Daming wolf ride

Updated: 2012-10-08

The efficiency of the imperial court was still very high. On June [-]th, the news was quickly entered Beijing, on June [-]th the head was sent to the capital, and on June [-]th, the decree of reward came down.

The person from the Ministry of War came from Jiang Yihe, the director of military selection, an old bureaucrat with a beard longer than his hair. Age spots were clearly visible on his face, but he walked very energetically, and he was full of energy when he spoke. The look of aging.

The Wuxuan Division and the Wenxuan Division, Kaogong Division, and Shibo Division of the Ministry of Officials are known as the four fat vacancies.As the name suggests, the Military Selection Department is naturally responsible for the promotion of military generals across the country. Therefore, although Jiang Yihe is old and old, none of the officials in Jinzhou city underestimated him, especially those generals, who carried A generous gift is delivered to your door.Jiang Yihe was also not polite, and accepted everything as ordered.On the contrary, the little eunuch who came to read out the imperial decree of Chongzhen's allocation of 1 taels of money to reward the army was much more honest. He only received 50 taels of silver from Cheng Yi from Governor Qiu, and other than that, he did not receive any filial piety from any officials.

I don't know if it was because he was warned by his father-in-law before he left Beijing, or if he was really not greedy for money, or if it was his first time out of Beijing, and he didn't know how to make money. [

No one knew the answer, but the officials in Jinzhou became nervous, and they didn't dare to make a fuss in front of the eunuch, lest the little eunuch go back and talk nonsense.

Because Zu Dashou was in Dalinghe City, Jiang Yihe and the eunuch announced the imperial decree in Jinzhou, and did not run to Dalinghe City.I don't know if the two knew that Dalinghe City was the front line, and they were afraid that they would run into Jiannu head-on like Shi Dayong's Songshan Army.

It was his younger brother and deputy general Zu Dale who received the order for Zu Dashou. It was also at the time of receiving the order that Shi Dayong first met Zu Dashou's brother-in-law, Wu Sangui's father-Wu Xiang, the general soldier of Liaodong.

Wu Xiang was ten years younger than Zu Dashou, but in his thirties, he was in the prime of his life, just looking at his appearance, he looked like a general.

But Shi Dayong is not interested in Wu Xiang, what he wants to see is his son, but unfortunately Wu Sangui is still young, and he is in Ningyuan with his mother, not in Jinzhou.

Accompanying Zu Dale and Wu Xiang were the deputy general Liu Zeqing, another brother-in-law of Zu Dashou, the deputy general Pei Guozhen, and the Liaodong generals Zu Kuan, Xia Chengde, Lu Pinqi and other generals.

In fact, there is also a general soldier in Jinzhou City, and this person is Song Wei, general soldier of Shanhaiguan.

Song Wei is from Shanxi. He was originally a deputy general in Liaodong. In the second year of Chongzhen, Zhao led the general of Shanhaiguan to help the capital for thousands of miles, but was killed in Tonghua. .

The jurisdiction and line of defense of the Shanhaiguan General Army are naturally in Shanhaiguan, but Song Wei brought [-] soldiers to Jinzhou last month, because Zu Dashou drained all Jinzhou defenders to rebuild Dalinghe City, so Sun Chengzong ordered Song Wei He and Wu Xiang will take over Jinzhou for the time being, in case there is any accident that Jinzhou is too empty.

Originally, Song Wei also wanted to come to the governor's yamen to meet the imperial envoy, but something happened at Daxing Fort, and he, the commander-in-chief, needed to deal with it.He didn't come to the governor's yamen because the military affairs were urgent, he specially called someone and Qiu Hejia to inform him, and asked the governor to greet the imperial envoy on his behalf.

.........

The rewards were as announced by Chongzhen in the Qianqing Palace that night. Zu Dashou added the title of General Zhenwu, shaded a son of Jinyiwei Tongzhi, and gave each a hundred taels of gold and silver, one sable fur, one carved saddle, and one white horse.

General Zhenwu is a military official, more famous and powerful than the former vanguard general of his ancestor Dashou, but he is just a general who is better than him.

