Chapter 122 Tian Hongyu

The reason why soldiers like to kill is because of military merit. The more enemies you kill, the higher your military merit will naturally be. Especially for soldiers, the only criterion for measuring military merit is the number of beheadings.

As many enemy heads as you cut off, you will naturally gain military merit. For ordinary soldiers, this has been true in all dynasties. It's just that here in Ying Yi, there are people who can measure it with Tao Qi, so there will be no mistakes or greed.

Since the Ming Dynasty, this military merit system has long since collapsed. When soldiers kill the enemy, sometimes they don't even have a name, and all the military merits are given by the superiors.

If there is no way to stand out, who is willing to fight to the death for the Ming Dynasty?

The Qin and Han dynasties were the most important military meritorious in history. The Qin and Han dynasties were not entitled to titles except for military merit, so some people called the Qin and Han dynasties imperialism or ****.

Especially in Da Qin. The Qin Dynasty ruled the country by law, and the rules and regulations were extremely strict. In its heyday, military achievements were fulfilled without any mistakes. Therefore, the people of Qin were happy when they heard about the war, and they were most warlike.

The foundation for the First Emperor's unification of the world had just been laid.

Ying Yi is also considering this issue now. In troubled times, the army is particularly important. Some people say that the increase or decrease in qi counts is a measure of the amount of military merit, and that military merit is rewarded to the true soul, but this is not enough.

It is imperative to be knighted for military merit. It's just for the time being, and it's not possible to put it on the bright side yet. However, officer promotion can be completely transparent.

Those with higher military merits are superior, that's all.

Of course, military merit can only be judged based on the number of beheadings at the low-level officer level. When officers reach the intermediate level or above, they have corresponding requirements for military strategy wisdom. Soldiers only care about killing and killing, while officers have to care about how to kill and kill.

However, the training of military officers also requires education. Some soldiers are good at killing people, but they are stupid and unable to become more senior officers. There is nothing we can do about it.

The popularization of knowledge in this era was not enough. Although Ying Yi wanted to train officers immediately, he could not do it in a short time.

He issued a new book on discipline and effectiveness to every officer above the battalion general level and strictly ordered them to learn the above knowledge. This was actually based on this consideration.

For the time being, his power is not large and has not yet been completely stabilized. The education of military officers and the training of civilian officials will have to be implemented slowly in farming after everything is stable.

After nearly 10,000 true spiritual numbers were fed back based on their military achievements, Ying Yi had 1,900 soldiers who were different from ordinary soldiers. They were the seeds of Ying Yi's strong army.

According to Ying Yi's estimation, when he takes over the entire thirteen counties of Nanyang, the Humanity Ranking blessed by his own Humanity Qi should be able to accommodate 15,000 to 20,000 places. If the whole of Henan is occupied, the number will increase to about 50,000.

If cultural governance is successful, this number will increase significantly.

Ying Yi is looking forward to this very much.

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Luo Rucai was destroyed, not to mention how Li Chuang reacted, but Ying Yi had to return to Yuzhou after receiving a message from Sun Xiucai the next afternoon.

After returning to Junxiangcheng last night, Ying Yi ordered Zhang Shi to send people back to Yuzhou. He came back today and brought a message to Ying Yi. After hearing the news, Ying Yi could only go there in person.

He summoned the officers, reiterated the strategy of defense and troop training, and urged the strengthening of the defense facilities in Xiangcheng County. Then he took Zhang Silingen and two bodyguards to ride quickly to Yuzhou.

The news sent by Sun Xiucai only said that it was related to Zhou Li.

It is said that Zhou Li sent a hot potato to Yuzhou. After learning the origin of the hot potato, Sun Xiucai and Zheng Yunzhi could not make a choice and could only ask Ying Yi to make a decision.

Ying Yi, three people and three people on horseback, riding fast and whipped, returned to Yuzhou County at five o'clock in the night.

Sun Xiucai and Zheng Yunzhi were waiting for him.

