Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 233: Regaining the People’s Heart of Xi’an
After a while, the curtain of the Chinese army's tent was opened, and the three commanders walked in from the outside.

They also held some red cloth strips in their hands, which should have been of good quality.

The corners of Zhu Chu's eyes twitched. That's his python robe. You guys are so rude. Now that you can no longer see the original appearance, do you still plan to keep it?

"His Royal Highness the King of Dian," the ox-like commander asked Zhu Zhen, "Do you still want it?"

"What the hell," Zhu Xi almost cursed, there are only a few rags left, how can I still wear them?Why don't you just take it back and use it as a rag?

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. Have all the soldiers in the army vented their anger? Are there still people with resentments?" Zhu Ming asked bluntly.

The three conductors looked at each other.

Isn't His Highness going to carry them behind his back?Just straight to the point?
Zhu Ming seemed to have guessed that they would have doubts in their minds, and sneered and said: "You are the commanders. It is not easy to get to this point. If you were placed on the frontier, you would be at the level of frontier officials. If it were the Tang Dynasty, it would not be the same. A prince like Jiedushi?"

Although the military system of the Ming Dynasty was based on the system of guards, five posts were divided into one guard, and there was a commander-in-chief.

It seems that there are only more than 5000 soldiers and horses in the first guard station, which doesn't seem to be many.

The key is that the commander still has the power, which is real military power.

So Zhu Ming said with confidence: "So you guys definitely don't want to rebel. You have to be stupid to want to rebel."

Again, the commander is the general, but usually he does not have the title of general, but once a war breaks out, it will be different.

And how many years does it take to reach the level of a general?

Once he rebelled, his entire family would be executed.

So even if Zhu Ping was so evil, they could only endure it.

Now that Zhu Ping is dead, how could they go so far as to rebel?
So they least want to rebel.

"You should be like me, you want to calm down the soldiers as soon as possible," Zhu Zhen said while reaching out to indicate that they could sit down.

The three commanders looked at Zhu Ming in surprise and found that the Dian King was indeed different.

"It seems that the great victory in Yunnan is exactly what General Mu Ying said, and you are the main force," the commander suddenly said.

It has been two years since the war in Yunnan, and the Central Plains have naturally heard about it, but the people will definitely not care about it, and many people suspect that it is exaggerating or building momentum for Zhu Chu.

That is to say, many people thought that the credit was due to Mu Ying, but it was given to Zhu Xi.

Even the three commanders here thought so before.

But when they actually met the Dian King face to face, they were really willing to believe that it was a tough battle fought by Zhu Zhen as the commander-in-chief.

"The last generals Peng Yue, Qian Shu, Niu Sheng, please see your highness."

The three commanders finally took it seriously. They introduced themselves to each other and paid their respects to Zhu Zhen.

Even though they were wearing armor, they knelt down on one knee with their hands clasped, but there was no saying that they couldn't perform a full salute while wearing armor.

This is the respect Zhu Ming received for his illustrious military exploits in Yunnan.

This is a military commander. There is no first in civility and no second in martial arts. Soldiers only talk about one thing, that is military merit and force, and they respect the strong the most.

Peng Yue is the commander, Qian Shu is on the left, and Niu Sheng on the right is the big man who is as strong as an ox.

Looking at the ranking of the three, Peng Yue should be the main one, followed by Qian Shu.

Zhu Ming raised his hand and said: "Get up, I have never liked these frivolous etiquette. In my army, even a soldier or a cook would dare to make fun of me. A joke."

The three commanders stood up and looked at Zhu Zhen in surprise.

Does such an easy-going and approachable prince really exist?
After all, what Zhu Xi did was still vivid in his mind.

"Because you are soldiers, and your responsibility is to protect your home and country. What you want is blood and bravery, not groveling. Those literati are already flattering enough. If even the backbone of the soldiers is broken, who will protect this country? ?”

"What I want is an iron-blooded warrior, not a sycophantic slave. What's more, when we go to the battlefield, everyone is Brother Paoze. It's not like Wu Yi and his disciples share the same robe. Otherwise, how could I defeat that small force with several times the disadvantage? Hundreds of thousands of enemy troops?”

