The emperor's chariot frame, civil and military officials walked out of the Forbidden City in a mighty manner and went to the Taimiao. When he arrived outside the Taimiao, he saw a group of Jinyiwei busy placing armor and weapons, and at the same time, he was seriously stacking Jingguan.

The weapons and armor are arranged neatly, with 70,000 to 80,000 pairs of armor, divided into three types: armor, cotton armor, and chain mail. Most of these armors are damaged to a certain extent, which shows how tragic the battle is.

Chongzhen smiled and took the ministers to visit, and picked up the captured war armor from time to time to time to watch. The civil and military officials also pointed and talked about the seized and the heads.

"Take Ajige." A commander of the Jinyiwei shouted loudly, and saw a prison cart pulling in, with a chain of iron chains on it, and a rat-tailed man with a money-like rat in his head. The cart was tied with more than two thousand Qing soldiers with ropes, one connected to the other, and formed a large string.

The person in the prison car was Azige.

At this time, Ajige suddenly shouted, muttering and didn't know what to say. Chongzhen snorted coldly, "The disaster is coming, and he is still so arrogant. He really has no change in his surname."

"Your Majesty might as well cut down all these Jianli and pay tribute to the ancestors with blood." Zhao Yan suggested that in his eyes, these Qing soldiers were like pigs and dogs, and they would kill them.

"Okay." Chongzhen was excited when he heard this and said to the Minister of Rites: "Behead all these Jianlu and pay tribute to his ancestors with blood."

"yes."

Officials from the Ministry of Rites hurriedly went to make arrangements.

...In the afternoon of the same day, a solemn and memorial ceremony was held in the Taimiao. It took nearly five hours. Two thousand Qing soldiers and Ajige were beheaded outside the Taimiao to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty's ancestors with blood.

"Zhao Yan, the general of Denglai, Shandong Salt Transportation Commissioner, praised our Ming Dynasty's prestige, protected the capital's peace, was granted the title of Prince Shaobao, awarded the seal of General Jianwei, and premier Shandong military affairs." At this time, Chongzhen suddenly decided.

"Thank you for your kindness." Zhao Yan hurriedly knelt down halfway.

Wen Tiren and other civil officials watched each other for a while. After Wen Tiren shook his head, no one opposed it.

At this moment, anyone can see that there is absolutely no good ending for those who oppose this reward. Zhao Yan's military achievements are there, and there is no reason to oppose it.

The Prince's Young Guardian is just an honorary title. However, General Jianwei is a first-class official and is already above all the generals who can fight against the Ming Dynasty.

(The previous article was wrong. General Longhu is the second rank, not the highest.) Chongzhen seemed to have been prepared. The eunuch immediately presented the General Jianwei seal and handed it to Zhao Yan himself. Zhao Yan took the General Seal and swore: "I will fight to the death to repay the country's kindness."

"I am very relieved to Zhao Aiqing with this determination. My dear said that I will present the list of meritorious soldiers and soldiers, and I will reward them one by one." Chongzhen said to Zhao Yan.

That night, Zhao Yan, Zhang Buyun and others drafted the list overnight, listing the list of meritorious generals in this battle one by one. The review of meritorious deeds has been submitted by the Education Commission of each company, and drafting is very simple at this moment.

All battalions performed very well in this battle. They were able to completely annihilate the invading Qing army, and they also depended on the cooperation of each battalion. Therefore, Zhao Yong, Wang Wenyue, Lin Yi, Wu Yongliang, Li Ran, the battalion commander of the cavalry and artillery battalion Xue Qing, and the battalion commander of the logistics battalion He Shunwen were the first to be successful.

In addition, there were scouts who had won the head, and their merits were calculated according to their personal achievements. In addition, the fifteen soldiers killed in battle and other wounded soldiers were also on the list.

There were more than a thousand soldiers on the list, including almost all grassroots officers.

The next day, Zhao Yan submitted this list to the Ministry of War. Zhang Fengyi was very surprised to see the list. There were only three generals with the most heads.

The total number of heads that more than one thousand people get is only more than two thousand, so where are the remaining more than 40,000 heads running?

Zhang Fengyi, who was in trouble, hurriedly went into the palace to ask Chongzhen for instructions. Chongzhen was puzzled after seeing it, and hurriedly summoned Zhao Yan into the palace. Zhao Yan was as good as the Ganqing Palace. Chongzhen asked in confusion: "Zhao Aiqing, how do you calculate the merits on this list?"

"Your Majesty, the Denglai Army is responsible for the prevention of cutting off the heads of the battle and killing good people. Therefore, the suppression of bandits and suppressing bandits in normal times is not considered the first merit, so as to prevent random killing. Although fighting against foreign races is considered the first merit, the other merits are not considered individuals except scouts, but are divided according to the performance of each battalion. This time, each battalion can perform, and the performance of the only baggage battalion is the most rare. The people on the list are officers at all levels. According to the reward and punishment system within the Denglai Army, officers can only be divided into one to three times the heads of ordinary soldiers, and cannot exceed three times." Zhao Yan replied.

