Chapter 420, On Meritorious Deeds

Early the next morning, in the streets and alleys of Beijing and Tianjin, the Ming Morning Post went on sale on time, and as soon as the newsboys appeared in the streets and alleys, a large number of people immediately gathered around them, all of them rushed to buy the newspaper, ready to take a good look.

Although everyone already knew about the great victory yesterday, knew that the Tartars were completely annihilated, and the little prince was beheaded, the specific process and details were not clear to everyone, but the Ming Morning Post could report it in detail.

So everyone is very anxious, they are anxious to see the details, and everyone is very concerned, in the end, the hero beheaded the little prince, you must know that Emperor Hongzhi has already made a decree to kill the enemy chieftain and seal the marquis, and the prince has also placed a reward of 100,000 taels of silver.

The deeds of heroes are definitely everyone's favorite and most wanted to see things.

"Sell Newspaper~Sell Newspaper~"

"The three-way army annihilated the grassland army, and Yang Yunli killed the enemy chief~"

While the newsboy was busy selling newspapers, he also kept shouting and shouting out the main contents of today's Ming Morning News, so as to attract more people to come and buy newspapers.

In the Jinluan Palace, Emperor Hongzhi and the ministers were in the early court, and the Emperor Hongzhi was smiling, and the mood was quite good, and the ministers could see it.

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

"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly to Xiao Jing on the side, Xiao Jing immediately understood, took out a holy decree that had been prepared a long time ago, opened his throat and began to read.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said: The remnants of the tyrannical Yuan have repeatedly gone south, invaded our frontier, burned, killed, plundered, and done all kinds of evil...... Fortunately, thanks to the blessing of the ancestors, the Ming Dynasty is united, the ministers are capable, the soldiers are brave, all the thieves who went south were annihilated, and the enemy chieftains were beheaded......"

Xiao Jing's voice is very loud, and it is very clearly transmitted to everyone's ears, this is a holy decree to the whole world, and to the entire Ming Dynasty to announce this great victory.

"The more the king was entitled, he was promoted to the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and he was awarded the prince and the prince!"

"Crown Liu Yu as Jingbian Bo, promote the squire of the military department, and confer the crown prince and concubine!"

"Enshrine Li Gao as the blue sky uncle, and promote the trilateral general system~"

"Edict Yang Yun is the ..... of the prisoner"

“……”

After reciting the holy decree to the world, Xiao Jing began to read a long list again, good guy, the title that was extremely stingy in the past was rewarded like a cabbage.

Wang Yue of the West Route Army and Yang Yun Fenghou who beheaded the little prince, Liu Yu of the East Road, Li Gao of the South Road, and some important generals, commanders and brave people who killed the enemy Feng Bo, calculated that more than 30 of them got the iron rice bowl this time.

From here alone, you can know how good Emperor Hongzhi's mood is, and he is not stingy, and the iron rice bowls are sent 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 the people related to the old Zhu family, if they want to be knighted, they must have military merits.

This time, it was a real big win, a big win that has never been seen before.

wiped out all the grassland people, and beheaded the little prince, sealing a few waits, sealing a group of uncles is not too much, and even this marquis is too few, only two people.

Wang Yue is a veteran, he is already a handful of years, he is almost seventy years old, and he has worked hard, and when he is old, he is about to enter the ground, but he didn't expect to pick up a marquis.

Yang Yun was made a marquis because Emperor Hongzhi had spoken in advance, and he was directly crowned a marquis by beheading the enemy, so he was made a marquis, otherwise he would only be able to be a count at most.

As for Liu Yu and Li Gao and others, their merits can only be crowned as an earl, after all, the victory of this war actually has nothing to do with them.

It is also possible to win the battle by changing the command of any person, because it is not them who really win this war, but the silver, the following Ming troops who are stimulated by the silver.

It's okay to be an earl, just let the world see it.

"Alas~ Because of this battle, the military generals and honorable groups are afraid that their power will increase greatly, and Your Majesty has won this battle, and he will definitely be more martial arts in the future, and I don't know if it is good or bad."

