The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 95 Five Generals
The next day, the Great Hall of the Emperor.

Before dawn, all the civil and military officials in Beijing arrived early, and there were thousands of civil and military officials on the square outside the hall.

The hall was also crowded with people, especially the ranks of military generals, with more than 100 honorable soldiers in total.

In the past, the two princes in the right column stood at the first place, but this time the two princes honestly gave up the first place to the red lady.

The three fathers and sons of the Wu family are the most eye-catching among the generals. It is really rare to see such a scene where three fathers and sons are in the same dynasty. Everyone is envious, knowing that the Wu family will surely flourish in the future.

The civil servants are dominated by Wei Zaode, the second assistant.

"His Majesty is here!"

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

Following the eunuch's singing, all the people inside and outside the hall performed three shouts and nine kowtows in unison.

"Everyone is flat!"

"rise!"

"Thank you!"

Zhu Cihong also changed into a formal crown dress today.

After all the ministers thanked En and got up, they opened their mouths and said: "I will inherit the great rule in the face of danger, and I will be protected by my ancestors, and I will work together with the soldiers and civilians to defend against foreign enemies. Retire, all meritorious ministers will be rewarded."

Said with a final wave of his hand.

At this moment, Zhu Cihong was in high spirits, exuding strong self-confidence. After speaking, he got up and came to the steps with his hands behind his back.

"Since the Wanli period of my Ming Dynasty, I have been repeatedly defeated by the Jiannu outside the pass. Since the second year of Chongzhen, the Jiannu have entered the pass and went south several times, plundering wantonly, damaging our prestige and humiliating China.

Internally, the group of thieves in the Northwest also became more and more violent, and the more they suppressed, the ten provinces in the south of the Central Plains suffered from cholera, so that the capital was besieged by millions of thieves in the end, which was a great shame.

The reason is nothing more than the corruption of our Daming military system, the Beijing camp is rotten, and there is no combat power at all, so I want to reorganize the military system, abolish the old system of the Beijing camp, and re-establish the five armies of the emperor's personal guard, and each army has a governor One, Wu Sangui stepped forward to listen to the seal! "

"Chen is here!"

Everyone was still reminiscing what they said just now, seeing that His Majesty was about to confer rewards directly, they all cheered up, and Wu Sangui hurried out to pay homage.

"Qing first led the Guanning iron cavalry to defeat the intruders under the city, relieved the siege of the capital, and later attacked Shanhaiguan. His contribution is indispensable. Today, Qing canonized as Zhongyonghou, a hereditary successor, and a general of the town. military!"

"I thank Your Majesty for your grace, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

Wu Sangui trembled with excitement, his head banging loudly.

Several female soldiers also came to him with trays, on which were the official seal of the former military governor, the iron scroll of Danshu, and the seal of the general of Zhenguo.

With trembling hands, Wu Sangui took the tray with the envy of everyone before retreating.

"Zhou Yuji stepped forward to listen to the letter!"

"Chen is here!"

"Qing was originally the general soldier of Shanxi. He was ordered to garrison Daizhou and invaded by thieves. First, with a small number of enemies, Qing killed more than [-] enemies in front of Ningwu Pass, which severely defeated the enemy's spirit. Later, he was ordered to enter Beijing to guard the capital. Not to be missed, now you canonize Qing as the Marquis of Loyalty, and add the title of Great General of Weiguo to be in charge of the rear army!"

"I thank Your Majesty for your grace, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

Zhou Yuji also bowed excitedly, and under the envy of everyone, he took the big seal and canonized iron scroll and retreated.

His Majesty conferred the titles of two great generals and marquis one after another, and one of them was hereditary.

"The British prince stepped forward to accept the seal!"

"Chen is here!"

All the nobles breathed a sigh of relief, they were afraid that His Majesty would completely exclude the nobles.

It's all right now, among the five armies, honorable ones occupy one army, which means that His Majesty will not touch them in the future.

Thinking about it is right, if His Majesty handed over all the five armies to the commanders of these warriors, wouldn't he be afraid of losing checks and balances, and the situation of the feudal towns in the late Tang Dynasty?

What's more, this situation has already appeared, but His Majesty used shameless means to reverse it.

Only Duke Ding looked disappointed. He knew that His Majesty had chosen the Duke of England, so he had nothing to do with him. With His Majesty's attitude towards Xungui, it was impossible for Xungui to control the two armies.

"Qing is loyal to the country and does not lose to his ancestors. Today, Qing is appointed as the general of the Zhu Kingdom, and he is in charge of the left army!"

"I thank Your Majesty for your grace, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

"Huang Degong stepped forward to accept the seal!"

