Daming Military Empire

Chapter 21 The Moon
Early the next morning, shortly after the morning court, an eunuch came to report that Qin Liangyu's family was seeking an audience outside the palace.Zhu Cijiong originally wanted to go to the gate of the palace to greet him in person, but was stopped by Sun Chengzong, saying that this was unreasonable.He had no choice but to announce that Qin Liangyu's family came to visit Qianqing Palace, and summoned Zhu Youjian, Sun Chengzong, Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang and other cronies to accompany him to meet with him to show grandeur.

As long as this was not over, he also asked the eunuch to set up a row of seats on the left and right, and then asked Zhu Youjian and others to sit on the left one by one. The chairs on the right were all empty, making it clear that they were reserved for the Qin family.

Why did the emperor treat the Qin family so favorably? Like Qin Liangyu, everyone present did not understand why.But he is the emperor, as long as what he does does not violate morality, no one in Ming Dynasty dares to say anything.

Soon, a young eunuch led four people into the hall. The leader was a female general, dressed in a Xu costume, taller than ordinary men, at least 1.8 meters tall.Although she is of the generation of women, she is heroic and majestic; although she is in her early twenties, she is hale and hearty and mighty. Needless to say, this is the number one female general of all time, Qin Liangyu.

Sure enough, as soon as the female general entered the palace, she led the crowd to walk quickly in front of Zhu Cijiong, knelt down on both knees, and kowtowed: "My minister Qin Liangyu, lead the family to kowtow to my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

Now Zhu Cijiong didn't care about etiquette or impoliteness, buying people's hearts was the most important thing, he jumped off the dragon chair suddenly, rushed to Qin Liangyu, grabbed her by the shoulder and said: "General Qin, please get up quickly."

The swift action stunned Zhu Youjian, Sun Chengzong and others.

Qin Liangyu was really moved, and tremblingly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Then she kowtowed respectfully, and then slowly stood up, but the three young men behind her lay there without moving.

Zhu Cijiong looked at them and said curiously: "Why are you still kneeling, get up."

The three kowtowed to thank each other and stood up.

Zhu Cijiong had just focused all his attention on Qin Liangyu, and he didn't see what the three people behind him looked like.He took a quick look and found that the first two were all fine, they were both young men in their twenties, tall, mighty, heroic, very consistent with the good generals he expected.The last one is a delicate little beauty, probably only fifteen or six years old, with that appearance, she is really ashamed, and Zhu Cijiong's eyes are straightened when she looks at it.

Beauty, peerless beauty!Zhu Cijiong swore that he had never seen such a beautiful woman in two lifetimes.He touched the corner of his mouth subconsciously, and sure enough, the saliva flowed out.

Everyone was a little puzzled seeing him like this. After all, he was only five years old, and no one would think about the relationship between men and women, so they didn't understand why he stood there in a daze.

They didn't know that although Zhu Cijiong's body was only five years old, his mind was already in his 20s, and he was really fascinated by the beauty in front of him.It wasn't until the beautiful woman looked at her curiously with big watery eyes and showed doubts on her face that he reacted and said awkwardly: "Give me a sit, sit, sit."

After finishing speaking, he ran back and climbed onto the dragon chair.

Seeing his flustered appearance, everyone couldn't help smiling, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh, Zhu Cijiong pretended to be calm and said, "Who are these General Qin?"

Qin Liangyu cupped his hands and said: "If you go back to the emperor, this will be my fourth younger brother Qin Minping's successor."

After finishing speaking, she pulled her hand back and introduced: "This is my eldest nephew Qin Yiming, this is my second nephew Qin Gongming, and this is my youngest niece Qin Mingyue."

Mingyue, this name is so nice, Zhu Cijiong was in a daze again.

Fortunately, he still remembered that he didn't call them here for a blind date, but to make use of the Qin family.But the number of people is too thin, why are there only three?He couldn't help asking curiously: "I heard that General Qin has three brothers. I wonder where the other two's family members are now?"

When Qin Liangyu heard this, he replied with a sad face: "If you go back to the emperor, my elder brother and second elder brother have been fighting abroad all year round, and they have already sacrificed their lives for the country before they got married, so there are no descendants."

Although Zhu Cijiong knew that all the male members of the Qin family would die in battle, that was the history of his previous life. In this life, he had already planned to reuse the Qin family. Naturally, he didn't want such a tragedy to repeat itself, but it was too late. The Qin family was in the prime of life. The three fierce generals have all died on the battlefield, leaving only two young men, and of course a peerless little beauty.

