"Soldiers are the Great Wall of the nation; soldiers are the most important weapons of the nation; soldiers are the backbone of the nation... Engrave this in stone, let us honor them with incense, and let them be admired by generations to come..."

Two suddenly became four, and then there was a sound. Then it became eight, and then sixteen. Gradually, it became thirty-two. At the bottom, there were three hundred and sixty Han generals, and their voices responded in unison like thunder!

Through the constant repetition and amplification by the Han generals, the emperor's words were clearly heard by everyone present.

These were the emperor's golden words, the highest praise and definition of a soldier. They were unprecedented in all dynasties, and would go down in history books.

Feng Datie and two officers climbed up the city wall, knelt on one knee, and accepted the military flag awarded by the emperor himself. Their hands were shaking with excitement. Even when facing the fierce attack of the Jiannu, they had never experienced such a thing before.

Zhu Youxiao nodded with a smile and said in a loud voice: "I hope you will be as firm as a rock and make new achievements."

"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long, long live the emperor!" The three of them bowed their heads in gratitude, stood up and retreated from the city wall.

The flag is as red as blood, with three bright yellow mountains in the middle and the word "Rock" embroidered in gold thread on it.

Bright yellow was only used by the royal family, even the emperor's clothing. Now that it was given to a brigade, the gift was evident.

The flags were waving in front of the army, and were greeted with another thunderous cheer of "Long live the army".

Next, a group of soldiers took the flags and heads off the carts and piled them up under the gaze of the emperor on the Meridian Gate Tower.

"One, two, three..." The supervising imperial guard officer called out the numbers loudly, and the imperial guards behind him repeated them in unison. Finally, even the people watching from afar could hear them clearly.

There was a bloody battle in southern Liaoning where the two red flags were defeated, Zhenjiang repelled the Zhengbai Banner, Nong'an annihilated Amin's troops, and there were several other small battles. The total number of heads taken was as high as 8,653.

The people heard it clearly and roared with joy. Of all the victories reported, this one was the highest. They didn't realize that the number of Jiannu killed or wounded was even greater than the number of heads captured.

Hehe, the Eight Banners, now at most there are only the original six banners of troops left, Zhu Youxiao sneered.

After counting the heads, the captured flags were counted, and finally the prisoners were brought in.

The effect of releasing the news in advance and preparing in advance is quite good.

The people of the capital were quite welcoming and prepared a generous amount of supplies for Amin and the other captives. Rotten leaves, rotten eggs, garbage, and so on were thrown at them during the parade.

The emperor, who was far away on the Meridian Gate Tower, seemed to smell the stench when he saw that the wooden cage of the prison car had become like a garbage truck.

Xiao Yuefeng, the Grand Minister of Justice, led the left and right assistant ministers to report the situation, enumerating the crimes of the Jiannu and requesting the emperor to execute the criminals. "We should send them to the city court for execution. Please allow me to do so."

The Grand Secretary's speech was quite good, with hundreds of words, each word was loud and slow.

Zhu Youxiao gathered his emotions and felt that his voice was fine. He said in a clear voice, "Take it!"

As soon as the order was spoken, it was first passed on to the nobles and relatives on both sides, then to the ministers, and the number of people gradually increased. Finally, it was the Han general with 360 people who repeated the order in unison.

I can't roar like a lion, but I have a loud speaker for all voices! Listening to the thunderous male voices, Zhu Youxiao pursed his lips, revealing a half-smile.

All the Jiannu captives were taken to Caishikou and executed by slow slicing. This must have been the most popular show among the common people. It gave them something to talk about after tea. It was rare to see such a grand scene in one’s lifetime, right?

The bloody and brutal scene had a unique thrill, especially when seeing the enemy's miserable state and hearing their wailing and screaming...

I'll let it go, I'm always too soft-hearted! The emperor waved his sleeves, turned around and walked down the tower.

At this point, the carefully prepared prisoner surrender ceremony was completed. However, the various events surrounding this carefully prepared prisoner surrender ceremony would continue for a long time.

If he just skinned a few butchers, it would obviously not satisfy the emperor. He wanted to use the dead body, just to piss off the old slave. He was already in his seventies and eighties, and he was injured and sick. He might die before he could even breathe!

Moreover, the emperor began to make arrangements while Amin and other captives were still being escorted. It is estimated that the news will soon reach the ears of the Jiannu.

As for the captives of the Khorchin tribe, they were not taken to the capital at all, nor did they participate in the prisoner surrender ceremony. They were all imprisoned somewhere outside the city!

However, the news of the prisoner offering ceremony still reached the ears of Hailanzhu and Bumbutai.

The two maids were imprisoned in the laundry department, the only one of the eight imperial departments located outside the imperial city. Aside from the eunuchs who managed the department, the people there were generally two types of people: elderly palace maids who were placed there to die, and concubines and palace maids who were punished.

If we take it literally, the laundry bureau is for washing clothes. This explanation is not comprehensive. Washing clothes is only one aspect. On the other hand, it is equivalent to the place where palace maids were imprisoned for life.

Because according to the rules of the palace, palace maids cannot be free even if they are old.

When they were no longer of much use, they would be sent here, where the eunuchs in charge would provide them with food and ask them to do whatever hard labor they could, and they would stay in the laundry department until their death.

At the same time, the laundry bureau also had the function of punishing concubines and palace maids who had committed crimes.

For example, after Chongzhen came to power, he sent Keshi to the laundry department. The eunuchs in the laundry department understood his intention and beat her to death with sticks, burned her, and scattered the ashes.

But starting in the second year of the Tianqi reign, the role of the laundry bureau was reduced to washing clothes and doing rough labor. The royal rules also changed. Palace servants received salaries and were released from the palace when they reached a certain age.

At the same time, the more upright Zhang Guoyuan was appointed the head of the laundry bureau and was forbidden from abusing palace servants. The rough labor was tiring, but there were no more cases of people being tortured to death.

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