November of the fifteenth year of orthodoxy, Yushan Town.

After Liu Juntao led his troops back to Yushan Town, he spent more than half a month rectifying the officers and men of the battalions under his command, ordering the commanders of each battalion to step up the training of the officers and soldiers, and on the other hand, ordering the new recruits to step up the time to continue recruiting new soldiers.

At the same time, Guo Yongzhong, Minister of Civil Affairs, together with Zhang Rui, the secretary of the Tuntian Division, and Xu Fa, the secretary of the Household Registration Division, registered all the more than 6,000 fallen soldiers in battle, and together with Tang Yu, minister of commerce, they issued pensions according to twice the pension standard, and all the families of the fallen soldiers were agreed to be supported by Yushan Town, and all the orphans of the fallen soldiers were sent to the Yushan Town University Hall to go to school, and the Ministry of Commerce funded and supported them until they reached adulthood.

Of course, thousands of wounded soldiers also received generous pensions, and chose to go home to recuperate and continue to serve according to the severity of their injuries.

When the news of Liu Juntao's opening of the town in Yanzhou Mansion spread, Kong Yanjin, the Holy Duke of Yanzhou, and Lei Bai, the commander of Yanzhou Mansion, all sent people to congratulate him, and Mr. Shan and Li Qianhu came with congratulatory gifts.

In addition, Gu Yi, the political envoy of Shandong, Li Chengming, the governor of Shandong, Zhu Qiaozuo, the envoy of Shandong, and Xiang Qun, the commander of Shandong, also sent cronies one after another to congratulate Liu Juntao on his promotion.

At this time, on the territory of Shandong, Liu Juntao is the only chief military officer, at this time when the Ming civil and military forces are not subordinate to each other, Liu Juntao can already be on an equal footing with Gu Yi, the political envoy of Shandong, Li Chengming, the governor of Shandong, Zhu Qiaozuo, the commander of Shandong, and Xiang Qun, the commander of Shandong, at least in official positions, the four of them have no right to point fingers at Liu Juntao!

Not to mention that the heroes and gentry from all over Shandong rushed to Yushan Town in person, bringing a lot of money and food to congratulate them, preparing to get close to Liu Juntao, the new chief military officer of Yanzhou Mansion.

However, Liu Juntao has just returned triumphantly, and all the affairs in the army are extremely complicated, so he has no heart to pay attention to these personal matters.

Therefore, in addition to Liu Juntao's personal reception of Gu Yi, the political envoy of Shandong, Li Chengming, the governor of Shandong, Zhu Qiaozuo, the envoy of Shandong, Xiang Qun, the commander of Shandong, Kong Yanjin, the commander of Yanzhou Prefecture, and Lei Bai, the commander of Yanzhou Prefecture, all the other officials in Yanzhou Mansion and other places, as well as the powerful gentry in various parts of Shandong, were all missing.

Of course, Liu Juntao's absence from everyone does not mean that Yushan Town has blocked everyone out.

Liu Juntao entrusted Zhang Yuqing, the chief of staff of the Zanhua Department, to be fully responsible for these ushering and sending things, and at the same time, Zhang Yuqing could familiarize himself with the situation and attitudes of all forces, and accumulate intelligence and experience for the Zanhua Department.

After that, after Liu Juntao preliminarily dealt with the affairs of the soldiers and horses of each battalion in Yushan Town, he summoned the personnel of all ministries and departments, and the generals of each battalion and above were already in the government office to discuss the matter.

The four ministers Guo Yongzhong, Tang Yu, Liu Zi'an, and Lan Siqi, as well as 14 ministers from various ministries such as Hu Dexing, Zhang Baigui, and Zhang Yuqing, sat on Liu Juntao's right hand;

Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, Gao Ran, Chen Ziping, Zhou Zongsheng, Sun Xu and other conductors, as well as Chang Hongdao, Liu Youfu, Bai Yuxing and more than a dozen thousands of general columns sat on Liu Juntao's left hand side.

Looking at the people in the lobby, especially Gao Ran, who was covered in scars and wrapped in gauze, Liu Juntao couldn't help but feel very sad in his heart.

This time he went north to fight against the Warat army, although Yushan Town fought tens of thousands of Warat troops and made great achievements, but it also lost more than 6,000 soldiers including Liu Youcai, the general manager of Qian, and thousands of soldiers were wounded, and the number of soldiers in each battalion of Yushan Town was reduced to more than 14,000 people!

This is still under the condition that the soldiers of each battalion in Yushan Town are equipped with advanced firearms and have an advantage in training and equipment!

It can be seen that the Warat army at this time is indeed a strong army, and it is also the most fierce enemy that Liu Juntao has encountered so far!