He couldn't help sighing: "The Qin family is full of loyalty, comparable to the Yang family in the Song Dynasty. It should be set as a model in the army and be recited forever. What do you think, Taifu?"

Sun Chengzong looked at Zhu Cijiong in shock, and forgot to answer for a while.Of course, he wasn't shocked by the loyalty of the Qin family, he had heard about it a long time ago, but he was shocked by the sigh of the little emperor.What he said was too level, he probably couldn't say such a level in a hurry.

Seeing Sun Chengzong's expression, Xu Guangqi knew that the little emperor was revealing his secrets. He hurriedly remedied: "Well, the emperor is right. I didn't expect to tell the emperor the story of the general of the Yang family yesterday. Today I will be honored to meet you, Da Ming." The general of the Qin family is really lucky for three lives, lucky for three lives."

When Sun Chengzong heard the words, he suddenly realized that these were all taught by Xu Guangqi.He just remembered that the emperor hadn't answered the question yet, which was a bit impolite, he quickly cupped his hands and said: "The emperor said well, there was a general from the Yang family in the Song Dynasty, and I had a general from the Qin family in the Ming Dynasty. This is my great fortune." I will ask the Ministry of War to write a document later to inform all the capitals and guards of the three brothers of the Qin family, so that all soldiers will follow the example of the Qin family, be loyal and brave to serve the country, and not be afraid of sacrifice."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "Well, let's do it later, but this is not enough, we must also be rewarded, otherwise there is no reward for sacrifice, who will be loyal and brave for the country!"

Sun Chengzong quickly nodded and said: "Yes, commendation, must be commended."

Don't just talk but don't practice, Zhu Cijiong urged: "Then why should the Tai Tuo look at the awards?"

Sun Chengzong blushed, cupped his hands and asked Qin Liangyu, "Nephew Yiming and Gongming are just vice-presidents, right?"

Qin Liangyu was already moved to tears, and she choked up and said: "They are still young, and the deputy commander is already good."

What is the position of the deputy general?It sounded like a big one, Zhu Cijiong asked Sun Chengzong curiously: "What rank is the deputy chief soldier?"

Sun Chengzong coughed dryly when he heard the words: "Your Majesty, the chief soldier and the deputy chief soldier are both false titles and have no rank. It is just that when it is necessary to lead the troops to go out, a military general with a rank above three ranks is transferred to be the chief soldier officer. The deputy chief soldier is usually recruited from He is in charge of the commander of the fifth grade."

Zhu Cijiong said dissatisfied: "From the fifth rank, it is still a false title. How can this be done? At least it must be promoted to the third rank as a reward."

It is the third rank again, why does the emperor like the third rank so much, this third rank is a high official in the imperial court, Bi Maokang was born as a Jinshi, and has been an official for dozens of years, his position is not low, so it is reasonable to be promoted to the third rank.The brothers of the Qin family are all young men under 20 years old, and they want to be promoted to the third rank. You are a Chinese cabbage when you are a third rank member!
But the emperor said well that sweeping his face would be a crime of deceiving the emperor, so Sun Chengzong had to make a compromise.He pretended to be helpless and said: "Your Majesty, there is no shortage of the third rank right now, why don't they give in to the left and right lieutenants of the Shenji Camp first, from the third rank, what do you think?"

For the time being, Zhu Cijiong really doesn't know the difference between the third rank and the third rank. He nodded in satisfaction and said, "Well, let's do this first. Where is Mingyue Guniang? How about giving it to the third rank as well?"

Sun Chengzong was stunned, you are really a Chinese cabbage as a third-rank official!
Fortunately, Qin Liangyu said: "Your Majesty, you can't help it. Mingyue has been practicing martial arts in Emei since she was a child. She has never held an official position. She can't afford such a third-rank official. I heard that the emperor is a little unsafe in the palace. Why don't you let Mingyue Entering the palace to protect the emperor, let her be a personal maid."

Personal maid!Zhu Cijiong was immediately elated, this suggestion really won my heart!But on the surface, he still pretended to decline: "This is not good, I have wronged Miss Mingyue too much."

Qin Liangyu quickly gave Qin Mingyue a wink, Qin Mingyue nodded knowingly, got up and said, "It's my good fortune to protect the Emperor, so please accept me, Your Majesty."

With this appearance and figure, Zhu Cijiong felt that happiness was in full bloom like a flower, and he naturally 'couldn't bear' to refuse any more.

He pretended to hesitate for a moment, and then reluctantly said: "Then, that's fine."

(End of this chapter)