Compared with people like Zhu Biao and Zhu Di who were called Zhu Dalang and Zhu Silang for seven or eight years before they had their own names, Zhu Xiongying was very lucky. Three months after he was born, the Ministry of Rites asked Qin Tianjian to give him his name.
The reason why Zhu Xiongying's name does not have the element of "Five Elements" is not because the "Ancestral Instructions" (i.e. "Ancestor Instructions of the Emperor Ming") was not completed. This book was started in the second year of Hongwu and was completed in the sixth year of Hongwu. Book.
However, Lao Zhu was still alive, and the words he taught his son increased from time to time. Although this book was published several times in the eighth year of Hongwu, it was not the final version. The name and the five elements radical were only added after Hongwu revised it in the ninth year.
Looking at Zhu Xiongying in front of him, Gu Zhengchen smiled happily and said a few words that sounded like Zhu Biao's, which made Zhu Biao and the Crown Princess smile.
After all, the princess couldn't stay outside for long, so she took Zhu Xiongying away after saying something.
Outside the pavilion, the peach blossoms are blooming.
Zhu Biao put his hands behind his back, looked at the peach blossoms, and said softly: "You proposed to build a new army and build military faith. Wei Guogong and others have figured out a method, although it is still rough and needs you to perfect it. But at the beginning of the year, The imperial court has already taken action. At the end of the first lunar month (the 11th day of the lunar month), my father brought hundreds of civil and military officials to Jilongshan Temple to pay their respects to the Ming Dynasty soldiers who died."
Jilongshan Temple!
Gu Zhengchen knew where it was. In fact, its real name was Gongchen Temple, but because it was built at the foot of Jilong Mountain, it was named Jilongshan Temple.
Lao Zhu regarded the meritorious officials as worthy of enjoying the Ancestral Temple, and hereby ordered its construction. Statues of the dead, the living occupy their empty space. The temple of meritorious officials has the main hall, the west preface and the east preface. Each of the two verandas has a plaque with the general inscription "The spirit of the deceased who commanded thousands of households to guard and pacify".
Zhu Biao continued: "In order to show the importance to the generals of the guard station, my father added 108 people including Huaian Hou Hua Yunlong and Pingzhang Li Siqi to the sacrificial memorial tablets this year."
Gu Zhengchen frowned slightly.
The circumstances of Hua Yunlong's sudden death are unclear, but comprehensively, it should have nothing to do with Lao Zhu. But Li Siqi can be regarded as "harmed" to death by Lao Zhu.
Li Siqi was a general of the Yuan Dynasty, stationed in Guanzhong, and occupied Tongguan and other places. He was originally able to block the Ming army. He didn't know whether it was because he was not strong enough, or he didn't want to fight, or because Feng Sheng who was chasing him was too difficult to provoke, so he retreated again and again. Li Siqi, who retreated, finally surrendered to Ming Dynasty.
Lao Zhu was also very generous and made Li Siqi the right prime minister of Guangxi Province.
Well, the kind that doesn’t work and only gets paid.
In August of the seventh year of Hongwu, Lao Zhu also wanted to win over Wang Baobao and persuade the young man to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. However, the lobbying required people to run over and say that the lion's roar could not come thousands of miles away.
The person who lobbied was Li Siqi, and it turned out that Wang Baobao wanted Li Siqi's arm. Without his arm, Li Siqi lost too much blood and died after returning.
Gu Zhengchen doesn't understand Lao Zhu's behavior. Whether it's negotiating or lobbying, you at least have the upper hand first. Only then can you speak easily, with a loud voice, and it's safe.
But Wang Baobao defeated Xu Da two years ago and saved Dayuan from death. At this time, Wang Baobao's arrogance has not retreated. He is looking for people to recruit people to surrender. Why not send people to die...
Li Siqi's greatest contribution to the Ming Dynasty was that he allowed the Ming army to enter Shaanxi without much resistance. In addition, he and Xu Da beat up Wang Baobao in the third year of Hongwu. His other achievements are gone. When such a person enters the Temple of Meritorious Officers, I wonder if it is mixed with Lao Zhu's guilt.
