Li Jinglong got up early in the morning today.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Zhu Yunwen set the National Day, to award medals to military generals today, and all the governors of the five armies have a share in the affairs of all the governors, and Yang Wen of Shandong rushed back a year ago because of his proximity, and the New Year's Eve was spent in Beijing.

Only Xu Huizu and Song Sheng, who were far away in Yunnan and Monan, could not rush back, but the medals would be sent over after the award ceremony.

Zhu Yunwen restructured the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, except for Xu Hui Zugui as the head of the martial arts, and his position as the Left Governor of the Central Army Governor's Mansion did not move, Song Sheng led the Left Governor of the Northern Army, Yang Wen led the Left Governor of the Eastern Army, and even the veteran Geng Bingwen led the Left Governor of the Western Army, but he Li Jinglong became the left governor of the Southern Army.

"Hanshanhou, Happy New Year."

Li Jinglong was in the main hall, and there was a family member waiting outside the door, and Yang Wen was brought in, and Li Jinglong got up and hurriedly greeted him.

Although he Li Jinglong is a prince of the country, he has no real power in his hands, Yang Wen is an orthodox diehard, and he can win the trust of Taizu to go out of Liaodong, and the Jianwen Dynasty further led the commander of Shandong Weidu, with hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, he Li Jinglong also had to be polite.

"Happy New Year to Cao Guogong." Yang Wen arched his hand, "Wei Guogong is not in Beijing, and it is difficult for Cao Guogong to coordinate the affairs of the five mansions." ”

Li Jinglong hurriedly waved his hand, "It's all as it should be, Hanshanhou, please take a seat." ”

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and the family ran in to say, "Grandpa, Changxinghou has arrived." ”

Changxinghou is Geng Bingwen.

Geng Bingwen is old, and he has experienced the bloody years of the Hongwu Dynasty, and he has seen countless siblings die tragically under the knife of Taizu, and the greed for power in his heart has long disappeared without a trace. Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, Geng Bingwen only showed up on the day of the court, and has been sick at home since then.

Both of them stood up, "Marquis Changxing is here, welcome him." "I walked out, but I didn't expect to bump into it.

"Cao Guo's public security is good, and Hanshanhou is safe." Geng Bingwen was old and strong, his voice was strong and powerful, and he saluted the two. Frightened, the two of them hurriedly turned sideways, "Changxing Hou is fine." ”

Although they are both martial arts, Geng Bingwen really fought the battle for the founding of the country, Song Sheng and Yang Wen began to gradually establish and promote after the founding of the country, Xu Huizu and Li Jinglong are the lords, relying on Yu Yin, so they are very polite when they see Geng Bingwen.

The two introduced Geng Bingwen into the main hall, and Li Jinglong beckoned, "Marquis Changxing, please take a seat." ”

Geng Bingwen didn't dare to refuse, but instead sat in the first position on his right hand and gave up his left hand to Yang Wen. The old marquis is old, and he is cautious in his heart, what false status is not important to Geng Bingwen, he is looking forward to living a few more years, so that he can help several children on the horse and send them off again, so every day he keeps in mind what is inferior and low-key.

The three of them chatted for a while, and the martial artists of the five mansions were also there, and Li Jinglong clicked the roster, "Except for Wei Guogong and Xining Hou, who are not in Beijing, the big guys are also all here, and if you want to go out of Gong, let's enter the palace to face the saint." ”

You are not allowed to go to the toilet when you face the saint, you have to say that you want to go to the toilet halfway, that is not good, you have to endure it, otherwise it is a loss of honor in front of the emperor, and you have to beat the court staff, in case you have diarrhea, then the calf is over, either you are sick, or you want to block it yourself. Therefore, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the reason why the ministers did not dare to eat or drink water before going to court was here.

The big guys all brewed for a while, feeling that the state was acceptable, and they all said that there was no problem, so Li Jinglong organized a queue and left the palace in the direction of the imperial city.

Fortunately, Li Jinglong is a nobleman, the mansion is close to the palace, and the big guy walks less than half an hour to Hongwu Gate, this point is about half past five in the morning, everyone thought that the palace gate was not opened, and when they arrived, they found that Hongwu Gate had already been opened, and both sides were full of Beijing camps with their heads held high, oh, now the soldiers who have changed their names to the National Defense Army.

