Immediately, everyone gathered around the red lady and came to the state government hall.
Cao Huachun didn't leave either, but stayed as a supervisor.
But everyone understands that Cao Huachun, the supervisor, is mostly just to help the Red Lady subdue the towns.
But this is obviously redundant.
"Everyone, I would like to introduce to you first. This is Li Dakai, the deputy commander-in-chief of Chizhou. After commander-in-chief Li heard that the capital was besieged, he traveled thousands of miles and traveled all the way to King Qin with his servants at night. He is indeed one of the few loyal ministers and good generals in our Ming Dynasty.
, a role model for all generals!”
After everyone sat down, the red lady took the lead and introduced it. Obviously, among the general soldiers, Li Dakai, who had the least exposure to this soldier and was the last to arrive, had the best impression.
Everyone immediately stood up and greeted Li Dakai affectionately, expressing their admiration and willingness to learn from him.
Li Dakai also quickly stood up and returned the favor one by one, saying he didn't dare to take it seriously.
The people here were all well-known and well-armed bosses, and he didn't dare to offend them at all.
After everyone said hello, the red lady continued: "General Li has a long way to go and came in a hurry, so he only brought more than a hundred servants. What I want is that everyone can gather some soldiers and horses for him first, so that
Well, I will give five thousand, and each of you will give one thousand, which makes up ten thousand, how about that?"
"I respectfully obey your Majesty's will!"
The five commander-in-chiefs didn't say anything. They didn't pay attention to a mere thousand people. There was no need to make her unhappy over such a trivial matter.
However, all five of them cursed in their hearts, Li Dakai was simply unlucky.
"Thank you, ma'am!"
Li Dakai himself was so moved that he didn't know what to say, because he is still a little confused to this day.
Next, Cao Huachun reported the enemy's situation and conveyed the strategic policy that Zhu Cihong could not adhere to.
All the generals resolutely expressed their support for His Majesty's policy. They were really worried that the red lady would lead them and risk losing the decisive battle with the Tatars.
I feel relieved now.
Then the red lady asked everyone to go back and inform the whole army. Everyone would be paid two taels of silver first, and the remaining silver would be used as a reward.
After the generals returned with the money, they all distributed it honestly, and no one dared to deduct the money.
One is that she is afraid of being caught by the red lady and trying to scare the monkeys.
Secondly, everyone is not a fool.
At this time, if you send less messages and others send them as they are, what will your subordinates think when you compare the two?
There will definitely be resentment and dissatisfaction. These people are masters of winning people's hearts, so they will naturally not make such low-level mistakes. This is not the time to embezzle military pay.
Of the nearly 300,000 people, more than 700,000 taels were distributed at once. It was the first time for all of them to receive real pay, and they were filled with gratitude to the newly appointed Imperial Concubine Superintendent.
Everyone secretly thought that the imperial concubine's supervisor was different, and everyone was also working hard.
Especially the mid-level and senior generals under the command of the commander-in-chief of each town have secretly made up their minds.
Prepare to wait for the Tatars to come, show off in front of the noble concubine, try to be favored by her, and then say a few words of kindness in front of His Majesty, or even recommend him.
As long as the imperial concubine is willing to recommend and support him, he can quit working alone and enjoy the pleasure of being a general, even if he is a lowly guerrilla general.
Li Dakai is the best example.
In such an atmosphere.
Liu Zeqing was doing better, but the Wu Sangui brothers couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, and were worried all day long.
"Second brother, what should we do from now on?"
"Your Majesty, it's true what you said. The second brother has made such great achievements, but he didn't appoint him as the supervisor. Instead, he chose the red lady and made her a noble concubine. Isn't this deceiving?"
"Alas! It seems that although Your Majesty does not trust civil servants, he is also wary of us military generals becoming powerful. However, this move is indeed wonderful. His Majesty is so young and has such knowledge. It seems that the Ming Dynasty is really going to be revived!"
Wu Sangui sighed, his awe for Zhu Cixiang far exceeded that of Chongzhen, and the little thought in his heart was completely extinguished.
No matter who His Majesty sends to supervise the division, whether it is a civilian official or a Duke, he is sure to unite the general troops to defeat him.
