After deciding to purchase money and grain from Jiangnan to supply the army for Li Zicheng's expedition, Li Xingzhi immediately ordered Zhang Shaoqian, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, Tang Tong, Qin Ying and other generals to immediately return to the camp to rectify the army and horses, strengthen training, and allocate silver coins worth 1.2 million taels of silver to reward the three armies.

Of course, this reward was not only for the military horses stationed in Gyeonggi, but also for the three major field groups of Wang Zhongbu in Luoyang, Yang Biao and Huang Wenchang in Huaiyang, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu in Ningyuan and southern Liaoning, and Li Ruibu in Shenyang, as well as Zhang Wubu and Shuishi Town stationed in southern Liaoning and Dengzhou.

It's just that because the various departments of the Jingbei Army are too scattered, the new emperor is about to change the yuan, and Li Xingzhi is injured, so he only personally visited the Beijing camp.

Now the garrison of the Beijing Division, that is, Zhang Shaoqian's Fourth Town, Geng Zhongming's New Sixth Town, Tangtong's Seventh Town, and the New Seventh Town and Eighth Town and Jinyiwei that have not yet been reorganized, plus the Shang Kexi Department stationed in Tongzhou, as for the extra 10,000 Guanning troops, they are filled with the battle losses of each town.

That is to say, at present, the main force of the Jingbei Army is 15 towns and 75,000 troops, plus Li Dingguo and Huang Wenchang each have more than 10,000 people, and the total strength of the army can break 100,000.

As for the town generals, the rewards of the chief officials were separately distributed by the Prime Minister's Office, and the generals at the level of town generals were each rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver, and the deputy generals were 8,000 taels, and the civilian officials in the Jingbei military system were also issued gold and silver according to their ranks.

This reward was not counted in the Yulu, so when the news of the prime minister's reward for the three armies came out, everyone in the Jingbei Army was jubilant.

Li Xingzhi ignored his physical injuries and personally went to the Beijing camp to issue silver to the soldiers.

The officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp and Guan Ningjun, who were newly incorporated into the army, looked at the silver dollar that the prime minister personally took out, and looked at the deputy in line in front of him suspiciously.

"You melon baby, don't you understand, this silver dollar is worth two taels, if you need to exchange silver, you can find your Shangguan or go to Lydon to exchange, now we don't like to take silver now, this silver dollar looks so festive, but the prime minister Xu forgot, did not open the Jingbei Army's money bank in Beijing, this is a troublesome matter, go back and wait for my turn, I will mention it to the prime minister."

Wang Xiaoer, the deputy of the team who led the team before, joined the army in Jinan, participated in the Lushun landing battle and the battle of Daheishan and the battle of Shenyang, and personally cut off the heads of five Dongyu, and was promoted to the general flag because of his merits.

"The prime minister is so easy to talk to? When we were in the Guanning Army, we just wanted to see how difficult it was for us to guerrilla, but the prime minister really didn't have to say that as soon as we joined the army, we got ten taels of silver, which was as much as the Guanning Army's annual salary. ”

The soldier listened to Wang Xiaoer's explanation, and his heart suddenly settled down a lot, although he still didn't believe that this silver dollar, which was not much bigger than a copper coin, could be worth two taels of silver, but his Shangguan said that it could be exchanged, and there should be no fake in the future, well, he turned this silver dollar into silver and hid it for his mother-in-law so that his son could grow up and become a family.

"Well, this is a poor consideration of the prime minister, Amba, you go to find Song Guangkun, and ask him to immediately send 200,000 taels of silver into the camp, and exchange it for the soldiers in the barracks."

Looking at Wang Xiaoer, who was trembling a little when he spoke, Li Xingzhi couldn't help frowning, what Wang Xiaoer said was reasonable, after all, the newly joined Guanning Army and Jingying still didn't know much about the military regulations of the Jingbei Army, and they rashly rewarded silver dollars, which was not considered by themselves.

"Big handsome, the small one is not ......."

