Chongzhen's open life

Chapter 396 Return to Beijing, reward.

In the first year of Chongzhen, on the third day of the seventh month, it is midsummer.

It's midsummer, and the sun in the sky shines on the earth like an oven, and the people who are exposed to the sun feel depressed.

But at the Desheng Gate at this moment, Zhu Youjian and the waiting officials and common people all showed the most sincere smiles, staring at the distant horizon expectantly.

Just three days ago, the imperial court received news that the army had entered the territory of Gyeonggi. With the army's current marching speed, it would arrive in the capital in a few days.

But yesterday, I learned from the courier who came back to report that the army would arrive tomorrow morning.

The imperial court, which had been preparing for a long time, quickly spread the news of the army's return.

Therefore, according to the arrangement of the imperial court, only Baiguan and Zhu Youjian, the emperor, came to meet the army today.

But after learning the news that the army that had triumphantly returned and wiped out Jiannu returned to Beijing today, the people in the capital were shocked!
Early in the morning, the curfew had just been lifted in various cities and towns, and people who had been preparing for an unknown amount of time flocked out. Before the officials of the imperial court reached the Desheng Gate, they crowded the Desheng Gate from inside to outside. It's full.

In the end, if it wasn't for the yamen servants from Shuntian Mansion to clear the way, it is still unknown whether all the officials could reach the Desheng Gate on time.

As for Zhu Youjian and his party?
When the common people saw the tall and majestic general in gorgeous armor clearing the way ahead, they tactfully moved out of the way.

As time passed, the sun in the sky moved closer and closer to the center, and finally at about six o'clock, a black wave like a long dragon appeared on the distant horizon.

After the black wave approached, everyone could see clearly what kind of wave it was, and it was clearly soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who were all in black armor.

There was some commotion among the people in an instant, but it was not big, and it soon quieted down, but all of them stretched their necks and stared at the "black wave" in front of them.

The moment he saw the black wave, Zhu Youjian also breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's finally here! I thought the messenger had delivered the wrong message."

After talking to himself for a while, Zhu Youjian looked at his outfit again, adjusted his collar, and waited for the approach of the black wave in high spirits.

Among the hundreds of officials, there are mixed feelings about this black wave.

Fortunately, the army won the battle.Jiannu, who had invaded the Ming Dynasty for decades, was finally put down by the First World War, and from now on, the Ming Dynasty will be safe.

The worry is that now that the military generals have made military achievements again, a reward is inevitable, and the power of the military generals in the court will definitely be improved.

The power cake in this court is so big, and the promotion of military generals will take up a part, so what the civil servants can control must lose a part.

How can this keep them from feeling sad?

But no matter whether they were happy or worried, they all stood here, quietly waiting for the return of the army.

After all, today is a great joy for the Ming Dynasty.

Soon, the black wave in the distance gradually approached, and then clearly entered the sight of everyone.

The Sun and Moon military flag with Ming characters at the front of the army and the Shuai Zhang flag after that came into everyone's eyes clearly.

The army was approaching, and Zhu Youjian couldn't hide the excitement in his heart and strode forward to meet him.

"Hahahaha! My soldiers are finally back!"

There was a burst of laughter, and all the generals saw the bright yellow figure in front of them.

As if rehearsing, when the yellow figure of Daoming appeared in the front of the army less than ten steps away, the army from front to back knelt on one knee, raised their fists to their chests and said loudly:

"Live up to the holy hope! We will return victorious! Your Majesty is all victorious! Daming! All victorious!!!"

Tears fell from the corners of Zhu Youjian's eyes, looking at the lovely people in front of him who gave up their lives for the people of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youjian trembled and also clenched his fists to his chest, staring at the army.Zhu Youjian responded from the bottom of his heart:
"I am proud of you! Da Ming is also proud of you!"

"You gentlemen!"

Zhu Youjian looked around at the crowd, there was silence all around, and everyone in the army focused on Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian slowly raised his fist in front of his chest, and then swung it upwards fiercely!
"Da Ming - Yongchang!!!"

As soon as Zhu Youjian said these four words, the army seemed like a powder keg that had been ignited, and roared in unison!
"Daming Yongchang!"

"Daming Yongchang!"

"Daming Yongchang!"

The voice of the army shook the whole field and lasted for a long time.

On this day, everyone in the capital, whether they were high-ranking officials or low-level traffickers, all firmly remembered this scene, firmly remembered the scene of the 10,000+ army shouting in unison, and were shocked by it !
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It's mid-July.

It has been almost half a month since the army returned to the capital. During this half month, the imperial court has been busy with the rewards for the army going to the expedition.

Everything is in order.

In this battle, Cao Bianjiao made the most contribution, and captured a big Baylor of fake gold alive. As for Dorgon, he was captured by the army together, and one point of credit is nothing.

In addition, Sun Chuanting, who was the first to bombard the outer city, contributed the most.

The former of the two directly conferred the title of Uncle Anbei and was promoted five ranks in a row!
Because the latter developed new tactics and made pioneering contributions, although he did not have a title, his rank jumped up and he became a major general.

Although the military rank has only been raised by two levels, but these two levels are not easy!
This is going to be!
The real will!

Unlike the water-injected generals of the imperial court in the past, who could be called generals by any officer, stepping into the rank of general means stepping into the high-level military of Ming Dynasty. It is also the third in command of the military in a province today!

There are numerous high-level military officials everywhere in the country.

Poor Cao Wenzhao hesitated to give the credit for capturing Mang Gurtai alive to his nephew so that his nephew won a title, so he couldn't jump two ranks to enter the general rank like Sun Chuanting, and could only be promoted to the rank of colonel .

But it's not bad, the senior colonel is also known as a brigadier general in today's Daming military, and he is a proper future military high-level.

Except for these two who have made great contributions, others also have their own rewards, but it is not enough to list them all.

After finalizing the reward for the Liaodong campaign, the imperial court turned its sights to the southwest without stopping.

Those generals who didn't get enough credit in the Liaodong Campaign also looked to the southwest with red eyes. This is where they get promoted and get rich. First come, first served, and those who arrive later can't even get soup!
This is the common understanding of the military today about the Southwest where military achievements are made.

Having tasted the sweetness of the Liaodong Campaign, they were already delighted when they heard the battle. After all, who could refuse the temptation to get promoted and get rich?
Today's military salaries are different from those in the past. Those high-level military salaries are really eye-catching, and the civil servants are constantly complaining about this.

It is so unfair to say that some reckless people in the district actually get paid more than their salary.

But the group of hypocrites who can't eat grapes and say grapes are sour can't speak when the Holy One just blocks it with one sentence.

"Ren's family is desperately taking money for their lives, are you greedy?
you can!

You also carry a knife and go to the battlefield to fight the enemy desperately. As long as you dare to go, I will give it, whether it is salary, reward, or pension, it is definitely not a lot of money!
Do you dare? "

The ministers were silent, and no one made a sound.

(End of this chapter)