"Why do you have to ask me to come back?" Ying Yi said solemnly: "We have just destroyed Luo Rucai's bandits, and the intruders will react. What if something goes wrong when I come back?"

When Sun Xiucai and Zheng Yunzhi heard this, they both smiled bitterly.

Zheng Yunzhi said: "What your men do is beyond my control. What can I do if you don't come back in person?"

Sun Xiucai said: "My lord, General Zhou... I really can't make a decision this time. This matter concerns relatives of the emperor and the country, so it's really a mistake."

"Relatives of the emperor? What exactly is going on?" When Ying Yi heard this, he frowned.

Only then did Sun Xiucai tell the story.

It turns out that Zhou Li led his troops to Wuyang to garrison, and put Wuyang County in order. Officials who followed the army gathered the refugees, appeased the people, encouraged land reclamation, etc. Everything was in order.

But two days ago, a team of 100 people arrived in Wuyang. It was Tian Hongyu, the commander of the Jinyi Guards and a state official. Tian Hongyu was the father of Emperor Chongzhen's concubine Tian Fei and the commander of the Jinyi Guards. He had always been accustomed to being arrogant. As soon as he arrived at Wuyang, he went on a rampage and was captured by Zhou Li's direct troops.

If it's just like this, it's nothing. The so-called person who doesn't know is not guilty. Although Tian Hongyu has an extraordinary status, in this situation, it is not his turn to run wild in a place far away from the Emperor.

The key is that Zhou Li's soldiers were so wanton that they humiliated Tian Hongyu in front of him and said that Ying Yi was the leader of the Ming Dynasty and would replace the Ming Dynasty.

This is not good.

If there is no such thing, it can only be regarded as a misunderstanding. Just let Tian Hongyu go and pay him some money at most. But if this happened, it would be treason.

In front of a relative of the emperor, can Tian Hongyu be let go if he says this?

Zhou Li did not dare to let them go, so after much deliberation, he had no choice but to send them all to Yuzhou.

After hearing this, Ying Yi couldn't help crying or laughing.

The world is so big, how come we met this Tian Hongyu?

He asked: "As the father of Concubine Tian, ​​Tian Hongyu is not staying in the capital. Why did he come to Nanyang?"

Sun Xiucai said: "I have asked clearly here. Tian Hongyu went to the south of the Yangtze River at the beginning of the year, secretly looking for beautiful girls for the emperor, but his way back north was blocked by bandits. His team was not small, and his whereabouts were too obvious, so he did not dare to continue. Let’s go and wander around Huainan for a while. I heard that a Jinyi Guard died in Nanyang. As the commander of the Jinyi Guard, he stopped by to have a look.”

Ying Yi was startled, shook his head and said with a smile: "Come and take a look?"

Zheng Yunzhi said: "The thieves in Huainan are rampant, I'm afraid they are fleeing for their lives."

"He couldn't decide which way to escape, but he had to go to Wuyang and bumped into Zhou Li." Ying Yi sighed: "Now I'm in a dilemma."

"So where is he now?" Ying Yi asked.

"Because the two supervisors Yu Jue and Ren Dong were here, they did not dare to detain the people in Yuzhou to avoid leaking the news, so they all were quietly sent to Fangcheng Mountain." Sun Xiucai said: "Tian Hongyu has an extraordinary status. He is It’s neither good to kill nor to let go, my lord, only you can make the decision on this matter.”

Zheng Yunzhi also nodded.

Ying Yi thought for a moment and said: "I heard that Emperor Chongzhen was frugal by nature, and he only had a few concubines in his harem after being on the throne for many years. How could this Tian Hongyu be selected for the Jiangnan draft?"

Sun Xiucai smiled bitterly and said: "He acted on his own initiative and wanted to please the emperor."

When Ying Yi heard this, he was immediately speechless.

He thought for a while: "Let's not make any comments for the time being. Let's talk about it later when I meet this relative of the emperor."

Sun Xiucai and Zheng Yunzhi both nodded in agreement.

Sun Xiucai suddenly smiled and said: "My lord, I think it's not all bad things."

"Oh?" Ying Yi looked at him.