Qi Jiguang also felt the same and said with a frustrated face: "I am the same. It's not that I don't have this awareness. It is actually more difficult to train children than to run an army and govern. Not to mention the old friends of disciples. I still need to mention something, let alone his children."
Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing what Qi Jiguang said.
"Your Majesty, I am not as good as my father. Now that I am able to serve as the King of Kings, I can only rely on my loyalty to Your Majesty to be valued by Your Majesty."
"But I can't let the Jin Yiwei completely share your majesty's worries. As for disciplining the children, it's even more inappropriate. It's just a continuation of the ancestral precepts."
Zhang Jingxiu also spoke helplessly at this time.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the entire Wulong Pavilion seemed particularly heavy.
There was a hint of coolness in the gentle breeze, and the three nobles who Zhu Yijun relied on the most now felt sad and hurt themselves.
"Actually, tutoring and teacher teaching alone are not enough."
"No matter how strict tutors and teachers are, they are ultimately instilled by others, which may not necessarily lead to wisdom. Instead, they will become dependent and think that they don't need to use their brains and can just wait for their elders to instill."
"As the saying goes, one learns from one's mistakes. It is better to let them temporarily hide their status as powerful people, go down to experience and experience, and suffer some losses;"
"The ancients said that the prime minister was born in the state, and the general was born in the army. The nobles also have to get in touch with the common people and compete with the powerful, so that they will know how to make themselves not only of noble birth, but also have the merits of intelligence, self-denial and forbearance. comparable."
"Let's just talk about Marquis Tieling. He is what he is today. It has nothing to do with the fact that he has been sent to fight in various places and gained experience."
"So, what I mean is that if you want to train your own children, you have to send them to the local areas and let them govern a county, or lead a team of 100 people, or even preside over a project or project; no one will know their identity. , just keep a close eye on their situation.”
"Not just your own children, but also those with military qualifications who are worthy of training must be selected and placed below to experience and practice. If you cast a wide net, there will always be those who stand out and become leaders in the future."
"Don't be like in the past, when the leaders in literary studies were raised in the Hanlin Academy, and the leaders in martial arts were raised in the Royal Guards, and then they were raised as trash. If a junior official is in trouble and cannot resist, he will be tricked around by a few thieves."
Zhu Yijun expressed his opinion at this time.
In his view, the enlightenment of the people's wisdom in the Ming Dynasty was not only aimed at the common people, but also from the royal family to the scholar-bureaucrats.
Because of the change in etiquette due to the main theme of being self-defeating on the inside and empty on the outside, everyone from top to bottom has formed a mindset of maintaining peace.
If you want this kind of thinking to be completely corrected, it is not enough to rely on the emperor and a few interested ministers alone. You must also consciously torment the royal family and noble children to avoid the resurgence of the old etiquette order.
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
"I will obey the Holy Instructions."
Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang, and Zhang Jingxiu all looked at each other at this time, and then replied a few words.
Zhu Yijun's words had a great impact on them.
Because of recent events, they also discovered that the world situation is still in a state of uncertainty. There are always people who consciously or unconsciously want to make the previous situation of keeping internal and external and only respecting Neo-Confucianism reappear. As for some civilian officials who deliberately condoned smuggling and corruption among military generals, there were also military generals who couldn't help themselves and still wanted to form cliques and make money as before.
And if it weren't for people like Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang who were worked hard in the old era and had a gifted and powerful sense of the world's situation, their own families would probably be dragged into the water and become the protective umbrella of the old forces.
It can even be said that if they make one wrong move, their family will be doomed, and it may also have a great negative impact on the entire country and nation.
Don't think that the fate of families like the Li family and the Qi family has no impact on the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty.
You must know that political power has always been path-dependent, just like in history, when there is trouble on all sides, the Li family must be considered.
In history, the attitude of Li Chengliang and his sons towards the Jurchens did have a great impact on the future destiny of the Ming Dynasty.
"Yuanfu, does Zhang Yingwang, the new right officer of the military department, have a memorial to impeach the concubine of the subordinate Ru Baixi for his misconduct?"
Therefore, after Li Chengliang left Xiyuan, he asked about Qi Jiguang.
Qi Jiguang nodded: "It is true, how do you plan to deal with it?"
"I inquired about it and found out that it was offered by his subordinates, but this was also a reason for him to be demoted to Japan and exiled to the army."
Li Chengliang replied.
