Chapter 88 The cavalry charging into battle is a joke

Chapter 087

After reciting the imperial edict for a long time, Cheng Shijie didn't even react.

As a middle-level cadre, he naturally understood how difficult it was to get promoted within the system. However, the problem was that after arriving in the late Ming Dynasty, he found that the officialdom system of the Ming Dynasty seemed to be child's play.

Spending dozens of taels of silver, you can buy the honorary title of a member of the Communist Party of China. Spending 8,000 taels of silver, you can be appointed as the fifth-grade Qianhu official of Zuo Qianhu, the state guard, and take the officers and soldiers guarded by Zuo Qian to your own.

Qianhusuo defeated a group of bandits and was directly promoted to the garrison of Zhengsi Pinning Navy.

While serving as a garrison, without his knowledge, Ning Haijun launched a magical mutiny. He was promoted to the rank of General of the Conqueror Army, Governor of the Left, held the seal of Ning Haijun's general officer, and controlled the Dongjiang Army.

In just over four months, could such a magical thing happen?

Sun Yuanhua watched Cheng Shijie wandering out of his body. He had actually seen this kind of thing too many times, and had to step forward to remind Cheng Shijie: "Master Cheng, it's time for you to thank me!"

"My lord, Cheng Shijie thanks the Lord for your kindness. Long live my emperor! Long live the emperor!!!"

Because Cheng Shijie traveled through the Ming Dynasty and later generations many times, his tear glands were so developed that whenever his thoughts moved, his tears would fall down.

When Sun Yuanhua saw this scene, he was even more impressed by Cheng Shijie. Of course he knew that Cheng Shijie was not really moved. Cheng Shijie was a decisive and ruthless person. For the sake of military glory, he surrendered to the rebels under Kong Youde's command.

The soldiers also massacred many people, killing heads everywhere.

Such a person, it is not an exaggeration to call him a hard-hearted person, would never be so excited that he cried profusely just because Emperor Chongzhen promoted him to an official position.

Not only Sun Yuanhua thought that Cheng Shijie was too suitable for officialdom, but Gao Qiqian also felt the same way. This time Gao Qiqian came to convey the order, which was just one of the convenient tasks. The most important thing is that he came with the order of Emperor Chongzhen.

, let’s take a look at Cheng Shijie.

As a person who could sneak into the palace to become the eunuch of the Royal Horse Guard and the admiral of the warrior camp, Gao Qiqian was also good at flattery and even better at observing words and expressions. From the clarity in Cheng Shijie's eyes, he judged that Cheng Shijie's crying was fake.

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But the problem is that Cheng Shijie pretended so cleverly that he couldn't see any trace of this being a performance, let alone any artificiality. If Gao Qiqian hadn't been good at perceiving people's hearts, he might have been deceived by Cheng Shijie.

He saw that it was of no use. Almost everyone present thought that Cheng Shijie had a pure heart. After receiving the imperial decree of canonization, he burst into tears, more than four taels of tears.

If Cheng Shijie had lost a few ounces of meat, if he entered the palace, he would probably become Wei Zhongxian's second best.

Talent, Gao Qiqian secretly made a judgment in his heart.

Cheng Shijie actually didn't care about other people's opinions. He took the imperial decree and considered one thing: whether to bring this imperial decree that did not exist in history back to future generations. It might become a huge discovery in the archaeological world and history.

The Imperial Edict is quite valuable for collection. In the 21st century, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is worth a fortune. If you get it and keep it as a family heirloom, one hundred and eighty years later, your descendants will be short of money and sell it for a few bucks.

It must not be a problem, right?

However, Cheng Shijie also had opinions about Emperor Chongzhen. He had only achieved insignificant achievements and yet he was given such a heavy reward. If he occupied southern Liaoning in the future, how would he reward him?

