Qi Jiguang stood up, blinked his eyes, squeezed out the beads of sweat that fell from his forehead, and replied:
"I understand!"
"Your Majesty, I dare not neglect this matter. Now the use of troops in Japan and Luzon has been put on the agenda. However, Luzon is far away from China. After the Privy Council meeting, it was believed that in order to transform Luzon into a king, it is necessary to further develop Donglai (Taiwan). ), at least there will be a Dacheng port in Donglai that can transport soldiers, horses, grain and grass."
Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this: "I have already had this intention, so when Xie Jie refuted the imperial edict, I demoted him to Donglai."
Qi Jiguang replied: "This is indeed your majesty's sage. How else can we say that the sage's will is the will of heaven."
Zhu Yijun ordered: "Then go down and prepare accordingly! Don't ignore the Japanese side. Toyotomi Hideyoshi is very ambitious and wants to eliminate Japanese troubles forever. There will inevitably be a war there in the future!"
Qi Jiguang raised his hand and said yes.
"Back off."
After Zhu Yijun said that, he returned to the back hall first, and then told Tian Yi: "Go to Concubine Yang."
Tian Yi said: "Your Majesty, it's snowing too much today, why not change it to another day?"
Zhu Yijun said: "Today, I have been craving for her snowy cheese for a long time."
Qi Jiguang also left the palace and returned to his official residence.
As soon as Qi Jiguang came back, he saw Mrs. Wang wiping her big iron gun in the snow, while Qi Changguo was licking the tip of his pen and staring at a drawing of a chariot in a daze. Qi Xingguo was holding a circle of copper wire and an iron rod to ponder. What are you wearing?
Seeing Qi Jiguang appear, Qi Changguo hurriedly put the drawings away and shouted first: "Father!"
Qi Jiguang nodded: "It's okay. You can build whatever car you want from now on. After all, you are an official of the General Temple, not the Hanlin Academy. I don't need to force you to read classics and articles every day to learn from those literati."
After Qi Changguo said that, he looked at Qi Xingguo: "Similarly, you should go with your highness to deduce your mathematical physics."
After hearing this, Mrs. Wang poked the iron gun on the ground: "Why, you don't want to take care of your son again?"
"It's not that you don't care, it's that you have to practice new etiquette. Since they don't want to follow the text, just obey their choice. As long as it benefits the country and the people, this is how to treat the younger generation with kindness!"
Qi Jiguang continued: "According to His Majesty's wishes, let them have their own personalities and truly treat them as human beings. They cannot be like before, where only benevolence, righteousness and morality exist above and not below."
Wang couldn't help but said: "It seems that you have really met a good emperor, who understands you, enlightens you, and treats you leniently. If it were someone else, you would have those unhealthy habits, a belly full of flies and dogs, and you would be dead if you didn't have your head and body." Thanks to the emperor's kindness, it is even more impossible for him to still control military aircraft."
"No, madam, after all, I am also a commander who once led a hundred thousand troops. Am I so insignificant in your eyes?!"
"Although I am trying to change my old etiquette and bad habits, Your Majesty has never said that to me. Can you learn to put your husband first?!"
Qi Jiguang asked Wang angrily.
Wang held up the iron gun and said, "Go and compete outside. If you beat me, I will regard you as my god."
"never mind!"
"You should be the king of the family."
"Now we are talking about new etiquette. I cannot treat you kindly just because you are a woman."
After Qi Jiguang said that, he went to the back room.
But not long after Qi Jiguang walked in, a report from the counselor came outside saying that Ningyuan Marquis Li Chengliang and Tieling Marquis Li Rusong came to pay their respects.
Qi Jiguang hurriedly asked people to invite Li Chengliang and Li Rusong in.
As soon as he saw Li Chengliang, Qi Jiguang raised his hands and said with a smile: "Young Master has just arrived in the capital, why are you in such a hurry to see your servant?"
Li Chengliang returned the courtesy, and then said: "When I enter the capital, I must first meet with the Prime Minister."
Qi Jiguang smiled and said: "You and I are both martial artists, why should we be so polite?"
Li Chengliang smiled slightly and asked, "I wonder if the consort and other gentlemen are here?"
Upon hearing this, Qi Jiguang asked someone to call them out to see Li Chengliang.