"I have always regarded myself as a soldier, and as the king of the Yunnan vassal, my duty is to guard the border and defend the country. So I know the importance of soldiers, and I also know that you have all been wronged."

"But what can I do? Pull out my second brother's body and chop it up for you? Then don't think about it, don't live anymore, go and bury my second brother with him. When the time comes, even This king is almost at his end, and I am afraid that this vassal king will also die."

If Zhu Ping really dared to pull Zhu Ping out and whip his corpse in order to appease the army and the people, then he really shouldn't think about it and just start a rebellion.

Zhu Yu knew that once Zhu Yuan's actions were reported to the capital, Zhu Yuanzhang would be furious and furious. Even if Zhu Yu died, he would punish him and deal with him harshly.

Otherwise, the people cannot be convinced.

But even if it is a punishment, it is by no means the level of crushing the bones and scattering the ashes and exposing the corpse in the wilderness. At most, it will give a bad posthumous title, or the funeral will be downgraded. For example, as a vassal king, he will be buried as a prince.

But in the final analysis, these are all false. After all, he is also Zhu Yuanzhang's son. It is impossible to whip his corpse for you, or even cut him into pieces.

There is no way, this is the tragedy of feudal society. The common people are bullied and tortured, but they do not get belated justice.

Zhu Ming sighed and said: "There is not much that I can do for you. In addition to letting you vent your grievances, I plan to give you all the military pay that King Qin has been harsh on you, and even the money that has been deprived and oppressed of you."

"Go and inform the whole army. This afternoon, I will come to pay you."

Giving a stick and then a sweet date, Zhu Min first shocked the entire army with his previous high profile, then let them vent their grievances on his python robe, and then used pay to win over the morale of the army.

After a complete set of procedures, even the three commanders said sincerely: "Great kindness. In this way, the morale of the army can be stabilized. Please rest assured, Your Highness, as long as the three of us are still there, we will never let the brothers below get into trouble."

"Well," Zhu Zhen nodded and said, "Go and get the military register. By the way, how many soldiers do you have in the three guards now?"

"If we only count the regular army, there are exactly 5000 people."

This refers to military service without military household registration.

Zhu Chu thought about it secretly, but it was enough.

After that, Zhu Zhen asked the three commanders to go down and make arrangements, and he took Wang Fu and others out of the military camp and rode back to the city.

In fact, for Zhu Xi today, this method is nothing at all. After all, he has done a lot to win people's hearts in Yunnan and has used various methods.

He also knew that this was unfair to those soldiers, and they could not have to endure grievances and humiliation just because they were soldiers.

But what can be done?Nowadays, people pay attention to household registration, especially military household registration, which is the most deceptive.

But household registration is also the most difficult to change, especially military household registration, which can almost never be changed forever.

It’s no wonder that in the late Ming Dynasty, there were always people who fled the military household registration, and the military strength in the middle and late Ming Dynasty collapsed directly. It was also the Ming army. The military quality of the early Ming army could be said to be inferior to everything around it.

But in the middle and later stages of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army was always soft on everyone they saw.

There is no way, this is all caused by military household registration.

However, Zhu Zhen was unable to change anything at this time, and he did not want to change. For the time being, military household registration was also what he needed, so that he could quickly form a large army.

It seems we can only wait until later.

Here, Zhu Chu returned all the way to the city, but as soon as he entered the city gate, he was blocked.

Countless people with haggard faces and ragged clothes blocked the streets entering the city, and were surrounded by water.

"Why are there so many beggars?" One of the guards subconsciously exclaimed.

Zhu Ming turned his head and glared at the guard, scolding: "What a beggar, these are my people of the Ming Dynasty. These are the people of Xi'an."

Yes, these are the people in the city. They are not beggars, and no one wants to be beggars.

Because Zhu Ping's many evil deeds were all caused by Zhu Ping's harsh treatment of the people.

The people just looked at Zhu Ming silently, at the new prince who was riding on a tall horse. Although the python robe was gone, he still couldn't hide his nobility.

Suddenly a man walked out. He looked to be in his forties, but his face was haggard. He was still wearing an official uniform, but it turned out to have a lot of patches on it.This is a real patch, not an official patch.