One hundred taels of gold and silver is not a big reward, the sable fur, carved saddle, and white horse are just a sign of dignity, so the imperial court's reward for Zu Dashou is equal.

When the decree was announced, Shi Dayong kept secretly looking at Zu Dale and Wu Xiang, and found that they were all stunned after hearing Zu Dashou's award.Zu Dale was stunned for more than ten seconds before he came back to his senses and kowtowed three times and shouted long live. After receiving the imperial decree from the eunuch, when he turned around, his face was obviously a little unsettled.Obviously, the generals of the ancestral line have opinions on the imperial court's reward for Zu Dashou.

On the contrary, Qiu Hejia has really benefited greatly. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there are not a few governors with the title of censor and patrols in various places, but the governors with the title of censor or deputy capital are generally at the level of governor. .

Chongzhen gave Qiu Hejia the title of the right deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he had already restrained and closed the army.

As for Zu Dashou not gaining real benefits, Qiu Hejia got the treatment of a governor. Shi Dayong analyzed that it might be that Chongzhen didn't really let go of what happened two years ago, or maybe it was out of the starting point of "using literature to control martial arts" to make such an arrangement. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the vast difference in rewards between the two.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, Zu Dashou is already the No. 1 military general in the towns of the Ming Dynasty, the left governor, the forward commander with the seal of the forward general, and the most elite frontier soldiers of the Ming Dynasty under his command. of?Could it be possible to confer titles of dukes and marquises?Certainly not, those scattered officials are here to solve such problems that are not easy to solve through conventional means. [

Just as he was thinking, the eunuch's sharp voice sounded in his ears: "Songshan Guard Shi Dayong accepts the order!"

coming!Shocked, Shi Dayong took three steps forward and knelt down: "Minister Shi Dayong accepts the order!"

"The last decree: Songshan's garrison Shi was brave, wise and brave. He used the strength of an army to defeat Jiannu's fine cavalry. His beheading was huge. I am very relieved. I am promoted to Jinzhou General, and I will give 50 taels of gold and silver each, and I will also give you a sword. One handle, ten altars of imperial wine, and the relevant generals and schools of its ministries will also be rewarded together..."

"The minister leads the decree to thank you!"

After receiving the imperial decree from the eunuch, someone nearby presented the general's robes, seals, and the royal sword, Shi Dayong took them one by one, and then retreated respectfully.

The eunuch then announced the imperial decree of Chongzhen allocating [-] taels of internal funds to reward the army. After the announcement, everyone naturally shouted long live three times.

One tael of silver is equivalent to one hundred yuan in later generations, and 1 taels is one million yuan. This reward is very generous.

Long live my emperor!

Shi Dayong secretly said sincerely, later generations often say that Chongzhen is stingy, but now it seems that this is not always the case.

But nominally, the 1 taels of silver was given by the emperor to reward all the soldiers who participated in the war. Although Zu Dashou did not participate in the war at all, they could share a share of it on the surface.That's what he said, but Shi Dayong didn't worry that Zu Dashou would be so shameless that he would plan on the 1 taels of silver.

You must know that Zu Dashou received 10 taels of salary from the imperial court every year, and most of the land in western Liaoning was also in his hands, how could he value such a mere 1 taels of silver.Besides, the Ministry of War also brought the reward silver allocated by the Ministry of Households, and Zu Dashou didn't need to reach out to the [-] taels of silver and pass it on. His Zu Shuai couldn't afford to lose this man.

Therefore, Shi Dayong is not at all worried that the 1 taels of silver will be shared by others.He was anxious to run out of money, but now that he has 1 taels, many things can be easily solved.

Although silver is not a panacea, it can solve people's urgent needs.

After the decree is announced, the autumn wind that should be fought is almost done.Jiang Yihe smiled and told the eunuch that he could go back to Beijing. The eunuch was probably going out of Beijing for the first time, and he listened to the old man Jiang for everything along the way. Seeing that everything was done, he nodded in agreement.

