."

So Cao Zongbing Xinke Zhongyongbo hurried forward to kowtow to thank him.

Except for those dukes and nobles at the founding of the country, during the Chongzhen period, few generals with real power and troops could directly complement these titles.Including Zu Dashou and Mao Wenlong who lived in the Liao Dynasty in the fourth generation, none of them were able to get such a complete rank of generals.

Cao Zongbing jumped to the sky today, and became the real Earl of Daming by virtue of the two piles of Jingguan in front of Daming Gate.

The title Zhongyongbo is still very meaningful, and it contains the emperor's strong expectations.

The first generation of Zhongyong Bo before this can be traced back to a general named Jiang Xin during the Zhengtong period, and the second generation of Zhongyong Bo is his descendant Jiang Shan.Now that 200 years have passed, Cao Zongbing has become the third generation of Zhongyong Bo of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the rest of them, they all started from the first-rank loose officials and the false titles of Wu Xun.

From this string of titles, it can be seen that Emperor Chongzhen was indeed afraid of being bullied by the Tartars during this Jisi change.You must know that Chongzhen has always been stingy, and has never rewarded military commanders with such generous official positions.

Even so, the emperor on the throne still felt a little owed to Uncle Cao Zongbing Zhongyong.

So after Uncle Zhongyong kowtowed to thank him, the emperor made a special confession in public: the top title was not given because the northern captives had not been completely wiped out, so the emperor wanted to leave some titles for future use, and hoped that Uncle Zhongyong of Xinke would make persistent efforts. Sweep out the northern captives as soon as possible, and the emperor will definitely reward them generously.

What else can Uncle Zhongyong say at this time?I can only express my loyalty loudly.

This round of procedures had just been completed, and Fang Zhenghua's second imperial decree was launched again.

The content this time is relatively simple: the emperor asked Uncle Zhongyong to report all those who made meritorious service in this battle to the roster, and they will all be rewarded with great rewards afterwards, "I will not refuse."

In addition, the emperor gave Uncle Zhongyong a house in the capital, and by the way, he also rewarded him with a series of good things such as slaves, bows and knives, BMWs, gold coins, and Shu brocade.

Uncle Zhongyong dragged his sore knees and kowtowed to thank him
The decree is not over yet.

Fang Zhenghua took out the third envelope.

Fortunately, the content this time has nothing to do with Mr. Cao's military affairs.Taking advantage of the power of his victory, the arrogant emperor directly promoted Wen Tiren, an old drama player who already had a reputation as a "knowledgeable soldier", to Dongge University Bachelor and Minister of Rites in the imperial decree—more than two months earlier than in history.

The members of the Donglin Party in the palace gritted their silver teeth at this moment.However, today is a day of great joy, whoever wants to make life difficult for the emperor will be looking for layoffs, maybe looking for a jail, so at this moment, the heroes of Donglin can only watch the old thief Wen come forward to accept the order to thank him, but there is nothing he can do.

(End of this chapter)