Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

Be granted a title through one battle, and the title will be inherited from generation to generation!

Everyone present was shocked, especially generals such as Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu.

When it comes to hard and bloody battles, each of them has experienced them many times. Whether it is against bandits or the Jianlu, the border troops have always been the absolute main force.

But even so, not one of them was awarded a title for their merits. Even though Zhang Shikang did fight beautifully in the battle of Jiazhuang, the air was still filled with sour grapes.

In comparison, Sun Weifan and a group of Beijing Camp generals were much more excited. Zhang Shikang was the top leader of the Beijing Camp, and they were also honored to receive such an honor.

Sun Weifan even grinned, he was really happy because as long as Zhang Shikang continued to be favored by the emperor, he would never lack battles to fight. Now he looked at Zhang Shikang with a cautious look in his eyes.

This nephew is so cute.

Lu Xiangsheng's face looked calm, but his heart was turbulent. Being awarded a title of baron after one battle was certainly a great reward, but Zhang Shikang led the soldiers of the Beijing camp to defeat the Jianlu and even captured the Jianlu prince alive, which was indeed a great achievement.

This battle can not only inspire the morale of all the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, but also let everyone understand that as long as you are strong enough, the Han people can also defeat the Jianlu.

The hereditary earldom is certainly enviable and surprising, but what surprised Lu Xiangsheng even more was that this hereditary earldom was actually named after the champion.

You should know that from this time to the first year of Jianyuan, for nearly two thousand years, only one person's title was named "champion", and he was Huo Qubing.

The current emperor actually compared Zhang Shikang to Huo Qubing. This was the real reason why Lu Xiangsheng was shocked.

This edict was named "Zhaoyue", which naturally meant to announce it to the world. The emperor was telling the world that Zhang Shikang was his Huo Qubing. How much appreciation and trust did this require?

However, Zhang Shikang, the instigator of some things, the Admiral of the Beijing Camp, was very dissatisfied with this. He grinned and complained:

"Your Majesty, it's really a shame. Instead of doing all this nonsense, it would be better to send a few thousand sets of heavy armor."

As we all know, the titles of nobility in the Ming Dynasty do not come with any fiefdoms, and even salaries have not been paid for many years. In fact, it is not much different from an honorary title.

As for the Light Cavalry Commander, he belongs to the sixth level of the twelve grades of military honors of the Ming Dynasty, and is of the third rank. Regardless of military honors or civil honors, they are just titles. He had a salary before, but of course, he doesn't have one now.

But what Zhang Shikang lacked was money and fame? His father was a hereditary duke.

In this battle, the Beijing camp suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, one of the main reasons for this was that the elite troops of the Jianlu were heavily armored.

The heavy infantry can make many mistakes relying on his tortoise shell, but his soldiers cannot make even a single mistake.

Before firearms could no longer become the absolute main force in war, heavy cavalry and heavy infantry were still the kings of the battlefield in this world.

But Zhang Shikang knew in his heart that if the elder brother in the palace had it, he would naturally not be reluctant to give it to him, because he was really so poor that he had to live on.

But Zhang Shikang's words still made the two generals Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu look sideways. What did he say? Is there something wrong with this admiral Zhang's brain?

With the angel right before him, how dare he criticize the emperor?

Not only did he not express gratitude for such a great reward, he even complained about it. Did he think his life was too long?

However, Sun Weifan and other generals of the Beijing Camp were already accustomed to it. If their admiral was a normal person, could he have achieved the current results?

I guess he can’t even leave the capital, and is still collecting dust on the city wall!

Wang Chengen had long been accustomed to this. Not only was he not angry, he even smiled and said:

"Master Zhang, since the emperor received your report, he was so happy that he couldn't sleep until late at night. He even went to the Imperial Ancestral Temple in the middle of the night to comfort his ancestors."

Wang Chengen spoke in a low voice, obviously not wanting others to hear, but Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu looked at each other with expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

The people in the Beijing camp were not surprised by what Zhang Shikang said, and Governor Lu did not make any comment either.

Even the eunuch in the palace, who was said to be the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, was not angry. In fact, he was very happy, as if he had not heard Zhang Shikang's slander.

They are not deaf, could it be that I am deaf?

"It's just a trivial matter, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning." Zhang Shikang said a few perfunctorily, and after taking the imperial edict from Wang Chengen's hand, he whispered quietly:

"Your Majesty is not angry about Gao Qiqian, right?"

