"Brother, if you follow me, you will get the land and the wife will get it!"
"Master Chitose..."
The elderly veteran who spoke was already crying with gratitude. In the tent set up in the inner school grounds, nine soldiers from the same team were kneeling on the ground, watching Zhu Cixiang handing them the white money and a decree that was said to be able to exchange for fifty acres of paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River. Captain, a veteran from the Brave Guard Battalion.
This veteran looks to be in his fifties, but is actually just over forty. He has worked in the Yongwei Camp and the Fourth Guard Camp, the predecessor of the Yongwei Camp, for half his life. He has not saved dozens of acres of land or married a wife. , now one pawn is not worth ten taels of silver.
It can be said that there is nothing! And I haven’t eaten meat since I left the Yongwei camp.
But today, not only did he get the "land option", but he was also named the "Hero of Overcoming Difficulties", he also got ten taels of silver, and he also ate meat, and he ate it with Zhu Cixang!
The dignified Crown Prince Zhu Cihong had lunch with the captains and veterans of each team today, eating the same food. We didn’t mind that everyone was dirty or smelly, so we sat together on the open space in the inner school yard, eating and talking.
For veterans from humble backgrounds, this kind of thing is simply unimaginable!
Not to mention a prince, he is a boss, and he is also a dignified master. Can he eat, drink and talk with the soldiers?
Prince Zhu not only did not dislike these smelly soldiers, but he also unexpectedly understood the sufferings of the people and knew what everyone wanted and thought. In the words of later generations, it is down-to-earth! He doesn't look like a high-ranking prince at all, he simply looks like a great ancestor who came from among the people.
And whatever everyone wants, Prince Zhu will guarantee to give it to everyone!
In a word, there will be land, and the wife will have it... When we reach Jiangnan, everyone will be the hero in overcoming difficulties, and they will all get land and marry wives! They are all my best friends!
How about compared to Li Zicheng? Is it worth following?
Zhu Cixiang smiled again and said to the kneeling soldiers in the tent: "You are all the pillars of my Ming Dynasty. As long as you follow me well and escort Nan Xing, when we arrive in the south of the Yangtze River, everyone will be given fifty acres of paddy field! Today, I will first give you the land grant decree. , plus a reward of ten taels of silver!
Work hard, the land will bring it, and the wife will get it! "
After saying these words, he ordered Bi Jiucheng, the clerk who was following him, to stay and ask the soldiers' names and places of origin and fill them in the order. Then he turned around and left the tent under the eyes of everyone who were either surprised or grateful.
Outside the tent, Wu Xiang, Wu Sanfu, Zhu Chunjie, Li Jizhou, Huang Sanbao, Qiu Zhizhong, and three civil servants in their 30s and 40s all looked at Zhu Cihong with their mouths agape - the prince is really capable of this!
It’s really a no-brainer!
Really getting along with a bunch of smelly big-headed soldiers!
Is this still the prince?
This is almost catching up with Taizu and Chengzu...
Zhu Cixiang waved to them and said with a smile: "Go to the next...two hundred tents. We have to walk through them all today."
"Your Highness, why are you doing this?"
A black-faced civil servant in his forties, wearing a red python robe, a black gauze on his head, and a three-legged beard shook his head and said: "You are rich in gold, how can you associate with a common man?"
"Where did Mr. Chen come from?" Zhu Cixiang said as he walked away, "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world! And my family's world is based on these ordinary people, isn't it?"
This "Mr. Chen" is named Chen Rui. He is worshiped by Prince Xima. He is the lecturer of the East Palace and Zhu Cihong's teacher.
Upon hearing Zhu Cixiang's "weird theory", Mr. Chen Da was stunned for a moment, and then exchanged glances with the other two lecturers invited by Zhu Chunjie.
The three lecturers no longer recognize Zhu Cixiang!
Zhu Cixiang is a good student! He respected his teachers very much and studied very hard. He was very eager to be a wise emperor like Emperor Chongzhen.
Moreover, Zhu Cixi also had special rules and was very timid. He did not dare to violate the rules in the palace at all.
But today... what's going on? Everything has changed. Not only did he pretend to be sick and skip school, but he also got involved in the military power! This is a big taboo for a prince! He was also full of nonsense, saying that Taizu had a dream, and that this was the theory of ghosts and gods. Is it reliable?
