The next day, officials at all levels in Beijing rushed to the Forbidden City. When I met on the road, I smiled at each other, for no other reason, the emperor triumphed, this first court meeting must be a reward for meritorious deeds, this is a good thing, and it must be happy.

Sure enough, as they expected, the personnel arrived, the court meeting began, and after the etiquette was completed, Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting on the throne, first glanced at the two classes of the military at the bottom, especially at the ranks of the military generals, there were obviously many fewer people, and sneered slightly in his heart, and then smiled and said: "In this war against Liao, I am united in the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers dare to fight, so there are such results." I am very relieved! ”

After the opening remarks were finished, it was regarded as setting the tone of the court discussion, and then he asked Cao Huachun, the eunuch in charge of the seal, to personally read out the merit book of the battle of Liao. Of course, these credits that can be read by Cao Huachun are all relatively large, and no matter how specific the details of the credits are, it is naturally impossible to discuss them with the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty at the court meeting. Otherwise, this big court meeting can be held for a few days and nights.

After a long while, Cao Huachun finished reading out the contents of the merit book. Then Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict to discuss merit and rewards. In the past, a general framework had been set, that is, Sun Chengzong returned to Beijing, Lu Xiang was promoted to the governor of Liaodong, etc., but now it is in detail, such as adding other false titles, shading his son, and sealing his parents and other rewards.

There is also the new army division general Cao Bianjiao, the general of the Zhenyu Dynasty, and the division supervisor Feng Dehua, who was promoted to the eunuch of the fourth grade, which is the eunuch who holds the seal for the newly established military supervisor, who is responsible for managing the supervision of the army at all levels in the army, and is directly responsible to Emperor Chongzhen. As a result, the young Feng Dehua became one of the top eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty through the Liao War. Its power is also very great, and it directly pursues the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Eunuch.

There are other people's rewards, and they all have them, anyway, this court meeting, for the time being, is a reward, happy, envious, and jealous is the mainstream.

After the reward of the lun gong was completed, and the rewarded personnel present all received the order to thank him, Emperor Chongzhen still smiled and said loudly: "In this battle, the new army is to destroy the main force, and the Hupiyi battle, the slave chieftains can't even organize decent resistance. It can be seen from this that it is right to carry out military system reform in accordance with the new army system. Therefore, I have decided that throughout the country, the reform of the military system must be carried out to the end, and the completion of the reform will be evaluated by the governors and governors of all localities, and I will not spare anyone who is slack or derelict in his duties in the matter of military reform......"

The policy of reforming the military system has been implemented throughout the country in the past, but it has been relatively moderate before, and there has been no time limit or special requirements for responsible officials. But at this time, Emperor Chongzhen put forward a demand, which became more severe, and demanded that the reform be completed nationwide. That is to say, the reform of the military system and the reform of the Metropolitan Procuratorate must be accelerated.

For this, because it has been implemented before, and it is interest-oriented, even if the emperor emphasizes it again, everyone accepts it and does not feel abrupt. However, Emperor Chongzhen immediately followed, and then changed his words, and said with a serious face: "This battle of Liao is actually not complete. I believe that Zhuqing should also know that in the battle of Zhenjiang Fort, our Ming army was completely annihilated, and there were almost no survivors......"

Hearing this, all the civil and military officials were stunned in their hearts, originally looking at the victory of Zhengliao so big, they thought that the emperor would not mention this, and lightly brushed it over. After all, if you emphasize this, it will no longer be flawless in this matter of the emperor's personal conquest. But the emperor still mentioned it!

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became solemn, and no one was smiling anymore, just quietly listening to the emperor.

“…… In the battle of Zhenjiang Fort, my request was only to rely on the Yalu River to block the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and flee to Korea. The Manchu Qing Dynasty was all vulnerable, and in the event of a war, they could stick to their treatment, and I would definitely send reinforcements. However, what is the actual result? When Emperor Chongzhen said this, his face was very grim, and his tone became a little stern, "It's just that the Manchu remnants charged and the whole army was wiped out, and there was no decent resistance at all." This is the army after the merit, what about the glory of the ancestors? What about the ancestors' ability to defend against the enemy? Where have they gone? ”

The scene of the court meeting was quiet, and I only heard the emperor's rhetorical questions. In this battle of Liao, if the army led by the emperor and the Manchu army fought extremely hard, then the battle of Zhenjiangbao may be a complete defeat, everyone can understand, and there will not be much turmoil in their hearts. But the key now is that the army led by the emperor directly defeated the enemy in front of him like destroying the ancient and decaying, and it is also the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it is the army led by the most famous slave chiefs, and Haoge, who has always been brave and unscrupulous, has turned around, and also defeated the Ming army in Zhenjiang Fort like destroying the ancient and decaying, so this contrast is a bit big!