"What is Mr. Gu thinking?"
Zhu Biao looked at Gu Zhengchen and asked him a few questions, but he still hadn't responded.
Gu Zhengchen was suddenly enlightened and said quickly: "Your Highness just mentioned Jilongshan Temple, and I thought of a question."
"speak."
"Your Highness, can people go to Jilongshan Temple?"
"Of course not."
After Zhu Biao finished speaking, he looked at the serious Gu Zhengchen and finally understood the problem.
Gu Zhengchen said seriously: "Jilongshan Temple is an important place for the imperial court to worship its heroes. There are court officials who clean and guard it, and people are not allowed to come in and out at will, so as not to disturb the heroes' sleep. However, the imperial court must show that it values the sergeants and generals. , but the people don’t know the heroic deeds of these generals who died, they don’t know which battle they died in, they don’t know their names and hometowns, and they don’t know that they fought bravely to kill the enemy!”
"All armies come from the people. If the people cannot see that the imperial court values sergeants and generals, can the sergeants at the Jinling Guard Station see it? Can the sergeants at the local guard station see it? If no one can see it, they just hear about it. Your Majesty has gone to pay his respects, so for them, this matter will be forgotten and will not arouse any enthusiasm."
Zhu Biao nodded solemnly, acknowledged Gu Zhengchen's words, and asked: "Do you mean to let go of the Jilongshan Temple and allow the people of Jinling to enter and exit freely? Wouldn't it be too noisy and disturb the originally solemn place? Changed it to the Land of Rest?"
Gu Zhengchen asked: "Your Highness, which of those generals did not shed blood and sacrifice for the Ming Dynasty? The people's admiration is not disrespectful to them, on the contrary, it is their desire. Of course, if the court is concerned about the people, it may be rude, that is also simple, in Jinling Select a site to build a Ming Dynasty Heroes and Martyrs Hall or a monument to heroes and martyrs where any common people can freely go to pay homage and pay homage."
"Let everyone in the world see that the imperial court truly values sergeants and guide the people to look up to and respect the generals and sergeants who sacrificed their lives. Then there will be no situation where people are afraid of sergeants and do not want their children to become sergeants. Wei Chen believes that if the imperial court has a clear attitude , not to forget those soldiers who sacrificed their lives, but to guide the scholars and the people to actively commemorate and pay tribute. In less than ten years, the people will be willing to personally hand over their children to the guard station to become a real soldier, and the guard station will have no more deserters and more soldiers. There’s no such thing as collusion!”
Zhu Biao took a deep breath and walked towards the pavilion: "In our opinion, it is important for my father to go to Jilongshan Temple in person. But as you said, this attention was only shown to the civil and military ministers, not to the common people. Didn’t show it to the sergeant.”
Gu Zhengchen followed Zhu Biao: "The people are simple, they only believe what they see and hear. If the court really wants to reshape the army and integrate faith into the army, it must give the sergeants a sense of honor and the ability to sacrifice their lives for the country. , The heroic courage to die! And this requires the foundation stone to be laid in the name of heroes, heroes, and the name of all people!"
"In the eyes of the ministers, the scholars looked down upon generals and sergeants with great disdain, and secretly said that they were rough men and warriors. The common people did not have much favorable impressions of the sergeants, thinking that they were big-headed soldiers who were just getting paid for their meals. The people who make a living. These inherent understandings are not formed in a day or two, nor are they the consensus of one generation or two."
"The imperial court must be prepared to shape the status of sergeants for a long time, change the status of sergeants, farmers, industry and commerce into sergeants, peasants, military industry and commerce, and use all means to shape the sense of honor of sergeants, so that they know that they are protecting the Ming Dynasty with their lives, and the people of the Ming Dynasty also respect them devoutly. These men of flesh and blood!”
Zhu Biao listened to Gu Zhengchen's explanation and nodded repeatedly: "This matter is easy to say, but not easy to do. I will discuss this matter with my father. In view of the complexity and importance of the matter, and the lack of lessons learned from the past in rebuilding the army's faith, we decided to , the court needs a benchmark."
