Chapter 054: Tell the Truth About Liu Mingyu
Wang Yong was very moved. No wonder the generals at the level of the Tianxiong Army had only invited Liu Ming to meet one person, and the five battalions could only invite Yang Shien, Li Chongzhen and Lei Shisheng.
Just because of Liu Mingyu's ability to be a human being, he deserves to be promoted and wealthy. Liu Mingyu is young now and is so advanced, and his future is unlimited.
Eunuchs, that is, eunuchs and eunuchs in the eyes of literati, are actually a group of pitiful people. Unless they reach the level of eunuchs in the leader or eunuchs in the imperial court, then officials from the court are rushing to curry favor with gifts and money.
At the level of Wang Yong, he is one of the eight small officials under the command of the former eunuch Wang Chengen. Wang Chengen is now an eunuch in the former eunuch and a sixth-rank palace supervisor. He costs six taels of silver, six dou of rice every month, and 1,100 yuan for public funds. As for eunuchs like Wang Yong, who are not of rank, they are divided into third-class eunuchs. He is a first-class eunuch who can receive three taels of silver, three dou of rice and 600 yuan for public funds every month.
This little money is not enough to respect the superiors and the eunuchs, let alone eat and drink by themselves.
The salary of eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, that is, the legal income was extremely low. Even if they were a fourth-rank admiral and a seal-level eunuch, such as Wei Zhongxian, had only a monthly legal income of eight taels of silver. It was not enough for Wei Zhongxian to reward the small eunuchs around him.
Whether he made money or not when he went out this time, Wang Yong would respect the former eunuch Wang Chengen, his direct superior when he went back.
Fortunately, Liu Mingyu gave him a reward of fifty taels of silver. If he gave this silver, he could at least enter the grade level. At the least, he would have to reward an eighth-rank supervisor.
When Liu Mingyu heard Chongzhen's intention to take him to have a meal, he did not get up and leave excitedly, but pointed to the meal in front of him and said, "Dad father-in-law, have you not eaten yet, have something to eat together?"
Wang Yong looked at Liu Mingyu's rice, four standard dishes and one soup, steamed carp, braised chicken nuggets, and braised lamb with onion, plus sweet and sour lotus root.
These foods were purchased by Zhou Yuguang from the city when he helped Liu Mingyu purchase them. They were Liu Mingyu's personal consumables. There were actually not many meat foods, including three sheep, more than a dozen chickens, and five fish.
Liu Mingyu picked up the chopsticks, bit it on the steamed bun, picked up a piece of chicken with one hand and stuffed it into his mouth. The current chicken is not the hormone chicken from later generations, but the free-range home-cooked chicken, with a strong meat and deliciousness.
Wang Yong was not polite and asked while eating: "Your Majesty has obviously invited you to the imperial banquet, why do you still have to eat?"
Liu Mingyu curled his lips: "Why do you have to mess with me? Your Majesty is reluctant to even eat a bowl of mutton. What ingredients can the imperial banquet in the palace have? What's more, if you don't eat it yourself when you attend the imperial banquet..."
"Above the way!"
Wang Yong's second evaluation of Liu Mingyu.
After having dinner in the Tianzi Bureau camp, Liu Mingyu changed into the armor given by Emperor Chongzhen, rode the white horse given by the emperor, and followed Wang Yong to the capital.
There is no need to misunderstand that when Liu Mingyu was notified, he was the latest one. After all, he was the lowest-level one, but he was also the youngest one.
When I arrived at the imperial banquet in the palace, it turned out that, as Liu Mingyu guessed, there was no big fish, big meat, fresh seafood, or even just equivalent to ordinary home-cooked dishes, with a little more.
Liu Mingyu was among the banquets at a young age, and he can be said to be the only one.
What made Liu Mingyu most unhappy was that those ministers chatted endlessly. There was no Mandarin in this era. Ministers from various places spoke dialects from various places, which was like talking to each other.
What made Liu Mingyu even more speechless was that from time to time, ministers came to find Liu Mingyu, and there was always a hint of winning over the words in secret. Liu Mingyu was very unhappy with this kind of dialogue that was half hidden and half hidden.
"All General Liu is loyal warriors. Have you ever thought about transferring away from the Tianxiong Army? Changping Town still lacks a deputy general!"
This is the price that Hou Xun gave to Liu Mingyu. The deputy general has a general under the deputy general, so it was Liu Mingyu's turn to be the rank of General Guangwei. It can be said that it is the difference between the colonel commander and the army's junior and general.
Fortunately, Liu Mingyu made preparations in advance and was already full in the camp, so he was not afraid of spending time here. He had the lowest status and sat in the corner to make up the numbers. The first ones, Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Zhilun, stood on both sides of Emperor Chongzhen, both of whom were great celebrities in front of Emperor Chongzhen.
According to Emperor Chongzhen's intention, the more than 10,000 young and strong men that Liu Zhilun originally recruited increased as time went by. This was the happiest thing that made Chongzhen the third year.
In the second year of Chongzhen, Jiannu broke through the pass and entered the capital. The battle lasted for more than three months. Although Huang Taiji withdrew from the capital, the Jiannu army still controlled more than a dozen prefectures and counties in Yongping Prefecture, Zunhua Prefecture and Shuntian Prefecture.
In theory, this was a heavy defeat in the Ming Dynasty, but the problem is that with the emergence of the new army of Tianxiong Army and Liu Zhilun, this was very different from history. First of all, more than 10,000 new soldiers under Liu Zhilun were not defeated to the eighth battalion.
The new army recruited by Liu Zhilun's troops were very complex, mainly war refugees created by Jiannu. These people all had a deep feud with Jiannu. Although they were not like the Tianxiong Army, they were both silver and land rewards. The soldiers of the new army in Beizhili also screamed when they fought against Jiannu and worked very hard.
The second is that the Tianxiong Army directly fought Jiannu back from Cheng County, Liangxiang. Starting from the retreat of Liangxiang, they fought more than a dozen battles, annihilated more than 3,000 Jiannu, plus more than 2,000 Mongolians.
Speaking of which, the Tianxiong Army suffered great losses, with a total casualties of over 10,000, of which more than 2,000 were killed. However, most of the wounded were slightly injured. The most killing of the Ming army was not their cavalry or sabers, but bows and arrows. Bows and arrows had an astonishing killing effect on armorless targets, but for almost all war soldiers like Tianxiong Army, the killing effect was not obvious.
Even if a person is hit by more than a dozen arrows, as long as he is not hit by the throat and face, it is impossible to cause serious damage. Take Jiannu's seven-door horn bow as an example. Even if he stands ten steps away, the arrow shot can only barely penetrate the Ming-style Mingguang armor, revealing an arrow that is one inch or even shorter. If it is fifty steps away, the accurate target is about the same as holding a stick to hit the person's body, which may make people unable to breathe for a long time, but there is no great damage.
Chapter completed!