Kangxi looked at the ministers in the tent, his face finally eased a little, and even the atmosphere in the entire tent was slightly relaxed, and some ministers suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

"What Tong Fahai said, I deeply believe it."

Looking at the courtiers kneeling on the ground, Kangxi was still a little angry, so he said to the ministers with a didactic attitude: "Since the southern expedition of the army, how many times have they lost, it is not all because of insufficient understanding of Chu Reverse, so that they are passive everywhere, which has led to today's situation. Therefore, I think that I must no longer be led by the nose by Chu Yi, and the Great Qing Kingdom can no longer tolerate such a situation, you must also give me a good thought, think about it carefully! ”

"Special purpose, promote Tong Fahai to the Ministry of War, and Xun Zhu will be in charge of the Minister of Luan Yi from now on."

Tong Fahai and Xunzhu received the order at the same time, Tong Fahai naturally needless to say, from a second-rank governor of Guangdong, he was suddenly promoted from a first-rank military secretary, and he is in real power, which can be described as a high power. And Xun Zhu is not unhappy, he has been promoted from the secretary of the military department to the minister of honor and guard, after all, in the current Qing court, in addition to General Ili and General Suiyuan, who are stationed in the important places of the border fortress, have the rank of Zhengyipin, the remaining two from the first-rank military position are the Minister of the Guards and the Minister of Zhangluan Yiwei.

This time the monarch asked the right question, but everyone didn't expect that Tong Fahai, who had always been low-key and cautious, actually spoke freely in front of the king, and it happened to reach Kangxi's heart, so he was valued by Kangxi and was promoted to the secretary of the criminal department.

Kangxi glanced around at the ministers, and his face showed a little smugness, which is also telling the ministers: If you want to have sugar to eat, you have to do a good job first!

But this is not enough at the moment, Kangxi said again: "The governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Nian Qianyao, diligently supervised the war, restrained Chu and made meritorious contributions, and was promoted to the Han Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and rewarded his merits. ”

Yes, another military department was given, and this scene made all the ministers a little envious, but it can be regarded as achieving Kangxi's goal of rewarding those who are willing to do things with high-ranking officials.

"Now my Jiangshan Sheji in the Qing Dynasty is facing a complicated situation, Chu is aggressive, and the whole world is affected by the newly victorious army, and Taiwan's Zhu Yigui is also involved in the Qing Dynasty behind, and there is a White Lotus cult on the side, and the crisis in the world is far beyond the time of the three feudatories."

Kangxi's face was slightly ruddy, but his ruddy complexion was abnormally white, and this clear-eyed person could understand at a glance that Kangxi was now in a state where the lamp was running out.

"Rank ministers, my Daqing country is definitely not the country of the Aixin Jueluo family, but the country of the entire court! Now that the decisive battle is coming, you also need to work hard to protect the society of our Qing Dynasty! If the ministers were diligent and diligent, would I be stingy with rewards? ”

The ministers hurriedly knelt down and shouted together: "Enlighten the emperor, pacify the bandits, help the world, and return the Qing Dynasty to a country and people, and it is incumbent on the minions to do so." ”

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Kangxi finished his breath, and gave his will to Puzhao, the minister of the guard, the content of which was naturally what Tong Fahai said, and then Puzhao led the 20,000 green battalions from Lu Gongshan and went all the way to Lu Tingyi and Daguan.

20,000 Qing troops marched along the trail, since they stayed on the Lugong Mountain for a few days, these Qing troops felt really depressed, after all, the Lugong Mountain is just a small mountain, it is really quite boring, so once the mountain is down, the green battalion soldiers are more or less excited.

It's just that unlike the excited green battalion soldiers, Puzhao, the minister of the guard at this time, felt a very wrong feeling, he subconsciously thought that his people had been given up by Kangxi, and even became a bait to attract Chu Yi out of the city, but the king's life was in front, and Puzhao didn't dare to question it, just kept sighing.

Li Shude, the governor of Shandong on the side, followed Puzhao around, flattering him from time to time: "Lord Pu, what does this emperor mean?" Not long after we arrived at Lugong Mountain, some of the positions that we had built with great difficulty were all wasted. ”

Pu Zhao snorted twice, "What do you mean?" What the emperor means, then we have to do it! Li Shude, your Shandong soldiers have been restless recently, as the governor of Shandong, you should know how to do it! ”

"That is, the lowly position naturally knows what to do., and will never cause trouble to the adults!" Li Shude flattered with a courteous face, but he felt a little miserable in his heart, the green battalion soldiers are used as cannon fodder everywhere, especially the 20,000 green battalions from Shandong, there are only more than 10,000 people left, and the rest have been pulled to fill the trenches.

It's just that the military order is like a mountain, and he doesn't dare to disobey it in the slightest, so Li Shude had no choice but to gather the generals from several towns under his command and simply convey the meaning of the holy decree, so that all the generals can take care of their soldiers, don't make trouble and don't be deserters, otherwise it will only be a matter of one sentence to kill a group of people in the name of the holy decree.

The generals' faces were a little dull, of course they knew the reason for the low morale now, mainly because during the period from Liantan Town to Kongcheng, the green battalion soldiers did not get the silver at all, and without the silver, it was naturally resentful of everyone, and some people even chose to be deserters, after all, there was no money to take and send the errand to death, but no one wanted to do it.

If it's just like this, the key is that in order to boost morale, Kangxi authorized the Eight Banners soldiers to burn and loot all the way, and the benefits obtained from this are nothing to do with the Green Battalion, and it greatly contributes to the contradictions between the Green Battalion and the Eight Banners, which naturally leads to a decline in morale and people's hearts.

Li Shude saw that the generals' expressions were wrong, and he was quite distressed at the moment, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "Everyone is a fellow villager, it is not easy to come out, even if I Li Shude does not become this official, I have to let everyone go back safely." ”

Everyone looked at each other, but it was not good to be too careful, even if they should be down, it was just that the adults had the troubles of the adults, and the green battalion soldiers at the bottom also had their fun.

"Old Chen, how long have you been lame in this leg? Why can you still follow us? ”

"Oh, if I don't go with you, where can I go? The adults in this court said to go, and I could only follow it. ”

Hundreds of Qing soldiers walked scattered behind the ranks, most of them were Shandong Green Battalion soldiers, one by one wearing tattered Green Battalion gowns, holding spears and short knives in their hands, and some carrying shotguns on their backs, casually following the large army.

The weather in February was not so cold, and the faint sunlight was warm on people's bodies, but everyone would not forget that in the past winter, all the way down the march, there were as many as 1,000 green battalion soldiers who froze to death and frostbite, and most of these people were hastily buried.

Old Chen Tou relied on the pit to abduct and deceive along the way, and finally survived this winter, and now seeing that he was going to fight again, his brows furrowed tightly, "Tianniang, when will this battle be fought..."

"Old Chen, we all hit the ball dead, I'm afraid this battle can be over." The Green Battalion soldiers on the side sneered, while the others looked desperate and self-deprecating.