"I am the magistrate of Xi'an. I sincerely ask His Majesty the King of Dian to let us Xi'an people go. We will no longer be able to survive," the magistrate of Xi'an started crying as soon as he came to kill us.

"What are these words?" Zhu Ming was angry: "Do you think that this king is here to replace my evil-doing second brother and continue to oppress and persecute you?"

"Isn't it?" The prefect of Xi'an raised his head and said without fear: "Seeing that the autumn harvest is coming, the people have no food in their homes. If there is no more harvest, I am afraid that they will have to exchange their food for food. But last night you sent someone to announce The whole city wants to take away the little food everyone has in their hands. Your Highness, Your Highness, why are you doing this? Do you really want to force the people to death?"

"What a mess," Zhu Ming scolded angrily: "That Li Gui is really unworthy of a big job. What the king asked him to announce was clearly to inform the whole city that I was going to open the granary hoarded by King Qin and put grain in it. It’s only right that the food that belongs to the people is returned to you so that you can have enough to eat. Which link went wrong?”

I don’t know what Li Gui did. He was obviously going to open a warehouse to release grain, but instead he wanted to steal the people’s grain during this autumn harvest?
No wonder the people dared to block Zhu Zhen here. Otherwise, they would have no way to survive.

Even the prefect of Xi'an came to ask in person, are they really going to starve the people to death?
"Your Highness, is this true?" the prefect of Xi'an asked with a trembling tone.

Zhu Ming nodded, thought for a while, took out the loudspeaker, and the sound spread to all corners nearby, and said: "Not only do I want to open a warehouse to release grain, but I also have the final say. Taxes in Xi'an will be exempted this year. If the court asks, I will use my salary to help you pay for the food. This year, I will put my salary in Xi'an to supply it, and then you will use my salary as tax money to give to the court."

As soon as these words came out, instead of being happy, all the people's faces were full of doubts.

After so many years of persecution by Zhu Xi, they could no longer believe that these princes of the Zhu family would be so kind.

Zhu Cun also sighed secretly, Zhu Cang, Zhu Cang, the reputation of the old Zhu family has been ruined by you.

Once the Zhu family loses popular support, it will be all over.

Could it be that the fall of the Ming Dynasty was due to Li Zicheng’s popular sentiment?
To welcome King Chuang, King Chuang came and refused to pay for food, so wherever Li Zicheng's army went, it was simply unstoppable, and they all opened the city to welcome King Chuang.

Not to mention that Li Zicheng later also sought death. This is the power of the people.

Once the people's support is lost, it's all over.

On the contrary, it is the officials who are the leeks, who can be cut for another crop, because it was the officials in the late Ming Dynasty who formed cliques for personal gain and serious corruption that made the Ming Dynasty's treasury empty and unable to relieve disasters caused by the natural environment. Instead of dealing with disaster victims, corrupt officials secretly increase taxes.

During the Chongzhen period, the Ming Dynasty could be said to have experienced three years of drought and three years of waterlogging. It is no exaggeration to say that the drought was such that the treetops lost fire, and the waterlogging was such that boats could sail on the flat ground.

In this way, when Li Zicheng ransacked homes in the capital, he was able to plunder the wealth of the entire country from the homes of so-called loyal ministers.

It’s no wonder that Zhu Zhen always called them dogs in the court. These dogs can’t be killed and they can’t be killed. Even in modern times, there are still corrupt officials and they can’t be killed.

Far away.

Zhu Ming knew that the people of Xi'an had lost confidence in the Zhu family.

Once your credit is lost, it is difficult to get it back.

These are the common people of a city.

Zhu Zhen sighed, turned over and got off the horse, standing there looking at the faces in front of him.

Even now, none of these common people are shouting, "Princes, generals, ministers, and ministers have the right kind."

As a modern time traveler, if it had been Zhu Zhen, he would have rebelled two centuries ahead of Li Zicheng.

You, Zhu Yuanzhang, can be the emperor, why can’t I?
Look, what simple and honest people there are. The people of the Central Plains are the most easily satisfied and best-governed nation in the world.

How bad would it be if they were all forced to rebel?

"Fellows and elders," Zhu Zhen took a deep breath, put down the trumpet in his hand, and instead poured his energy into his Dantian. He used his true energy to increase his volume and shouted loudly: "Although I am not a local, I know what happened here, and I am fully aware of the cruelty of King Qin. Being unkind can be said to be a worthy death.”

