The British Gong Zhang Mao and the military department Shangshu Xu Jin also appeared here at this time.

Xu Jin had been wondering all the way if His Majesty was really capable of giving out rice to nearly 100,000 officers and soldiers in the capital, but when he came to the school yard and saw boxes of silver shining under the clear sky, he was dumbfounded.

Xu Jin didn't expect that His Majesty not only really had the ability to give Lu rice to nearly 100,000 officers and soldiers in the capital, but also that they were all silver-haired! Because there was no half-stone rice or cloth pepper or anything like that.

In the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, the stability of the currency value of silver is very high, and because there is no large amount of silver inflow, the appreciation of silver is large, and the value is maintained compared with grain, after all, with the world has been peaceful for a long time, the number of cultivated land and the number of people have increased, and the grain output is also increasing, resulting in lower and lower grain prices, so the full amount of Lu rice is undoubtedly the most acceptable way for officers and soldiers to distribute Lu rice.

Guo Rong of the Warrior Camp took the general flag Liang Ze and the others to see the white silver in front of His Majesty the Ming Emperor, and their eyes lit up, and Liang Ze muttered excitedly: "Brother Rong, Your Majesty actually wants to give us silver!" ”

Guo Rong also smiled and nodded, and unconsciously doubled his favor for Emperor Daming, and said in his heart: "Now this emperor is really a good emperor, not only to make up for our Lu rice, but also to send silver directly!" ”

British Gong Zhang Mao and other noble generals also had smiles on their faces, and they all praised: "Your Majesty is still considerate of us warriors, the cabinet and the Ministry of War can't send Lu rice, Your Majesty himself comes to send it and takes real money, but it's really the emperor's grace!" ”

At that time, the British Duke Zhang Mao and the military secretary Xu Jin all came to greet Zhu Houzhao, and Zhu Hou ordered them to be on his side.

It was the first time for British Gong Zhang Mao and Xu Jin to follow Zhu Houzhao's side to distribute rice to the soldiers in this way, but they also felt fresh, and they also straightened their chests one by one.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao personally held a brass loudspeaker and shouted under the eager gaze of tens of thousands of soldiers:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am your son of heaven, Zhu Houzhao, and your only commander! I heard that the imperial court has not given you Lu rice for three months, and now that the end of the year is approaching, the weather is getting colder, and many of you are not well fed and clothed, I am at fault, you are my soldiers, I should not let you suffer, here, I apologize to you! ”

After speaking, Zhu Houzhao folded his hands and bowed slightly, and the audience was silent for a while, and their faces were full of horror.

Because no one expected that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, whom they admired, would apologize to them for owing them Lu Mi.

But at the same time, Zhu Houzhao's move also greatly moved Xu Jin, the secretary of the military department on the stage, the military nobles and tens of thousands of soldiers in the audience.

Even if Zhu Houzhao didn't give them Lu rice at this time, and if they were in arrears for a while, these officers and soldiers could bear it.

However, Zhu Houzhao not only apologized, but also distributed the full amount of Lu rice, or even over-distributed Lu rice.

"However, today I promise you that as long as my Ming Dynasty does not die, as long as I am still the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, your Lu rice will never be owed again! Today, I am going to reissue the rice I owe you, and I will reissue it in full, and even give you an extra month's worth of rice in addition to the full repayment, as a year-end reward! From now on, at the end of each year, my officers and soldiers at all levels in the Ming Dynasty will issue two copies! ”

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he handed the brass loudspeaker to Liu Jin, and then instructed Xu Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of War: "Let's start distributing it now!" ”

Thereupon.

Xu Jin, the secretary of the military department, took a group of officials and began to distribute them according to the roster, and first summoned the commanders of each battalion and the eunuchs who sat in the camp to distribute them according to the battalion.

The officers and soldiers below were all a little dazed, but they were excited in their hearts, because they had just heard with their own ears that His Majesty the Emperor was going to reissue their Lu rice in full and for an extra month, and even these Lu rice was distributed in silver.

You must know that many times the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will not be given the full amount of rice, and it is common for them to be deducted by the officials.

And now that Zhu Houzhao is issued in full silver and for an extra month, these officers and soldiers all feel in their hearts that the new emperor is the real good emperor.

I don't know who shouted first because of excitement: "Long live!" All of a sudden, everyone shouted.

"Hooray!"

"Hooray!"

"Hooray!"

For a moment, the sound shook the world, and the earth trembled.

And the commanders of each battalion and the eunuchs of each battalion also began to receive silver one after another, and distributed it to the thousands of households and other officials below him, and then distributed it in turn.

The emperor was present, and the officers were not easy to withhold.

The officers and men present only saw the silver ingots being distributed one by one, and all of them were full of excitement, and they couldn't help but shout long live.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty basically paid between one stone of rice and two stones of rice per month, which is equivalent to the current price of grain, about the price of one tael of silver and two stones of grain, and four months of rice, each soldier can also get two taels to four taels of silver, and the officers are naturally more.

Therefore, after the distribution of the money, basically every officer and soldier had a solid silver in their hands.

Guo Rong is a hundred households of the sixth grade, and the annual salary is one hundred and twenty stone rice, and at this time he has twenty taels of silver, and he suddenly feels that he is a lot more energetic, and he is secretly happy that he finally does not have to pawn his thousand-mile good horse, and his family can also eat.

And Liang Ze also held fifteen taels of silver, and instantly felt that he was a lot more down-to-earth.

Xu Jin, the secretary of the military department, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and looked at Zhu Houzhao with gratitude, he was indeed very grateful to his majesty the emperor, because if it wasn't for the emperor Zhu Houzhao to distribute Lu rice in time, he, the secretary of the military department, would probably be dismissed because he couldn't suppress the anger of the officers and soldiers because he owed Lu rice.

British Gong Zhang Mao and other military nobles also looked at Zhu Houzhao with great satisfaction, because they felt that His Majesty could personally take the silver out and distribute Lu Mi, which showed that he had not forgotten them.

Zhu Houzhao could see that after the distribution of Lu Mi, the morale of the officers and soldiers in the entire Daming capital recovered a lot, and they all began to have a sincere convincing attitude towards him as a king.

Zhu Houzhao decided to strike while the iron was hot to stimulate the blood of these Ming troops.

It was already evening, the sun was setting, and the soft golden sunlight just gathered on Zhu Houzhao's body, Zhu Houzhao asked loudly: "My soldiers, now, are you happy?" ”

"Happy!"

"Happy!"

"Happy!"

Thousands of soldiers answered Zhu Houzhao's question by shouting from the bottom of their hearts.