In addition, as a prince, you should respect yourself, how can you get along with a bunch of soldiers? What is this for? Even if you have to make friends at all costs, you should be friends with scholar-bureaucrats. How can you be friends with these vulgar soldiers?
Zhu Cixiang did not look at the faces of the gentlemen, but just said plausibly: "The three gentlemen may think that scholar-bureaucrats are the foundation of the world, but in fact they have forgotten where their ancestors' family fortune came from?
Emperor Taizu Gao indeed valued Confucian scholars, but he did not rely on Confucian scholars to conquer the world. Taizu was born in civilian clothes and started in the wilderness. Taking advantage of the time when the Yuan Dynasty lost its deer, he fought a hundred battles and established his empire, relying on the strong men and common men in the Yangtze and Huaihe River areas.
After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Grandpa Taizu did not forget these men who had followed him. He established seventeen capital divisions in all parts of the world, one remaining guard division, three hundred and twenty-nine internal and external guards, and sixty-five guard stations for thousands of households. There are hundreds of thousands of military households under its jurisdiction! They are all given land, and farming and fighting are integrated into one, so that they can be self-sufficient. These one million and hundreds of thousands of military households are the foundation for our Ming Dynasty to establish a country and govern the world!
If the capitals, guards, and military households established by Emperor Gao, Emperor Taizu of Tiantian, are still in good condition, as they were during the Hongwu period, what are the rogue bandits? What is Donglu? How can they fight against my Ming Dynasty's million-strong army? During the reign of Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Chengzuwen, did the Jurchens dare to rebel?
Gentlemen, please think carefully... Today's disaster is not that the Ming Dynasty failed to take good care of the scholar-bureaucrats in the world, but that the Ming Dynasty failed to take good care of the millions of military households! During the Hongwu period, one military household had at least 50 acres of land, and hundreds of thousands of military households had at least 89 million acres of land. But how many acres of land do the health centers in the world still have? Most of the health centers don’t even have an acre of land anymore, right?
Without land, military households would naturally not be able to afford military service, and the capital and garrison would be useless. The imperial court had to spend money to recruit troops to pacify Liao and suppress the bandits, and Liao's pay, training pay, and suppression pay also came from this. The world is also ruined because of this! "
How can this be! ?
How could this prince know so clearly at such a young age? There must be a traitor trying to seduce the prince, right?
The three gentlemen all cast very unkind eyes on Wu Xiang, who looked like a traitor and knew the most about the military households in the guard station.
Wu Xiang was frightened by what they saw, but he was just as surprised as the three gentlemen. He was innocent and had never said anything like this to Zhu Cixiang that he shouldn't have said.
Moreover, such words are useless and can only offend people.
The land of the Dusi Guards Station has been divided up among nobles, hereditary officers, military officials and feudal princes. Who else can ask them to get it back? is it possible? Why?
Li Shichun, who looked to be about sixty years old, thin and with protruding cheekbones, frowned and said in standard Cantonese Mandarin: "Your Highness, you are the crown prince of the country. You must be cautious in everything you say and do. .Does what His Highness is doing now have the will of the Holy One?"
"Yes!" Zhu Cixiang didn't know how to tell the truth. He lowered his voice, "This is a secret decree. Do not let outsiders know... The rebellion is coming. The Holy One has made a plan for the future. Nanxing will stay in the capital as a last resort. The palace and Wang Chengen are ordered to supervise this matter. Today we invite three gentlemen to discuss who among the ministers in the court must accompany him. In addition, I have a heavy responsibility and need three assistants. The three of them will start from today. Get up, just follow me to do things."
Just have a will...
The three gentlemen all breathed a sigh of relief, and the stones hanging in their hearts finally fell to the ground.
What Zhu Cihong is doing now, if there is no will, would be enough to be abolished. But having a purpose is different... it shows that the emperor fully trusts the prince and is prepared to let the prince have some force, not only to protect Nan Xing, but also to be responsible for the rise and fall of the world when necessary.
If the prince can ascend the throne in advance, then the three of them will be the cabinet bachelors in a short time!
Young Zhan Shi Lin Zengzhi, who was only over fifty this year and looked dignified and in his forties at most, said: "Since you have a purpose, please continue to hand it over to Yu Shi. Let the three of us discuss it first and come up with it." How about a list?”
Zhu Cixiang nodded, "Then I'll help you three gentlemen."
