The arrival of the imperial court envoy, no matter what the result is, is good news for Zhao Ming.No matter what the imperial court reacts, Su Songchang's battle for power can come to an end.If the imperial court is hard-hearted, it will cut down the feudal domain now and restrict Zhao Ming, then Zhao Ming will also break off the mind of reasoning with the imperial court, directly set up official positions, rule by himself, and blatantly be a warlord of secession.At that time, any governor or governor sent by the imperial court will be directly driven away, and it is expected that the emperor and the imperial court will have no way to take him, and in the end they can only accept the reality.Of course, Zhao Ming didn't want to make such a stiff fuss, he still hoped that the court would be conscious and grasp the proportions.Sun Kewang in the west is a minister, and the Ming Dynasty does not dare to meddle in the internal affairs of the Western Army, because the Longwu Imperial Court knows that if Sun Kewang's domain is cut, Sun Kewang will really rebel and will tear his face and fight, but Zhao Ming will not, but this does not mean that Zhao Ming has no temper.Although Donghai Town will not attack the imperial court in the opposite direction, it can still be done if it cuts off contact and does not play with you.Zhao Ming listened to Ding Weiyue's words, and couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, he had just heard the news that the Manchu Qing Dynasty had expanded its armaments and purchased a large number of firearms from Xiyi, and he really didn't want to hear any bad news, and he didn't want to make a stalemate with the imperial court and weaken the anti-Qing forces."
Commander Ding, is it good news or bad news?"
Chen Mingyu asked on the side."
It should be good news that he said that he was going to canonize the marshal!"
Ding Weiyue replied.Zhao Ming heard that it was canonized, so it wouldn't be bad."
Is it just a canonization?"
Zhao Ming frowned and asked.Ding Weiyue shook his head, a little excited, and said: "Back to the commander, there is a big cart of holy decrees, appointment documents and seals from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War brought by the envoy, and the rewards of the brothers should also come down." ”Speaking of which, last year's recovery of eastern Zhejiang and the capture of Su Songchang's reward, it was long overdue, and the soldiers of Donghai Town had not been promoted for more than a year.Although Zhao Ming gave a lot of money to the soldiers, his official position was never moved, and he could not be promoted if he had merit, which was also a big blow to morale.If this reward and canonization are not repaid, Zhao Ming will consider directly promoting his subordinates."
That's a good thing!"
Zhao Ming rarely showed a look of great joy on his face, he bowed slightly, and then said to Ruan Mei: "This fifteen-thousand-new army, compared with the previous batch of soldiers, there is still a gap in quality, you must strengthen training and form combat strength as soon as possible!"
”The area now controlled by Zhao Ming is mainly Susong Changsanfu, plus the Zhoushan Islands and the northern part of Taiwan.In these areas, Su Song was often wealthy and could not produce a good source of soldiers, and the source of troops in Donghai Town mainly came from the cantonment army on Zhoushan Island and Taiwan Island.Zhoushan and Taiwan now have a total population of more than 2 million, and there were originally nearly 200,000 Zhuang men who were designated as Tunding, but before the expansion of the army by 50,000, more than 10,000 people were selected to join the soldiers, and recently 15,000 people were selected to join the soldiers, and it seems that there are still 1780,000 Tunding as a reserve, and the source of soldiers should be very sufficient, but considering that these Tunding still have to grow grain, and the military food in Donghai Town mainly comes from Taiwan, and even Su Songchang has to eat Taiwan's grain, he knows that the source of soldiers is about to be exhausted.Originally, Shandong Wei, Liaodong Wei, and tens of thousands of tunding could be supplemented, but the Qing army took advantage of the battle of Changzhou to break the two guards, which made Zhao Ming's army tense.In order to replenish the source of troops, in order to obtain the population, and in order to disrupt the Qing court's military expansion and war, and purchase Xiyi firearms, Zhao Ming thought that it would not be long before Donghai Town might take the initiative to attack again, so he ordered Ruan Mei to step up time training."
Humble command!"