"You are suffering."

Just saying "You have suffered", the people were finally moved.

Some people couldn't help but burst into tears.

God knows what they've been through over the years.

From the year when King Qin took over the vassal state, he began to waste people and money in order to build large-scale construction projects in the palace.

For his own selfish desires and selfishness, he ordered the soldiers and civilians in the pass to buy gold and silver year after year. The soldiers and civilians were so embarrassed that they even sold their sons and daughters. It can be said that many of the people's families were ruined.

If he hadn't been poisoned suddenly, there's no telling how many more families would have been harmed.

The people can no longer survive and have reached their limit.

If the people are really forced to rebel, it will really shock the government and the opposition.

"I know I can't make it up to you, so I can only try my best to make it up to you. No matter what you say or do now, it has lost its meaning to you."

"But you must continue to live, and you must continue to live. As long as you live, there is hope, and only if you continue to live can you remember those family members who have died or lost."

Zhu Ming knew that there is nothing greater than grief, but now these people are already numb, and the worst they can do is die.

So he wanted to inspire their desire for life.

Sure enough, the eyes of many people began to slowly regain their vitality, and some people began to curse Zhu Xi angrily because they thought of their children who had to be sold or their families who were starved to death.

"Prefect of Xi'an," Zhu Min did not stop the excitement at this time, but called the prefect of Xi'an over.

The magistrate of Xi'an is a dignified magistrate, but he wears an official uniform full of patches.

In the Ming Dynasty, official uniforms were distributed uniformly, and officials could also make their own uniforms, but they had to comply with the court system.

The prefect wore his official uniform to this extent without changing into new clothes. It seems that his life is also very tight.

Either the salary was also exploited by Zhu Xi, or it was to help the people.

In short, he should be a good official.

Zhu Ming was thinking about this and said: "I have already calculated the money, food and property of the Prince of Qin's Mansion, and I know that there are several granaries in the city, which store a large amount of food. They were all snatched from the hands of the people. Today I will hand over Here you go, your government office will distribute the grain. Remember, it must be fair and just, and the distribution should be based on the population of each household. Don't let the people feel cold again."

The magistrate of Xi'an was moved by this and bowed to the end with his hands clasped in fists: "I sincerely obey His Highness's will."

"Also," Zhu Ming continued to explain: "If there is a family that has sold sons and daughters, let them record it, and then redeem it with the gold and silver money from the Qin Palace. If there is a family that has starved to death, also record it. Come down, and then the pension will be distributed according to the method of soldiers who died in the army."

Zhu Ming knows very well the importance of people's hearts. Once you lose people's hearts, it will be difficult to get them back.

Therefore, he can only try his best to make up for the people of Xi'an.

Not only those who were sold must be redeemed, but also pensions must be paid to those who died.

But I don’t know if this will satisfy the people.

As for how much money and food it would cost, Zhu Zhen didn't care. Money was something external to the body. Compared with the world, if he would focus on this thing, then he would never be able to be a nine-five supreme in this life.

What's more, in addition to giving this year's annual gift to Xi'an as compensation, all he had to spend was the money and food that Zhu Ping had robbed from the people over the years.

Those things that should be returned to the people, why should it be his turn to care about and be reluctant to part with them?
Secondly, this is just an ancient city in Xi'an. When Zhu Zhen was in Yunnan, in order to quickly implement the land reform and win over people's hearts, he distributed the huge wealth accumulated by many chieftain families over many years to the people?
He can distribute it to natives of all ethnic groups, but is reluctant to distribute it to his own compatriots?

It doesn't make sense.

So, the prefect of Xi'an quickly made arrangements, and the people followed suit.

But before leaving, the people subconsciously looked back.

Suddenly, everyone saw that His Highness the King of Dian was bending deeply and bowing to them.

Countless people were deeply shocked and touched.

Even if Zhu Ming is acting at this time, his purpose is to regain the hearts and minds of the people of Xi'an as soon as possible.

But compared to Zhu Xi, so what if this is acting?
"The King of Dian is benevolent and righteous."

The people chanted one after another, and were finally moved by Zhu Chu.

(End of this chapter)