Chapter 108: Bright Sword

The first wind and rain drifted away

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!"

The tsunami-like shouts of the mountains resounded throughout the Xishan Military Camp and School Field. This sour taste, not to mention Emperor Chongzhen, is the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, and he sighs generously!

It seems that Da Ming really needs to improve the status of martial artists in order to climb out of the swamp of internal and external difficulties.

Perhaps, the emperor is right.

Emperor Chongzhen on the high platform was full of energy, showing the most cordial smile in his life, and kept waving his right arm to salute the soldiers below, bringing a new climax.

It's really sour, it's so sour.

Until this moment, he finally felt like a national leader.

During this time, the days of hard work were really sad.

Either he is doing something, or he is planning to make trouble, is this what a king of a country should do?

Fortunately, there are finally good results.

As long as the Beijing army has 100,000 elites, Emperor Chongzhen has the confidence to fight the Tartars.

His determination to exterminate the Tartars, even the river crab god could not intervene, this is the determination of an emperor.

In the Ming Dynasty, I am the Son of Heaven, and I have the final say.

"The hour has come, and the knife giving ceremony begins......"

Zhou Tingru, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, looked at the hourglass, stepped forward and stood beside Emperor Chongzhen, and shouted at the top of his voice.

On the school field, Cao Wenzhao raised his hands high, his fists clenched, and the shouts of 30,000 soldiers came to an abrupt end.

A few brocade wrestlers carried a knife holder, on which were placed ten exquisite embroidered spring knives, and on the sheath made of wrought iron, a cloud-shaped pattern was nailed out with copper nails, shining brightly.

Emperor Chongzhen was full of pride, picked up the first knife on the knife stand, pulled it out loudly, and a cold light came to his face, and the craftsmanship of the palace military battle bureau was really extraordinary.

This is a special embroidered spring knife, the back of the knife is thick, the blade is sharp, and the hand does not dare to try it.

In the middle of the knife face is engraved with the four big characters of "Jingzhong to serve the country", and below is "Chongzhen made in September of the eighth year", and the number is the Beijing Army 00001.

This is his knife.

and Cao Wenzhao, Zhou Yuji and other generals of the Beijing army are 00002, 3, and 4......

It can be said that in order to improve the sense of honor of the Beijing army and his loyalty to himself, Emperor Chongzhen can be said to have racked his brains to dig out his mind.

After thinking about it, I finally borrowed this set of methods from President Jiang.

To be honest, Emperor Chongzhen still felt that Lao Jiang had his unique kung fu in winning people's hearts.

In that case, then take it.

A sense of honor and loyalty is not something that can be solved with money. The first is that the court does not have so much silver, and the second is that it is easy to make the soldiers arrogant.

And the idea of giving embroidered spring knives undoubtedly solves these problems.

It can also arouse the martial wind of the entire Ming Dynasty.

Needless to say, even if it is a civilian, since you are serving in the army, you must have a martial spirit.

Giving swords with the respect of the Son of Heaven is to encourage the martial spirit of the soldiers of the Beijing army. The second is that this is a team that belongs to the royal family.

As for who to be loyal to, it is self-explanatory, just look at Jinyiwei.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was in military uniform, stood on the high platform, coughed lightly, and the dragon's eye glanced at the soldiers of the Beijing army below, and said solemnly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is a special day, the beginning of the rebirth of Nirvana in Jingying.

Especially this year, the martial arts scholars have joined, and it can be said that all the world's talents have entered the Beijing camp, and I am very much looking forward to your future performance.

Next, the knife presentation ceremony begins.

Cao Wenzhao, the governor of the Zuodu of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, Zhou Yuji, the chief officer of the Yongwei Battalion, Huang Degong, the chief soldier, Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu, Feng Houdun, Wu Chengfeng, Lu Xinrong, and Sun Zhipeng, the second army, were invited to come to power. ”

There were 30,000 soldiers present, and naturally there was a captain in brocade who was responsible for loudly transmitting the words of Emperor Chongzhen, and when they heard the shouting, Cao Wenzhao and others were all radiant and walked up to the high platform to line up.

The sound of drums sounded, and Emperor Chongzhen picked up the embroidered spring knives from the knife holder in turn and presented them with knives.

Cao Wenzhao and the others knelt down and took the special embroidered spring knife with both hands facing up, and then carefully rubbed the leather on the scabbard and weighed the weight of the knife.

The knife is about four feet long and about three inches wide.

Iron, elongated, with a fish-belly blade, wooden clamp handles on both sides of the target, the head of the handle is inlaid with moire gold plates, and decorated with gold cross-shaped compartments.

