Everyone hurriedly looked around, only to see a yellow and clear round object in Yun Xi's hand, with a dragon tattooed in the middle, and some fine lines, but they couldn't see it clearly. If you don't count these fine lines, it looks similar to the gold coin invented by His Majesty at the beginning of last year.

"At that time, Emperor Taizu expelled the Tartars to restore China, re-established the system of Danshu iron coupons, and rewarded all meritorious ministers."

"I believe that this act of kindness should not be limited to those who have done great things. All soldiers are born to their parents and raised by their parents, but after being loyal to the Ming Dynasty, they can't raise their young sons and serve their parents, isn't it sad? ”

"What's more, the child has been denied education since he was a child, and if he commits a mistake, if he is punished by the imperial court decree again, wouldn't it be even more sad."

"Therefore, I decided to set up a thing inferior to the Danshu Iron Coupon, named it a first-class medal, and gave it to all the sons of soldiers who died in battle for the Ming Dynasty, and promised a one-degree reduction of crimes, except for the heinous crimes, all other capital crimes were reduced to exile. But military law is not exempt. ”

"And this medal can be hereditary, and if it has not been used by previous generations, it can be passed on to future generations. However, it can only be passed on to children and grandchildren, and if the person has no children or no grandchildren, the hereditary official position can be passed on to nephews and nephews, and this medal cannot be passed on. If there is a step-nephew, it must be registered in the health center, and if it has not been registered, it cannot be transmitted. ”

"In addition, for the injured and disabled people of the Ming Dynasty, I also have mercy on them, and I hereby bestow a second-class medal, and the sentence for crimes that are not up to the capital offense will be reduced by one degree. The rest are similar to the Order of the First Class. ”

"A soldier who died or was disabled before the battle shall be awarded a posthumous medal if the children and grandchildren who inherited the family business at the time of the death or disability were not yet minors; Each of the remaining households was given ten pieces of money. ”

The meaning of Yun Xi's words is: These soldiers who died in the battle for the Ming Dynasty are too pitiful, I must take care of them, and decided to give their children a medal that can reduce their crimes once, only one degree. As for why the capital crime is mentioned separately, it is because theoretically beheading commutation is a first-degree death by hanging, and a reduction to exile is a second-degree reduction. The logic of the Order of the Second Class is the same.

The introduction of this medal is also one of the ways in which Yunxi has improved the status of ordinary soldiers. Traditionally, the reason why everyone doesn't like to be a soldier is that it is possible to die when a soldier fights, so when the world is peaceful, good people don't like to be soldiers, and those who serve as soldiers are all kinds of social scum. Of course, it is impossible for these people to be good soldiers after becoming soldiers, harassing the people, making the people have a low impression of them, which leads to the low status of ordinary soldiers.

Of course, there are other reasons for the low status of soldiers, but this is one of the very important reasons.

Yunxi thought of many ways to improve the treatment of the soldiers, but most of them were rejected; He had previously thought about giving all those who sacrificed for the Ming Dynasty the hereditary hundred households that were not awarded to Lu, but found that if it was fully launched, the Ming court would go bankrupt, so he could only give up.

But you can't give them too many privileges. It is not a good thing that the status of the warriors is too high, and the examples of the Tang Dynasty are vivid. Not to mention that An Lushan, who rebelled, was a Hu person, and there were many Han generals who followed him in rebellion.

Even after the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty said that it was a division of feudal towns, but in fact, the so-called jiedu envoys of many feudal towns did not speak at all, and the power was in the hands of a group of veterans with prestige among ordinary soldiers. Such examples in the old and new "Book of Tang" are vivid and endless.

According to Yun Xi, it is best to give ordinary soldiers a small privilege similar to Xiucai, and after thinking about it, he came up with this method. It's not a complete exoneration, it's just a commutation, and it's only once, even if it's used, even if they have a little privilege, it won't be overdone, and the local government won't be out of control.

If there were civil officials present, they would definitely not be satisfied with this, and they would immediately admonish them, and even the most timid officials who usually faced the emperor would definitely stand up. This is in the interests of all civil servants, and it cannot but be advised.

But there is not a single civil official present now, and the middle and lower-level generals are not as considerate as the generals, although most of them have hereditary official positions, but they do not have Danshu iron coupons, if they are unfortunately killed in battle - just like Ye Zigao this time - with this medal, future generations will have a little more security.

And this is not just a Danshu iron coupon awarded to a few people, and it will not have much impact if the emperor turns his face and takes it back; The medals given to all the soldiers who died or were disabled in the Ming Dynasty, they could know by imagination that there would probably be hundreds of thousands or even millions of them in the future, and the imperial court would never dare not admit it.

So immediately, the venue was filled with words like "Your Majesty Shengming", and the sound was deafening, and even people outside the celebration banquet could hear it clearly. Under such circumstances, even if some generals still have opinions on this, they do not dare to mention it.

After a long time, when everyone stopped shouting, Yun Xi smiled and said, "After that, it will be my reward for all meritorious officials." ”

Yun Xi's voice fell, and a sturdy guard stepped forward, unfolded the holy decree, and shouted loudly: "Li Jian and Xu Jingchang stepped forward to listen to the seal." ”

"Li Jian, the captain of the horse,,......, was crowned as the Governor of Hanoi, hereditary replacement, rewarded with 1,000 taels of gold, and 100 horses of silk and satin; The nephew of Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, and the commander of Yulin Zuowei, Xu Jingchang,......, crowned his father Xu Zengshou as the captive uncle, hereditary replacement, rewarded with a thousand taels of gold, a bucket of pearls, and admired this. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live! Li Jian and Xu Jingchang said at the same time.

The fact that he was going to award them medals just now had dispelled the grief caused by the silent mourning of the fallen soldiers, and now he officially began to reward them and add two hereditary titles, which immediately made everyone happy and listened to their names with their ears stretched.

There were thousands of people present, and even if they read people's names, it would take a long time, and if they were all recited, they would have to do anything else until the evening. Fortunately, Li Jian had prepared in advance and had already informed the people with different merits, and at this time, these people gathered together under the leadership of the waiter to listen to a person recite the holy decree. For a while, the entire courtyard was filled with the sound of chanting the holy decree.

After all the decrees were read, everyone knelt down together and saluted Yun Xi: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Long Live, Long Live Your Majesty!" ”

"Get up," Yun Xi said with a smile: "You are all my meritorious servants, today is a celebration banquet for you, you don't have to kneel around like this." ”

He also ordered to pass on the meal: "You have waited for so long, it is time to eat." Li Jian immediately ordered and began to serve the food. I saw countless waiters reappear, holding plates with lids in their hands, and walking in and putting them on the tables. After a while, the courtyard was filled with the smell of food.

Yun Xi first picked up the chopsticks and grabbed a piece of meat to eat, and the soldiers below couldn't bear it anymore and ate it in a big gulp.