Qi Jiguang was quite shocked after hearing this: "Your Majesty wants to send your son into the army? Isn't this too serious?"
"Your Majesty, your saintly majesty, hit the nail on the head!"
"If we want the system of your army to continue, we have to do this. First, use this as an excuse to banish him to Japan, and then let him change his name through meritorious service. He started from a small school. Now, he relies on his father's influence and is young. If you are too light to be a general, you don’t know how to be cautious. I really don’t know how much losses I will suffer in the future, so I should hone myself.”
"By the way, let's also give some authority to those civil servants who dare to supervise us, let them know that we are happy to be supervised by them."
"Besides, this is also the holy will. Although the military is noble, it does not mean that those with military status will not be controlled."
Li Chengliang said with a smile.
Qi Jiguang nodded after hearing this: "As you said, this is the right thing to do. What's more, if we don't dare to cooperate with His Majesty in this way, then the people behind us probably won't dare to do so. The suicide of the unsatisfactory old army is just the beginning. In order for all military households to be tempered and become truly aristocratic national warriors, they still have to do more inhumane things."
Li Chengliang smiled after hearing this, and then bowed to Qi Jiguang and said: "Li was lucky enough to meet the Holy King and a colleague with outstanding military achievements like Yuan Fu, so that he could be as successful as he is today! The country has been rejuvenated because of this. , Li no longer has to protect himself by provoking provocations and supporting the bandits."
"If I do this again, I will be cut into pieces."
Qi Jiguang said with a smile and returned a salute to Li Chengliang:
"The same goes for me, Mr. Qi. I am lucky to have a colleague like Mr. Li in my life. I will not be instigated and exploited by evil people to create a vendetta between the north and the south because of the rift between the north and the south, thus causing great danger to the country."
Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang started talking and laughing for a while, and gradually began to regard each other as confidants.
Looking at this scene, Zhang Jingxiu just smiled slightly, couldn't help but look at the blue sky, and said to the sky: "Father, you have a spirit in the sky, and I must have seen it. Today, I have not let you down, but I have also let this empire down." The two jewels complement each other even more.”
Under the influence of Zhu Yijun, Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang indeed complemented each other.
Li Chengliang took the initiative to send his second son to Japan for training. After Qi Jiguang returned to the official residence of the First Assistant, he was not to be outdone. He called his only fourth son Qi Baoguo, who was studying at home, to him and said:
"Put aside the rural examination for now. You can go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to register and participate in the official selection. It's better to go to the local area and become a county magistrate or county magistrate. It is better than studying at home all the time."
"Why does the father think that he suddenly wants his son to become an official?"
Qi Baoguo asked.
Qi Jiguang glanced at Qi Baoguo: "Why are you talking about it? Isn't it because your qualifications are too poor and you have failed the exam for so many years! It just so happened that today in front of the emperor, because he mentioned that you brothers are incompetent, His Majesty did not believe that you were really too good. Poor, he also said that I should give you a chance to go directly to the lower level to practice, saying that you may be better taught than your parents and teachers, and you can become a great person. Since His Majesty said so, it is natural for you as a father to give you such an opportunity to prove yourself. "
Hearing Qi Jiguang say that His Majesty is more willing to believe that he will have a future than his father, Qi Baoguo couldn't help but feel excited for a moment, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "In that case, my son will follow the imperial decree and father's order to register at the Ministry of Civil Affairs."
Qi Jiguang nodded: "That's good, but you have to tell the officials and ask them to hide your real name and origin for you. This is His Majesty's wish, so that if you do not do well as a close official, you will avoid losing the face of the family. "
"yes!"
Qi Baoguo then actually went to the Ministry of Personnel to register.
Because he was the son of the chief minister, the officials did not make things difficult for him and allowed him to go to Wuyuan as the county magistrate instead of going to many remote places.
But this is actually a big challenge for Qi Baoguo.
Because he didn't even have much dealings with local officials, let alone local people.
Therefore, for him, when he goes to Wuyuan County to be the magistrate, he still has to learn how to deal with various matters related to the people.
Qi Baoguo was not afraid.
Just like most bureaucrats' children who prefer to follow the literary profession, he originally preferred to follow the literary profession and become a civil servant.
Therefore, his ability to become a local parent official can be regarded as fulfilling his own ideals.
Because Qi Baoguo used a pseudonym, no one from the government or the government knew his true origin, so no officials took special care of him.