The scabbard is made of wood, covered with a layer of shark skin, painted with red lacquer, and the spine is inlaid with a long gold ornament, engraved with two sets of cloud dragon patterns, and the end is wrapped with a cloud pattern gold ring.

In a word, beautiful, but also very practical, definitely not a decoration.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this knife is given to you, and I don't want it to be used to decorate the faΓ§ade and spread it to future generations.

Instead, I hope that you and others will be used to kill the enemy on the battlefield and make meritorious deeds, so as to live up to my expectations. ”

After Emperor Chongzhen finished giving the swords, he made them stand up and explain earnestly.

Daming is now a stagnant staple, losing its blood and passion.

Because Emperor Chongzhen knew that a country and a nation must be bloody!

You must dare to show your sword in order to deter the Quartet.

The sword and sword hidden in the scabbard, no matter how sharp they are, are only dead things.

It does not deter others, nor does it have any practical significance, but loses the blood of the nation.

If you hide it for too long, it will rust.

When you want to use it, but you can't even pull it out of the sheath, how can you kill the enemy?

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen took these factors into account when designing the gift knife.

In addition to the necessary decoration to show the royal majesty, the main thing is practicality.

The essence of the sword is to kill the enemy, and it is to see blood.

The knife hanging on the wall is not called a knife, it is called an ornament.

If this is the case, the original intention of Emperor Chongzhen will be lost.

After hearing this, Cao Wenzhao took a few steps back, widened the distance between him and Emperor Chongzhen, slowly pulled out the blade of the knife, skillfully pulled a few knife flowers, and then said:

"A good knife, the minister must water it with the blood of the Tartars, so as to live up to His Majesty's gift of the knife."

"Good! Good! Good! I will wait for you and Jingying to spread the good news, and then I will give you and other Ming soldiers a knife to celebrate. ”

Emperor Chongzhen followed the rehearsal lines and turned to the soldiers in the school field and shouted.

Inspiring the honor and morale of soldiers is a profound science.

The first batch of swordsmen should be small in number, and the ceremony should be arranged with great pomp and circumstance, so that they should feel the supreme honor.

In this way, people can cherish and have the desire to go up.

For this knowledge, Emperor Chongzhen has a certain amount of research.

In the eyes of all the people, Emperor Chongzhen and the nine people on the high platform, holding the embroidered spring knife with the scabbard, hit their left chest nine times, and the uniform movements showed the heroism of the army to the fullest.

Of course, this is the original military salute created by Emperor Chongzhen, the leader of the military reform team.

In order to improve morale.

And the knock on the nine also has a meaning, Huaxia pays attention to the number of ninety-nine, so there are: ninety-nine great luck, and the end of the day of the beginning of the words.

After the tapping, Emperor Chongzhen's face was serious, and he shouted loudly in the face of the soldiers of the Beijing army, drawing their swords out of their sheaths:

"I swear that from now on, I will open up territory for my Han people, protect my Han people, and protect my Han family until the end of my life.

The descendants of the Ming Dynasty will uphold my will and take this as their wish for generations.

Look at the gods of the nine heavens and learn from them together! ”

On the high platform, Cao Wenzhao, Zhou Yuji and others also immediately pulled out their waist knives and pointed at the sky, and shouted loudly: "Long live my emperor, the sword is out of the sheath, defend my Ming Dynasty, and restore my Han people!" ”

The sharp waist knife sparkles in the sunlight.

"Long live my emperor, the sword is out of the sheath, defend my Ming Dynasty, and restore my Han people's majesty!"

Under the high platform, 30,000 soldiers also drew their swords and shouted.

The strong battle intent that emanated was like 30,000 gods of war, how could there be the slightest appearance of the original Jingying's weakness?

"Long live my emperor, the sword is out of the sheath, defend my Ming Dynasty, and restore my Han people's majesty!"

In this situation, the civil and military officials on the stage, led by Wen Tiren, couldn't help but roar.

The majestic and enthusiastic slogan and the style of pulling the wind infected everyone at the scene.

At this moment, no matter who it is, the heroic style of the Han people is engraved in the minds of everyone at the scene, which makes people's blood boil and unforgettable!

It's time to take the first step!

Emperor Chongzhen on the high platform couldn't help but leave the emperor's tears, looking up at the sky and muttering to himself, but his heart was extremely satisfied and comfortable, completely lost in the earth-shaking cry!

If there are 100,000 such iron horsemen, how can they be called Tartars to invade my Daming country?

If all of them are united, how can the Han family shrink into a corner of Asia?