Ruan Mei immediately bowed down and clenched her fists.Zhao Ming nodded, waved his hand, and said: "Since the imperial court envoy has arrived in Suzhou, then Ben Shuai will return to the city to receive the decree first, and come back another day to watch the soldiers' drills." ”After speaking, Zhao Ming left the school field, and when he got out of the camp gate, the guards had already brought the war horses.Zhao Ming turned over and got on his horse, and everyone behind him also got on the horse, and more than 100 horsemen left the camp and ran towards Suzhou City.At this time, Zhao Ming was galloping, thinking that his title was the Duke of the Kingdom, and his official title was the Right Governor of the Five Armies, which was already the highest military rank, and the imperial court was no longer good at rewarding.Last time, the imperial court gave him an honorary title, but he refused, and I don't know what reward he gave this time.In the early period of the Longwu Dynasty, the imperial court faced the danger of life and death, coupled with the struggle between Longwu and Zhu Yihai, in order to encircle powerful generals, both Tang and Lu were rewarded with titles.Many people had no merit, and even the remnants of the defeated army who had suffered defeat were given knighthoods.At that time, Zhu Yihai named Fang Guoan and Wang Zhiren as the dukes of the country, and Longwu named Zheng Zhilong as the dukes of the country, and they could all be crowned the dukes of the country.Feng Tang is easy to be old, Li Guang is difficult to seal, and the title should be difficult to get, but the knighthood in the early stage of the Longwu Dynasty is too indiscriminate, which leads to the embarrassing situation that it is not good to reward now.Zhao Ming didn't expect to be crowned king, but he didn't want any false titles, he just wanted to be real.Zhao Ming galloped into the city, returned to the yamen of the Right Capital Governor's Mansion, and immediately a guard stepped forward and grabbed the reins of the horse, "Dashuai, the envoy is already waiting in the main hall!"
”Zhao Ming turned over and dismounted, handed the horsewhip to his subordinates, and then hurriedly returned to the backyard, bathed and burned incense, and then went to the main hall to pay homage to the edict.Li Zhizhi held up his belly that was about to give birth, and under the service of the maid, he changed his dress and went with Zhao Ming.In the main hall of the Right Capital Governor's Mansion, several chamberlains were already standing and waiting, Zhao Ming glanced at it, they were all eunuchs, and no officials came this time.At this time, a eunuch in the center held out the edict, and Zhao Ming saw that he was busy helping Li Zhizhi to kneel, making a big salute, preparing to receive the edict, and still respected the emperor's envoy very much.When the emperor arrives, he will definitely ask about the situation of the inner servant, Zhao Ming's respectful attitude is to hope, through the mouth of the eunuch, to convey a message to the emperor, the emperor should give him, he is still very respectful to the emperor.The chief servant, after waiting for Zhao Ming and his wife to salute, then slowly unfolded the edict and read it out in the unique voice of the eunuch: "Fengtian carries the emperor, the system says, the right governor of the five armies, the prince Zhao Ming, the recovery of the pine is often meritorious, and now he has pacified the turmoil in Suzhou, counted and rewarded the merits, and added the secretary as the prince Shaobao, the governor of the East China Sea, and controlled Hudong, Zhoushan, Taiwan, and military and political affairs. ”After listening to this, Zhao Ming still had the title of Shaobao given last time, and then he was given the title of governor of the East China Sea.This governor of the East China Sea is not the governor of Nanzhi, but the imperial court asked him to control Su Songchang, presumably because the imperial court did not want him to obtain the title of controlling the entire Nanzhili, so he set up a governor of the East China Sea, and the places under his jurisdiction were also areas under his direct control.After reading the edict, the chamberlain slowly closed it again, held it in front of Zhao Ming with both hands, and said with a smile: "Zhao Shaobao, take the edict." ”This time, Zhao Ming did not refuse to accept the edict, he solemnly saluted, then raised his hands above his head, and said loudly: "Minister Zhao Ming accepted the order, thank you Lord Longen!"
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