Chongzhen thought for a while and asked, "Do you have any complaints about merit in this way? How can you reward those who have not made the list?"

Chongzhen still attached great importance to this great victory and believed that rewards should not be stingy, so as to avoid resentment from soldiers.

"Three times is no more, and I don't have more than three times. How can I feel resentful? Those who have not been listed are ordinary soldiers. The Denglai Army is divided into first-class private, second-class private, third-class private, first-class private salary five taels, second-class private salary three taels, and third-class private salary one taels and five coins. Your Majesty only needs to raise their level first." Zhao Yan said.

"My dear is indeed good at governing the army. The Ministry of War will decide to reward according to this list! Submit it to the approval as soon as possible." Zhu Youjian said to Zhang Fengyi.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Fengyi took the list and said, "I will leave."

Chongzhen nodded, and Zhang Fengyi retreated. Zhao Yan looked at Zhang Fengyi's back as he left. If this old man hadn't been to Beijing for the king this time, he would have committed suicide by taking yellow medicine.

According to the original history, it seems that some city fell, which led to Zhang Fengyi being impeached, charged with "sitting to wait and see". Zhang Fengyi, who was forced to ask for a supervisor, had to ask for a supervisor. This old man in his eighties, naturally could not fight the war, and finally committed suicide by taking yellow medicine.

After Zhang Fengyi fell, Yang He's son Yang Sichang came to power.

History has changed. The Qing Dynasty was killed by 50,000 people, which was severely damaged by energy. The urgency that Zhao Yan was a little breathless has also dissipated.

"Zhao Aiqing, go and prepare too! I Ming said that I would review the soldiers of the three armies." Chongzhen said to Zhao Yan.

"Yes, I'm leaving." Zhao Yan quickly lowered his head and retreated. In fact, he wanted to remind Chongzhen just now, so that he could have a comprehensive understanding of social contradictions.

However, obviously there was no chance. Chongzhen only thought he was a general, so he naturally would not ask a general about the way to govern the country. Even if Zhao Yan said it, he might not listen.

Furthermore, it is better to rely on yourself than to rely on Chongzhen. It is more realistic to completely reform the Ming Dynasty with force as a backing.

After leaving the Forbidden City, Zhao Yan went straight to the military camp outside the city. Tomorrow, Chongzhen would have to inspect the Denglai army, and he had to prepare in advance.

Back at the military camp outside the capital, the news of Zhao Yan being promoted to General Jianwei had already spread. Although the soldiers of the entire army had not received the reward, they were all excited.

In their opinion, Zhao Yan was their parents for food and clothing. After Zhao Yan was promoted, their current good days could continue. The soldiers did not care much about the rewards of the court because Zhao Yan would give them rewards.

In fact, many soldiers were already eager to return to Denglai to celebrate the victory with their families, but the emperor had to suppress the enthusiasm in his heart to review.

...That night, Zhang Fengyi submitted a reward list to Chongzhen. Zhao Yong, Wang Wenyue and Lin Yi were originally the highest-ranking officials and had already reached the guerrilla general, so they were promoted to garrison general. Wu Yongliang and Li Ran were promoted to guerrilla general, Xue Qing, the battalion commander of the cavalry and artillery battalion, and He Shunwen, the battalion commander of the logistics battalion, were promoted to garrison.

The other officers on the list were all promoted to the next level.

Chongzhen looked at the list and felt a little unprofitable, so he picked up the brush and gave Zhao Yong the seal of "General Zhao Yong", Lin Yi the seal of "General Zhao Yi", and Wang Wenyue the seal of "General Dingguo".

These three generals are all third-ranked.

He also awarded the seal of Wu Yongliang's "General Dingyuan" and Li Ran's "General Huaiyuan" and these two generals were from the third rank. Xue Qing was the "General Wude" and He Shunwen was the "General Wujie". These two generals were the fifth rank.

...The second is that, accompanied by civil and military officials, Chongzhen went out of the city to inspect the army of kings.

The Denglai Army was standing in neatly under the city. As soon as Chongzhen appeared, all the soldiers knelt half-kneeling and shouted: "Long live my emperor."

Chongzhen was a little surprised. He didn't expect that it would be so neat, which was very different from the Beijing camp he usually inspected.

"The soldiers were flat." Chongzhen said loudly. The Denglai Army under the city stood up one after another, straightened its back again, and stood up like a spear.

When Chongzhen and the officials looked at the army in front of them carefully, they were surprised to find that the army not only had distinctive armor, but also had strong troops and horses, but also well-trained.

"It's really an elite army." After Chongzhen looked at it, he was even more convinced of Lu Xiangsheng's evaluation of the Denglai Army. Those officials who were hostile to Zhao Yan suddenly felt fear when they saw such a large army.

At this time, Wang Chengen, who was beside Chongzhen, stepped forward, took out an imperial edict in his hand, and said loudly: "Zhao Yong received the edict."

"I received the order." Zhao Yong walked out of the team.

