Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 684 Ten Marshals and Ten Generals

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian first convened a meeting at the Grand Marshal's Mansion.

Since the 17th year of Chongzhen, Zhou Yuji, Liu Fangliang, He Xin and others who have followed him to conquer the world have all entered the Qianqing Palace.

On the same day, Zhu Youjian first announced the military rank of "Marshal" to this group of veteran heroes.

This kind of military rank is already regarded as a kind of honorary military rank. Zhu Youjian himself is the generalissimo, and the marshal is naturally second only to him.

Although it is only an honorary military rank, it can be regarded as bestowing the status of these old heroes. Even if the new emperor ascends the throne, he will have to treat these people who are second only to his father in the army.

A total of ten marshals were sealed by Zhu You!

The first is Zhou Yuji.

As the founder of the First Army, Zhou Yuji was also the general who established the First Army.

Zhu Youjian had just crossed over at that time, and when the intruders approached the city, he gambled once and asked Zhou Yuji to lead the troops into Jingqin King.

And Zhou Yuji really chose to rush to the capital Qinwang without hesitation, and made the first contribution to saving Zhu Youjian, and also allowed Zhu Youjian to wipe out the shameless civil servants, laying the foundation for going south and revitalizing Daming in the future.

Later, under the leadership of Zhou Yuji, the First Army was stationed in Shandong, fought fiercely with the Manchu Qing several times, and participated in the Northern Expedition.

It can be said that Zhou Yuji deserved to be the number one marshal. At the same time, Zhu Youjian also named him the king of Ningnan and specially allowed him to stay in the capital. The Americas, Africa and other places were founded.

He Xin followed.

He Shi was the warrior who accompanied Zhu Youjian for the longest time, and has maintained the stability of the central government. It is understandable to become a marshal.

And he was also proclaimed King of Dongxiang by Zhu Youjian. He was regarded as the eunuch with the highest title since the founding of Ming Dynasty. His nephew He Fang therefore established the Dongxiang Principality in New Zealand.

Then there is Liu Fangliang.

The uprising general of the Peasant Army who was born as a thief would never have imagined that he would be one of the top ten marshals today.

But he deserved his name as a marshal. Since Zhu Youjian took over his army and went south, the group of peasant troops he brought became one of the backbones of Zhu Youjian's subsequent conquest of the world.

Later Ming history experts commented on his joining in the past:
"Liu Fangliang's peasant army joined Gaozu, which marked that the army following Gaozu's southward movement changed from an army that belonged only to the bureaucratic class to an army of the nation. It is precisely because of this that Gaozu can be unscrupulous in the south of the Yangtze River without worrying about the mutiny of the army. suppressed the gentry who rebelled against him."

After Liu Fangliang was Huang Degong.

Although Huang Degong was one of the four towns in Jiangbei from the very beginning, and he was a powerful warlord in Ming Dynasty at that time, he did not harbor any ambition to become emperor because of this.

He didn't have any complaints about Zhu Youjian's reorganization of his army and deprivation of his military power in the later period.

Because of this.

Although Huang Degong was not a general with such a brilliant record, with his qualifications and high integrity, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian also made him the No.4 Marshal of the Ming Dynasty.

Marshal No.5 is Liu Kongzhao, who founded the navy. Although Liu Kongzhao is not a famous general in naval warfare, he is the most senior in the navy, so he deserves it.

Then came Marshal No.6, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian gave him to Yan Yingyuan with outstanding meritorious service.

As a famous general in all battles, Yan Yingyuan is still a hot military figure in the Ming Dynasty, and he has just conquered the entire southern Xinjiang, so he is well-deserved to be the No.6 Marshal.

The No. 7 Marshal is Zheng Chenggong, and no one can surpass him in his sea record.

Then No. 8 is Dingding Liaodong, Qin Zuoming who took over the old lair of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

No.9 is Chen Zilong who swept Monan and Mobei.

No.10 is the least experienced, even surrendered to generals, but made great contributions in destroying the Manchu Qing and overseas land battles, and his record is not inferior to that of Yan Yingyuan's Li Dingguo.

The heirs of these people were all granted titles and given them to go overseas to found a country.

In addition, there are ten generals.

The first one was Gu Yanwu who founded the modern military education of Ming Dynasty.

The second is Wu Mengming, the commander of Jinyiwei who has made outstanding contributions to intelligence.

The third is Ma Jixiang, the commander of the Dongchang Investigation Bureau who has made outstanding contributions to maintaining internal stability.

It is worth mentioning that if Wang Chengen did not die, Wang Chengen would be the marshal.

The fourth is the veteran Jiao Lian, who is not much worse than Yan Yingyuan in terms of qualifications, and not much worse than Li Dingguo in terms of military exploits.

The fifth is Wang Fuzhi, who was born as a literati.

The sixth is Zhang Huangyan, the chief assistant of the current cabinet.

The seventh is Gu Sanmazi, who was born in the navy, and is now renamed Gu Chushi.

The eighth is Li Ruolian, Zhu Youjian's most trusted guard.

The ninth is Zhang Tongchang, the successor of Zhang Juzheng who has been in charge of the royal guard.

The tenth is Song Yingxing, who has made outstanding contributions to the Ming Dynasty's military machinery manufacturing.

Song Yingxing is also the oldest person here, and even has more health care doctors than the emperor.

Then there is the determination of general, major general, senior colonel, colonel, major, etc.

Zhu Youjian issued an edict that the top ten marshals and the top ten generals are honorary titles, and the future generals can only be the top general no matter how great their merits are.

But the emperors of all dynasties can directly inherit the Grand Marshal.

The re-discussion of meritorious deeds due to the re-reform of military ranks allowed Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian to seal more than 120 countries within a year.

But also because of that.

There are more than 120 Han Chinese countries on the whole earth.

Plus the previous ones.

There are a total of 240 seven Han countries in the whole world.

The largest of these countries is naturally the Ming Central Empire. Besides him, the largest is the Ming Yongli Empire established in America by King Gui Zhu Youlang. He already has an army of [-] and has just conquered Mexico.

And the Ming Tang Empire established by Tang Wang Zhu Yujian has just expanded to the Mississippi River and north to Alaska.

The Ningnan Principality of Ming Dynasty in the Black Sea has just occupied Greece and is preparing to point its sword at Western Europe.

The descendants of Yan Yingyuan seized a piece of territory in southern France and established the Daming Zhijiang Principality, and repeatedly repelled the French army. They also launched an attack on Paris during the period of Louis XV.

And in Chongzhen 56 years.

Zhu Youjian also revoked the tariff privileges of the Zheng Group, for which the two sides launched a civil war, and the Zheng Group was defeated in the end.

The island of Taiwan is under the administration of the Central Empire.

And it is worth mentioning that the highest commander of the Ming court who participated in this war was Zheng Chenggong himself.

After the Central Empire made him the supreme leader of the navy, he could no longer tolerate the existence of a powerful navy outside the Central Navy.

Due to the opium trade, Gu Yanwu, the Governor of Xiyi in the Ming Dynasty, had a bad relationship with the English Stuart Dynasty, and finally occupied England, forcing the Stuart Dynasty to split England to Ming Dynasty.

In the 65th year of Chongzhen, a Daming Jincheng Marquis established by Li Dingguo's descendants suddenly attacked Scotland and destroyed the Stuart dynasty.

This made England completely occupied by the Han Chinese.

With the help of the technology provided by the Central Empire, the crazy Han country replicates and expands like a virus and bacteria, squeezing the living space of other civilizations less and less, and finally disappears completely.

(End of this chapter)