People in Zongwu: Starting with the Yin Gui Sect

On the first day of October, the Wuchen Rebellion, which occurred in the first year of Chongzhen, finally came to an end after two months.

After Wu Yu sorted out the summary report of this war, he immediately convened a court meeting.

"There are two points to talk about this court meeting!"

As soon as the court meeting started, Wu Yu first clarified the content of this court meeting.

"The first is about the rewards and pensions for the soldiers in this war between my Ming Dynasty and Jiannu."

"The second is that I plan to build a monument to heroes opposite Chengtian Gate for my people to worship the soldiers who died in this war!"

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar. The first thing was fine, but the second thing was different. Building a monument for the fallen soldiers was something that had never happened in the past dynasties.

"Silence!"

Seeing that the people below were going to quarrel endlessly, the official responsible for maintaining order immediately shouted to stop them.

"Let's talk about the first thing first! Sun Aiqing, you can tell us!"

"I obey your order. Your Majesty, this time, our Ming Dynasty has dispatched a total of 130,000 soldiers to fight against the Jiannu.

Among them, 50,000 are from the Beijing Camp, 10,000 are from the four guards of Tengxiang, 40,000 are from General Lu, General Sun, General Zhou, and General Cao, and then 10,000 are from Zunhua City, and finally 20,000 are from Pidao Mao."

As Sun Chengzong reported the specific number of people participating in the battle, everyone realized that the Ming Dynasty had dispatched so many troops to deal with the Jiannu.

Sun Chengzong continued: "Among them, 29,821 people died in the battle, 4,770 people were seriously injured, and 45,600 people were slightly injured.

According to the pension regulations previously designated by Your Majesty, the national treasury needs to allocate 1,457,600 taels of pension this time."

As Sun Chengzong reported the number of pensions, many people's faces changed.

You should know that even in the Wanli period, the pension for ordinary soldiers who died in battle was only about three taels, and even the highest-level commanders who died in battle only received ten taels, but now His Majesty has set so much more.

I only heard Sun Chengzong continue: "In addition to the pensions for the dead and injured, there are also rewards for the soldiers who killed the enemy and made meritorious service, a total of 4,631,700 taels.

Combined with the two, Your Majesty needs to allocate a total of 6,089,300 taels this time. As for the subsequent title rewards, Your Majesty needs to personally draft them.

After speaking, Sun Chengzong handed the memorial to Wu Yu for review.

Wu Yu took the memorial and just glanced at it casually, then nodded to indicate that it was okay.

"Okay, that's all about the rewards and pensions for this war, but I have a word in advance. If anyone dares to reach out during this period, then no matter who he is or what his identity is, I will not let him go. Once discovered, I will directly confiscate his property and exterminate his clan. "

Knowing the nature of the officials below, Wu Yu had to take precautions in advance to prevent the money from not falling into the hands of the soldiers and the families of the fallen soldiers.

"We dare not!"

After these words came out, some people who had some small thoughts also stopped, and secretly decided to try their best to restrain the officials below, so as not to be implicated by the other party.

Besides, since the beginning of this year, the court has also increased their salaries a lot, so there is no need to take risks for this little money.

"Okay, then the second thing is about the construction of the monument to heroes. I wonder what you think? "

After arranging the matters concerning rewards and pensions, Wu Yu began to talk about the second matter.

As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately jumped out. This person was none other than the representative of the Donglin Party officials in the court, Cheng Jiming, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites!

"Your Majesty, since the time of Taizu, our dynasty has never built a monument to heroes for the soldiers who died in battle. Not only our dynasty, but also all dynasties have never had such a thing, so I hope Your Majesty can withdraw the order. ”

No one who can stand here is a fool, so when Wu Yuyi mentioned the matter of building a monument to heroes, everyone guessed his thoughts.

This is obviously to raise the status of those military generals so that they can compete with civil officials, but how can they allow those vulgar warriors to be on an equal footing with them, so don't even think about it.

What's more, even their names have not been engraved yet, so how can they let those warriors go first.

So after hearing that the emperor wanted to build a monument to heroes, most of the civil officials and ministers were opposed, but who didn't want to be the first to stand out.

Of course, the biggest reason is that Wei Zhongxian had already approached them one by one before, so even if they wanted to oppose, it would not be so obvious.

"Is what Cheng Aiqing said also what you all meant!"

No one spoke, but silence representedAcquiesce, because this is no longer a matter for Cheng Jiming alone, but the interests of their entire civil service group.

"Your Majesty, I do not agree with what Mr. Cheng said!"

Just as the atmosphere became more and more subtle, Huang Liji, the chief minister of the cabinet, finally spoke.

"Oh, then I wonder what the chief minister or the cabinet means?"

Everyone looked at Huang Liji after hearing this.

"Your Majesty, although it is indeed unprecedented to build a monument to heroes for soldiers who died in battle, it does not mean that it will not happen in the future.

Just like the cabinet system of my Ming Dynasty did not exist in previous dynasties, but Taizu and Taizong still formulated and implemented it and it has been passed down to this day.

Could it be that Mr. Cheng also thinks that the cabinet system formulated by Taizu and improved by Taizong is also wrong?"

As soon as Huang Liji said this, Cheng Jiming immediately wanted to refute, but the other party did not give him a chance at all.

"Besides, the reason why we can have a stable environment now and Lord Cheng can still stand here and talk freely is because of those soldiers fighting bravely on the front line, or does Lord Cheng look down on those soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country?"

"Prime Minister, don't talk nonsense. When did Cheng say such a thing!"

Seeing that Huang Liji was pointing the finger at him, Cheng Jiming didn't dare to agree.

Although he did think so in his heart, he couldn't say such words out loud, otherwise he would be drowned by the saliva of the people in the capital after leaving the court.

"Since there is none, why does Lord Cheng object!"

Glancing at Cheng Jiming, Huang Liji continued, "Therefore, I think it is necessary to build a monument to heroes, because only in this way can those soldiers who died for the country be remembered by all the people of our Ming Dynasty!"

"I second the motion!"

As soon as Huang Liji finished speaking, Wen Tiren, the second assistant, stood up.

"We also agree!"

Other officials of Huang Liji and Wen Tiren's faction also came out to agree.

Originally, they were threatened by Wei Zhongxian once, and now they heard that their boss also agreed, so how could they dare to object.