After collecting his thoughts, Liu Juntao said to everyone: "This time I went north, my soldiers in Yushan Town fought bloodily and made immortal achievements!" After several fierce battles, more than 6,000 soldiers were shrouded in horse leather, which is the unsurpassed glory of all the soldiers and everyone in this Yushan Town! ”

Everyone was full of sadness when they heard this, after all, since the rise of Yushan Town, there had never been such a big casualty, although such casualties were also accompanied by huge results, but everyone still couldn't help but feel sad in their hearts.

Especially Liu Youfu, after the death of his brother Liu Youcai, Liu Youfu has always been sad, and after listening to Liu Juntao's words at this time, he burst into tears and was in pain.

"In order to commend the merits of the soldiers and soldiers, and in order to let the world remember the bravery of these more than 6,000 soldiers who fought in the bloody battles of the Tartars, I decided to build a martyr's shrine in the north of Yushan Town, and enshrine the tablets of more than 6,000 soldiers in it, so that the soldiers and civilians of Yushan Town, and even Shandong and the world can worship my heroes of China here!"

Speaking of this, Liu Youfu stood up suddenly, and then without saying a word, he fell to the ground crying and kowtowed to Liu Juntao, and everyone around him was also in tears and couldn't help himself.

Liu Juntao's move can be described as unprecedented, since ancient times, the imperial court has invited the tablets of meritorious generals into the temple to worship, and no one has ever enshrined the tablets of ordinary soldiers and grassroots generals!

Everyone secretly said in their hearts: "The general is extremely benevolent and righteous, and we can only swear allegiance to the death!" ”

On the same day, Liu Juntao and everyone discussed the matters of the Martyrs' Shrine, and after the meeting, Tang Yu began to raise money and grain and recruit craftsmen according to the results of everyone's consultation, and a few days later began construction in the north of Yushan Town.

Although it is already winter at this time, and the cold wind is constantly around Yushan Town, and everything is withering, it is not yet the time when construction cannot be started, and the weather this year is also very warm, far warmer than in previous years, so the weather at this time does not affect the construction of the Martyrs' Shrine.

Moreover, in order to shorten the construction period, Liu Juntao also deliberately set the construction site of the martyrs' shrine in the north of Yushan Town, where there is already a Guan Gong Temple, which covers a large area, but it has been in disrepair for a long time.

It is also appropriate to choose the martyrs' shrine of the fallen soldiers in the abandoned Guan Gong Temple, after all, Guan Gong is a martial saint, and the tablets of the soldiers are enshrined here, which can also bless the soldiers to go on the road with peace of mind!

As a result, the construction period of the Martyrs' Shrine was greatly shortened, and Tang Yu hired hundreds of craftsmen to complete the construction of the Martyrs' Shrine in only one month.

In December of the fifteenth year of orthodoxy, the martyrs' shrine in Yushan Town was completed!

After Liu Juntao heard the news, he immediately informed Lei Bo, the commander of Ren Chengwei, and Kong Yanjin, the commander of Yanshenggong, and also sent people to inform Gu Yi, the political envoy of Shandong, Li Chengming, the governor of Shandong, Zhu Qiaozuo, the envoy of Shandong, and Xiang Qun, the commander of Shandong.

Yushan Town to build a martyr's shrine, enshrine all the tablets of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country, this is a matter of great merit, the officials must not only participate in it, this is the duty of the people, but also will be passed on by the people as a good story, the achievement of the reputation of the people, why not?

In particular, this matter has been led by Liu Juntao, and everyone is just pushing the boat down the river to participate, so after receiving Liu Juntao's notice, everyone sent their henchmen to participate in the worship ceremony of the Martyrs' Shrine.

Of course, these henchmen who have rushed to Yushan Town have a certain level, and they are all at the level of Li Qianhu and Mr. Kong Fushan.

At the same time, the powerful gentry from all over Shandong also took action when they heard the news, everyone admired Liu Juntao's loyalty, most of them rushed to Yushan Town in person, and a few could not come for various reasons, but also sent their own representatives, everyone wanted to worship the martyrs of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time it was better to be close to Liu Juntao.

In this regard, Liu Juntao naturally did not refuse to come, and all the guests who came to participate in the worship ceremony of the Martyrs' Shrine were settled in Yushan Town.

On December 12, Liu Juntao met with all the people who had come to attend the worship ceremony in the Yushan Town Government Office, and everyone sat down one after another, and Li Qianhu, the city guard, and Mr. Kong Fushan sat at the chief of the civil and military sides.

After that, Liu Juntao announced in public that a worship ceremony would be held two days later, and everyone was invited to participate at that time.