"Chen is here!"

Huang Degong was taken aback for a moment, and then hurriedly went out to pray, obviously a little surprised.

And Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, Gao Jie, and Tang Tong who came with him all frowned slightly, with envy and hatred on their faces, obviously not convinced.

Even Wu Sanfu now feels that he is no worse than Huang Degong.

"Since Qing came out of Beijing to suppress thieves, he has made many military exploits. Not far away, he led the army to attack Shanhaiguan with Wu Sangui. , in charge of the right army!"

"I thank Your Majesty for your grace, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

There are already four of the commanders of the five armies, and almost everyone has guessed who the last commander of the Chinese army is.

So they looked at the red lady in unison, and sure enough, His Majesty smiled slightly. No matter what everyone thought of that smile, there was a hint of treachery and smugness in that smile.

"Concubine Ai stepped forward to listen."

"The concubine is here!"

Under the attention of everyone, the red lady came to the middle and knelt down, her face was much calmer than the other four.

"My concubine was originally a person in the world, but was forced by life, corrupt officials, went astray, and then turned back when she lost her way, turned to the light, and was ordered to lead the army to attack the bandit camp at night, severely injuring the bandit army!

Later, he was ordered to train the army and prepare for war. He lived up to the emperor's grace, defeated and built slaves, and made great contributions to the country. Today, she canonized as imperial concubine, empress Yitong, and canonized as the general protecting the country, the governor of the capital, and in charge of the Chinese army! "

"The concubine thanked His Majesty for his grace, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

"The ministers and others kowtow to the imperial concubine, and the empress will be a thousand years old."

"The ministers are waiting to see the governor!"

After the red lady got up, civil servants and generals all paid homage to her.

In my heart, I scolded Your Majesty for being too shameless.

Without thinking about them, they also know that the Chinese army must have the most soldiers and horses, the best equipment, and the most elite.

Maybe in the end, everyone's elite soldiers and strong generals will have to be assigned to the central army.

But at this time, everyone finally understood why His Majesty trusted and reused Hong Niangzi so much.

It turned out that when the robbers besieged the city, the red lady secretly defected to the imperial court, and attacked the camp at night, causing chaos in the army, and Wu Sangui took advantage of it.

In terms of credit for breaking the thief, it is indeed no worse than Wu Sangui.

He was promoted to general like Wu Sangui back then, and he deserved it.

Except for Zhu Cihong and Hong Niangzi who knew what was going on, almost everyone else thought so.

Even Wu Sangui is no exception.

The dissatisfaction with Hong Niangzi in my heart was completely let go.

After all, if it wasn't for Hong Niangzi, who attacked the Chuang camp first and caused chaos in the Chuang army, he would not have been able to step on the company camp and smash the army of millions of thieves.

When Zhu Cihong said this, he naturally wanted to suppress Wu Sangui's contribution, otherwise this guy wouldn't have gone to heaven?
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Cihong rewarded the remaining general soldiers and the nobles who performed well one by one.

Except for Wu Sanfu who was made an earl, everyone else just rewarded some gold and silver and insignificant titles.

After all, before they served as kings, they had already sealed them. As for other generals and ordinary soldiers, they had to wait for the list to be drawn up by the red lady.

"At the beginning of my ascension to the throne, I issued two tax-exempt edicts. Today, I issued two more. The first one: the four northern provinces, Beizhili, Henan, Shandong, and Shanxi. Within three years, officials at all levels are not allowed to For any reason, in any form, collect a grain of grain and a penny of silver from the people under the rule.

The second way: From today onwards, my Ming Dynasty will be exempted from corvee forever. Officials and government offices at all levels in the provinces are not allowed to conscript people to work in any form and for any reason. "

After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, everyone was shocked in their hearts, secretly thinking that this little emperor is going to heaven?

The red lady's eyes were shining brightly, and she was so excited, she knew that she had read the right person, this little emperor really cared for the people, instead of saying one thing and doing another.

"Wei Zaode, you will temporarily act as the chief assistant of the cabinet and be responsible for drafting the imperial edict. After the supervisor of ceremonies approves the red seal, it will be issued to the world immediately!"

"Minister, honor the decree!"

Wei Zaode hurriedly came out and knelt down and said.

He couldn't even think of rejecting it. As for the cabinet that could not obey the edict, he really wanted the cabinet ministers of the Ming Dynasty to give it a try, but he didn't dare to try it anyway!
As for the other civil servants, they also dare not let go. His Majesty now has hundreds of thousands of troops and five generals, which is as powerful as the Taizu.

(End of this chapter)