"Zhao Yong made great contributions in fighting, killed the enemy bravely, was granted the title of General Zhaoyong's seal, and praised his merits, and honored this." Wang Chengen thought.

"Long live my emperor." Zhao Yong could not see any fluctuations on his face. Although his expression was very solemn, he seemed not excited at all.

"Lin Yi received the order."

"I received the order."

"...I was granted the General of the Governor and awarded the seal of General Zhaoyi to commend his merits and honor this."

"Long live my emperor." Lin Yi also looked solemn, but without fluctuations.

"Wang Wenyue received the order."

"I received the order."

"...The general was granted the seal of the general of Dingguo..."

"Long live my emperor." Wang Wenyue's expression was the same, only solemn.

Wang Chengen recited seven imperial edicts in a row and awarded seven generals in one breath, ranging from the third rank to the fifth rank, and they all went beyond the level. For example, General Zhaoyong, General Zhaoyi, and General Dingguo of the third rank, all had to be granted the title of deputy general or above, and as generals of the rank, they were granted the title of the title.

It is very difficult to be granted a general. Many generals from all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty have not even been granted a small fifth-rank general, let alone a third-rank, from the third-rank level.

It can be seen that Chongzhen spent a lot of money to win over the generals of the Denglai Army. However, although such a win over was effective, it would be of no use to make these generals betray Zhao Yan.

Because the Denglai army did not consider the title of generals, title was a supreme honor, but the highest honor was to fight against foreign races and expand territory.

They were promoted by Zhao Yan. After experiencing Zhao Yan's ideological indoctrination, they were even more impressed by Zhao Yan's charm of serving the people and the country. Even if they were granted a title of Duke, they would not betray them. At the same time, they did not have the ability to betray them. After engaging in thought and the development of enlightenment education, the soldiers from the Denglai Army were very sensitive to this aspect. Once a general betrayed Zhao Yan, it would not take long for everyone to betray their relatives.

This top-down and bottom-up restraint has made Zhao Yan fearless of any means of winning over.

"The rest of the soldiers of the Denglai Army were not afraid of powerful enemies and went to the battle generously, protecting the capital from being damaged, and all were promoted to one level, and I admire this." Wang Chengen thought again.

"Long live my emperor."

"Long live my emperor."

All the soldiers knelt on the ground with joy. Zhao Yan asked Chongzhen at this time: "Your Majesty, have you started the inspection?"

"Hmm?" Chongzhen was puzzled. Isn't this a review? Since Zhao Yan asked this, he replied: "Let's start!"

"Yes." Zhao Yan shouted after receiving the order: "The military parade began."

"The military parade begins." The band commander shouted loudly, and the drums and music suddenly sounded, and a team of fifty people formed a guard of honor and soldiers came from a distance.

Two people at the beginning, one held a saber like cold as autumn water, and the other held a moon flag in his hand, walking solemnly and neatly. Every step, leather military boots made a sound of snapping on the ground.

The soldiers of these honor guards kept their paces in neat steps, like a machine, moving forward slowly.

"Huh?" Chongzhen had never seen such a uniform pace before, and couldn't help but be surprised.

When the guard of honor came to the front, the captain of the guard of honor shouted loudly: "Salute."

"Crash!" With a sound, fifty soldiers looked at each other and raised their arms.

"The ceremony is over."

He put down his right hand in unison.

Behind the Pioneer Battalion and the Rising Camp two cavalry battalions rode horses, each horse maintaining an equal distance and the horse's speed was consistent.

Chongzhen and the officials were surprised.

Next was the Cavalry Battalion, dragging two hundred 300 kilograms of howitzers, followed by the Infantry Battalion, Dengzhou Battalion, Laizhou Battalion, and Qingzhou Battalion were marching in neat steps.

Although the soldiers of these third battalions were not as good as the guard of honor in advance, they were also very neat. Each battalion held weapons and walked neatly, and the momentum was absolutely shocking.

Finally, there was the baggage camp, which drove the carriage by. There were a lot of horses in the baggage camp, and the food was transported entirely by animal power. It was not only faster, but also more.

Those irregular troops, often rely on manpower to transport grain, have extremely low transportation capacity, slow and small, and have high losses, which can even damage production.

Chongzhen saw many artillery in the Denglai Army. There were two hundred gates behind each infantry battalion, two hundred gates of cavalry cannon battalion, and two hundred gates of the baggage battalion, which totaled thousands.

The rockets are even more Chitto, with 200 rocket launchers per battalion, totaling 600.

When Chongzhen asked about artillery and the number of rockets, Zhao Yan answered truthfully. When Chongzhen heard this terrifying number, he said in surprise: "No wonder he could kill more than 20,000 Qing gangs at one time."

This military parade made Chongzhen excited, but obviously he was not satisfied with it. He said to Zhao Yan: "Your dear, why not let the Denglai Army demonstrate the firearms and let me see the power of the firearms."

"Your Majesty, the firearm is very powerful and will definitely disturb the people..." Zhao Yan hesitated, Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "It's okay, just demonstrate!"
To be continued...