As the names kept being pronounced, some people were envious, jealous and hateful, while others began to worry.

It has always been the monopoly of the civilian clique, controlling everything in the DPRK and China, and completely crushing the military generals and nobles to death, but this time, with the victory in this battle, the power of the military generals and nobles group has grown, and the right to speak has also expanded.

"Amnesty for the world, all prisoners, non-heinous criminals, will be pardoned!"

In the end, Emperor Hongzhi directly came to amnesty the world, as long as it was not a heinous person, all of them were pardoned for their crimes.

This time, Emperor Hongzhi can be regarded as taking out his blood capital, rewarding meritorious deeds in a big way, and the iron rice bowls are constantly rewarded one after another, and it is a day of amnesty to the world, which can be described as a festive occasion.

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

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

"Build monuments and martyrs' gardens?"

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

"Yes, these two things must be done, and when the time comes, Your Highness, you must also go over to worship in person, so that Your Highness, you can collect all the hearts of the military, and you can also let more people know about the people who died for this battle, so that everyone will always remember their names and not forget their great achievements."

Liu Jin nodded, the construction of monuments and the construction of martyrs' gardens are almost all routine operations in later generations, and they can be regarded as the highest respect for the sacrificed soldiers.

But in this era, there is no such concept at all, for these superiors, they only need to reward meritorious deeds and knighthood and reward some outstanding performers.

As for those dead soldiers, no one will care about them at all, and the bones will be cleaned up with help, and it will be good to find a place to bury them, where to build what monuments, what special martyrs' cemeteries will be built.

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

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

"Okay, Lao Liu, what you said makes sense, this monument and the martyr's garden have been built."

After listening to Liu Jin's words, Zhu Houzhao thought about it and nodded, isn't it just a matter of spending money, he has silver, and this time he has brought tens of millions of taels of silver.

These 120,000 tartars, one hundred taels of silver for a tartar, this is 12 million taels of silver, this time the Ming army also suffered a lot of casualties, almost 100,000 people died, and a person's compensation of two hundred taels of silver is almost 20 million taels of silver.

Coupled with the rewards that will be given to these generals and commanders, it is almost several million taels of silver, and the total is almost 40 million taels of silver.

Fortunately, this time, the entire Ming Dynasty raised a lot of silver, more than 50 million taels of silver, and there were almost 10 million taels of silver left after the distribution, which will be set up according to Liu Jin's suggestion to set up a war fund supervised by the prince, and the war foundation will take out the silver to invest, and the silver earned from this investment will be used to reward the Ming army who fought bravely to kill the enemy.

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

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

"In addition, Your Highness should also care about the parents and children of these fallen soldiers, see what difficulties they have, and help them if they can, even if it is a show, let the entire Ming Dynasty know that Your Highness cares about them."

Liu Jin thought about it and said to Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao offered such a price, everyone works hard with their lives, then we must make everyone's hard work worthwhile, and we can really fulfill our promises.

"Hmm~"

Zhu Houzhao nodded, I have to say that Liu Jin's routine is really one set after another, according to Liu Jin's operation, even if he, the prince, has never been in the army for a day, he can also subdue the heart of the military, gain a good reputation and evaluation, and make the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty more loyal to themselves.

"No wonder he wanted to encourage me to go there myself, it turns out that there are many things, and I can't go if I don't go."

At the same time, he also immediately understood the reason why Liu Jin wanted Zhu Houzhao to go in person, of course, he just thought about this aspect, in fact, 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 hard waist pole, and if you want to have a hard waist, the Ming army must be reformed, and at the same time, the control of this army must be taken back from the civilian clique.

If these civilian cliques are allowed to control the military power all the time, no matter how powerful the army is, these civilian cliques will be played into waste, and no matter how powerful the country is, these civilian officials will be controlled, and they will become weak and powerless little sheep.

This is very unfavorable to Liu Jin's next plan, the grasslands of Mobei, as well as the development of the Northeast region, the Siberian region, the conquest of the Americas, and the south of the South Seas and Australia, without the support of a strong army, all these are castles in the air, and they will be easily punctured by others.