Zhu Si laughed and said: "If I want to sacrifice to the suburbs, there are still a lot of pigs, cattle and sheep to sacrifice, and his Wu Sangui's dog head is also worthy of three animals?" If it is really cut down, I don't want to see it, so I will leave it to you to pay tribute to King Chuang, isn't this also your wish all along? After hearing this, Li Jin immediately bowed and said to Zhu Si: "The minister thanked the saint for his uncle, the saint does not care about the past, does not remember the old evil, and is really the first virtuous monarch in ancient and modern times!" ”

Zhu Si waved his hand and said: "Don't be polite to the general, the so-called dead are the greatest, not to mention that the ideal of King Chuang back then is no different from my ideal now." They all hope that the poor people in the world can have food and clothing. Water can carry a boat or overturn a boat, and the master of the big river is water, not a boat. As the king of a country and can't care about the people, even if he was once a saint, he deserves to be defeated and overthrown. There is nothing wrong with King Chuang, the fault lies in Daming. As the saying goes, 'reorganize the mountains and rivers for future generations', you and I are fortunate to be in the same dynasty today, and we should realize our ideals and promote justice. Avenge the king is also a huge task entrusted to you Li Jin, if there is a gap in the army at that time, you can ask Rujing (Dingguo) to borrow 50,000 troops. Zhu Si's words moved Li Jin very much, and Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo also received the order together.

By the beginning of February of the sixth year of Yongli, all the conscripted troops had already arrived in Kaifeng. The Bianliang City mentioned in "Water Margin" once had 800,000 forbidden troops of the Song Dynasty, and now this number has been greatly increased. The million-dollar Ming army carried out training and selection inside and outside the city of Kaifeng. Xuzhou was still being held by Meng Qiaofang and Li Guohan, and it was the last enclave of the Qing army south of the Yellow River. Hao Yongzhong would attack fiercely every once in a while, and the 700 Portuguese artillery corps that had been attached to the Fifth Army of the Imperial Camp also went there to help him attack the city. With the help of powerful artillery fire, the daily indiscriminate bombardment made Xuzhou City unable to hold on for too long.

On this day, it is time to reward the generals who have made meritorious contributions in the Kaifeng and Returning German Wars. Generals who have been promoted can also be assigned to various units in the imperial camp. With so many new men, the ability and wisdom of a general with meritorious military achievements are needed to command them in order to exert more powerful combat effectiveness.

"Those who can come are here today, and I will announce the latest appointment and the reward for meritorious generals after the Kaifeng Guidede War." As soon as the court meeting began, the ministers were tightened by Zhu Si's words that they had been looking forward to for a long time. In fact, they have long been looking forward to their achievements being rewarded this time. The edict was read out by the eunuch Wang Kun of Bingbi: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict, and the award of military merit is the work of the imperial court, and it inspires the loyal and brave to serve the name of heaven." The armies of the Central Plains War dared to die, killed more than 200,000 enemies, punished the evil, and turned the tide. It is the succession of the fortune of the Ming Dynasty, and the north takes the blame for itself, and the king is destined to return. Today, there are Liu Qian, Zhang Wugui, Zheng Mingbiao ......"

These names are all the names of the commanders of the guards who were promoted by the thousand households. Among them, Liu Qian, Zhang Wugui, and Zheng Mingbiao, who were the first to mention, were sent to the imperial cavalry unit. In the military establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the guard is the basis of the military defense unit, and the highest official position of the guard is the commander of the guard, which is the third grade. After that, Wei commanded Tongzhi from Sanpin. Then there is the fourth product of Wei Commanding Servants. The standard establishment for each guard is 5,600 people. As for the governors, generals, and commanders-in-chief, they are only temporarily appointed in times of war, and sometimes they are also in the nature of honorary titles.

