"Do you know what I like about you?"
Zhu Yijun suddenly asked with a smile.
Li Rusong replied: "I don't know."
"Just dare to tell the truth!"
"In terms of strategy, you are not as good as Chen Lin; in terms of coordination, you are not as good as Ma Gui; but in terms of honesty, you are far better than these two! Fortunately, you are more knowledgeable than Liu Wei."
Zhu Yijun said, "Tell me, why do you say that about your father?"
Li Rusong replied: "Loyalty and filial piety have always been difficult to achieve at the same time. What's more, if I don't expose him and wait for others to expose him, my father will only be put in more danger. However, I took the initiative to expose him before he made a big mistake. I am doing my best to protect my father's reputation." I am not a foolish and filial person!"
"Therefore, instead of hiding my father's sins, I would rather take advantage of my father's mistakes and protect his reputation! Furthermore, I believe that your majesty is a sage king. Just as your majesty believes in me, I will not distrust me because of my father's mistakes. .”
Zhu Yijun nodded solemnly: "I see that you are not only sincere, but also do somersaults. Xu Wei is indeed quite capable."
Zhu Yijun said: "The decree is passed that Xu Wei is allowed to join the Jinyiwei family. In view of his past anti-Japanese and Xingming Academy's achievements in raising loyal orphans, Jinyiwei will be given the command and envoys. In addition, a lecture department will be set up within Jinyiwei, headed by Xu Wei." Take charge and teach the Jinyiwei Official School what the orthodox philosophy of governing the country is and learn new etiquette!"
Li Rusong hurriedly knelt on the ground: "I would like to express my gratitude to Your Majesty!"
"Get up."
Zhu Yijun said something and then said: "It's time for the Jinyiwei to strengthen their education, and they also need to be aware of the concept of governance. Loyalty alone is not enough!"
"After all, people have their own opinions. If Jin Yiwei is not allowed to have a clear understanding of the new rites, each one of them really thinks that the construction of the new rites is only a matter for civil servants. Is it true that only civil servants are Han people and should know the righteousness of the nation?"
Zhu Yijun is talking about Cheng Ying, a member of the Imperial Guard Qianhu who was arrested and brought to Beijing.
Because after being interrogated, Cheng Ying also took the initiative to confess why she did not take the investigation of the implementation of the new ritual to heart.
According to Cheng Ying, it was mainly because he did not fully understand the importance of the new rites that he was deceived by Confucian scholars such as Wu Shanyan into thinking that the implementation of the new rites by Zhen Shixing and other rulers was taking advantage of the emperor's characteristic of being fond of great achievements and making money, and even favored Wu Shanyan. The Neo-Confucianism he taught, which preserves natural principles, eliminates human desires, and emphasizes morality, was even more highly regarded, and he even worshiped Wu Shanyan as his teacher.
This made Zhu Yijun more aware of the importance of the ideological field.
Therefore, he must strengthen the ideological education of Jinyiwei, and let Jinyiwei officials also receive ideological training just like setting up a governing school.
It didn't take long for Wu Shanyan and Li Zongcai to be sentenced for forming a clique to benefit profiteers and failing to implement the New Deal effectively. They also used soldiers to destroy the country's armaments.
Because Wu Shanyan voluntarily confessed, the whole body was preserved and sentenced to death by hanging.
Li Zongcai was executed because he left his post without authorization and went to Jiangnan to have a private meeting with Jin gentry without asking for permission and failed to report the information.
"Execution!"
A few days later, the two were ordered to be executed at the Xishi Archway.
When Wu Shanyan was tied up with a rope and began to be strangled, he just cried and shouted to the officials and gentry who were watching the execution: "How can you, gentlemen, tolerate that military officials have the right to inform?!"
As soon as Wu Shan finished speaking, his throat was tightened and he could no longer speak.
At the same time, Li Zongcai's neck was also cut open with a knife, and blood flowed on the spot.
"Did he really say that?"
Wu Shanyan's words soon reached Zhu Yijun's ears through Zhang Jing's mouth.
