Chapter 221: A Unique Speech

There was silence on the school ground, and rows of mighty Han generals (megaphones) had already put themselves in a posture, ready to listen to the instructions of His Majesty the Ming Emperor.

All the soldiers were ready to speak, and their emperor was about to lecture them.

It's the emperor, not the instructor, and it's not the always serious-looking Vice Admiral Li.

Chongzhen was a little worried, in fact, even if it was a big court meeting, in the face of hundreds of courtiers, Chongzhen had never been nervous or out of shape.

After all, the last dynasty has been on the court for more than ten years, and the general process and lines are fixed, but now it's different!

The Ministry of Rites didn't give him a speech, what did you ask him to say to these soldiers? Let them eat well? Fight well? Be a good soldier for him?

Those bigwigs in later generations came to the stage to give a speech, which one didn't read it step by step with a speech in his hand? And it was written in a few days, and how many people can improvise a speech?

And in front of so many generals! It's okay if it's another minister, after all, it's his own to say the wrong thing and lose people, but who am I?

I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty! If I say the wrong thing, I will lose the face of the entire Ming Dynasty! So......

This is not good, this is absolutely not good!

"Youming, my throat is not very comfortable today, so you will take care of today's affairs!" Chongzhen didn't feel embarrassed at all, the lord was worried about the humiliation, Chongzhen turned around slightly and whispered to Liu Hong behind him.

Forehead...... Nani? tf?

Liu Hong's eyes gradually widened and pointed at himself, and when he saw Chongzhen nodding expressionlessly, his face instantly became extremely exciting.

Pitters! What's special is the pit you dug yourself!

The soldiers below didn't know what they were doing on the stage, they only saw their Emperor His Majesty bowing his head and saying something to the Admiral behind him, and the Admiral looked aggrieved!

"Ahem-ahem-ahem, that ...... Well, hello soldiers! Hehe...... The soldiers have worked hard...... "Liu Hong gradually had no choice but to die as a horse doctor."

"Lord Admiral, hard work!" The commander-in-chief of the 3,000 battalion, Wu Binghao, took the lead in replying, and Liu Hongji's words were stammered by a large group of Han generals throughout the school field, and many soldiers even laughed.

But there was not the slightest mockery in this smile, they knew that the treatment of the Beijing camp now was all handled by the Admiral, regardless of military salary, food, and various treatments.

In their eyes, their Admiral is so young, handsome, and speaks nicely!

"Soldiers, you have been in the army for more than a month, and now I ask you, have the generals of the Ming Dynasty bullied you? Have you ever been treated unfairly? Liu Hongjian suddenly bit his lower lip.

To hell with those nice decent words!

"Nope!" Tens of thousands of soldiers said in unison.

"So has the court ever owed you any money? Is there anything you need to eat? Is there a lack of your cotton clothes and ordnance? ”

"Nope!" The lowly soldiers didn't know what the Admiral wanted to say.

"The court is sympathetic to you, and Your Majesty is also sympathetic to you, giving you military salaries, cotton clothes for the winter, and even in order to prepare military rations for you, Your Majesty does not hesitate to borrow food from the gentry and pirates in the south."

The chatterbox opened, Liu Honggradually had no scruples, and Chongzhen next to him did not show an angry expression, but the ministers behind him felt that Liu Hong's move was too much for Meng Lang and lost the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

"I think even if you don't know how to read big characters, you should know that these rewards are not in vain, the army is the important weapon of the country, and you are the sword of the Ming Dynasty, the blood blade of the Ming Dynasty, the face of the Ming Dynasty, and the reliance of Your Majesty!"

Simple, rude, straightforward, and useless people don't work here, and it's useless, Liu Hongjian wants to use simple words, as the spokesperson of the Ming court, to make these soldiers who have just enlisted for a month feel proud and feel valued.

In fact, the emperor of the Ming Empire was standing in front of them, and they were already excited.

In addition, I heard from the Admiral that His Majesty the Emperor had reached the point of bowing to the gentry and the profiteers along the coast in order to raise military rations for them (at least that's what they thought).

Many soldiers did not know how to vent their gratitude and anger in their hearts, their faces were flushed, and the eyes of many generals were foggy.

"But just a day ago, the imperial court received a military message from Liaodong!

A group of vulgar, barbaric, and murderous foreign vassals invaded the land of my Ming Dynasty, killed more than 1,800 unarmed Ming people, and vowed to slaughter the entire Ming Dynasty!

This group of heinous people also claims to inherit the mandate of heaven, and there are even many shameless traitors who have taken refuge in them and the descendants of this group of wild boar skins!

Together with the wild boar skins, they will slaughter their motherland, their fathers and villagers!

Now, as the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty and the Admiral of Jingying, I ask you, if you are allowed to go to Liaodong and fight a bloody battle with this group of barbarians, are you afraid? ”

Liu Hongjian can be described as powerful.

"Don't be afraid!"

"her!"

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Some of the soldiers below were filled with righteous indignation, some beat their chests, and of course some were unimpressed.

But even so, who would not say what the leader said, and the people of China have passed it down from generation to generation.

"To tell you from the heart, I don't know if you're afraid, anyway, I'm afraid, I'm scared!" Liu Hong gradually changed his words and suddenly said this.

The soldiers below were in an uproar, including some of the soldiers who had been moved by Liu Hong's slightly inflammatory words just now, they didn't know what was wrong with the Admiral, why he suddenly said such depressing words.

"Master Hou, what are you talking nonsense?" Chongzhen's face was unclear but he didn't say much, and Li Banghua, the secretary of the military department behind Liu Hongji, reminded him in a whisper.

Liu Hong gradually ignored Li Banghua, but took another half step forward.

"Yes, you heard it right, I was afraid of death, and I know that many of you are afraid of death, but I'm embarrassed to say it.

Our enemies are crude and savage, but we have to say that they are very strong, and their iron cavalry was under the city of the capital fourteen years ago, which may have been experienced by most of the officials behind them.

In that war, hundreds of thousands of Ming soldiers and civilians were killed, and the blood flowed under the capital!

I've been on the battlefield and know how cruel war is, but you don't know!

We don't even have enough horses, so how can we compete with Jiannu, who is mostly ironclad cavalry? Liu Hongji's statement evoked the memories of many people.

The battle fourteen years ago was too dangerous, and it was even better than a year ago, if it weren't for the Liaodong Army, the White Pole Soldiers and many other Qinwang who resisted desperately......

Many ministers, including Chongzhen, looked sad, yes, what are we going to do to win this war?

"But is it because of this that we have to give up the Han people's country to this group of barbarians?

Are we going to let go of the pride of the Han people, and then prostrate ourselves at the feet of the savages and call ourselves slaves?

Let our children and grandchildren, and the children and grandchildren of our children, know how cowardly and incompetent their fathers were?

So much so that a proud nation has no backbone, and from then on it has become an inferior nation with a nod and a waist?

Is this what you want? ”