Tie Xuan, who was dressed in military uniform, stepped forward, "I've seen Cao Guogong and all the marquis." ”

Tie Xuan bowed to them, and Li Jinglong was still very unhappy. After all, according to the previous Ming military salute, a subordinate like Tie Xuan who has no title should kneel on one knee when he sees the salute, no way, he is now the chief training officer of the new army, so what do you like.

The big guy reluctantly returned the salute.

"Why is General Tie here, hasn't this palace ban always been in charge of the Imperial Commander Jinyiwei?"

Li Jinglong wondered, when did the new army enter the palace?

Tie Xuan led the big guy into the imperial city, and Li Jinglong and others found that the imperial city was already full of new troops, neatly arranged in the squares on both sides of the imperial road.

"Your Majesty said that you will be honored today, and the new army has been established, and I want to let you review it."

Tie Xuan explained as he walked, "The ugly daughter-in-law still has to see her in-laws, the new army is the barrier of the country, the adults are all important generals in the army, and the military is the best in the world, take a look, and give some advice to Your Majesty." ”

Li Jinglong and the others said that they didn't dare, and looked around, and their eyes suddenly widened when they saw it.

Where have they seen what is called a military posture, what is called a queue type, two phalanxes, whether they look horizontally or obliquely, they are a point, and they thought that there was only one soldier in the whole line, five thousand troops on each side, standing neatly as one, the Beijing camp that used to be tall, short, fat and thin, now the posture is almost the same, and one by one is energetic, the eyes do not squint, the pestle is there like a sculpture, the cold wind of the first month blows, and there is not even a shiver.

The big guy swallowed, "General Tie, this is the soldier you trained?" ”

I didn't see it, this Tie Xuan is so good at training, what is elite, this is called elite, Yang Wen compared the new army with his Shandong Weiyi, and suddenly felt that Shandong Wei was a group of stragglers, standing without standing, sitting without sitting.

Tie Xuan couldn't stop the pride on his face, and arched his hands to the north, "The last general doesn't have such ability, the new army training manual is made by His Majesty, and the last general is just training according to the rules, but he doesn't dare to take credit." ”

Yang Wen exclaimed, "This army is magnificent, the army is prosperous, I saw the army of the nine sides in Liaodong back then, it is Yan Wangwei, compared to the military appearance, it is far less shocking than the new army, Your Majesty is also a true hero, but this fly in the ointment is a slight lack of murderous aura." ”

"In the words of the Marquis of Hanshan, what the new army lacks is the baptism of the battle array."

Tie Xuan picked up his thumb and said, "The rest of the generals will not be accompanied, congratulations to the adults on their honors today." ”

The noon gate has arrived, and Shuangxi has been waiting for a long time, and Tie Xuan, who is not on the medal list, is obviously not qualified to enter the Fengtian Palace, so he consciously stopped.

"Cao Guogong, all the marquis." Shuangxi greeted him, "Hurry up and enter the palace, Your Majesty is waiting in the Fengtian Palace." ”

Everyone was taken aback, hurriedly quickened their pace, followed Shuangxi through the noon gate, followed the auxiliary road all the way through the temple steps, and entered the Fengtian Temple.

"Ministers, see my emperor's holy bow!"

Everyone bowed down when they saw the king, but none of them clasped their fists and saluted.

Zhu Yunwen walked down the steps and helped Geng Bingwen up first, "Qing and others are the pillars of the country, the barrier of the world, I said, Wu Xun should kneel and get up quickly." Today's National Day, drinking water and thinking about the source all depend on the merits of the people. Double happiness, let's announce the edict. ”

Everyone saw Shuangxi holding the holy decree, and just wanted to kneel, but was stopped by Zhu Yunwen, "Today, Qing and the others are standing and listening." "Everyone was terrified.

