As the saying goes, don't worry about victory, think about defeat first. In a war that is close to destroying the country, you must definitely consider the possibility of failure. Zhu Yijun first explained the purpose of the war to Liu Xian, and then asked what would be done if the military operation failed.
Liu Xian replied: "In my one year of martial arts training, I have gained more than half my life as a soldier. I believe that the new army of three thousand is enough to sweep across Burma. If we use it as the main force and gather a large army, a thousand people can be equal to the enemy." Ten thousand."
"As long as the firepower is sufficient, I think we don't need 10,000 new troops to attack Burma, but 3,000 will be enough!"
Zhu Yijun was pleased after hearing this, but he said: "The Commander-in-Chief must not underestimate the enemy. First, our army is deep in the territory, and the terrain is not mine; second, there are enemies on all sides, and people and people are not ours; third, it is rainy in Myanmar, which is not conducive to firearms. This day Shared with both sides. If you underestimate the enemy, you may suffer defeat."
Liu Xian was now a little superstitious about the new army's combat capabilities. He thought he was right, but he didn't think so in his heart. Zhu Yijun took out the story of the anti-British war in Sanyuanli in the late Qing Dynasty, retold it in a different light, and exaggerated the results tenfold, which attracted Liu Xian's attention.
Zhu Yijun said: "The most taboo thing about this kind of war is to fall into the vast ocean of the people's war - so when you go to Myanmar, you must also pay attention to military discipline and not fight in vain." Liu Xian nodded and agreed loudly.
Seeing that Zhu Yijun had given up his idea of underestimating the enemy, he asked about the tactics to deal with the elephant soldiers and some key points about mountain warfare, to which Liu Xian answered fluently. Zhu Yijun finally heard him clearly explain the response plan formulated by the combat department regarding the defeat of the war, and then realized that Liu Xian's name as a famous general was not a lucky one - he finally felt relieved.
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The fourth year of Wanli ended after the imperial court arranged for the expedition to Burma. In the summary edict at the end of the year, Zhu Yijun commended the second batch of double-outstanding officials. This time, a total of sixty-eight county magistrates and fifteen prefects were awarded the title of imperial official.
At the end of the third year of Wanli, only six county magistrates and one prefect were awarded the title of imperial official.
The award-winning officials can choose one of their descendants, and they can directly take the position of military attache, a thousand households, or a hundred households; they can also take the civil service route, study in the Imperial College, and then directly choose to be awarded an official position below the eighth rank; a particularly outstanding example will be directly awarded by the emperor. Born with the same Jinshi, his son has not yet been crowned, and he is a seventh-grade official.
The excitement was so intense that officials at all levels, who had already been tightened up, suffered several cases of overwork death this year. Because of the heavy construction work in Huanghuai, eleven lower-level officials died directly on the construction site in the fourth year of Wanli.
At this time, there was no concept of death from overwork in the Ming Dynasty. Officials all over the world thought that these sacrificed officials were unlucky and died of sudden illness.
Zhu Yijun was well aware of this. After conducting a detailed investigation, he arranged for someone to write a long correspondence about their deeds and publish it in newspapers in both Beijing and Beijing. While calling on civil and military officials from all over the world to learn from them, he also arranged for the Propaganda Department of the Attendant's Office to organize a "Lecture Group on the Advanced Deeds of Loyal Ministers in the Three Years of Wanli" to give lectures in various prefectures around the world.
What Zhu Yijun didn't expect was that this method was already outdated in later generations, and he dozed off every time he listened to the preaching - in the imperial society of the Ming Dynasty, the effect was incredible.
The members of the propaganda team were composed of family members and subordinates of officials who died from overwork, and the speeches were all written by Zhu Yijun, who taught the attendants to write with a big pen. Wherever the plot is laid, where the climax is, and where the tears are triggered, everything is well arranged.
As a result, the first speech in the capital made the officials in the capital and Shuntian Prefecture burst into tears. Tear-jerking speeches and touching deeds. These officials' loyalty to the emperor, love for the nation, deep affection for the people and attachment to the cause gave the entire capital officialdom a soul baptism.