After all, Gao Qiquan was a military supervisor sent by Emperor Chongzhen, and he was killed by him with a single blow. Although the guy deserved to die, it was still an insult to the emperor, and he was a little worried that the old man would be unhappy.

Upon hearing this, Wang Chengen bowed towards the capital and said:

"The Emperor's original words, if I had known this kid would want the Imperial Sword, he would have held back. He's just a eunuch, so I'll just kill him, no big deal."

"Wow! Your Majesty is so magnanimous! I give you a thumbs up!" Zhang Shikang praised without pause and gave a thumbs up.

"Not only did Gao Qiqian almost harm Lord Lu, he also took bribes and took seven or eight concubines.

Eunuch Wang, I...I, the admiral, am puzzled. How can you have sex since you don’t have a second brother?

If you can't have sex, wouldn't it be more uncomfortable to have so many concubines?

Tell me the truth, whether Eunuch Wang has a concubine or not, we are old friends, so let’s talk about it.”

After saying this, Zhang Shikang poked Wang Chengen with his elbow. Gossip is human nature. He knew that a long time ago, eunuchs not only cut cannons but also shells.

He was a little curious. As long as the shells were kept, there should be no problem in firing, but it was unknown whether he could still succeed.

But Wang Chengen felt his scalp tingling after hearing this. He knew that Zhang Shikang was like this, but this kid's problem was really...

"Sir Zhang, there is another imperial edict to be announced. Let's talk about it later." Wang Chengen said without paying any attention to Zhang Shikang and took out another imperial edict from behind him.

"The Emperor, by the Will of Heaven, decrees:

In the battle of Jiazhuang, the soldiers of the Beijing camp fought bravely and courageously, achieved great results, and served the whole country well, which greatly pleased me.

According to the military merit book, special rewards and punishments are given to boost the morale of the troops.

Sun Weifan, assistant manager of the Beijing camp and Marquis of Huaining, was awarded the title of Shangqi Duwei, a reward of 100 taels of gold, and was given the Feiyu clothing.

Wen Bangguo, deputy general of the Beijing camp, was granted the title of Xiaoqiwei, a reward of fifty taels of silver, and was given the Feiyu uniform.

Niu Gang, deputy general of the Beijing camp, was awarded the title of Xiaoqiwei, a reward of fifty taels of silver, and was given the Feiyu uniform.

……

Sun Dasheng, the guerrilla general of the Beijing camp, fought bravely and captured the enemy leader. This was a great achievement, so he was granted the title of Jinglu Earl, the title of Cavalry Commandant, a reward of 100 taels of gold, and the title of Feiyu Clothes.

Xu Wenyuan, the commander of the Beijing camp, was given the title of Yunqiwei, a reward of thirty taels of silver, and a fighting bull uniform.

Wang Jingduo, the chief sentry of the Beijing camp, was conferred the title of Wuqiwei, rewarded with thirty taels of silver, and given a fighting bull uniform.

......"

This imperial edict was very long, and it rewarded almost all the meritorious generals of the Beijing Camp, from the second-in-command to the chief of the sentry.

Different from the imperial edict commending Zhang Shikang, this edict begins with "Zhi Yue", which only declares the use of all officials but not ordinary people.

As for the clothes bestowed by the emperor, there were of course regulations. The python robe was the first of the four major clothes bestowed by the Ming Dynasty. The python pattern embroidered on it was similar to the dragon pattern on the imperial robe, except that the dragon robe had five claws, while the python robe had four claws.

For this reason, being granted a dragon robe is considered a great honor. Wearing a dragon robe means that the emperor trusts you and you are the highest official in the country.

In addition to the python costume, the flying fish costume is the next most popular, followed by the bullfighting costume and the qilin costume.

After the imperial edict was read out, all the soldiers in the Beijing camp were extremely excited. Sun Weifan was even more shocked. His disappointing son was actually granted the title of Earl!

However, if you think about it carefully, you can roughly understand that Sun Dasheng captured the royal family of Jiannu after all. The Tatars were so difficult to defeat, let alone capture the Tatar commander.

But Sun Weifan didn't think his son was that great; he just thought the boy was lucky.

But even so, the father and son were both commended by the emperor for going to the battlefield. If they were at home, he would have to burn incense to his ancestors.

Zhang Shikang was very calm after hearing this, but he just muttered something to himself. When Sun Weifan received the imperial edict, he asked Wang Chengen:

"Is that all? Where's the reward money? Where's the pension money?"

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