Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 37 Zhejiang Soldier Qi Jin
"When all people are united, the mountains can be shaken. But loyalty and righteousness, the bullfighting..."

"When the lord general kisses me, he is better than his parents. If he violates the military law, he will not be free..."

"The order is clear, the letter of reward and punishment..."

"Go to water and fire, dare to stay late!"

"Report to the emperor, and rescue the head of Guizhou..."

"Kill all the slaves, find a Marquis..."

On the land of Hebei, a military song sung by Wu Yin spread to the surroundings, and four thousand people held high the flag of Ming Dynasty, and marched northward while singing.

These small southern men, all with smiles on their faces, sang in unison, attracting the attention of the people in the farmland on both sides of the road.

The armor of the southern soldiers on their bodies is very conspicuous in the north.

They pay attention to marching, take narrow roads, and when the distance is very short, the whole team walks like a line. Every five people are divided into two layers with one person in the middle and four people in front and behind. in the middle.

If you come to a place where the road is wide and the road is long, the soldiers on each floor are arranged in a single order, and each walks fifteen steps forward and backward. The carts for escorting luggage and armor are placed on both sides of the periphery, and the soldiers walk on the inside to prevent surprise attacks.

Such an army, military capacity, was especially rare in the late Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately the number was too small.

"Snapped!"

Suddenly, arrows exploded in the air a few miles ahead. A [-]-year-old veteran in charge of the army immediately raised his hand, and a flag bearer on horseback immediately waved the flag in his hand.

The army who was waving the flag and was still singing immediately booed, and it was as still as still water.

Soon, there was a small puff of dust rising in front, and then a cavalryman who rode his horse stopped in front of the sixty-year-old veteran and said:

"General Qi! The palace ahead sent someone to proclaim the long live edict!"

"Xilulu"'s horses panted loudly, but what made the [-]-year-old veteran known as General Qi even more excited was the fact that the palace sent someone to announce it.

"Come here, get off the horse, and prepare the table!"

Although the old general Qi was over sixty years old, he was full of spirit. After hearing this, the three middle-aged and young lieutenants behind him quickly got off their horses and asked someone to put a table to welcome the angel.

The same is true for General Qi himself. After getting off his horse, he watched his men and horses set the table, and watched eagerly as dozens of horses rode on the edge of the sky, gradually approaching them.

Soon, they saw clearly the appearance of the person coming.

There are more than a dozen of them dressed in crimson Yesa, the two leaders are dressed in hundred household uniforms, and one is dressed as a palace eunuch's Yesa, they are obviously Jinyiwei and people from the palace.

In the territory of Ming Dynasty, no one dared to pretend to be Jinyiwei, so after seeing them from a long distance, General Qi and three young lieutenants knelt on the ground with one knee.

Accompanied by Qi's army Tan Ma, more than ten riders rushed to the road in front of the army, and the hundred guards and eunuchs also got off their horses one after another.

After seeing that General Qi had prepared everything, they didn't hesitate, but directly took out the five-color silk imperial decree with a golden scroll from a box on the horse's back.

"Deputy Commander Qi Jin received the order..." the eunuch sang and shouted, and Qi Jin quickly led everyone to kowtow:

"Long live Long live Long live……"

Seeing Qi Jin's sincere attitude, the eunuch who delivered the decree also opened up the imperial decree to stick the golden scroll, and sang loudly:

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: I am the first to ascend the great treasure, and the Liao affairs are in chaos. The army commander Rong will be the pillar of the imperial court and the backbone of the country."

"Qi Jin, Wu Song's deputy commander, is capable of both civil and military skills. If he contributes to serve you, can his achievements be wiped out and he will not be praised for favoring his life?"

"The imperial decree says: Er Wu Song's deputy commander, Qi Jin, has made great contributions in fighting against the Japanese in the past, and now he has heard of the Liao incident and recruited troops to go north. His loyalty can be seen."

