After learning a similar lesson, as soon as the new dynasty was established, it sternly announced that the gentry and wealthy families were absolutely not allowed to keep private slaves, and this prohibition was not allowed to be broken by the Mongols, otherwise over time, no one would even care about the Han people being kept as slaves.

"Prince, please rest assured, we are loyal and righteous, how can we ignore the king's law? These children were raised by the army, and when they reached adulthood, they were allowed to work, and their treatment was no different from that of immigrants, and they would be paid if they worked for the imperial court and the Liaodong army. In this way, on the one hand, we can enrich the immigrants and open up Liaodong as soon as possible, and on the other hand, we can also turn the enemy into us. Bi Su hurriedly dispelled the prince's worries, "Although these children have blood feuds, they have been raised by our army since they were children, and they have all been exposed to the military power of our army, and they will not and dare not have resentment towards our dynasty...... After ten or twenty years, that is, the Han people. ”

"Is that really the case?" The prince found it hard to believe.

"Children are the most impermanent, and Yidi doesn't know loyalty, so even if there is a deep hatred, they will not keep it in their hearts, and the power of the Han country is so prosperous, even if they hate, they have no chance to retaliate, and when they grow up and have a family and business, this hatred will be even lighter. The Mongols killed each other, and that's how they treated each other, and the tribes used this to increase their strength, and our army just did it. Bi Su smiled slightly, "Your Highness, our army plundered a lot of children from the Jurchen tribe in Liaodong before, and now some of them have grown up, according to the habits of the Han people, farming and working, and now I can't see any difference from the Han people." ”

He said it lightly, but in reality, of course, it will not be so easy, in fact, the Liaodong Army is on guard against such people, and they are not allowed to live together except for surveillance, and they plan to spend a generation or two to integrate them, and they will never dare to take it lightly.

"I see!" The prince didn't hear the mystery in his words, so he quickly accepted this statement, and his heart was a lot more at ease, "All the soldiers, please make persistent efforts!" ”

It's the prince of the Han Dynasty, not the prince of Mongolia, and he doesn't plan to care about it to the end. When he was in class, he had heard about how the Spaniards conquered the Americas, gathered immigrants, and realized that the Han Dynasty was already much gentler than the Spaniards when they opened up their territories, without damaging their prestige.

Bi Su breathed a sigh of relief and watched the prince leave.

Under the watchful eyes of all the soldiers, the prince awarded the others medals one by one, and each time he passed by, the military musicians would show off with the beat of the drums, and the mood of the soldiers became even more high, and everyone was both envious and eager to earn a medal for themselves.

These medals are not only to boost morale, but also to remember the merits, each medal when issued, there will be a special person to record the honors held by the recipients at that time, these honors in the soldiers and officers when they return to their hometowns, so almost everyone flocks to the field.

There was only one person left in the ranks, and the prince walked forward slowly, and finally walked in front of Zhao Song, who had been standing silently and proudly. He was also dressed in a new military uniform, and his face was as calm as water.

The crown prince stood in front of him solemnly, and then took out a huge silver medal from the tray next to him, and under the gaze of the whole army, he slowly pinned this first-class silver orchid medal in front of Zhao Song.

"Zhao Luzheng, please make persistent efforts." The prince said to him in a respectful tone with a hint of distance.

Although Zhao Song is considered a cousin in terms of seniority, there is no way for the prince to treat him as a respectable uncle and elder like Chen Sheng, plus Zhao Song will go to Japan as a general in the army, and theoretically he has a "colleague" relationship with him sitting in the rear, so he has to treat Zhao Song with this polite and distant attitude.

"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince! Thank you, Your Majesty! Unlike the prince's politeness, Zhao Song was very excited, and he held his head high and thanked the prince and the emperor loudly.

After the crown prince awarded Zhao Song the medal, the officers and soldiers of the entire array cheered at the same time, Zhao Song was their old brigade commander, he had always taken the lead in fighting, and he was also very good to the officers and soldiers under him, so he had a high prestige among the troops, everyone was cheering that he could get such an honor, and even the people of other troops were cheering for it.

In this tidal wave of cheers, despite his calm nature, Zhao Song's heart couldn't help but feel a little fluttering.

He had previously received a second-class Yinlan Medal because of his exploits over the years, and when he was transferred back to the capital, it was rumored in the army that he would be promoted, and he himself guessed that he would be more valued, but he didn't expect to be awarded such a position, and this first-class Yinlan Medal would actually be awarded to him in Liaodong, which is really unpredictable.