Now that the emperor is so angry, it is understandable that these civil officials and military generals present do not think that the emperor is mean and unkind!

At this time, they listened to Emperor Chongzhen being angry and angry, and everyone didn't dare to speak, just listened: "...... Zhu Qing may not know, but I only learned after the investigation that these people were impassioned in front of me, and they all expressed to me that they could kill the enemy, but in fact, the march to Liaodong had already shown signs, and they were tired of procrastinating. In order to take care of them, I gave them easy work, and when they arrived at the Yalu River, instead of thinking about building fortifications, they went to besiege Zhenjiang Fort, and then just eat, drink, and have fun. They eat and drink with the army, and even bring women to have fun, without a little military discipline and rules, after the merit, this is after the merit? What about the faces of our ancestors? Or either? I, the Ming Dynasty, is such a meritorious feat......"

The emperor was furious, and the courtiers underground were in an uproar. They naturally knew that when they first set out on the expedition, these feats were strongly demanded after that, and the emperor had already stated it, so the grain and grass materials were also provided by themselves. Originally, everyone thought that they were going to Liaodong to take credit, but no matter what, at least they had to have some ability to take credit. Now, according to what the emperor said, these people don't even look like they're going to war, but to go to the mountains and rivers? With such an army, the Manchus were incompetent, and it was impossible for them to be invincible. In this way, the annihilation of this army is in the process of being cleaned up.

Listening to the emperor's angry roar, the civil and military officials thought so, and they all understood the emperor's anger one by one. This can no longer be described as being angry and hating iron is not steel. If the army led by the emperor at that time was not a new army, not the Guanning army or the Dongjiang army, but after relying on these nobles, wouldn't it be even the emperor's burden!

After venting for a while, Emperor Chongzhen's mood seemed to have calmed down, but his face was still very grim, and his tone was also very serious, but his voice was a little quieter, and he didn't say as loud as just now: "I think that after the meritorious service, it must be rectified, what do you think?" ”

After these feats, it is completely impossible to describe them in ordinary words. The emperor thought of rectification, and it was reasonable. Shoufu Wen Tiren was the first to come out and seconded: "Weichen thinks that Your Majesty is wise, and such a meritorious service is worthy of the word "Ming meritorious service!" ”

Many other courtiers also followed suit.

Among them, some people are truth-seeking and just talk about things; But some people are just catering to the holy will and patting the emperor's ass; Others are jealous of their merits and want to fall into the well......

As for being present, naturally after making meritorious deeds, seeing that their own interests are going to be damaged, under normal circumstances, they must defend themselves. But helplessly, those pig teammates who went to Liaodong were too embarrassed. Especially compared with the main force led by the emperor, the performance is even more unsightly, even after they are also meritorious deeds, they are a little ashamed to be in company.

Above the court, the crowd was raging. It is conceivable that after the spread at this time, Da Ming will see how he will react! As soon as these factors are added up, basically after the remaining feats, none of them dared to refute or plead, and they all clamped their tails and behaved as people.

Seeing that the court had reached a consensus, Emperor Chongzhen changed his words and said: "However, after all, his ancestors have made great contributions to my Ming Dynasty, and I can't be sorry for his ancestors in the spirit of heaven......"

Speaking of this, he paused, which made those meritorious deeds suddenly show hope one by one, looking at the emperor, while breathing a sigh of relief in his heart, he also obviously brought gratitude.

“…… Therefore, I have decided that after the meritorious service, we must be strictly evaluated! When Emperor Chongzhen said this, his eyes slowly scanned those nobles, and he said in a resolute tone, "The previous assessment must be changed. Considering the strength of the new army, I decided to ......"

Everyone listened attentively, wondering how the emperor wanted to change?

