Chapter 53 East Palace Guard
Cao Bianjiao never felt that he was so powerful that he was. He brought eight hundred iron cavalry to welcome the crown prince. He was just a good deal to deal with these thousands of refugees, and he could not defeat him, so why would he bring any soldiers?
What he admired was Zhu Cilang. The young prince was young and had recruited four bandits without bloodshed. More importantly, the young prince didn't know that he would come. He was so brave that he only took Li Shouyan up the mountain alone.
This courage and courage made Cao Bianjiao provoke Zhu Cilang.
"General Li, go and let Xia Dechao and the others out." Zhu Cilang turned his head and said to Li Shouyan beside him.
Li Shouyan bowed his hand to take the order, and he looked at the surrendered bandits with help. He didn't know where Xia Dechao and others were locked up.
The female turtledo volunteered: "Take the general with you."
"Old lady, wait first." Zhu Cilang stopped her.
The female turtledo turned around in surprise, Zhu Cilang smiled, and then looked at the Yan in front of the hall: "Sister Yuan, please accompany General Li."
When Zhu Cixuan went up the mountain, he once shouted loudly that General Li fell in love with you. He said that he would marry you in this life, and he would marry you if he wanted to kill or cut him.
At this moment, Zhu Cilang asked her to release Xia Dechao and others with Li Shouyan. The Yan in front of the hall blushed and she became a little twisted.
Li Shouyan did fall in love with this unique woman. Since she first glanced at her, she fell in love with the other person. Hearing Zhu Cilang's words, Li Shouyan felt happy, but his face pretended to be quiet: "Miss Yuan, I'm sorry for you."
Yan Yuan Xiaoxiao didn't say anything in front of the hall, turned red and left with her head down. Behind her, Li Shouyan hurriedly followed her.
Well, the style of painting is a bit wrong. At such a serious moment, it actually makes people feel a bit like a man and a woman.
The pretty starling saw it and wanted to cancel it. But when she thought that Zhu Cilang was a prince, she hurriedly swallowed it back.
The situation has reversed, and now the voice is on Zhu Cixuan's side. In a blink of an eye, these bandits have become prisoners again. The cooked ducks have flew away. So much white silver has been chased back by the government.
As the mountain eagle knelt down and begged for mercy, the family birds and black crows died, the other bandits who refused to surrender immediately became headless flies.
Zhu Cixuan stood up and clasped his fists at everyone from all directions: "Heroes, since you have decided to surrender to the court, I will never break my promise. I will take you north and swear to defend the territory of the Ming Dynasty to the death. Those who fight will receive military pay, and those who make meritorious rewards will be rewarded according to merit! Those who can fight will be granted the title of king and general!"
The bandits immediately cheered, saying that, have they transformed into officers and soldiers? There is no need to hide from them anymore, no need to eat or eat for the first meal but not the next meal. There is no need to avoid the pursuit of officers and soldiers, no need to be scolded by the people as bandits behind their backs.
Your descendants can also be honest and no longer bear the reputation of a bandit.
Especially this little prince is so loyal and has something to eat with the prince. This is the prince, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with following him.
"Thousand years! Thousand years! Thousand years!..." There were bursts of shouts in the crowd.
Cao Bianjiao secretly admired that if such a prince had been born decades earlier, the Ming Dynasty would definitely not have had such internal and external troubles.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty was already old, and several fierce men who were finally able to fight were all killed in battle, and those who died in their country were dying. The country was in danger, and the Ming Dynasty needed a person who turned the tide and came out of nowhere.
When the shouts in the crowd gradually faded, Zhu Cixuan shouted to everyone: "If anyone is unwilling to surrender to the court, I will not force you. You can't surrender to the court, but you can't continue to be bandits. Each of the court will pay the travel expenses to return home. If anyone wants to return home, come here to receive a certificate and the travel expenses to return home. The prince's handwritten man, and the local government will not make things difficult for you anymore. But what I want to say is that men are born in the world and should make a difference! Those who want to make achievements should follow the prince to go north to defend their families and the country!"
Everyone has their own aspirations, and there are many bandits who want to go home. They were originally forced by the government, but they had no choice but to leave their hometown and become bandits. If you want to go home, Zhu Cilang will pay them the travel expenses for their return home. In addition, the prince Shuyu, who was written by Zhu Cilang, who pardoned his crimes and the local government will not be sentenced again.
In this way, many people choose to go back to their hometown. After all, going home to farm and reunite with their families is their wish.
But most people decided to follow Zhu Cixuan to the north. The reason for joining the army to resist Jiannu was very simple. Joining the army has military pay, and having military pay can support the family. If you fight bravely, you will also have a valuable reward. For example, killing a Qing army will reward three taels of silver. If you kill an officer or Beile, you will be rewarded with more.
More importantly, if you are brave enough to be promoted in the army and become an official, you will be even more majestic and have a favor to your descendants. Since the third year of Hongwu of Zhu Yuanzhang, the descendants of civil and military officials have implemented grace to your descendants, rank, salary, and official positions.
In the early Ming Dynasty, from the first rank to the seventh rank, they all received a son to give birth to their family. Compared with civil officials, military officials could directly inherit official positions, so the ranks of respected people were higher.
Of course, you have made great achievements enough. Even if you cannot be grateful, you will get a lot of rewards by killing enemies on the battlefield.
In addition to the mountain deity, such as the swallow in front of the hall, the beautiful starlings, the magpie, and the female turtle dove, they still belong to their own system. In other words, these people are still the leaders of their own. Zhu Cilang incorporated them into the Eastern Palace Guards, the swallow in front of the hall, the beautiful starlings, the female turtle dove, and the magpie were respectively named Qian Zong. The generals under the Yuanzhu Mountain Deity were led by Meng Fanchao, the secret guard beside Zhu Cilang.
Yan, whose real name is Yuan Xiaoxiao. His father, Yuan Huawen, was the inspector of the inspector of the inspector of Wu Dingzhou and Yuan Huazhong, one of the six gentlemen of Donglin.
The pretty starling brother, whose real name is Yan Yishuang, is from Baoding. He lost his mother at a young age, and later killed local bullies and defected to the front line of the world.
The female turtledo, whose real name is Han Sanniang, is from Luanping County. Her husband Wang Dachun was persecuted to death by Chai Deyou, the head of the Ministry of Personnel.
The Magpie, whose real name is Xiang Liu, is a native of Hejian Mansion. He was originally a fortune teller. His wife and children died of a plague and later became bandits.
Zhuanshan Diao, whose real name is Hu Daling. Yixiantian is a habitual bandit, a local person. His parents are unknown. He was picked up by the bandit leader on the roadside and adopted as his adopted son. After the old leader died, he became the successor leader.
All of these people, except Zhu Shan Diao, were incorporated into Zhu Cilang's Eastern Palace Guard. Each of them was named Qianzong and had five hundred subordinates.
Zhu Cixuan led these 2,500 bandits, escorted by Cao Bianjiao, and rushed all the way to Liaodong. There were no bandits here in a straight line, and there were no bandits causing trouble since then.
Chapter completed!