Not long after, Qi Changguo and Qi Xingguo came out to meet Li Chengliang.
Li Chengliang first greeted Qi Xingguo, and then said to Qi Jiguang: "The prince-in-law and the other gentlemen are indeed young talents, gentle and polite, much better than dogs!"
Qi Changguo, Qi Xingguo and others all looked up at Li Chengliang with joy in their eyes.
This was the first time that a martial artist as outstanding as his father praised them so highly.
Qi Jiguang's face darkened: "What does Marquis Ning Yuan mean by this? Who knows that there is a Qilin son in your mansion, and he was granted the title of Marquis before he was even forty years old? Who can be the best among the military ministers in the world!"
"How can a dog like a pine tree be compared with a prince-in-law and other princes? He is just a rebellious son who gets into trouble."
Li Chengliang replied.
Li Rusong, who was standing nearby, bowed his head helplessly.
Qi Jiguang chuckled: "If Marquis Tieling is a troublemaker, I hope I have more such troublemakers!"
Hearing what Qi Jiguang said, Li Rusong suddenly raised his head again and looked at Qi Jiguang with burning eyes.
"Does the Prime Minister really want to have such a rebellious son?"
After Li Chengliang asked, he pointed at Li Rusong and said: "He ignored the impeachment of the governor, and also offended the officials and gentry during the recruitment. Even now, he deliberately lured those who upheld the old etiquette in the Northern Military Academy of Liaodi to commit a heinous crime, and made the army stick to the old ways. The people who are comfortable hate him deeply, does the prime minister think he will have a good end in the future?"
"Why didn't a loyal general end well?"
Qi Jiguang asked in return, and then said: "I see that Marquis Ningyuan also has a lot of old etiquette thoughts in his heart. He would rather be a follower of the old-fashioned people, and would rather be wise to protect himself than be responsible for the long-term stability of the country."
Li Chengliang sneered: "I have heard for a long time that the Prime Minister is loyal to the country, and now that my subordinates have heard about it, he is indeed well-deserved!"
"When it comes to serving the country, my subordinates are indeed not as good as the prime minister. They are quite like a coward. They should be dismissed from their posts and given titles by His Majesty!"
"But the Prime Minister is loyal to the country and wants to strengthen the country's military and rectify its morals. He should first let the princes follow their father's aspirations. Why would you rather let your sons learn the skills of literary craftsmen than let them do such offending things? What happened? It must be to prevent his great achievements from shocking his master, but also being hated by the rentiers in the world, right? But he allowed my son to do such an offending thing!"
After Li Chengliang said this, he raised his eyebrows and said: "Gongzhen's calculation is really good! This not only achieves the goal of strengthening the army and correcting the morale, but also does not harm the descendants."
"I, the Li family, really don't know how I offended the public and let such a yang like Gong Xing plot against our Li family. If the dog is killed by a stray arrow in the army in the future, it will all be because of the public!"
Li Chengliang continued to talk to Qi Jiguang, gnashing his teeth as he spoke.
Bang!
Qi Jiguang put down the tea cup and looked at Li Chengliang coldly: "After hearing what you said, I really don't know if you are showing off that you have a good son, or if you are insinuating that I don't know how to teach my son."
"Don't dare!"
Li Chengliang cupped his hands and replied.
Qi Jiguang also laughed and said, "It's not good for my son to be loyal and righteous, but he has to be as timid as me and not act like a man, to be a good son?"
After saying that, Qi Jiguang added: "Since Marquis Ningyuan dislikes your son so much, why not let him be the son of the Qi family? Anyway, your family has many heirs, so you don't have to worry about not being obedient and docile."
Li Rusong also looked at Qi Jiguang with reverence at this time.
Seeing this, Li Chengliang looked at Li Rusong: "You admire me, don't you? Do you think His Majesty made Ji Guogong the Privy Council for no reason? Do you think your and I's moral character is indeed inferior to that of the Privy Council?"
Li Rusong cupped his hands and replied, "Yes! I dare not lie to my father."
After hearing this, Li Chengliang immediately waved his hand to hit Li Rusong on the head and said: "You traitor! You only know the kindness of the teacher but not the kindness of the father!"
Li Rusong hurriedly knelt down and said, "Father, don't hit me. This purple and gold helmet on my head was given by the emperor!"
(End of chapter)
