Chapter 136: The Beginning of the New Year

readx;?? After reading Wen Tiren's recital, Zhu Youzhen sighed lightly, feeling that for the sake of today, he could only use Wen Tiren's method, because Shi Fenglai's detention was indeed detrimental to the national body, if he didn't give an explanation to the ministers, he would definitely be repelled by the ministers, and even the covenant would be completely denied, and all the efforts made before would be put into practice

Wen Tiren did Zhu Youzhen a great favor at this critical moment, thought about it, and finally Zhu Youzhen still adopted Wen Tiren's strategy and announced to the hundred officials, don't make trouble, it's not the Mongols who privately detain Shi Fenglai, but I gave Shi Fenglai a secret decree, so that he could do everything possible to stay in Mongolia and supervise Mongolia's actions.

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Sun Chuanting in the end of the rebellion of the Divine Religion half a month later, on the merit list, the imperial court promoted dozens of generals, and increased the salary of 110,000 taels of silver, the whole government of Baoning Prefecture was exempted from taxes for one year, Tongjiang was exempted from taxes for three years, this counterinsurgency, the officers and soldiers died 645 people, seriously injured 426 people, lightly injured 1,342 people, it can be described as a heavy loss, at the same time as the additional salary, the imperial court issued a pension of more than 200,000 taels of silver, in fact, the pension is much higher than in the past, of course, Zhu Youzhen also has his own purpose in doing this, He wants to tell the soldiers, as long as you are dedicated to the country, dare to fight, dare to sell your life, the court will never treat you badly, take this time, Sun Chuanting's prestige has not diminished but risen, the imperial court's pension, the additional salary, Sun Chuanting has all passed through his own hands, and the soldiers have been injured.

Four days later, the New Year was coming, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites began to prepare for major political activities such as worshipping the heavens and ancestors, and today, Zhu Youzhen went out of the palace again and saw off 20,000 soldiers at Desheng Gate.

Zhu Youzhen stood on the city wall, and all the members of the court stood behind him, and the high-spirited Zhu Youzhen looked at the three battalions of soldiers standing under the city, they were young, brave, and loyal to the imperial court, these were Zhu Youzhen's biggest support for revitalizing the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

These soldiers are holding a bowl of wine in their hands, this is a bowl of send-off wine, also known as Desheng wine, almost the army is marching out, there will be such a farewell ceremony, but this time it is indeed the highest specification since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, because it is the supreme ruler of the empire, the emperor personally came to see off.

The soldiers are high-spirited, only looking forward to making meritorious contributions, most of these soldiers have to be arranged to Shanhaiguan, only a small part of the most elite sent to the front line, the number is less than two thousand, of course, this is also a strategy of the imperial court, after a year in Shanhaiguan, they will be transferred to the front line, and stay for another year before they can be rotated back to Beijing, this slow speed is also to let the soldiers of the three battalions gradually adapt to the battlefield.

Zhu Youzhen stretched out his hand back, and Wang Chengen hurriedly handed a bowl of wine to Zhu Youzhen's hand.

Zhu Youzhen picked up the wine and said softly, "Good boy of the Ming Dynasty, I will see you off." With that, he drank all the big bowl of wine.

The soldiers who had been watching the emperor saw Zhu Youzhen raise his head and drink a bowl of wine, and they all drank all the wine in their hands, and then threw the bowl to the ground, and the sound of breaking was endless.

Zhu Youzhen ordered the whole army to be opened, and hundreds of eunuchs shouted in unison: "Open Liaodong." The strong man walks well. ā€

Before leaving, the soldiers all fell to their knees and shouted in unison: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live." ā€

Hundreds of soldiers beat the drums of war, and the soldiers began to get up and walk out of the city.

Zhu Youzhen watched the soldiers go out of Deshengmen, and he didn't know what he thought in his heart, this is the benefit of power, he can change the minds of thousands of people with one thought, these soldiers left their hometowns and went to the frontier, Zhu Youzhen admired them very much, no matter what the war situation was, he didn't blame our soldiers, and now he firmly believes that as long as he supports the border soldiers, as long as the country can survive the most difficult years, Houjin is not worried.

Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao did not disappoint Zhu Youzhen, they completed the task given to them by Zhu Youzhen, the latest military department has been completed, the three major battalions have 123,600 soldiers, this time transferred to Liaodong 20,000, the three battalions of the Beijing division still have 100,000 people, Zhu Youzhen believes that in some time, these hundreds of thousands of troops will be completely captured by himself and become a big killer weapon for his reform.

On New Year's night, after Zhu Youjian accompanied Empress Zhou to dinner, he watched the eunuch palace maid set off fireworks in the Kunning Palace, the bloated Empress Zhou was very happy today, of course, today not only the Kunning Palace of the imperial palace is lively, the entire Jingshi is in a kind of carnival, every household is setting off artillery battles, fireworks, Chinese New Year's Eve is the most important festival of the Han people, the whole Daming is full of joy today, even if the family is tight, today you have to eat a meal of meat, buy a new clothes for the children and the elderly.

On the first day of the new year, Zhu Youzhen went to the Temple of Heaven under the guidance of officials of the Ministry of Rites, which was a major political activity.

Of course, after the completion of the sacrifice, Zhu Youzhen, who returned to the palace, made the first will of the New Year, changed the Yuan Chongzhen, and the second will is to count the elderly over seventy-five years old in the whole country, and every old man who has passed the age of seventy-five, the court will reward a piece of cloth and five catties of meat, in fact, such a reward, there are many times in the history of the Ming Dynasty, but this time Zhu Youzhen wants to persevere, every New Year, he will be rewarded like this, so that the people of the country have a sense of belonging to this court.

After this will was issued, Guo Yunhou began to cry poor, but seeing the emperor loving the people so much, Guo Yunhou was very moved, even if he was very nervous, the household still took out 300,000 taels of silver, corresponding to the emperor's will.

The new year and the new breath, the speed of the local government has grown, and soon the old people who are over seventy-five years old are counted in various places, and the county order personally sends cloth and meat, of course, this is all paid by the local government in advance, if it is relied on the silver of the imperial court to the accounts of the local government, the New Year has already passed, and how to let the old man spend a happy New Year? In this era, it is very rare to be over 70 years old, so a county has a population of 100,000, and one person is 50 or 60 people, so this cost is also within the scope of the local government. (To be continued.) )