At noon, Yang Zhan'ao, who was temporarily acting as assistant in charge of the camp affairs office, came to invite Yang Zhen and the imperial envoy to the scene. Yang Zhen accompanied Lu Zhide to the lobby of the front yard.

The incense table had been prepared. Yang Zhen walked over, led the generals in the hall, knelt down in front of the imperial envoy Lu Zhide, and first knelt three times and kowtowed nine times.

Afterwards, Lu Zhide took out the imperial edict and read it out in public: "The emperor was entrusted with the mission of heaven. The edict said: Since October of the twelfth year, Governor Yang Zhen has led all the officers and soldiers in Songshan to first guard Songshan and retreat from the Eastern captives, without any chance of killing the enemy, and then to the east to cross the Liao Dynasty. Hai, captured Fuzhou, fought against Lushun, and instigated a rebellion against the Donglu puppet Xushun Duke Shen Zhixiang and brought the city of Jinzhou to surrender, and captured one of the puppet kings and dukes of the Manchu and Tatar tribes from the Eastern tribes one after another. There will be no prisoners. This is a great victory that has not been seen in many years. .

"I uphold the destiny of Heaven and treat my ministers as the Grand Duke. Anyone who has made merits will be rewarded, and anyone who has made mistakes will be punished. Yang Zhen has such unparalleled merits and has been granted the title of Jin Haibo hereditary. He can be said to be a model for military generals in the world. However, Jin Haibo's merits were not the fault of one person, and the meritorious generals on both sides must also be rewarded.

"However, there are many generals who have made meritorious deeds, and the court's famous names cannot be abused. In order to reward them for their merits, I specially gave Jin Haibo's two soldiers and officers three hundred letters.

"There are five Kong Zha, the general officer of the assisting garrison, one Kong Zha, the chief officer of the Songshan Regiment, twelve deputy generals, twenty Kong Zha each for the other participating troops, forty-two soldiers in charge of the battalion, and forty-two Kong Zha, the deputy general. Zha sixty.

"When the generals of this town and army are transferred and selected for appointment, Jin Haibo and Yang Zhen will examine the merits and demerits of their subordinates. Adhering to the principle of preferring to be deficient rather than indiscriminate, they will select those who are worthy of their posts and then, together with the ministers who supervise the army, report to the Ministry!"

Lu Zhide read this in a mellow tone, and there was an uproar in the lobby of the Assistant Camp Office in the front yard of the Songshan General Military Mansion.

Three hundred letters were sent to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel to issue a sealed air memorandum, including five members of the General Guards Corps, one member of the General Training Corps, and twelve lieutenants from each branch!

Upon hearing this content in the imperial edict, everyone kneeling in the hall raised their heads in disbelief and stared at Lu Zhide with shock on their faces.

Including Yang Zhen, the same is true.

He reported the merits of his generals in the victory document. Those who were below the rank of deputy general and above the garrison level had suggestions for promotion, and those who were already deputy generals were promoted to be the generals of the co-defense forces.

After moving to the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula, Yang Zhen's initial plan was not mature. He only wanted to divide the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula into the southeast, northwest, middle and fifth roads, and then appoint a general military officer to assist along the way.

Yang Zhen originally had four lieutenants in total, including Yuan Jin, there were five in total, which was just enough.

As for whether to set up another regiment in Songshan City to train general soldiers after he left, he was still hesitant in his heart.

He himself had planned to go to Jinzhou or Lushun in person, and it was obviously not so suitable to hold the post of Songshan Commander-in-Chief at the same time.

But right now, this position is being freed up and assigned to someone under his command, and I can't decide who it will be for the moment.

Because of his hesitation, the candidates for the other general military officers of the other areas were not finalized. He only announced the positions of the general military officers for a few of his lieutenants, without specifying their duties. Place.

Yang Zhen originally wanted to report some things to Emperor Chongzhen before leaving, including some specific personnel appointments and removals, but unfortunately Emperor Chongzhen did not give him this opportunity.

However, although Emperor Chongzhen did not give him the opportunity for this interview, the results given in the final imperial edict far exceeded the favor Yang Zhen could desire.

This result was beyond Yang Zhen's expectations, and it was also beyond the expectations of the generals behind Yang Zhen. For a moment, the whole hall was in an uproar and everyone could not believe it.

Seeing this, Lu Zhide had to stop, coughed, and then said to Yang Zhen: "Jin Haibo and everyone, please be patient for a while, and wait until our family has finished announcing the imperial edict."

When Lu Zhide said this, the audience quickly became quiet again.

At this time, Yang Zhen heard him read again: "General Yang Qing led his troops to achieve this great achievement. I should have given him a generous seal and followed up with a heavy reward. Unfortunately, the imperial court's finances were temporarily difficult. Now the money and silk are short, so there is no way to reward him."

, the only choice is to replace it with an unusual and generous seal. In addition, since Jinzhen has been newly opened, the troops, horses, wages and equipment required will also be temporarily raised by you. This reason can be forgiven by your spirit of loyalty to the country. Your Majesty.

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After Lu Zhide read out the last sentence of the imperial edict, the generals behind Yang Zhen immediately became uproar again.

Of course Zu Keyong and Zhang Chen knew that they would not be short of money and food for the time being, but the others did not know this.

When they heard that such a great achievement had been achieved this time, the imperial court paid nothing but gave them a bunch of official certificates. In addition, they did not give soldiers, horses, money or food. They were surprised and disappointed for a while.

Everyone realized for a moment that the superior favor and incredible authority given to Governor Yang were actually to pave the way for these last few words, and they all sighed and shook their heads.