"Zite granted you the title of General Soldier of Liaoyang, and was promoted to General Dingyuan from the third rank. I hope you are diligent, powerful and established slaves, and deeply attached to Yuan Rong's valiant, and made great achievements in Huaxia."

"Decree on September [-]th, the first year of Taichang"

After the eunuch announced the decree, he handed the decree to Qi Jin with both hands, and after Qi Jin took it, he kowtowed again, holding up the decree and singing:

"Minister Qi Jin, kowtow! Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

After thanking En, all the generals of the Qi family army stood up with Qi Jin, but Qi Jin didn't have any happy expression on his face, but was very heavy.

But the eunuch who announced the decree did not forget to say:
"Qi Zongbing, Long Live also asked me to bring you an oral order."

"Eunuch, please tell me." Qi Jin was very respectful to the eunuch who passed the decree. After all, he was the nephew who came with Qi Jiguang, so he naturally knew the way to be an official.

Seeing Qi Jin's sincerity, the eunuch was also satisfied and said:

"This time Tiao Er and others went to Liaoyang, which was facilitated by His Highness the Fifth Highness."

"Together, Shizhu's chieftain soldiers were transferred together. They are responsible for defending Shenyang. There are many other things that our family doesn't know. His Highness the Fifth Highness needs to tell them personally."

"Long live Xuan'er, after going north, go directly to the mausoleum area in Changping, where to help train the army of the Yumajian, and take a rest for a month."

"One month later, Wansui will allocate [-] taels of silver from internal funds, and the Zhejiang soldiers who go north will pay [-] taels of silver per person per year."

"The other reward for beheading is based on fifty taels per Jianlu."

"One hundred and fifty thousand taels?!" Qi Jin's heart skipped a beat. He had never thought that he could get so much military pay with a battalion of his own.

After all, when his uncle Qi Jiguang was alive and guarding Jiliao, he had more than [-] soldiers and horses, and his salary was only [-] taels.

[-] taels, after deducting the baggage and logistics, the soldiers are at most ten taels per person.

Right now, just because of the Fifth Highness whom he had never met, he received a military salary of twenty taels of silver per person, which was really surprising.

Thinking of this, Qi Jin untied a money bag from his belt, and secretly handed it to the eunuch who passed the decree, and asked in a low voice:

"Father-in-law, what are your preferences for the Fifth Highness?"

"Favorites?" The eunuch Chuanzhi weighed the silver in his hand, at least a few dozen taels of silver, and said with a smile what he knew:

"Long Live's ascension to the throne was facilitated by His Highness the Fifth Highness. At present, the four guards and one battalion of the Yumajian, as well as the three guards of Habayashi, who are directly twenty-six guards, are under the command of the Fifth Highness."

"The general is in a hurry, the news hasn't spread yet, this North Zhili is a trafficker, and everyone knows that His Highness the Fifth Highness now knows the soldiers. Long live the border defense armament, and the opinion of the Fifth Highness is very important."

"Zhibing..." Hearing this, Qi Jin suddenly felt a headache.

In the Ming Dynasty, the prince of Zhibing was not a good prince. If His Royal Highness is not pampered by Long Live today, I am afraid that Qi Jin will also be implicated.

But right now there is no other way. As a guest army, he has no one to speak up in the court, so only the Fifth Highness can be their backer.

Thinking about it, Qi Jin could only fold his hands and compose: "Thank you, father-in-law, for your instruction. The general will lead his troops to the Changping mausoleum now."

"Hey, then our family will not bother the general, and return to the capital first." The eunuch who passed the decree nodded, thinking that this job is really easy to handle.

It was only more than five hundred miles from the capital to this place, and he earned dozens of taels of silver, so he happily led people back to the capital, leaving only Qi Jin who stood still thinking, and Qi Jin who knew that the military salary had been raised. Cheers Zhejiang soldiers.

(End of this chapter)