Chapter 570: Cutting the Grass and Eradicating the Roots
Chu Hu finally achieved his wish, and he became a knight canonized by the Holy Emperor of the Han Dynasty.
In Chaoyang City, Liaoxi Province, in front of the wooden palace of the Holy Emperor, three hundred and sixty newly canonized knights and one thousand and eighty newly canonized warriors swore allegiance to the Holy Emperor together.
Chu Hu's heart was excited, he knelt on the school field in front of the emperor, dressed in a gorgeous Han military uniform, red and blue, extremely powerful.
In addition to the red and blue military robes, he even wore a golden gilt chest armor given by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and a nine-headed bird was carved on the shiny gold chest plate.
Lion belt, gilded gold lion buckle. There is also a gilded helmet on his head, with gorgeous pheasant feathers inserted.
Shiny riding boots, equally shiny spurs.
"Swear to heaven to make my will clear; Do not bully the weak, but spend time modestly;
In the battles experienced, do not fear strong enemies; Whatever is wrong, I will cut it down!
Women and children are long, and they are done by war; Seek each other in prison and help them;
A woman is delicate, and she will never sin; Colleagues work together and do their best to work together;
Treat friends with sincerity and think of them as gentlemen; My love, my loyalty! ”
Chu Hu, along with more than a thousand knights and warriors who had accepted the canonization, swore an oath to the emperor loudly. In order to memorize this passage, Chu Hu has been forgetting to sleep and eat these days, and today he was finally able to barely finish this paragraph completely.
The Holy Emperor sat on the throne and smiled as he listened to the oath of allegiance of the more than a thousand warriors who had performed the best in the Battle of Korqin.
After the oath was read, Liu Jun got up, he was also wearing gorgeous armor today.
The Emperor walked to the stage and drew his sword from his belt.
Holding the sword in his arm, Liu Jun shouted loudly, "Benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith, loyalty, filial piety, and bravery, you should keep in mind that there is a way of courtesy and righteousness between monarchs and ministers, so you should be loyal; There is an order of respect and humility between father and son, so filial piety should be given. Brothers and siblings are flesh and blood, so they should be together; The love between husband and wife is different from inside and outside, so they should be endured; There is the virtue of honesty among friends, so they should be kind; ”
"This is the code of conduct that an Imperial knight and samurai must follow!"
Chu Hu'er only understood the first ten words from the emperor's words, and these days, they have been intensively trained in etiquette, and some of them have spoken these ten words, and they also understand the true meaning of this cross.
As for what the emperor said, he did not understand.
He secretly made up his mind that he would have to study Han culture well when he turned around.
The canonization ceremony was solemn. Previously, Chu Hu'er and others had already gone through seven days of etiquette training. Before accepting the canonization and taking the oath to the emperor, the Han also rewarded them with many things.
The gold plate armor and golden helmet on his body, the lion barbarian with riding boots and spurs, and a spear.
When they took the oath, the emperor personally awarded them knightly swords and katanas, and each knight also received a knight's medal, and each samurai received a samurai medal.
In addition, they were given a certificate of canonization indicating the knightly and samurai status they were given. There is also a copper seal, which is their seal. There was also a document detailing the titles they had received and the location of the fiefdoms they had acquired.
Chu Hu'er's knight Caiyi is in the territory of the former Horqin Right Wing Rear Banner, and there is a map on the document. The location of the fief is indicated. The fief is located near a vein of fire called a volcano, and on the side is a Camel River, a tributary of the Gyer River, which flows into the Sul River. Finally, it flows into the Nenjiang River.
This is the northernmost point of the Jelimu League, with two large mountain ranges to the west and north, and the great plain of the Nenjiang River to the southeast. Although far from his current tribe. But Chu Hu'er didn't care too much.
The Uliangha wandered the steppes for hundreds, even millennia, without a fixed place and pasture, and they used to graze cattle farther north.
And in Chu Hu'er's opinion, the location of this mining town is not bad, at least it did not go to the Heilongjiang River, nor did it go to Lake Baikal. It is also close to the new Liaobei Province established by the imperial court.
The mining is not small, after all, this is not Liaoxi, it is thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, so the knights and warriors are not small, and it is estimated that a small tribe of three or five hundred people can graze.
As a knight directly under the canonized empire, this place will be his fief in the future, although he cannot have the same administrative and tax rights as the princes, but this land is equivalent to his private property.
At the same time as becoming a knight, he also became a reserve officer in the Empire.
According to the imperial system, there was no limit to the number of herdsmen in his estate, but if the imperial court recruited him, he needed to bring his own horses and weapons, and he also had to provide four knights and servants, as well as fifty militiamen.
The knights were of a higher rank than the samurai, but the samurai were not their subordinates and were not subordinate to them. Samurai were also reserve officers, and when they were drafted, they were also required to bring their own weapons, but they only needed to provide two knightly servants and twenty-five militiamen.
Rights and obligations are equal, Chu Hu'er feels that this provision is not excessive, he is willing to accept the imperial conscription at any time, although he needs to bring his own weapons and horses, but after the conscription, the imperial court will be responsible for food and grass, and will pay military salaries and allowances, and there are rewards for meritorious service in battle.