Shuangxi cleared his throat and unfolded the silk silk, "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: The former Taizu inherited the mandate of heaven to defeat the Yuan, and An Lishu restored his clothes." Open the way of heaven and road, and establish a dynasty one by one. It has been 30 years for two years. I inherited the throne, looked up to the mercy of the ancestors, and relied on the ministers Sasuke. Drinking water and thinking of the source, all the Qing and other founding of the country to defend the land, today's National Day, when the Qing and other merits, the Taimiao, show the world. ”

Everyone saluted, "The ministers are ashamed, thank you for Your Majesty's grace." ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled and beckoned, and a group of palace maids stepped forward with a wooden plate, the tray sat on the bottom of bright yellow silk, and a golden medal was placed on it, which was passed through with red satin.

Zhu Yunwen took a piece and took the lead in putting it on Geng Bingwen's neck, "Lao Qing's family is my Ming Dynasty's Dinghai Shen Needle, this is the first to be awarded, and it is also the only one in this award, it is none other than the old general. ”

The name of the first medal made by Zhu Yunwen's Ministry of Engineering was the Sun and Moon Medal. The front of the medal is engraved with the sun, moon, mountains and rivers, and the back is auspicious with dragons and phoenixes, which can be called gorgeous.

The sun and the moon are bright, Hua is the Chinese nation, and the chapter is commendation and commemoration. In the honor system formulated by Zhu Yunwen for the Ming Dynasty, the Sun and Moon Huazhang is the highest honor, and there is only one piece of honor this time.

This is followed by the Order of Martial Arts, the Order of Zhaowen, and the Order of Ingenuity.

Further down are the second- and third-class medals.

Geng Bingwen is the founding general of the country, and he is the only remaining martial artist, and only Geng Bingwen is qualified to receive this chapter of the sun and the moon.

Geng Bingwen trembled and touched the medal on his chest, only to feel a burst of tears in his eyes, "The old minister's slight merit, where is it worthy, Your Majesty is serious." ”

Zhu Yunwen patted Geng Bingwen's hand, "The so-called son does not say anything about his father, I don't dare to discuss the mistakes of Taizu, but I am not Taizu, the old general does not have to worry and be cautious, the new dynasty was established, the military and politics in the country are cumbersome, and many places still need the old general to operate for a few years." ”

Geng Bingwen bowed to the ground, "Your Majesty has an order, and the minister will serve his life." ”

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly picked up, "The old general will not worship again in the future, I am in the same order, and in the future, those who are worthy of the sun and moon will be exempted from the courtesy." ”

Subsequently, Zhu Yunwen walked to Yang Wen and wore a first-class martial arts medal for the latter, "Qing in his early years went north to Mongolia, Nanping Guizhou, Guangxi, and Liaodong in the later towns, with outstanding military merits, Anbang and the country, this first-class martial arts medal, Qing deserves it." ”

Yang Wen thanked him. "Your Majesty Long."

Li Jinglong, who was on the side, saw that he was the only one who received the rank of the generals today, but he didn't expect that Geng Bingwen and Yang Wen received the medal first.

But this medal is still divided into grades? Geng Bingwen's name is Sun Moon Huazhang, and Yang Wen's leader is a first-class Wu Yi, and when he hears the name, he knows that Geng Bingwen's thing is more advanced.

Thinking of the only piece that the emperor just said, Li Jinglong's heart suddenly cooled, and it seemed that he was not qualified to enjoy it.

Sure enough, after awarding Yang Wen, Zhu Yunwen's third was Li Jinglong, "Qing served in the Five Mansions, coordinated the world's military with Wei Guogong, worked hard and made high achievements, and first-class martial arts, Qing deserved." ”

It seems that the old man's afterglow is not good here.

Li Jinglong sighed in his heart, but he was still satisfied, he was also first-class, it didn't matter if he wasn't as good as Geng Bingwen, as long as he didn't be compared to Yang Wen.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long."

The rest of the people, the right governors of the five prefectures all received the first-class Wuyi Medal, and the governors all received the second-class Wuyi Medal.

After the award was completed, Zhu Yunwen said, "Wei Guogong and Song Sheng, who are not in Beijing, I will send an envoy to send them, and at noon, I will set up a banquet in the provincial bow hall, and if the Zhongqing family is fine, you can stay and drink together." ”

Thank you all.

The fourth day of the first month of the first year of Jianwen, National Day. Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen was awarded the medal in Fengtian Palace.