Thinking of this, Cheng Shijie slowly understood. Emperor Chongzhen believed that Cheng Shijie could not succeed, and the entire court's civil and military ministers also believed that he could not succeed. Therefore, this time the reward reached the top, the Commander-in-Chief Zuo of the Fifth Army Commandery, which was the second highest reward.

The left governor of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army.

This is an impossible task, and an exceptional favor has been given...

Then Gao Qiqian gave Sun Yuanhua another imperial edict.

Sun Yuanhua was actually promoted. His position as Governor of Denglai was changed to Counselor of Military Affairs, and he was promoted to Admiral of Military Affairs. Although the scope of his actual power was not expanded, his rank was raised. This is like the promotion of Major General in later generations.

As Lieutenant General.

The army is still the same army, and the defense zone is still the same defense zone, but the level has been improved.

Sun Yuanhua burst into tears when he saw Cheng Shijie receiving the imperial edict. However, his tear glands were too developed and he couldn't cry no matter how hard he tried. But the problem was that Cheng Shijie was already crying. If he, the governor, didn't cry, could he be dissatisfied with his promotion?

Is it too small?

This was in front of hundreds of royal guards and dozens of internal servants. These people would transmit his every move to the ears of Emperor Chongzhen. In desperation, Sun Yuanhua reached out and touched the soft flesh of his lower back and pinched a piece of soft flesh.

Twist it hard.

"hiss……"

Sun Yuanhua was so painful that he burst into tears, his tear glands were stimulated, and he was finally able to cry. He bowed deeply, with tears streaming down his face, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Sun Yuanhua accepts the order, long live my emperor!

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Cheng Shijie felt a little strange when he saw Sun Yuanhua crying.

At this time, Sun Yuanhua wiped his hands vigorously. He was very cruel to himself, and the soft flesh of his lower back was twisted and bled.

After the imperial edict was read out, Gao Qiqi followed Sun Yuanhua into the city, followed closely by Cheng Shijie.

Originally, Gao Qi was walking in front, but Sun Yuanhua was halfway shoulder-to-shoulder with Cheng Shijie further behind.

Gao Qiqian took the initiative to stop a few steps and said to Cheng Shijie: "General Cheng, you have made a great contribution this time! This great contribution has reached the heavens. Jane is in the heart of the emperor. It is impossible for you, sir, to achieve success!"

"Being an official is just to take advantage of the emperor's salary and share the emperor's worries. I don't dare to take any credit."

Cheng Shijie bowed, using his body to block him, and flicked his sleeves.

With his quick eyes and quick hands, he copied a golden object into his sleeve. Judging from the proficiency of his movements, he could be considered familiar with the job.

Don't get me wrong, this is not gold.

Cheng Shijie would not give it away easily if he had gold. He would definitely keep it for himself. What he gave to Gao Qiqian was just a yellow crystal Maitreya Buddha.

Because it was big enough, it could be sold for more than 400 yuan in later jewelry stores. It was a car ornament, but at Cheng Shijie's scrap collection station, the price of this thing was the same as scrap glass.

Gao Qiqian flipped his wrist and took a sneak peek. His eyes were very vicious, and he could tell at a glance that this was definitely not an ordinary product.

"Get on the road!"

This is much more valuable than giving away silver or gold. Even for such a large piece of gold, fifty taels is as high as fifty taels of gold. Now the price of silver is even lower. One tael of gold can be exchanged for eight taels.

Silver, now one tael of gold is exchanged for ten taels of silver. Fifty taels of gold is equivalent to five hundred taels of silver.

Five hundred taels of silver is just a piece of cake for Gao Qiqian, the eunuch in charge of the royal horse supervisor, and Gao Qiqian, the admiral of the warrior camp.

Entering the Denglai Governor's Yamen, Gao Qiqian waved his hand and said: "Who are you, please bring the things your Majesty gave to General Cheng!"

Several Tiqi responded in unison, turned around and walked out. After a while, they saw them and a few young eunuchs walking in in a line. The eunuch held a silver plate high in his hand, with a silk item inside. Woven purple brocade robe.