Getting the knight's sword given by the emperor, Chu Hu'er thought of a troublesome matter.
The knight's title is there, and the mining is also there, but there is no one in his mining yet. After the negotiation between the emperor and the princes, all the knights and warriors who were directly under the canonization could leave the original tribe and move to live in the mined provinces, and in the future, they would no longer accept the leadership of the tribe, but directly belong to the empire and be managed by the local provincial capital and county of the empire.
They were able to leave their original tribe with their parents, brothers, wives, and children to receive fiefdoms.
However, Chu Hu'er calculated that his family was less than fifty people together. There are too few people. His fiefdom can hold at least five hundred people, or even more.
With only fifty people, he could barely raise four servant knights, but once the imperial court called up, it was difficult for him to raise fifty militiamen.
Maybe he should find a way to attract a group of herdsmen to his territory, but he regretted it a little, if only he had taken more young captives and returned them as slaves when he fought Horqin before.
When I go to Liaodong to fight the Jurchens, I must find a way to capture a few more prisoners and go back.
Having just been appointed as a knight, Chu Hu couldn't wait to enter Liaodong. After this war, they will be able to move to their own estates, and if they can take more prisoners, they will be able to settle down in the estates quickly.
The canonization ceremony on that day was very grand and successful, and the emperor canonized more than 300 knights and more than 1,000 warriors at once, all of whom were warriors from the original tribes who had performed very well in the last battle. Although all the ministries were very painful, with the compensation given by the emperor, they were all released.
The Mongol princes took the quota given by the emperor, and then also canonized many of their subordinates as knights and warriors, who belonged to the vassals of the princes, but at the same time were also reserve officers of the empire, and once the imperial court called up, they also had to prepare their own horses and weapons to go to war.
After the canonization ceremony, it means that the ministries can end their rest, and the princes can finally sharpen their knives and fight into Liaodong.
After the ceremony, Liu Jun summoned Feng Sheng in Xingzai.
Liu Jun motioned for Feng Sheng, who had rushed over, to sit down, "The four departments of Horqin are finished, we have to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and the prisoners handed over to the imperial court by each department are about nearly 200,000, all of them will be escorted to the southwest immediately, let them go to build roads and open mines, and scatter them all." ”
"What about the woman and the proton sent before the four parts and ten flags, how to deal with it?" Feng Sheng asked. He knew that the current group of captives in Korqin was wanted by many Mongol princes. When they were fighting, they were in a hurry to cut off people's heads in exchange for some rewards. But after the battle, I felt that the prisoners were also useful.
"Don't give them a single captive." Liu Jun said decisively. Horqin and other captives were also Mongols, and if these 200,000 people reached the hands of the princes, I am afraid that it would not be long before they would become the population of the princes, and even become their warriors. Liu Jun didn't want to leave such troubles.
As for the women and protons who were sent.
These people are just a group of unlucky people, they are not at fault of their own, but their status is not low, they are the children of the leaders of the four departments and ten banners.
After thinking about it, Liu Jun simply ruthlessly, "Kill them all." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Feng Sheng nodded in response.
"Feng Sheng, I want you to keep an eye on the Mongolian princes, every prince and other princes must be placed with eyeliner around them, and I must keep abreast of the movements of the Mongolian princes at any time. You even have to find a way to put your eyes on those knights and samurai. ”
These are the duties of Jin Yiwei, Feng Sheng nodded without hesitation. Although it will be a difficult task, Jinyiwei guarantees that it can be completed.
But he still put forward a little bit of his own opinion, "If they know, I'm afraid they will have some opinions on the imperial court." ”
"Let them go, don't worry about that. Since I have divided them as vassals, divided them into territories, and opened up trade with them, I must always control them, and if there is no supervision, how can I rest assured? Now there are still two million people in the desert and northern Mongolia, although we have just destroyed Horqin and shocked the tribes, but there may not be no ambitious people in the tribes, and I must understand and grasp these people as soon as possible. ”
"It is necessary to take precautions, once this kind of sign is discovered, the imperial court must have the ability to extinguish it as soon as possible."
When Liu Jun said this, he still had the same calm tone, and he didn't even raise his volume by half a minute, but Feng Sheng saw his ruthlessness in the emperor's eyes.
The division and reward of the Mongol tribes did not mean that the emperor would let them go.
Feng Sheng immediately said, "Any Mongolian princes with bad intentions, Jinyi Wei will get rid of them as soon as possible, and cut the grass to the roots, and never suffer in the future!" ”
The Emperor nodded with satisfaction, "Well, we must be vigilant enough, and we must not relax in the slightest. The Mongol tribes must be a thorn stripped of their spikes, and must not hurt ourselves. ”
In Liu Jun's heart, he actually positioned the Mongolian tribes more as a group of raised guard dogs, and the court could feed them, but they would never be allowed to bite their masters, not even baring their teeth with their masters! If you dare to bare your teeth, you will be killed directly! (To be continued.) )