Wang Xiaoer was stunned, where did he think that Li Xingzhi would admit his mistakes in front of him, and as soon as his knees weakened, he was about to fall to his knees.

"Stand up straight, Wang Xiaoer, miner, the battle of Lushun, the main peak of the Golden Mountain with the army, beheaded two Tartars, during the battle of the Great Black Mountain, when the Donglu heavy cavalry broke the formation, he was wearing three wounds, still fighting to the death, and he did not retreat, and he was promoted to the deputy of the third town team because of his merits, and today he can point to right and wrong in front of the marshal, the marshal governs the army, the merit must be rewarded, and the crime must be punished, so the marshal Tejiner is a guerrilla attack in the new four towns, and the reward is five hundred taels of silver."

Since the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the Jingbei Army has repeatedly fought wars, and the peasant army, the Han army banner, and the Guanning army have exceeded 70,000, that is to say, in fact, the current Jingbei Army is a hodgepodge of living and free, and the reason why it can still ensure combat effectiveness is that it is all by relying on continuous victories to establish the military heart, in order to prevent the appearance of a rout like Li Zicheng in later generations, the reason why Li Xingzhi rewarded the three armies this time is actually to strengthen the cohesion of the troops.

In this troubled era when the wisdom of the people has not been opened, all the great truths are empty words, only silver and food can stabilize the hearts of the soldiers, and only by relying on military merits can the fighting spirit of the soldiers be stimulated, so there is a scene where Li Xingzhi commends Wang Xiaoer in public.

"Whew...... The little one is commanded. ”

Wang Xiaoer obviously didn't expect that he would jump one level because of a mere suggestion, and directly became a middle-level general in the army, but he was also a veteran of the Jingbei Army, and when Li Xing gave the order, he still reflexively stood up straight.

"Brothers, don't say anything else, in our Jingbei Army, as long as you abide by the regulations of the Jingbei Army, you can enjoy the treatment of our Jingbei Army, if you can make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, you can also be like Wang Xiaoer, become the general flag, team officer and even general, this marshal hereby promises, my Jingbei Army shall not be awarded for non-military merits, Wanger and other encouragement."

Looking at the countless soldiers who lined up to receive the silver under the stage, Li Xingzhi suddenly drew his sword, and opened his mouth loudly, the reason why the Qin and Han dynasties were strong was that the Qin and Han dynasties always implemented the military merit awarding system, which is the so-called classical ****, and now Li Xingzhi could not rely on political education to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, so he simply followed the example of the sages and stimulated the military spirit with military merits.

"Jingbei Army...... Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng......! ”

The veterans of the Jingbei Army looked at Wang Xiaoer, who was at a loss on the stage, and at some point, a loud shout suddenly broke out in the crowd.

"Jingbei Army Wansheng...... The Jingbei Army is ......! ”

The soldier next to him was infected and kept shouting.

"Knock, knock, knock......!"

As more and more soldiers shouted slogans, those who had broken their throats began to constantly hit the ground with their knives and spears.

"Hooray, hooray, hooray......!"

"Hooray, hooray, hooray......!"

I don't know when it started, and I don't know which leader it was, all the soldiers shouted long live on the ground, and the sound shook the earth and resounded in the sky above the Jingshi.

"Lord, the military heart is available! The subordinates thought that the lord could change the name of the Son of Heaven to the Yuan, and the abolished prince Zhu Cihong moved away from Shenjing and moved to Penglai Pavilion first, and the abolished prince and the second son were too young, and the empress dowager Zhang Yan should move to Penglai Pavilion to take care of the two. ”

A few days ago, when the military was discussed, Xu Yixian was going to make a statement to Li Xingzhi, after all, Zhang Yan was in the court, and he still had some constraints on the Jingbei Army, but considering the matter of the Queen Mother's move, the matter was big, more than half of the officers and soldiers in Beijing were the original Guanning Army and the Beijing Camp garrison, in order to prevent people's hearts from floating, so Xu Yixian has not dared to speak, and now since the military spirit has been temporarily stabilized with silver, it is better to take the opportunity to move Zhang Yan and the abolished prince away from Beijing.