Zhang Jing cupped his hands and replied: "Yes."
"This old guy still has a lot of complaints against Li Rusong!"
"Forget it, pass on my decree and ask the Imperial Guard to draft a decree to local civil servants, clan members, relatives, and high-ranking officials. They will also be given the right to perform secret memorials. In this way, they will have more people to endure, at least not just Li Rusong!"
Zhu Yijun said at this time.
"yes!"
After Li Rusong met Qi Jiguang in Beijing, he went north to the border town.
At this time, Jiubian was already in a state of chaos.
Fried flowers and rabbits and other captives are ready to invade the border, but they are just waiting for the crisp autumn season to come.
Although the small glacier climate phenomenon has begun to appear, it is not so obvious in the early Wanli period, so summer is still a bit hot, especially when it is necessary to move. For people and horses on the grassland, summer is still not suitable for expeditions.
Therefore, Chaohua and Baituer did not directly choose Kou Bian after returning to provoke the Ming Dynasty, which began to respect the Han and belittle the barbarians.
Governor Zhang Jiayin of Jiliao and Governor Zheng Luo of Xuanda also took advantage of this summer to deal with border defense problems that may arise after the construction of Xinli.
First of all, in terms of training the border residents, the border town governor, the general garrison and other officers did not dare to neglect, and the imperial court had already allocated a large amount of materials, money and food to the border fortress.
Dongsheng Zuowei, Liujiakou.
Qianzong Han Yingchen, the brother of the imperial censor Han Yinggeng, who had just been asked by the Metropolitan Procuratorate to replace Li Zongcai on a patrol in Shandong, led 300 border soldiers and more than ten mule carts to stop the people who were crossing the Qinglong River. There are about ten military households.
Han Yingchen asked these military households: "Where are you from and where are you going?"
At this time, a young military man named Liu Di first replied: "Go back to the official, we are going to Kaiping to apply for the Guan Tai. I have a cousin there. I heard from him that there is work there, and you can earn a lot of money." Less money.”
"Mom, you're all gone, so what are we camp soldiers guarding, are we just guarding your land?!"
Han Yingchen came over cursing.
Liu Di said with a bitter face: "It is getting harder to plant crops here every year, and the frost period is getting longer and longer. What do you want everyone to do? We were not selected as camp soldiers. We can't be hungry all the time. Besides, the court Aren’t we now abolishing the road guide and allowing everyone to go to various places to work and contribute to the country? If we stay here, we will only drag you down and we will not need to consume your military rations in disaster years?”
Because of the climate, the output of many lands in border towns is indeed declining sharply. Therefore, the main income of many officers is no longer the income from annexed border fields, but the income from empty wages. It is precisely because of the decline in the output of border fields that As a result, in history, we did not encounter much resistance when clearing the acres of land and clearing the border fields.
After all, Bian Tian's income was only so small, so the imperial court would have to pay taxes even if the father was cleared.
And Han Yingchen didn't blame people like Liu Di for this, he only said:
"Don't go. Don't you just want to earn more income during the off-season? Now the imperial court wants to expand the training of border guards for early warning and defense. During the training period, all applicants will be given one or two silver dollars, plus three pieces of cotton cloth!"
Han Yingchen pointed to the cotton clothes on the car as he spoke: "If you sign up now, you can each take three pieces of cotton back immediately!"
Liu Di hurriedly asked, "Really?"
Han Yingchen nodded and said: "In addition, roads will be built in the border town in the future. You don't have to go out to find work. Staying here is better than anything else. Besides, the court cares about you more and more now!"
Liu Di smiled and said: "What the official said is that if it were not to support the family, who would be willing to leave his hometown? However, why is the court getting richer and richer now? It is willing to give us so many subsidies, especially this cotton cloth, which seems to be worthless. ?”
"Because of the New Deal! Because there is a good emperor!"
Han Yingchen replied.
Liu Di, a military householder covered in patches, looked at these new and good cotton cloths and murmured: "Because of the New Deal, because there is a good emperor?"
(End of chapter)