Gu Zhengchen stared: "What do you mean, Your Highness?"
Zhu Biao said solemnly: "Initially, the Governor's Office proposed that you reshape Jurong Guard."
Gu Zhengchen frowned and felt a little embarrassed: "I am in Quanzhou Prefecture. It will not be easy to reshape Jurong Guard..."
Zhu Biao sighed: "Yes, so my father decided to let you reshape the Quanzhou Guard for one year. After one year, the Quanzhou Guard dispatched three thousand sergeants to Jinling to compete with the Yulin Guard. If the Quanzhou Guard wins, you can return Jinling, if Quanzhou Guard loses, you will stay in Quanzhou Mansion."
"this……"
Gu Zhengchen's head was a little big.
The Yulin Guards are not easy to mess with, especially after suffering some losses at the hands of the Jurong Guards last time, they have worked hard to get better, doubled their training, and their level of violence cannot be seen.
The Jurong Guards were able to make the Yulin Guards suffer because they worked hard. In addition, the Jurong Guards themselves were recruited from pro-military guards, so their combat capabilities were not bad. But the Quanzhou Guard is a local guard, not a pro-military guard, and the Quanzhou Guard has not fought a big battle in several years. Most of them have been fighting pirates, killing a few Japanese pirates, and suppressing the common people...
It wasn't that Gu Zhengchen looked down on the Quanzhou Guard and made them fight with the Jurong Guard. Gu Zhengchen believed that the Jurong Guard could win a big victory.
Zhu Biao said with a smile: "Father said that if the Quanzhou Guard lacks a commander, you will be the one to take over the post. In addition, if the generals of the Quanzhou Guard are promoted and transferred, if they take off their military status and replace them, you are allowed to kill them first and report later."
Gu Zhengchen was depressed. This was not a matter of cutting it off first, but it was equivalent to forging a piece of rusty iron into steel...
Zhu Biao sat down, looked at Gu Zhengchen, who was still standing, and said, "These are the things my father asked me to convey, and there will be a formal decree later. You are not going to open the sea. You are responsible for the Quanzhou Guard. It is most suitable."
Gu Zhengchen was filled with bitterness: "Your Highness, taking charge of the Quanzhou Guard and reshaping the Quanzhou Guard are two different things. Now there are many things in Quanzhou Prefecture..."
Zhu Biao shook his head slightly and said seriously: "I believe that Mr. Gu can set an undisputed benchmark for the entire Ming army. The sooner the Quanzhou Guard transforms, the sooner Mr. Gu can return to Jinling..."
Gu Zhengchen had no choice but to nod in agreement, calm down his mood, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that there is no room for rejection. Well, in one year, I will bring a strong army to your majesty and the prince!"
Zhu Biao was overjoyed: "I am looking forward to it. I am looking forward to the strong army you have built with your own hands. I am also looking forward to your return to Jinling as soon as possible! When you are here, I always feel an indescribable sense of relaxation."
There is no reason, but it is very clear relaxation.
Gu Zhengchen said with a smile: "Then I should pay more attention and try to return to Jinling as soon as possible next year."
Zhu Biao nodded, remembered something, and said: "The Marquis of Ji'an went to Taihang to arrest Qian Tong and other four kings a few days ago. Although he did not find these gangsters, he found 1400 men and women from the mountains. Now these people have been sent to Jinling. . The Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, Yan Xizhe, thinks that you arranged the captives in Jurong in an orderly manner and handled them properly, so he suggested that my father will send these people to Quanzhou Prefecture for you to resettle."
Gu Zhengchen smiled: "Shang Shu Yan knows me well."
Zhu Biao did not speak.
Gu Zhengchen stopped his smile, frowned and asked, "Could it be that someone has an agenda for these people?"
Zhu Biao nodded slightly.
"who?"
Zhu Biao softly uttered a few words: "Liao Yongzhong, Marquis of Deqing!"