But he could not ignore the noble concubine and red lady who held more than 100,000 soldiers and horses and countless money and food.
His Majesty's appointment of the Red Lady as the Superintendent and the title of Imperial Concubine may seem absurd, but in fact it contains great wisdom.
First of all, the Red Lady's more than 100,000 troops will definitely become staunch supporters of the emperor and the court from now on.
Secondly, the commander-in-chief of each town will not only not be jealous of the red lady, but will compete to curry favor with her, and her subordinates will also compete to show their dedication.
Finally, after repelling the Jiannu, the emperor would be able to directly control an army of 300,000 soldiers with the help of the Red Lady, plus Zhou Yuji's troops. Which general would dare to disobey the emperor's orders? Which civil servant would dare to disobey orders?
"Second brother, what are we discussing now? What are you talking about? Why don't you just..."
"Shut up!"
Wu Sangui knew what he was going to say, so he immediately interrupted and waved his hand.
"Don't worry, that red lady is not a mean-spirited person, otherwise we would be doomed that day. As long as we don't give her any clues, she probably won't deliberately make things difficult for us."
"But I can't stand it when that little guy Gao Jie is there to bewitch me!"
"You're right!"
"In this case, go and bring my Zhuiyun over and send it to her." Wu Sangui gritted his teeth at the last word.
"Second brother, Zhuiyun, you are usually reluctant to ride one, why don't you get another one?"
He has been thinking about Zhuiyun for a long time, but his second brother has always refused to give it to him. He is not allowed to touch it, let alone ride it. Now that he wants to give it to the red lady, he feels really reluctant to part with it.
"Look at your worthless appearance, aren't you just a horse? Why are you so reluctant to part with it? Go quickly!"
Wu Sangui kicked him over.
In fact, he was reluctant to let go, but as long as he didn't want to rebel, he had to obtain the Red Lady's forgiveness.
Sure enough, when she heard that Wu Sangui came to see her with a thousand-mile horse, the red lady immediately rushed out of the city.
"Your Majesty, this is a thousand-mile horse that I got before. Today I specially donate it to your Majesty. I hope your Majesty will accept it."
"A good horse. It is indeed the best horse among ten thousand. I am afraid it is not bad even compared to the legendary horse with blood!"
The red lady's eyes widened when she looked at the horse, which was all maroon, with a well-proportioned body, slender limbs, and shoulders as high as its head. She stepped forward and stroked it.
Seeing her reaction, Wu Sangui secretly said, "Yes."
He knew that this lady did not like red clothes and weapons, and she must also like war horses, so he explained: "My lady is right, the name of this horse is Zhuiyun, it is a rare among rare things, it can travel thousands of miles in a day, cross rivers like
Walking on flat ground, it is no worse than a sweaty horse, and its endurance is even better."
"Oh, is it so?"
"Marquis Wu is really interested. I will accept the horse and let all the past matters be wiped out!"
The red lady couldn't help it, she jumped onto the horse and waved her hand boldly.
She knew that if she didn't accept him, Wu Sangui would probably worry about how she would deal with him when he went to bed at night. Over time, he would have second thoughts, not to mention this bay-red horse, which was really irresistible.
"Be careful, my dear, this horse has a very strong temper..."
Wu Sangui finally felt at ease, and then saw her rashness and reminded her nervously.
If this falls, Gao Jie's grandson will definitely take the opportunity to accuse himself of murdering the imperial concubine.
"No problem!"
The red lady took the reins of the horse and asked him to step aside.
Maybe the horse was male. After riding on it, the red lady only struggled a little, then calmed down, and then under the control of the red lady, it rushed out like an arrow from the string.
It's really as fast as the wind, as if chasing clouds and the sun.
Liu Zeqing happened to lead a tall horse to the city gate.
Looking at the Red Lady riding away and the Wu brothers standing at the city gate, why don't they understand what's going on?
He was so angry that he jumped on his feet and cursed Wu Sangui in his heart for being shameless, but he had no choice but to take the horse back and replace it with a family heirloom sword as a gift.
Seeing Wu Sangui and Liu Zeqing, one presented a horse and the other a sword. Although Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo had no holiday with the red lady, they couldn't sit still.
In the end, each of them found a precious gift to present.