Chapter 22 The Great Ming Dynasty will never die, and the incense will last forever
The civil and military officials, nobles and internal supervisors of the Ming Dynasty in the Chongzhen Dynasty, plus the troops of Mangui who were defending the capital, all the soldiers of the Beijing camp, and the people close to Deshengmen in the city. Today I saw a Western view - the emperor of the Ming Dynasty spoke out on the city gate building, and the combat effectiveness of the shrew was even stronger than the shrew.
Jiannu, who was scolded by Chongzhen as a dog, started a mad dog-like siege under the leadership of Haoge. After all, no one could accept that his khan was scolded like a dog and could not repay him!
Therefore, the siege battles began to become fierce. The tall and majestic Beijing wall turned into a huge meat grinder! Jiannu wanted to climb up the city wall, while the Ming army on the city wall tried desperately to stop Jiannu from climbing up.
Fortunately, thanks to the powerful intelligence of the Jinyiwei and the constant investigation of the night, Emperor Chongzhen had long grasped the situation of Jiannu's marching. He even sent people to move the city defense materials that had been secretly prepared onto the city wall until Jiannu's troops arrived at the city wall.
But no matter how well prepared, when Jiannu went crazy, he used the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Korqin infantry to fill in the flesh and blood mills in the capital, the Ming army inevitably suffered casualties.
Teams of wounded soldiers were quickly carried down for resettlement, and teams of reserve soldiers made up for the vacancies in front. The civilians kept carrying wooden rolling stones, while some women were boiling gold juice. Once this thing touched the wound, with the medical level at that time, it basically meant that they were dead.
Man Gui commanded the city defense. Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen was still standing on the city tower, he said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty might as well go back to the palace first. This place is dangerous and not a place to stay for a long time."
Although Chongzhen thought that his martial arts skills were not weak, he also knew that his personal bravery was not very useful in the battle formation. He also had more fear of death in the souls he had traveled through later generations, so he happily said: "That's good. I'll leave this place to Man Aiqing. But before the critical moment, don't send out the white-rod soldiers to avoid being aware of it by Jiannu. Two days later will be the time to teach Jiannu to be a human being!"
The civil and military ministers next to him were speechless, secretly admiring that the emperor was still in a brag at this moment. After all, it was Jiannu who was sieging the city now, and it wasn't you who were attacking Shenyang City, big shots! It's so scary to stay here. If you die here, how can you enjoy the beautiful life behind? If you weren't worried that the Jinyiwei and the hawks in the East Factory would go crazy, the genius would be willing to accompany you to the top of the city to make trouble!
Chongzhen didn't care what everyone was thinking. After Man Gui bowed, Chongzhen led the civil and military ministers to return to the palace. When he came down from Desheng Gate, he happened to see several wounded soldiers being carried over. Chongzhen's heart moved and let the civil and military officials disperse first, and only brought some Dongchang Fanzi and Jinyiwei to follow him from afar.
Following a group of people carrying the wounded soldiers, Min Zhuang went forward, but entered a yard. The yard was quite large and the tidy car was clean. Many wounded soldiers were placed in the yard, and only some Min Zhuang were simply bandaging. From time to time, the wounded soldiers screamed because of the pain.
Whether it was a civilian or a wounded soldier, when they saw Chongzhen's dress and the internal and external ministers who were following him, they knew that the emperor had arrived. They hurriedly knelt down and bowed. When the wounded soldier saw the emperor coming in person, they all struggled to get up and salute Chongzhen.
Chongzhen rushed forward, pressed the wounded soldier closest to him, shouting loudly, "Lying down! No one is allowed to get up! Otherwise, he will not obey the order!" After that, he pushed away the Dongchang man who tried to isolate him and the wounded soldiers, and said angrily, "You retreat! Where my Ming soldiers are here, the place where I am most at ease! There is no need to be wary! Get out of here!" Then he turned his head and said to Wang Chengen: "Go to the Imperial Hospital to announce the order, and order all the others except the imperial physicians in the palace to come here for treatment! Let the apprentices of the Imperial Hospital come, teach Minzhuang how to bandage them. Take the Jinyiwei and the people from the Dongchang together! I see who dares not come!"
After Wang Chengen took a few Dongchang men and Jinyiwei to the Imperial Hospital, Chongzhen's face looked a little better. Then he said to the wounded soldiers in the yard: "My soldiers! Thank you for your hard work!
I know that no one wants to fight! But Dog Jiannu is here, can we not fight?
Behind us are our parents, wives and children! For our own parents, wives and children, we cannot retreat!
No matter who becomes the emperor, the officials can continue to be their officials. But I, the emperor, will only die. How can you, the powerful soldiers, protect your wives and children?
It’s not that we want to fight, but that someone forces us to fight!
I can’t fight, so I have to rely on you! However, I will not let the soldiers who serve the country and the people shed blood and cry! I will give you an explanation today!”
After saying that, he said to Wei Zhongxian: "Wei Zhongxian, draw an order!" Then he said aloud: "
First, the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites has a department, and selected a place outside Chengtian Gate to build a martyr's temple. All branches were used by the treasury! All those who sacrificed themselves to the country were worshipped in the martyr's temple! The order was that the crown prince led all officials to worship every Qingming Festival! If the crown prince was not established, the chief minister would replace him! On the first day of the first month of the year every year, the emperor personally led all officials to worship! One day, the incense of the martyr's temple would never be extinguished!
Secondly, all those who join the army will be exempted from labor service and taxes from the date of joining the army and within three years after returning home!
Third, if you die in a battle for the country, your parents will be supported by the imperial treasury of the Ming Dynasty! Local governments must come and express their condolences in person during festivals!
Fourth, if a wife has a wife at home, she will not remarry. In addition to subsidies for death, her land will be exempted from tax until her wife dies! Her sons are sent to the county school to study! Regardless of her grades, she will not be allowed to drop out of school! The Ming Dynasty treasury will cover her living expenses until she is eighteen years old!
Fifth, all the soldiers in the garrison were no longer engaged in farming and were concentrated on training. The military pay was counted by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue was uniformly assigned. There were also soldiers who were driven to farm and beheaded!" After loudly speaking, Emperor Chongzhen said to Wei Zhongxian again: "Wei Dalian, please write an edict. This edict will be published in the world according to the edict that the edict will never be added. It will be published in the world and will be read out!"
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he heard a wounded soldier shouting there: "Long live my emperor!"
Then, more wounded soldiers shouted, and even those who were seriously injured shouted regardless of the situation, causing the wound to burst and faint, making the doctors who were in a hurry very busy. If they were late for a moment, someone would die of blood due to the wound to burst and burst.
There were many wounded soldiers here, and the sound of shouting Long Live was loud. In addition, Chongzhen had hoped that the news would spread quickly, so what happened in the yard spread throughout most of Beijing in just a short while.
Chapter completed!