Subsequently, the publicity team carefully crafted each manuscript based on the data fed back from each report, and the speakers also continued to improve their speaking skills under the training of the Publicity Department - after passing Beizhili, all speeches They have all reached the state of being transformed into gods.
Especially in the land of Huanghuai, because of the resonance and empathy, the venue was filled to the brim and rivers of tears flowed. Officials at all levels in the Huanghuai land have said that if they do not manage the two rivers well, they will be sorry to God and the emperor, and to their parents and people below. How can they have the shame to take salary and waste food?
If there is a drone filming at this time, you will see the land of Huanghuai and large construction sites everywhere. And almost all construction sites have red flags waving and slogans fluttering.
For example, "Work hard with blood and sweat for three years, and earn food fields from the sky" is an agitation type; "It is illegal to destroy water conservancy facilities" is a law-enhancing type; and "Open the ditch, and the whole family will die" is a curse type. ——Later, the inspecting imperial envoys all had to pull it out.
Of course, Zhu Yijun could not let heroes bleed, sweat and shed tears. In the fourth year of Wanli, the imperial court issued a regulation: Any official who died on the job would be posthumously awarded an official position of up to seven levels according to his deeds, and would receive a generous pension.
One of the magistrates died of overwork. After the emperor's decree arrived, the family members directly removed the tombstone and replaced it with a shape that could only be possessed by a first-class virtuous doctor - causing a sensation in the countryside.
This provision was later improved in accordance with the court's original posthumous title system and the actual situation. An additional document from the imperial court explained: In order to commend contributions and encourage filial piety, the family members of officials who died can make a voluntary choice to award the official's highest official position posthumously to their fathers and ancestors who have been buried in the cemetery, and then posthumously award it to descendants according to seniority - this so-called posthumous title. Three generations.
This coquettish operation simply made the officials in Huanghuai area boil, and also made other officials in other areas who couldn't get double excellent eyes red with jealousy.
What Zhu Yijun didn't expect was that there were actually many officials who would rather not receive the political treatment of "Yin Yizi" from the imperial court, and were willing to exchange this for the posthumous title of three generations - what the hell, Zhu Yijun must have said he couldn't understand it before he traveled through time, but now he has I completely understand and say this is normal and harmonious.
The word "filial piety" is not only the cornerstone of rule, but also a weapon of motivation and a shackle of imprisonment. At the end of the fourth year of Wanli, another newspaper was opened in the capital called "The Beijing News".
According to the conclusion reached by later historians after in-depth research, the "Beijing News" was probably trying to open up the situation as soon as possible, so it directly dropped a big bomb in the first issue: "Is the Ding You system reasonable or unreasonable?"
This article directly attacks the civil servant Dingyou system established by Zhu Yuanzhang. The opening chapter clearly explains "Ding You":
"Erya Exegesis": "Ding, Dangye." Encounter, encounter solution. "Shang Shu Shuo Ming Shang": "Worry means mourning. When parents are bereft, it is also called "Ding Jian".
The article then said that Ding You's system began in the late Han Dynasty and flourished in the Jin Dynasty. In the Jin Dynasty, not only did parents have to go to the official Dingyou for mourning, but they also had to observe the rules for the mourning of brothers and sisters.
During the Sui, Tang, and Song Dynasties, the system for managing mourning was greatly developed, and it was passed down to the imperial dynasty, where the civil servant Ding You was designated to organize funerals for parents.
After summarizing a few definitions and facts that everyone knows, the article begins to talk about the internal reasons of Ding You's system: "A son has lost his parents, and the king's life is not enough for three years, so he teaches people to be filial. In ancient times, when seeking loyal ministers, they must be in the gate of filial sons. , sincerely practice filial piety at home, so loyalty can be transferred to the emperor. As a minister, there is no one who is not filial to relatives but can be loyal to the emperor; as a king, there is no one who does not teach his ministers to be filial and can be loyal to his ministers."
