Chapter 10 Emperor Chongzhen's Declaration on Military Reform

"I know that the soldiers of Liaodong are suffering. Because you have gone deep behind enemy lines and fought bloody battles on the front line, but you have not even received the most basic wages. ”

"This is the fault of me and the princes of the court!"

"I promise you, and I ask all the soldiers to believe in me, and give me five years!"

"I will make up all the salaries owed by the previous court little by little! Whether it is the border army of the Nine Sides, or the soldiers of Liaodong, or the soldiers of the Beijing camp, I will make up the food and salary one by one! ”

"Soldiers, is the country in trouble now? The country is now really difficult! ”

"There are droughts and floods in various parts of the country, and poor grain harvests are the norm. This situation will continue in the next ten years! ”

"However, I promise that no matter how big the difficulties are, as long as you are still standing behind me, I will have the confidence to tide over the difficulties with thousands of people of the Ming Dynasty!"

"I, your Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, promise you that in the next five years, you must let the soldiers eat well and dress warmly! You can get enough food! ”

"In the next five years, I will gradually reform the military system! In the future, your children will have more futures, they will be able to study, become officials, do business, and farm! ”

"The army of the Ming Dynasty does not need to be hereditary, and the future army of the Ming Dynasty must become the children of the people!"

"In the future, what you will defend as soldiers is not only me, but also the Ming Dynasty! It is also thousands of Ming people! Your fathers and fellow villagers! ”

"Much, I won't say anything. In five years, please join me to see the changes in the Ming Dynasty! ”

"In Liaodong, you must be brave and tenacious in fighting against the Tartars, but you must also save yourself! I and Daming, as well as the thousands of people of Daming need you to protect them, and I am also waiting for you to witness the changes of Daming! ”

"Your relatives, I will gradually receive Daming to settle down, and I don't need to let them accompany you to work hard in Liaodong anymore! I will not let the soldiers shed blood and tears in the future! ”

"I, will be in the square in front of the Chengtian Gate, set up a monument and the martyrs' shrine, all the soldiers who sacrificed for the country, will enter the martyrs' shrine, every year Qingming, by the prince led the civil and military officials to worship, if the prince is not established, by the first assistant to lead the hundred officials to worship! Every year during the Chinese New Year, the emperor personally leads the harem and civil and military officials to worship! As long as the Ming Dynasty is not extinguished, the loyal martyrs who sacrificed for the country will rest with the country and enjoy blood and food forever! ”

"Finally, I have another word for you: sacrifice more for your ambitions, dare to change the sun and the moon into a new sky!"

More than a dozen Han generals with loud voices shouted out the edict of Emperor Chongzhen read out by Wang Chengen in unison, ensuring that everyone on the school field could hear it clearly.

Hearing the emperor's dictation, many sergeants under the inspection stage were excited, and even some of them cried with joy, and they didn't care about whether there was a possibility of losing the dignity of the monarch in front of the current discussion, so they all discussed it under the inspection platform.

"The emperor has not forgotten us, the emperor still remembers us!"

Almost everyone couldn't believe what they heard: "Did you hear that?" It's true? In the future, our children really don't have to join the army anymore? They can also read? ”

"Finally payout? The little cubs in the family can finally stop starving, woo......" Some people have already cried excitedly.

"Second Brother Wang, do you think we can enter the Martyrs' Shrine after we die?"

There are also people with red eyes, looking at the sky with tears, and they are already speechless with excitement, and they feel that when they meet such an emperor, their ancestors have accumulated virtue for eight lifetimes! Even if you die for the emperor, it's worth it!

Wang Chengen stood on the inspection platform, looked at the reactions of the soldiers in Dongjiang Town below, and nodded with satisfaction. Wang Chengen knew that the emperor's desired goal had been achieved, as long as the food and salary were sent down little by little, and the emperor's promise was fulfilled little by little, then the more than 10,000 soldiers in the audience would be the emperor's most loyal lackeys, and any enemy who stood in front of the emperor would be bitten to death by them! Tore!

Wang Chengen coughed and said, "Silence! Pingliao acted cheaply, and Mao Wenlong, the chief military officer of the Left Army, received the order! ”

"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: hereby order: Based on Dongjiang Town, it will be promoted to Dongjiang Mansion. In the near future, the imperial court will select officials at all levels to come here. Because the Dongjiang Mansion is lonely in the rear of Jiannu, the Dongjiang Army is specially established, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, and is not subject to the control of Liaodong and Denglai. ”

As soon as this decree came out, whether it was Mao Wenlong, who was kneeling in the audience, or the sergeants from the original Phi Island, they all stood on the spot.

In the Ming Dynasty, a general military officer like Mao Wenlong, who controlled a place, although he had no rank, was generally called a certain marshal, which sounded much more majestic than any general, but in fact he was still subject to the constraints or jurisdiction of the governors of various places. But as soon as this general of the second grade came out, it was immediately different.

Because since the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been any great general, and the position of general has been established in the former Han Dynasty and the former Tang Dynasty. For example, today's son has re-established the general, and Mao Wenlong has been appointed as the general and the prince and the young guard, which is almost a signal that the dynasty has begun to reuse the martial arts, and the social status of the martial artists will rise in the future!

Wang Chengen saw Mao Wenlong kneeling under the stage, and he didn't accept the order, just lowered his head in a daze, couldn't help but be slightly angry, and raised his voice and said, "General? Still not edicted?! ”

Mao Wenlong, who was in the audience, reacted at this time, raised his head, his tiger eyes were full of tears, he couldn't help himself with excitement, and choked up in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty is not despicable to your ministers, and you treat your ministers so much, and your ministers can't die to repay Your Majesty's grace!" Minister Mao Wenlong, take the order, long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

Seeing this, Wang Chengen turned his anger into joy, got off the inspection platform, helped Mao Wenlong and said, "Okay! Good! Good! The general is really temperamental! It's not in vain that Your Majesty values it! ”

Mao Wenlong's heart was agitated at this time, and he was grateful to Emperor Chongzhen for not looking at his background, and he was so generous to him, so he said loudly to Wang Chengen: "Please reply to Your Majesty on behalf of the last general, Your Majesty is gracious, Wenlong will die in ten thousand difficult to repay one, and then the last general will be loyal to the king, Your Majesty has an order, regardless of the sword mountain and the sea of fire, the last general will definitely not frown!" ”

got Mao Wenlong's allegiance statement, Wang Chengen was also happy for Chongzhen. Thinking of Chongzhen's instructions before leaving, he said to Mao Wenlong: "General, please take our family to the big tent, Your Majesty has other confidential matters, and I told our family to inform the general in person." In addition, His Majesty was also very happy to learn about Vice General Liu Xingzuo, and instructed our family to meet Vice General Liu, and asked the general to arrange it on his behalf. ”

When Mao Wenlong heard this, he hurriedly beckoned Wang Chengen to go to the big tent of the Chinese army. After Wang Chengen dictated the dozens of words that Chongzhen confessed, Mao Wenlong was already shocked by Chongzhen's admiration for the five bodies.