The second day of the "Railway Conference" of the Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen was the "longest day" for many. After a long and anxious day and night, early in the morning of the third day, Zhu Yu, which was packed in a yellow box, was sent to the Military Aircraft Department, and the Military Aircraft Department and the Cabinet were sent to the world.

The boots fell.

This is a big article -- except for the sentence "Zhuo Fan swears to the sky: not to be ashamed, not to be a man", it is basically the Chinese version of Guan Zhuofan's speech at the "Railway Conference". In order to avoid the book lovers being bored, the lion will not be recorded.

Although almost all the contents of the meeting were "flowed" out on the same day, the courtiers who had not attended the meeting were still dazzled when they saw this edict with their own eyes. This "Ming Fa Edict", up and down the government and the opposition, is like Hong Zhong Da Lu, shocking the heart, echoing around the beam, and it has been endless for a long time.

Many people have such a thought in their hearts: they are going to "change the sky"!

Xu Yingxiang was not given any punishment in the edict, which can be refuted ruthlessly, and the poison of the voice is too much for any punishment. Xu Yingxiang went on the fold on the same day, asking for a letter with "old disease invasion".

Xu Yingxiang originally wrote a round and plump pavilion small letter, but the font on this fold was crooked, and in the end, it was almost unwritten.

Everyone said that when Xu Jie'an wrote this recital, "he was sweating profusely, his face was bloodless, and he was close to collapse." I think that Xu Shi said that he wrote the excerpt in his own home, and it is unknown how these situations were announced.

The imperial court immediately approved it.

Guan Zhuofan thought: You resigned yourself, don't say that I suppressed freedom of speech.

Several people went to see Xu Yingxiang off, including Xu Yingxiang's colleagues in the same year and the Hanlin Academy. According to them. "Overnight. Xu Jie'an is ten years old. Faltering, almost bad at walking. ”

Someone quietly sighed in private, "There is a Dexing Ah in front, and now there is another Xu Yingxiang, this martial arts article is all wasted!" ”

The "chilling effect" is beginning to take shape.

The day after this edict was issued, another "edict was issued" by the cabinet, which was about rewarding the meritorious soldiers on this expedition.

Thereinto. The more important ones are the following:

Daniel Zhang, deputy commander of the Songjiang Army and commander of the cavalry division, and count of Jinsan.

Daniel Zhang was originally a first-class viscount, and in the "fifth-class seal", the viscount and the earl are an important hurdle, because the count and above, that is, the super product, is the real sense of the "noble".

Ixan, commander of the 3rd Division of the Songjiang Corps. Viscount of the first rank.

Ixan was originally a second-class viscount, inside the court and the clan. There were quite a few people who wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to "carry Ixan into" the Count. But Guan Zhuofan said that the imperial court rewards dethronement, has its own system, and cannot be taken lightly, and Jin Yi and others are already very good.

Zheng Guokui, deputy commander of the Third Division of the Songjiang Army, Jin Cavalry Captain, with the rank of Governor, and a yellow coat.

Jiang De, commander of the 4th Division of the Songjiang Army, 1st Baron Jin.

Jiang Deyuan was a first-class lieutenant of light vehicles, but this time he entered the "fifth-class seal" and was promoted to three levels in a row because his fourth division was the de facto main force of this expedition to Japan, with the largest contribution and relatively large casualties.

Liu Yulin, deputy commander of the Fourth Division of the Songjiang Army, Lieutenant Fengyun Cavalry, and a named deputy general.

Xuan Jun went to the United States, and Liu Yulin "stayed" in China, at that time, he was still just a guerrilla. Later, because of "successful military training", he was guaranteed to be a general. But this general is not directly derived from military merits, and everyone knows that it is not valuable. This time, I finally managed to catch up.

Ding Ruchang, Admiral of the Songjiang Legion, Lieutenant of the First Class Light Car.

Before Ding Ruchang went to the UK, his position was the chief soldier of the naval division, and his title was the captain of the cavalry. Immediately after returning home, the position became Admiral of the Navy. On this expedition, the navy was originally going to "train", and from beginning to end, it only fought one battle of Wakasa Bay, and it was only a supporting role. But the significance of this battle was extremely heavy, and Ding Ruchang was able to "skip the grade" and be awarded the title of first-class light car captain.

Túrin, the commander of the Guards Regiment of the Songjiang Legion, was promoted to the rank of captain of the cavalry, and wore a yellow coat.

Anderson, commander of the artillery division of the Songjiang Corps, plus the total rank, is the best for his first prize.

Bellinger, the chief quartermaster of the Songjiang Regiment, was rewarded with a second-grade top and a yellow jacket.

It is not uncommon for those who run the "grain station" to be promoted after the war, but it is almost unique to "appreciate wearing a yellow coat" for more than 200 years.

Schroeder, chief of staff of the Songjiang Corps, rewarded the second grade.

"Pipe Belt King Umberto" Great Edward, plus the rank of lieutenant general.

"Pipe Belt Durio" Little Edward, plus the rank of deputy general, given the name of "Baturu", and wore a yellow coat.

Little Edward had so much more to do than Big Edward because the "Durio" participated in the Battle of Wakasa Bay.

Jiang Yitian, the commander of the garrison battalion of the Songjiang Army's Okura City Logistics Base, was a lone soldier who adhered to the Okura City Logistics Base, and made great contributions, and was also the "first merit of the expedition".

In addition, Jiang Yitian is also the first person in the entire Xuan Army to receive the "First Class Medal", and he will be awarded the "Lion Medal" with a red collar ribbon by the marshal himself in front of tens of thousands of soldiers.

The significance of this meritorious feat is far more than "sealing the clouds and riding the lieutenant, giving the name of 'Baturu', and rewarding the yellow coat", which is truly "epoch-making". Those who were enthusiastic and trembling also included a group of high-ranking generals such as Wall and Daniel Zhang.

And the first highest honor of the Xuan Army was actually obtained by a battalion commander, and tens of thousands of middle and lower-level officers and ordinary soldiers of the Xuan Army were all enthusiastic.

In addition, the battalion led by Jiang Yitian won the "Collective Third-Class Medal" and each of them received a "Jaguar Medal" with a blue collar ribbon -- only this "Jaguar Medal" was slightly different from the "Jaguar Medal" of the "Individual Third-Class Medal": The leopard head of the "Individual Third-Class Medal" was to the left, and the leopard head of the "Collective Third-Class Medal" was to the right.

This is also an unprecedented arrangement, all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred of the brother troops, and the officers and soldiers of Jiang Yitian's battalion, even overnight, everyone's eyes have grown to the top of their heads.

There is also an award, which is also very eye-catching.

The commander of the Sino-US joint fleet, Du Little, was awarded the title of baron of the first class, and "the descendants of the descendants will inherit the title, never be demoted, and the hereditary will not be replaced."

Jin is a foreigner who has not become a Chinese citizen, although the "fifth-class seal" is unprecedented; And the special grace of a first-class baron being honored by "descendants of the knighthood, never demoted, hereditary replacement" is also unprecedented.

Originally, the normal procedure for Dulittle to be knighted was that the imperial court sent a messenger to Tianjin to issue a decree. But Doolittle suggested that it would be better if he could be allowed to enter the capital and accept the knighthood "on an official occasion"; In exchange, he was willing to prostrate on his knees as the Chinese officials did when the edict was announced.

That's where it gets interesting.

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(There is a shift around 10 o'clock in the evening)

*(To be continued......)