Fortunately, Yang Zhen had already been mentally prepared. When Emperor Chongzhen summoned him, he had already revealed his intention to recruit his own troops and raise his own food and wages. So now that he heard these words, he had different ideas from everyone else.

When Lu Zhide finished reading the imperial edict, Yang Zhen ignored the noise coming from behind and immediately kowtowed to the leader to thank him and accepted the imperial edict handed over by Lu Zhide.

This imperial edict may be a hot potato to others, but to Yang Zhen, it is a priceless treasure that is coveted.

Yang Zhen took the imperial edict from Lu Zhide, stood up and silenced the whispers and whispers coming from behind him, then called for his adjutant Shen Yongzhong, and respectfully asked Lu Zhide to read out the second imperial edict again.

This second imperial edict is of course addressed to Shen Zhixiang.

But Shen Zhixiang is far away in Lushunkou now.

Of course, Lu Zhide would not find a way to cross the sea to Port Arthur to deliver the message in such weather.

Shen Zhixiang's title was entirely won for him by Yang Zhen. Even if he was passing on an imperial edict, he should give it to Yang Zhen and let him pass it on.

However, after meeting Yang Zhen, he heard that Shen Zhixiang's heir Shen Yongzhong was now in Songshan, so he decided to read out the decree directly to Shen Zhixiang's heir Shen Yongzhong, and then handed it over to Shen Yongzhong to take it back.

In this way, Yang Zhen asked his adjutant Shen Yongzhong to replace Shen Zhixiang and receive Feng Bo's edict in Songshan City.

Regarding this title, Yang Zhen had never discussed it with Shen Yongzhong alone, but he had learned about the general process of Yang Zhen's fight for the title for his heir-father from other people.

Uncle Xiang Ping was just an earl. Compared with Duke Xushun, who was granted the title of Prince Manchu by the Tatars to Shen Zhixiang, he certainly seemed to be much lower.

However, Mantarzi had only been a country for a few years, and compared with the titles of the Ming Dynasty, the title of Mantarzi was not even comparable in rarity and preciousness.

Moreover, a person like Zu Dashou is also a noble of Jin Yibo. With the current military strength of the Shen family, it is really rare to be able to be crowned uncle together with Zu Dashou.

Furthermore, if others don’t know the inside story of how Fuzhou was captured and Jinzhou was destroyed, how can he, Shen Yongzhong, not know?

Under such circumstances, what other choice does the old Shen family have besides surrendering?

Yang Zhen told the outside world that the old Shen family led his troops to Fuzhou, Jinzhou and other places, but he said that to save face for them.

In fact, after Yang Zhen captured Fuzhou, Jinzhou, and Lushun, even if he killed them all, there was nothing they could do.

Therefore, Shen Yongzhong did not feel that the title of Count Xiangping was low at all. He was overjoyed from the first day he learned the news.

It's just that Yang Zhen has never officially talked to him, and it's not easy for him to ask him face to face.

Shen Yongzhong was overjoyed to see the official edict today. From the time he arrived, to the time he listened to the edict, to the moment he received the edict, he was in a state of excitement the entire time.

But it was said that Lu Zhide read out to Shen Yongzhong Emperor Chongzhen's imperial edict to confer Shen Zhixiang the title of Xiang Ping Bo, and then thrust the edict into Shen Yongzhong's hands.

While Shen Yongzhong was still excitedly accepting the order to thank En and shouting long live, Lu Zhide looked around at the generals in the lobby and said:

"Which one is Qixia Wuju in Dengzhou Prefecture and Lewu?"

When Lu Zhide asked, everyone was confused and looked at each other. Only Yang Zhen realized something and immediately raised his hands and said to Lu Zhide:

"Eunuch Lu, my brother Yu is currently stationed in Luhong Mountain and is not in the city at this time. If the Holy One has a decree, I will immediately send someone to convey it to him."

"That's not necessary. It's just that our family has a posthumous document from the Ministry of Rites——"

While Lu Zhide was talking, he took a piece of paper from his attendant, opened it, glanced at it, and then continued:

"Well, that's right. There is a document from the Ministry of Rites that posthumously awarded Yu Keqing, a righteous man from Qixia in Dengzhou Prefecture, as the Zhongxian Colonel. I would like to ask Governor Yang to convey it to you."

After Lu Zhide said this, he handed the document to Yang Zhen, then he put his palms in his hands and said with a smile: "Okay, Governor Yang, the important matter of our family coming to pass the decree and reward is now settled.

"On the way back to Beijing, our family has a business trip to Ningyuan City. I'm sorry that we can't stay in Songshan City for a long time. It's still early today, so we have to set off!"

After hearing what he said, Yang Zhen naturally wanted to try to persuade him to stay, but Lu Zhide refused again, obviously having made up his mind.

Lu Zhide left the capital in late November of the twelfth year of Chongzhen and arrived in Liaodong in early December. Now it is January of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen. He has long been anxiously looking forward to Yang Zhen's return so that he can pass on the important news.

After receiving the order, he returned to the capital to deliver the mission.

At this time, Yang Zhen kept him, but he was unwilling to stay any longer.

At that moment, Yang Zhen sent him outside the General Military Mansion, called Zhang Chen, gave some instructions, and asked Zhang Chen to send Lu Zhide and his party out of the city.

Yang Zhen originally wanted to see him off in person and take the opportunity of sending off gifts to ask Lu Zhide to bring some messages for him when he returns to the capital. However, when he did, the second group of people who came to announce the decree had already arrived in the front yard of the General Military Mansion.

At that time, he was accompanied by staff from the Assistant Camp Affairs Office, waiting in the front room.
Chapter completed!