The Fifth Army of the Imperial Camp was reorganized and expanded to 350,000 men. It has been re-divided into seven towns, and the chief military officer of each town is served by a commander, and the seven commanders are Chen Youlong, Wang Yuncai, Wang Jincai, Jiang Jianxun, Fu Shan, Jiao Lian, and Bai Gui. Among them, Chen Youlong, Wang Yuncai, Wang Jincai, Fu Shan, and Jiao Lian are all transferred at the same level, Jiang Jianxun as Gao Bizheng's deputy general, and Bai Gui as Jiao Lian's deputy general have been promoted because of their repeated military exploits. Among them, Jiang Jianxun was also promoted to Jiang Shanbo, and he was the first person to be knighted for merit among all the generals of the Northwest Righteous Army.

Zhu Si also re-divided the command of the school training guard, which was directly led by the emperor himself, and the number of people increased to 15,000, with the highest salary in the whole army, and the equipment was taken care of. The number of the Imperial Camp Stone Pillar Army was expanded to 30,000 people, and Jin Feng commanded Qin Gongming to be the general of the Broken Prisoners. The establishment of the Northern Army Infantry Battalion was cancelled, all the departments were incorporated into the Imperial Cavalry, the Imperial Cavalry was expanded to 300,000, and the original Imperial Cavalry and the Northern Army Infantry Battalion and Cavalry Battalion were all merged here. 200,000 cavalry were selected from the 100,000 North Military Academy training camp and 180,000 northwest regimental training, and 40,000 cavalry were selected from the Jiangnan regimental training for training, totaling 300,000 cavalry from the original northern and southern imperial battalions.

It's just that the war horses can't reach such a scale for the time being, and there are still 200,000 after the reserve war horses are supplied to 3,000 battalions, and there are still 400,000 horses in the war horses of the original imperial camp and the northern and southern armies to supply 300,000 imperial cavalry. However, before the army is formed, war horses can still be purchased, especially after the defeat of the Qing army in the Central Plains, the Mongolian departments are even more willing to move closer to the Ming Dynasty, so the number of war horses that can be purchased will increase a lot compared with before. The 300,000 cavalry of the imperial battalion were divided into six armies, each with a governor. The three governors are Ma Wannian, Gao Bizheng, and Hong Chengchou.

These three people also contributed the most to this war. Ma Wannian's imperial cavalry had meritorious service in the three major battles outside the city of Xiayi and Yucheng in Guide, and Hong Chengchou was the vanguard twice, and he fought against the main force of the entire Qing army with Yinxi. Gao Bizheng's troops were weak but fought to the end, and played a key role in the main forces of the two Ming armies to gather in Yucheng and achieve the intended strategic goals.

The six cavalry corps appointed six commanders, namely Wang Yongzhen, Ding Guodong, Mi Layin, Liu Qian, Zhang Wugui, and Zheng Mingbiao. After the death of Du Yinxi, he was posthumously awarded the title of King of Northern Henan and Doctor of Jin Ziguanglu, Qin Yiming was reappointed as the secretary of the Ministry of War, Wang Chuanshan was reappointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Gu Tinglin was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. There are also Li Yuanyin, Zheng Hongkui, and Zheng Chenggong in Shandong because the war has not yet ended, and they will be rewarded with a number of rewards in advance. The eunuch Pang Tianshou, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, was awarded the national surname because of his meritorious service in controlling the Western army, and this Pang Tianshou should be called Zhu Tianshou in the future, but like Kou Mei and Zheng Chenggong, since it is already called Shunkou, the surname should not be changed.

Yu Qixia performed well in the Battle of Dengzhou, and the Beiwei Army and Yu Qi himself had been rewarded before, and Zhu Si had to summon all the soldiers of the Beiwei Army in Nanjing for his merits in the Qingzhou War, and he should have another reward at that time.

In addition to Ma Wannian, Gao Bizheng, and Hong Chengchou, there is actually another person who has made great achievements, and the reason why I talk about this person alone is because this person is too special, he is the commander of the Western mercenary army Gonzalo. De Córdoba. The Western support army moved to Shandong and Henan, and made great contributions to the capture of Laizhou and the total annihilation of 40,000 cavalry in Mandahai, as well as the siege of Yucheng and the final blow to the main force of the Qing army of Dolgon, so Zhu Si will definitely be rewarded. However, the reward for Gonzalo and his Western soldiers was not mentioned in the edict, but began in the afternoon of the same day during a meeting between Zhu Si and him and the general official Bi Fangji.