“…… After the meritorious service, you must enter the martial arts hall to study, according to the level, the local thousands of households and below must pass the assessment of the primary martial arts hall, and the higher hereditary title, after passing the primary martial arts hall, must also enter the Ming senior martial arts hall to continue their studies, and those who pass the assessment can accept the glory of their ancestors. Ladies and gentlemen, does this make sense? ”

Emperor Chongzhen said very seriously and showed anger before, which made people have high expectations for the emperor's next disposition, or there will be great measures. But these civil officials and generals present did not expect that this time, the emperor raised the board high, and then gently put it down.

The reason why I think so is that in fact, after the Ming Dynasty, that is, after the meritorious service, those hereditary official positions were actually originally assessed. Even Qi Jiguang, the god of the Ming Army, when he inherited the hereditary official position of his ancestors, he also went to Beijing to be assessed.

It's just that in the previous assessments, we only talked about the old practices such as mounted archery, and not to mention how serious the fraud was, and the content of the assessment alone no longer met the requirements of war in the new era. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen took advantage of this opportunity to make such a request.

There are many official positions in the Ming army. For the past, this cannot be said to be a problem. After all, ordinary people don't know how to fight, and military households are hereditary, official positions are hereditary, and at least the skills of fighting wars have been passed down from generation to generation, and they must be a little better at fighting than ordinary people.

However, this kind of system, in the eyes of the rulers of the early Ming Dynasty, or rather, could, at that stage, was indeed possible. However, the Ming Dynasty has been founded for nearly three hundred years, and there have been serious problems with this hereditary system, which restricts the combat strength of the Ming army. Especially in today's era, it is the era when firearms are gradually replacing cold weapons, and the tactics and techniques of war are fresh to "change the dynasty", and in the case of hereditary, the acceptance of firearms is even lower. This can be seen from the fact that the nobles do not evaluate firearms.

The reform of the military system that has been implemented before is the one that has the greatest resistance to the arrangement of hereditary official positions. For many hereditary children, even if they go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they are far less than before. The reason why the military system reform promoted before was relatively moderate was also because of the arrangement of these hereditary positions.

For meritorious service, you can't beat it to death with a stick, otherwise you will shout and kill after the meritorious service, and arrange the simple and rude after the meritorious service, which will greatly reduce the desire of people with lofty ideals for meritorious service, lack of attraction, and will also be a kind of destruction of the Ming Dynasty!

Hereditary this, at least in ancient times, cannot be abolished, after all, the throne is the greatest merit, after all, it is the greatest hereditary, which is different from the national conditions and environment of later generations, and cannot be generalized. Emperor Chongzhen had a clear understanding of this.

All in all, the meritorious system, the glory of meritorious service, still has to be maintained. However, the requirements for meritorious service should be further strengthened. Now, combined with the strength of the new army, it is necessary to enter the martial arts hall to study after the meritorious service, which is really much better for the board that was originally held high. Moreover, it is reasonable to be reasonable, through the assessment of the Martial Arts Hall, you can learn useful knowledge without going to the battlefield, and you can get the abilities of the hereditary official position, which is also an acceptable plan for the vast majority of people.

Therefore, when Emperor Chongzhen said the plan for the disposal of the meritorious service, the civil and military officials in the court did not have much resistance, and with the support of the first assistant Wen Tiren, they easily got a consensus. This matter was settled.

However, from this, another problem is also involved, that is, the high-level martial arts hall can only be in the capital division, but the junior martial arts hall cannot be like this. Therefore, after Emperor Chongzhen discussed in court, he decided to set up a junior military hall in each province to train middle and low-level officers in the Ming Dynasty, and also to evaluate meritorious service.

At this point, on the road of military generals, an advanced route similar to the imperial examination was officially formed. The generals of the Ming Army, as long as they want to make a difference, must aim to enter the Wubeitang for further study. And to enter the Wubei Hall, it does not mean that you can enter if you want to, there are assessment requirements and thresholds.

Because this primary military hall also has the innovation of the military system, they are all based on the new army as a template, therefore, with this, there is also the department of supervising the army. Emperor Chongzhen made a clear decree that it was no longer limited to eunuchs, otherwise, it would definitely affect the national policy of encouraging fertility in the Ming Dynasty.