The general idea of this passage is that the Dingyou system is a system where the emperor teaches everyone how to respect relatives and observe filial piety. Loyal ministers can only be produced among filial sons, because only by being filial to their parents can they be loyal to the monarch; and the monarch cannot choose unfilial people because he cannot be loyal to the monarch.
This passage goes on to say: "Scholar-officials are the people's hope. 'A gentleman is virtuous, and a villain is virtuous.'" This sentence means that the people's education and customs are honest and honest, and officials and scholar-bureaucrats all over the world take the lead in abiding by them. Because of filial piety.
Looking at the first third of this article, it is all serious writing, very elegant and positive. But then the author changed his tone and became unserious:
"However, if we count the rebellious officials and traitors in China, and the traitors and thieves of the Han Dynasty, have there ever been those who failed to abide by the system of Ding You and betrayed their clan to seek glory? Let's also count the loyal ministers and good generals of China, whose reputation will last forever. Really?"
After two powerful rhetorical questions, the article then came up with the main theme: "Looking at it from this point of view, it is absurd to use Ding You and Duo Qing to argue between loyalty and evil!"
The article then mentions Li Linfu and Qin Hui from afar, and Yan Song and Yan Shifan from a short distance. They are all honest and abiding by Ding You. Their ethics have been determined for a long time.
The article also cites Zhou Gong as an example, and Yue Fei as an example recently. There was no Dingyou system in the first two eras, and Yue Fei's mother asked for mourning three times but her love was taken away from her. How their conduct was has been determined for a long time.
The article then began to list the officials who had seized love from the time of Taizu of this dynasty. Up to now, there were ten cabinet ministers; thirteen ministers; thirty-two governors; Love can't be counted, and there are hundreds of times.
The article said that among these people who seize love, there are of course "crazy" people who seek a good place or a good job, but there are also great politicians and writers like Yang Rong and Yang Pu, as well as local officials such as the county magistrate Fang Suyi - These officials all sorted out national affairs or governed local areas after seizing love, leaving a reputation that will last forever.
The discussion is almost complete, and the article once again points out the theme: "Meng Yizi asked about filial piety, and he said: 'No violation'. If it is not against the parents, it is filial piety. Why bother to live in mourning for three years? How did Confucius' disciples ever stay in mourning for three years without doing anything? Official? The system of Ding You in later generations has long gone against the original intention of the saint, and is ridiculed by carving a boat to ask for a sword."
The article ends with another rhetorical question: "In the second year of Wanli's general examination, Your Majesty took filial piety as the title, and wanted to show the true and false nature of filial piety to the world. Wouldn't you rather think deeply about it, all the princes in the court?"
When the first issue of the "Beijing News" was released, Shilin lost his voice for a while, and then the sky was full of excitement - those who regarded the "Beijing News" as a scourge, criticized it with words and writings, and the end of the fourth year of Wanli was filled with excitement.
Li Zhi, who was celebrating the New Year in Nanjing, quietly went to Feng Bangning's house and hid on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year in the fifth year of Wanli. He repeatedly asked Feng Bangning: "No one knows that I wrote this article, right? Really?! You must not let it slip. I'm so scared!"
Seeing that he was so frightened, Feng Bangning said strangely: "Who would have thought that the Beijing News would use an article from Nanjing? Besides, the eldest brother's deviant words are much more powerful than this. Why are you so scared?"
After hearing this, Li Zhi smiled bitterly and said: "How many people listened to the words? Now once the retribution is reported, it will be known to the whole world in ten days. Who will not be afraid of being pointed out by thousands of people?"
Feng Bangning chuckled after hearing this and said, "I'm not afraid. Just point it at me. Can the bird that bites me go away?"
After hearing this, Li Zhi's face turned blue and white. He suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "Brother, you are right! I have decided to publish another article in our newspaper. The title is "Confucian scholars treat funerals as rituals." "The World", how about it?"
After hearing this, Feng Bangning's face was as wonderful as Li Zhi's just now. He immediately knelt down with a plop, hugged Li Zhi's thigh and cried: "Brother, I shouldn't brag, please forgive me! I am older and younger. And you’re just talking about this little business to eat!”
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