The first-class Yinlan Medal is rarely awarded in the Han army, and basically getting this rank is equivalent to becoming a general, only one step away from the marshal, and becoming a marshal is Zhao Song's biggest dream in his life.

He gently stroked the medal on his chest, the smooth surface of the silver leaving a strange touch on his hand—and it brought back memories of his early years.

That kid back then, where did he think that he would be able to become a supreme minister in more than ten years and become the top few generals in the hundreds of thousands of troops? If you can retire with the rank of marshal again, what regrets do you have in this life!

After the award ceremony, the morale of all the soldiers was also mobilized to the highest point.

They were not disbanded, and at the behest of the officers, the ranks were disbanded and reorganized, and soon became several large clusters according to the division of the regiments, while the cavalry and artillery were regrouped in different locations under their command.

For a while, the army moved in place, and there was an order in the chaos, and the murderous spirit was in the Jin Ge Iron Horse.

Zhao Song wanted to select a regiment directly under his brigade for the battle of the Japanese Expedition, but after communicating with the top level of the Liaodong Army, he decided to compete with the three regiments in his brigade during the exercise, and select the regiment with the best performance as his direct regiment.

Of course, they will not say anything to the officers and soldiers below, but they just said that the prince came to watch the exercise in person today, and asked them to behave well, and this reason is convincing enough, in order to fight well in front of His Royal Highness the prince, all the troops are gearing up, bent on suppressing other troops, and get the prince's personal praise.

At this time, the crown prince, together with Chen Sheng and other high-ranking officers of the Liaodong Army, rode around the edge of the preset battlefield to watch the exercises, while Zhao Song took several of his cronies and senators to command the various troops, and by the way evaluated the merits and disadvantages.

In order to exercise his physique and cultivate the most basic military knowledge, the prince had to practice horseback riding and marksmanship in addition to learning military books, so although his riding skills could not be compared with professional cavalry, it was more than enough to deal with this kind of thing.

At this time, it was close to noon, under the watchful eye of the prince, the troops advanced and retreated according to the order, and under the guidance of the soldiers carrying the flag, thousands of troops and horses advanced and retreated in all directions under the clear sky, and the fiery red military uniforms burned on the ground, which was simply a breathtaking spectacle.

Each commander was shouting hoarsely, and their voices had become as complex and incomprehensible as cicadas when they came together to the Prince's ears. Each of them waved his swords to drive away the soldiers, and the arrays did not change as they shouted, the red uniforms, the blue grass and the gray-brown earth, the colors blended before his eyes, like a picture.

Soon, the excitement in the hearts of every officer and soldier had faded, and they all threw themselves into the exercise as if they were facing a great enemy, as if it were a real battle, and Zhao Song also encouraged their thoughts, he rode around on horseback, shouting loudly about the troops he saw, giving different orders, driving them forward or backward, and everywhere he went, he caused cheers, and the silver orchid medal of the first class that he had just received and wore in front of him shone on the red uniform, as if it could take people's hearts.

After the formation was quickly adjusted and turned into their own formations, then, under Zhao Song's order, the various teams began to shoot at each other, of course, this was only empty guns, no live ammunition was used, but from here you can also see whether the various troops were calm and calm, and whether the maintenance of muskets and other weapons was appropriate.

Then the cannons also began to roar, unlike the previous salutes, this time the bombardment on the preset positions was much more concentrated, and the whole earth trembled, and after the cannons began to bombard for a while, the cavalry in armor also sprang out of the positions on the edge of the woods, and then swept away like this army like a torrential flood, sweeping the entire army's position from the flanks.

The smoke and dust that marched out of the army, coupled with the smoke emitted by the roar of guns, made the entire exercise field quickly covered with smoke, as if covered with a yellow veil, everything in it was blurred, and the colors seemed to be mixed together.

However, because of the hard work on weekdays, the advance and retreat of all branches of the entire army are very orderly, and it seems that there is not only a unique slaughter of the army, but even a pleasing feeling.

"That's amazing!" The prince couldn't help but approve. "With such a strong army advancing and retreating like an arm, it's no wonder that it can sweep across the north!"

"It looks beautiful, but when you really fight, it's not so simple, it's a hundred times more cruel than this, and I don't want to keep the formation so beautiful." Marshal Chen Sheng next to him replied quite calmly, "The drill on weekdays can only be practiced to get used to, so that the soldiers know to listen to military orders and know how to maintain the formation. ”