Jiang Yihe led the eunuch and Qiu Hejia, Wu Xiang, Zu Dale, Liu Zeqing, Shi Dayong to say goodbye one by one, then stepped on the carriage parked outside the governor's office and left the city.The moment the carriage turned, the little eunuch poked his head out of the carriage suddenly, found Shi Dayong in the crowd, looked at him for a few more times, and then retreated in.

Looking at it this way, Shi Dayong was baffled.

Perhaps they knew the truth about the Battle of Dalinghe, or they couldn't let go of their arrogance. Wu Xiang, Zu Dale, Liu Zeqing and the others resigned with Qiu Hejia after the imperial envoy left. Didn't come to congratulate him.But Zu Kuan and another general Lu Pinqi smiled and congratulated Shi Dayong, after Shi Dayong was polite with them, they all went back to the camp.

Shi Dayong was about to go back to the camp to see how Cao Bianjiao was doing, but Qiu Hejia stopped him.

"The final general congratulates Lord Futai for his promotion!"

First he congratulated Qiu Hejia on his promotion, and then Shi Dayong asked: "I don't know what's going on with Master Futai calling the end general?"

"What's the matter?" Qiu Hejia chuckled, pointed to the dozen or so silver boxes piled up in the governor's yamen, and jokingly said: "The emperor rewarded you Shi Dayong with money from his own private house, why, you plan to give it to me for nothing gone?"

Shi Dayong said solemnly: "If Master Futai needs it, he will be the one who will be filial at the end of the day."

Shi Dayong's answer made Qiu Hejia a little surprised, and said strangely: "I look down on money like dung. I haven't seen you for a few days, and you are even more impressive to Benfu."

Shi Dayong still said solemnly: "Master Futai, it's not that the general doesn't like silver, but the general knows that this silver is used for urgency. If Master Futai wants to use this silver, it is a matter of urgency. , In this way, how can the general be able to keep it for himself.”

Qiu Hejia smiled, shook his head and said: "The money allocated by the household department has already been transported to the Daling River, waiting for Zushuai to distribute it to you. Eunuch Qi has confessed the money, the emperor said, It is a reward for you Songshan officers and soldiers, so I will keep it directly, and you will ask someone to carry it back and distribute it to the soldiers. I am not a profit-seeking person, and I am in urgent need of money. How can I ask the soldiers? It should be noted that this reward silver was exchanged by the soldiers for their lives, if Ben Fu stretched out his hand to take it, wouldn’t he be a wolf-hearted man, and someone would poke him in the back.”

Speaking of this, he changed the subject and said: "But there is one thing I want to tell you in advance, you must know it."

Shi Dayong leaned slightly: "Master Futai, please tell me."

"The emperor allocated 1 taels, but as usual, they have to deduct the usual amount. Naturally, Benfu would not ask for the money, but Nai Jingli has already withheld it. Here it is only 6000 taels, but it is not real." Ten thousand taels." After finishing speaking, Qiu Hejia looked helpless.

1 taels changed to 6000 taels, and 4000 taels were lost at once. How could Shi Dayong not feel distressed.Secretly scolding those bastards in Beijing, who dared to withhold money from the emperor's private house, they are really money-seeking moths.In his mouth, he said calmly: "To have 6000 taels, the general is already grateful for the mighty grace of the emperor, how can he dare to expect more. Since it is a common practice, he must follow it, and the general has no opinion."

Hearing Shi Dayong's words, Qiu Hejia couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion: This Shi Dayong is really beyond his appearance.When Ma Shilong told me about him that day, I only thought he was a warrior, but I didn't think he was a general.Being able to bend and stretch, and knowing what is important and what is important, his future will be measured.

Seeing that Qiu Hejia had nothing to say, Shi Dayong hurried back and said: "If Mr. Futai has no other orders, the general will return to the camp."

"Go, go." Qiu Hejia waved his hand with a smile, suddenly thought of something again, and hurriedly said, "Oh, yes, I heard from Xiao Cao that you want to build an iron pagoda for our Han people?"