Chapter Seventy-One: Awards
Two days later, the first award ceremony in the history of the Ming Dynasty began in the school field outside Ningyuan City.
According to Zhu Youzhen's explanation, Yuan Keli, the secretary of the Ministry of War, specially found the music team from Ningyuan City, and the repertoire was selected by Zhu Youzhen according to his own preferences.
In his previous life, Zhu Youzhen played the Red Police, so the BGM when the hairy bear appeared was used in the award ceremony.
After listening to the rhythm of a small box made by Zhu Youzhen many times, the musicians of the Workshop Division were soon able to play with the instruments they had at their disposal.
Although it does not have the original flavor of Western musical instruments, the momentum of the Daming version of the march played by the ensemble of waist drums, pipa, guzheng, flute, suona, erhu, and big gong is not bad at all.
After only playing it once, Zhu Youzhen smiled from ear to ear, as if he had returned to the days of going over the wall to an Internet café and staying up all night with his brothers.
Moreover, Zhu Youzhen also changed the lyrics of the original song.
At this time, Zhu Youzhen sat on the temporary award platform, listening to hundreds of men singing the adapted version of the Ming March in unison, and immediately looked agitated, his fingers tapped lightly on the desk, and his mouth also hummed.
"Our Ming Dynasty will conquer the whole world, from the far East Sea to the Albes, and when the sun rises, all hostile forces will be destroyed."
"Our army will conquer the whole world, from the snowfields of Siberia to the South Pacific, and the moment the sun sets, all hostile forces will be wiped out."
"Our Emperor will always be supreme, our army will always be loyal to you, and all hostile forces will be wiped out by whatever our Emperor points to."
Man Gui, Zhao Shujiao, Cao Wenzhao, Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui and others all wore a full set of armor today, standing in front of their team with solemn expressions.
Although they couldn't understand the meaning of the lyrics, the compact and high melody alone made them trendy.
Even Man Gui has such a quick temper that he can't wait to lead the army across the horse to fight with the Tartars now.
Not only these generals, but even Yuan Keli, Yang Hao, and the civilian officials of the local and military departments, listened to this high-spirited melody and looked at this solemn atmosphere, and all of them straightened their waists, as if their young and vigorous era had returned.
Feeling that the atmosphere was almost over, Zhu Youzhen signaled for the music to stop, and then nodded slightly at Yuan Keli, who was standing next to him.
After Yuan Keli returned the salute, he walked to the front of the stage with an electric horn a little nervously.
According to what Zhu Youzhen handed him in advance, he turned on the electric horn, coughed twice, and saw that the sound was very loud, and then let go of his throat and shouted loudly.
"On the orders of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, we gathered here today to commemorate the victory of the Winter Expedition of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, to commend our brave Ming soldiers, and to reshape the soul of our Ming army."
"Next, I announce that Ning Yuan's award ceremony will now begin."
Although it was a cold day, after saying these few words, the sweat on Yuan Keli's head rose, and Yuan Keli did not hesitate to advise Zhu Youzhen for this nondescript ritual step and his own presiding speech.
Yuan Keli wanted to change his hosting words to a more elegant style, but Zhu Youzhen ruthlessly refused.
Zhu Youzhen's reason is also very sufficient, the ceremony is for the soldiers, those four or six soldiers don't understand, if they don't understand, there will be no resonance, and if there is no resonance, then this ceremony is a fart.
So at this time, followed by the horn that could make a loud sound, Yuan Keli felt that his voice was so harsh for the first time.
If those civil officials in the capital knew that they had made such a nondescript article, they would definitely laugh at themselves to death.
Don't think about it, that Tanhua Shi Fenglai must be the first to coax.
But there is no way, the situation is stronger than people, Zhu Youzhen is still watching from behind, Yuan Ke is calm, and then he used all his strength to roar loudly.
"Flag, please!"
As soon as the words ended, the familiar melody sounded again.
Zhu Youzhen stood up first, stood solemnly, and the soldiers in the audience also held their heads high.
Then, the three brocade-clothed guards walked out slowly from behind the side of the high platform with neat steps and a flag.
As soon as the military flag appeared, everyone's eyes were attracted.
The military flag is one zhang long and two feet wide, and its whole body is red, and in a hollow five-pointed star in the upper left corner, an iron fist stands out in the column.
This is the military flag designed by Zhu Youzhen for the Ming army, and it took three days for the embroidered girls to finally restore Zhu Youzhen's design.