To the outside world, he seemed to be just an ordinary scholar who was elected magistrate.
Not even the major newspapers noticed him.
As soon as Qi Baoguo arrived in Wuyuan County, handed over his seal, and met with the county officials, he encountered a difficult matter.
turn out to be.
A group of officials and gentry in Wuyuan County, represented by Yu Maoxue, jointly filed a lawsuit against him as soon as he took office. Some lime households illegally mined lime in the local area, destroying the feng shui of Wuyuan and affecting the cultural context of Wuyuan County. In recent years, Wuyuan County has been The results in the provincial examination were not good.
Originally, this matter also happened in the original history, but it was a few years later.
However, due to the faster economic development in Ming Dynasty, the people's demand for improving their living environment has increased sharply, so that the demand for lime has also increased faster. In addition, Zhu Yijun has repeatedly opened Enke and increased the number of imperial examinations, which made Wuyuan County discover its own county in advance. The results of the imperial examination were not as good as before, so some people in Wuyuan County thought in advance that the poor performance of the imperial examination in their county was related to the digging of lime by gray households.
In short, after Zhu Yijun, a butterfly from later generations, flapped his wings, many local events also changed.
Back to the topic.
After Qi Baoguo encountered this, he should have directly arrested the people who mined lime, because according to the national law, these people were indeed violating the prohibition and being unreasonable. However, he was also worried that doing so would anger the people, so he felt a headache for a moment. .
This kind of thing is still very difficult for him who has just arrived.
At the same time that Qi Baoguo was sent to the local area to take up the post of magistrate of Wuyuan County, Li Rubai received the imperial edict that he was exiled from the army.
Li Rubai looked at Li Chengliang in confusion: "Father, as a military general, your son belongs to the Privy Council, but you can't send your son into the army just because of this incident!"
"According to my opinion, you should be killed. If not for His Majesty and Yuan Fu's persuasion, you would not be sent to the army instead!"
"Taking a subordinate's wife, do you know what you are doing? You are ruining the military style!"
Li Chengliang spoke very righteously, slapped the table, and turned his back to Li Rubai and said: "Whether you are exiled to the army or not, I will give you a chance to transform yourself. When you go to Japan, you first start as a border guard, maybe you can also If you can perform meritorious service and regain your military status, then become a soldier in the camp, and then be promoted back step by step. I have them change your pseudonym. Before you return to Beijing after making great achievements, do not tell others your true identity and name. Just say that your name is Tielin. , this is an ordinary Liaodong military household, remember?"
Li Rubai burst into tears for a moment, but he did not dare to go against Li Chengliang's wishes, so he just said yes.
As a result, Li Rubai was taken to Japan.
It's just that Li Rubai's starting point when he came to Japan was lower than Qi Baoguo, and he didn't even have an official status.
But fortunately, he is a Han. In a place like Japan where Japanese slaves exist in large numbers, he is not really required to do hard labor.
Because in Japan, those who work as coolies are basically Japanese slaves.
As soon as he came to Japan, Li Rubai was assigned by Saga's commander-in-chief Chen An to guard the border.
As soon as he defended the border, Li Rubai encountered the first thorny problem, which was the large number of Japanese from other non-civilized areas sneaking into the checkpoint.
Li Rubai had to start driving away the Japanese who sneaked into the checkpoint every day, and even shot arrows at them to drive them away.
This allowed Li Rubai to kill many Japanese at once, but he had to be more curious about why the Japanese would break through at all costs, even like moths to a flame.
He also began to realize that why his father was willing to cooperate with Zhang Juzheng, the Qing Dynasty, and Shen Shixing, Qi Jiguang and others to carry out reforms, perhaps because he did not want the Liao people to be like these Japanese, running into the pass like moths to a flame.
At this time, in Edo, not far from the Japanese education area, Tokugawa Ieyasu had received an imperial edict from the Ming Emperor reprimanding him for establishing a shogunate for himself, and he soon learned from Masuda Nagamori and Sakai Ieji that the Ming Emperor was not following the rules. Be willing to accept him as the new king of Japan.
"So, we can only fight against the Ming Dynasty to the end at all costs?"
Therefore, after Tokugawa Ieyasu learned about this from Masuda Nagamori and Sakai Ieji, he asked gloomily.
Sakai Ieji then said: "Yes, General, we can only fight against the Ming Emperor's arrogance at the cost of all the Yamato warriors breaking their jade together!" (End of this chapter)