Purple is also the purple in the idiom. There are no first- or second-grade official ranks. It is taboo to wear purple brocade robes. Who gave Cheng Shijie the title of Zuo Dudu now?

He has become a first-class military attaché.

Then there is a piece of silver armor. This is the Ming-style bright light armor, pure silver armor without mottled colors.

"General Cheng, please change your armor!"

Cheng Shijie stepped forward and stretched out his hands. Four Tiqi hurriedly stepped forward to remove Cheng Shijie's armor. When Cheng Shijie's armor was removed, this silver armor was draped on his body.

According to records, this kind of Ming-style Mingguang armor required forty-one workers. It went through dozens of processes including rough grinding, perforation, hole placement, cutting, edge alignment, and fine grinding. It cost more than two hundred dollars. It takes several working days to complete one piece.

In fact, this kind of flashy armor is the best target when placed on the battlefield. Cheng Shijie would never dare to wear it. Moreover, this kind of armor has gorgeous patterns on it, such as shoulder pads and shawl. Yes, I am so afraid that the nail blades will become strong.

At this moment, Cheng Shijie noticed that several eunuchs were holding paintbrushes and drawing on drawing boards.

A spear also painted silver, more than four meters long, was handed to Cheng Shijie. After Cheng Shijie took it, he discovered that it was simply a martial arts prop from later generations, so light that it was almost weightless.

Gao Qiqian pointed to a carved lacquer bow and said, "General Cheng, this is a three-stone strong bow. Please give it a try, General Cheng. Is the strength suitable?"

Cheng Shijie was slightly startled.

"Are you kidding me?"

In the Ming Dynasty, one stone was equivalent to about 150 kilograms in later generations, and three stones was equivalent to four hundred and fifty kilograms. Cheng Shijie did not have this ability, but Gao Qiqian kept winking at him, so he took it easily.

Cheng Shijie pulled lightly, and the bow opened in response, until it was almost full moon.

"Snapped……"

This very ornate lacquer-carved bow broke at the sound, and one of its arms hit an eunuch. The eunuch immediately covered his arm and shouted: "My arm is broken... General Cheng is so powerful, and the three-stone strong bow actually Break it with one pull!"

The eunuch who was painting was painting quickly, and the eunuch who was recording was recording quickly.

Cheng Shijie realized that this was a group of eggless eunuchs who had joined forces with him to put on a show for Emperor Chongzhen.

In fact, it was just as Cheng Shijie guessed.

Cheng Shijie is now Changshan Zhao Zilong in the heart of Emperor Chongzhen. Although this Zhao Zilong is a bit older, when he really saw Cheng Shijie, Gao Qiqian discovered that Cheng Shijie was extremely well-maintained, and his skin was even better than that of the nobles in the palace. point.

He doesn't look like he is thirty-five years old at all. In fact, the aesthetic views of later generations do not like fat people, but fat people have an advantage, that is, they have more collagen and are anti-aging.

When a fat person is in his twenties, he looks like he is in his thirties, but when he actually reaches his thirties, he looks younger.

Unlike the people of the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Shijie was at least well-nourished. Even a young general in his twenties looked older than Cheng Shijie.

However, Gao Qiqian looked at Cheng Shijie's movement of turning over and dismounting, and judged that Cheng Shijie didn't have any kung fu, so he made two preparations in advance.

In this way, a group of people drew a portrait of the meeting with Cheng Shijie, including the scene of him wielding a spear and breaking the three-stone bow.

A group of eunuchs who acted as eyes and ears completed their mission and set off immediately without stopping to report to Emperor Chongzhen the process and results of their interview with Cheng Shijie.

Gao Qiqian attended the banquet hosted by Sun Yuanhua.

The banquet was very lively and sumptuous.

Sun Yuanhua looked at Cheng Shijie and said with some sourness: "Master Cheng, I'm afraid it won't be long before it's time for me to salute you!"

"Yeah?"
To be continued...