Seeing the surprised expressions of the soldiers in the audience, Zhu Youzhen was very satisfied with this.
Under the attention of the audience, the three brocade-clothed guards slowly arrived on the side of the high platform, turned around and tilted the flag, and stood solemnly.
"Salute to the military flag!"
With Yuan Keli's loud roar, everyone followed the previous explanation, clasped their hands into fists, and bowed down to salute.
"Rite over!"
Everyone stood up.
"Next, please invite some of the representatives who participated in the Winter Expedition of the Seven Years of the Apocalypse to come forward to accept the award from our emperor."
Subsequently, the band played another cheerful melody, which is naturally Zhu Youzhen's masterpiece.
Zhu Youzhen, who has studied the lobster soldiers in the 18th century, brought this grenadier march to the Ming Dynasty a century in advance.
Stepping on this cheerful melody, Zu Dashou was the first to step onto the stage, first bowed down and hugged his fists to salute, and then got up and stood still.
Zhu Youzhen picked up the iron medal from the tray held by the brocade guard next to him and put it on Zu Dashou's chest.
After wearing it, Zu Dashou hugged his fists and saluted, and then walked to the stage with his head held high.
Then there were more than 1,000 officers such as Zhao Shujiao, who stepped forward to award medals in turn according to the size of their ranks.
The soldiers in the audience watched all the generals come to the stage one after another, and the honors were personally awarded by His Majesty the Supreme Emperor, all of them looked solemn, but their eyes seemed to be on fire.
At this time, Yuan Keli looked at the expressions of those soldiers, and finally understood Zhu Youzhen's good intentions.
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In the afternoon, Zhu Youzhen lay on the recliner and listened to Luo Yangxing's report on the movement of the army.
"Your Majesty, you have done a great job in this award ceremony, after returning to the barracks, those sergeants are boiling, and they are chasing their own Qian always to see the commemorative medal."
"When they learned that they also had such a medal, many people cried, and they were more excited than when they were rewarded before, and many people said that they wanted to be family heirlooms and leave them to future generations."
"The kid is stupid, and today I finally understood the sense of honor of the soldier that His Majesty said, this thing is sometimes more useful than salary."
Listening to Luo Yangxing's sincere compliments, Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly, but said in his heart.
There was once an army, many times even food was not enough, and there was no military salary, but it was invincible all over the world, the power of faith and the feelings of family and country, the army of the Ming Dynasty still has a long way to go. ’
At the same time that the Ming army was holding a post-war celebration ceremony in Ningyuan, Huang Taiji finally rushed to Liaoyang.
Seeing the Liaoyang City with gaps on all sides and the city gate disappearing, Huang Taiji's heart suddenly became blocked, and after coughing twice, a mouthful of old blood spurted out, and then his eyes went black and he fell off the horse.
An hour later, in the Liaoyang General Army's Mansion, Huang Taiji opened his eyes slightly, and saw Amin, Dai Shan, and Mang Gurtai all standing in front of his bed.
Everyone's faces were very twisted, and they didn't know whether they wanted to wake up or hope that they would never wake up again.
"Tell me, what's going on over there in Kuandian?"
Along the way, Huang Taiji has accepted the fact that the large and small fortresses along the line from Guangning to Liaoyang have been destroyed, but there is still a glimmer of hope for the line of Kuandian Yizhou.
Hearing this, Amin let out a long sigh before he spoke.
"Fourth brother, stabilize your mind first, don't be in a hurry."
When Huang Taiji heard this, his heart suddenly cooled, but he still said with a strong spirit.
"Say, Ben Khan can hold on."
Hearing this, Amin looked at the other two and sighed again.
"Before our army arrived at Kuandian, Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army had retreated, but from Kuandian to Tieshan, all the cities, villages and towns along the way were razed to the ground and burned by fire, and Dingkou was also looted."
"After this battle, Liaodong is almost devoid of animals in the area south of Kuandian."
After saying that, Amin lowered his head.
When Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai heard this, they were both speechless in surprise.
Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army had come to Liaodong to fight the autumn wind before, but it was the first time that everyone had heard of such a moving attack like this one.
Although there was a precedent in Guangning, Huang Taiji was mentally prepared, but when he heard that several cities had been destroyed and tens of thousands of Liao people had been taken captive, Huang Taiji still felt that his heart fell instantly, and his temples jumped suddenly.
Suddenly, the world was spinning, and it was dark in front of me, and I fainted again.